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Brian Wilcox

@brianwilcox.bsky.social
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Social scientist, retired professor, former Senate staffer, enthusiastic guitarist and bass player. Unrepentant audiophile. Policy (not politics) and books guy. Californian who's lived in TX, OH, VA, DC, NE, and Porto Alegre (Brazil) but returned home.

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Brian Wilcox @brianwilcox.bsky.social · 9h
None of these schools have ever had the word premier used to describe them.
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Brian Wilcox @brianwilcox.bsky.social · 10h
A "months-long data breach." It takes a special level of incompetence for a data breach this massive to go undiscovered for months. Who's running the Dept. of Defense? The incomparably incompetent Whiskey Pete "Testosterone" Hegseth.
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Brian Wilcox @brianwilcox.bsky.social · 10h
Guy whose job is dependent on kissing Trump's ass kisses Trump's ass.
yahoo.com
US FCC chair says government ads featuring Trump do not raise concerns
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON, Sept 30 (Reuters) - The chair of the Federal Communications Commission said on Wednesday that taxpayer-funded television ads featuring President Donald Trump are not
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Brian Wilcox @brianwilcox.bsky.social · 11h
Walking through a store and Lou Reed’s I’m Waiting for the Man just played on the sound system. I’m speechless.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11h
I for one think it’s bad that the president can just say crazy stuff all day every day and 99% of it doesn’t make the news because we’ve normalized having an insane president
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Rex Huppke @rexhuppke.bsky.social · 12h
if you listen to Trump, everyone supports the construction of a data center near them! Or, as a recent University of Massachusetts Amherst Poll put it, “just 11% of Americans say they would support the construction of a data center" near them. Potato, potahto! www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
usatoday.com
Trump says data centers are great. I found 330 acres for one | Opinion
I'm pretty sure President Donald Trump would love to see a sprawling data center go up near his Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida.
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Brian Wilcox @brianwilcox.bsky.social · 14h
Found on Trump's Oval Office desk.
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Brian Wilcox @brianwilcox.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Trump's War on Voters is ramping up. SCOTUS is lending a hand. We voters can fight back. First, confirm that you are registered to vote. Second, VOTE. www.vote.org/am-i-registe...
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Check Your Voter Registration Status - Vote.org
It takes less than 30 seconds to check your registration status with our free 50-state tool. And if you're not registered, we'll help you take care of that too. Fast, free, secure, non-partisan.
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Brian Wilcox @brianwilcox.bsky.social · 14h
Vote early, vote often.
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Brian Wilcox @brianwilcox.bsky.social · 14h
This is why many can't have health care.
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Brian Wilcox @brianwilcox.bsky.social · 18h
Echoes of bubbles past.
nytimes.com
Troubles at Situational Awareness Point to Record Stock Market Leverage
A meltdown at Situational Awareness, an A.I.-focused investment firm, is raising tough questions about the Wall Street banks that lent billions to the upstart firm.
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Brian Wilcox @brianwilcox.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Remember when Republicans called Democrats "Atari Democrats," accusing them of forgetting the working class and cozying up to Silicon Valley? The tables have turned. Is it "Palantir Republicans" or "OpenAI Republicans?"
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Atari Logo: Video Games Electronic Games
ALT: Atari Logo: Video Games Electronic Games
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Brian Wilcox @brianwilcox.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Oh hell no! Any companies that start using that term will lose my business, 100%. And Zuck is already using it. Screw Meta.
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Brian Wilcox @brianwilcox.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
What fun! Sen Eric Schmitt (R-Mo) accuses Jack Smith of perjury, calls him a dirtbag. In the end we learn that Schmitt is a moron who goes off half-cocked and then shoots himself in the foot. And don't blame his staff. The buck stops with the senator.
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Brian Wilcox @brianwilcox.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Trump adjusted the recipe thusly: "Reduce each ingredient by 3000%."
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
LMAO Trump's new AI website confirms that he lost in 2020
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Brian Wilcox @brianwilcox.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Schmitt shits himself in public. It's the one thing he's good at.
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Brian Wilcox @brianwilcox.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Ouch! Straight up bribery tied to the GOP and the election. If that isn't an impeachable offense, what is?
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Brian Wilcox @brianwilcox.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Priced out of the housing market? Thank a Republican.
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Brian Wilcox @brianwilcox.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Trump to voters: "The steel mill's in the mail."
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Brian Wilcox @brianwilcox.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Huh? He's refusing a deal to open the Strait but claims he's in total control, which means he's purposefully slowing the flow go oil.
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Brian Wilcox @brianwilcox.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Foda-se, Elon!
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Brian Wilcox @brianwilcox.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Trump's War on Voters is ramping up. SCOTUS is lending a hand. We voters can fight back. First, confirm that you are registered to vote. Second, VOTE. www.vote.org/am-i-registe...
vote.org
Check Your Voter Registration Status - Vote.org
It takes less than 30 seconds to check your registration status with our free 50-state tool. And if you're not registered, we'll help you take care of that too. Fast, free, secure, non-partisan.
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Steve Benen @stevebenen.com · 25/09/2026
Sept 2024: Trump promises, “We’re going to bring [mortgage rates] down very fast. ... We will drive down the rates, so you will be able to pay 2% again.” Sept 2026: Trump’s war pushes mortgage rates to 7% as he stops talking about the issue. www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
ms.now
Mortgage rates reach 7%, despite Trump’s misguided 2024 campaign promises
Until fairly recently, the president wanted the public to see him as directly responsible for mortgage rates. I think we know why he changed course.
