b. rubrecht
@bbrecht23.bsky.social
writer focusing on grief, haunting, mental health, & history. migration & int’l politics enthusiast. here sharing poetry & moments of humanity amidst the wreck.
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So then none of the press corps shows up at all, right?
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SO THEN NONE OF THE PRESS CORPS SHOWS UP AT ALL, RIGHT?
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SO THEN NONE OF THE PRESS CORPS SHOWS UP AT ALL, RIGHT?
Trump Says He Has Banned CNN, MS NOW and Politico From White House (Gift Article)
The president cited reporting from the outlets that he deemed “fake news.” It was unclear how such a ban would be enforced or defended in court.
www.nytimes.com
September 18, 2026 at 9:16 PM
So then none of the press corps shows up at all, right?
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SO THEN NONE OF THE PRESS CORPS SHOWS UP AT ALL, RIGHT?
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SO THEN NONE OF THE PRESS CORPS SHOWS UP AT ALL, RIGHT?
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B'Tselem just published a major report on Israel's systematic dismantling of Palestinian life in the West Bank, with over 2,000 personal accounts. A compelling portrait of the whole Israeli programs, highlighting how every step depends on government control and action www.btselem.org/the_eliminat...
September 14, 2026 at 3:01 PM
B'Tselem just published a major report on Israel's systematic dismantling of Palestinian life in the West Bank, with over 2,000 personal accounts. A compelling portrait of the whole Israeli programs, highlighting how every step depends on government control and action www.btselem.org/the_eliminat...
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Exciting news —ex-Washington Post’s reporters fired by Bezos decided to launch a new media called The Washington Sun.
September 10, 2026 at 7:31 PM
Exciting news —ex-Washington Post’s reporters fired by Bezos decided to launch a new media called The Washington Sun.
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An incredible story. The Iranian Christian woman who wrote “help” on the glass on the hotel in Panama has finally found permanent safety; in Canada.
The Trump admin deported her to Panama soon after taking office, rather than let her seek asylum. Read her story 👇
www.nytimes.com/2026/08/25/w...
The Trump admin deported her to Panama soon after taking office, rather than let her seek asylum. Read her story 👇
www.nytimes.com/2026/08/25/w...
Christian Convert Who Fled Iran and Was Deported By Trump Finds New Home (Gift Article)
Artemis Ghasemzadeh, who had escaped religious persecution, was deported to Panama under Trump’s immigration crackdown. Now, Canada has given her asylum.
www.nytimes.com
August 25, 2026 at 10:24 PM
An incredible story. The Iranian Christian woman who wrote “help” on the glass on the hotel in Panama has finally found permanent safety; in Canada.
The Trump admin deported her to Panama soon after taking office, rather than let her seek asylum. Read her story 👇
www.nytimes.com/2026/08/25/w...
The Trump admin deported her to Panama soon after taking office, rather than let her seek asylum. Read her story 👇
www.nytimes.com/2026/08/25/w...
“When I come back to life, I hope to be more than our suffering.
Like, my god the storm is so shimmering, incredible and glad. I want to break like that.
Over everything.”
Shared with gratitude from ‘The Past Still Needs Me’ by Hua Xi
Like, my god the storm is so shimmering, incredible and glad. I want to break like that.
Over everything.”
Shared with gratitude from ‘The Past Still Needs Me’ by Hua Xi
August 11, 2026 at 4:44 PM
“When I come back to life, I hope to be more than our suffering.
Like, my god the storm is so shimmering, incredible and glad. I want to break like that.
Over everything.”
Shared with gratitude from ‘The Past Still Needs Me’ by Hua Xi
Like, my god the storm is so shimmering, incredible and glad. I want to break like that.
Over everything.”
Shared with gratitude from ‘The Past Still Needs Me’ by Hua Xi
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The top 10% of richest Americans own 87% of stocks.
The top 1% alone own roughly half of all stocks.
It's worth pointing out once again: the stock market is not the economy.
The top 1% alone own roughly half of all stocks.
It's worth pointing out once again: the stock market is not the economy.
US stock market hits record highs as AI profits pile and oil prices ease
S&P 500 shot up 1.8% and the main measure of Wall Street’s health topped its prior all-time high set a few months ago
www.theguardian.com
August 8, 2026 at 8:00 PM
The top 10% of richest Americans own 87% of stocks.
The top 1% alone own roughly half of all stocks.
It's worth pointing out once again: the stock market is not the economy.
The top 1% alone own roughly half of all stocks.
It's worth pointing out once again: the stock market is not the economy.
