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Bruinali

@bruinali86.bsky.social

West LA SoCal native. University High School LA alum. UCLA Alum. Retired LAUSD social studies teacher and administrator. Democrat since 1978.

created November 12, 2024

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Profile picture Bruinali (@bruinali86.bsky.social) reply parent

Yes on Proposition 50!!!!

1/9/2025, 8:55:35 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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💯!!!!

31/8/2025, 8:04:47 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Granada is beautiful! I recommend that he try the ice cream at “Los Italianos.” Safe travels!

29/8/2025, 8:22:26 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Thank you for defending this courageous public servant 🙏🏼

28/8/2025, 12:39:56 AM | 7 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Makes you wonder who they’re really working for 🤦🏻‍♂️😡

27/8/2025, 12:07:11 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Ironically, AAA heavily promotes Hertz as their go-to car rental company.

26/8/2025, 1:34:15 AM | 7 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Yup. Every single day!

25/8/2025, 3:00:17 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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17/8/2025, 9:14:53 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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She is the epitome of evil

17/8/2025, 12:23:46 AM | 2 1 | View on Bluesky | view

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I’ve never felt unsafe in world class Mexico City.

11/8/2025, 2:58:29 PM | 1 1 | View on Bluesky | view

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I see where Steele is coming from, but believe that Maryland Gov Wes Moore would be an exceptionally strong presidential candidate in 2028. Successful governor, distinguished military service and ability to listen to a wide range of voters.

31/7/2025, 9:46:52 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Said the self proclaimed “stable genius”

30/7/2025, 5:57:11 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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My new favorite TDS anchor! You did a phenomenal job! Congratulations!👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👊🏽

25/7/2025, 11:26:28 PM | 5 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Disgraceful! Dhillon was born in India and her parents were only able to immigrate to the US thanks to Civil Rights freedom fighters.

24/7/2025, 7:03:03 PM | 8 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

22/7/2025, 1:12:08 AM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Bruinali (@bruinali86.bsky.social) reply parent

Another outstanding, independent minded, honest journalist forced out of The Post. Thank you for your service and best of luck in your next endeavor.🙏🏽

17/7/2025, 10:50:34 PM | 5 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Disabled public school students will suffer immense harm by this decision. I don’t think the public fully realizes how truly evil the conservative majority is.

15/7/2025, 3:51:24 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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What’s not given enough attention is the immense harm that disabled students will suffer. Public schools that cater to the needs of disabled students rely heavily on federal funds.

15/7/2025, 3:47:26 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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There goes the price of ketchup, which he uses on his overcooked steak

14/7/2025, 10:08:41 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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14/7/2025, 9:35:18 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Bull Connor reborn

11/7/2025, 8:21:41 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Great seeing you here!

10/7/2025, 10:17:31 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Probably Bongo

9/7/2025, 12:53:47 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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SCOTUS just rendered Congress useless and powerless

8/7/2025, 9:42:59 PM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Big Macs and Circuses!

6/7/2025, 9:56:51 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Mississippi Masala directed by Zohran Mamdani’s mom, Mira Nair!

5/7/2025, 5:13:37 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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My wife was sure it was spam

4/7/2025, 11:19:29 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Our nation is less safe

4/7/2025, 9:51:18 PM | 7 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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¡Felicidades!👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

2/7/2025, 5:10:30 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Meanwhile, China looks to the future and will soon be the undisputed world leader of renewables 🤦🏻‍♂️

1/7/2025, 12:21:41 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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He could’ve just asked his colleague Jerry Nadler, who endorsed Mamdani.

30/6/2025, 12:19:57 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Bruinali (@bruinali86.bsky.social) reply parent

You earned your staycation! Thank you!🙏🏽

28/6/2025, 3:07:44 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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What’s even worse, SCOTUS just gave Trump permission to resume deportation to third countries.

27/6/2025, 3:46:35 AM | 7 1 | View on Bluesky | view

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I never again want to hear that Roberts and Coney- Barrett are moderates! Sending migrants, without due process, to a country in the midst of a bloody civil war is a clear human rights violation!

