John Breen

13 Feb

Megathread of posts and articles about the invasion of DC that has been ongoing since August 2025: 🧵

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Don’t mind me, just trolling my local GOP

aljazeera.comHackers target US campaign finance system days before midterm electionsAn FEC email said a 'bad actor' tried to breach its systems as the US prepares for its most expensive elections ever.

Was it Gal Gadot?

Al Jazeera English@aljazeera.com

An FEC email said a 'bad actor' tried to breach its systems as the US prepares for its most expensive elections ever.

Get you a coworker who hypes you up the way @benjaminsolak.bsky.social does with @minakimes.bsky.social

Prisoner of the Moment@idkmetcalf.lol

Mina Kimes’ real-time reaction to the Nelson trade is perfect

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Matt Ufford

@mattufford.bsky.social

absolute cinema

Prisoner of the Moment@idkmetcalf.lol

Mina Kimes’ real-time reaction to the Nelson trade is perfect

I feel like I’m losing it. Abdul El-Sayed isn’t a socialist. He isn’t even in DSA. He’s a slightly left-of-center Democrat

Phil Lewis@phillewis.bsky.social

Detroiter Nicole Williams when asked if Abdul El-Sayed is ‘a bit too left wing to win in Michigan’: “At this point what do we have to worry about? Anything but what we have. We're on our way to hell, so at this point: socialist, socialize, social, dont matter to me, lower my cost of living!”

I know these are leading questions and even dead-center (or even a bit right of center) Obama gets called a socialist. But like…can we all agree that socialism isn’t just “Medicare for all and actually giving a shit about Palestinians”?

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Joel S.

@joelhs.bsky.social

If you’re going to say that the Netanyahu bloc is larger than the opposition bloc, because the opposition bloc explicitly excludes the Arab parties, then you cannot also say that the fact that [some] Palestinians get to vote proves what a vibrant democracy Israel is.

zeteo.comRepublicans Warned Vivek Ramaswamy His ‘Rapist Protector’ Ad Was a Terrible IdeaThe Ohio gubernatorial candidate was told using Amy Acton’s estranged mother in an ad would backfire. The story of how it came together is even worse than you think.

Which Republicans, though? Because the two at the top of the party loved it

Asawin Suebsaeng@swin24.bsky.social

NEW tonight from @jsweetli.bsky.social and me for @zeteo.com zeteo.com/p/republican...

Don’t take my word for it

John Breen@breen.tech

Netanyahu is not the problem. If he’s out of power, Israel will still oppress Palestinians. They don’t magically go back to some good-guy “self defense” situation. That’s always been a myth

So I learned who the Jimmys in 28 Years Later are modeled after and…that adds a whole layer to their plot line

Spoiler alert: notorious sex offender and pedophile Jimmy Saville. Learning this because some Americans are dressing as the character from the movie and learning that’s not a good idea

Charles Entertainment Cheesecake

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Some of you get racist when your target is “one of the bad guys”

Please stop tying the game up

The Transmetropolitan Review (Unofficial) 🏴

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Saw a guy at a coffee shop in DC today who was dressed exactly like @jamellebouie.net lol

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anarchist slogans, circa 1870

Soraya Nadia McDonald@soraya.press

Most of our presidents were rapists or abusers of some sort. We should probably sit with that in a more meaningful way than we do.

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Ashby fucking launched that throw to first lol

Man don’t make me stay up late to watch this game

Put a ghost runner out there

That “liberals are the new racists” ad is paid for by Bobby Jindal btw Their website (Americanext.org) is currently down lol

More accurately she could be described as an anti-abortion activist.

E.g. nrlc.org/nrlnewstoday...

That “liberals are the new racists” ad is paid for by Bobby Jindal btw Their website (Americanext.org) is currently down lol

Here’s their Executive Director www.linkedin.com/in/rebeca-sa...

This is the chairperson. She’s very pro-life and now she works at PenFed www.linkedin.com/in/melissars...

