Bribleck
@bribleck.bsky.social
(He/him) Dem politics, sci-fi, law, humor. I repost a lot of stuff.
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How Josh Hawley and seven other Senate Republicans set themselves up for a $500k
pay day.
pay day.
Losing My Perspicacity, November 11, 2025
Josh Hawley and Senate Republicans set themselves up to take millions in taxpayer money
losingmyperspicacity.beehiiv.com
November 11, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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The challenge there is believing that republicans believe the things they believe when the things they believe are absolutely monstrous. It’s hard to say “this is a human that thinks inhuman things and I must grant them their humanity and agency and hate them differently than I hate wasps and snakes
November 11, 2025 at 7:34 PM
The challenge there is believing that republicans believe the things they believe when the things they believe are absolutely monstrous. It’s hard to say “this is a human that thinks inhuman things and I must grant them their humanity and agency and hate them differently than I hate wasps and snakes
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The facts don't speak for themselves.
I have never heard a fact speak myself.
If people don't speak the truth, loud and often, all that's heard are lies.
I have never heard a fact speak myself.
If people don't speak the truth, loud and often, all that's heard are lies.
November 11, 2025 at 7:43 PM
The facts don't speak for themselves.
I have never heard a fact speak myself.
If people don't speak the truth, loud and often, all that's heard are lies.
I have never heard a fact speak myself.
If people don't speak the truth, loud and often, all that's heard are lies.
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People are gonna be obnoxious when we have to start paying federal workers more after all this, because Trump destroyed the “yeah you get paid less, but it’s a stable job” trade off.
November 11, 2025 at 7:40 PM
People are gonna be obnoxious when we have to start paying federal workers more after all this, because Trump destroyed the “yeah you get paid less, but it’s a stable job” trade off.
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if you want good federal government you need good federal government workers, and if you want good federal government workers you need to compete for them in the labor market.
apparently this is controversial now and i don't think it should be.
apparently this is controversial now and i don't think it should be.
November 11, 2025 at 7:37 PM
if you want good federal government you need good federal government workers, and if you want good federal government workers you need to compete for them in the labor market.
apparently this is controversial now and i don't think it should be.
apparently this is controversial now and i don't think it should be.
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From Purple Heart recipients to military parents of U.S. Marines, immigrant veterans are being detained, deported, and torn from their families.
"These are not isolated cases or tragic instances of human error." #VeteransDay
✍️ @tusk81.bsky.social + @yunao08.bsky.social
"These are not isolated cases or tragic instances of human error." #VeteransDay
✍️ @tusk81.bsky.social + @yunao08.bsky.social
Trump to Veterans: Thank You For Your Service. Now Get Out.
Trump's mass deportation machine is betraying America’s veterans and tearing their families apart.
americasvoicecnn.substack.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:35 PM
From Purple Heart recipients to military parents of U.S. Marines, immigrant veterans are being detained, deported, and torn from their families.
"These are not isolated cases or tragic instances of human error." #VeteransDay
✍️ @tusk81.bsky.social + @yunao08.bsky.social
"These are not isolated cases or tragic instances of human error." #VeteransDay
✍️ @tusk81.bsky.social + @yunao08.bsky.social
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One important result of the Dems' surrender on the shutdown: It is already producing a rebellion from the party's base.
Which is a good thing! Anger is the most powerful force in politics.
I explore in my latest for Public Notice:
www.publicnotice.co/p/shutdown-d...
Which is a good thing! Anger is the most powerful force in politics.
I explore in my latest for Public Notice:
www.publicnotice.co/p/shutdown-d...
Cue the rebellion
The Democratic base is enraged at their party's capitulation — and that's a good thing.
www.publicnotice.co
November 11, 2025 at 2:29 PM
One important result of the Dems' surrender on the shutdown: It is already producing a rebellion from the party's base.
Which is a good thing! Anger is the most powerful force in politics.
I explore in my latest for Public Notice:
www.publicnotice.co/p/shutdown-d...
Which is a good thing! Anger is the most powerful force in politics.
I explore in my latest for Public Notice:
www.publicnotice.co/p/shutdown-d...
