Brian T. Brown
@briantbrown.bsky.social
Author of "Someone Is Out to Get Us." A binge-worthy, popcorn-flavored exploration of some of the Cold War's darkest and most sensational episodes. -- LJ
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Q: Did you uncover evidence to prove Trump knew his claim the election was stolen was false?
SMITH: Yes
Q: And Trump claimed it was stolen while he privately acknowledged he lost?
SMITH: Yes
Q: Yet on the 5th anniversary of J6, Trump still promoted the stolen election theory on a govt webpage
SMITH: Yes
Q: And Trump claimed it was stolen while he privately acknowledged he lost?
SMITH: Yes
Q: Yet on the 5th anniversary of J6, Trump still promoted the stolen election theory on a govt webpage
January 22, 2026 at 5:16 PM
Q: Did you uncover evidence to prove Trump knew his claim the election was stolen was false?
SMITH: Yes
Q: And Trump claimed it was stolen while he privately acknowledged he lost?
SMITH: Yes
Q: Yet on the 5th anniversary of J6, Trump still promoted the stolen election theory on a govt webpage
SMITH: Yes
Q: And Trump claimed it was stolen while he privately acknowledged he lost?
SMITH: Yes
Q: Yet on the 5th anniversary of J6, Trump still promoted the stolen election theory on a govt webpage
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I'm trying a new "rule" lately - I have to take some action for the world I want (a call, a donation, help a neighbor) before I allow myself to settle in to scroll bad news.
I joined the Green Party and I got involved. And being in places where there are other people who want change - and doing stuff together.
That community will ground you and make you feel seen and saner.
That community will ground you and make you feel seen and saner.
January 22, 2026 at 8:50 PM
I'm trying a new "rule" lately - I have to take some action for the world I want (a call, a donation, help a neighbor) before I allow myself to settle in to scroll bad news.
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@FT: "US commerce secretary Howard Lutnick was heckled at a World Economic Forum dinner in Davos, with European Central Bank president Christine Lagarde walking out during his speech."
Buffoons should be treated as buffoons.
www.ft.com/content/e2ae...
Buffoons should be treated as buffoons.
www.ft.com/content/e2ae...
Howard Lutnick heckled at Davos dinner as Christine Lagarde walks out
Event hosted by Larry Fink descended into uproar after combative remarks by US commerce secretary
www.ft.com
January 21, 2026 at 11:37 PM
@FT: "US commerce secretary Howard Lutnick was heckled at a World Economic Forum dinner in Davos, with European Central Bank president Christine Lagarde walking out during his speech."
Buffoons should be treated as buffoons.
www.ft.com/content/e2ae...
Buffoons should be treated as buffoons.
www.ft.com/content/e2ae...
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Welcome to the clicktatorship, where everything is content
Border Commander Greg Bovino stands outside a South Minneapolis gas station this morning with BORTAC officers in what seemed like an effort to draw more and more people to the scene as other agents shoot high resolution video of the crowd yelling and blowing whistles.
January 21, 2026 at 6:59 PM
Welcome to the clicktatorship, where everything is content
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I am not a social media influencer I am just a regular Minneapolis dad trying to do a kid pickup this morning and get some gas. What do I find but that one guy and a bunch of bortech (whatever that is) blocking the station for a glamour shot. I stood right where I wanted to stand this is my town.
January 21, 2026 at 5:33 PM
I am not a social media influencer I am just a regular Minneapolis dad trying to do a kid pickup this morning and get some gas. What do I find but that one guy and a bunch of bortech (whatever that is) blocking the station for a glamour shot. I stood right where I wanted to stand this is my town.
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"Portland + Lewiston represent the smallest metro area to become a target of the Trump administration's #immigration crackdown."
BUT: Maine is a blue state. Red states Florida (1.6M) + Texas (2.1M) each have more undocumented immigrants than Maine has PEOPLE (1.4M).
It's *NOT* about immigration.
BUT: Maine is a blue state. Red states Florida (1.6M) + Texas (2.1M) each have more undocumented immigrants than Maine has PEOPLE (1.4M).
It's *NOT* about immigration.
Federal officials launch ICE operation in Maine and begin arrests
“Everyone is on high alert,” Portland Mayor Mark Dion said. His city and nearby Lewiston have seen an influx of migrants and asylum seekers in recent years.
wapo.st
January 21, 2026 at 7:11 PM
"Portland + Lewiston represent the smallest metro area to become a target of the Trump administration's #immigration crackdown."
BUT: Maine is a blue state. Red states Florida (1.6M) + Texas (2.1M) each have more undocumented immigrants than Maine has PEOPLE (1.4M).
It's *NOT* about immigration.
BUT: Maine is a blue state. Red states Florida (1.6M) + Texas (2.1M) each have more undocumented immigrants than Maine has PEOPLE (1.4M).
