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Rick Brown

@brownbattery.bsky.social

Music: https://75dollarbill.bandcamp.com I play crate and blow things Office worker, proud union member, NYC renter, soon* to be retiree previously: https://brownoutspassed.bandcamp.com/ and http://www.juliagorton.com/coming-new-products/beat-it-zine-comp

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Zohran's social media team has been amazing. Every Democrat who isn't a corporate shill should take lessons from this campaign! This came out immediately as 60 Minutes interview was on when Trump endorsed Cuomo:

03.11.2025 12:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 515    ๐Ÿ” 116    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 21    ๐Ÿ“Œ 8
Photo of the label, on Fantasy records, of Creedence Clearwater Revivalโ€™s โ€œGreen Riverโ€

Photo of the label, on Fantasy records, of Creedence Clearwater Revivalโ€™s โ€œGreen Riverโ€

โ€œGreen Riverโ€ b/w โ€œCommotionโ€ I think I might have preferred that great b-side!

02.11.2025 19:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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#TrumpTrainWreck
Congressman Joseph Neguse serving as the U.S. representative for Colorado's 2nd district put the Government Shutdown into perfect perspective. His statement here should resonate with American's from all walks of life.

02.11.2025 13:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4059    ๐Ÿ” 1563    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 126    ๐Ÿ“Œ 112
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Smallest Halloween candy ever. Thanks, Trump!

31.10.2025 21:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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this is insane.

www.kivitv.com/canyon-count...

31.10.2025 18:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 14600    ๐Ÿ” 5035    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 788    ๐Ÿ“Œ 327

Historians: are there any examples of other โ€œrulersโ€ bragging about their toilets?

31.10.2025 21:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

They finally built a machine that can simulate peaking on edibles

31.10.2025 18:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1418    ๐Ÿ” 260    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 28    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4
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๐Ÿ™Œ

31.10.2025 13:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2073    ๐Ÿ” 321    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 34    ๐Ÿ“Œ 15
Rep. Clay Higgins: 

There are 22 million American households receiving SNAP benefits for groceries, at $4200 per year on average. 
 Try to get your head wrapped around how many pantries you can stock with $4200 dollars in properly shopped groceries. 
  Any American who has been receiving $4200 dollars per year of free groceries and does NOT have at least 1 month of groceries stocked should never again receive SNAP, because wow, stop smoking crack.

Rep. Clay Higgins: There are 22 million American households receiving SNAP benefits for groceries, at $4200 per year on average. Try to get your head wrapped around how many pantries you can stock with $4200 dollars in properly shopped groceries. Any American who has been receiving $4200 dollars per year of free groceries and does NOT have at least 1 month of groceries stocked should never again receive SNAP, because wow, stop smoking crack.

Rep. Clay Higgins of Louisiana blames SNAP recipients for not stockpiling a month's worth of food.

He ends his tweet with "stop smoking crack."

30.10.2025 20:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3341    ๐Ÿ” 1106    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 815    ๐Ÿ“Œ 843
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Speaker Mike Johnson is perpetually trying to deceive people. He uses his milquetoast speech and persona to mask his determination to ruthlessly cause harm. He wears his โ€œChristianityโ€ on his sleeve as a decoy from his evil intentions. He is not a good person, he just tries to play one on TV.

29.10.2025 16:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10436    ๐Ÿ” 3766    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 721    ๐Ÿ“Œ 220

Breaking on MSNBC:

Two federal prosecutors have been placed on leave at the direction of the White House after filing a sentencing memo seeking 27 months in prison for a pardoned Jan. 6 rioter who brought illegal guns and ammunition to President Obama's house in 2023.

29.10.2025 14:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 13250    ๐Ÿ” 6066    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 636    ๐Ÿ“Œ 646
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Lights are on but nobody is home.
We have a broken Roomba for President.

28.10.2025 15:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 16351    ๐Ÿ” 5559    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2255    ๐Ÿ“Œ 867
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Forget the polls. Take nothing for granted. And let's work our hearts out these next seven days.

