Brannigan Has Arrived
@brannigan.bsky.social
A bundle of anachronistic non-sequiturs. She/her. I am an enigma even to myself. 🏳️🌈🇺🇦
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Deep down I am still that little girl who wishes everyone would just leave me alone so I can read.
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The Administration is restricting new clean energy supplies from coming online and making clean energy more expensive with taxes and tariffs, all while AI is spiking electricity demand. The Administration is causing electricity bills to rise. It's a crisis. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
November 27, 2025 at 2:33 AM
The Administration is restricting new clean energy supplies from coming online and making clean energy more expensive with taxes and tariffs, all while AI is spiking electricity demand. The Administration is causing electricity bills to rise. It's a crisis. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
The war will end when Russia stops fighting. Witkoff doesn't appear to want Russia to stop fighting.
From Anne Appelbaum:
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
From Anne Appelbaum:
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Why Does Steve Witkoff Keep Taking Russia’s Side?
Trump’s envoy isn’t promoting peace. His interventions are helping Vladimir Putin.
www.theatlantic.com
November 27, 2025 at 2:32 AM
The war will end when Russia stops fighting. Witkoff doesn't appear to want Russia to stop fighting.
From Anne Appelbaum:
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
From Anne Appelbaum:
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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I need everybody to read this and understand what’s going on. These are spouses of US citizens in the country legally. They have entry clearance and green cards, they’ve passed background checks and have no criminal records. ICE is taking them anyway.
Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Green Card Interviews End in Handcuffs for Spouses of U.S. Citizens
www.nytimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:40 PM
I need everybody to read this and understand what’s going on. These are spouses of US citizens in the country legally. They have entry clearance and green cards, they’ve passed background checks and have no criminal records. ICE is taking them anyway.
Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
This is next level bonkers shit.
Woman with family relations to Karoline Leavitt arrested by ICE near Boston | CNN Politics share.google/5FN1ofWoG31z...
Woman with family relations to Karoline Leavitt arrested by ICE near Boston | CNN Politics share.google/5FN1ofWoG31z...
Woman with family relations to White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt arrested by ICE | CNN Politics
A woman with family relations to White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt is in ICE custody after being arrested earlier this month near Boston.
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November 26, 2025 at 4:45 PM
This is next level bonkers shit.
Woman with family relations to Karoline Leavitt arrested by ICE near Boston | CNN Politics share.google/5FN1ofWoG31z...
Woman with family relations to Karoline Leavitt arrested by ICE near Boston | CNN Politics share.google/5FN1ofWoG31z...
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ICE deported a woman who owned a home in the US for 30 years. A judge banned ICE from deporting her to Sierra Leone where she had been tortured, so it deported her to Ghana, which kidnapped her and sent her back Sierra Leone anyway. ICE is part of this illegal conspiracy.
November 25, 2025 at 4:40 PM
ICE deported a woman who owned a home in the US for 30 years. A judge banned ICE from deporting her to Sierra Leone where she had been tortured, so it deported her to Ghana, which kidnapped her and sent her back Sierra Leone anyway. ICE is part of this illegal conspiracy.
My bestie and I were JUST talking about this today. We still haven't processed Covid. It was traumatic, even if we made it through mostly unscathed. Now a traumatizing government on top of it, and most of us are touched in some way by the incompetence and cruelty. The winter dark is a LOT this year.
Everything seems so much harder lately. Just hard, hard, hard. (IT'S FINE IT'S FINE)
November 26, 2025 at 3:51 AM
My bestie and I were JUST talking about this today. We still haven't processed Covid. It was traumatic, even if we made it through mostly unscathed. Now a traumatizing government on top of it, and most of us are touched in some way by the incompetence and cruelty. The winter dark is a LOT this year.
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(A) stop feeling pressure to be perfect;
(B) normalize asking questions, because that is normalizing learning;
(C) do not ask AI if your turkey is done; ask a meat thermometer
(B) normalize asking questions, because that is normalizing learning;
(C) do not ask AI if your turkey is done; ask a meat thermometer
This is so soulless, I can't stand it. We have BRAINS. We can USE THEM.
