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@barbmas.bsky.social
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Democracy fan, progressive Methodist, political nerd, lover of literary fiction

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
Jack Smith: "Our investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in serious crimes against our nation ... rather than accept his defeat in the 2020 election, he engaged in a criminal scheme to overturn the results and prevent the lawful transfer of power"
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 21/09/2026
Karl Rove, the former adviser to President George W. Bush, does an impression of Donald Trump at #TAF26, in response to the president calling him a “stone cold loser.”
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
"Texas is real." Top Dem pollster John Anzalone just did a striking survey with Trump's pollster that finds Talarico +4. On the pod, he explains why he thinks Texas really is gettable this time for Dems. He says the likely path to majority is TX AK ME NC. Listen: newrepublic.com/article/2156...
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Trump’s Pollster Drops Bomb on GOP as Midterm Panic Grows: “Bloodbath”
As GOP leaks about the elections grow more urgent, a top Democratic strategist explains what the numbers really say about the Trump-GOP collapse—and ponders what could still go wrong.
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Team Talarico @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
BREAKING: 20+ Republican leaders just endorsed James Talarico over Ken Paxton.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 29/08/2026
Control of the Senate will hinge on a handful of competitive races this November, with nominees of both parties honing talking points about their opponents. Here is a fact check of some of those claims.
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Fact-Checking Senate Races in Georgia, Alaska and Texas
Candidates’ attacks are focused on illegal immigration, faith and stock trading.
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 17/08/2026
I truly believe in ten years not a single person will admit in polite company to having supported Trump. Honest to God I fully believe that
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 16/08/2026
Texas has not elected a Democratic senator in nearly four decades. Could James Talarico’s openness about his Christian faith change that?
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Senate hopeful Talarico touts his faith. Texas Republicans call it blasphemy.
The Democratic nominee is seeking to win over faith-based voters in Texas, the Bible Belt’s largest state, but evangelical Republicans aren’t sold.
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Eric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
The Trump administration is so opposed to socialism that it has acquired — sometimes by coercion — equity stakes in 30 companies so far. www.cato.org/blog/governm...
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Zeke Hausfather @zekehausfather.com · 02/08/2026
I'm not sure folks have realized just how crazy the second half of 2026 and 2027 will be for global temperatures – on the back of a record-smashing El Niño event. Here is my latest estimate of where both years will end up compared to global temperatures since 1850.
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The Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Dr. Fauci is a hero. He really is. He helped guide America thru a mass death event. Millions more could have died but they did not, thanks to him. Everyone over 70 owes him a debt. It is disgusting that we live in a country that not only dishonors him but actively smears his good name.
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Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
"If I wasn't here, all of Earth would cease to exist" is baseline malignant narcissist at its core.
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Jan Adriaenssens @verbeeld.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Brutal photo caption from The Guardian: “Gianni Infantino carefully explains to Donald Trump that he is not part of the Spanish national team.”
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Texas Paul @realtexaspaul.com · 18/07/2026
We just committed a war crime destroying a desalination plant in Southern Iran. Iran responded.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16/07/2026
Ossoff: "If there is one person who committed election fraud in Georgia, it is Donald Trump"
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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Dems have dumped Swalwell and platner Republicans have nominated Ken Paxton
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 19/06/2026
@ashleyrparker.bsky.social descended into the "delightful rabbit hole that is mah-jongg," which led to her buying a $300 ticket to a Dallas tournament, "the equivalent of someone who has just discovered rec-league basketball deciding to show up at WNBA tryouts." theatln.tc/d7efJNfo
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15/06/2026
I had the opportunity to interview @govandybeshear.bsky.social as part of the Humphrey-Mondale dinner. We discussed how he reaches voters who watch a lot of Fox, the opportunity Trump's debasement presents for Ds to seize the mantle of morality, & more Thanks to Arc Initiatives for setting this up!
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Gov. Andy Beshear talks to Aaron
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 06/06/2026
New in PN: Trump's cognitive impairment endangers us all "No one in the administration has offered a remotely plausible explanation for Trump’s various physical ailments, and any questions about his clear cognitive challenges are met by the White House with disdain, denial, mockery, and lies."
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Trump's cognitive impairment endangers us all
It's undeniable if you actually watch him.
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Diana Butler Bass @dianabutlerbass.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Gotta say this headline from AmericaToday cheered me. "The (Economist/YouGov) poll found the U.S.-born Pope Leo had the highest net favorability rating of a group of public figures they polled at plus-37 percentage points. Trump had a minus-17 rating, a difference of 54 percentage points."
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AZ Intel @azintel.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
BREAKING: Austin, Texas police searching for active shooter who carried out 9 random attacks in recent hours. Multiple victims. Call 911 if seen. - Austin American-Statesman
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 29/04/2026
Legal question: will posting this picture get me indicted for threatening Trump?
