Ethan Brownell
@eefinbruh.bsky.social
Maine HTOY 2023👨🏫
Father of 3 👧🧒👧
Mostly here for Magic content!
Father of 3 👧🧒👧
Mostly here for Magic content!
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We could teach more of all the kinds of history if we weren’t systematically defunding the humanities and the public universities
December 24, 2025 at 2:12 PM
We could teach more of all the kinds of history if we weren’t systematically defunding the humanities and the public universities
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In case there was any doubt that the people worried about “population collapse” only want to see certain kinds of American babies.
On that last post: I genuinely cannot think of any good-faith reason to bar international adoptions from those 39 countries. Under this new ban, consulates will refuse adoption visas for any baby from Cuba, Haiti, Venezuela, Nigeria, or any of the 39 other countries.
December 17, 2025 at 6:20 AM
In case there was any doubt that the people worried about “population collapse” only want to see certain kinds of American babies.
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The US Administration has banned Americans from *adopting babies* from much of the African continent.
Adopting.
Babies.
What trait do those babies have that, when they grow up as fully American adults, would make them a threat to our country in any form?
Adopting.
Babies.
What trait do those babies have that, when they grow up as fully American adults, would make them a threat to our country in any form?
On that last post: I genuinely cannot think of any good-faith reason to bar international adoptions from those 39 countries. Under this new ban, consulates will refuse adoption visas for any baby from Cuba, Haiti, Venezuela, Nigeria, or any of the 39 other countries.
December 17, 2025 at 3:04 AM
The US Administration has banned Americans from *adopting babies* from much of the African continent.
Adopting.
Babies.
What trait do those babies have that, when they grow up as fully American adults, would make them a threat to our country in any form?
Adopting.
Babies.
What trait do those babies have that, when they grow up as fully American adults, would make them a threat to our country in any form?
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1. For at least 10 years, Pepsi has conspired with Walmart to force up grocery prices. That’s the shocking evidence made public today in an unsealed FTC lawsuit. The suit was abandoned in May by the Trump FTC just before it was to be un-redacted. We went to court to get it unsealed & won.
December 12, 2025 at 5:30 PM
1. For at least 10 years, Pepsi has conspired with Walmart to force up grocery prices. That’s the shocking evidence made public today in an unsealed FTC lawsuit. The suit was abandoned in May by the Trump FTC just before it was to be un-redacted. We went to court to get it unsealed & won.
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Posted by the Tax Foundation — the world's leading nonpartisan tax policy nonprofit organization.
December 12, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Posted by the Tax Foundation — the world's leading nonpartisan tax policy nonprofit organization.
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What if there were an organization even bigger than Costco? Say 330 million members? And what if the members got to vote on the plan and how we paid for it?
Rand Paul on his healthcare plan: "What if you could join Costco? Costco has 44m members and if one person negotiated for all 44 and they bought a group plan like Toyota or General Motors does, they would be the largest collective entity in the country. They would drive prices down by sheer might."
December 9, 2025 at 1:43 PM
What if there were an organization even bigger than Costco? Say 330 million members? And what if the members got to vote on the plan and how we paid for it?
Excited for a snowy day before flying out for NCSS!
December 2, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Excited for a snowy day before flying out for NCSS!
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A roundtrip LAX-JFK flight in the late 60s was around $3K in today’s dollars. The people who wore suits on those flights were the people who regularly wore suits. Complaining about informally-dressed fliers is complaining that the wrong sorts of people are flying today.
November 25, 2025 at 4:38 PM
A roundtrip LAX-JFK flight in the late 60s was around $3K in today’s dollars. The people who wore suits on those flights were the people who regularly wore suits. Complaining about informally-dressed fliers is complaining that the wrong sorts of people are flying today.
Regardless of party, it's truly wild how little Congress seems to be interested in BEING a coequal branch of government. You don't like how you're treated? You're CONGRESS - hold hearings, pass laws, and impeach officials. It's right there in the Constitution.
PUNCHBOWL: “.. GOP members messaged us over the weekend saying that they, too, are considering retiring in the middle of the term. Here’s one particularly exercised senior House Republican:
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November 24, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Regardless of party, it's truly wild how little Congress seems to be interested in BEING a coequal branch of government. You don't like how you're treated? You're CONGRESS - hold hearings, pass laws, and impeach officials. It's right there in the Constitution.
Since these will not be professional degrees they will not be eligible for federal aid or subsidies of any kind. note Education is on this list.
November 21, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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Before the midterms of 1866, President Andrew Johnson called his congressional opponents traitors and said they should be hanged.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
November 20, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Before the midterms of 1866, President Andrew Johnson called his congressional opponents traitors and said they should be hanged.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
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We want to speak directly to members of the Military and the Intelligence Community.
The American people need you to stand up for our laws and our Constitution.