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Write for your best faith readers.
every time you write overly defensively you should remember that you are pursuing a strategy of writing careful sentences specifically for people who demonstrably either won't or can't read them
there is literally no amount of caveats or careful wording that will protect you from stupidity or bad faith, so you might as well say things straightforwardly and strongly to begin with.
July 21, 2026 at 1:30 PM
Write for your best faith readers.
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I took a hard look at the financial donors to ICE’s biggest supporters in Congress. These are people who want to significantly expand ICE’s power and have sponsored or co-sponsored legislation to do so.
Here are the top 25 consumer brands bankrolling the biggest ICE supporters in Congress:
Here are the top 25 consumer brands bankrolling the biggest ICE supporters in Congress:
July 21, 2026 at 12:44 AM
I took a hard look at the financial donors to ICE’s biggest supporters in Congress. These are people who want to significantly expand ICE’s power and have sponsored or co-sponsored legislation to do so.
Here are the top 25 consumer brands bankrolling the biggest ICE supporters in Congress:
Here are the top 25 consumer brands bankrolling the biggest ICE supporters in Congress:
For anyone who doesn’t want to place this death on HSI/ICE, their mistreatment of detainees—medical neglect resulting in numerous deaths, deportation to countries they aren’t from + don’t have means to leave—is just one reason people are running + being killed, when they aren’t shot directly.
NEW: A 28-year-old man died Tuesday morning following an encounter with Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Homeland Security Investigations agents in St. Augustine, marking the third death involving ICE in a week.
Man dies during immigration encounter in Florida, the third ICE-involved death in a week
Third ICE-involved death in a week confirmed after fatal St. Augustine crash during joint agency operation. National outrage grows over enforcement and deaths
www.miamiherald.com
July 14, 2026 at 11:23 PM
For anyone who doesn’t want to place this death on HSI/ICE, their mistreatment of detainees—medical neglect resulting in numerous deaths, deportation to countries they aren’t from + don’t have means to leave—is just one reason people are running + being killed, when they aren’t shot directly.
Sharing, with deep gratitude for the discovery, the poem “Interpretations” by poet Mourid Barghouti, translated by Radwa Ashour.
July 13, 2026 at 5:04 PM
Sharing, with deep gratitude for the discovery, the poem “Interpretations” by poet Mourid Barghouti, translated by Radwa Ashour.
In no way surprising but so incredibly horrific. I pray his family is successful in suing the government.
Federal immigration agents who killed a man during a traffic stop in Houston on Tuesday had been searching for a different person, according to a Department of Homeland Security spokeswoman.
Mexican Man Killed by ICE in Houston Was Not the Target
www.nytimes.com
July 10, 2026 at 12:02 AM
In no way surprising but so incredibly horrific. I pray his family is successful in suing the government.
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ICE murdered another person.
NEW: He was picking up a work crew to take them to construction site at 6 a.m. on Tuesday morning. ICE showed up. And now this small business owner, the father of three American citizens, is dead.
www.thebulwark.com/p/he-lived-h...
www.thebulwark.com/p/he-lived-h...
He Lived Here for 35 Years. Put Three Kids in College. ICE Killed Him.
Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was picking up a crew for a construction project when ICE shot him. It now claims he was the aggressor.
www.thebulwark.com
July 8, 2026 at 8:11 PM
ICE murdered another person.
😂😂😂
July 6, 2026 at 5:30 PM
😂😂😂
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I think this might be one of the most incredible, unsettling and symbolic photos of today’s America I’ve ever seen. I can’t stop looking at it.
From Reuters, published on the Guardian website.
From Reuters, published on the Guardian website.
July 5, 2026 at 9:15 PM
I think this might be one of the most incredible, unsettling and symbolic photos of today’s America I’ve ever seen. I can’t stop looking at it.
From Reuters, published on the Guardian website.
From Reuters, published on the Guardian website.
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July 5, 2026 at 1:40 AM
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There's a perverse symbolism in the legacy of White racism sheltering under the bowers of all African Americans have done for this country while patiently waiting for the chance to go back to insisting we are a drain upon their society and that they never needed us at all.
Maga taking shelter in the National Museum of African-American History And Culture!
July 5, 2026 at 2:40 AM
There's a perverse symbolism in the legacy of White racism sheltering under the bowers of all African Americans have done for this country while patiently waiting for the chance to go back to insisting we are a drain upon their society and that they never needed us at all.
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“Beware the drowning man” (or cornered, wounded animal) is crucially relevant in 🇺🇸 right now as well.
