brianpiero
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The Valley of the Sun - Arizona
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“To prove discrimination, blacks were repeatedly dispatched as testers to Trump apartment buildings to inquire about vacancies, and white testers were sent soon after. Repeatedly, the black person was told nothing was available, while the white tester was shown apartments for immediate rental.” Gift
Opinion | Is Donald Trump a Racist? (Published 2016)
www.nytimes.com
February 7, 2026 at 6:24 PM
“To prove discrimination, blacks were repeatedly dispatched as testers to Trump apartment buildings to inquire about vacancies, and white testers were sent soon after. Repeatedly, the black person was told nothing was available, while the white tester was shown apartments for immediate rental.” Gift
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If they’re going to name a NY landmark after Trump, how about the Newtown Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant, the largest sewage treatment facility in NYC, in Brooklyn?
As for the D.C. area: Perhaps the Fort Totten Solid Waste Disposal facility, in northeast D.C.?
www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...
As for the D.C. area: Perhaps the Fort Totten Solid Waste Disposal facility, in northeast D.C.?
www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...
Trump wanted Dulles Airport, Penn Station named after him — in exchange for releasing federal funds
Trump has named several landmarks and initiatives after himself since he returned to office.
www.nbcnews.com
February 7, 2026 at 6:08 PM
If they’re going to name a NY landmark after Trump, how about the Newtown Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant, the largest sewage treatment facility in NYC, in Brooklyn?
As for the D.C. area: Perhaps the Fort Totten Solid Waste Disposal facility, in northeast D.C.?
www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...
As for the D.C. area: Perhaps the Fort Totten Solid Waste Disposal facility, in northeast D.C.?
www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...
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So, which senior Trump official is Gabbard covering up for? www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
February 7, 2026 at 6:39 PM
So, which senior Trump official is Gabbard covering up for? www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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There were, I confess, many head-scratching moments in MELANIA, but one sequence at the end was particularly bizarre to me and I couldn't stop thinking about it, so I dug around and then wrote about it. (Cameo by Joan Didion.)
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/m...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/m...
‘Melania’ and the Missing First Lady
www.nytimes.com
February 7, 2026 at 12:23 AM
There were, I confess, many head-scratching moments in MELANIA, but one sequence at the end was particularly bizarre to me and I couldn't stop thinking about it, so I dug around and then wrote about it. (Cameo by Joan Didion.)
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/m...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/m...
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Shame on us!
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The Epstein scandal is taking down Europe’s political class. In the US, they’re getting a pass.
As Europe moves to address its shame, it’s highlighting the comparative lack of accountability in the U.S.
www.politico.com
February 7, 2026 at 4:08 AM
Shame on us!
www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
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It really pays to remind ourselves frequently that this whole immigration "crisis" is made up out of whole cloth. There was no emergency,danger or problem, only a demagogue stirring up racist grievances for political advantage.
February 7, 2026 at 3:38 AM
It really pays to remind ourselves frequently that this whole immigration "crisis" is made up out of whole cloth. There was no emergency,danger or problem, only a demagogue stirring up racist grievances for political advantage.
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Friday night news dump: Trump just opened a marine national monument to commercial fishing.
Environmentalists worry that fishing in the area could damage sensitive ecosystems and habitats for endangered whales and other species. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/c...
Environmentalists worry that fishing in the area could damage sensitive ecosystems and habitats for endangered whales and other species. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/c...
Trump Opens Marine National Monument in Atlantic to Commercial Fishing
www.nytimes.com
February 7, 2026 at 2:01 AM
Friday night news dump: Trump just opened a marine national monument to commercial fishing.
Environmentalists worry that fishing in the area could damage sensitive ecosystems and habitats for endangered whales and other species. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/c...
Environmentalists worry that fishing in the area could damage sensitive ecosystems and habitats for endangered whales and other species. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/c...
