Brian Sims

Firefighters from Mexico just arrived at LAX. They'll be joining 14,000+ personnel already battling the #PalisadesFire.

California is immensely grateful to our neighbors' support in the fight against the wildfires in Los Angeles.

Can You Define Pornography? Neither Can the Government. | ACLU We break down the absurd-but-true history of trying to censor sexual speech under the guise of "keeping kids safe."

Texas passed a law that makes it harder for adults to access pornography and other sexual content they have every right to access.

This is a direct violation of our First Amendment rights — so we're challenging the law in front of the Supreme Court next week.

"When Mexico sends its people, they're sending their best. They're sending firefighters to help solve American problems. They're bringing fire fighting uniforms. They're bringing fire fighting equipment. They're bringing kittens down from trees. And all, I assume, are good people."

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Shamelessly promoting a huge discount on my book (in time for Christmas), in audiobook format: feel free to spread the word!
#poland #history

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Why the number "1/137" appears everywhere in nature One of the fundamental constants of nature, the fine-structure constant, determines so much about our Universe. Here's why it matters.

Why the number ❝1⁄137❞ appears everywhere in nature

One of the fundamental constants of nature, the fine-structure constant, determines so much about our Universe. Here's why it matters. ➷ bigthink.com/starts-with-...

Hit me!

This is important: people want quick solutions but a fundamental rethinking of democracy and "what to do" to strengthen it and its appeal in the face of authoritarian threats is needed. That is what I am working on now.

“The broligarchs’ ascendancy on both the foreign- and domestic-policy fronts has taken many observers by surprise—including me,” Brooke Harrington writes. theatln.tc/ToQswFr7

Give a man a fish. He feeds for a day.

Teach a man to fish. He feeds for a lifetime.

Teach a billionaire to fish. He buys all the lakes and rivers and then charges you to fish them.

Alright, who made this? 😂🤣

I told MAGA that Black Friday is DEI.

Study confirms face masks' effectiveness in reducing disease transmission, calls for improved public understanding Researchers reviewed the benefits, practicalities, and harms of masks and masking, finding that masks are effective in reducing respiratory disease transmission despite some adverse effects, and empha...

When the mask mandate was lifted from Mass General Brigham in May '23, hospital transmission of resp virus went up. When the mandate was re-instituted in Jan '24, infection rates went down. www.news-medical.net/news/2024052...

Looking forward to a confirmation hearing at which someone gets to say, “That’s not what your mom told me last night.”

Opinion | I Ran Operation Warp Speed. I’m Concerned About Bird Flu. Avian influenza might mutate to enable human-to-human transmission.

When I said Kennedy Jr. could eventually kill millions, I meant it. As ever, Trump privileged money and power over everything else in promising DHHS to a madman in exchange for his endorsement.

The death toll America could experience due to the greed of Donald Trump is staggering. Read this report.

Republican Jesus.
From the Book of MAGA.

Shot of Mar-a-lago bathroom with classified docs stacked in boxes

Only biological males with cakey orange foundation and 34 felony convictions may use this bathroom.

Canada's top military commander Jennie Carignan calls out the GOP for questioning women in combat: After 39 years as a combat arms officer and risking my life in many operations, I can’t believe that in 2024, we still have to justify women's contribution to defense and service in their country...

All churches should be taxed. Repost if you agree.

Now that I've fled Leon's site for bluer skies, I'm sure I'll be called an #Ex-X, but personally, I'll always consider myself a #TwitterQuitter.

The Sirens' Call is a new book by Chris Hayes Learn more about The Sirens' Call, order a copy, and submit your proof of purchase to gain access to a virtual event between author Chris Hayes and Andrew Marantz.

For the new folks here fleeing the depredations of Elon’s platform, I happen to have a book about attention capitalism and how it disfigures our inner lives and public politics. Comes out January 28th 2025. But you can preorder now.

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Boycott GOP Donors to Stop Trump (#1): Sargento Foods (first of a series) by Mark C. Eades This is the first in a series of planned posts on GOP donors that can be subjected to consumer boycotts, to pressure Republicans to abandon their extremist Trump-Project 2025 agenda, ...

Time to get active. Boycott Sargento.

#BoycottSargento #DailyKos

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Pete Hegseth's book includes complaints about “Muslims’ birth rates,” praise for “crusaders who pushed back the Muslim hordes”

Pete Hegseth is an anti-Muslim bigot who has warned followers about the Muslim birth rate in states like Michigan; criticized the election of Muslims to public office; and praised President Donald Trump’s call for “a total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States.”

Brendan Carr wrote the FCC chapter in ‘Project 2025.’ Now he’s Trump’s pick for the agency | CNN Business President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for chairman of the Federal Communications Commission signaled that it won’t be business-as-usual at the country’s communications regulatory agency

Remember when Trump’s team promised to “blacklist” anyone who was involved with Project 2025?

This should terrify every American. It doesn’t matter where you stand on immigration. Using our military as a domestic law enforcement tool at mass scale will destroy its core purpose, turn the American people against them, and damage the institution for decades.

Right wing Christians have missed the message. Ask me about it.

Y'all already know what to do. I'll be curating this list on the regular. If y'all know of anybody who begs to be in the basket, let me know, I'll vet and add accordingly.
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