John Brownell
@johnbrownell.bsky.social
A 61 year old very underemployed PROGRESSIVE, Democratic Socialist and humanist in Wisconsin (Single, not really looking) Cishet Polyamorous/ENM and always an ally 🍍♾️🧠😉🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️♀️ MDNI🔞
created November 13, 2024
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Mother Jones (@motherjones.com) reposted
This is a series about jerks, blowhards, racists, creeps, narcs, petty tyrants, tenured incompetents, passive–aggressive underminers, Taylorist fussbudgets, Pinkertonish snoops, pious liberal union-killers, and sneering capitalist dickheads, which is to say it is a series about bosses. From 2021:
John Brownell (@johnbrownell.bsky.social) reply parent
Not proletariat
Mrs. Betty Bowers (@mrsbettybowers.bsky.social) reposted
Back when Donald was a failure in real estate, he was famous for not paying his contractors. He would come up with fictional fault in their work as an excuse not to pay them. Now, this unscrupulous cretin is short-changing the National Guard. www.rawstory.com/trump-infuri...
Krassensteins (@krassenstein.bsky.social) reposted
John Brownell (@johnbrownell.bsky.social)
I'm amazed that I've gotten here too. Maga was and is fine that many are being hurt, killed or crushed as long as it ain't them. It's just, I don't know, you don't know and they don't know a single person in real life who's actually part of the safe club.
Resist 🕎🍉 (@antizionistjew.bsky.social) reposted
🚨Chief of Staff Zamir to Cabinet Ministers: "You are heading towards military rule, your plan is leading us there. Understand the meaning" 🚨Smotrich: "We have made a decision" 🚨Ben-Gvir: "We understand"
John Brownell (@johnbrownell.bsky.social)
I'd welcome his death now because we'd probably get change now as his lieutenants flight for supremacy. But, his death now would cheat us out of seeing him literally rot to death in prison
John Brownell (@johnbrownell.bsky.social) reply parent
Up until they decide that centrism is "safe enough" to run on. The cycle that brought us Trump will start again
Christopher Webb (@cwebbonline.com) reposted
This should be getting far more attention from the media, and it should be investigated as a hate crime. A 14-year-old Black teen was targeted, beaten, and dehumanized with racial slurs by white teens while people stood around cheering. 1/4
John Brownell (@johnbrownell.bsky.social) reply parent
It happened in Pulaski, WI, a town north of Green Bay. It's a town of about 4000 in a pretty rural area. The teen is from Platteville in SW Wisconsin. At about 12,000, Platteville is a city by Wisconsin standards
The_Lady_Red (@theladyred.bsky.social) reposted
America’s leading physician groups are now openly defying RFK Jr. US vaccine consensus has officially shattered. (www.vox.com/health/45922...)
John Brownell (@johnbrownell.bsky.social) reply parent
News over here is that trunk has collected $8 trillion in tariffs. By that measure, our $40 trillion in debt will be gone by midterms next year
John Brownell (@johnbrownell.bsky.social) reply parent
Oh cool We're bashing Tapper again Been a minute
John Brownell (@johnbrownell.bsky.social)
This
Carl Quintanilla (@carlquintanilla.bsky.social) reposted
“.. Memphis, after all, has long been one of the most dangerous cities in the country, with a murder rate about twice as high as the nation’s capital ..” @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/u...
this is awkword . com (@awkword.bsky.social) reposted
What could possibly go wrong?
Matt (@mattferrel.bsky.social) reposted
John Brownell (@johnbrownell.bsky.social) reply parent
No, the system already favors the rich. This idea would make it something that ONLY rich people could do. I would make it mandatory that almost all personal wealth be converted to government bonds TIED to the GDP
Grudgie the Whale (@grudgie.bsky.social) reposted
The United States had one of the worst COVID outcomes in the entire world from a body count standpoint. Anyone who argues with a straight face we were TOO cautious is an unserious imbecile.
TiggsCupcake (@tiggsisacupcake.bsky.social) reposted
John Brownell (@johnbrownell.bsky.social) reply parent
I've said for a while We're down to, will the feds and military shoot into crowds WHEN Trump gives the order?