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It must suck to be Nancy Pelosi and basically correct about everything lol
November 11, 2025 at 5:55 PM
It must suck to be Nancy Pelosi and basically correct about everything lol
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Finished Lowenstein's "Ways & Means" on the financial and tax reforms that won the Civil War for the Union—brilliant book that manages to make bond sales gripping & shows how many US institutions (land-grant colleges, Union Pacific, etc) we owe to wartime reforms
www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Joey Politano's review of Ways and Means
5/5: "The Yankees did not whip us in the field—we were whipped in the Treasury Department" bemoaned one Confederate officer. The man was half right, as the well-earned American victories on the battle...
www.goodreads.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Finished Lowenstein's "Ways & Means" on the financial and tax reforms that won the Civil War for the Union—brilliant book that manages to make bond sales gripping & shows how many US institutions (land-grant colleges, Union Pacific, etc) we owe to wartime reforms
www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
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"If you're getting attacked from both sides you must be getting it about right" is a decent heuristic *when you can assume honest disagreement from both sides*.
November 11, 2025 at 5:37 PM
"If you're getting attacked from both sides you must be getting it about right" is a decent heuristic *when you can assume honest disagreement from both sides*.
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Republicans are coming out of the elections and shutdown battered and weakened, and will now have to defend the indefensible. It isn't going to be easy for them.
My latest 👇
www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/republican...
My latest 👇
www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/republican...
Republicans Come Out Of The Elections And Shutdown Battered, And In A Far Weaker Position Now
Katie Phang drops by today at 130pm ET. Join us live......
www.hopiumchronicles.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Republicans are coming out of the elections and shutdown battered and weakened, and will now have to defend the indefensible. It isn't going to be easy for them.
My latest 👇
www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/republican...
My latest 👇
www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/republican...
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We got all the jam mods to fight eachother!
November 11, 2025 at 4:55 PM
We got all the jam mods to fight eachother!
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They mask for the same reason the Klan masks.
Veteran ICE officials @nickmiroff.bsky.social spoke with view the use of masks as an unquestionably negative development. But it’s not going away anytime soon, Miroff reports: https://theatln.tc/acMM0axK
November 11, 2025 at 4:15 PM
They mask for the same reason the Klan masks.
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Vance shares a strange immunity with Trump.
The press cannot or will not pierce through his rhetoric to see the what-should-be-obvious danger of the man.
This includes:
1. Vance follows lots of neo-Nazis on X
2. His championing of Germany's far right
3. HE'S WELCOMING HITLER LOVERS INTO THE GOP
The press cannot or will not pierce through his rhetoric to see the what-should-be-obvious danger of the man.
This includes:
1. Vance follows lots of neo-Nazis on X
2. His championing of Germany's far right
3. HE'S WELCOMING HITLER LOVERS INTO THE GOP
JD Vance now leads the GOP. And he wants the party to welcome Hitler lovers.
And the press refuses to reckon with what this means.
www.thefarce.org
November 11, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Vance shares a strange immunity with Trump.
The press cannot or will not pierce through his rhetoric to see the what-should-be-obvious danger of the man.
This includes:
1. Vance follows lots of neo-Nazis on X
2. His championing of Germany's far right
3. HE'S WELCOMING HITLER LOVERS INTO THE GOP
The press cannot or will not pierce through his rhetoric to see the what-should-be-obvious danger of the man.
This includes:
1. Vance follows lots of neo-Nazis on X
2. His championing of Germany's far right
3. HE'S WELCOMING HITLER LOVERS INTO THE GOP
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New post on Comedy, Tragedy: The Philippines Needs Your Help
#comedytragedy #substack
barbnatividad.substack.com/p/the-philip...
#comedytragedy #substack
barbnatividad.substack.com/p/the-philip...
The Philippines Needs Your Help
The Philippines, the country of my birth, is experiencing destruction because of typhoons and earthquakes.
barbnatividad.substack.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:32 PM
New post on Comedy, Tragedy: The Philippines Needs Your Help
#comedytragedy #substack
barbnatividad.substack.com/p/the-philip...
#comedytragedy #substack
barbnatividad.substack.com/p/the-philip...
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Ha yeah. This is an entirely boring and straightforward take [laudatory].
November 11, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Ha yeah. This is an entirely boring and straightforward take [laudatory].
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It's good to remember that the people On Here are hyper aware consumers of news and political analysis. We are not representative of average voters.
