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Barry Zigas

@barryzigas.bsky.social
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Long time affordable housing advocate and policy wonk. Proud grandfather, parent and husband living in San Francisco.

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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Wait. Which country is he talking about?
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Paul Gowder @gowder.io · 28/09/2026
Seriously though WHY. Meta isn't the VERY last company that I would trust to touch any serious aspect of my life, but that's only because Palantir exists.
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Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
If there is any fraud, it is being committed by the health insurance companies. They are the ones getting the subsidy checks, not the consumers. Even Trump understands that: www.foxnews.com/politics/tru...
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Trump urges Senate Republicans to redirect funds from Obamacare-backed insurers, pay Americans directly
President Donald Trump has urged Senate Republicans to redirect funds from "money sucking" insurance companies linked to Obamacare back to Americans.
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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
They keep using this line and it's nonsense for many reasons, but also, if that's truly the case, there are only about a dozen "fraudsters" per state: the insurers. No one else could benefit from this particular no-claims "fraud." So where are the prosecutions of health insurers? 🤔
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ExamineYourZipper 🌊🇺🇸🦅🇨🇦🍁🇺🇦🌻🇵🇸🍉 @cidbarret85.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
They all knew ahead of time who he is...
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Barry Zigas @barryzigas.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
www.nytimes.com/2026/09/18/u... "Gets to Keep It"????? WTF????
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
The weird thing abt the Bo French scandal is while people lambaste his gutter racism, they DON'T point out his attack on UT was basically a demand that less qualified white people be admitted over Latinos and Asians -- a demand for affirmative action for white people.
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Norm Ornstein @normornstein.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
So much class,going to England over the 250th anniversary of the declaration
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Vote Blue, And Make Your Vote Count.......
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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 08/09/2026
they're calling him the Most Republican Doctor of all time www.nytimes.com/2026/09/08/u...
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Roger Marshall Sued 700 Patients for Debts; 81 Were Arrested. Now He’s a Senator.
Patients sued by Senator Roger Marshall of Kansas were routinely charged 18 percent interest, The Times found. Some had bank accounts garnished.
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Nurse Chapel 🇺🇦🇨🇦🇬🇱🇨🇺 @nurse-chapel.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
There is nothing in the Constitution that requires senators to meet with constituents or attend their funerals. So it’s hard to understand why the Left is complaining about John Fetterman. by Jonathan Turley
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Barry Zigas @barryzigas.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
The U.N. backed a map that shows Africa true to size. The U.S. was sole objector. www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/0... Pretty rich comments coming from an Admin that can't stop unilaterally renaming whatever Trump wants.
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The U.N. backed a map that shows Africa true to size. The U.S. was sole objector.
The U.S. was the only country to vote against the U.N. resolution, which encourages the use of an “Equal Earth” map. The U.S. described it as a “radical ideological project.”
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King Algamemnon @adamrothman.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
An Irish mobster in need Hired a trained assassin - a Swede. The Swede got in his car But didn't get far. He crashed ere he did the deed.
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Lawfare @lawfaremedia.org · 27/08/2026
In the past year, the Trump administration has killed at least 223 people in Caribbean Sea and East Pacific boat strikes. These attacks are extrajudicial killings and should be considered murder under domestic law and crimes against humanity under international law, writes @seharrison7.bsky.social.
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The Boat Strikes Aren’t Part of a War. They’re Murder.
By debating war powers and war crimes, Congress is missing the simpler, graver truth: The president is directing summary executions.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 27/08/2026
“His own counsel” = private citizens who bribe him (and who now enjoy executive privilege per that new OLC memo)
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Barry Zigas @barryzigas.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
DOJ says Kennedy Center could be demolished if Trump’s plans are blocked www.washingtonpost.com/style/2026/0... Nice Arts venue you got there, it would be a shame if anything happened to it.....
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DOJ says Kennedy Center could be demolished if Trump’s plans are blocked
The filing marks the first time President Donald Trump’s allies have explicitly raised the prospect that the Kennedy Center itself could be demolished.
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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Rep. Dave Min (D-CA) on Supreme Court "The Court is actively aiding and abeatting Trump’s efforts to steal this election and we must stand up and call it out."
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Barry Zigas @barryzigas.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Trump's approach to his ballroom is doing Abundance the right way. Ezra Klein
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🍁🇨🇦Team Canada Forever🇨🇦🍁 @teamcanadaforever.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
🚨👇🏽THIS THIS THIS👇🏽🚨 He is 💯% correct.
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Barry Zigas @barryzigas.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Former Fauci aide admits hiding emails to thwart pandemic inquiry www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202... Mulling the hypocrisy of an Administration that openly flouts the presidential records act and uses self-deleting Signal chats to communicate internally
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Former Fauci aide admits hiding emails to thwart pandemic inquiry
David M. Morens, who pleaded guilty to conspiracy to defraud the United States, said he was trying to protect his boss. Fauci was not accused of wrongdoing in the case.
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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
These are people who defended “grab them by the ….”
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JeffTrnka @jefftrnka.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
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Rachel Bitecofer @rachelbitecofer.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
If you’re a Dem on a ballot this fall you need this cheat sheet. Plz spread it
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💙Christine Slemmer💙 @slem63.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Our America as WE know it💔
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
This part
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Norm Ornstein @normornstein.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
It is very hard not to have contempt for John Cornyn and Thom Tillis, who have sold their souls to find some fig leaf to support the worst nominee for Attorney General ever. The signed agreement is worthless without the signatures of the parties, namely Trump. The IRS break stands. Moral cowards. 
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Let’s not forget that this illegal Reflecting Pool indictment was also overseen by Todd Blanche. He could have stopped this at any time, but he was a corrupt and willing accomplice to this fraud upon the court. How can any decent person possibly vote for this man as AG?
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Bill @bill-of-lefts.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
I’m really worried that bond investors are going to suddenly decide to notice we’re in a debt crisis the second the next Dem takes office
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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
This is an outrageously false statement that ought to disqualify this wingnut from holding public office. By the way, 40 percent of the covid deaths in US could have been prevented with better management of the pandemic by Trump, according to a Lancet commission. abcnews.com/Health/lance...
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Roger Parloff @rparloff.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
"It's abhorrent to ever, ever touch a law enforcement officer," says @DAGToddBlanche , who's boss, client, and hero gave blanket clemency to 608 such people within hours of taking office. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/19/u...
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The Volatile Mermaid @ohnoshetwitnt.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
THAT IS NOT HOW THE AMERICAN JUSTICE SYSTEM IS SUPPOSED TO WORK! THE PENALTY FOR “FAILURE TO COMPLY” IS NOT A FUCKING DEATH SENTENCE!
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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
In run-up to 2008 Olympics, US Embassy took radical step of posting live 'Beijing Air' readings from PM2.5 sensor on embassy roof. The air was *really* bad. PRC gov protested this intrusion. It later launched its own feed. Right now: Beijing air "good." DC air "unhealthy." Was 185 in DC this am.
Pollution reading from Beijing, saying air quality is "39 - Good."Air pollution reading for Washington DC, saying "161 - Unhealthy"
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JJ in DC @jjindc.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
⚓ Rear Admiral Amy Bauernschmidt came up through the ranks the hard way, graduating from Annapolis, earning her wings, commanding a helo squadron, then a carrier, and now a carrier group. And because Low-T Peter just pulled her promotion, she'll never get her second star. Proud of you, Shipmate 🫡
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Report: Hegseth torpedoed trailblazing San Diego admiral's promotion
Rear Adm. Amy Bauernschmidt was one of seven one-star admirals to have their promotions nixed — five of them women or people of color, the New York Times said.
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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Re-upping this. Asking about TV, cable, *and radio
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Harry Litman @harrylitman.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Overall point is that the fund and the amnesty now have a huge cloud hanging over them. If DOJ doesn't appeal -- and appealing means fighting for the case to be live tho Blanche calls fund dead dead dead-- the whole thing is an unconstitutional collusive suit. Sh affect calculation of R's in Senate
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Rosalie907💙🇺🇸🇮🇪🇺🇦🌈🦋 @rosalie907.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Remember this the next time they’re blamed.
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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
I'm not an attorney, but I thought reporters were protected from this kind of thing. I'd expect to see this in Russia or China or Iran, but not the US.
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Doug Hammond @hammie777.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
I wonder if Vance would describe the 2nd Amendment as a "loophole" that could be easily closed with a mere legislative fix? Seeing as how there's so much controversy over the wording and meaning of it, I'm sure he and Johnson would want to clear that up asap.
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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Democratic leaders, please think how Republicans would behave if a leading SENATOR of your party were dead and no one could produce the body. How would they frame it? How would they take over the media cycle? DO THAT with Mitch McConnell!
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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
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Barry Zigas @barryzigas.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Trump says he overruled plan to cancel Mall events www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2026/... The post says he achieved this result through "force of will" , more like intimidation and bullying. Do we really think any of these officials thought they would keep their job if they stood up to this prick?
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Trump says he overruled plan to cancel Mall celebration amid weather evacuations
The chaotic scramble to seek shelter at the “Salute to America” event on July Fourth raised questions about whether officials had adequately prepared for severe heat and threatening storms.
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Xitter's community notes are working overtime calling out people trying to claim Mamdani's attempts to conserve power is socialist. This one might be my favorite.
Nikki Haley
@NikkiHaley
Welcome to socialism
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New York: it's hot out there, and the power grid is working overtime to keep us cool.

