Brigette
@buildingbrigettes.bsky.social
Jesus follower. Avid reader. Aspiring writer. Casual gamer. Cat lover.
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My very smart colleagues are doing excellent coverage of the ICE shooting in Minneapolis today. I would urge you to follow along with local sources familiar with the area and the residents here.
Live: Mayor Frey blasts ICE in fiery response to fatal shooting
The mayor called for calm after a fatal shooting by an immigration agent in south Minneapolis. ICE said the agent acted defensively.
www.startribune.com
January 7, 2026 at 7:06 PM
My very smart colleagues are doing excellent coverage of the ICE shooting in Minneapolis today. I would urge you to follow along with local sources familiar with the area and the residents here.
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Democrats need to understand that they can just say “It’s insane to threaten Greenland” and “I don’t think ICE should murder Americans in the street” and you don’t need to pretend to link it to the affordability crisis.
Say bad things are bad.
Say bad things are bad.
January 7, 2026 at 7:45 PM
Democrats need to understand that they can just say “It’s insane to threaten Greenland” and “I don’t think ICE should murder Americans in the street” and you don’t need to pretend to link it to the affordability crisis.
Say bad things are bad.
Say bad things are bad.
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To properly credit this, it's a detail from a larger photograph from this local media source's (Minnesota Reformer) article.
minnesotareformer.com/2026/01/07/i...
The full image includes the driver's seat, airbag, and a lot of blood, which I cropped out so this portion could be shared more widely.
minnesotareformer.com/2026/01/07/i...
The full image includes the driver's seat, airbag, and a lot of blood, which I cropped out so this portion could be shared more widely.
January 7, 2026 at 8:41 PM
To properly credit this, it's a detail from a larger photograph from this local media source's (Minnesota Reformer) article.
minnesotareformer.com/2026/01/07/i...
The full image includes the driver's seat, airbag, and a lot of blood, which I cropped out so this portion could be shared more widely.
minnesotareformer.com/2026/01/07/i...
The full image includes the driver's seat, airbag, and a lot of blood, which I cropped out so this portion could be shared more widely.
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The murdered woman's glove compartment is filled with stuffed animals.
January 7, 2026 at 8:20 PM
The murdered woman's glove compartment is filled with stuffed animals.
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The Founders were so concerned about bribery that the Constitution forbids it three separate times. Two emoluments clauses ban officials—unambiguously including the president—from accepting things of value, plus bribery is the only named impeachable offense besides treason.
Unprecedentedly corrupt.
Unprecedentedly corrupt.
To negotiate a trade deal with the President of the United States, the Swiss government arrived with a "special Rolex desktop clock" and "a 1-kilogram personalized gold bar"
www.axios.com/2025/11/14/t...
www.axios.com/2025/11/14/t...
How to lobby Trump with Swiss precision: gifts, gold and gab
How the Swiss broke a diplomatic logjam on tariffs by arriving with tributes fit for a king.
www.axios.com
November 16, 2025 at 1:50 PM
The Founders were so concerned about bribery that the Constitution forbids it three separate times. Two emoluments clauses ban officials—unambiguously including the president—from accepting things of value, plus bribery is the only named impeachable offense besides treason.
Unprecedentedly corrupt.
Unprecedentedly corrupt.
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Farmers are struggling this fall despite a bountiful harvest. Production costs are high, crop prices are low and the trade war has closed off one of their biggest markets.
American farmers are hurting. Trump's trade war is making it worse
Farmers are struggling this fall despite a bountiful harvest. Production costs are high, crop prices are low and the trade war has closed off one of their biggest markets.
n.pr
October 20, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Farmers are struggling this fall despite a bountiful harvest. Production costs are high, crop prices are low and the trade war has closed off one of their biggest markets.
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Media outlets who refuse to describe in plain terms what the president did because they find it objectionable are lying to their audiences and running cover for the president. It's as simple as that.
The president of the United States posted a video of him defecating on the American people. Many in my profession normalized it. This is a big reason why we are where we are.
October 20, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Media outlets who refuse to describe in plain terms what the president did because they find it objectionable are lying to their audiences and running cover for the president. It's as simple as that.
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Proud papa moment: my son J published a letter in the @nytimes.com today (in print tomorrow) on the need to think our definitions of autism.
October 18, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Proud papa moment: my son J published a letter in the @nytimes.com today (in print tomorrow) on the need to think our definitions of autism.
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There are no kings in America, and I don’t intend to bend the knee to one.
October 19, 2025 at 2:19 AM
There are no kings in America, and I don’t intend to bend the knee to one.
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Every now and then I still just sit back in amazement that so many folks practically worship one of the weirdest people to ever live.
Trump posts AI video showing him literally dumping shit on America
October 19, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Every now and then I still just sit back in amazement that so many folks practically worship one of the weirdest people to ever live.
