Brett Brewer
@brettlbrewer.bsky.social
Digital marketer. Member of the Jimmy Carter fan club since 1976. Northwestern Wildcats and Atlanta Falcons fan…it’s a tough burden to bear most of the time.
Man, @ricksteves.bsky.social is just a profoundly decent human…
It’s the “season of love and giving”…but this year, doesn’t it seem more like a “season of fear and taking”? Like many of you, I’ve been saddened by the human impact of draconian government budget cuts and how angry many housed Americans are at unhoused Americans.
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December 21, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Man, @ricksteves.bsky.social is just a profoundly decent human…
We haven’t had a quarterback live up to expectations since Trevor Siemian.
November 30, 2025 at 3:54 AM
We haven’t had a quarterback live up to expectations since Trevor Siemian.
Glad we’re paying Preston Stone a fortune to throw nonstop interceptions…
November 30, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Glad we’re paying Preston Stone a fortune to throw nonstop interceptions…
As a Northwestern Alum, let me make it clear that I hate this.
BREAKING: Northwestern University has agreed to pay the U.S. Treasury $75 million, over the course of three years as part of an agreement with the federal government to restore funding and end investigations into the university
Full statement from NU below:
Full statement from NU below:
November 30, 2025 at 1:53 AM
As a Northwestern Alum, let me make it clear that I hate this.
What a heartbreaker.
November 15, 2025 at 8:47 PM
What a heartbreaker.
What @charlotteclymer.bsky.social said. 10,000 times over.
"Do you think the Democratic Party should follow the lead of Abigail Spanberger or Zohran Mamdani?"
What if I told you that Democrats have different audiences in different parts of the country which require different messaging and it's okay for Democrats to tailor their messaging to beat the GOP?
What if I told you that Democrats have different audiences in different parts of the country which require different messaging and it's okay for Democrats to tailor their messaging to beat the GOP?
November 4, 2025 at 5:00 PM
What @charlotteclymer.bsky.social said. 10,000 times over.
I think all of this talk about @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social and the national appeal of his policies misses the point. The power of the Mamdani campaign is in his ability to make real connections with real voters, policy be damned. Dems from California to rural South Georgia should learn from that.
November 4, 2025 at 12:33 AM
I think all of this talk about @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social and the national appeal of his policies misses the point. The power of the Mamdani campaign is in his ability to make real connections with real voters, policy be damned. Dems from California to rural South Georgia should learn from that.
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Tyler Allgeier is great but maybe on 3rd and short don't do the exact thing MIN expects you to do on 3rd and short? As a treat?
September 15, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Tyler Allgeier is great but maybe on 3rd and short don't do the exact thing MIN expects you to do on 3rd and short? As a treat?
Hoping for a better showing tonight from my beloved Northwestern Wildcats than last week. #GoCats #DontThrowFourPicks
September 5, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Hoping for a better showing tonight from my beloved Northwestern Wildcats than last week. #GoCats #DontThrowFourPicks
I want to be like “@jysexton what do you mean, specifically” but I know…it’s everything.
Coooooooooooooooked.
So much of this country is charred-to-a-crisp cooked.
So much of this country is charred-to-a-crisp cooked.
June 4, 2025 at 11:16 PM
I want to be like “@jysexton what do you mean, specifically” but I know…it’s everything.
Remember when Michelle Obama’s WH vegetable garden was an affront to freedom?
This is, weirdly, the most purely fascist shit anyone in the administration has said so far
- Your health is an asset of the fatherland
- Illness is a failure or a moral failing
- You have a duty to maintain your health
- Healthcare is not a right, it's a finite resource
- Die for the fatherland
- Your health is an asset of the fatherland
- Illness is a failure or a moral failing
- You have a duty to maintain your health
- Healthcare is not a right, it's a finite resource
- Die for the fatherland
Now it's your fault if you get sick?
Dr. Oz: 'It's your patriotic duty to take care of yourself. Healthy people don't consume healthcare resources.'
Dr. Oz: 'It's your patriotic duty to take care of yourself. Healthy people don't consume healthcare resources.'
April 19, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Remember when Michelle Obama’s WH vegetable garden was an affront to freedom?
These feel not only like good principles for covering Trump, but for how one processes/prioritizes/absorbs coverage of Trump (and the noise Trump floods the zone with), as well.
I've been working out a few principles for myself to cover Trump this time around. There are three big ones
1) Focus is power - can't cover everything and need to stay on topics that are tempting to drop in favor of something new
1) Focus is power - can't cover everything and need to stay on topics that are tempting to drop in favor of something new
January 30, 2025 at 3:54 PM
These feel not only like good principles for covering Trump, but for how one processes/prioritizes/absorbs coverage of Trump (and the noise Trump floods the zone with), as well.
100% agree with this, and it is frustrating that there are members of the party (most notably @aoc.bsky.social ) who understand this deeply and intuitively, and are being held back by the Party (literal) elders.
Something that I think we can all agree on is that the current generation of Democratic leadership is simply not optimized for the Attention Age. Not really their fault! And honestly, they may be better people for it, but it's a pretty pressing political problem.
January 30, 2025 at 3:44 PM
100% agree with this, and it is frustrating that there are members of the party (most notably @aoc.bsky.social ) who understand this deeply and intuitively, and are being held back by the Party (literal) elders.
It won’t happen in this timeline, but a reasonable response to an air disaster like last nights’ would be to increase investments in the FAA and air traffic control, and to consider whether investments in rail infrastructure might lead to less congestion in the skies. Sadly, that’s a pipe dream.