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In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
“We must be willing to say that the hedge fund managers have no clothes and their parading about is an unpleasant sight for us all,” Oren Cass writes. “Your daughter has taken a job at Blackstone? My condolences.”
“We must be willing to say that the hedge fund managers have no clothes and their parading about is an unpleasant sight for us all,” Oren Cass writes. “Your daughter has taken a job at Blackstone? My condolences.”
Opinion | The Finance Industry Is a Grift. Let’s Start Treating It That Way.
Regulating the industry is useful. Shaming it is crucial.
nyti.ms
February 7, 2026 at 4:40 AM
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
“We must be willing to say that the hedge fund managers have no clothes and their parading about is an unpleasant sight for us all,” Oren Cass writes. “Your daughter has taken a job at Blackstone? My condolences.”
“We must be willing to say that the hedge fund managers have no clothes and their parading about is an unpleasant sight for us all,” Oren Cass writes. “Your daughter has taken a job at Blackstone? My condolences.”
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6. Weiss presents her mission at CBS as restoring trust by elevating centrist voices, which is accurate enough if we understand "centrist voices" to mean "the type of men likely to hang out with Jeffrey Epstein."
January 31, 2026 at 8:39 PM
6. Weiss presents her mission at CBS as restoring trust by elevating centrist voices, which is accurate enough if we understand "centrist voices" to mean "the type of men likely to hang out with Jeffrey Epstein."
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Shart Week
Am I positive that video shows the president shitting himself on camera? No.
Do I think we should spend an entire week debating it? Oh yes.
Do I think we should spend an entire week debating it? Oh yes.
February 1, 2026 at 9:01 PM
Shart Week
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The problem with equating Zionist with Jewish is not as much that not all Jewish people are Zionist or that even the Jewish faith rejects Zionism but that the vast majority (97%)of Zionists are Christian.
February 1, 2026 at 10:07 PM
The problem with equating Zionist with Jewish is not as much that not all Jewish people are Zionist or that even the Jewish faith rejects Zionism but that the vast majority (97%)of Zionists are Christian.
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This Claremont twit is so fearful of “wine moms” with cell phones and whistles that he’s demanding Trump crush them with violence.
Or rather, more violence.
Or rather, more violence.
February 4, 2026 at 9:46 PM
This Claremont twit is so fearful of “wine moms” with cell phones and whistles that he’s demanding Trump crush them with violence.
Or rather, more violence.
Or rather, more violence.
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This is extremely offensive and inappropriate. I don’t care how popular it is in bars, dwarf-tossing is degrading and NOT OKAY.
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Border Patrol boss Gregory Bovino tossed from Las Vegas bar
Former U.S. Border Patrol Commander-at-Large Gregory Bovino was reportedly asked to leave a Las Vegas bar out of safety concerns for the venue’s customers.
lasvegassun.com
February 6, 2026 at 4:46 PM
This is extremely offensive and inappropriate. I don’t care how popular it is in bars, dwarf-tossing is degrading and NOT OKAY.
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lasvegassun.com/news/2026/fe...
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I really wonder if there is a level of overt racism from the Trump Administration, whether rhetorical or as explicit basis for policy, that would get traditional media outlets like @nytimes.com and @washingtonpost.com and @cnn.com to say he’s being racist.
February 6, 2026 at 4:35 PM
I really wonder if there is a level of overt racism from the Trump Administration, whether rhetorical or as explicit basis for policy, that would get traditional media outlets like @nytimes.com and @washingtonpost.com and @cnn.com to say he’s being racist.
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Christian Nationalist Nightmare Pete Hegseth. More here: christiannightmares.substack.com/p/introducin...
February 5, 2026 at 7:54 PM
Christian Nationalist Nightmare Pete Hegseth. More here: christiannightmares.substack.com/p/introducin...
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Secretary of War Pete Hegseth at the National Prayer Breakfast this morning: "Every single day, especially, especially in this town, that all power, all honor, and all glory belongs to our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Christ is King."