It's *NOT* about immigration.
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Lewiston, Maine: “One property manager whose tenants are almost exclusively African immigrants showed a reporter a form being passed around so undocumented parents could designate temporary guardians for their children in the event of their arrest.”
Immigrants prepare for their arrests and leave Lewiston ahead of ICE action
One property manager showed a reporter a form being passed around so undocumented parents could designate temporary guardians for their children in the event of their arrest.
www.bangordailynews.com
January 16, 2026 at 2:25 AM
Lewiston, Maine: “One property manager whose tenants are almost exclusively African immigrants showed a reporter a form being passed around so undocumented parents could designate temporary guardians for their children in the event of their arrest.”
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Trump is bragging about the sweet new deal that European leaders made with him in regards to Greenland.
The deal?
The exact same deal that’s been in place since 1951.
Loser.
The deal?
The exact same deal that’s been in place since 1951.
Loser.
January 21, 2026 at 9:21 PM
Trump is bragging about the sweet new deal that European leaders made with him in regards to Greenland.
The deal?
The exact same deal that’s been in place since 1951.
Loser.
The deal?
The exact same deal that’s been in place since 1951.
Loser.
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Jasmine Crockett: “You only care about following the rules so long as you can invoke those rules on what is typically perceived as your political enemies—
You only love law enforcement when they're going after black, brown, immigrants, that kind of folk, right?“
You only love law enforcement when they're going after black, brown, immigrants, that kind of folk, right?“
January 21, 2026 at 5:56 PM
Jasmine Crockett: “You only care about following the rules so long as you can invoke those rules on what is typically perceived as your political enemies—
You only love law enforcement when they're going after black, brown, immigrants, that kind of folk, right?“
You only love law enforcement when they're going after black, brown, immigrants, that kind of folk, right?“
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Holy shit
New— An American citizen boarding flight from Boston to Lisbon just now told me after showing boarding pass, every passenger stopped on jetway by two ICE agents demanding to take their photo. When passenger asked why, ICE threatened to detain them. If they said no photo, couldn't board/TBD detained.
January 21, 2026 at 4:43 PM
Holy shit
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Ryan: I think the clear thing is the president is failing and flailing all across the board. And this is another attempt. He can't even get the country's name right, for goodness sakes, which is just pathetic.
January 21, 2026 at 9:28 PM
Ryan: I think the clear thing is the president is failing and flailing all across the board. And this is another attempt. He can't even get the country's name right, for goodness sakes, which is just pathetic.
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This is insane. Insane that it's happening. Insane that these good folks need to do it in the first place. And insane that no one in power is helping them one iota.
Neighborhood watch is taking on a new form in Minneapolis and other cities under occupation by federal immigration agents: ICE Watch.
These folks, who're tailing federal agents as they make arrests, are passionate, determined, and just about everywhere—and ICE is getting frustrated.
These folks, who're tailing federal agents as they make arrests, are passionate, determined, and just about everywhere—and ICE is getting frustrated.
Meet the Minneapolis neighbors standing up to ICE by the thousands
Local resistance is "growing exponentially," says Defend the 612's Andrew Fahlstrom.
www.motherjones.com
January 21, 2026 at 9:07 PM
This is insane. Insane that it's happening. Insane that these good folks need to do it in the first place. And insane that no one in power is helping them one iota.
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The truly ironic thing about ICE invading Lewiston Maine is that there is a very solid argument that Somali immigration saved Lewiston. That population is a major driver of economic and cultural activity in the city.
Without Somali immigrants Lewiston would be another dying mill town.
Without Somali immigrants Lewiston would be another dying mill town.
January 21, 2026 at 8:58 PM
The truly ironic thing about ICE invading Lewiston Maine is that there is a very solid argument that Somali immigration saved Lewiston. That population is a major driver of economic and cultural activity in the city.
Without Somali immigrants Lewiston would be another dying mill town.
Without Somali immigrants Lewiston would be another dying mill town.
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As with any of @hcrichardson.bsky.social's newsletters, the whole thing is worth your time, but this quote alone (see image) was enough to stop me cold for a few seconds. Let it sink in.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/january-19...
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/january-19...
![Text in image reads: “We are watching one of the wildest things a nation-state has ever done,” journalist Garrett Graff wrote: “A superpower is [dying by] suicide because the [Republican] Congress is too cowardly to stand up to the Mad King. This is one of the wildest moments in all of geopolitics ever.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:tlh5xrlfjhlu3gcwduhbwunb/bafkreihzeapdzuncje44qmt2vm6lcjvea746wi3ohxz5riq7rbms5w66ga@jpeg)
January 20, 2026 at 6:14 PM
As with any of @hcrichardson.bsky.social's newsletters, the whole thing is worth your time, but this quote alone (see image) was enough to stop me cold for a few seconds. Let it sink in.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/january-19...
