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@brentthien.bsky.social

social justice, diversity, former union president, veg head, climate change, human decency, accountability, well-traveled, peace, hope. my life story is like no one you’ve ever met 🫰🏻

created November 20, 2024

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Profile picture Mueller, She Wrote (@muellershewrote.com) reposted

Senate Democrats: DO NOT FUND the government when the current continuing resolution expires at the end of the month. SHUT IT DOWN unless DC is funded, the troops are withdrawn from our cities, elections are protected, the Epstein files are released in full... SHUT IT DOWN.

2/9/2025, 8:30:17 PM | 10189 3208 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Thiện (@brentthien.bsky.social) reply parent

nancy drew… 😂😂😂 pretty sure i have a couple of her old books still sitting in my kid library

2/9/2025, 6:03:13 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Thiện (@brentthien.bsky.social) reply parent

christmas in september. nothing like getting into the holiday spirit… uhhh… more than 3 months early 🥴

2/9/2025, 5:58:54 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Thiện (@brentthien.bsky.social) reply parent

that would require them to grow a pair first. and we know that ain’t happening 🥴

2/9/2025, 5:56:38 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture The Tennessee Holler (@thetnholler.bsky.social) reposted

This part. Everyone should be taking notes from @ivehaditpodcast.bsky.social’s @mizzwelch.bsky.social

30/8/2025, 1:05:23 PM | 9920 3160 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Thiện (@brentthien.bsky.social) reply parent

“born from dreams that crossed borders.” what a sign! 🫶🏻

30/8/2025, 2:59:06 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Thiện (@brentthien.bsky.social) reply parent

“you suck your own dick i can tell” 😂😂😂

30/8/2025, 2:56:26 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Thiện (@brentthien.bsky.social) reply parent

ice are such a bunch of junior cops. it takes no intelligence to en masse whip a single individual to the ground, beat the living piss out of him, and claim it’s in the name of the justice. gestapo thuggery is what that is

21/8/2025, 8:25:40 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Thiện (@brentthien.bsky.social) reply parent

sure owen sure. 🥴 the follow-up was to intended to counter any single-minded simpletons, seemingly like yourself. nice try

21/8/2025, 3:27:47 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Thiện (@brentthien.bsky.social) reply parent

pretty hard to contest when one side comes armed wirh facts

21/8/2025, 3:21:46 AM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Thiện (@brentthien.bsky.social) reply parent

clearly she has no idea how america takes to the skies during periods of wartime. and i’m not saying that’s necessarily a good thing — at least for the “collateral damage” always incurred on the ground

19/8/2025, 4:38:01 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Thiện (@brentthien.bsky.social) reply parent

not a dis. i come from a family of blue collar workers. the crux of the argument is key

19/8/2025, 4:33:51 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Thiện (@brentthien.bsky.social) reply parent

fair enough. however to talk smack about another’s character invites a comparative response. it would be a stretch to argue, and in any way equate, a high likelihood of critical thinking skills from working in a hardware store. def more info needed…

19/8/2025, 4:32:20 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Thiện (@brentthien.bsky.social) reply parent

works at a hardware store. clearly steve’s a real professional. must’ve taken years for el stevo to form his advanced thinking processes. lock him away because america can do better 🥴

19/8/2025, 11:12:11 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Thiện (@brentthien.bsky.social) reply parent

😅😅😅 that was excellent

18/8/2025, 12:17:11 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Elizabeth N. Saunders (@profsaunders.bsky.social) reposted

Comments: Poor logic, use of previously discredited arguments and evidence, credulous acceptance of an untrusted source, meanders, extremely poor punctuation, excessive use of passive voice, probably unconstitutional, definitely authoritarian. Grade: F

18/8/2025, 11:37:48 AM | 555 104 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture bluestatedon.bsky.social (@bluestatedon.bsky.social) reposted reply parent

