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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 · 20h
Indeed, why are right wing partisans more accepting of corruption than left wing partisans?
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Brian Wilcox @brianwilcox.bsky.social · 21h
Still haven’t seen an example of someone being forced to marry a sex-sex person.
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Brian Wilcox @brianwilcox.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
She’s as dumb as a stump. The two of them together could pool their IQ scores and not hit triple digits.
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🗽LOLGOP🗽 @lolgop.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I think we need some clarity from the President of the United States about how open he is to the 2nd and 7th largest cities in America being nuked.
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Brian Wilcox @brianwilcox.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Rural Nebraskans cheering on the suggestion that Californians might be slaughtered by Iran. WTF is wrong with these people? We know Trump is a demented pile of excrement, but these people should be booing him off the stage.
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Brian Wilcox @brianwilcox.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Those fuckwits are cheering the thought of massive numbers of dead Americans. Deplorables? You’re goddamn right!
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Brian Wilcox @brianwilcox.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
🎯
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Brian Wilcox @brianwilcox.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
One can always dream, I suppose.
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Monica @softtail65.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
🚨-Reminder! Do not use this votesafe website backed by Elon. It is indeed NOT safe. 2 of the best websites to use for voting information are: -The bipartisan nonprofit website: www.vote.org -The DNC website: iwillvote.com
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Brian Wilcox @brianwilcox.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
And folks have credulously spread it all over Bluesky.
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Brian Wilcox @brianwilcox.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Padres’ unhittable closer Miller walks the bases loaded, then gives up a game-winning 2-run single for a Brewers 2-0 advantage. Baseball can be so cruel. Or exhilarating.
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Brian Wilcox @brianwilcox.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
He does seem obsessed with scatological stuff.
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Brian Wilcox @brianwilcox.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
These results are terrible
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Brian Wilcox @brianwilcox.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Testosterone poisoning?
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Brian Wilcox @brianwilcox.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I'm hoping for the best for all my Brazilian friends today.
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Brian Wilcox @brianwilcox.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
The Sunday shows just love Kennedy, can't get enough of his "corn pone" shtick." Truth: Trump goes from A-hole to mega A-hole.
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Brian Wilcox @brianwilcox.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
It's the only way that clown can make money.
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Brian Wilcox @brianwilcox.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Why does Hassett always have that stupid "I want to wipe it off of your face" grin? He comes off as a total ass-licking dildo.
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Brian Wilcox @brianwilcox.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Meta is pro-fascism. This should come as no surprise
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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Labor's share of income just hit an all-time low. That means for every dollar a company brings in, workers are taking home smaller and smaller slices. Income keeps shifting to the owners. With @svaneksmith .bsky.social newsletter.platypuseconomics.com/p/…
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Brian Wilcox @brianwilcox.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Hey Ohio!
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Brian Wilcox @brianwilcox.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Trump plans to increase the national debt, threatening higher interest rates on everything. Or will he just steal this money from cancer research or child nutrition programs? This is NOT the way government is supposed to work. It's bribery, pure and simple.
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Brian Wilcox @brianwilcox.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Beyond appalling. You can be sure Kushner and Witkoff are looking for ways to personally profit, and they will screw Ukraine in order to do so.
nytimes.com
U.S.-Russia Talks on Ukraine Now Involve an Oil Deal Tied to Trump Allies
President Vladimir V. Putin brought up a sale of Russian energy assets with President Trump’s envoys, Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff, pushing a deal that raises new questions about conflicts of inter...
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Brian Wilcox @brianwilcox.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Everything is about Trump.
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Brian Wilcox @brianwilcox.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
And felon father.
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Brian Wilcox @brianwilcox.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Great jazz program up there!
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Brian Wilcox @brianwilcox.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Anyone here got a line on how to score some of these nuclear drugs Trump says are being produced in Iran? Big if true.
newrepublic.com
Trump Claims Iran Was Also Making Drugs in Nuclear Facilities
This one’s new.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I’m sorry, what’s that acronym again?
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Brian Wilcox @brianwilcox.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
That I knew. I'm a psychologist, taught psychology in POA, and many of my former students are psychologists scattered around Brazil. The word "abatida" gets thrown around a lot by them. 🙂 One of those interesting coincidences in language.
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Brian Wilcox @brianwilcox.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Skydance? Or Skynet?
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Brian Wilcox @brianwilcox.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The Newsom/Bonta Disaster.
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Brian Wilcox @brianwilcox.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
No...calling the Bozo folks "burro." Sorry
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Brian Wilcox @brianwilcox.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
He does seem lonely.
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Brian Wilcox @brianwilcox.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Que burro!
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Brian Wilcox @brianwilcox.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
If Dems take the Senate they should decline to hold hearings on a nominee, and claim that two years is “too close” to a change in administration, so voters should be allowed to choose who would nominate the next justice in 2038. 🤣
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Brian Wilcox @brianwilcox.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Or “Trump Intelligence Thingie.” TIT
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Brian Wilcox @brianwilcox.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Stupor Intelligence.
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Brian Wilcox @brianwilcox.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Palantir needs to be stripped of every single federal contract.
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Brian Wilcox @brianwilcox.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Same guy who said the Haitians in Springfield, OH were “eating the dogs, eating the cats.” Starting to seem like he just might be a flaming racist and hate monger.
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Brian Wilcox @brianwilcox.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Cool. I have three locales with a mix of meetings and beach time. I’ll figure it out. In Rome I went with khakis and polo shirts for everything and it worked.
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Brian Wilcox @brianwilcox.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
This year give the gift of gambling addiction!
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Brian Wilcox @brianwilcox.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Just setting to packing for the Philippines and Thailand. Tips?
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Brian Wilcox @brianwilcox.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Remember when some Bluesky centrists screamed and hollered and said we shouldn’t call them fascists?
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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The term “remigration” is associated with the extreme right and only came into widespread usage in 2023-4. Even Germany’s AfD avoided using the term in 2024 for fear of scaring away voters. Today the US government is celebrating the “victories” it’s racked up in the “ethnic cleansing” column.
Department of Homelan... • Follow •.• X
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Net negative migration for the first time in HALF a CENTURY.
Americans are amassing victories NEVER seen before thanks to President Trump.
We will continue to grow our efforts to fulfill the mandate given to this administration.
REMIGRATION REPORT
94%)
3.3+
MILLION REMOVALS
INCLUDING DEPORTATIONS AND VOLUNTARY REMOVALS
ASYLUM DENIAL AT 94%
250,000
VISAS REVOKED
REVOKED
TRAVEL BANNED
FROM 39 COUNTRIES
2,600+
287(G)
AGREEMENTS
NATURALIZATIONS
DOWN
75%
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Brian Wilcox @brianwilcox.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
That must be it.
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Brian Wilcox @brianwilcox.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Ick!
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Brian Wilcox @brianwilcox.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
So JD Vance's rally in NC didn't turn the tide? 😂
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Brian Wilcox @brianwilcox.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
🖕 Trump, every day, every way.
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Brian Wilcox @brianwilcox.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Greatest economy ever? Nope. Previous months' job numbers were revised downward as well.
nytimes.com
Jobs Report Live Updates: Growth Cools and Unemployment Rises to 4.2%
U.S. employers added 29,000 jobs in September and the unemployment rate rose to 4.2 percent, as inflation has maintained pressure on markets and raised costs.
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Brian Wilcox @brianwilcox.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
No plan is not “we would never…”
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