The average life expectancy of a new Russian recruit—from arrival at a training ground to death in a combat zone—lies somewhere between 10 days and three weeks. Once sent onto the battlefield, they survive an average of 20 to 35 minutes. @peterfrankopan.bsky.social foreignpolicy.com/2026/06/25/r...
As the Tide Turns Against Putin, Beware the Drowning Man
Like a struggling swimmer, he may take desperate measures to stay afloat.
foreignpolicy.com
June 30, 2026 at 1:49 AM
“Beware the drowning man” (or cornered, wounded animal) is crucially relevant in 🇺🇸 right now as well.
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Donald Trump’s repainting of the Reflecting Pool is another example of how he sees himself as a builder, David Graham tells Adam Harris on Radio Atlantic: “But the problem is you have to do things well. And that has always been a challenge for Trump.”
Trump’s Battle for Washington
The deeper problems with Trump’s D.C. remake
bit.ly
June 29, 2026 at 9:15 PM
Donald Trump’s repainting of the Reflecting Pool is another example of how he sees himself as a builder, David Graham tells Adam Harris on Radio Atlantic: “But the problem is you have to do things well. And that has always been a challenge for Trump.”
I’m not going to lie—I really didn’t think this was real. Our tax dollars at work painting our immigrant community as ‘alien invaders’ to be eliminated. This is the kind of rhetoric that leads to murder, already happening in detention centers across the country. Not freedom—state sanctioned deaths.
June 8, 2026 at 8:20 PM
I’m not going to lie—I really didn’t think this was real. Our tax dollars at work painting our immigrant community as ‘alien invaders’ to be eliminated. This is the kind of rhetoric that leads to murder, already happening in detention centers across the country. Not freedom—state sanctioned deaths.
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If you don’t like what you’re seeing at Delaney Hall, pay attention to what’s happening in Congress this week.
We must stop giving ICE and for-profit companies like GEO Group a blank check to create chaos.
We must stop giving ICE and for-profit companies like GEO Group a blank check to create chaos.
June 2, 2026 at 12:37 AM
If you don’t like what you’re seeing at Delaney Hall, pay attention to what’s happening in Congress this week.
We must stop giving ICE and for-profit companies like GEO Group a blank check to create chaos.
We must stop giving ICE and for-profit companies like GEO Group a blank check to create chaos.
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Yesterday I published this detailed article arguing that women are simply not safe around men. I cited history, data, legal analysis, and meaningful solutions to combat the systemic violence men commit against women.
It is currently approaching 500,000 reads.
www.qasimrashid.com/p/women-are-...
It is currently approaching 500,000 reads.
www.qasimrashid.com/p/women-are-...
Women Are Not Safe Around Men
This is a fact. The data is unambiguous and the solutions exist. The only thing missing is the will to act.
www.qasimrashid.com
May 30, 2026 at 5:09 PM
Yesterday I published this detailed article arguing that women are simply not safe around men. I cited history, data, legal analysis, and meaningful solutions to combat the systemic violence men commit against women.
It is currently approaching 500,000 reads.
www.qasimrashid.com/p/women-are-...
It is currently approaching 500,000 reads.
www.qasimrashid.com/p/women-are-...
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BREAKING: Sen. Ed Markey calls for Trump's impeachment.
May 20, 2026 at 9:20 PM
BREAKING: Sen. Ed Markey calls for Trump's impeachment.
This is going to be such a nightmare to unravel…
Hmm. I just took a ~1500 word piece that I wrote word by word the old fashioned way like the actual writer I am, and ran it through an AI checker just to see what it said, and it highlighted 13 separate phrases that it thinks were likely AI generated.
*sigh*
This seems bad.
*sigh*
This seems bad.
May 2, 2026 at 8:49 PM
This is going to be such a nightmare to unravel…
This is just exhausting. And also all a constant attempt to distract from an insane war, ICE’s ongoing egregious behavior, and the abhorrent reality of the Epstein files.
Hey, Christians, what’s worse? Trump posting a meme depicting himself as Jesus, or Trump lying about posting a meme depicting himself as Jesus?
Q: Did you post that picture of yourself depicted as Jesus Christ?
TRUMP: I did post it and I thought it was me as a doctor and had to do Red Cross. Only the fake news could come up with that one.
TRUMP: I did post it and I thought it was me as a doctor and had to do Red Cross. Only the fake news could come up with that one.
April 13, 2026 at 8:06 PM
This is just exhausting. And also all a constant attempt to distract from an insane war, ICE’s ongoing egregious behavior, and the abhorrent reality of the Epstein files.