Brutus Buck
@1bdude.bsky.social
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We don’t spend enough time discussing how the entire MAGA movement is kept afloat by the constant threats of stochastic terrorism orchestrated by the president of the United States.
Congress, the courts, much of the media … all kept in line by the mob boss and his army of anonymous goons.
Congress, the courts, much of the media … all kept in line by the mob boss and his army of anonymous goons.
“I’m 84 years old. Threats against my life expectancy are kind of hollow. I don’t have much time anyway. I’m more concerned that our democracy is at risk because of the trends against the rule of law.” www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...
Judges who ruled against Trump say harassment and threats have changed their lives
More than 100 pizzas were delivered to the homes of judges and their families this year, some with signs of foreign involvement. Judges say the message is clear: We know where you live.
www.nbcnews.com
December 24, 2025 at 3:06 PM
We don’t spend enough time discussing how the entire MAGA movement is kept afloat by the constant threats of stochastic terrorism orchestrated by the president of the United States.
Congress, the courts, much of the media … all kept in line by the mob boss and his army of anonymous goons.
Congress, the courts, much of the media … all kept in line by the mob boss and his army of anonymous goons.
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“If a political party does not have its foundation in the determination to advance a right and moral cause, then it is not a political party, but a conspiracy to seize power.”
~President Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1956.
Image: Eisenhower Presidential Library.
~President Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1956.
Image: Eisenhower Presidential Library.
December 24, 2025 at 1:29 PM
“If a political party does not have its foundation in the determination to advance a right and moral cause, then it is not a political party, but a conspiracy to seize power.”
~President Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1956.
Image: Eisenhower Presidential Library.
~President Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1956.
Image: Eisenhower Presidential Library.
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The rich and powerful don’t get their wages garnished when they default on a loan. They declare bankruptcy and end up paying pennies on the dollar, if anything. Like Trump did many, many times.
December 24, 2025 at 2:13 PM
The rich and powerful don’t get their wages garnished when they default on a loan. They declare bankruptcy and end up paying pennies on the dollar, if anything. Like Trump did many, many times.
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I hope it's clear to everyone by now that Trump's play over and over again is to yell "National Security!" and pretend as though that gives him the right to act like a dictator
December 23, 2025 at 1:15 PM
I hope it's clear to everyone by now that Trump's play over and over again is to yell "National Security!" and pretend as though that gives him the right to act like a dictator
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Much of the opposition was about tourism; as a sometimes visitor to NYC, the place is so much nicer with less traffic. I am more prone to visit (and to linger and buy stuff) when I don't have to constantly risk a painful death from gridlocked cars in crosswalks jockeying for position.
Year 1 data on congestion pricing in Manhattan…
* Vehicle traffic: -11%
* Foot traffic: +3.4%
* Storefront vacancy: -0.9%
* Pollution: -22%
* Revenue for mass transit: $548M
So YES this has been a huge success.
* Vehicle traffic: -11%
* Foot traffic: +3.4%
* Storefront vacancy: -0.9%
* Pollution: -22%
* Revenue for mass transit: $548M
So YES this has been a huge success.
December 23, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Much of the opposition was about tourism; as a sometimes visitor to NYC, the place is so much nicer with less traffic. I am more prone to visit (and to linger and buy stuff) when I don't have to constantly risk a painful death from gridlocked cars in crosswalks jockeying for position.
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We should have extremely high standards of personal conduct for Presidents.
The lowest bar one could ever imagine for any job is: not a serial pedophile. And Trump can’t even clear that!!
The lowest bar one could ever imagine for any job is: not a serial pedophile. And Trump can’t even clear that!!
December 23, 2025 at 2:11 AM
We should have extremely high standards of personal conduct for Presidents.
The lowest bar one could ever imagine for any job is: not a serial pedophile. And Trump can’t even clear that!!
The lowest bar one could ever imagine for any job is: not a serial pedophile. And Trump can’t even clear that!!
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In five years, Trump has already played golf 3% more times than Obama did in eight — something Trump found terribly offensive back in 2015.
www.pbump.net/o/an-officia...
www.pbump.net/o/an-officia...
December 22, 2025 at 11:58 PM
In five years, Trump has already played golf 3% more times than Obama did in eight — something Trump found terribly offensive back in 2015.
www.pbump.net/o/an-officia...
www.pbump.net/o/an-officia...
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““I don’t know” is the deflection of a man who has run out of more interesting lies to tell,” @amandamarcotte.bsky.social writes.
Trump's excuse in 2025: "I don't know"
From Epstein to MRIs, the president fakes ignorance
www.salon.com
December 23, 2025 at 12:19 AM
““I don’t know” is the deflection of a man who has run out of more interesting lies to tell,” @amandamarcotte.bsky.social writes.