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16/8/2025, 8:33:14 PM | 1055 192 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Thiện (@brentthien.bsky.social) reply parent

seems like even these ICE agents themselves got duped into engaging in fascist-type activity. watching this video it is my impression that they truly believe they’re only doing a job, but not a callous act against America itself, rather believing they are a group of citizens serving their country

17/8/2025, 3:20:19 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Thiện (@brentthien.bsky.social) reply parent

😂😂😂 excellent 😜

10/8/2025, 12:57:27 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Tuck The Frumpers (@realtuckfrumper.bsky.social) reposted

Fast Food Nation Revisited: Vietnamese Immigrant Writes About Low-Wage Work in U.S. https://twp.ai/4ip6nh

8/8/2025, 5:56:54 AM | 9 4 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Thiện (@brentthien.bsky.social) reply parent

fantastic post. and an incredible read — ocean vuong 🇻🇳

8/8/2025, 6:05:55 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Thiện (@brentthien.bsky.social) reply parent

😂😂😂

7/8/2025, 4:40:19 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Thiện (@brentthien.bsky.social) reply parent

ICE = Gestapo The similarities couldn’t be any clearer

7/8/2025, 4:38:58 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Thiện (@brentthien.bsky.social) reply parent

“kissoholic” 🥰

5/8/2025, 5:02:18 PM | 9 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Critical Bill. (@criticalbill76.bsky.social) reposted reply parent

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5/8/2025, 4:01:46 AM | 132 37 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Thiện (@brentthien.bsky.social) reply parent

😂😂😂 that’s excellent

5/8/2025, 3:02:16 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Thiện (@brentthien.bsky.social) reply parent

and you wonder why ppl hate the police 🥴

4/8/2025, 6:58:51 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Thiện (@brentthien.bsky.social) reply parent

boom!!!

4/8/2025, 6:52:48 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 (@gtconway.bsky.social) reposted

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4/8/2025, 1:35:45 AM | 8275 1894 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Thiện (@brentthien.bsky.social) reply parent

omfg 😳😢😢😢

4/8/2025, 12:45:41 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Just George Oh🍂 (@timmytwoshirts.bsky.social) reposted

Ayup. I've been saying this for years

capitalism requires infinite growth in a finite world. in biology, we call that 'cancer'
3/8/2025, 12:36:41 PM | 12 6 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture ⓘ 𝕆ligarch f*ckery detected (@adelpreore.bsky.social) reposted

I don't know who needs to hear this, but your name can't be redacted from the files if it isn't already *in* the files. You're welcome.

2/8/2025, 4:49:42 PM | 114 44 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Thiện (@brentthien.bsky.social) reply parent

“cognitive dissonance” is a pretty big word for little tommy who likes to follow

31/7/2025, 5:54:11 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Thiện (@brentthien.bsky.social) reply parent

how can you deport “a permanent” legal resident? 🤷🏻

31/7/2025, 5:42:38 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Thiện (@brentthien.bsky.social) reply parent

“these are their names” 🥹 thank you for that ❤️

31/7/2025, 5:36:26 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Thiện (@brentthien.bsky.social) reply parent

😂😂😂

27/7/2025, 8:13:22 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Thiện (@brentthien.bsky.social) reply parent

i enjoyed this enlightening, and comical, conversation brooke. and i love the way you’ve perceived & framed wealth distribution & disparity. lots of layers to it made clearer with critical thinking and shared conversations like this

23/7/2025, 5:07:03 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Thiện (@brentthien.bsky.social) reply parent

man nicely put

22/7/2025, 8:24:22 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Thiện (@brentthien.bsky.social) reply parent

cohen is trash. but he’s right here

21/7/2025, 11:04:46 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Thiện (@brentthien.bsky.social) reply parent

lol. for real… 😜

21/7/2025, 11:02:07 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Thiện (@brentthien.bsky.social) reply parent

the harsh reality. it’s def going to get worse before it gets better 😕

21/7/2025, 11:01:33 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jen Eastwood 📚🍉🕊️ (@sicksadlit.bsky.social) reposted

Zohran Mamdani is proof of what happens when a leftist actually STAYS LEFT and stands on business instead of trying to appeal to the vague “centrist” voters.