John Brownell (@johnbrownell.bsky.social) reply parent
Dude, the US spends over $120B/yr having the Navy patrol the Mediterranean to protect oil. What makes you believe that the 23 NATO nations in the EU won't view an attack on their combined economic interests as an attack on their national interests? $$ is the FIRST thing countries go to war for
The Tennessee Holler (@thetnholler.bsky.social) reposted
We share this graph as often as we can. #UnionStrong
Maple Mama (@maplemama20.bsky.social) reposted
🚨PLEASE SHARE🚨 #Missing 15year old missing from Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation, #Alberta #Canada Jerrydan is described as: EYES: Brown HAIR: Black HEIGHT: 5'7" WEIGHT: 108lbs ##MMIM #RedDrumAlert #EveryChildMatters #MMIWG www.aboriginalalert.ca/missingperso...
Owen K.C. Stephens (He/Him) (@owenkcstephens.bsky.social) reposted
John Brownell (@johnbrownell.bsky.social) reply parent
Maybe he should stop having his mommy do his shopping.
John Brownell (@johnbrownell.bsky.social)
IMO, progressive policies would get us up to 60% victories instead of the constant battle for 50.5% margins
John Brownell (@johnbrownell.bsky.social) reply parent
Prolly shit the bed
Pam Keith (@pamkeithdc.bsky.social) reposted
www.tiktok.com/t/ZT6GvjPcr/ How in the HELL does any government lawfully deport 600 unaccompanied minors? Who does that? Who the fuck are we? What are we? What have we become?
John Brownell (@johnbrownell.bsky.social) reply parent
What Republican believed in reducing the debt?
Sharon Lee (@smitty11.bsky.social) reposted
GrouchyMarkx (@grouchymarkx.bsky.social) reposted
John Brownell (@johnbrownell.bsky.social) reply parent
Hey Chris, I think RFK will let you get the life saving vaccine if you start smoking.
John Brownell (@johnbrownell.bsky.social) reply parent
I ignore and block maga. I'm "in your face" to centrist BS. I let a few " not political" people slide cuz I like baking, nature, pets, unrepressed folk living life, etc... Just like I do in real life
John Brownell (@johnbrownell.bsky.social) reply parent
On the contrary I'm saying the EU interests are functionally NATO interests. An attack on the EU is a direct attack on the economic interests of 23 NATO countries.
Nash Is Here for It (@nashishereforit.bsky.social) reposted
The National Guardners
John Brownell (@johnbrownell.bsky.social) reply parent
The EU has 27 member countries. NATO has 32. 23 countries are members of both the EU and NATO. To say EU entanglements don't include NATO is naive. Only war criminals like Putin and Netanyahu would diplomatically object to a response by an inexorably linked organization
The Daily Tism (@thedailytism.com) reposted
WE’RE HIRING! Comedy writers with lived experience of autism, send us your funniest stuff! Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is here: www.patreon.com/posts/137768...
Roger ZenAF (@rogerzenaf.bsky.social) reposted
It took cops three hours to finally go into the Pulse nightclub the night of the shooting. If you wander near a crosswalk in Florida with a piece of chalk right now you'll have four cops on you in under five seconds.🤷♂️
John Brownell (@johnbrownell.bsky.social) reply parent
Clinton for selling the Party to Wall Street EVERY Dem who voted for the Gulf War and the Patriot Act (almost all) Every centrist who fought to win the Obama Republicans instead of building the Dem base. Hubris of taking the high road while the GOP gerrymandered an already "land" biased system
The Tennessee Holler (@thetnholler.bsky.social) reposted
senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, former chief economist to Senator Rob Portman (R-OH) & director of budget and spending policy for Marco Rubio’s 2016 presidential campaign👇🏽
George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 (@gtconway.bsky.social) reposted
Climate Dad (@climatedad.bsky.social) reposted
1912 - it’s there in black & white! But 110 YEARS LATER governments subsidised the fossil fuel industry to the tune of $7 TRILLION! Billions of people will die not because climate collapse is unavoidable, but because elites decided our lives are less important than fossil fuel profits.