Vote now: zohranfornyc.com/vote

Canvass + phonebank: zohranfornyc.com/gotv

28.10.2025 20:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 13855    ๐Ÿ” 3156    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 206    ๐Ÿ“Œ 103

The depth of the shame of a country this wealthy and abundant allowing its people to go hungry is impossible to measure. The fact that a handful of people could fix this by paying their fair share of taxes while still remaining obscenely wealthy makes it even worse.

28.10.2025 16:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 18430    ๐Ÿ” 5836    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 472    ๐Ÿ“Œ 275

Quite a world when a federal judge has to call in a federal official to specifically tell him he can't use tear gas on children in Halloween costumes

28.10.2025 15:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7785    ๐Ÿ” 2420    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 80    ๐Ÿ“Œ 122
One For Eric
YouTube video by Jack DeJohnette's Special Edition - Topic One For Eric

Jack DeJohnette made so much great music! Here with Arthur Blythe, Peter Warren and David Murray. and this _is_ for Dolphy!

28.10.2025 16:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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ROLLING STONE: โ€œThe current Congress has dropped the pretense of public service altogetherโ€ฆ Congress enjoys ultraluxe health care as it fights to gut yours.โ€

@RepTimBurchett @MarshaBlackburn why donโ€™t you care about anyone but yourselves? www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

27.10.2025 18:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 12688    ๐Ÿ” 6373    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 455    ๐Ÿ“Œ 314
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S.V. Dรกte thinks the White House press corps should hand in their badges, too. The White House press secretary told him โ€œyour momโ€ chose Budapest as the site for a meeting with Vladimir Putin. HuffPostโ€™s senior White House correspondent says itโ€™s all part of Americaโ€™s slide towa...

Very proud to call him a colleague for many reasons but especially this one:
"I guess the drawback is Iโ€™m less likely to get my questions answered. The benefit is that my audience is frequently reminded of the facts."

Must read:

www.cjr.org/the-intervie...

24.10.2025 12:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 137    ๐Ÿ” 44    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 5
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Murphy: "Trump is refusing to negotiate because he likes the fact the govt is closed, bc he thinks he can exercise King-like powers. He can pay the employees who are loyal to him. This is a leader who is trying to transition our govt from a democracy to something much closer to a totalitarian state"

26.10.2025 13:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5381    ๐Ÿ” 1788    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 221    ๐Ÿ“Œ 94
Canada was caught, red handed, putting up a fraudulent advertisement on Ronald Reaganโ€™s Speech on Tariffs. The Reagan Foundation said that they, โ€œcreated an ad campaign using selective audio and video of President Ronald Reagan. The ad misrepresents the Presidential Radio Address,โ€ and โ€œdid not seek nor receive permission to use and edit the remarks. The Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute is reviewing its legal options in this matter.โ€ The sole purpose of this FRAUD was Canadaโ€™s hope that the United States Supreme Court will come to their โ€œrescueโ€ on Tariffs that they have used for years to hurt the United States. Now the United States is able to defend itself against high and overbearing Canadian Tariffs (and those from the rest of the World as well!). Ronald Reagan LOVED Tariffs for purposes of National Security and the Economy, but Canada said he didnโ€™t! Their Advertisement was to be taken down, IMMEDIATELY, but they let it run last night during the World Series, knowing that it was a FRAUD. Because of their serious misrepresentation of the facts, and hostile act, I am increasing the Tariff on Canada by 10% over and above what they are paying now. Thank you for your attention to this matter!

Canada was caught, red handed, putting up a fraudulent advertisement on Ronald Reaganโ€™s Speech on Tariffs. The Reagan Foundation said that they, โ€œcreated an ad campaign using selective audio and video of President Ronald Reagan. The ad misrepresents the Presidential Radio Address,โ€ and โ€œdid not seek nor receive permission to use and edit the remarks. The Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute is reviewing its legal options in this matter.โ€ The sole purpose of this FRAUD was Canadaโ€™s hope that the United States Supreme Court will come to their โ€œrescueโ€ on Tariffs that they have used for years to hurt the United States. Now the United States is able to defend itself against high and overbearing Canadian Tariffs (and those from the rest of the World as well!). Ronald Reagan LOVED Tariffs for purposes of National Security and the Economy, but Canada said he didnโ€™t! Their Advertisement was to be taken down, IMMEDIATELY, but they let it run last night during the World Series, knowing that it was a FRAUD. Because of their serious misrepresentation of the facts, and hostile act, I am increasing the Tariff on Canada by 10% over and above what they are paying now. Thank you for your attention to this matter!