November 11, 2025 at 4:20 PM
It's good to remember that the people On Here are hyper aware consumers of news and political analysis. We are not representative of average voters.
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This is only a contrarian view on a website that has full on lost its mind.
A bit of a contrarian view. Democrats likely won't pay a price for this in the midterms. The American memory is quite short on political machinations. But Republicans are about to learn a central tenet of American politics: You cannot give people a benefit and then take it away.
November 11, 2025 at 3:20 PM
This is only a contrarian view on a website that has full on lost its mind.
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@bsky.app If you're looking for the silver lining in the Senate Democrats' cave, here it is. www.forbes.com/sites/howard...
Trump May Have Won The ACA Subsidy Battle, But He May Lose The War
The GOP either must agree to extend those insurance subsidies or take sole blame for killing an effort to continue assistance that has overwhelming public support.
www.forbes.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:49 PM
@bsky.app If you're looking for the silver lining in the Senate Democrats' cave, here it is. www.forbes.com/sites/howard...
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Yes, we can! They just need to file an extradition request with the next administration. And trump can't pardon foreign crimes.
These morons really have not thought this through.
These morons really have not thought this through.
November 11, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Yes, we can! They just need to file an extradition request with the next administration. And trump can't pardon foreign crimes.
These morons really have not thought this through.
These morons really have not thought this through.
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This administration made the decision that keeping immigration enforcement fully staffed was more important than keeping air traffic control staffed. That was a DECISION. Everyone needs to know that.
November 11, 2025 at 4:39 PM
This administration made the decision that keeping immigration enforcement fully staffed was more important than keeping air traffic control staffed. That was a DECISION. Everyone needs to know that.
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Everyone is dunking on Kim Kardashian. The truth is the California bar is notoriously hard, the pass rate was only 55%, the pass rate for people who didn‘t go to an accredited law school is way lower, and lots of very smart and dedicated people don’t pass the first time and become good lawyers.
Kim Kardashian slams psychics who told her she'd pass the bar exam: 'All fucking full of shit'
Kim Kardashian slams psychics who told her she'd pass the bar exam: 'All f---ing full of s---'
'All f---ing full of s---': Kim Kardashian has some choice words for the psychics who predicted she'd pass the bar exam.
ew.com
November 11, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Everyone is dunking on Kim Kardashian. The truth is the California bar is notoriously hard, the pass rate was only 55%, the pass rate for people who didn‘t go to an accredited law school is way lower, and lots of very smart and dedicated people don’t pass the first time and become good lawyers.
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We used to call this stupidity. There were smart people and stupid people and we let the smart people do the things they were good at and the stupid people were taken care of and didn't need to worry about what the smart people were doing. But now we let the stupid people think they're smart.
Greg Gutfeld says he doesn't understand how vaccines work as “a community preventative thing”
Greg Gutfeld says he doesn't understand how vaccines work as "a community preventative thing"
www.mediamatters.org
September 5, 2025 at 3:27 AM
We used to call this stupidity. There were smart people and stupid people and we let the smart people do the things they were good at and the stupid people were taken care of and didn't need to worry about what the smart people were doing. But now we let the stupid people think they're smart.
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This checks out. You don’t hire Bari Weiss if you have standards.
“I’ve been hearing that standards will be eliminated or severely cut back. Bari has told people that she wants to get rid of standards and is shocked that they have so much power. She also asked openly, ‘What’s the point of standards?’” one CBS source said.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Bari Weiss wants to take down ‘too much power’ CBS News Standards unit: sources
EXCLUSIVE: Internal rumblings within the newsroom come after the S&P head resigned and the network disbanded its vaunted Race and Culture unit.
www.independent.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 4:37 PM
This checks out. You don’t hire Bari Weiss if you have standards.
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There would not have been enough space on the opinion pages of newspapers or segments on cable news to cover the amount of outrage that the media would have directed at Joe Biden if he did not know the standard duration of a home mortgage, but Trump? Crickets.
November 11, 2025 at 1:35 PM
There would not have been enough space on the opinion pages of newspapers or segments on cable news to cover the amount of outrage that the media would have directed at Joe Biden if he did not know the standard duration of a home mortgage, but Trump? Crickets.