Brad Reed @harveyjerkwater.bsky.social · 14hThe biggest point that needs to be made in The Discourse: 000
Reposted by Brad ReedNick Fish @nickfish.me · 14/10/2026Listen I know this may be controversial — or "woke" as the kids are saying these days — but I don't think one person should have almost half a billion dollars lying around to spend trying to buy American democracy. 1101
Reposted by Brad ReedPatrick Wyman @patrickwyman.bsky.social · 12/10/2026There is absolutely no viable path forward for this country that doesn’t hinge on extreme accountability for everyone involved in this administration. They’re going to whine about politicization and credulous media types will echo them, but the thing is, they’ve committed tons of obvious crimes! 8570501789
Brad Reed @harveyjerkwater.bsky.social · 13/10/2026Does he know that is the purest example of projection yet seen in the modern age or is he so deep in the bubble that he thinks he’s making a real point? Or is it both? I think it’s both. 000
Reposted by Brad ReedCapital Weather @capitalweather.com · 13/10/2026What a show over DC this morning. The Falcon 9 rocket launch from Cape Canaveral produced a spectacular "space jellyfish" visible across the DC region just before sunrise. See some of the standout photos shared with us here: www.capitalweather.com/photos-stunn...capitalweather.comPhotos: Stunning ‘space jellyfish’ glows over DC area Tuesday morningHundreds of readers shared stunning photos of the glowing rocket plume that lit up the predawn sky Tuesday morning. 28716
Brad Reed @harveyjerkwater.bsky.social · 13/10/2026This gave me the darkest, hardest laugh I've had in weeks. 010
Reposted by Brad Reed🎃GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE🎃 @golikehellmachine.com · 12/10/2026everything reported in this story indicates that the raid was the entire point and they do not expect this to hold up to any kind of scrutiny at all 241125209
Brad Reed @harveyjerkwater.bsky.social · 11/10/2026Ruin a book by adding a word: The Turn Signal of the Screw The Call Center of the Wild The Master and Margarita Mix 010
Reposted by Brad ReedSarah Taber @sarahtaber.bsky.social · 11/10/2026We've lived for so long with this mythology that sure, the wealthy can be cruel. But at least the cruelty has a point. Profit! I'd like us to open our hearts to other possibilities. Power doesn't just corrupt! It can also breed truly reality-distorting levels of incompetence. 9923177
Reposted by Brad Reedderek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 10/10/2026republicans used to complain about the violence in gangster rap and now they want to livestream an execution 12394261749
Brad Reed @harveyjerkwater.bsky.social · 10/10/2026KUSHNER: "We could have peace if Ukraine just surrenders and gives Russia everything it wants!" Truly, a visionary and a statesman. Not a vile pig-man wearing the rotting skin of a frat boy he killed and upon whose flayed corpse he feasted. Not at all. Statesman, not skin-taking pig-man. Yup. 000
Reposted by Brad ReedDAME Magazine @damemagazine.bsky.social · 07/10/20261/ It’s now somehow normal that billionaires and corporations can spend staggering sums to shape (buy) who governs us. Citizens United helped build this system. Sixteen years later, is there a way out? 🧵damemagazine.comHow Big Money Took Over American Elections - Dame MagazineCitizens United unleashed billions in corporate and billionaire election spending. Now states are finding new ways to curb money’s influence on democracy. 42014
Reposted by Brad ReedCompound Interest | Chemistry infographics @compoundchem.com · 07/10/2026Today is #WorldOctopusDay 🐙 Did you know that octopuses have blue blood? This graphic looks at what makes it blue, as well as other blood colours seen in different organisms: wp.me/p4aPLT-Fc #ChemSky 🧪 5255115
Reposted by Brad Reedonion person @junlper.beer · 06/10/2026one of the deepest sicknesses in the world are the people who feel personally attacked over other people getting the same rights as them 8885881697
Reposted by Brad ReedDavid Roberts @volts.wtf · 05/10/2026I remember when Obama criticized Fox News and all of DC's Very Important People spent *weeks* taking to their fainting couches at the horror of it. 18868146
Reposted by Brad ReedCat Manning @catacalypto.bsky.social · 05/10/2026this is my favorite genre of social media post and I am soliciting links or screenshots to your favorites 29676151155
Reposted by Brad ReedA.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Hey, I’m just asking questions. Ignorant questions, bigoted questions, questions that have been repeatedly answered for many years. Sorry, but I’m not listening to answers right now; I’m far too busy asking questions. It’s called being intellectually curious. 5164361785
Brad Reed @harveyjerkwater.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Longtime Bills fan and former western New Yorker here. Offering verification that all of this thread is true. All of it. Weird but true: a box of Flutie Flakes was a network sitcom prop. “Jesse” ran on NBC from ‘98 to ‘00 and was set in Buffalo. A box was on top of the lead’s fridge. 120
Reposted by Brad ReedJames Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Call the Ken Paxton Corruption Hotline at 844-WHOS-KEN. Learn about his record and leave him a voicemail. (It’s a real number.) 7631381234
Brad Reed @harveyjerkwater.bsky.social · 02/10/2026jeeeeeeeeeeeeezus so sick of living in the opening montage of a post-apocalyptic satire 020
Reposted by Brad ReedNicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 01/10/2026When I say John Roberts is a liar, hack, anti-democracy ideologue, and enemy of the Constitution, I do so in a civil manner. No yelling or cursing here. But since he will be remembered as an utter disgrace who tried to destroy the republic but failed, some in the future might say it less civilly. 22994202