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Good evening. We estimate that between 4.2 and 7.6 million people turned out for the No Kings Day demonstrations held around the country on Saturday. This makes Oct 18 very likely the biggest single-day U.S. protest event since 1970. www.gelliottmorris.com/p/second-no-...
Second "No Kings Day" protests likely the largest single-day political demonstration since 1970, with 4.2-7.6 million participants
Here are the initial results from our crowdsourced crowd-counting estimates
www.gelliottmorris.com
October 19, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Good evening. We estimate that between 4.2 and 7.6 million people turned out for the No Kings Day demonstrations held around the country on Saturday. This makes Oct 18 very likely the biggest single-day U.S. protest event since 1970. www.gelliottmorris.com/p/second-no-...
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Our crisis in America is political…
But it is also deeply spiritual.
There are people using the Christian faith to camouflage their bigotry. And many Christians are defending very unChristlike things. So it’s great to see so many people out today at No Kings protests making it plain.
But it is also deeply spiritual.
There are people using the Christian faith to camouflage their bigotry. And many Christians are defending very unChristlike things. So it’s great to see so many people out today at No Kings protests making it plain.
October 18, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Our crisis in America is political…
But it is also deeply spiritual.
There are people using the Christian faith to camouflage their bigotry. And many Christians are defending very unChristlike things. So it’s great to see so many people out today at No Kings protests making it plain.
But it is also deeply spiritual.
There are people using the Christian faith to camouflage their bigotry. And many Christians are defending very unChristlike things. So it’s great to see so many people out today at No Kings protests making it plain.
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Greenberg: I have got something to say to Mike Johnson who spent all week smearing regular Americans. There are nearly a dozen No Kings protests happening across your district today.
Since you have not been doing your job for over a month now, I bet you have got time to stop by.
Since you have not been doing your job for over a month now, I bet you have got time to stop by.
October 18, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Greenberg: I have got something to say to Mike Johnson who spent all week smearing regular Americans. There are nearly a dozen No Kings protests happening across your district today.
Since you have not been doing your job for over a month now, I bet you have got time to stop by.
Since you have not been doing your job for over a month now, I bet you have got time to stop by.
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Case in point: the South isn't perfect (no region is), but folks would do well to remember that gerrymandering and voter suppression make our region look redder than it actually is. NY gave us Trump and CA gave us Reagan. Regional politics aren't simple, and writing places off can't be the move rn.
Take note of all these people turning out for protests in small towns in red states.
Remember them the next time you’re inclined to write an area off because “they voted for this.”
Remember them the next time you’re inclined to write an area off because “they voted for this.”
October 18, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Case in point: the South isn't perfect (no region is), but folks would do well to remember that gerrymandering and voter suppression make our region look redder than it actually is. NY gave us Trump and CA gave us Reagan. Regional politics aren't simple, and writing places off can't be the move rn.
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NEW: For years, religious groups have applied for a special government program that helps secure worship spaces.
But this year, DHS changed the conditions — such as apparently requiring grant recipients to cooperate with ICE.
Now, faith groups are voicing outrage. religionnews.com/2025/10/17/f...
But this year, DHS changed the conditions — such as apparently requiring grant recipients to cooperate with ICE.
Now, faith groups are voicing outrage. religionnews.com/2025/10/17/f...
Faith groups reject new Trump security grant rules over ICE, DEI
(RNS) — Earlier this year, DHS unveiled new conditions for grants faith groups use to protect their communities, including requiring recipients to cooperate with immigration enforcement and refrain fr...
religionnews.com
October 17, 2025 at 8:12 PM
NEW: For years, religious groups have applied for a special government program that helps secure worship spaces.
But this year, DHS changed the conditions — such as apparently requiring grant recipients to cooperate with ICE.
Now, faith groups are voicing outrage. religionnews.com/2025/10/17/f...
But this year, DHS changed the conditions — such as apparently requiring grant recipients to cooperate with ICE.
Now, faith groups are voicing outrage. religionnews.com/2025/10/17/f...
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Not being even vaguely sarcastic:
At some point, a journalist needs to ask Johnson “you regularly claim you have no idea what your own government is doing. If we take you at your word, how are you so poorly informed, and do you this level of ignorance should disqualify you as speaker?”
At some point, a journalist needs to ask Johnson “you regularly claim you have no idea what your own government is doing. If we take you at your word, how are you so poorly informed, and do you this level of ignorance should disqualify you as speaker?”
Q: What's your message to the 170 US citizens who have been detained by ICE? About 20 of them are children
MIKE JOHNSON: I don't know what you're talking about with the children. I haven't seen that so I'm not going to comment on it.
MIKE JOHNSON: I don't know what you're talking about with the children. I haven't seen that so I'm not going to comment on it.
