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highplainsdem

(61,584 posts) Sun Mar 8, 2026, 12:36 PM Sunday

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I think we can all understand why former BBC correspondent Nick Bryant posted this on Bluesky [View all]

And since another Nick Bryant has sometimes been mentioned on DU, I'd better add this from his Substack:

https://historyneverended.substack.com/about

Some of you will know me as a former BBC correspondent, who covered all the US presidents from Donald Trump back to Bill Clinton. Some of you will have read my books, The Forever War: America’s Unending Conflict with Itself and When America Stopped Being Great: A History of the President. Some of you will know me as a newspaper columnist or presenter on ABC Radio National’s Saturday Extra. Before all of that, I was a student in US history who completed a doctorate focused on America in the1960s. History Never Ended will be the primary home of my writing.

Yesterday he posted this:

When I first started out as a journalist I thought it paid to have a background in US history when covering America. Then I thought it would probably be better to be a constitutional lawyer with expertise in jurisprudence. Now I think it would be useful to be a psychiatrist.
— Nick Bryant. (@nickbryantoz.bsky.social) 2026-03-07T21:57:35.006Z

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I think we can all understand why former BBC correspondent Nick Bryant posted this on Bluesky [View all] highplainsdem Sunday OP

The words of an effin lunatic malaise Sunday #1

Unhinged in content and reads like it was written a sixth grade boy who's discovered AI Ilikepurple Sunday #10

Just weird is kind malaise Sunday #14

I think about that all the time..there isn't one issue that he doesn't comment about or make demands on. Deuxcents Sunday #26

Incrementally over 11 years. Evolve Dammit Sunday #36

A good take here malaise Sunday #38

Good compilation. Thanks Malaise Evolve Dammit Sunday #41

It just means he wrote it himself. ananda Sunday #22

I thought so at first, but no typos or punctuation errors gave me pause. Ilikepurple Sunday #27

did you NJCher Sunday #33

Interesting. I can't imagine grading papers in the age of widespread internet usage let alone AI Ilikepurple Sunday #40

So they have surrendered but are also the loser of the ME until they surrender? CrispyQ Sunday #2

Leavitt said it's up to #rump, not Iran, to decide when Iran has surrendered William Seger Sunday #15

I guess he changed his mind in the course of his tweet. CrispyQ Sunday #24

Maybe he suddenly remembered Leavitt is a professional liar William Seger Sunday #32

I'm having too much fun with this thread NJCher Sunday #34

He has way too much fucking power. He needs to be stopped at all costs. Initech Monday #47

and so are those who voted for him or refused to vote for VP Harris. lostincalifornia Sunday #3

And some people think he is smart. Solly Mack Sunday #4

Aaaaaand! czarjak Sunday #5

Aaaaaand! czarjak Sunday #6

IF Jeebus ever comes back... (doubtful;) Justice matters. Sunday #42

Why would any god, or goddess for that matter, come here? TBF Sunday #45

If ANY president had written/sad anything remotely like choie Sunday #7

If ANY president had even the slightest notion to say/do/write what he has, it would be front page news. Katinfl Sunday #18

Free pass to the criminal mob boss Evolve Dammit Sunday #37

Paging stephen milller's parents and hegseth's bartender. What are your thoughts? lostnfound Sunday #8

Oh dear, he's listening to the voices in his head again PatSeg Sunday #9

Projection, projection, projection -- thy name is Donald Trump. fierywoman Sunday #11

Nothing screams FIFA Peace Prize recipient like targeting people... Ol Janx Spirit Sunday #12

On the bright side, this sounds like the first step in him Scrivener7 Sunday #13

Karoline Leavitt, Trump's perky-lipped Tokyo Rose has already said that . . . peggysue2 Sunday #17

"Karoline Leavitt, Trump's perky-lipped Tokyo Rose" WestMichRad Sunday #29

I think he's holding out for unconditional surrender MadameButterfly Sunday #39

Suggest he specialize as a Forensic Psychiatrist. Kid Berwyn Sunday #16

Group Dynamics bmichaelh Sunday #19

Shakespeare bmichaelh Sunday #20

This needs its own thread malaise Sunday #21

Shakespeare knew Trump better than even he EVER imagined. calimary Sunday #23

The comments posted on BlueSky are priceless! FakeNoose Sunday #25

I hope I can be proud of my country again one day Mysterian Sunday #28

Iran will get revenge..... Historic NY Sunday #30

President Masoud Pezeshkian and IRGC aren't on the same page pat_k Sunday #31

He's going to dazzle the world with his state of confusion. Buddyzbuddy Sunday #35

That's funny, a magic 8 ball (I remember those) vapor2 Sunday #46

TSF has become so delusional, he thinks Iran is one of the 12 year olds he took advantage of. Trueblue Texan Sunday #43

fine. but did you fuck little girls w/ jeffrey? pansypoo53219 Sunday #44