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Brian Wilcox @brianwilcox.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The anti-life pro-lifers.
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Brian Wilcox @brianwilcox.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Pity. I was enjoying the silence.
nytimes.com
CNN and CBS Resume White House Coverage After Standoff
Crews from CBS and CNN planned to cover two events on Friday with President Trump and the Chinese leader, Xi Jinping.
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Brian Wilcox @brianwilcox.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Surely no one is surprised. The guy who can't talk about anything other than his edifices is spending the summit doing show-and-tell.
nytimes.com
Live Updates: Trump-Xi Summit Includes Tours and Tea, but Little Visible Policy Progress
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Raskin made a holy shit observation on MS Now this afternoon: Since taking office, Trump has made a million dollars per hour for himself. Every hour, he has made more than twice the president’s annual salary.
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Brian Wilcox @brianwilcox.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
How do toasts work?
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Brian Wilcox @brianwilcox.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Markwayne Onename Mullin may not be the worst Trump cabinet pick (Hegseth and RFK Jr are competing for that honor) but he is undoubtedly the stupidest. And when he departed the Senate, the avg Senator IQ increased by 10 points.
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Brian Wilcox @brianwilcox.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Don’t Give Trump the Benefit of Low Expectations
nytimes.com
Opinion | Don’t Give Trump the Benefit of Low Expectations
Trump’s flailing presidency leaves Americans with the thinnest of hopes for this week’s summit: that he does not further damage the national interest.
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Brian Wilcox @brianwilcox.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Trump temper tantrum continues. He'll fold (he always does), but he'll stamp his feet and whine a bit longer. He's a sore loser, but a loser nonetheless.
nytimes.com
White House Still Bars CNN, MS NOW and Politico Despite Court Blocking Trump’s Ban
A federal court ordered President Trump to reverse his ban on the three news outlets, but reporters were denied access on Thursday. Their lawyers asked the judge to intervene; he ordered the administr...
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Brian Wilcox @brianwilcox.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Anyone thinking of buying one of these personal surveillance devices should read @shteyngart.bsky.social hilariously funny/frightening novel of future America, "Super Sad True Love Story."
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Brian Wilcox @brianwilcox.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Does this mean we might learn which of the Bureau’s recent hires are sheep friendly?
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Brian Wilcox @brianwilcox.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Lula distrusts America. Bolsonaro distrusts Brazilians.
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Brian Wilcox @brianwilcox.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Alabama…wtf is WRONG with you?
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Brian Wilcox @brianwilcox.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
😂😆🤣
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Brian Wilcox @brianwilcox.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Hey Iowa...wake up!
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Humor Satire Memes @funnysnarkyjoke.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
the ONION®America's Finest News SourceBreaking News:Nation's top satirists retire to quiet cabin, citing unfair competition from daily events.
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
No matter what side of the aisle you’re on, this argument should be chilling. Trying to limit freedom of the press under the guise of national security is what tinpot dictators do. That’s not how a functioning democracy works.
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Matthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Rough day for Susan Collins in the local Maine press, where ProPublica's bombshell story is the lead story.
Screengrab from WNTWScreengrab from Maine PublicScreengrab from Portland Press HeraldScreengrab from Bangor Daily News
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Brian Wilcox @brianwilcox.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Hello Mainers! Share this with every person living in Maine.
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Brian Wilcox @brianwilcox.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Rob Bonta and Gavin Newsom have screwed all of us, but especially Californians, and done a favor for a pair of right wing oligarchs. Why? Is Newsom counting on campaign support from the Ellisons? Read this terrific essay from Cory Doctorow..
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Brandy Zadrozny @brandyzadrozny.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Bonus for whoever wrote this chyron
Trump speaking at UN — MS NOW chyron reads: Trump touts being a peacemaker while asking if he should annihilate Iran
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Brian Wilcox @brianwilcox.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Two thoughts on this: 1. Trump sure uses the word "I" a lot! 2. Peace? He's murdering people on the high seas, blown up a school full of young Iranian girls, failed in his promise to bring peace in Ukraine, and has destabilized most of the Middle East.
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Brian Wilcox @brianwilcox.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
This program is still going? Next you're going to tell me that Survivor is still on the air.
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Brian Wilcox @brianwilcox.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Terrific opinion piece by Ezra Klein.
nytimes.com
Opinion | There Is Something We Have to Do Right Now About A.I.
Letting A.I. patrol its own frontier is like asking Jesse James to patrol the Wild West.
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Brian Wilcox @brianwilcox.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
More fucking up from the FAA and its reality TV star leader. These fascists can’t get the planes to fly on time.
nytimes.com
Technical Problems Ground Flights at Major East Coast Airports
The incident revived concerns about the Federal Aviation Administration’s aging air traffic control infrastructure.
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Brian Wilcox @brianwilcox.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Never fails to get a laugh from his 6 year old kid.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 21/09/2026
i mean, just look at how the populists talked about the railroad barons and others like them. "The fruits of the toil of millions are boldly stolen to build up colossal fortunes, unprecedented in the history of the world, while their possessors despise the republic and endanger liberty."
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