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Barbara Hoffmann

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Life long Democrat. 20 year resident of the village of Mill Rift in the wonderful Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Bright blue surrounded by deep red.

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Barbara Hoffmann @barbarahoffmann.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
She Says Vaccines Killed Her Twins. The Authorities Say She Did. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/w...
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Andrea Shaw Says Vaccines Killed Her Twins. Authorities Say She Suffocated Them. (Gift Article)
In a small Idaho town, a young mother is accused of killing her young twins. She blames the childhood vaccines they received.
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Ohwoisme @kmohwoisme.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
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Barbara Hoffmann @barbarahoffmann.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The FBI Anti-Corruption Squad Was Circling Susan Collins — Until Trump Got in the Way www.propublica.org/article/fbi-...
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The FBI Anti-Corruption Squad Was Circling Susan Collins — Until Trump Got in the Way
After the FBI caught a defense contractor’s CEO making illegal campaign contributions, it sought to launch a sweeping political bribery probe involving Collins and others. Then the second Trump admini...
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Barbara Hoffmann @barbarahoffmann.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Shock as Cabinet secretary swats at MAGA rep's backside at 'Trumpapalooza' www.rawstory.com/trump-midter...
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Shock as Cabinet secretary swats at MAGA rep's backside at 'Trumpapalooza'
A gesture by Housing and Urban Development Secretary Scott Turner at the Republican midterm convention is turning heads and causing disgust.After finishing his speech and walking off the stage at Wedn...
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Barbara Hoffmann @barbarahoffmann.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/31/w...
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These Generals Fought for Israel. Now They See ‘Jewish Terrorism’ as the Threat. (Gift Article)
A growing number of former Israeli generals, intelligence officials and prime ministers are accusing settlers in the West Bank of committing ethnic cleansing with government support. “Once a society b...
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Barbara Hoffmann @barbarahoffmann.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Pete Hegseth Is Building a Pentagon Troll Army www.thebulwark.com/p/pete-hegse...
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Pete Hegseth Is Building a Pentagon Troll Army
The defense secretary’s MAGA influencer allies aren’t merely cheering him on—some work for him.
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Barbara Hoffmann @barbarahoffmann.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Corrupt as Trump
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Barbara Hoffmann @barbarahoffmann.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
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Trump's Menacing But Dumb Plan to Break the Midterms
He can try to fake a national emergency to seize control of elections, but that doesn’t mean it will work.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
I don't know who needs to hear this, but an economy controlled by a handful of oligarchs isn't a "free market."
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 15/08/2026
EXCLUSIVE: Family members share with MeidasTouch that women aboard the USS Boxer have been “begging” for extra pads and tampons as basic feminine hygiene supplies run out at sea.
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"They Were Begging Us to Send Them Extra Pads and Tampons." Family Member Describes Feminine Hygiene Shortage Aboard the USS Boxer
A family member with loved ones serving aboard the USS Boxer reached out to us directly to describe a supply crisis unfolding on the amphibious assault ship,
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Barbara Hoffmann @barbarahoffmann.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
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The Watchdogs Are Barking Themselves Hoarse
The scandals of the president’s first term now seem quaint.
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Barbara Hoffmann @barbarahoffmann.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Trump Crypto Took $100 Million From a Businessman With Red Flags www.nytimes.com/2026/08/09/u...
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Trump Crypto Took $100 Million From a Businessman With Red Flags (Gift Article)
The curious case of Guren “Bobby” Zhou shows the ease with which investors with shady backgrounds and unknown motivations can funnel money to the president.
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Barbara Hoffmann @barbarahoffmann.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
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U.N. commission report accuses Israel of deliberately targeting Palestinian children
NPR's Leila Fadel asks the chair of a U.N. commission, Srinivasan Muralidhar, about a report alleging that Israel targets Palestinian children, which Israel denies.
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Barbara Hoffmann @barbarahoffmann.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
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ICE thug kidnaps US citizen on a plane for being Latino
This is the kind of stuff that happens in third world dictatorships.
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Barbara Hoffmann @barbarahoffmann.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Trump’s Fixation on Arctic Ships Led to Billions in No-Bid Contracts www.nytimes.com/2026/08/01/c...