John Brownell (@johnbrownell.bsky.social)
Interesting
John Brownell (@johnbrownell.bsky.social)
Happy Labor Day from #Donny2Dolls
John Brownell (@johnbrownell.bsky.social)
I live near a "big" city in Wisconsin - about 60,000 Personally, I don't know a single person who's been a victim of violent crime EXCEPT for RAPE & DOMESTIC ABUSE. Race or immigration status were not issues in these that I know of. WTF is rural maga swallowing?
John Brownell (@johnbrownell.bsky.social)
Prolly just a quirk in my attention. It this case it's about being astonishingly prolific. Helen Miren 2025* I'm seeing here everywhere like I did RK Simmons in 2024 *Pierce Brosnan is up there too
John Brownell (@johnbrownell.bsky.social)
Our biggest economic competitor with basically free energy Good times ahead
John Brownell (@johnbrownell.bsky.social) reply parent
Is she qualified to say "I do know"? Like, that's demonstrably wrong no matter how she ends the sentence.
John Brownell (@johnbrownell.bsky.social) reply parent
My ex was born in Spain during Franco She was safe walking to Sunday school alone wearing a gold necklace because of the soldiers with machine guns on every corner. Of course, everybody had to be Catholic & people disappeared for listening to the wrong radio station, but hey, small price right?
sah1109💙🐕🇺🇸🇨🇦🇲🇽🇵🇦🇬🇱🐾🐾💙 (@sah1109.bsky.social) reposted
The Minocqua Brewing Company Super PAC Just Filed A Class Action Lawsuit to Unmask ICE in Wisconsin open.substack.com/pub/kirkbang...
John Brownell (@johnbrownell.bsky.social) reply parent
Well, Trump ain't dead but at least we have this. I said what I said
Jake Broe (@realjakebroe.bsky.social) reposted
Marco Rubio sold his soul for just a little bit more power.
Selena Larson (@selenalarson.bsky.social) reposted
Seen on my run in Rock Creek Park today. Parking lot near Beach and Tilden. Paper taped on over a Harris 2024 sign.
John Brownell (@johnbrownell.bsky.social)
#FightingBack
John Brownell (@johnbrownell.bsky.social) reply parent
I think eventually SCOTUS will just say it's up to Congress to assert their constitutional authority if they so choose
John Brownell (@johnbrownell.bsky.social) reply parent
Kinda tired of Dems supporting more cops. Like that's worked in forever... Glad he's fighting the feds, but Dems need to quit trying to be Republicans
John Brownell (@johnbrownell.bsky.social)
Every State
John Brownell (@johnbrownell.bsky.social) reply parent
Prep a radical sign for a Labor Day protest
John Brownell (@johnbrownell.bsky.social) reply parent
Dems pretty much have to quit trying to be Republicans and instead run on the popular progressive policies
The Tennessee Holler (@thetnholler.bsky.social) reposted
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John Brownell (@johnbrownell.bsky.social)
Begs the question, how is Biden?
Just my thoughts 🇨🇦 (@bc60.bsky.social) reposted
This
pissed-off-g.bsky.social (@pissed-off-g.bsky.social) reposted
Ron Filipkowski (@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social) reposted
He’s providing them with valuable mulching experience though.
David Sirota (@davidsirota.com) reposted
This is an accurate description of the situation. substack.com/home/post/p-...
John Brownell (@johnbrownell.bsky.social)
Funny #Resist
RC deWinter (@rcdewinter.bsky.social) reposted
For at least 3 generations the #GOP has deliberately worked to dumb down, dilute and falsify public education b/c the stupid, the superstitious, the undereducated and the gullible are much easier to control. And the proof is in the number of people who still think Trump is the answer to our future.
Krassensteins (@krassenstein.bsky.social) reposted
✨️ Steph ✨️ (@zapoo.bsky.social) reposted
JeffTrnka (@jefftrnka.bsky.social) reposted
Climate Dad (@climatedad.bsky.social) reposted
The last 3 years have been the hottest in around 125,000 years. CO2 levels are their highest in MILLIONS of years. But most people have no idea this is happening, let alone what it means for our kids’ futures. Our politics & media have failed our children. We should be furious.