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NEW: Billions of prescriptions for generic drugs are filled in the U.S. annually.
The FDA reports testing only a few dozen of them every year, and it has largely dismissed warnings about contaminants, irregularities and other issues.
Here’s what we found when we did our own testing:
The FDA reports testing only a few dozen of them every year, and it has largely dismissed warnings about contaminants, irregularities and other issues.
Here’s what we found when we did our own testing:
The FDA Often Doesn’t Test Generic Drugs for Quality Concerns, So ProPublica Did
Billions of prescriptions for generic drugs are filled in the U.S. annually. The FDA tests only a few dozen of them every year, its own records show, and it has largely dismissed warnings about contaminants, irregularities and other issues.
www.propublica.org
December 22, 2025 at 3:05 PM
NEW: Billions of prescriptions for generic drugs are filled in the U.S. annually.
The FDA reports testing only a few dozen of them every year, and it has largely dismissed warnings about contaminants, irregularities and other issues.
Here’s what we found when we did our own testing:
The FDA reports testing only a few dozen of them every year, and it has largely dismissed warnings about contaminants, irregularities and other issues.
Here’s what we found when we did our own testing:
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"Journalism is printing something that someone does not want printed. Everything else is public relations."
~ George Orwell
~ George Orwell
December 22, 2025 at 2:56 PM
"Journalism is printing something that someone does not want printed. Everything else is public relations."
~ George Orwell
~ George Orwell
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In Ohio, crumbling schools and higher property taxes ARE state policy…
Crisis: When The Wheels Come Off a State’s Public School System
A Case Study of a Systemic Underfunding Crisis
open.substack.com
December 22, 2025 at 2:36 PM
In Ohio, crumbling schools and higher property taxes ARE state policy…
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Karoline Leavitt’s White House briefings aren’t just spin – they reflect what George Orwell warned about: lies divorced from reality, and the use of “doublethink” to have a word (like “transparency”) mean just the opposite. A historian who studies Orwell explains:
Thread ⬇️ buff.ly/tb8q3ES
Thread ⬇️ buff.ly/tb8q3ES
Karoline Leavitt’s White House briefing doublethink is straight out of Orwell’s ‘1984’
A historian analyzes how White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt’s claims about her boss and his administration are ‘doublespeak’ straight out of the pages of George Orwell’s ‘1984.’
buff.ly
December 20, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Karoline Leavitt’s White House briefings aren’t just spin – they reflect what George Orwell warned about: lies divorced from reality, and the use of “doublethink” to have a word (like “transparency”) mean just the opposite. A historian who studies Orwell explains:
Thread ⬇️ buff.ly/tb8q3ES
Thread ⬇️ buff.ly/tb8q3ES
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Nobody works this hard for this long to cover up something this bad unless they are guilty.
December 20, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Nobody works this hard for this long to cover up something this bad unless they are guilty.
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It IS our war. We made a deal with Ukraine that if they gave up their nukes, we’d protect them from Russia.
Rubio on Russia-Ukraine: "It's not our war. It's a war on another continent."
December 19, 2025 at 6:05 PM
It IS our war. We made a deal with Ukraine that if they gave up their nukes, we’d protect them from Russia.
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There were no drones.
No mothership.
No invasion.
Just airplanes, blurry cameras, and a political ecosystem that profits from panic and never apologizes when it’s wrong.
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
No mothership.
No invasion.
Just airplanes, blurry cameras, and a political ecosystem that profits from panic and never apologizes when it’s wrong.
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
The Great Drone Panic: America’s Modern War of the Worlds
How a few blurry videos, a reckless claim from a member of Congress, and a right-wing media frenzy turned ordinary airplanes into a national security panic—and then vanished without accountability.
open.substack.com
December 19, 2025 at 4:47 PM
There were no drones.
No mothership.
No invasion.
Just airplanes, blurry cameras, and a political ecosystem that profits from panic and never apologizes when it’s wrong.
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
No mothership.
No invasion.
Just airplanes, blurry cameras, and a political ecosystem that profits from panic and never apologizes when it’s wrong.
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
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The president's nationally televised address will haunt him like Biden's debate performance.
Trump's speech was his Joe Biden moment
The president's nationally televised address will haunt him like Biden's debate performance
salon.com
December 19, 2025 at 4:22 PM
The president's nationally televised address will haunt him like Biden's debate performance.
Seems like running away from a problem instead of meeting it head on. These are the people in charge of our military and sending our sons and daughters into harm’s way?
Widmar responded that they should consult with their legal adviser if they’re unsure, the sources said. But ultimately, if they determine that an order is illegal, they should consider requesting retirement.