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Trump’s Fixation on Arctic Ships Led to Billions in No-Bid Contracts
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Barbara Hoffmann @barbarahoffmann.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Trump Badly Screws Susan Collins as Maine ICE Death Takes Darker Turn newrepublic.com/article/2133... via @newrepublic.com
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Trump Badly Screws Susan Collins as Maine ICE Death Takes Darker Turn
Collins cast some recent votes that can help likely Democratic challenger Troy Jackson tie her to Trump and to ICE. And there’s evidence that both liberals and moderates will listen.
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Barbara Hoffmann @barbarahoffmann.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
This fake pro life SCOTuS proves hourly they are not. They are just forced birthers.
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Barbara Hoffmann @barbarahoffmann.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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The Many Ways Trump Is Trying to Tip the Scales for the Midterms (Gift Article)
Here’s how President Trump is using the powers of his office to try to reshape the rules governing the midterms and future elections.
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Barbara Hoffmann @barbarahoffmann.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
A Look Inside the Welcome Bags Planned for White South African Refugees www.nytimes.com/2026/06/23/u...
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Barbara Hoffmann @barbarahoffmann.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
Memo by Rubio Approved Detention of Immigrant Who Criticized Trump Ally www.nytimes.com/2026/06/19/u...
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Memo by Rubio Approved Detention of Immigrant Who Criticized Trump Ally
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 25/05/2026
Nearly a year ago, a mysterious black fluid suddenly came up through the floors of the Merediths’ house, flooding the bathroom, bedroom and closet. As they rushed out, they never imagined it was the last time they would be in their home. With @readfrontier.bsky.social
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Oily Sludge Is Flooding Their Dream Home. Oklahoma Regulators Say They Can’t Help.
The Merediths were forced to abandon their house after it filled with black goo, reaching gas concentrations at explosive levels. Despite evidence of oil and gas pollution, the state “wanted to act…
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Barbara Hoffmann @barbarahoffmann.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/23/w...
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Once Trump’s Co-Pilot Against Iran, Netanyahu Is Now a Mere Passenger
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The Baldfather @solochills.blacksky.app · 22/05/2026
She looks like she invented racism
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 22/05/2026
Congress just delivered a rare political body slam to Donald Trump. Republicans backed away from a key Trump-backed bill amid backlash over Trump’s $1.8 billion slush fund for Jan. 6 defendants and cop beaters. Lawmakers described chaos and infighting within the GOP.
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Barbara Hoffmann @barbarahoffmann.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
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Barbara Hoffmann @barbarahoffmann.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
www.nytimes.com/2026/05/15/u...
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Trump Administration Weighs $1.7 Billion Fund for Allies Investigated Under Biden
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Barbara Hoffmann @barbarahoffmann.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
www.nytimes.com/2026/05/08/u... So tacky. So corrupt. So Trump.
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The No-Bid Contract That Is Turning Washington’s Reflecting Pool Blue
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Barbara Hoffmann @barbarahoffmann.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
John Roberts Is Trying to Defend the Indefensible newrepublic.com/article/2101... via @newrepublic.com
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John Roberts Is Trying to Defend the Indefensible
The chief justice insists he and his colleagues are not political actors, but can’t explain what an overtly politicized right-wing court would do differently from the one he leads.
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Barbara Hoffmann @barbarahoffmann.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
How ICE Withheld Info From a Federal Judge—and Then Smeared Her for It newrepublic.com/article/2100... via @newrepublic.com
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How ICE Withheld Info From a Federal Judge—and Then Smeared Her for It
ICE issued a press release accusing the jurist of freeing a murderer. Problem: ICE had withheld that very information from her.
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Barbara Hoffmann @barbarahoffmann.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
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Barbara Hoffmann @barbarahoffmann.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
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SmallBites (@smallbite)
This is more accurate.
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Barbara Hoffmann @barbarahoffmann.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
How Trump’s Treasury Secretary Crashed His Own Hedge Fund (w/ Marshall Brandt) open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
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How Trump’s Treasury Secretary Crashed His Own Hedge Fund (w/ Marshall Brandt)
Trump’s Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent lost 90% of his hedge fund’s money and left Wall Street with one of the worst track records in the business.
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PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 @patriottakes.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
At the end of the video you can hear someone asking, “please don’t film.” Trump doesn’t want voters knowing he is golfing while grocery and gas prices remain high.
