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R. Stephen Browning

@rstephenbrowning.bsky.social
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Freelance Writer, Retired Senior Nonprofit Executive, Performing Arts Advocate, Thought Leader, Travel & Lifestyle, Progressive Provocateur.

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R. Stephen Browning @rstephenbrowning.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Why is @amgen.bsky.social so clueless that they would host a tournament at a T***p property? www.europeantour.com/dpworld-tour...
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Amgen Irish Open 2026
The Amgen Irish Open will be at Trump International Golf Links Ireland, Doonbeg from 9 - 13 September 2026 following a year filled with incredible golf and late drama at The K Club. With world-class g...
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R. Stephen Browning @rstephenbrowning.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Here, here!
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The Nation Magazine @thenation.com · 23/07/2026
Hundreds of thousands of people have left Gaza during the genocide. But a far smaller number of people has gone back. Athar Abu Samra is one of them. This is the story of how she returned, and what she found. bit.ly/4bSnzp5
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I Thought I Knew Gaza. Then I Went Back.
After nearly three years, I finally returned to my homeland. I wasn’t prepared for what I found.
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R. Stephen Browning @rstephenbrowning.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Waiting for him to produce all-white versions of Porgy and Bess, Tremonisha and Dream Girls.
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Emma Jane @realemmajane665.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Watch the Rachel Maddow show, she is brilliant. She tells it how it is and she keeps it real. The Rachel Maddow show airs: Mondays at 9pmET on MS NOW Find her on Bluesky @maddow.bsky.social We love you, Rachel. 💙
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 23/07/2026
🚨 A PUBLIC HEALTH FAILURE RFK JR: “We do have the outbreak under control.” Strange way to describe a “skyrocketing” outbreak. More than 11,000 people sickened with cyclosporiasis in 41 states.
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Democrats Organizing For America @democratsofa.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
MAHA day (for tradwives celebrating being "where God intended us to be!") had fewer people than my check-out line at Costco.
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R. Stephen Browning @rstephenbrowning.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Honestly, how f**king stupid do you have to be to delude yourself into thinking that incorporating this c**p into your education curriculum will somehow result in improved outcomes for student education and success?
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hopeful66 @hopeful66.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Correct. Many millions of Americans ceased caring about corruption, lawlessness, unconstitutional power grabs, and habitual lying years ago. Our standards have fallen so low as a nation that Vance can brag about getting away with it and still have a political future. bsky.app/profile/atru...
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Lynn @lynnf.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 22/06/2026
We have a new message for Democrats: attack attack attack. Trump is corrupt, he’s butchered the economy, and his DOJ operates like mob lawyers. And every voter knows it. So stop looking backward. Stop with the endless focus groups. This isn't complicated. He’s weak. Finish him.
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The Daily Beast @thedailybeast.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
George W. Bush was all smiles at a star-studded ceremony honoring one of Trump’s least-favorite predecessors.
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George W. Bush Attends Trump Foe’s Event in Thinly Veiled Rebuke
All living presidents and first ladies were present—except for the current ones.
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Mike Nellis @mikenellis.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Moody’s estimates the Iran war has already cost taxpayers $132 billion. Long-term estimates suggest it will ultimately cost as much as $1 trillion. Either way, that would have been more than enough to expand ACA subsidies for 22 million Americans—but Trump says the country is broke.
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
As for the political message, it's a simple one. Trump started a war really no one wanted or supported, cost the American people hundreds of billions of dollars and then managed to completely fuck it up. Stupidity, incompetence, failure: rinse and repeat (like Trump does).
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R. Stephen Browning @rstephenbrowning.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Such the dealmaker. Nothing says man of peace like this nutcase calling Iran a "primitive culture" and expecting them to be flexible in negotiations. Get him out of there.
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R. Stephen Browning @rstephenbrowning.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Probably because they're hoping, as most Americans are, that he'll be gone soon and they can get back to business. A long as T***p is in office, the world order is one big game of go fish.
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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
To everyone who helped bring the Obama Presidential Center to life, thank you. Michelle and I are so grateful for all your dedication and hard work over the years. I got a little teary-eyed tonight thinking about my mother-in-law, Marian Robinson.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
A new report revealed that Trump’s ballroom will cost $600 million, with over half that coming from taxpayers. That’s despite his initial claims that taxpayers wouldn’t pay a dime and it would only cost $400 million. Here’s what else you should know about his vanity project…
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Trump’s Ballroom Corruption Exposed
Is this the most corrupt thing a president has ever done?
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
A very flawed paper that anti-vaxxers use to support the false conclusion that vaccines cause autism was retracted last week because of “concerns about methodology…and conclusions”. Of course RFK Jr. in his role as HHS Secretary is now demanding an explanation. Here it is: the data are shite.
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R. Stephen Browning @rstephenbrowning.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Unless you've seen it, don't believe it. If we're lucky, they'll make it to Friday to sign the agreement. But Bibi is already back to murdering the Lebanese and T***p is already lying about what the agreement supposedly says, so all bets are off.
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 14/06/2026
He could not just have a dinner at the White House, or a party at Mar-a-Lago. No; he had to build a massive arena to host one of the most violent forms of spectacle available today. Trump will be sitting there like some Roman emperor at the Colosseum. trib.al/MVzldQU
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R. Stephen Browning @rstephenbrowning.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Won't matter to the cult. They'll see it as a win for the dear leader. The rest of us will see it for what it is, a desperate attempt to extricate himself from a $30 Billion debacle of his own making. An historic, epic fail, resulting in zero gain.
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Detroit Breakdown @detroitbreakdown.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Nothing says “dying civilization” like gladiator fights at the capitol for the emperor’s amusement.