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/04/2026
Enten: "These are the worst numbers I've ever seen for any president on inflation. Trump is 49 points underwater. Biden -- inflation absolutely crushed his presidency -- but at his worst he was only 43 points underwater. Trump is in a worse position on inflation than Jimmy Carter was!"
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barbmas.bsky.social @barbmas.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
All this could have been prevented.
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
This is so well done. 👌
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barbmas.bsky.social @barbmas.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
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Diana Butler Bass @dianabutlerbass.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Do it.
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Dr. Vin Gupta @vinguptamd.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
Erratic. Can’t finish sentences. Often confused. Illogical train of thought. Word finding difficulties. Developing and worsening gradually over time. The President is exhibiting all the signs of dementia.
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Jessica @jessica-rn.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Just wait until these eyesore monstrosities want to come to your neighborhood. Goodbye trees. Expect to hear a constant, electrical humming, warmer temperatures and higher energy bills. Fight like hell to keep data centers out of your area.
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Data centers are creating ‘heat islands’ and warming the land around them by up to 16 degrees | CNN
The vast data centers that power artificial intelligence are so energy hungry that they’re heating up their surroundings, according to new research. It’s an alarming finding given the number of data c...
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
“.. Manufacturing in the US is as stagnant as ever.” 😞 agglomerations.eig.org/p/does-a-leg...
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17/03/2026
Trump: "The president of the United States, Gavin Newsum, admitted he has learning disabilities"
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John Pavlovitz @johnpavlovitz.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Dear World, Don’t help him. Oppose him. Defy him. Embarrass him. Arrest him, if you’d like. We’re not with him. Sincerely, Decent Americans
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
This is your criminal government, Americans. A rogue bandit state stealing Venezuela's oil, massacring Iranian schoolgirls and now planning to "take" Cuba because Trump says "I can do anything I want with it." Patriotic Americans must end this madness.
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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 12/03/2026
Support the fundraiser by making a donation or spreading the word about this initiative: kyivindependent.com/crowdfunding...
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Support the recovery of injured Ukrainian photojournalist
The Kyiv Independent is raising $63,500 for an electronic prosthetic knee for George Ivanchenko
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barbmas.bsky.social @barbmas.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Character and decency matter.
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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 28/02/2026
No one should be using ChatGPT or partnering with OpenAI for anything.
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barbmas.bsky.social @barbmas.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Deadly lunacy
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hammancheez but spooky @hammancheez.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Once again, I am promising Democrats there are literally thousands of former department of justice people who will crawl over broken glass to prosecute this administration given the chance
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Jeff Roush @jeffroushwriting.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
The Craven Broadcasting System thought it better to cower from Brendan Carr rather than air this thoughtful Colbert interview with @jamestalarico.bsky.social. It was fifteen minutes well spent this morning to watch it. youtu.be/oiTJ7Pz_59A
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Rep. James Talarico On Confronting Christian Nationalism, And Strange Days In The Texas Legislatu…
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Rep. Vikki Goodwin @vikkigoodwintx.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
Thank you to the Houston Chronicle for their enthusiastic endorsement. I'm not sure I could put it better than: “Goodwin is ready — and her quiet, take-no-prisoners competence is a style that Texas hasn’t seen in years. ...Austin’s snakes won’t know what hit them.” #GoodWin4Texas
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 06/02/2026
"It's a blowout" -- Enten details numbers showing that Democrats are +39 with independents (!) on affordability
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Kurt Andersen @kurtandersen.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
At a confab of European leaders last week in Brussels after Trump’s Davos speech on Greenland, the right-wing pro-Trump prime minister of Slovakia told them that Trump had seemed “out of his mind” and “dangerous” during the one-on-one meeting he’d just with him at Mar-a-Lago.
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Time for change @melinalaska.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
He was shot while on his knees protecting a woman. He was unarmed… say what you want… we can see.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
lol is the “deal” that the United States gets what it currently gets, but everyone gives Trump a shiny object so that he’ll be distracted?
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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
No one can be watching this Davos speech and reach any conclusion but that the President of the United States is mentally disturbed and that something is deeply wrong with him. This is both embarrassing and extremely dangerous.
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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
Tylenol during pregnancy is safe without increased risk of autism, ADHD, or intellectual disability of offspring A new review of the evidence just out www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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barbmas.bsky.social @barbmas.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
Terrific candidate
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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
We must stress: The only violence is coming from CBP/ICE. They are rioting in the face of sustained nonviolent protests by thousands of Americans across the country. They are today’s Alabama State Troopers at the Selma bridge. They are Bull Connor’s police with firehoses in Birmingham.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
I also must say that it's a bit rich that Trump and his DOJ think it's a good idea to gin up a bullshit investigation about supposed illegalities in ... {checks notes} … renovating a federal building
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Federal Reserve @federalreserve.gov · 12/01/2026
Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell: www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG... www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
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Statement by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell
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