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The president announces an arbitrary price hike on Americans because his feelings are hurt by an ad accurately quoting Ronald Reaganโ€™s criticism of tariffs

25.10.2025 21:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 17758    ๐Ÿ” 5066    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 928    ๐Ÿ“Œ 328
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Congress basically doesnโ€™t exist at this point

25.10.2025 23:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 22290    ๐Ÿ” 6466    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 691    ๐Ÿ“Œ 244

The people in Arizonaโ€™s 7th congressional district have been without representation in Congress for over 7 months.

Mike Johnson continues to deny them representation because their duly elected representative has pledged to sign the petition to release the Epstein files.

25.10.2025 00:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8223    ๐Ÿ” 2890    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 345    ๐Ÿ“Œ 92

Almost every major news story this week is about how the entire economy is now gambling, scams, bribes and theft.

24.10.2025 18:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 24776    ๐Ÿ” 5180    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 800    ๐Ÿ“Œ 367
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Stephen Miller on Fox threatens to arrest JB Pritzker for "seditious conspiracy" and says, "to all ICE officers: you have federal immunity in the conduct of your duties. And anybody who lays a hand on you or tries to stop or obstruct you is committing a felony."

24.10.2025 20:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9740    ๐Ÿ” 3832    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2789    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1622

Today, the White House Press Secretary told the country that this ridiculous damn ballroom is โ€œthe presidentโ€™s main priorityโ€โ€ฆnot reopening the government, not lowering the cost of groceries, not lowering the cost of housing, not lowering the cost of healthcareโ€ฆ.building a ballroom

23.10.2025 22:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 32222    ๐Ÿ” 11020    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1868    ๐Ÿ“Œ 632
Spotify Support
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Hi there!
Jake R. at 10:04 PM, Oct 21

Hi - I have read that Spotify is advertising ICE commercials. Is this true? If so, I would like to cancel my subscription.
You at 10:05 PM, Oct 21

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Spotify Support โ€” Spotify at 10:04 PM, Oct 21 Jake R. is now connected and reviewing your question. They'll message you shortly. Hi there! Jake R. at 10:04 PM, Oct 21 Hi - I have read that Spotify is advertising ICE commercials. Is this true? If so, I would like to cancel my subscription. You at 10:05 PM, Oct 21 End of conversation. You can close the messaging window now.

Spotify customer service is immediately ending conversations if you ask about them airing ICE advertisements on the platform.

Cancel your Spotify subscription.
#BoycottSpotify

23.10.2025 20:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6967    ๐Ÿ” 3432    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 374    ๐Ÿ“Œ 301
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East Wing ballroom construction at the White House "will be near it but not touching it, and pays total respect to the existing building, which I'm the biggest fan of." - President Trump, July 31, 2025

21.10.2025 13:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 321    ๐Ÿ” 129    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 38    ๐Ÿ“Œ 17

The president of the United States posted a video of him defecating on the American people. Many in my profession normalized it. This is a big reason why we are where we are.

20.10.2025 12:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 29475    ๐Ÿ” 7334    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1035    ๐Ÿ“Œ 364
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Seems like a reasonable request

19.10.2025 17:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 18241    ๐Ÿ” 4013    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 422    ๐Ÿ“Œ 184

โ€œSo it looks like youโ€™re flying a fighter jet and wearing a crown, but it turns out itโ€™s really a bomber and the bombs are poops. Youโ€™re up there pooping on all the cities in America because youโ€™re the king of America, and so of course you shit on it when it doesnโ€™t behave. Itโ€™s high concept, sir.โ€

19.10.2025 03:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4070    ๐Ÿ” 630    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 109    ๐Ÿ“Œ 49

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