Mark Brooks
@mark-brooks.bsky.social
Experienced politico, Navy vet, commentator, interviewer - RVA/Virginia Previously: Chair in Cumberland County VA Member 5th CD Committee Late nights are the best nights. Chesterfield County https://www.youtube.com/@Mark_Brooks
Here's your lesson in 21st Century politics. It's been cracked open and there's no going back. Thank you to all the candidates who refused to buckle under the PAC enticements, the establishment guffaws, and the talking heads pshaw.This is part of the foothold we have been looking for.
Pretty sure I've heard the song several hundred times over the last 2 decades and based on the lyrics I can remember, I'm still very unclear on what it is that the Spice Girls really, really want. Total messaging failure.
As he said, one of us cannot be free until all of us are free.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 6h agoEl-Sayed: "My commitment to Jewish safety is the same commitment that I have to the safety of my own daughters. Because if there is one question of political philosophy that ought to animate us all, it's what would we do if we treated all our kids like they were all of our kids?"
“Are you a communist?” “No I am an anti-fascist” “For a long time?” “Since I have understood fascism.” – Ernest Hemingway, For Whom the Bell Tolls
Mike Rogers wants us divided. But there is so much more that unites us than sets us apart. The power is ours. This land was made for you and me.
El-Sayed: "Mike, I'm gonna say it right now, I know you're gonna say no because you're a coward: Five debates, alright? ... By the time we're done, you are not gonna have safe quarter from people holding you accountable to what you've done for them here in Michigan. We will send you back to Florida"
In a country with a president who is such a destructive sore loser, politicians who are both helpful and gracious in defeat is a greatly appreciated novelty.
The rules of the game have changed. Because of you, Michigan. We cannot be bought. Onto November.
I’m not sure of their definition of living comfortably in Tampa. I graduated USF Tampa in 1990. I got a bank job for $24,000 it was considered great starting pay. I bought a 2/1.5 condo and a new car. I lived very comfortably. I’m sure wages in Tampa have not increased nearly 400%.
"So he can feel a bit more manly by making an AI video" is a direct callback to this image that deserves a second life in this campaign
Headquarters@headquartersnews.bsky.social · 5h agoDr. Abdul El-Sayed: Mike Rogers is a guy who wants to put a data center in your backyard so he can feel a bit more manly by making an AI video. If you want a senator who's gonna lick some boots, go vote for Rogers. But if you want a senator who's going to stand up to Trump, you've got your option.
A trans couple has been brutalized by a mob, and then the trans woman ended up being arrested afterwards, at a public bathroom in Louisiana. EITM writer S Baum investigates this horrible act of violence in our latest piece. www.erininthemorning.com/p/trans-coup...
Trans Couple Brutalized At Louisiana Park Bathroom, Then Charged By Police
An angry mob allegedly beat them. The police charged them. The municipality voted for one of the most severe anti-trans bathroom ordinances in the country.
erininthemorning.com
Missouri Republicans Count on Foot Dragging to Help Jam Through Gerrymander talkingpointsmemo.com/news/missour...
Missouri Republicans Count on Foot Dragging to Help Jam Through Gerrymander
Missouri Republicans have been transparent about their strategy to drag out the...
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I see a pattern forming. Billionaire media owners normalizing r@pe and sadistic behavior? This is not a glitch, it’s not a bug, it’s the point. And we all suffer as a result. The way media sanitizes this horrific crime against a child is just so beyond indefensible. Period. Pushback.
El-Sayed: "They think they want to use my whole name against me. Mike, listen man, If you can't say the name -- it's Abdulrahman -- keep the name out your damn mouth."
"Democratic lawmakers have asked the Justice Department to consider criminal charges against Energy Secretary Chris Wright, accusing him of lying to Congress about whether blue states were targeted in the termination of $7.6 billion in clean energy grants." www.latimes.com/environment/...
Trump energy chief lied to Congress about canceled clean energy funds, lawmakers allege
Reps. Zoe Lofgren and Gabe Amo are asking the Justice Department to consider criminal charges against Energy Secretary Chris Wright, accusing him of lying to Congress about $7.6 billion in clean energ...
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AIPAC helped Stevens lose. Remarkable shift in American politics. Wow.
An investigation by the public-interest law firm Institute for Justice reveals a concerning trend of police officers using Flock surveillance cameras to stalk women. The results are shocking. Moral corruption. Absolute, undeniable moral corruption. And you wonder why people don't trust the police?
Don't look now, but the world has now installed 3TW of solar. Took 10 years to get from 100GW to 1TW. Less than 3 years to get to 2TW. Less than 2 years to get to 3TW. Analysts expect *9TW* by 2036.
The World Crossed a Major Solar Milestone. No One Noticed
The next phase of the boom may reveal a shift in who is gaining access to the technology.
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Votes are being counted in Michigan, where Democratic voters are settling a Senate primary that has become the year's most significant test of how the party's electorate is weighing questions of ideology and electability. https://cnn.it/3Senx4n
Takeaways from Tuesday's primaries in Michigan, Missouri, Kansas, Virginia and Washington state | CNN Politics
Votes are being counted in Michigan, where Democratic voters are settling a Senate primary that has become the year's most significant test of how the party's electorate is weighing questions of ideology and electability.
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Crop yields down, our countryside scorched and over 2800 people are dead due to this summer's heatwaves. Meanwhile fossil fuel giants are raking in record profits. We must end this rampant profiteering, and cut fossil fuels from our energy mix as soon as possible.
Damian Carrington@dpcarrington.bsky.social · 2d agoBP profits more than double to $5.7bn in three months as Iran war sends oil prices soaring - "While BP banks enormous profits, millions of households are paying the price" #energycrisis #climatecrisis www.theguardian.com/business/202...
"Another two bite the dust… It’s been another chaotic day for Reform. We’re hearing reports this evening that Reform councillor Christine Duffy has resigned from Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council. If confirmed, it would trigger ..." www.facebook.com/permalink.ph... via Reform Are Not Your Friends
Carville, Maher, Penn, Fetterman, and Manchin, and Hannity can all go fuck themselves. Democrats didn't "lose" those fuckers. We kicked them to the curb and stopped listening to their bullshit.
The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 16h ago🙃