Pam Keith (@pamkeithdc.bsky.social) reposted
In approximately 60 days, several major elections are going to take place across the country. I think SOMEONE at the DNC should be responsible for INFORMING all of the Dems in America how we can help our team members win. SOMEONE should be sending out links to sign up for letter writing, call &
The Bulwark (@thebulwark.com) reposted
Mallory McMorrow: "When we take back power, we need a party who is not afraid to use it."
John Brownell (@johnbrownell.bsky.social) reply parent
Dear Mr @govwesmoore.bsky.social FFS, it might sound tough but MORE police funding & MORE policing has not worked for forever. We have by FAR the highest incarceration rate of ANY country we'd want to be compared to. More cops & prisons ARE NOT the answer Dems need to quit being Republicans
John Brownell (@johnbrownell.bsky.social) reply parent
CenterL+Center
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John Brownell (@johnbrownell.bsky.social) reply parent
Jill Stein posts almost daily on Twitter against the genocide in Gaza. West does his blog largely railing against elitism and militarism. They "show up" every four years because that's the only time the MSM covers them. They're not your enemy. They haven't cost you any elections. Centrism did
John Brownell (@johnbrownell.bsky.social) reply parent
Mostly agree There are legit reasons for some international and domestic travel. And I would add a recall election option. Currently, we can't recall members of Congress.
John Brownell (@johnbrownell.bsky.social) reply parent
Brew Crew Cool
Natasha (@nastynatasha--1.bsky.social) reposted
John Brownell (@johnbrownell.bsky.social) reply parent
I'll do the Marxist regime* thing if he does the minimum wage thing. Caveat: Define Marxism Charlie. To date, NO Marxist government has EVER existed.
John Brownell (@johnbrownell.bsky.social) reply parent
Has to be veto proof in both Houses
Raider (@iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social) reposted
Crime Spree in DC - Yes, this is a real event. No, it’s not sarcasm. Lmao. Your taxpayer dollars are at work.
Sunkissed Peaks (@sunkissedpeaks.bsky.social) reposted
Rock on Newsome!
George Takei (@georgetakei.bsky.social) reposted
Gotta hand it to the artist.
Gwendolyn Corvid (@gwen-corvid.bsky.social) reposted
Fuck yeah, Gov Pritzker and Mayor Johnson. It will be fascinating what happens when ICE agents get arrested for flouting this.
John Brownell (@johnbrownell.bsky.social) reply parent
Hell, we revelled in just the thought of it
John Brownell (@johnbrownell.bsky.social) reply parent
Front row seat to the fires of hell. I guess that brightness is to encourage a flicker of hope before eternal condensation - must be reserved for the worst of the worst
Fionnuala NÍ Aoláin KC (Hons) (@niaolainf.bsky.social) reposted
Hope. www.justsecurity.org/113995/colle...
John Brownell (@johnbrownell.bsky.social) reply parent
SCOTUS will punt The merits may or may not be legal BUT, it will be determined that ONLY Congress has the preview to remedy the situation
The Tennessee Holler (@thetnholler.bsky.social) reposted
CHICAGO…
Sandieglo (@sandieglo.bsky.social) reposted
John Brownell (@johnbrownell.bsky.social)
Literally destroy your delusions of competence
John Brownell (@johnbrownell.bsky.social)
FYI China installed more solar power THIS YEAR than the total that the US currently has. They're expected to have MORE solar energy by 2030 then the ENTIRE US electrical grid of all fuels combined. A superpower with basically free energy for transportation, heating, industry... Are we great yet?
rusty54.bsky.social (@rusty54.bsky.social) reposted
RAOK (@evolvingempathy.bsky.social) reposted
The Governor of Indiana's arrogant ignorance is staggering 👉🏼he apparently has never read the constitution doesn't understand habeas corpus and is dumber than a fifth grader! 🤨 👉🏼how freaking brain dead do you have to be to vote an ignorant moron like this into the governors office?? 🥴👇🏼
Olga Nesterova (@onestpress.onestnetwork.com) reposted
This here - is not a conspiracy, will not go viral, but it is real. She was 2. She was killed by Russia.