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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
No matter what the haters claim, immigration is good for the United States. Unlike the uber-rich, our immigrant neighbors contribute billions every single year to help sustain programs like Medicare and Social Security and are the backbone of essential industries 👇🏽 #ImmigrantHeritageMonth
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Immigrant Heritage Month: America Runs On Immigrants’ Power
“Without our immigrant neighbors, New York City and the U.S. at large would not exist as they do now.”
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R. Stephen Browning @rstephenbrowning.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Velcro...?
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R. Stephen Browning @rstephenbrowning.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
We had hope for so much more to celebrate, not the threat of losing it all to greed, incompetence, anger and moral rot. www.pewresearch.org?p=311814
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R. Stephen Browning @rstephenbrowning.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Who to believe in this ever-changing scenario? And is Israel involved since they are so clearly a major player in this debacle? And why does everyone have a different take on the status of these negotiations? So many spokespersons, so little credibility.
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Ryan Mac 🙃 @rmac.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
I've reported on Musk for around 8 years. I've co-authored a book on him. I don't think folks understand the rate of his wealth accumulation. Shortly after he helped elect Donald Trump in Nov 2024, his net worth was around $350 billion. That net worth has nearly tripled in less than two years.
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Jamie Schler @lifesafeast.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Perfect. From @bagleycartoons.bsky.social !!!
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Grumpy Zeus @grumpyzeus.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Markwayne is an idiot. The "radical socialist" Mayor Mamdani released a fully balanced $124.7 billion executive budget for New York City. He eliminated a projected $12 billion deficit without raising property taxes, slashing social services, or draining rainy-day reserves. GOP should try it.
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R. Stephen Browning @rstephenbrowning.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Let's face it. OYT' entire communication style can be broken down into two categories, bombast and/or bulls**t. Every single word that is said or credited to him falls under one or both of those descriptives. He's not a leader, he's a bad Don Rickles impersonator.
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
“I’ve put a couple kids in the hospital, and they have been sick, but they recovered. But here’s the thing: I’m a pioneer. And I’m going against the grain here. I’m climbing a mountain they say you can’t climb.” The delusional stylings of Mark McAfee, whose raw milk farm makes $30 million/year.
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He Profits Off Raw Milk That’s Making People Sick. The Government Isn’t Stopping Him.
With Raw Farm, the largest raw-milk dairy in the country, Mark McAfee has capitalized on a once-fringe product that’s been thrust into the mainstream in recent years and backed by Health Secretary Rob...
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R. Stephen Browning @rstephenbrowning.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Urging the suits in a major media company to grab the streaming rights for the removal of DJT's name on The Kennedy Center. Donate a portion back to the center as a donation. I'm ready to sign up yesterday!
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Sen. Adam Schiff @schiff.senate.gov · 09/06/2026
Trump is parading his UFC fight as a celebration for America 250. But his fight on the South Lawn isn't a celebration for our country, it's a garish birthday party closing out his 7-figure fundraiser. The grift doesn't stop.
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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 09/06/2026
Amid reports of a rift between Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu, reporter Lylla Younes says such stories are "ultimately meaningless" as long as the United States gives Israel full impunity in Lebanon and beyond.
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“The Word 'Ceasefire' Has Lost Its Meaning”: Lylla Younes on Israel's Ethnic Cleansing of South Lebanon
Israel is continuing to carry out attacks on Lebanon amid ongoing talks between the U.S. and Iran to end the war. Iran is maintaining its demand that Lebanon be included in a ceasefire deal. Lylla Younes, an investigative journalist based in Beirut, say...
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Sabrina Imbler @sabs.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
good @sohini.bsky.social blog on an all-time doofus defector.com/washed-up-cl...
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Washed-Up Clown Spencer Pratt Will Not Be The Mayor of Los Angeles | Defector
Spencer Pratt will not be the mayor of Los Angeles. There should be no need to utter this sentence, much like “You do not have to swallow a rhino whole, tonight” or “Human shit will not rain down from...
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R. Stephen Browning @rstephenbrowning.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
The bombast and bulls**t tour of T***p is coming to an end. The epic failures are mounting and the thin layer of fool's gold is fading. Watching him degrade and diminish in real time is painful. But not as much as the damage he has inflicted on the USA during his reign of terror and incompetence.
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FactsOverFeelings @thunderstorming.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Don’t forget that Bongino saw the files too.
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Marie 🇨🇦 @pawbaby2.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
Richard Gere just said what millions are feeling. At the 2026 Oslo Freedom Forum, Gere choked up and called this “the darkest moment of my life,” warning that America’s democratic norms and human rights are under unprecedented strain. #USDemocracy #Pinks
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
Hey Donnie Bone Spurs, Where's Barron, Don Jr, And Eric, They Should Be Leading The Charge.......
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
Yes.
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R. Stephen Browning @rstephenbrowning.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
She's absolutely right. I spent a lot of time in NY in the 70's and 80's. My first partner was from Westchester. T***p was a pompous joke to most New Yorkers. An irritating, arrogant guy with bad taste and an obsessive need for media coverage.
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R. Stephen Browning @rstephenbrowning.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
Agree 💯%.
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R. Stephen Browning @rstephenbrowning.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
Betting he gets involved in the T***p-led election results investigation and allegations that are forthcoming. Claiming voter fraud is all they have left and will now be the first line of defense in the MAGA playbook for future elections.
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R. Stephen Browning @rstephenbrowning.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
He would never show up and not get introduced like the big macher he thinks he is. He could watch the game back at the WH. He thinks this is great exposure for him and that they'll react like a MAGAt campaign rally with roaring applause and approval.
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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
To be fair, he really needs daytime rest after being up all night posting fantasy A-I images of himself on "Truth" Social, as all presidents do.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
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