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Brian Wilcox, the Friendly Curmudgeon

@brianwilcox.bsky.social

Retired professor of psychology, former Senate staffer (Bradley), enthusiastic guitarist and bass player. More interested in policy than politics. Californian who's lived in Texas, Ohio, Virginia, DC, Nebraska, and Porto Alegre (Brazil) but returned home.

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Bubbles never matter to the big investors...until they do.

11.10.2025 05:18 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Wondering why the Tigers lost?

11.10.2025 05:14 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Friends in Austin refer to Abbott as "Jumpin' Jack Trash."

11.10.2025 02:14 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

What is stupid is writing songs like "Fuck You Blind" and "Balls in Your Mouth."

11.10.2025 02:11 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Looks like his auditioning for a lead role in the musical version of "Midnight Cowboy." Stephen Miller will play Ratso Rizzo.

11.10.2025 01:39 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Nothing can get me to even glance at anything coming from Ross Douthat.

11.10.2025 01:27 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Hahahahaha!!!! Kid Rock has become the least "rock" person on the planet. What a wanker.

Time for a new name: Geezer Pop.

11.10.2025 01:11 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The Republicans are SCARED SHITLESS regarding the massive protest on Oct. 18th.

10.10.2025 19:56 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I'm pissed. I've participated is all of the protest events held so far and haven't received a penny from Soros.

Roger Marshall and the entire GOP are terrified that the protests on the 18th will be MASSIVE, and all Americans will see peaceful resistance by millions of their fellow citizens.

10.10.2025 19:56 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It's fun watching these MAGA Macho Men quiver at the sight of three people in frog costumes. A fourth or fifth frog might cause him to stroke out!

10.10.2025 19:48 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

A star is born.

10.10.2025 19:35 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

She didn't short-shame him. She was alluding to his micro-penis.

10.10.2025 19:35 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I don't believe Singapore built any facilities on US bases. They contracted with the USAF for use of space and for training. The building of a separate facility on a US base by Qatar is a new thing, and quite weird.

10.10.2025 19:30 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Fellow Californians:

You've received your ballots for Proposition 50. Stand up to Trump and the cheating Republicans and VOTE YES on 50.

Return your ballots as soon as possible.

#YesOn50

10.10.2025 02:40 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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No Kings As the president escalates his authoritarian power grab, the NO KINGS non-violent movement continues to rise stronger. We are united once again to remind the world: America has No Kings and the power ...

What an amazing display of weakness.

Let's all show up on October 18th and show Mike Johnson who the real patriots are.

10.10.2025 16:37 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Eight out of many, many thousands.

And Melania Trump had nothing to do with this.

So how is this news??????????????????????????

10.10.2025 16:34 β€” πŸ‘ 20    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Johnson is trying to distract us from:

--GOP gutting American's health care
--GOP shutting down the government
--GOP protecting Epstein's pedophile friends
--GOP declaring war on American cities

10.10.2025 16:31 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Lying like this is a sign of fear and weakness.

Republicans are terrified that Americans will take to the streets on Oct. 18th and joyously object to their lies and their attacks on our basic freedoms.

Join a local protest on Oct. 18th.

www.nokings.org#map

10.10.2025 16:31 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

Today's a perfect day to cancel your @washingtonpost.com subscription.

10.10.2025 16:22 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Everyone is assigned a narrow lane, except for conservatives.

10.10.2025 16:02 β€” πŸ‘ 27    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Interesting for sure, but we've trained pilots from other countries buying our military fighters for decades. What's different here is Qatar is being allowed to build their own facility in the US.

10.10.2025 15:52 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

All those RW militias in Idaho are going to be THRILLED with this news πŸ˜‚

10.10.2025 15:49 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

MAGA:

Argentina First
Qatar Second
America Last

10.10.2025 15:47 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

No, Tom. No hate involved. Our rally will be joyous. We hear the fear in your voice as you realize America has had it with your failure, your attacks on freedom, your lies.

We'll be celebrating the ongoing collapse of the GOP's attacks on the freedoms we took for granted, but no more.

10.10.2025 15:23 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

What a loss! I used their work on designing and evaluating social experiments in my intervention research seminar. Two great minds! What a loss for MIT and the US.

When authoritarian leadership attacks universities the best and brightest will move to greener and safer pastures.

10.10.2025 15:14 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Live Updates: MarΓ­a Corina Machado of Venezuela Is Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize

Trump WhineFest arriving in 3-2-1...

10.10.2025 15:09 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Trump: MAGA = Make Argentina Great Again!!!

10.10.2025 03:13 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

We're mere hours away from a world-class Whine Fest.

10.10.2025 02:41 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Fellow Californians:

You've received your ballots for Proposition 50. Stand up to Trump and the cheating Republicans and VOTE YES on 50.

Return your ballots as soon as possible.

#YesOn50

10.10.2025 02:40 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump Fires Black Officials From an Overwhelmingly White Administration

yeah, trump has made very clear that he doesn’t think black people deserve to be in jobs of influence! www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/u...

09.10.2025 11:31 β€” πŸ‘ 3862    πŸ” 962    πŸ’¬ 81    πŸ“Œ 45

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