Dan Bryant

A Superstar for a Cultural Shift The answer for how best to respond to the Charlie Kirk assassination and its aftermath eluded me at first.  Yes, political violence is a serious problem in our country and should not be tolera…

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Jesus Christ Superstar this evening at the Hollywood Bowl!

Opinion | I Came to Study Aging. Now I’m Trapped in ICE Detention.

This. Is. Insane. We have entered into a “Niemöller” time when those of us who believe in decency, political freedom and human rights must speak out!

Supreme Court, for Now, Blocks Deportations of Venezuelan Migrants Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel A. Alito Jr. dissented. A group of migrants had been scheduled to be flown out of the country, according to people familiar with the matter.

Says something when all 3 of DT’s appointees vote against him. Perhaps there is hope after all!

The hypocrisy is overwhelming!

Opinion | Palm Sunday Was a Protest, Not a Procession Jesus’ procession was a parody of imperial power — a deliberate mockery of Roman spectacle and a prophetic enactment of a kingdom not built on violence but on justice.

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Opinion | Trump Won’t Win a War Against the Courts The judiciary will never surrender to the president its constitutional role to interpret the Constitution.

The fundamental truth now before us: the Judiciary, not the President, determines what the law says, otherwise democracy fails.

Clearest proof yet that the Trump admin uses "DEI" to mean "nonwhite people doing something impressive and getting credit."

Navajo Code Talkers made a big difference in WWII. The Axis had more trouble translating their language than cracking codes. And it's not like the Navajo owed the US anything.

Opinion | Musk Said No One Has Died Since Aid Was Cut. That Isn’t True. A journey through the front lines of global poverty shows that when the world’s richest men slash aid for the world’s poorest children, the result is sickness, starvation and death.

1,650,000 people at risk of death due to loss of US aid. That’s just the first year. The proper term for this is Holocaust and it is happening now thanks to Musk and DT.

South Korea's Martial Law: How the President's Plan Came Together and Fell Apart Yoon Suk Yeol came close to disabling Parliament with a few hundred troops. But he misjudged the power of his people and the willingness of his army to use force. South Koreans worry it could happen a...

How people save democracy. Important lesson for us in the U.S. today! www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

🇨🇦 New Prime Minister Mark Carney: “Canada will never be part of America... We didn’t ask for this fight, but Canadians are always ready when someone else drops the gloves. My government will keep our tariffs on until the Americans show us respect."

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Precisely what Martin Niemoller told us 70 years ago.

They are sadists in the White House.

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Report: Trump Had Over $280 Million In Debt Forgiven And Avoided Paying Taxes On Most Of It The debt largely came from his Chicago tower.

Nothing screams HYPOCRITE quite like Trump complaining about & gutting school loan forgiveness for grads dedicated to service & bettering our communities while he’s had HUNDREDS of MILLIONS in debt forgiven due bankruptcy 6 times.

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Way to go @dickssportinggoods.bsky.social!

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SpaceX’s Starship Rocket Disrupts Florida Airports With Unsuccessful Test Flight Video showed the upper stage of the most powerful rocket ever built spinning out of control in space, a repeat of an unsuccessful test flight in January that led to debris falling over the Caribbean.

Perfect metaphor for what Musk is doing to the country. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/06/s...

Opinion | Elon Musk's AI chatbot says a 'Russian asset' delivered the State of the Union | Opinion - azcentral

A spokesman for Russian President Vladimir Putin praised U.S. foreign policy under President Donald Trump, saying it 'largely coincides' with Russia’s vision in a reversal he said was previously 'impossible to imagine’.” DT doing a good job of Making Russia Great Again!

The Oval Office meeting today between Trump and Zelensky “reeked of a planned attack,” @radiofreetom.bsky.social writes.

“The Ukrainian leader did his best to stand up to the bullying, but Trump and Vance were playing to the cameras and the MAGA gallery at home.” theatln.tc/5tozgdyn

Trump and Vance showed a level of crassness and vulgarity never seen before in the White House with a foreign leader and guest. They were the worst kind of ignorant disgusting bully. They’ve turned our nation into a global embarrassment. And a global threat.

YouTube video by Kyiv Independent Zelensky thanks America for four minutes straight

Trump and Vance have repeatedly claimed that Zelensky has not been sufficiently grateful for U.S. support throughout the war.

We compiled instances where Zelensky has publicly expressed gratitude to the U.S., its people, and its leadership for being Ukraine’s largest supporter.

That was an unfair fight today: one human man against two Russian puppets.

The Trump administration is considering pausing all military aid to Ukraine - report This comes after Trump and Vance asked the Ukrainian president to leave the White House early.

Trump and Vance ran a televised scam today. What all America saw was a premeditated hoax to justify cutting off aid to Ukraine. Nothing Zelenskyy did was offensive or disrespectful—but that was the line Trump and Vance had clearly decided to use beforehand to justify what they and Putin wanted.

Just learned from a school board member that our local school district in Eugene is suing the administration over its DEI policies, perhaps the first in the country. Hopefully there will be more!

I called Social Security to check on an issue with my payments, and the recorded messaged said, "if you are calling about the status of a disability application, due to staffing reductions, the average wait time is between 200 and 230 days...." Call it “Musk efficiency”!

Ignoring backlash, Trump leans into false claim about Zelenskyy being a ‘dictator’ Presidents only get so much political capital, and Trump has decided to invest his finite capital into supporting Putin's authoritarian regime in Moscow.

"Presidents only get so much political capital. Trump has decided to invest his finite capital into supporting Putin's authoritarian regime in Moscow..."

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