23/6/2025, 11:46:59 PM | 14 1 | View on Bluesky | view

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They quickly forgot the Covid debacle, which began in 2020. Twenty five years is a lifetime.

22/6/2025, 6:26:12 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Spot on! The most prominently displayed sign at the RNC was “mass deportation now!”

21/6/2025, 2:15:03 PM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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True, but Vance might be worse

14/6/2025, 1:08:09 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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During the pandemic, migrant farm workers and meat packers worked nonstop, at great risk to themselves, and heroically prevented mass starvation. Shameful!

12/6/2025, 8:31:11 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Thank you for supporting the brave people of California!

12/6/2025, 3:34:41 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Rest in peace Brother Sly!💐☮️😢 youtube.com/watch?v=AoDi...

9/6/2025, 11:18:11 PM | 5 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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ABC=Police state media

8/6/2025, 7:07:16 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Speaking the bloody truth gets you suspended 🤦🏽‍♂️

8/6/2025, 7:06:05 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Bruinali (@bruinali86.bsky.social) reply parent

You’re one of the few trustworthy journalists who has intimate knowledge of what’s really happening in LA. I hope you’re currently on the ground to inform the world. ☮️🙏🏽

8/6/2025, 1:14:22 AM | 7 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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My wife’s all time favorite Macca ballad!

7/6/2025, 10:28:37 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Couldn’t agree more. John pretty much lost the ability to write a catchy song until Elton gave him a helping hand the following year with “Whatever Gets You Through the Night.”

7/6/2025, 10:27:09 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Dr. Peter Hotez would shut him down in an instant!

1/6/2025, 10:20:48 PM | 39 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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31/5/2025, 9:12:20 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Canada’s numbers will definitely increase by the end of the year.

31/5/2025, 12:48:41 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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True! Also, 100 years ago many American children consumed RFK Jr’s beverage of choice, raw milk 🤢

30/5/2025, 9:42:47 PM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I was assaulted by an illegal Klingon!

30/5/2025, 9:24:28 PM | 6 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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21/5/2025, 7:39:06 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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21/5/2025, 3:18:53 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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You are so missed 😢 Thank you for keeping us well informed.🙏🏽

17/5/2025, 3:38:01 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Those billionaire benefactors sure their money’s worth

16/5/2025, 10:19:14 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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She’s running nonstop taxpayer funded “scary brown people” tv ads in the very expensive SoCal market. I’m glad you’re calling her out.

15/5/2025, 8:25:20 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Bruinali (@bruinali86.bsky.social) reply parent

Agree 💯. Best Star Wars spinoff series! Dem elected leaders should be required to listen to Senator Mon Mothma’s speech 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽✊🏽

15/5/2025, 3:02:22 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Bruinali (@bruinali86.bsky.social) reply parent

Excellent thread!

3/5/2025, 9:46:41 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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💯 !!!!!

3/5/2025, 8:21:42 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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It should’ve been 9-0.That 4 justices believed that military reservists did not deserve to receive their full salaries is a national shame!

30/4/2025, 9:35:39 PM | 8 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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So glad you’re here on Bluesky! Truly appreciate your expertise and efforts to keep us safe!

23/4/2025, 11:17:56 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Love Rollercoaster by the phenomenal Ohio Players!

21/4/2025, 3:32:39 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Or the unlimited millions being wasted on ICE Barbie Noem’s nonstop idiotic TV ads

19/4/2025, 11:30:17 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Her and many other officials

18/4/2025, 6:05:18 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Not even in 1994 when Speed was released!