February 5, 2026 at 7:24 PM
Secretary of War Pete Hegseth at the National Prayer Breakfast this morning: "Every single day, especially, especially in this town, that all power, all honor, and all glory belongs to our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Christ is King."
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Newly resurfaced clip of Kid Rock at Woodstock 99 saying, "Monica Lewinsky is a f*cking ho and Bill Clinton is a godd*mn pimp!" before launching into his song "Balls In Your Mouth." Kid Rock is performing at TPUSA's Christian-focused All-American Halftime Show this Sunday.
February 6, 2026 at 5:43 PM
Newly resurfaced clip of Kid Rock at Woodstock 99 saying, "Monica Lewinsky is a f*cking ho and Bill Clinton is a godd*mn pimp!" before launching into his song "Balls In Your Mouth." Kid Rock is performing at TPUSA's Christian-focused All-American Halftime Show this Sunday.
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Kid Rock on his upcoming TPUSA All-American Halftime Show performance: "We're simply gonna go play some great songs, like I've said, for um, you know, our base, people who love football, love America, love good music, and love Jesus."
February 6, 2026 at 5:15 PM
Kid Rock on his upcoming TPUSA All-American Halftime Show performance: "We're simply gonna go play some great songs, like I've said, for um, you know, our base, people who love football, love America, love good music, and love Jesus."
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ICYMI: Late evangelical leader James Dobson is in the Epstein files and it's deeply disturbing: christiannightmares.substack.com/p/late-evang...
February 6, 2026 at 7:48 PM
ICYMI: Late evangelical leader James Dobson is in the Epstein files and it's deeply disturbing: christiannightmares.substack.com/p/late-evang...
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Totally agree. It's always about race.
The entire anti wokeness nonsense of the past decade was about making this kind of gutter racism broadly acceptable again bsky.app/profile/adam...
Pour one out for every professional political pundit, writer, consultant whatever that has spent the last decade trying to pretend that the Trump phenomenon was about trade or opiates and not a big chunk of white america losing its mind over having a black president bsky.app/profile/kyle...
February 6, 2026 at 9:58 PM
Totally agree. It's always about race.
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The Trump administration is "channeling an immigration regime instituted in 1924, when strict racial quotas — driven by fears of foreigners and a rise in eugenic thinking — led to a bottoming-out of foreign-born Americans," writes Jia Lynn Yang. nyti.ms/4a37QmN
Trump’s Immigration Policy Is 100 Years Old
The White House seems to be mining the Coolidge era for inspiration. But America is not the country it was in 1924.
nyti.ms
February 6, 2026 at 10:10 PM
The Trump administration is "channeling an immigration regime instituted in 1924, when strict racial quotas — driven by fears of foreigners and a rise in eugenic thinking — led to a bottoming-out of foreign-born Americans," writes Jia Lynn Yang. nyti.ms/4a37QmN
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A special corps of health care workers have been called in to work with detained immigrants and many feel deeply conflicted about the assignment, saying they're not able to provide good care.
Some Public Health Service officers quit rather than serve in ICE detention centers
A special corps of health care workers have been called in to work with detained immigrants and many feel deeply conflicted about the assignment, saying they're not able to provide good care.
n.pr
February 5, 2026 at 4:19 PM
A special corps of health care workers have been called in to work with detained immigrants and many feel deeply conflicted about the assignment, saying they're not able to provide good care.
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This is truly incredible.
Shakespeare speaking to RIGHT NOW—on the “mountainish” inhumanity of punishing and casting out strangers from your country.
Shakespeare speaking to RIGHT NOW—on the “mountainish” inhumanity of punishing and casting out strangers from your country.
Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
#Pinks #ProudBlue
February 5, 2026 at 4:09 PM
This is truly incredible.
Shakespeare speaking to RIGHT NOW—on the “mountainish” inhumanity of punishing and casting out strangers from your country.
Shakespeare speaking to RIGHT NOW—on the “mountainish” inhumanity of punishing and casting out strangers from your country.