October 18, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Not being even vaguely sarcastic:
At some point, a journalist needs to ask Johnson “you regularly claim you have no idea what your own government is doing. If we take you at your word, how are you so poorly informed, and do you this level of ignorance should disqualify you as speaker?”
At some point, a journalist needs to ask Johnson “you regularly claim you have no idea what your own government is doing. If we take you at your word, how are you so poorly informed, and do you this level of ignorance should disqualify you as speaker?”
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100% co-sign. This is not me being a "mean girl," this is my concern and disgust at the platforming of dangerous people in a time of rampant health misinformation.
Waking up and choosing violence today.
The New York Times is once again running a former friend where the bottom line is “I don’t like RFK but at least he’s trying to help out the parents of children with autism.”
No, he is not
The New York Times is once again running a former friend where the bottom line is “I don’t like RFK but at least he’s trying to help out the parents of children with autism.”
No, he is not
October 16, 2025 at 2:00 PM
100% co-sign. This is not me being a "mean girl," this is my concern and disgust at the platforming of dangerous people in a time of rampant health misinformation.
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Reporters on the ground in Chicago are screaming to be heard over the false narrative that Pritzker defeated Trump there. PLEASE listen to them.
Legacy media and cable news reduced Trump's aggression against Chicago to a question of whether troops would be sent immediately. When he said he was taking his fascist military spectacle elsewhere, those media players declared the situation over—while waves of federal agents attack our neighbors.
September 15, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Reporters on the ground in Chicago are screaming to be heard over the false narrative that Pritzker defeated Trump there. PLEASE listen to them.
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remember jd vance standing in a supermarket in the egg aisle blaming biden for four dollar eggs next to a sign that said $2.99 a dozen then blamed his own kids for eating 14 eggs every morning
This is the biggest story in America right now.
Coffee up 20.9% year-over-year
Steaks up 16.6%
Apples up 9.6%
Bananas, 6.6%.
www.axios.com/2025/09/11/t...
Coffee up 20.9% year-over-year
Steaks up 16.6%
Apples up 9.6%
Bananas, 6.6%.
www.axios.com/2025/09/11/t...
Grocery prices rise at the fastest pace since 2022 as Trump tariffs bite
On the campaign trail, Trump promised lower grocery prices.
www.axios.com
September 12, 2025 at 12:03 AM
remember jd vance standing in a supermarket in the egg aisle blaming biden for four dollar eggs next to a sign that said $2.99 a dozen then blamed his own kids for eating 14 eggs every morning
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When you publish a website that posts the names and photos of scholars who have written or said things you disagree with and encourage people to surveil and harass them, you are not, in fact, a “free speech” organization.
It is quite simply dishonest to describe TPUSA as a “free speech” organization and not even mention the “Professor Watchlist,” as NPR just did. Reporting on a crime does not entail adopting the victim’s views.
September 11, 2025 at 11:46 AM
When you publish a website that posts the names and photos of scholars who have written or said things you disagree with and encourage people to surveil and harass them, you are not, in fact, a “free speech” organization.
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No elected official Democratic party will be as cruel about Kirk's death as Mike Lee was about the death of Melissa Hortman.
wisconsinexaminer.com/2025/06/17/s...
wisconsinexaminer.com/2025/06/17/s...
September 10, 2025 at 11:05 PM
No elected official Democratic party will be as cruel about Kirk's death as Mike Lee was about the death of Melissa Hortman.
wisconsinexaminer.com/2025/06/17/s...
wisconsinexaminer.com/2025/06/17/s...
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Glenn Beck’s media outlet The Blaze just gave an interview last month to the person who killed the politicians in Minnesota
September 10, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Glenn Beck’s media outlet The Blaze just gave an interview last month to the person who killed the politicians in Minnesota
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"We must not be frightened nor cajoled
into accepting evil as deliverance from evil.
We must go on struggling to be human,
though monsters of abstraction
police and threaten us."
—Robert Hayden
into accepting evil as deliverance from evil.
We must go on struggling to be human,
though monsters of abstraction
police and threaten us."
—Robert Hayden
September 11, 2025 at 12:47 AM
"We must not be frightened nor cajoled
into accepting evil as deliverance from evil.
We must go on struggling to be human,
though monsters of abstraction
police and threaten us."
—Robert Hayden
into accepting evil as deliverance from evil.
We must go on struggling to be human,
though monsters of abstraction
police and threaten us."
—Robert Hayden
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He pardoned a bunch of people that committed political violence
Trump released a video tonight promising to "find each and every one of those who contributed to this atrocity, and to other political violence, including the organizations that fund it and support it."
Elizabeth Warren on people who say Dems needs to tone down their rhetoric: "Oh, please. Why don't you start with the president of the United States? And every ugly meme he's posted and every ugly word."
September 11, 2025 at 1:02 AM
He pardoned a bunch of people that committed political violence