That “liberals are the new racists” ad is paid for by Bobby Jindal btw Their website (Americanext.org) is currently down lol

projects.propublica.orgAmerica Next Inc - Nonprofit Explorer - ProPublicaSince 2013, the IRS has released data culled from millions of nonprofit tax filings. Use this database to find organizations and see details like their executive compensation, revenue and expenses, as...

Here’s the org and their tax info projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/o...

First they came for Chick Fil-A And I did not speak out Because I did not eat at Chick Fil A Then they came for the Cracker Barrel And I did not speak out Because I did not eat at Cracker Barrel Then they came for The Cheesecake Factory And there was no one left To speak out for me

Someone is going to post some shit about Israel “voting out fascism” and I’m going to lose it

Yeah, this part. Sometimes voting is about choosing your enemy (e.g. Spanberger over Earle-Sears) But then you have to actually fight I also don’t begrudge anyone who abstains from voting because both candidates cross a red line for them.

Kari Dru@karidru.bsky.social

Every fascist on the ballot is our enemy, whatever color their banner is. So one of the reasons I voted how I did was so that one other person who doesn't feel all right about choosing which enemy to oppose for the foreseeable, numerically doesn't have to...

Jack Dorsey on an ayahuasca retreat:

it's Halloween name charloh! (it/its)@charloh.online

time for more visionquest

ww2.kqed.orgSan José’s Plaza de Cesar Chavez will be Renamed Plaza de San José San José leaders chose Plaza de San José as the new name for a park that long bore the name of Cesar Chavez.

Good. That man was a monster

KQED News@kqednews.kqed.org

Did Kevin Cash just say “yeah he has about 20 pitches left in him” into a mic on a national broadcast?

Idk bout you, but I don’t think I would tell my opponent exactly how many pitches they have to foul off in order to push the starter out of a win-or-go-home World Series game

Meta hates Black women

Angie Nixon@angieforfl.bsky.social

Hey Meta 👋 We are currently hosting a get-out-the-vote rally in Osceola County, home to a large Puerto Rican community, and our #LatinosConAngie Instagram page was suddenly taken down while we were actively posting content from the event.

arstechnica.comCode-execution flaw in UEFI firmware affects most servers on planet EarthCritical flaw in EDK2 allows attackers to execute code early in the boot process.

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KILL ME arstechnica.com/security/202...

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KILL ME arstechnica.com/security/202...

arstechnica.comCode-execution flaw in UEFI firmware affects most servers on planet EarthCritical flaw in EDK2 allows attackers to execute code early in the boot process.

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Man, Tree of Life was 8 years ago? Feels like it was just yesterday

wordinblack.comA New NAACP Voter Tool Puts Data Centers on the BallotThe NAACP's new interactive tool maps data centers near Black neighborhoods and shows what candidates say about them.

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This is cool. NAACP has been doing some good work lately A New NAACP Voter Tool Puts Data Centers on the Ballot wordinblack.com/2026/10/a-ne...

After learning more about the cops being called to that 3 year old’s soccer game, I have an unpopular opinion: The cops still should not have been called.

Tell them they’re not allowed to come back. Show them the rules they broke and say “here’s why you’re not allowed back”.

There’s no need to bring armed agents of the state into this

This is through their “Fascists Fleeing” visa program

Phil Lewis@phillewis.bsky.social

WASHINGTON (AP) — State Department says it will give US visas to defeated Brazilian presidential candidate Flávio Bolsonaro and his family.

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It’s also clearly “inspired by” Threads lol

John Breen@breen.tech

(I like the new Notifications tab on Bluesky) It’s in settings -> beta features

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I know everyone borrows UI from everyone else but this is pretty blatant 😂

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Mmmm don’t love this

Peter Sterne@petersterne.com

NEW: DSA's National Political Committee passed two resolutions today aimed at Los Angeles mayoral candidate Nithya Raman, beginning processes that could result in DSA-LA being forced to rescind its endorsement of her this weekend and/or Raman herself being expelled from DSA by January.