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/january-19...
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Every network in America should be carrying this right now. People need to see the condition their president is in.
January 20, 2026 at 7:01 PM
Every network in America should be carrying this right now. People need to see the condition their president is in.
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Irrelevant podcaster proves once again that stupid is a talent. Trump is also going, in a much bigger way, so she is also trolling him.
January 20, 2026 at 12:23 AM
Irrelevant podcaster proves once again that stupid is a talent. Trump is also going, in a much bigger way, so she is also trolling him.
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Couldn't care less if Thread has a billion users and Blue Sky has 1000. I just need a steam vent where I can release whatever dumb jokes and observations enter my brain without contributing to the financial success of Musk or Zuck. Give me 2-34 likes on every one of these and I'm good.
July 7, 2023 at 11:43 PM
Couldn't care less if Thread has a billion users and Blue Sky has 1000. I just need a steam vent where I can release whatever dumb jokes and observations enter my brain without contributing to the financial success of Musk or Zuck. Give me 2-34 likes on every one of these and I'm good.
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Bluesky fires shots at Twitter (X)’s Grok
“Sad Epstein isn’t alive to use Grok. He would have loved it”
“Sad Epstein isn’t alive to use Grok. He would have loved it”
January 19, 2026 at 10:49 PM
Bluesky fires shots at Twitter (X)’s Grok
“Sad Epstein isn’t alive to use Grok. He would have loved it”
“Sad Epstein isn’t alive to use Grok. He would have loved it”
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Guarantee you we spent more than $14,000 on ICE and CBP overtime at MSP airport today to seize … $14,135.
January 20, 2026 at 12:15 AM
Guarantee you we spent more than $14,000 on ICE and CBP overtime at MSP airport today to seize … $14,135.
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Vance was elected to the Senate from Ohio on an openly xenophobic platform in which he touted Great Replacement Theory. But the United States is to the left of Ohio generally, and even farther to the left of Ohio specifically on immigration. The US is not as xenophobic as Vance & Ohio are.
Yes. My theory of the moment is Miller/Vance thought their view that immigrants threaten social solidarity would be widely shared. But ICE raids are driving native-born Americans to show solidarity with immigrants quite courageously. Now Miller is trying to disrupt that alliance with state violence.
Insightful point here: Even if you take Trump seriously - he does not like the optics - they rested on an assumption that communities would welcome ICE as heroes, rather than showing the type of solidarity that Trump inherently cannot understand.
January 19, 2026 at 11:51 PM
Vance was elected to the Senate from Ohio on an openly xenophobic platform in which he touted Great Replacement Theory. But the United States is to the left of Ohio generally, and even farther to the left of Ohio specifically on immigration. The US is not as xenophobic as Vance & Ohio are.
Chuck Schumer + Hakeem Jeffries should call for mass demonstration in D.C. on President's Day weekend (Feb.14-16). Demand that GOP stop the national suicide by Mad King. Event should start, like 1/6/21, with speeches at Ellipse -- overlooking construction of Trump's corrupt and hideous ballroom.
January 19, 2026 at 11:19 PM
Chuck Schumer + Hakeem Jeffries should call for mass demonstration in D.C. on President's Day weekend (Feb.14-16). Demand that GOP stop the national suicide by Mad King. Event should start, like 1/6/21, with speeches at Ellipse -- overlooking construction of Trump's corrupt and hideous ballroom.
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This is idiotic.
Rep. Randy Fine on his bill to make Greenland the 51st state: "We need to make sure we assert our dominance over the Western Hemisphere ... the last thing we need is Greenland to become another Venezuela where we have huge problems we have to deal with in the future."
January 13, 2026 at 12:57 PM
This is idiotic.
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So many political movements on all sides of the political spectrum can’t resist the gravitational pull of hatred toward women. But this “It should be legal to murder a mother with three (!) shots to the head because women annoy me” is obviously as vile as it gets.
Fox News' Will Cain: “There's a weird kind of smugness... in the way that some of these liberal white women interact with authority”
January 14, 2026 at 2:01 AM
So many political movements on all sides of the political spectrum can’t resist the gravitational pull of hatred toward women. But this “It should be legal to murder a mother with three (!) shots to the head because women annoy me” is obviously as vile as it gets.
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Where is the outrage about schools having to close now, due to ICE/CBP attacks (with no end in sight)? No concerns about learning loss? It’s bad to have to close for public health reasons, but not because our society is being ripped apart at the seams, and our government is attacking us?
January 13, 2026 at 1:51 PM
Where is the outrage about schools having to close now, due to ICE/CBP attacks (with no end in sight)? No concerns about learning loss? It’s bad to have to close for public health reasons, but not because our society is being ripped apart at the seams, and our government is attacking us?