25/6/2025, 3:56:44 AM | 4 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Thiện (@brentthien.bsky.social) reply parent

another questions is how on earth did none of the school staff nor teachers raise a red flag during any of this? in no way does it excuse the predators but there is a grave responsibility of the school staff & admin to protect those students. but no one saw this? no one thought it was strange?

20/7/2025, 5:01:44 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture LorennaCleary.bsky.social (@lorennacleary.bsky.social) reposted

I’d like an ICE agent to explain how putting monetary value on taking a human being from one place to another by force is not human trafficking.

18/7/2025, 5:19:37 PM | 3387 899 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kimberley Johnson (@kimberleyjohnson.bsky.social) reposted

BY LAW, a teenage girl cannot give consent. No matter how she behaves or dresses or what she says. No adult man "has sex" with an underage girl/minor. It's rape. The end.

15/7/2025, 4:37:12 PM | 312 80 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Thiện (@brentthien.bsky.social) reply parent

in a past life i used to be a union president under a chapter of afscme. good to see they’re still fighting the good fight

15/7/2025, 5:25:30 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Thiện (@brentthien.bsky.social) reply parent

like a bunch of goddamn sheep who can’t think outside the box

15/7/2025, 5:05:28 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture George Hahn (@georgehahn.com) reposted

The United States has a concentration camp in Florida. Let that sink in.

14/7/2025, 2:49:36 PM | 11222 3566 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Thiện (@brentthien.bsky.social) reply parent

anytime tucker carlson is upset about things not going his way is a good day. that means life is moving in the right direction

15/7/2025, 12:42:54 PM | 7 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Thiện (@brentthien.bsky.social)

once again the supreme court shows how utterly inept it is 🥴 www.cnn.com/2025/07/14/p...

14/7/2025, 11:20:04 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Abby Normal (@abbynormal58.bsky.social) reposted

I posted this on Facebook in 2015. Nothing’s changed in 10 years…

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13/7/2025, 5:23:16 PM | 151 52 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Mark Lemley (@marklemley.bsky.social) reposted

Now THAT's a cease and desist letter

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14/7/2025, 6:49:14 AM | 37050 9645 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Thiện (@brentthien.bsky.social) reply parent

this is a free country wtf. “christian bias” that rubiko!!

14/7/2025, 8:56:51 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Thiện (@brentthien.bsky.social) reply parent

who gives a rats ass??? 🥴

14/7/2025, 7:30:09 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Thiện (@brentthien.bsky.social) reply parent

ice. what a bunch of pussies

13/7/2025, 6:14:56 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Thiện (@brentthien.bsky.social) reply parent

not a hard call. you bleed them from the inside and then rebuild

13/7/2025, 6:08:24 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Thiện (@brentthien.bsky.social) reply parent

finally grew a pair. ‘bout time

13/7/2025, 6:07:27 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Thiện (@brentthien.bsky.social) reply parent

good. may maga implode. bigly

13/7/2025, 5:35:54 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Thiện (@brentthien.bsky.social) reply parent

says the guy with mental illness. how on earth is fetterman in this job?

11/7/2025, 4:32:01 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Thiện (@brentthien.bsky.social) reply parent

a little bit forward, thinking goes a long way

9/7/2025, 5:27:17 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Thiện (@brentthien.bsky.social) reply parent

😂😂😂 that’s great!! 😊

8/7/2025, 5:48:00 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture 🇺🇸𝕀𝕟𝕕𝕪 ℝ𝕖𝕗𝕦𝕘𝕖𝕖🇺🇸 (@indyrefugee.bsky.social) reposted

Severe Texas flooding has caused 100+ confirmed deaths. Many still missing. Trump’s administration fired many who could have warned about the floods, and cut off funding for the NWS which could have prepared them. Are drag queens reading to kids though? Anyone in danger of learning?

