Brigham Johnson

Pushing for a world which has no need for jails. (It took time to realize this has both supply- and demand-side dimensions.)

[Brigham Johnson @brigj1]

Per @chriscmooney @antontroian @mrchavezphoto @washingtonpost
Yedoma (in Siberia) has 327-466B tons of carbon. Release it all into atmosphere, be more than half of all human-caused emissions from greenhouse gases and deforestation between 1750 and 2011. https://t.co/GEdbojyFRg

[Brigham Johnson @brigj1]

@PatriotMonarch @payer_single @Redistrict I don't think so.
I think Congress has the power to decide how Federal elections should be conducted.

[Brigham Johnson @brigj1]

@MollyJongFast @FastPoliticsPod @susannecraig @TheRickWilson Great to hear someone (you!) relate the huge turnover in govt personnel of P2025.
* Replace stable professional core with newbies, who'd be replaced 4 yrs later. How to recruit for that, at those salaries?
* Trump: "P2025?" But he signed Exec Order in Oct., 2020 #ScheduleF: LIAR!

[Brigham Johnson @brigj1]

Fair Food Pgm ensures a strict set of workplace safety rules. Supporters:
Ahold
Aramark
Bon Appetit
Burger King
Chipotle
Compass Grp
Fresh Market
McDonald’s
Sodexo
Subway
Trader Joe’s
Walmart
Whole Foods
Yum Brands
@ciw

What about Wendy’s, Publix, Kroger?
https://t.co/gHg4gdS8jB

[Brigham Johnson @brigj1]

@MBielieskov @IAPonomarenko @TheEconomist "Mikhail Zygar, Russian writer living in exile":
In Russia, shift in public opinion is unmistakable https://t.co/BWxdYzJOhB
(no paywall 'til Dec.10)
"The West might have succeeded in cutting most of its ties with Russia, but Moscow’s trade w/ the rest of the world is picking up."

[Brigham Johnson @brigj1]

@tweets_human @josefinecamp @RathertonRich re reprocessing trauma, see podcast
"EMDR & Trauma with Psychotherapist Susie Gurfein"
https://t.co/pgHkdOJCdh
from 'Maximum Health Radio with Dr Ken Grey'

@ 2:59 Gurfein describes "EMDR" - Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing
https://t.co/yDACJLpyGM
https://t.co/2vhgLs0NAM

[Brigham Johnson @brigj1]

@TimAlberta FWIW, Dems in Palm Beach County are concerned that Republican turnout in March for their Presidential Preference Primary could swamp Dems' otherwise low-key turnout for municipal elections.

Maybe if Phillips was on the ballot in Florida, that would be a good thing for Dems.

[David Burbach (also @dburbach Bluesky) @dburbach]

I dare you to tell me things are healthy and normal with American democracy when Reps and Senators are deciding how to vote based on the credible fear that their own party's extremists might murder their families if they vote the wrong way (from the Romney bio)

[Brigham Johnson @brigj1]

@HeerJeet Washington Post, Saturday 12:15 AM headline - is Prigozhin's potential arrest a timely framing at this point?

[Brigham Johnson @brigj1]

@capital_punx @ashtonpittman https://t.co/hFRM4p1zOE says 58% of residents are white.

Extending suffrage (consent of the governed?) is a no-no:

Google Bard: As of 2020, an estimated 235,152 people in Mississippi were disenfranchised due to a felony conviction, or 10.6% of the state's voting age population.

[Brigham Johnson @brigj1]

@jonathanchait @joshtpm Perhaps it's a callout to Trump supporters to come stand w/ their flags and signs on highway overpasses to demonstrate support to motorists driving below.
I saw such a group marshaling in Boynton Beach, FL at an I-95 overpass around 5 PM EDT and wondered "what's up?" Oh, Go time!

[S.V. Dáte @svdate]

The relative clause “who attempted a coup to remain in power” adds precisely eight words to a story.

[Brigham Johnson @brigj1]

"Social Security by and large provides retired workers w/ a decent std of living."
"there are plenty of plausible ways to stabilize Soc.Sec. While none ... painless, costs 'd be reasonable."

Dotted lines show looming split between outlays and $$ to cover:
https://t.co/RJIj2n8iKN

[Brigham Johnson @brigj1]

@shadowcat_mdk Internet Archive link to "closing down of the Enlightened Perl Organisation" announcement:
https://t.co/sVjiPOPu3l

[Brigham Johnson @brigj1]

@walter_report @McFaul https://t.co/qecAhkoivZ

[Michael McFaul @McFaul]

@qwellteri @kamilkazani @navalny I read it. thank you.

[Brigham Johnson @brigj1]

@jan8mor @kamilkazani @navalny @McFaul https://t.co/qecAhkoivZ

[Michael McFaul @McFaul]

@qwellteri @kamilkazani @navalny I read it. thank you.

[Brigham Johnson @brigj1]

@sashgeist @kamilkazani @navalny @McFaul https://t.co/qecAhkoivZ

[Michael McFaul @McFaul]

@qwellteri @kamilkazani @navalny I read it. thank you.

[Brigham Johnson @brigj1]

@AOC @KevinMKruse U.S. can't afford strike,
but health/safety/dignity at risk:
Take a haircut!

Impose compromise, 5 days (not 7), and not as separate legislation.

Inflationary(?), but invisible hand will temper.
Stronger workforce.

Someday extend paid sick days broadly.

https://t.co/aNzETwGFBj

[Brigham Johnson @brigj1]

@bendreyfuss How about taking away one player from each side every 20/30 minutes until they are down to 8 each?

[Timothy Burke @bubbaprog]

This tweet changed the course of Michigan history, and I am so proud of @MalloryMcMorrow & every other person who worked to make Michigan a state whose elected officials see humanity in all people and find them each worthy of equal representation.

[Timothy Snyder @TimothyDSnyder]

I have been hearing the idea from some Republicans that Ukrainian resistance comes at a cost to Americans. Nothing could be more wrong. Ukrainian resistance provides extraordinary security benefits to Americans. 1/