#law #trump #hegseth #military #criminal #murder #warcrimes #extrajudicialkillings […]
#law #trump #hegseth #military #criminal #murder #warcrimes #extrajudicialkillings […]
Original post on masto.ai
masto.ai
December 19, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Seems like running away from a problem instead of meeting it head on. These are the people in charge of our military and sending our sons and daughters into harm’s way?
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The 6 richest men in the world are all Trump allies.
They control your algorithms and data on X, TikTok, Twitch, Instagram, Facebook, WhatsApp, Threads, and YouTube.
Just in case you’re wondering why more isn’t done to stop right-wing bots and misinformation on social media.
They control your algorithms and data on X, TikTok, Twitch, Instagram, Facebook, WhatsApp, Threads, and YouTube.
Just in case you’re wondering why more isn’t done to stop right-wing bots and misinformation on social media.
December 19, 2025 at 1:19 PM
The 6 richest men in the world are all Trump allies.
They control your algorithms and data on X, TikTok, Twitch, Instagram, Facebook, WhatsApp, Threads, and YouTube.
Just in case you’re wondering why more isn’t done to stop right-wing bots and misinformation on social media.
They control your algorithms and data on X, TikTok, Twitch, Instagram, Facebook, WhatsApp, Threads, and YouTube.
Just in case you’re wondering why more isn’t done to stop right-wing bots and misinformation on social media.
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UMich consumer sentiment (current conditions) at 50.4 is a new all-time low -- going back to data from the 1970s.
U.S MICHIGAN CONSUMER SENTIMENT (DEC) ACTUAL: 52.9 VS 53.3 PREVIOUS; EST 53.5
December 19, 2025 at 3:04 PM
UMich consumer sentiment (current conditions) at 50.4 is a new all-time low -- going back to data from the 1970s.
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“Crime is contagious. If the government becomes a lawbreaker, it breeds contempt for law; it invites every man to become a law unto himself; it invites anarchy.”
~Louis Brandeis.
Image: Library of Congress.
~Louis Brandeis.
Image: Library of Congress.
December 18, 2025 at 10:46 PM
“Crime is contagious. If the government becomes a lawbreaker, it breeds contempt for law; it invites every man to become a law unto himself; it invites anarchy.”
~Louis Brandeis.
Image: Library of Congress.
~Louis Brandeis.
Image: Library of Congress.
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The Kennedy Center was established and named by an act of Congress. No media outlet should call it anything different until Congress amends or repeals that Act. Trump is not a king.
December 18, 2025 at 9:43 PM
The Kennedy Center was established and named by an act of Congress. No media outlet should call it anything different until Congress amends or repeals that Act. Trump is not a king.
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NYT: “In a newly obtained recording of a phone call from late 2020, President Trump can be heard pressing the speaker of the Georgia House of Representatives to hold a special legislative session to overturn Mr. Trump’s election loss.”
@nytimes.com
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@nytimes.com
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December 18, 2025 at 10:02 AM
NYT: “In a newly obtained recording of a phone call from late 2020, President Trump can be heard pressing the speaker of the Georgia House of Representatives to hold a special legislative session to overturn Mr. Trump’s election loss.”
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/u...
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/u...
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Trump announces his golden ballroom may now cost $400 million, which is double the original estimate of $200 million.
This comes as Americans’ health care premiums are set to triple in the next few weeks.
This comes as Americans’ health care premiums are set to triple in the next few weeks.
December 17, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Trump announces his golden ballroom may now cost $400 million, which is double the original estimate of $200 million.
This comes as Americans’ health care premiums are set to triple in the next few weeks.
This comes as Americans’ health care premiums are set to triple in the next few weeks.
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Just a reminder that Dave Yost led a national campaign in 2022 to discredit story about a 10 y/o Ohio girl who was raped and had to go to Indiana for an abortion. The head of the Ohio GOP, Alex Triantafilou, called the story about the girl "a garbage lie."
Spoiler: The story was true.
Spoiler: The story was true.
This is an actual photo taken at the #Ohio Statehouse.
This is Ohio's Attorney General (the guy on his knees) with one of the state's top lobbying groups, "Center For Christian Virtue"
A visual reminder of their power over our state laws
www.cincinnati.com/picture-gall...
This is Ohio's Attorney General (the guy on his knees) with one of the state's top lobbying groups, "Center For Christian Virtue"
A visual reminder of their power over our state laws
www.cincinnati.com/picture-gall...
December 16, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Just a reminder that Dave Yost led a national campaign in 2022 to discredit story about a 10 y/o Ohio girl who was raped and had to go to Indiana for an abortion. The head of the Ohio GOP, Alex Triantafilou, called the story about the girl "a garbage lie."
Spoiler: The story was true.
Spoiler: The story was true.
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We are failing our kids
December 16, 2025 at 3:06 PM
We are failing our kids