Simon Brooke
@simonwbrooke.bsky.social
Attorney, Aspiring Artist, and Book Lover
Slava Ukraini
NO KINGS
Slava Ukraini
NO KINGS
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vance’s personal communication style is to behave like a preening, belligerent oaf in order to impress two 14 year old boys in one of the most racist group chats in history
December 21, 2025 at 8:22 PM
vance’s personal communication style is to behave like a preening, belligerent oaf in order to impress two 14 year old boys in one of the most racist group chats in history
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it’s sort of incredible to me that vance has apparently decided, of his own free will, that it’s his job to be even more viscerally unpleasant and personally charmless than spiro agnew, and that he seems to sincerely believe this will one day make him president
vance’s personal communication style is to behave like a preening, belligerent oaf in order to impress two 14 year old boys in one of the most racist group chats in history
December 21, 2025 at 8:30 PM
it’s sort of incredible to me that vance has apparently decided, of his own free will, that it’s his job to be even more viscerally unpleasant and personally charmless than spiro agnew, and that he seems to sincerely believe this will one day make him president
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And here we see the problem that always dooms personalists regimes. You need competent people to do your crimes. The unflinching loyalty of a bunch of idiots will only get you so far.
And so we get this, where it's clear they're trying to do a cover-up, but are doing it SO BADLY that they can't create any plausible deniability.
December 20, 2025 at 10:16 PM
And here we see the problem that always dooms personalists regimes. You need competent people to do your crimes. The unflinching loyalty of a bunch of idiots will only get you so far.
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NB: When I, a professor of law, profess that an act is unlawful, I am not doing it to inform the lawbreaker, but rather to inform you, the reader.
So the question “what, like you think he cares?” is inapposite. The question is whether *you* care. I think you should, which is why I bother.
So the question “what, like you think he cares?” is inapposite. The question is whether *you* care. I think you should, which is why I bother.
December 18, 2025 at 9:01 PM
NB: When I, a professor of law, profess that an act is unlawful, I am not doing it to inform the lawbreaker, but rather to inform you, the reader.
So the question “what, like you think he cares?” is inapposite. The question is whether *you* care. I think you should, which is why I bother.
So the question “what, like you think he cares?” is inapposite. The question is whether *you* care. I think you should, which is why I bother.
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as promised
December 18, 2025 at 11:25 PM
as promised
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FOUR REPUBLICANS just signed the House Democratic discharge petition to force a House vote on the Hakeem Jeffries bill to extend health care tax credits for 3 years: Brian Fitzpatrick (PA), Mike Lawler (NY), Rob Bresnahan (PA), and Ryan Mackenzie (PA). Gives it the required 218 signatures. Huge news
December 17, 2025 at 3:07 PM
FOUR REPUBLICANS just signed the House Democratic discharge petition to force a House vote on the Hakeem Jeffries bill to extend health care tax credits for 3 years: Brian Fitzpatrick (PA), Mike Lawler (NY), Rob Bresnahan (PA), and Ryan Mackenzie (PA). Gives it the required 218 signatures. Huge news
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A major victory for Hakeem Jeffries, vindicating his strategy on health care through the multiple vying discharge petitions and on the government shutdown. And obviously an epic defeat for Mike Johnson, who basically left these Republicans in vulnerable seats no alternative but to join House Dems
December 17, 2025 at 3:10 PM
A major victory for Hakeem Jeffries, vindicating his strategy on health care through the multiple vying discharge petitions and on the government shutdown. And obviously an epic defeat for Mike Johnson, who basically left these Republicans in vulnerable seats no alternative but to join House Dems
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if you response to this is to blame dems for something republicans have said they wanted, have claimed credit for causing, and have 100% unilateral control over, you can keep it out of my fucking mentions
December 16, 2025 at 7:11 PM
if you response to this is to blame dems for something republicans have said they wanted, have claimed credit for causing, and have 100% unilateral control over, you can keep it out of my fucking mentions
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on ACA subsidy renewal, at every single step, republicans have done exactly what they said they wanted to do, at some point, some of you need to believe what you see with your own eyes
December 16, 2025 at 8:09 PM
on ACA subsidy renewal, at every single step, republicans have done exactly what they said they wanted to do, at some point, some of you need to believe what you see with your own eyes
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constantly bewildered by the number of ostensibly intelligent people on this website who can watch a republican look directly into the camera and say “i am doing this bad thing because this bad outcome is the outcome i want, and i will not be moved by the consequences” and look at congressional dems
December 16, 2025 at 8:05 PM
constantly bewildered by the number of ostensibly intelligent people on this website who can watch a republican look directly into the camera and say “i am doing this bad thing because this bad outcome is the outcome i want, and i will not be moved by the consequences” and look at congressional dems
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The hero of Bondi: Ahmed el Ahmed, a 43 year old fruit shop owner from Sutherland. He grabbed the gun off one of the terrorists shooting at Jews during a Hanukkah celebration.
Ahmed was then shot in the leg and shoulder by another terrorist. He’s being treated in the hospital and expected to be OK.
Ahmed was then shot in the leg and shoulder by another terrorist. He’s being treated in the hospital and expected to be OK.
December 14, 2025 at 2:31 PM
The hero of Bondi: Ahmed el Ahmed, a 43 year old fruit shop owner from Sutherland. He grabbed the gun off one of the terrorists shooting at Jews during a Hanukkah celebration.
Ahmed was then shot in the leg and shoulder by another terrorist. He’s being treated in the hospital and expected to be OK.
Ahmed was then shot in the leg and shoulder by another terrorist. He’s being treated in the hospital and expected to be OK.
