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Eric Brignac (He/Him)

@ericbrignac.bsky.social
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Chief Appellate Atty @ EDNC Federal Public Defender & Adjunct Professor at UNC-CH Law School. Enjoy N.O. Saints, BBQ, & craft beer.

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Eric Brignac (He/Him) @ericbrignac.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
The domino meme where the precipitating event is "Tom Brady slips to the 6th round" and the final event is "UNC Football is destroyed."
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Eric Brignac (He/Him) @ericbrignac.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Kind of funny that MAGA thinks that one of its problems is that it has been too silent.
Nancy Mace tweet saying “Every single Muslim holding public office in America is a trojan horse, and a threat to both national security and our republic.
We refuse to be silent.”
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Eric Brignac (He/Him) @ericbrignac.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
It’s always the subtle things. “People” aren’t disputing the ICE version of the killing. “Witnesses” aren’t disputing the ICE version of the killing. *Migrants* are disputing the ICE version of the killing. Democracy dies in darkness. But it also dies in racially coded headlines.
Washington Post headline saying that “Migrants” witnessed the ICE murder in Houston
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Eric Brignac (He/Him) @ericbrignac.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
If JD Vance is not elected president in 2028, then it will not be for the New York Times lack of trying.
A picture of JD Vance looking like a tortured angel under a headline about him trying to end war but being thwarted by Trump
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Eric Brignac (He/Him) @ericbrignac.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
On some level, this is the final form of punishing America for electing Obama. We gave a black man the White House, so they decided to trash it.
Overhead picture of DC showing the destruction of the east wing, the ellipse grass, and the reflecting pool
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Eric Brignac (He/Him) @ericbrignac.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
She's never thought about in the "worst cabinet member" discussions because she has the sense (unlike RFK Jr. and Hegseth) not get in front of a camera. But Linda McMahon is quietly one of the worst people in the cabinet. The things she is doing will have worse long term effects than others.
Headline and picture of Secretary McMahon talking about the dismantling of the education department.
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Eric Brignac (He/Him) @ericbrignac.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
“Y’all know that guy with the Nazi tatoos who we nominated?” “Yeah.” “Well it turns out that he may not be a great human being” “What?! Why weren’t there any signs?!”
A screenshot of a story about Planter’s inappropriate texts with women.
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Eric Brignac (He/Him) @ericbrignac.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Something tells me that if three years ago a poll of Democrats showed strong support for historically unpopular Joe Biden, the New York Times would not focus instead on the minority that claims to be ready to move on. The post-Trump whitewashing of the GOP by the mainstream media has already begun
New York Times headline highlighting a poll that shows strong GOP support for Trump but focusing instead on the minority of Republicans who are ready to move on from Trump.
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Eric Brignac (He/Him) @ericbrignac.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Do you realize what he is refuting here? Karl indicated that President Trump called him after the WHCD to see how Karl was holding up. In other words, Karl said that Trump did a kind thing. And Trump basically yells that that's a lie because why would I ever do a kind or compassionate thing?
A Truth Social post by President Trump refuting the . . . allegation(?) that he called reporter Jonathan Karl after the WHCD to see how he was doing.
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Eric Brignac (He/Him) @ericbrignac.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
I doubt that that hypothetical democratic vice president would be getting “Look how presidential he looks! Wouldn’t it be great if he were president?!“ cover photos on CNN
JD Vance cover photo on CNN looking very presidential
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Eric Brignac (He/Him) @ericbrignac.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
The legacy media is *so thirsty* for President Vance.
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Eric Brignac (He/Him) @ericbrignac.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
A yellow lab mix sitting in a backyard, enjoying the spring weather
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Eric Brignac (He/Him) @ericbrignac.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
You don’t do this because you want your boss to think that you hate Epstein‘s victims. You do this *because you hate Epstein‘s victims.* 3/3
Bondi ignoring Epstein victims with a tiny smile.
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Eric Brignac (He/Him) @ericbrignac.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
I love that clearly after a fair amount of work, someone was finally able to show him "See, look at the timing" and it actually managed to click for him (real "man, woman, camera, TV" moment).
Trump post ranting about birthright citizenship.
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Eric Brignac (He/Him) @ericbrignac.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Dale from King of The Hill blaming the media blames for the downfall of society.
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Eric Brignac (He/Him) @ericbrignac.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
People are making fun of this look. But honestly, he looks like the local attorney who helps you when you get a case in a beach town, who is best friends with every judge, every local attorney, and every police officer and knows every good lunch place and is completely invaluable.
A picture of Rob Schneider, wearing a straw hat and glasses and a pink checkered blazer over a pink shirt
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Eric Brignac (He/Him) @ericbrignac.bsky.social · 21/12/2025
The secretary of health just announced the plan to eliminate all recommendations for all childhood vaccines. In arguably the biggest healthcare news in years. Let’s see what the Washington Post’s resident healthcare expert has to say about it:
A headline of Megan McArdle’s article “the diversity overcorrection in the workplace”
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Eric Brignac (He/Him) @ericbrignac.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
Trump has always been an excuse for people to do what they wanted to do anyway, but lacked the political cover to do so. When entities want to oppose Trump, they do. And they’re fine. When entities want to do what Trump wants they do it and claim to be powerless to do anything else.
A screenshot of the heritage foundation tweet celebrating President Trump’s threat to withhold all federal funding from Indiana if the state does not vote to gerrymander it’s Maps
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Eric Brignac (He/Him) @ericbrignac.bsky.social · 01/11/2025
An older blues brother. Probably more of a blues uncle.
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Eric Brignac (He/Him) @ericbrignac.bsky.social · 01/11/2025
A butterfly and a blues brother
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Eric Brignac (He/Him) @ericbrignac.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
OK. The secretary of HHS had a super contentious hearing before Congress yesterday. And the new job numbers are out and looking pretty newsworthy. Let's check in with WaPo's resident conservative columnist with particular expertise in health care and economics to see what she has to say:
The headline of Megan McArdle's article titled "The uncomfortable truth about watching football"
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Eric Brignac (He/Him) @ericbrignac.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
I think I’m done with prep for today. I’ll just fill in the rest later.
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Eric Brignac (He/Him) @ericbrignac.bsky.social · 31/12/2024
Louis Slotin showing the respect people had for deadly nuclear equipment back in the day.
Louis Slotin walking next to deadly nuclear equipment, dressed like he is going to the pool.
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Eric Brignac (He/Him) @ericbrignac.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
And a shout out to all my Texas friends! Happy Thanksgiving!
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Eric Brignac (He/Him) @ericbrignac.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
The first 10 words are always the easiest
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Eric Brignac (He/Him) @ericbrignac.bsky.social · 20/04/2024
An SMBC comic where the simplified version of the Schrödinger’s Cat thought experiment is mocked.
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