January 30, 2025 at 12:59 PM
It won’t happen in this timeline, but a reasonable response to an air disaster like last nights’ would be to increase investments in the FAA and air traffic control, and to consider whether investments in rail infrastructure might lead to less congestion in the skies. Sadly, that’s a pipe dream.
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to recap:
— Trump was *for* the TikTok ban
— which the GOP Congress passed
— and the GOP Supreme Court upheld
— and even though Biden said he wouldn't enforce the ban, TikTok shut down anyway
— so that Trump could "save" it
— and the media fell for it
we really do live in the dumbest fucking country
— Trump was *for* the TikTok ban
— which the GOP Congress passed
— and the GOP Supreme Court upheld
— and even though Biden said he wouldn't enforce the ban, TikTok shut down anyway
— so that Trump could "save" it
— and the media fell for it
we really do live in the dumbest fucking country
January 19, 2025 at 6:33 PM
to recap:
— Trump was *for* the TikTok ban
— which the GOP Congress passed
— and the GOP Supreme Court upheld
— and even though Biden said he wouldn't enforce the ban, TikTok shut down anyway
— so that Trump could "save" it
— and the media fell for it
we really do live in the dumbest fucking country
— Trump was *for* the TikTok ban
— which the GOP Congress passed
— and the GOP Supreme Court upheld
— and even though Biden said he wouldn't enforce the ban, TikTok shut down anyway
— so that Trump could "save" it
— and the media fell for it
we really do live in the dumbest fucking country
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This kind of timely and profound insight is why the Walgreens CEO makes $1.5M a year and $12M in stocks while his workers make $15 an hour.
Walgreens CEO says anti-shoplifting strategy backfired: ‘When you lock things up…you don’t sell as many of them’
Walgreens CEO says anti-shoplifting strategy backfired: 'When you lock things up…you don't sell as many of them’
Walgreens' CEO talked about the flip side of investing in increased security on a recent earnings call.
fortune.com
January 15, 2025 at 6:08 PM
This kind of timely and profound insight is why the Walgreens CEO makes $1.5M a year and $12M in stocks while his workers make $15 an hour.
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Jimmy Carter putting his peanut farm into a blind trust reminds me of that time Donald Trump’s son-in-law took $2 Billion from the Saudis who murdered Jamal Khashoggi.
December 30, 2024 at 6:39 PM
Jimmy Carter putting his peanut farm into a blind trust reminds me of that time Donald Trump’s son-in-law took $2 Billion from the Saudis who murdered Jamal Khashoggi.
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FACT: The United States is the only developed country in the world without universal health coverage for all of its citizens - and that's absolutely shameful, especially for the most wealthy nation on the planet.
#HealthCareForAll
#HealthCareForAll
December 30, 2024 at 1:49 PM
FACT: The United States is the only developed country in the world without universal health coverage for all of its citizens - and that's absolutely shameful, especially for the most wealthy nation on the planet.
#HealthCareForAll
#HealthCareForAll
Carter said it best:
“A strong nation, like a strong person, can afford to be gentle, firm, thoughtful, and restrained. It can afford to extend a helping hand to others. It is a weak nation, like a weak person, that must behave with bluster and boasting and rashness and other signs of insecurity.”
“A strong nation, like a strong person, can afford to be gentle, firm, thoughtful, and restrained. It can afford to extend a helping hand to others. It is a weak nation, like a weak person, that must behave with bluster and boasting and rashness and other signs of insecurity.”
December 30, 2024 at 2:14 PM
Carter said it best:
“A strong nation, like a strong person, can afford to be gentle, firm, thoughtful, and restrained. It can afford to extend a helping hand to others. It is a weak nation, like a weak person, that must behave with bluster and boasting and rashness and other signs of insecurity.”
“A strong nation, like a strong person, can afford to be gentle, firm, thoughtful, and restrained. It can afford to extend a helping hand to others. It is a weak nation, like a weak person, that must behave with bluster and boasting and rashness and other signs of insecurity.”
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I kept changing my mind which Carter cartoon i should go with. Here's all three.
December 29, 2024 at 10:02 PM
I kept changing my mind which Carter cartoon i should go with. Here's all three.
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Hi, I’m God.
People like Jimmy Carter go to Heaven.
People like Donald Trump go to Hell.
Hope this helps,
God
People like Jimmy Carter go to Heaven.
People like Donald Trump go to Hell.
Hope this helps,
God
December 30, 2024 at 2:40 AM
Hi, I’m God.
People like Jimmy Carter go to Heaven.
People like Donald Trump go to Hell.
Hope this helps,
God
People like Jimmy Carter go to Heaven.
People like Donald Trump go to Hell.
Hope this helps,
God
On a day like today, it is good to have @bittersouth.bsky.social to speak the heartache so many of us bitter southerners feel…Godspeed, President Carter.
December 30, 2024 at 2:52 AM
On a day like today, it is good to have @bittersouth.bsky.social to speak the heartache so many of us bitter southerners feel…Godspeed, President Carter.
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The Empire State Building shines red, white, and blue in tribute to the life and legacy of President Jimmy Carter.
December 30, 2024 at 2:42 AM
The Empire State Building shines red, white, and blue in tribute to the life and legacy of President Jimmy Carter.
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Every. Single. Time.
Anyone else pronounce Bluesky in their head as Bluski? I read it that way every time
December 3, 2024 at 11:41 PM
Every. Single. Time.