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Jewish Dems are devastated by the antisemitic terror attack in Australia. We condemn it in the strongest possible terms and stand with the Jewish community of Sydney.
Read our full statement:
Read our full statement:
December 14, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Jewish Dems are devastated by the antisemitic terror attack in Australia. We condemn it in the strongest possible terms and stand with the Jewish community of Sydney.
Read our full statement:
Read our full statement:
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has anyone else noticed that food tasted better in the past? it was mushy and easy to eat. and the spoon would come at you like an airplane
December 5, 2025 at 9:38 PM
has anyone else noticed that food tasted better in the past? it was mushy and easy to eat. and the spoon would come at you like an airplane
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'Fallout' creator Tim Cain has rejoined Xbox’s Obsidian Entertainment as a full-time employee 🎮
"I can’t talk about the project that I’m working on ... Don’t bother guessing, you’re not going to guess right"
"I can’t talk about the project that I’m working on ... Don’t bother guessing, you’re not going to guess right"
December 5, 2025 at 9:22 PM
'Fallout' creator Tim Cain has rejoined Xbox’s Obsidian Entertainment as a full-time employee 🎮
"I can’t talk about the project that I’m working on ... Don’t bother guessing, you’re not going to guess right"
"I can’t talk about the project that I’m working on ... Don’t bother guessing, you’re not going to guess right"
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Autocorrect has become our worst enema.
November 19, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Autocorrect has become our worst enema.
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Yes, yes, they should do this. "Trump and Republicans tried to end food stamps" is a headline that should exist for years!
this article will publish tomorrow at 7:30 am
One way the shutdown deal might actually help Dems
Dems have an opportunity to claim they saved SNAP and other government programs, which could help repair the party's image as one that fights for working people
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/one-way-th...
One way the shutdown deal might actually help Dems
Dems have an opportunity to claim they saved SNAP and other government programs, which could help repair the party's image as one that fights for working people
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/one-way-th...
One way the shutdown deal might actually help Democrats
A plurality of voters approve of the deal to end the shutdown. Democrats have an opportunity to claim they saved SNAP and other government programs, key to repairing the party's image
www.gelliottmorris.com
November 13, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Yes, yes, they should do this. "Trump and Republicans tried to end food stamps" is a headline that should exist for years!
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"These elites hold the balance of power between an autocratic administration and a resistant public. They’re swing voters with muscle. They can come down decisively on the side either of the administration or the public, on the side of autocracy or liberty."
www.thebulwark.com/p/hes-acting...
www.thebulwark.com/p/hes-acting...
He’s Acting Pretty Damn Guilty
Trump usually acts like a guy with something to hide. But his Epstein behavior is on another level.
www.thebulwark.com
November 13, 2025 at 2:46 PM
"These elites hold the balance of power between an autocratic administration and a resistant public. They’re swing voters with muscle. They can come down decisively on the side either of the administration or the public, on the side of autocracy or liberty."
www.thebulwark.com/p/hes-acting...
www.thebulwark.com/p/hes-acting...
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Another species no longer on the global Endangered list:
Humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae).
A few decades after a Star Trek movie where the central conflict was the total extinction of the humpback, their numbers are rising fast enough to put them at "Least Concern" on the IUCN Red List.
Humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae).
A few decades after a Star Trek movie where the central conflict was the total extinction of the humpback, their numbers are rising fast enough to put them at "Least Concern" on the IUCN Red List.
a man with a mustache says there be whales here in a dark room
Alt: Scotty from Star Trek Original Series (played by Jimmy Doohan) says there be whales here in a Klingon vessel's cargo hold.
media.tenor.com
November 9, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Another species no longer on the global Endangered list:
Humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae).
A few decades after a Star Trek movie where the central conflict was the total extinction of the humpback, their numbers are rising fast enough to put them at "Least Concern" on the IUCN Red List.
Humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae).
A few decades after a Star Trek movie where the central conflict was the total extinction of the humpback, their numbers are rising fast enough to put them at "Least Concern" on the IUCN Red List.
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it's not 'performative' if you're taking pictures of random fucking strangers reading. they're just reading! you're the creepy one!
November 10, 2025 at 4:02 PM
it's not 'performative' if you're taking pictures of random fucking strangers reading. they're just reading! you're the creepy one!
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This is actually a huge get
(and which also might sink the deal in House anyway)
(and which also might sink the deal in House anyway)
The RIFs language is actually great. Not only does it rehire the people RIFed during the shutdown, it makes it an unequivocal Antideficiency Act violation to do ANY MORE RIFs through the duration of the CR (Jan 30)
Completely stops Trump/Vought Phase 2 for now
Would love to see this standardized
Completely stops Trump/Vought Phase 2 for now
Would love to see this standardized
November 10, 2025 at 12:30 AM
This is actually a huge get
(and which also might sink the deal in House anyway)
(and which also might sink the deal in House anyway)
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(I do not think this is true and I think Bluesky constantly writes a *lot* of cheques it cannot cash)
November 9, 2025 at 10:08 PM
(I do not think this is true and I think Bluesky constantly writes a *lot* of cheques it cannot cash)
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particularly when axios is reporting it and no one else — not even politico — is.
Regular reminder that Axios stories saying Dems are about to cave are likely sourced from GOP staffers trying to make it happen.
Doesn't mean it definitely won't happen. But it's like those NYT stories that Harvard is considering caving (they haven't). The anonymous source was trying to manifest it.
Doesn't mean it definitely won't happen. But it's like those NYT stories that Harvard is considering caving (they haven't). The anonymous source was trying to manifest it.
November 9, 2025 at 7:05 PM
particularly when axios is reporting it and no one else — not even politico — is.