Set your AC to 78 degrees, turn off lights/electronics you're not using, and unplug what you can.

Our City is doing its part too: maintaining the 78 degrees rule in our buildings,
Readers added context they thought people might want to know
In February of 2015 then South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley tweeted a similar energy conservation message on Facebook.

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Senator Scott Wiener @scottwiener.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
It’s less visible — less of the masked thugs roaming streets & shooting moms in the face — but the ICE terror campaign continues. They continue to sweep people, including a nun literally on her way to church. This is so deeply harmful to families, local communities, small businesses & our economy.
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Immigrant Arrests Surge to 10,000 in 5 Days as ICE Clamps Down
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Barry Zigas @barryzigas.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026... Big Brother definitely is watching. Why is this not a bigger deal???
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‘It’s dangerous and it’s going to erode trust’: redesign of US government websites stokes surveillance fears
The National Design Studio, staffed by Doge veterans, installed visitor-tracking software on vital federal websites
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Barry Zigas @barryzigas.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Pres Trump does peace the right way. Ezra Klein
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Barry Zigas @barryzigas.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
DOJ no doubt will try to remove this to federal court under a domestic terrorism charge. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Pete Buttigieg says family investigated over baseless child abuse allegation
Buttigieg calls anonymous tip ‘politically motivated’ and says separation from his kids was among his ‘darkest hours’
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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
You mean images like this, right?
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
good to see this. Musk is clearly getting visibly angry at the rising awareness of how many hundreds of thousands of people his DOGE wilding spree has already killed, millions more if this stays in place into the future. Everyone can participate in spreading the word about all the blood on his hands
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