Brooke T. Sample
@brookesample.bsky.social
Cat lady, editrix, occasional sports fan, nap aficionado. She/her/hers. Editorial board member, Bloomberg Opinion. All views mine alone.
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thinking a lot about the 2023 police newspaper raid in marion, kansas in light of the FBI searching a washington post reporter's home.
January 14, 2026 at 4:45 PM
thinking a lot about the 2023 police newspaper raid in marion, kansas in light of the FBI searching a washington post reporter's home.
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Somebody couldn’t fall asleep last night.
January 14, 2026 at 12:04 PM
Somebody couldn’t fall asleep last night.
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The nonprofit Trevor Project received a $45 million gift from billionaire MacKenzie Scott at the end of 2025.
The Trevor Project receives $45M from MacKenzie Scott after difficult years and federal funding cuts
The nonprofit Trevor Project received a $45 million gift from billionaire MacKenzie Scott at the end of 2025.
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January 12, 2026 at 4:07 PM
The nonprofit Trevor Project received a $45 million gift from billionaire MacKenzie Scott at the end of 2025.
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Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
Statement by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell
YouTube video by Federal Reserve
www.youtube.com
January 12, 2026 at 12:35 AM
Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
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This poem is dedicated to anyone heading back into work and having to endure dull conversation about what they got up to during the Christmas holidays.
January 5, 2026 at 8:18 AM
This poem is dedicated to anyone heading back into work and having to endure dull conversation about what they got up to during the Christmas holidays.
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January 3, 2026 at 5:26 PM
He really does think that phrase makes him sound cool, doesn't he?
January 3, 2026 at 5:06 PM
He really does think that phrase makes him sound cool, doesn't he?
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“It has to be judicious because that’s what we’re all about.” — Trump added.
Trump on Venezuela: "We're going to run the country until such time as we can do a safe, proper, and judicious transition"
January 3, 2026 at 4:48 PM
“It has to be judicious because that’s what we’re all about.” — Trump added.
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Grotesque
Trump to Fox & Friends on the raid that captured Maduro: "I mean, I watched it literally l like I was watching a television show. If you would've seen the speed, the violence -- it was an amazing thing."
January 3, 2026 at 3:23 PM
Grotesque
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I'm hardly original in saying this, but a lot of people are going to try to make this about whether Maduro being gone is good or bad as such, rather than the blatant violation of international and US law in a destabilizing act of aggression.
Don't fall for it.
Don't fall for it.
January 3, 2026 at 1:45 PM
I'm hardly original in saying this, but a lot of people are going to try to make this about whether Maduro being gone is good or bad as such, rather than the blatant violation of international and US law in a destabilizing act of aggression.
Don't fall for it.
Don't fall for it.
From November: www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
Venezuelan Regime Change May Open Oil's Floodgates
Despite sitting atop the world’s largest oil reserves, it’s a sad truth that Venezuela doesn’t matter for the energy markets. With production languishing near its lowest in a century, American saber-r...
www.bloomberg.com
January 3, 2026 at 1:05 PM
From November: www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
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Trump's DOJ was monitoring all the movements of the Miami Herald reporter who was covering the Epstein case.
December 28, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Trump's DOJ was monitoring all the movements of the Miami Herald reporter who was covering the Epstein case.
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Bari Weiss just sent this Christmas Eve email to the CBS News staff about "building trust," which includes her tripling down on spiking the CECOT piece "to make sure it's comprehensive and fair."
One CBS staffer tells me: "She really has no idea how insulting she comes across."
One CBS staffer tells me: "She really has no idea how insulting she comes across."
December 24, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Bari Weiss just sent this Christmas Eve email to the CBS News staff about "building trust," which includes her tripling down on spiking the CECOT piece "to make sure it's comprehensive and fair."
One CBS staffer tells me: "She really has no idea how insulting she comes across."
One CBS staffer tells me: "She really has no idea how insulting she comes across."
Did the Third Reich tour in Munich today. German-born guide was brilliant but Americans on the tour (even those of us pretty well-versed in WWII/Holocaust history) looked increasingly terrified as the morning went on
December 23, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Did the Third Reich tour in Munich today. German-born guide was brilliant but Americans on the tour (even those of us pretty well-versed in WWII/Holocaust history) looked increasingly terrified as the morning went on
“Accurate” — mother of a fifth grader
Iron Law of Extra Credit: Students who don't need the extra credit take advantage of it while the students who need it the most do not.
December 23, 2025 at 3:03 PM
“Accurate” — mother of a fifth grader
The site I'm using to watch this keeps kicking me offline. The universe has spoken
OK checked back in and he was saying that instead of money going to health insurance companies money should go to people who can then buy health insurance so...he has no idea what he's talking about, does he? Switching over to watch Data feeding his cat. I'll learn more.
December 18, 2025 at 2:19 AM
The site I'm using to watch this keeps kicking me offline. The universe has spoken
1. Serious question: What's the point of this?
2. No snark: Using prime time to yell stuff at viewers doesn't seem like a winner ... right?
2. No snark: Using prime time to yell stuff at viewers doesn't seem like a winner ... right?
December 18, 2025 at 2:12 AM
1. Serious question: What's the point of this?
2. No snark: Using prime time to yell stuff at viewers doesn't seem like a winner ... right?
2. No snark: Using prime time to yell stuff at viewers doesn't seem like a winner ... right?
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this is one of the most psychotic things Trump has ever posted
December 15, 2025 at 2:52 PM
this is one of the most psychotic things Trump has ever posted
On our way to Newark airport.
Husband: Did you fart?
Me: No, that’s just Elizabeth.
Husband: Did you fart?
Me: No, that’s just Elizabeth.
December 12, 2025 at 1:05 PM
On our way to Newark airport.
Husband: Did you fart?
Me: No, that’s just Elizabeth.
Husband: Did you fart?
Me: No, that’s just Elizabeth.
If this doesn't make you feel a certain way, there's nothing that can help you.
On December 10 at the European Parliament, during a screening of documentary films about Ukrainian children, the interpreter could not hold back tears as 11‑year‑old Roman Oleksiv from Lviv spoke.
The boy had survived the missile strike on Vinnytsia on July 14, 2022,
The boy had survived the missile strike on Vinnytsia on July 14, 2022,
December 10, 2025 at 10:23 PM
If this doesn't make you feel a certain way, there's nothing that can help you.
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Whoa … this is really strange.
Federal law enforcement managed to confiscate almost two tons of cocaine, and arrest 3 suspects, without blowing the boat out of the water or killing anyone.
🎁 link ⤵️
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/c...
Federal law enforcement managed to confiscate almost two tons of cocaine, and arrest 3 suspects, without blowing the boat out of the water or killing anyone.
🎁 link ⤵️
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/c...
$28 million of cocaine seized off Miami Beach. Three men charged
Coast Guard and CBP seized about 3,715 pounds of cocaine worth $28 million from a 65-foot vessel near Government Cut off Miami Beach; three men were arrested.
www.miamiherald.com
December 7, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Whoa … this is really strange.
Federal law enforcement managed to confiscate almost two tons of cocaine, and arrest 3 suspects, without blowing the boat out of the water or killing anyone.
🎁 link ⤵️
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/c...
Federal law enforcement managed to confiscate almost two tons of cocaine, and arrest 3 suspects, without blowing the boat out of the water or killing anyone.
🎁 link ⤵️
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/c...
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We got Weird Al out here singing Killing In The Name, the time for moderation is over
December 6, 2025 at 2:45 PM
We got Weird Al out here singing Killing In The Name, the time for moderation is over
