Laurie Brookins
@lauriebrookins.com
Freelance journalist, The Hollywood Reporter, Travel + Leisure, and other pubs. I was @StyleWriterNYC over at the bad place. Also a survivor of one of many failed versions of the felon’s ego magazine. Yes, it was as bad as you think. I have stories.
“Scare tactics, get your scare tactics right here!! Step up and embrace the hate! We’re selling hate today, come on up and get it before it’s all gone!”
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 9h agoJD Vance: "We don't want the next administration, whoever -- god forbid you're gonna have President El-Sayed in three years ... "
A vote to confirm Todd Blanche is a vote against justice for Epstein survivors.
If we don’t fix this in 100 days, does anyone have any idea of how much more monstrous he’s going to be after that?
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2d agoTrump says Jeanine Pirro "choked" and then snaps at a reporter who asks if her job is safe: "Don't ever talk again"
Trump: "We have photographs or tapes -- like moving cameras, right? -- where people are on the side cutting it with a box knife."
One person is responsible for this.
MeidasTouch@meidastouch.com · 3d ago🚨BREAKING: Iran’s state-run IRNA has published a photo claiming to show a tanker engulfed in flames near Khasab, Oman. The reported location closely matches an earlier UKMTO advisory after a tanker reported hearing an explosion nearby.
This is insanity. Utter insanity. I dream of a day when we are past this and both normality and truth return. For the love of all that’s good and true. It would help if all these incompetent liars also were in jail.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 5d agoBessent: "President Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Alexander Hamilton could not have imagined the economy that we would have created. It is the envy of the world."
“The boss wants his money.” I hate this all-Mafia-all-the-time timeline.
The Wall Street Journal@wsj.com · 6d agoExclusive: How Trump and his "princess of darkness" are persuading corporate America to donate hundreds of millions to fund his projects on.wsj.com/4h1b6mC
BREAKING WSJ: The Trump admin plans to end a subsidy program that helped hold down premiums for Medicare drug plans — a move that could leave many seniors facing higher rates for their prescription coverage next year.
Exclusive | Trump Administration to End Medicare Drug Plan Subsidy
Program that held down premiums won’t be renewed for 2027, resulting in higher costs for some seniors.
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1. This New York Post cover: “Thousands of 9/11 families demand Mamdani be banned from 25th-Anniversary” is a brazen lie. How do I know? I interviewed the organizer of the petition.
Three things I know to be true: — Mitch McConnell will never again arrive at the Capitol in a vertical position. #SorryNotSorry — If you write about Joe vs writing about the mental state of the guy who falls asleep in public daily, you’re an unreliable source. — 98 days until the midterms. #Vote
Need to get every politician in office or running to say this. Period.
Trump traded GEO Group and CoreCivic stocks, two private prison corporations, nearly 30 times in 2025. GEO Group’s profits increased by 700% that year and CoreCivic raked in $650 million in ICE contracts — both benefiting Trump’s stock portfolio. Cashing in on his own cruelty.
My father and grandfather both served their country honorably. This motherf**ker can shove it.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last wk.Trump: "I've done more for you than your parents, okay? Your parents are okay. I'm not gonna knock to your parents, but I have been better to you than your parents."
Under Trump: -Household electricity costs are up 18% -Ground beef prices are up 22% -Gas prices are up 40% -ACA out-of-pocket premiums are up 58% -Inflation is at a three-year high Tired of "winning" yet?
Mitch McConnell hasn’t been seen or heard from in 6 weeks(!) in the hospital. Yet he still has a job, still getting paid, and getting unlimited world class healthcare. The man who voted against a living wage, against universal healthcare, and against guaranteed paid leave—is now getting all three.
Who else starts to read a headline like this and isn’t at all surprised when the phrase “private equity” pops up? I’d love to know if private equity has ever really helped anyone long-term — other than private equity, that is. Dental practices, veterinarians, and now child care. What else?
New York Magazine@nymag.com · 2w agoEight of the ten largest child-care companies in the country are owned by private equity, as are a number of other child-care chains in the city. Under this model, the only substantial way to increase profit is to charge parents more while providing less.
I miss knowing there's an Anthony Fauci in charge of health. A Hillary Clinton or Antony Blinken handling things internationally. A Pete doing things for transportation. A Lloyd Austin handling defense. A Haaland protecting our lands. I miss knowing adults are in the room. Or at least non-traitors.
This is immediate impeachment-and-removal behavior for any other president and all involved cabinet secretaries (who, in any other administration, would have already resigned in disgrace)
The New Republic@newrepublic.com · 2w agoAnyone who thinks Junior isn’t involved in his father’s blatant financial corruption is seriously delusional.
Kyle Griffin@kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 2w agoDon Jr.'s investment firm posts a 200% return: Jr. leads 1789 Capital, which has repeatedly bought shares in private companies before they've gone public, "often by leveraging their political and business connections to secure a stake." Many of those companies have major federal contracts.
A reporter needs to ask their loved ones how they feel about this. God I loathe him.
Carl Quintanilla@carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 2w ago“.. the Trump administration decided to remove four service members killed this past weekend from the list .. because their deaths occurred after President Trump declared a cease-fire ..” @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/07/23/u...
Intentionally concealing the death of a U.S. senator to manipulate legislative business or the succession process could expose those involved to serious federal criminal charges. No one gets to hide a death for political gain.
Taken tonight in Georgia, an unretouched Getty photo of a sweaty, makeup-laden orange monster with a ridiculously spare and straw-like combover. He’s the walking version of all the tacky gold he’s splashed onto every available surface. For all that’s good and true, please let it be over soon.
The only one not bowing his head, which should surprise no one. A vile human being who possesses zero sense of service or sacrifice. Please vote in November and end this cruelty.
Republicans Against Trumpism@rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social · 2w agoDonald Trump at Dover Air Force Base for the dignified transfer of the four U.S. Army service members killed over the weekend 📷: Evelyn Hockstein, REUTERS
I’m calling for a moratorium on data centers until Florida has real protections for our water, air, communities, economy, and privacy. Byron Donalds wants to rush them onto pristine land while dismissing the consequences. That’s not leadership. Florida deserves better.
We had a deal It was working He blew it up He chose this war He personally owns all the death and destruction It has never been clearer in our history He’s an evil maniac and he needs to be stopped Vote goddammit
If I were a relative or friend of one of the 18 American service-members Donald killed, I would be *incensed* that a man too selfish and scared to serve—when it was required by law—is minimizing those deaths. I can't image how angry I would be if I were a parent of one of 156 schoolgirls killed.
Here’s my slogan suggestion for next time: 2028: We’re Putting Women in Charge of Everything, Because Enough of This Sh*t Already.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2w agoDuckworth: "He appointed the most incompetent secretary of defense in our nation's history. All he seems to be worried about is testosterone levels in our troops instead of making sure that he actually has a plan to execute this mission in Iran and ending it before even more Americans get killed."
