Late Breaking Muse (Dave Braxton)
@davebvo.bsky.social
When reacting to news, sometimes verse is best.
(Voice actor, news junkie, American)
(Voice actor, news junkie, American)
playbook
—
1. this place is a hellhole, i’m sending troops
2. my troops can now carry guns, just in case
3. the troops had to open fire! i’m declaring martial law
4. they’re protesting my martial law. it’s an insurrection
5. because there’s an insurrection, i’m suspending elections
—
1. this place is a hellhole, i’m sending troops
2. my troops can now carry guns, just in case
3. the troops had to open fire! i’m declaring martial law
4. they’re protesting my martial law. it’s an insurrection
5. because there’s an insurrection, i’m suspending elections
November 26, 2025 at 8:16 PM
playbook
—
1. this place is a hellhole, i’m sending troops
2. my troops can now carry guns, just in case
3. the troops had to open fire! i’m declaring martial law
4. they’re protesting my martial law. it’s an insurrection
5. because there’s an insurrection, i’m suspending elections
—
1. this place is a hellhole, i’m sending troops
2. my troops can now carry guns, just in case
3. the troops had to open fire! i’m declaring martial law
4. they’re protesting my martial law. it’s an insurrection
5. because there’s an insurrection, i’m suspending elections
What perfect album came out the year you turned 16?
November 17, 2025 at 6:27 PM
What perfect album came out the year you turned 16?
Yes, it's a loooong read. Yes, it's worth your time. Share with a friend who loves our country.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
60 Attorneys on the Year of Chaos Inside Trump’s Justice Department (Gift Article)
Sixty former staffers describe an environment of suspicion and intimidation within the nation’s most powerful law enforcement agency.
www.nytimes.com
November 17, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Yes, it's a loooong read. Yes, it's worth your time. Share with a friend who loves our country.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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![[Scene is a kitchen - a middle aged woman called JANET is boiling peas at the stove. A younger more colourfully dressed woman named LIZ approached her.]
JANET:
Ugh...
LIZ:
What's up?
JANET:
I am so bored of cooking peas!
LIZ:
Have you tried...
AI peas?
JANET:
AI peas?
LIZ:
They're peas with AI!
[Liz holds up to us a packet of peas labelled: Pea-i AI - Peas with AI].
LIZ:
Al-powered peas harness the potential of your peas
JANET:
What
LIZ [Now a voiceover as we cut to a whizzy technology diagram of peas all connected by meaningless dotted lines]
Why not take your peas to the next level with Al Peas' new Al tools to power your peas?
[Show a techno diagram of a pea with a label reading 'AI' pointing to a random zone in it]
LIZ:
Each pea has Al in a way we haven't quite worked out yet but it's fine
[Show Janet and Liz now in a Matrix-style world of peas]
LIZ:
With Al peas you can supercharge productivity and make AI work for your peas!
JANET:
What
LIZ:
Shut up
LIZ:
Our game-changing Pea-Al gives you the freedom to unlock the potential of the power of the future of your peas workflow
From opening the bag of peas
to boiling the peas
to eating the peas
To spending millions on adding Al to the peas and then having to work out what that even means.
JANET:
Is it really necessary to-
LIZ [Grabbing Janet by the collar]:
THE PEAS HAVE GOT AI, JANET
[Cut to an advert ending screen, with the bag of peas and the slogan:
AI PEAS: Just 'Peas' for god's sake buy the AI peas.
[Ends]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4m3we4apbjayclzcnhwe3pfp/bafkreiayqa37f7kik7l7s7fbtfp2sir5ckb662ry2lylinyjrfa2rkvvka@jpeg)
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I can't tell you how many interviews I've done where I've been asked: If Trump's policies are so problematic, why are U.S. stocks rising so rapidly.
A bit of international context illustrates the real issue here.
U.S. stocks have dramatically underperformed other advanced economies.
A bit of international context illustrates the real issue here.
U.S. stocks have dramatically underperformed other advanced economies.
November 10, 2025 at 3:15 PM
I can't tell you how many interviews I've done where I've been asked: If Trump's policies are so problematic, why are U.S. stocks rising so rapidly.
A bit of international context illustrates the real issue here.
U.S. stocks have dramatically underperformed other advanced economies.
A bit of international context illustrates the real issue here.
U.S. stocks have dramatically underperformed other advanced economies.