November 25, 2025 at 5:56 PM
(A) stop feeling pressure to be perfect;
(B) normalize asking questions, because that is normalizing learning;
(C) do not ask AI if your turkey is done; ask a meat thermometer
(B) normalize asking questions, because that is normalizing learning;
(C) do not ask AI if your turkey is done; ask a meat thermometer
It's unclear to me why people don't think Marijuana is addictive or that it can be abused. Yes, even if it does also have medicinal properties. Especially now, when the drug has far more THC than when we were "kids."
apnews.com/article/pot-...
apnews.com/article/pot-...
More people are addicted to marijuana, but fewer of them are seeking help, experts say
Cannabis use among young adults has reached historic levels, with nearly 18 million Americans using marijuana daily in 2022.
apnews.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:59 PM
It's unclear to me why people don't think Marijuana is addictive or that it can be abused. Yes, even if it does also have medicinal properties. Especially now, when the drug has far more THC than when we were "kids."
apnews.com/article/pot-...
apnews.com/article/pot-...
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BBC removes description of Donald Trump as "the most openly corrupt president in American history" from the broadcast today of Rutger Bregman's Reith Lecture. I was among the several hundred people to hear the original at the lecture theatre
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 12:49 PM
BBC removes description of Donald Trump as "the most openly corrupt president in American history" from the broadcast today of Rutger Bregman's Reith Lecture. I was among the several hundred people to hear the original at the lecture theatre
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"Vietnam has been hit by 14 typhoons this year. Five was the average a few decades ago. The rain from the past few days did not even come from a cyclone — but to add inundation on top of injury, a 15th major storm has just formed off the country’s south central coast."
Vietnam’s Year of Floods, Mud and Death
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:20 PM
"Vietnam has been hit by 14 typhoons this year. Five was the average a few decades ago. The rain from the past few days did not even come from a cyclone — but to add inundation on top of injury, a 15th major storm has just formed off the country’s south central coast."
Dammit Molly, don't you know the first rule of Fight Club?
In all seriousness, Van Hollen for Majority Leader!
In all seriousness, Van Hollen for Majority Leader!
November 25, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Dammit Molly, don't you know the first rule of Fight Club?
In all seriousness, Van Hollen for Majority Leader!
In all seriousness, Van Hollen for Majority Leader!
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❗️🇪🇺🇺🇦 The full text of the EU plan to end the war in Ukraine is published by The Telegraph
November 23, 2025 at 5:24 PM
❗️🇪🇺🇺🇦 The full text of the EU plan to end the war in Ukraine is published by The Telegraph
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This chart (which applies even more to social media than it did to TV) lives in my head rent free.
Social media enveloping traditional media means everything and everyone is now competing in the entertainment market. Boring stuff like policy that affects millions of lives doesn’t stand a chance.
Social media enveloping traditional media means everything and everyone is now competing in the entertainment market. Boring stuff like policy that affects millions of lives doesn’t stand a chance.
November 23, 2025 at 8:24 PM
This chart (which applies even more to social media than it did to TV) lives in my head rent free.
Social media enveloping traditional media means everything and everyone is now competing in the entertainment market. Boring stuff like policy that affects millions of lives doesn’t stand a chance.
Social media enveloping traditional media means everything and everyone is now competing in the entertainment market. Boring stuff like policy that affects millions of lives doesn’t stand a chance.
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Targeting Kelly is one of those “this is why we’ll win” moments, bc it shows how politically impetuous this admin is.
There’s clearly no adult in the room to say “wait, maybe don’t go after the charismatic war hero turned literal astronaut who ran after his wife was a victim of political violence.”
There’s clearly no adult in the room to say “wait, maybe don’t go after the charismatic war hero turned literal astronaut who ran after his wife was a victim of political violence.”