8/7/2025, 3:42:38 PM | 191 63 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Thiện (@brentthien.bsky.social) reply parent

dunking noem under the floodwaters, if for even 2 seconds, would be an eye opener for her for sure. but i am in no way advocating literally doing that — it’s just figuratively speaking — to illustrate a point

8/7/2025, 1:41:07 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Thiện (@brentthien.bsky.social) reply parent

def feel for texans. but the consequence of flooding in texas is nothing compared to how the same form of extreme weather affects other countries — especially in the 3rd world. while it indeed is tragic the devastation pales in comparison

8/7/2025, 1:35:20 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Thiện (@brentthien.bsky.social) reply parent

good to pay attention any time congressional maps are redrawn. but in this particular region it will likely matter little — texas 😕

8/7/2025, 1:31:18 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Thiện (@brentthien.bsky.social) reply parent

leadership yes. but crucially empathy

8/7/2025, 1:26:52 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Thiện (@brentthien.bsky.social) reply parent

being born wealthy. is such a bitch 🥴

8/7/2025, 1:26:02 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Thiện (@brentthien.bsky.social) reply parent

teach a man to think… who’d a thunk it?

7/7/2025, 1:36:08 PM | 2 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Betsy Rosenberg | Green Media Journalist & Host of CODE GREEN (@betsyrosenberg.bsky.social) reposted reply parent

And all Texas Gov could say was pray. And the politicians repeating that “nobody could have seen this coming.” Well actually you dumb deny-o-saurs we #climate activists have been shouting warnings from the rooftops for a few decades!! Not one word about the climate crisis that fueled the #flooding.

6/7/2025, 6:01:47 PM | 7 2 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Thiện (@brentthien.bsky.social) reply parent

federal law trumps state law. but it does not trump humanity. people literally need to step up

6/7/2025, 6:12:14 PM | 2 2 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Thiện (@brentthien.bsky.social) reply parent

an insufficient number of forecasters? that’s laughable. the real reason — ignorance to the reality of human-induced climate change. hastened by consumption of fossil fuels. darwinism is literally screaming at humanity to wake up or die

6/7/2025, 6:07:42 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Thiện (@brentthien.bsky.social) reply parent

really??? ppl want to blame weather forecasters for they themselves being utterly unprepared for what scientists have been warning humanity for years? — the consequence of human inflicted climate change. ffs 🤦🏻‍♂️

6/7/2025, 5:58:40 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Monya (@rmattsmama6.bsky.social) reposted

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6/7/2025, 10:00:32 AM | 25 15 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Thiện (@brentthien.bsky.social) reply parent

#criticalthinkingskills

6/7/2025, 10:31:29 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Thiện (@brentthien.bsky.social) reply parent

what a great reference! 😎

6/7/2025, 10:29:23 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Brenny (@pissedoffinnh.bsky.social) reposted

Nobody in their right mind would entertain any thoughts of working alongside the likes of Elon Musk! Get the fuck out of here with that!

6/7/2025, 10:27:28 AM | 18 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture BrooklynDad_Defiant! (@mmpadellan.bsky.social) reposted

Jesus wouldn't have cut $930 billion from Medicaid just to give billionaires more tax breaks.