Don’t give up the ship.
The American people need you to stand up for our laws and our Constitution.
Don’t give up the ship.
November 18, 2025 at 1:31 PM
We want to speak directly to members of the Military and the Intelligence Community.
The American people need you to stand up for our laws and our Constitution.
Don’t give up the ship.
The American people need you to stand up for our laws and our Constitution.
Don’t give up the ship.
My morning trying to access teaching resources
when will the lesson finally get learned? #cloudflare
November 18, 2025 at 3:53 PM
My morning trying to access teaching resources
That's some Herod stuff right there
"Agencies within the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, including ICE, ERO, and CBP intend to implement a comprehensive plan to target Spanish-speaking churches across the country during the upcoming holiday season between Thanksgiving, Nov. 27, and Christmas, Dec. 25."
Exclusive: Trump DHS Plans Immigration Raids on Churches Over Holidays
The Trump Dept. of Homeland Security is briefing federal agencies on plans for immigration enforcement operations inside churches over holidays.
thisweekinworcester.com
November 18, 2025 at 3:52 PM
That's some Herod stuff right there
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Wow. 91% of Maine military and overseas voters opposed Question 1, the voter suppression referendum.
www.maine.gov/sos/node/4421
#mepolitics
www.maine.gov/sos/node/4421
#mepolitics
Uniformed Service and Overseas Voters (UOCAVA) results (11/04/2025): | SOS
Uniformed Service and Overseas Voters (UOCAVA) results (11/04/2025): Total ballots cast: 2262Question 1:Yes – 187No – 2067Blank – 8 Question 2:Yes – 2081No – 171Blank – 10Somerset County Referendum Qu...
www.maine.gov
November 14, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Wow. 91% of Maine military and overseas voters opposed Question 1, the voter suppression referendum.
www.maine.gov/sos/node/4421
#mepolitics
www.maine.gov/sos/node/4421
#mepolitics
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They do not have a plan, they’ve never had a plan. They’ve also never had the votes to repeal the ACA which is *OVERWHELMINGLY* popular, nor have they been able to get the Supreme Court to overturn it, so instead they’ve just shut down the entire government to try forcing Dems to stop funding it.
November 9, 2025 at 1:53 AM
They do not have a plan, they’ve never had a plan. They’ve also never had the votes to repeal the ACA which is *OVERWHELMINGLY* popular, nor have they been able to get the Supreme Court to overturn it, so instead they’ve just shut down the entire government to try forcing Dems to stop funding it.
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The president thinks federal goons haven’t been violent *enough* with the American people.
The president seems to hope that his thugs will kill someone soon.
The president seems to hope that his thugs will kill someone soon.
Q: Americans have been watching videos of ICE tackling a young mother, tear gas being used in a Chicago residential neighborhood, and the smashing of car windows. Have some of these raids gone too far?"
Trump: "No. I think they haven't gone far enough”
Trump: "No. I think they haven't gone far enough”
November 2, 2025 at 11:44 PM
The president thinks federal goons haven’t been violent *enough* with the American people.
The president seems to hope that his thugs will kill someone soon.
The president seems to hope that his thugs will kill someone soon.
My plate's $16. That baked potato and carrot cake is really freeing up the turkey skin and Brussels sprouts budget.
November 3, 2025 at 2:58 PM
My plate's $16. That baked potato and carrot cake is really freeing up the turkey skin and Brussels sprouts budget.
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China bought 27 million metric tons of soybeans from US farmers in 2024. But somehow this “deal” to buy significantly less is a huge victory.
October 30, 2025 at 12:39 PM
China bought 27 million metric tons of soybeans from US farmers in 2024. But somehow this “deal” to buy significantly less is a huge victory.
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I’m not going to take the turkey out of the freezer until it’s defrosted.
Mike Johnson says he will not bring the House back in session until the government reopens
October 31, 2025 at 12:53 PM
I’m not going to take the turkey out of the freezer until it’s defrosted.
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These contiguous posts in my timeline show how companies, both big and small, can either devote themselves to the trivial and evil or the substantive and good.
October 30, 2025 at 6:38 PM
These contiguous posts in my timeline show how companies, both big and small, can either devote themselves to the trivial and evil or the substantive and good.
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“They’ve got money for ICE and golden ballrooms but not for hungry families” is so easy it’s almost funny
Johnson: Snap benefits is a unique situation. I got a summary of the legal analysis…the contingency funds are not legally available to cover the benefits right now
October 27, 2025 at 4:41 PM
“They’ve got money for ICE and golden ballrooms but not for hungry families” is so easy it’s almost funny
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SNAP benefits expire in one week.
Leavitt: At this moment in time, the ballroom is really the president's main priority.
October 23, 2025 at 8:30 PM
SNAP benefits expire in one week.