Mark Kelly: "My wife, Gabby Giffords, meeting with her constituents, shot in the head. Six people killed around her, a horrific thing. She spent six months in the hospital. We know what political violence is and we know what causes it too, The statements that Donald Trump made incites others."
November 25, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Targeting Kelly is one of those “this is why we’ll win” moments, bc it shows how politically impetuous this admin is.
There’s clearly no adult in the room to say “wait, maybe don’t go after the charismatic war hero turned literal astronaut who ran after his wife was a victim of political violence.”
There’s clearly no adult in the room to say “wait, maybe don’t go after the charismatic war hero turned literal astronaut who ran after his wife was a victim of political violence.”
Good lord, even musical theatre tells a more accurate story than that.
November 25, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Good lord, even musical theatre tells a more accurate story than that.
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This morning @Harvey4council and I accompanied Ibrahima (who arrived here from Guinea when he was 17) to immigration court.
He’s seeking Special Immigrant Juvenile Status (SIJS) — and his GED, too.
Thankfully, a federal judge recently ordered the Trump Admin to protect SIJS.
He’s seeking Special Immigrant Juvenile Status (SIJS) — and his GED, too.
Thankfully, a federal judge recently ordered the Trump Admin to protect SIJS.
November 25, 2025 at 2:00 AM
This morning @Harvey4council and I accompanied Ibrahima (who arrived here from Guinea when he was 17) to immigration court.
He’s seeking Special Immigrant Juvenile Status (SIJS) — and his GED, too.
Thankfully, a federal judge recently ordered the Trump Admin to protect SIJS.
He’s seeking Special Immigrant Juvenile Status (SIJS) — and his GED, too.
Thankfully, a federal judge recently ordered the Trump Admin to protect SIJS.
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JUST IN: Judge Chutkan orders expedited processing of a FOIA request for files related to DOJ's handling of the Epstein files. ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show...
November 25, 2025 at 12:20 AM
JUST IN: Judge Chutkan orders expedited processing of a FOIA request for files related to DOJ's handling of the Epstein files. ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show...
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Billionaire Binance founder Changpeng Zhao, pardoned by Donald Trump, has been accused of facilitating millions of dollars’ worth of payments to Hamas in the wake of its attack on Israel on October 7 2023. Zhao also financed the Trump family's entrance into the cryptocurrency market.
Binance founder Changpeng Zhao accused of facilitating payments to Hamas
Crypto tycoon pardoned by Donald Trump faces US court complaint from families of victims of October 7 attack
www.ft.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Billionaire Binance founder Changpeng Zhao, pardoned by Donald Trump, has been accused of facilitating millions of dollars’ worth of payments to Hamas in the wake of its attack on Israel on October 7 2023. Zhao also financed the Trump family's entrance into the cryptocurrency market.
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Powerful words on the FBI website on why U.S. officials and soldiers swear an Oath to the Constitution and not a leader or an entity:
November 25, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Powerful words on the FBI website on why U.S. officials and soldiers swear an Oath to the Constitution and not a leader or an entity:
Mark Kelly is an actual hero, but okay. 🙄
November 24, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Mark Kelly is an actual hero, but okay. 🙄
Did you think the Democrats didn't win the shutdown? Because you're wrong.
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
House Republican Warns More “Explosive” Resignations Coming After MTG
Marjorie Taylor Greene won’t be the last Republican resignation before the midterms—and it’s all thanks to Trump.
www.yahoo.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Did you think the Democrats didn't win the shutdown? Because you're wrong.
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
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This will haunt me
November 23, 2025 at 9:29 PM
This will haunt me
Deep down I am still that little girl who wishes everyone would just leave me alone so I can read.
November 24, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Deep down I am still that little girl who wishes everyone would just leave me alone so I can read.
Sharing because I haven't read this yet but I need a reminder for when I have more coffee.
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
Inside the DOGE Succession Drama Elon Musk Left Behind
What really happened when he logged out of Washington.
www.politico.com
November 23, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Sharing because I haven't read this yet but I need a reminder for when I have more coffee.
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
www.politico.com/news/magazin...