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Brent

@thebrent.net

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Software developer💻, cyclist🚴, middle-aged punk, pizza lover🍕, guitarist🎸, coffee enthusiast☕, puppy parent🐕, alcohol free, liberal snowflake ❄️, atheist, and probably some other stuff.

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Brent @thebrent.net · 21d

My name is Brent.
I am a 44 year old straight white male.
I believe that everyone should be treated equally.
I am Antifa, and I will use my privilege to protect those without.

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Brent @thebrent.net · 36m

1. Watching the Challenger explosion at age 4
2. Watching the Berlin Wall come down at age 8
3. Visiting DC
4. Having emergency stomach surgery
5. Doing a project on protest as a form of communication in 6th grade

#2 led me to get a masters degree in international affairs, and now I live in DC.

Brent @thebrent.net · 42m

My shitty billionaire one came yesterday. I went to send the link to a friend, and it's all sold out. Only ones left on that site have like 1 month shipping, or look REALLY shitty.

Brent @thebrent.net · 11h

I got my costume for No Kings Day!

Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 11h

It’s the Feds making Portland look like a war zone— not the protesters.

And honestly, these protesters are brilliant. They’re flipping the whole authoritarian cosplay on its ass!

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Brent @thebrent.net · 1d

I graduated magna cum laude with a degree in protesting, and I'm still struggling to find a good paying job.

Brent @thebrent.net · 1d

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The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 2d

Things are happening at Portland's ICE facility tonight.

Read more of our protest coverage here: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...

Brent @thebrent.net · 2d

The new White House Spokesperson.

A picture of Muhammad Saeed Al-Sahhaf,
Former Foreign Minister of Iraq, known as "Baghdad Bob", and famous for his laughably false statements to the press.

Brent @thebrent.net · 2d

All I hear is "Abigail, Abigail" and ranting about communist Chinese gangs.

Aaron Parnas @aaronparnas.bsky.social · 2d

Reporting on this Virginia Governor’s debate is tough when Winsome Sears just continues to interrupt and talk over Spanberger.

Reminiscent of Trump 2020 and we saw how well that worked for him…

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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 2d

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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Brent @thebrent.net · 2d

I would be willing to bet that I disagree with just about everything in his platform, but I have to give respect where it's deserved. Props to Gov. Stitt.

Politico @politico.com · 2d

Republican Governor of Oklahoma Kevin Stitt condemns the deployment of Texas's National Guard to Illinois.

“Oklahomans would lose their mind if [Gov. JB] Pritzker in Illinois sent troops down to Oklahoma during the Biden administration,” Stitt told The New York Times in an interview.