Reposted by Brad ReedJames Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Somehow not everyone is aware of fact alluded to below. So one more time: John Roberts, Brett Kavanaugh, Amy Coney Barrett were all on GWBush 2000 'Florida Recount' team. (Which made GWB first prez in 112 yrs to 'win' after losing popular vote. Now they 'impartially' rule on our future.) 9753522190
Brad Reed @harveyjerkwater.bsky.social · 01/10/2026All of these positions are those that self-proclaimed "centrist" politicians and pundits consider wild-eyed fantasies of a tiny clutch of angry leftists. Perhaps centrist Democrats resent the charge that they're Republicans with better hair, but polls like this don't help them beat the accusation. 010
Brad Reed @harveyjerkwater.bsky.social · 30/09/2026The exact combination of elements is what makes this art. 110
Reposted by Brad ReedKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 29/09/2026When they get back in power, Democrats need to go all-in on higher education. We need a campaign of reinvestment in public universities across the country that makes the Morrill Land-Grant Act look like nothing by comparison *and* a GI Bill of Rights-style program of tuition grants. 20752441427
Reposted by Brad Reedrev. howard arson @theophite.bsky.social · 28/09/2026so much of what's wrong with right now is rebranding things which were always understood as vice as being a type of virtue 211468159
Reposted by Brad ReedJulian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Glad about the result, but I don’t think it speaks well of us as a country that after two years of human rights violations, war crimes, naked gangster corruption, and contempt for the Constitution, he’s finally unpopular because gas got expensive. 383905764
Reposted by Brad ReedRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 25/09/2026DoorDash spent $1.4M trying to stop Zohran Mamdani from becoming mayor. This week's historic $131.5M enforcement action against DoorDash for underpaying NYC delivery workers shows why. Yet another reminder that the only thing that can beat organized money is organized people.theintercept.comDoorDash Spent $1.4 Million Trying to Stop Mamdani From Becoming Mayor. Now We Know Why.In a wage-theft settlement, DoorDash now has to pay its workers around 100 times what it spent trying to beat Zohran Mam 6574022211831
Reposted by Brad ReedMichael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 26/09/2026A sentence like this appears in every one of these articles: "Sure I object to everything Trump has ever done, but on the other hand I also disagree with some things about Democrats I made up." 421189170
Reposted by Brad ReedRadley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 25/09/2026"RKF took money earmarked to provide health care for Black infants and spent it on his personal security detail" is a ludicrous headline. Comic book villainy.wsj.comExclusive | RFK Jr.’s Enhanced Security Was Funded With Money From Minority Health OfficeThe cost of the health secretary’s security grew from roughly $10 million in fiscal year 2025 to $17 million in fiscal year 2026. 27774943154
Brad Reed @harveyjerkwater.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Chunky (gov’t name: Doctor Flapjacks), maintaining as much dignity as he can under trying conditions. 010
Brad Reed @harveyjerkwater.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Lucky dreams about what she loves most: sleeping 020
Reposted by Brad ReedLupita Nihongo @otsumamiboy.blacksky.app · 22/09/2026A lot of us have had to take a lot of shit on Bluesky for the crime of being 100% right about guys too early 11652881235
Reposted by Brad Reed🎃 Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 20/09/2026I just honestly can't get over that Save Women Sports, an anti-trans group could only find five trans athletes competing K through 12. Five. The NCAA president testified a year and a half ago or so that there were less than 10 college level trans athletes. What the fuck are we doing, people 16886252301
Brad Reed @harveyjerkwater.bsky.social · 19/09/2026No doubt this ad was made by an internet-addled mook who claimed it's "edgy" and that outrage from wokes would drive sales among anti-anti-racists, more than making up the sure-to-be-small losses. That the ad gives the ad men a rush for being "naughty" and openly racist is gravy. 200
Reposted by Brad ReedMatt @tiredgenerally.bsky.social · 16/09/2026american elites are broadly in consensus that critics of israel need to be silenced but nazis are now within the acceptable parameters of public discourse and have to be given a seat at the table bsky.app/profile/theo... 745891
Reposted by Brad ReedYukonHCornelius @yukonhcornelius.bsky.social · 15/09/2026People underestimate how corrupting this whole system is for everyone. The incentives for the Dems, as career politicians with millions to be made, are to not be mad, to not take chances, and to focus on beating the GOP while risking as little as possible. Incentives rule the world. 091
Reposted by Brad ReedHoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 12/09/2026A pastor for Michael Whatley, the North Carolina GOP Senate nominee, opened with a prayer asking God to bestow "integrity and honesty." It was delivered by Pastor Daimon King, a registered sex offender twice imprisoned for convictions involving children. apnews.com/article/what... 97188594408
Reposted by Brad Reedflyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 12/09/2026A helpful key here for understanding what wingnuttery is and how it works, here. I 100% guarantee you this did not happen and that the boys she’s talking about - she later clarified they were “Pakistani” - do not exist. And yet, I can also assure you Eve is *absolutely convinced* she saw this. 1943248267