17/4/2025, 9:34:04 PM | 1 1 | View on Bluesky | view

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But perfectly fine that taxpayers are paying hundreds of millions of dollars for those nonstop idiotic Noem dear leader tv ads

17/4/2025, 8:51:19 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Everyday they so casually bear false witness and are rarely called out for it

17/4/2025, 3:43:57 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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You could probably narrow it down to one of the four who voted for the so/called SAVE Act

16/4/2025, 8:40:22 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Shamelessly bearing false witness with a wink in her eye

15/4/2025, 10:30:32 PM | 5 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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So proud of you, Molly! Keep pushing back!👏🏽✊🏽👊🏽

15/4/2025, 8:26:56 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Wajahat Ali (@wajali.bsky.social) reposted

My latest: "All Hail the New Authoritarian America" In America, you can now wear a MAGA hat, storm the U.S. Capitol, and attack police officers, but you can't commit a thought crime, be a legal immigrant, or criticize the dear leader. open.substack.com/pub/thelefth...

12/4/2025, 6:19:23 AM | 908 239 | View on Bluesky | view

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Coca Cola “Lola” by The Kinks

6/4/2025, 11:49:08 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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It’s going to be a long, dreadful summer for US tourism 🤦🏻‍♂️

6/4/2025, 7:54:23 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Tragic. Hasna was a revolutionary and a visionary. May God bless her.💐😢

4/4/2025, 9:04:59 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Thank you, good people of Wisconsin!👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

2/4/2025, 2:23:34 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Like the private airport security pre-9/11? How’d that work out?

31/3/2025, 2:30:41 AM | 19 1 | View on Bluesky | view

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31/3/2025, 2:24:19 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Team Neil Young!

29/3/2025, 11:56:27 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Yes! That and the billionaire’s 94 year old mother-in-law who’s cool with not getting her Social Security check.

26/3/2025, 12:42:33 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Confirmed by a lively group of Canadian tourists I met while visiting Guadalajara, Mexico.

25/3/2025, 10:51:30 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Commonplace for any public school district administrator. I always carried a small bottle of hot sauce to those events.

25/3/2025, 2:17:57 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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This tv ad needs to be aired as often as those nonstop disgusting Noem ads.

23/3/2025, 3:06:04 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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It’s time to introduce the American people to our amazing special needs students and their dedicated teachers and aides. They don’t understand the suffering these cuts will cause.

23/3/2025, 2:23:30 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Looks like Conor Lamb is going to primary Fetterman and probably win in a landslide

21/3/2025, 10:20:05 PM | 5 1 | View on Bluesky | view

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Happy Nowruz!

21/3/2025, 3:32:25 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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How many millions of American workers will lose their jobs when world travelers shun the US as tourist destination?

20/3/2025, 11:21:46 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Like clockwork

16/3/2025, 9:59:54 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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They are woefully unprepared for this dangerous moment in history

14/3/2025, 10:05:11 PM | 51 4 | View on Bluesky | view

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💯

14/3/2025, 12:03:05 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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This is why the base is pissed at leadership! All tough talk, no courage to follow through.

14/3/2025, 12:02:36 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Bruinali (@bruinali86.bsky.social) reply parent

So true 🤦🏻‍♂️

13/3/2025, 11:59:43 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Not surprised. I was a middle and high school teacher in the 80s and 90s. My female students consistently outperformed my male students.

13/3/2025, 11:58:55 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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He’s just given up on governing and he’ll never be president 🤦🏻‍♂️

12/3/2025, 8:53:54 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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They enthusiastically went for a get rich quick scheme instead of investing in stability and long term prosperity. We’ll all suffer as a result.

11/3/2025, 10:35:39 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Congratulations! Beating up on Jennings night after night must’ve been exhausting. Looking forward to seeing you on MSNBC.

11/3/2025, 10:32:14 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Wow! Thanks for sharing! 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

9/3/2025, 12:16:41 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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A genuine masterpiece! I reflect on my late parents every time I hear that song.

8/3/2025, 11:54:38 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Bet not one of those DOGE geeks has ever visited a National Park.

7/3/2025, 7:09:44 PM | 3 1 | View on Bluesky | view

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The most courageous member of Congress. Good trouble!✊🏽

6/3/2025, 7:10:28 PM | 12 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Tucker Lite

3/3/2025, 10:23:48 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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💯

1/3/2025, 8:26:30 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view