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29/6/2025, 7:31:59 AM | 3042 722 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Thiện (@brentthien.bsky.social) reply parent

…they have effectively damned the country now for at least an entire generation 😡

6/7/2025, 7:45:18 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Thiện (@brentthien.bsky.social) reply parent

kinda funny (not really) how these magats & conspiracy theorists are suddenly all “oh omg...” (clutches his pearls) “i can’t believe how atrocious and inhumane these maga policies are to our fellow brothers & sisters… “ these false prophets can all go f*ck themselves because…

6/7/2025, 7:44:26 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Being Liberal ®🗽🏳️‍🌈 (@beingliberal.bsky.social) reposted

Stop defending government programs like Medicaid, SNAP, or ACA on purely moral or humanitarian grounds. We must flip the script: “If profitable corporations refuse to pay fair wages or cover healthcare, why should the public pick up the tab?” Reclaim "personal responsibility"— bit.ly/40vZ7Ej

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Profile picture Thiện (@brentthien.bsky.social) reply parent

fuck elon musk. he made a deal with the devil. he can now burn in hell 🔥

3/7/2025, 11:08:01 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Thiện (@brentthien.bsky.social) reply parent

what a stupid comment. stay focused on the content and purpose of hakeem jeffries’ house floor speech

3/7/2025, 4:57:04 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Rogue Citizen One (@roguecitizenone.bsky.social) reposted

Concentration camps on American soil. Masked agents terrorizing our neighbors and abducting people off the streets to fill them. As if that weren’t horrific enough—some so-called “Christians” are cheering it on like it’s some kind of twisted, dehumanization porn. What the hell have we become?

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Profile picture D.A. Kotarski (@dakotarski.bsky.social) reposted

Fascism has come to America. Can confirm it is wrapped in a flag and carrying a cross. It's also wearing a ski mask so as not to be identified.

2/7/2025, 4:13:11 AM | 47 12 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Thiện (@brentthien.bsky.social) reply parent

and america bitches about communism 🥴

3/7/2025, 4:32:03 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Thiện (@brentthien.bsky.social) reply parent

what a joke. bob “vylan” 🥴

3/7/2025, 1:42:14 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Thiện (@brentthien.bsky.social) reply parent

as demonstrated again & again elon’s got no balls. this hope is dead

2/7/2025, 5:33:32 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture LR Detherage (@lr-detherage.bsky.social) reposted

Where are the illegal white people sent? Just curious…

2/7/2025, 11:24:49 AM | 12 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Thiện (@brentthien.bsky.social) reply parent

whatever. fuck both those assholes

1/7/2025, 2:55:45 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Thiện (@brentthien.bsky.social) reply parent

that’s alright. let him add his face. then send a bunker buster bomb to only that slice of the mountain 😁

30/6/2025, 9:23:55 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Thiện (@brentthien.bsky.social) reply parent

that’s a great way to help reconcile the evil of the current administration while at the same time raise awareness of its vile policies

28/6/2025, 6:01:41 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Thiện (@brentthien.bsky.social) reply parent

oh man i haven’t heard this song forever. melissa is so good. raw emotion exudes as much from her voice as it does from the chords of her guitar

28/6/2025, 5:51:13 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Thiện (@brentthien.bsky.social) reply parent

man his body language screams aggression

28/6/2025, 5:42:57 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Thiện (@brentthien.bsky.social) reply parent

incredible. i sorely miss that man as president

28/6/2025, 5:40:23 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Christopher Webb (@cwebbonline.com) reposted

Spot on. This is the clearest explanation I’ve seen. It ‘s relatable, and humanizes the issue in a way everyone can understand.

28/6/2025, 2:15:10 AM | 32041 13611 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Thiện (@brentthien.bsky.social) reply parent

i want newsom as president

27/6/2025, 9:54:44 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Thiện (@brentthien.bsky.social) reply parent

hegseth. what a colossal jackass 🥴

27/6/2025, 9:52:10 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Thiện (@brentthien.bsky.social) reply parent

do what you love. love what you do 🫰🏻

25/6/2025, 2:03:29 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Rep. Ted Lieu (@reptedlieu.bsky.social) reposted

DHS is out of control.

Picture of Congressman Ted Lieu speaking at Judiciary spotlight hearing. Quote above him in white and yellow text from June 23, 2025 reads:
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