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incredible photo that's definitely worth at least 1,000 words from Andrew Harnik of Getty
November 6, 2025 at 6:10 PM
incredible photo that's definitely worth at least 1,000 words from Andrew Harnik of Getty
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Along the lines of people dressing up in inflatable frog costumes, I think an effective resistance tactic against these pathetic men could involve crowds of people pointing, cracking up and falling to the floor in hysterical laughter as tubas play clown music in the background
@jvl.bsky.social on Greg Bovino and his officers in Chicago who look and act like they're in Fallujah.
Read The Triad, only @thebulwark.com: www.thebulwark.com/p/this-man-i...
Read The Triad, only @thebulwark.com: www.thebulwark.com/p/this-man-i...
This Man Is the Face of the Future
Greg Bovino is next.
www.thebulwark.com
October 30, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Along the lines of people dressing up in inflatable frog costumes, I think an effective resistance tactic against these pathetic men could involve crowds of people pointing, cracking up and falling to the floor in hysterical laughter as tubas play clown music in the background
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I'm shaking almost too hard to type. I entered SLC airport and heard screams and cries for help. I could see people gathered around, watching. I sped over to discover this woman face down on the floor, four grown men pushing her down, while she cried "HELP ME" and pled for her child.
October 29, 2025 at 10:23 PM
I'm shaking almost too hard to type. I entered SLC airport and heard screams and cries for help. I could see people gathered around, watching. I sped over to discover this woman face down on the floor, four grown men pushing her down, while she cried "HELP ME" and pled for her child.
Provo. Utah.
About twice as many as last time.
About twice as many as last time.
October 18, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Provo. Utah.
About twice as many as last time.
About twice as many as last time.
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“I spent three nights and three days in federal custody. During that time, I was never told what I was charged with, was not allowed to shower despite being covered in tear gas and pepper spray, had no phone call to my family, and no access to an attorney.” - George Retes, U.S. citizen and veteran.
I’m a US citizen and a veteran. ICE arrested me for no reason.
Jailed for three days without an explanation or ability to notify anyone, George Retes argues the only path to healing starts with the government taking accountability for its actions.
newsletter.ofthebrave.org
October 12, 2025 at 12:01 PM
“I spent three nights and three days in federal custody. During that time, I was never told what I was charged with, was not allowed to shower despite being covered in tear gas and pepper spray, had no phone call to my family, and no access to an attorney.” - George Retes, U.S. citizen and veteran.
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Cartoon by @ivan-ehlers.bsky.social.
October 7, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Cartoon by @ivan-ehlers.bsky.social.
Every news anchor worth their chair needs to come out of this U.N. speech and say, “It’s clear the president is not well.”
September 23, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Every news anchor worth their chair needs to come out of this U.N. speech and say, “It’s clear the president is not well.”
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We cannot dare to be silent or complacent in the face of this frontal assault on free speech.
We, the People, deserve better.
We, the People, deserve better.
September 18, 2025 at 8:47 PM
We cannot dare to be silent or complacent in the face of this frontal assault on free speech.
We, the People, deserve better.
We, the People, deserve better.
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What we are witnessing is an outright abuse of power.
This administration is attacking critics and using fear as a weapon to silence anyone who would speak out. Media corporations — from television networks to newspapers — are capitulating to these threats.
This administration is attacking critics and using fear as a weapon to silence anyone who would speak out. Media corporations — from television networks to newspapers — are capitulating to these threats.
September 18, 2025 at 8:47 PM
What we are witnessing is an outright abuse of power.
This administration is attacking critics and using fear as a weapon to silence anyone who would speak out. Media corporations — from television networks to newspapers — are capitulating to these threats.
This administration is attacking critics and using fear as a weapon to silence anyone who would speak out. Media corporations — from television networks to newspapers — are capitulating to these threats.
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They know what they’re doing.
September 18, 2025 at 12:59 PM
They know what they’re doing.
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ICE badly injure 80-year-old U.S. citizen who owns the car wash—leave him with broken ribs & dislocated elbow.
"They told me: ‘You don’t F with ICE! We are here!’ and then threw me on the floor."
"I told them I'm an old man and need my heart medication, but they said ‘No!’"
Van Nuys, California
"They told me: ‘You don’t F with ICE! We are here!’ and then threw me on the floor."
"I told them I'm an old man and need my heart medication, but they said ‘No!’"
Van Nuys, California
September 17, 2025 at 7:18 PM
ICE badly injure 80-year-old U.S. citizen who owns the car wash—leave him with broken ribs & dislocated elbow.