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Barbara Hoffmann @barbarahoffmann.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
How Trump’s Treasury Secretary Crashed His Own Hedge Fund (w/ Marshall Brandt) open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
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How Trump’s Treasury Secretary Crashed His Own Hedge Fund (w/ Marshall Brandt)
Trump’s Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent lost 90% of his hedge fund’s money and left Wall Street with one of the worst track records in the business.
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Barbara Hoffmann @barbarahoffmann.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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How Trump’s Proposed Arch Would Change D.C. (Gift Article)
The Times created a 3-D model of the 250-foot monument to show how it would affect a symbolic sightline.
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Barbara Hoffmann @barbarahoffmann.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Check this out: www.thenation.com/article/soci...
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The Supreme Court’s Death Blow Against Voting Rights Is the Culmination of John Roberts’s 50-Year Crusade
Beginning with his first job in the Reagan Justice Department, the chief justice has been hell-bent on dismantling the Voting Rights Act.
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#TuckFrump @realtuckfrumper.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
'Cowardice': Justice Samuel Alito under fire for 'acrobatics' in his latest opinion #RawStory
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'Cowardice': Justice Samuel Alito under fire for 'acrobatics' in his latest opinion
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Barbara Hoffmann @barbarahoffmann.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/29/o...
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Opinion | The Justices Acted as Partisans in the Voting Rights Ruling (Gift Article)
In the name of disentangling race from politics, the court has given white voters more power at the expense of racial minorities.
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Barbara Hoffmann @barbarahoffmann.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0... Great piece on the horrible SCOTUS VRA decision.
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Voters Can Be Disenfranchised Now
Just say it’s because they’re Democrats.
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Barbara Hoffmann @barbarahoffmann.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
How the Failed Orange Prince Became a Global Laughingstock newrepublic.com/article/2095... via @newrepublic.com
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How the Failed Orange Prince Became a Global Laughingstock
Machiavelli argued that it is better to be feared than loved. Donald Trump fails at both internationally—and it makes him dangerous.
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Chris Jackson @chriscjackson.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
The guy who incited a violent insurrection against the Capitol wants you to know he thinks political rhetoric has gone too far.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
But he can’t go anywhere so he needs a ballroom bunker fortress. bsky.app/profile/ronf...
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Barbara Hoffmann @barbarahoffmann.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. Thank a Republican. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/25/h...
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AIDS Creeps Back in Parts of Zambia, a Year After U.S. Cuts to H.I.V. Assistance
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
This is what Marco Rubio decided to do with his life: "AIDS Creeps Back in Parts of Zambia, a Year After U.S. Cuts to HIV Assistance: A once-robust HIV treatment and prevention system, credited with saving hundreds of thousands of lives, has begun to crumble..." www.nytimes.com/2026/04/25/h...
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 27/04/2026
Mark Carney: "Many of our former strengths, built on our close ties to the US, have become weaknesses. The US has changed. That's their right. And we're responding ... we're deepening our partnerships with our closest allies, including the EU, the Nordic countries, and Australia."
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Barbara Hoffmann @barbarahoffmann.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. Citizens United at work. Billionares in charge. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/27/u...
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Sergey Brin Moves to the Right, With a ‘MAGA Girlfriend’ by His Side
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
HUGE scandal if true. Laura Loomer got Marco Rubio to throw two Iranian women with green cards in ICE jail to be stripped of status and deported, claiming they were related to Qasem Soleimani. Official documents provided to @dropsitenews.com appear to show they are NOT related; they're innocent.
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Two Iranian Women in ICE Detention Are Not, In Fact, Related to Qasem Soleimani, Documents Show
After Laura Loomer pointed to two women she claimed were connected to the late Iranian military commander, they were arrested and remain in immigration detention. One is now gravely ill.
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Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett @crockett.house.gov · 23/04/2026
They paused Oversight Committee hearings the minute we started getting answers about the Epstein files. Now it’s “roundtables”: no rules, no oaths, no subpoenas. You do the math. Because the moment accountability shows up, they shut it down. The survivors deserve better.
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Barbara Hoffmann @barbarahoffmann.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Tucker Carlson Attacked Catherine On-Air! open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
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Tucker Carlson Attacked Catherine On-Air!
Tim Miller and Catherine Rampell break down a clip from Tucker Carlson's show attacking Catherine—what he said, what he meant, and why people need to hear the real story.
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Barbara Hoffmann @barbarahoffmann.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/07/u...
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How Trump Took the U.S. to War With Iran
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