"They told me: ‘You don’t F with ICE! We are here!’ and then threw me on the floor."
"I told them I'm an old man and need my heart medication, but they said ‘No!’"
Van Nuys, California
"They told me: ‘You don’t F with ICE! We are here!’ and then threw me on the floor."
"I told them I'm an old man and need my heart medication, but they said ‘No!’"
Van Nuys, California
worse
—
i feel bad that
i don’t feel worse
truly
i can (just) see the campus from my window
in a better world
i would feel really bad
that the man who said
“some gun deaths every single year”
was the “cost”
was shot
and killed
right over there
in a better world
a kinder world
i would feel worse
—
i feel bad that
i don’t feel worse
truly
i can (just) see the campus from my window
in a better world
i would feel really bad
that the man who said
“some gun deaths every single year”
was the “cost”
was shot
and killed
right over there
in a better world
a kinder world
i would feel worse
September 11, 2025 at 12:17 AM
worse
—
i feel bad that
i don’t feel worse
truly
i can (just) see the campus from my window
in a better world
i would feel really bad
that the man who said
“some gun deaths every single year”
was the “cost”
was shot
and killed
right over there
in a better world
a kinder world
i would feel worse
—
i feel bad that
i don’t feel worse
truly
i can (just) see the campus from my window
in a better world
i would feel really bad
that the man who said
“some gun deaths every single year”
was the “cost”
was shot
and killed
right over there
in a better world
a kinder world
i would feel worse
Since the initial report of the existence of this letter, this line's phrasing always struck me as the most odd. Is Trump slyly referring to a Lisa or Alisa? Is that the "secret" they shared?
September 8, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Since the initial report of the existence of this letter, this line's phrasing always struck me as the most odd. Is Trump slyly referring to a Lisa or Alisa? Is that the "secret" they shared?
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History rhymes, and we can learn from the cadence.
September 8, 2025 at 5:40 PM
History rhymes, and we can learn from the cadence.
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Remember when Trump said the birthday card he signed and sent to Epstein “doesn’t exist”?
Anyway, here it is:
Anyway, here it is:
September 8, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Remember when Trump said the birthday card he signed and sent to Epstein “doesn’t exist”?
Anyway, here it is:
Anyway, here it is:
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"Everybody’s corrupt—but you?" Bernie & RFK Jr. Go Full C-SPAN Celebrity Deathmatch
September 5, 2025 at 8:15 PM
"Everybody’s corrupt—but you?" Bernie & RFK Jr. Go Full C-SPAN Celebrity Deathmatch
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remember folks, we cant have gun restrictions because if we do the federal government will occupy our streets, imprison people without due process, ship dissidents to foreign gulags and things of that nature
August 27, 2025 at 6:42 PM
remember folks, we cant have gun restrictions because if we do the federal government will occupy our streets, imprison people without due process, ship dissidents to foreign gulags and things of that nature
in the church at the school
—
children praying
in the church at the school
hiding under pews
in the church at the school
“we never practiced it in the church”
in the church at the school
kyrie eleison
in the church at the school
miserere nobis
in the church at the school
—
children praying
in the church at the school
hiding under pews
in the church at the school
“we never practiced it in the church”
in the church at the school
kyrie eleison
in the church at the school
miserere nobis
in the church at the school
August 27, 2025 at 8:11 PM
in the church at the school
—
children praying
in the church at the school
hiding under pews
in the church at the school
“we never practiced it in the church”
in the church at the school
kyrie eleison
in the church at the school
miserere nobis
in the church at the school
—
children praying
in the church at the school
hiding under pews
in the church at the school
“we never practiced it in the church”
in the church at the school
kyrie eleison
in the church at the school
miserere nobis
in the church at the school
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Cost of Trump's D.C. Occupation: $1.1M per day.
Cost to operate public housing for D.C.'s entire homeless population: $169,226 per day.
It's not about what this country can or can’t afford.
It’s about priorities.
Cost to operate public housing for D.C.'s entire homeless population: $169,226 per day.
It's not about what this country can or can’t afford.
It’s about priorities.
August 26, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Cost of Trump's D.C. Occupation: $1.1M per day.
Cost to operate public housing for D.C.'s entire homeless population: $169,226 per day.
It's not about what this country can or can’t afford.
It’s about priorities.
Cost to operate public housing for D.C.'s entire homeless population: $169,226 per day.
It's not about what this country can or can’t afford.
It’s about priorities.