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CJ Barker

@conniebarker.bsky.social
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Michelangelo Signorile @msignorile.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
The lesson here: If the Hungarian people can oust Orban after all the power he amassed over government and media, we can kick MAGA’s ass. Trump hasn’t gotten nearly as far as Orban, though he’s using his playbook--and isn’t nearly as competent as Orban--and we’ve been out in full force.
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Ursula von der Leyen @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu · 12/04/2026
Hungary has chosen Europe. Europe has always chosen Hungary. A country reclaims its European path. The Union grows stronger.
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Hillary Rodham Clinton @hillaryclinton.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
The end of Viktor Orbán’s autocratic regime is a victory not just for Hungary, but for people who value democracy around the world. Congratulations to Tisza, to incoming leader Péter Magyar, and to Hungarians everywhere.
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David_j_roth @davidjroth.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
It's not a new observation at this point but that wild Noem/Lewandowski story in WSJ really brings home the extent to which all the Trump 2 cabinet-level goblins see their jobs as flying private, doing short-form video, and screaming at underlings. They all hate each other and none of them can read.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13/02/2026
AOC: "Extreme level of wealth inequality leads to social instability and drives authoritarianism, right-wing populism, and really dangerous domestic internal politics. That is a direct outcome of the failure of democracies over decades to deliver."
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Kameron Hurley @kameronhurley.com · 14/02/2026
Yes! What if we treated extremely normal human variation as something other than a "disorder"??? www.positive.news/society/yout...
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Rethinking ADHD as ‘hypercuriosity’
What if ADHD isn’t a deficit of attention, but an intensified curiosity? A new study explores how reframing ADHD could transform education
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 14/02/2026
NEWS: LA Lakers Co-Owner’s Firm Linked to Proposed $80 Million ICE Warehouse Deal in Texas — a massive facility that could detain up to 9,500 people.
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LA Lakers Co-Owner’s Firm Linked to Proposed $80 Million ICE Warehouse Deal in Texas
The unwelcome facility would detain up to 9,500 people
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
👇👇👇👇
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sher12.bsky.social @sher12.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
Not sure who needs to hear this but the voter fraud rate is a mere 0.000003%. Anyone telling you otherwise is making shit up so they can take away your right to vote.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
This is concerning, that a rep feels they must post this. A lot in our coalition has felt the same way and worried about it, but didn’t think we’d be here publicly.
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The Sassy Liberal @thesassyliberal.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
Thanks again for the inclusion, Tom! Followed all and reposted!
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Chrissy Stroop @thebugbeardispatch.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
But where’s the contradiction though. I grew up in extremist Christianity and was most certainly “deeply religious”
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Jesse Duquette @jesseduquette.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
Imagine believing Friendless Urinal Cake swept all seven swing states when he can’t get anyone to come to his birthday party
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KSlatteryResist @kslatteryresist.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
Assasinations of state senators is NOT common. Maybe if our intelligence agencies and military were doing their jobs, tracking threats online for example, this may have been avoided. Instead, they’re tracking Jose’s bodega and Jesus’s fruit stand #FAIL www.bbc.com/news/article...
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What we know about the attack on two Minnesota lawmakers - BBC News
The attack on two Minnesota state lawmakers in their homes was described as politically motivated.
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🪷MsGrumpyBunny🪷 @msgrumpybunny.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
Silent protest? Service members not walking in formation, especially during a military parade meant to prop up a fascist, speaks volumes to me. Curious what others think. (5.9 sec mark)
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FriskybizFan @friskybizfan.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
Care about disability rights? DOE is trying to change the rules so new buildings are NOT REQUIRED TO BE ACCESSIBLE to people with disabilities. The last day for public comment is TOMORROW Monday June 16!! See how to submit a comment at this awesome site: dredf.org/action-alert...
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Action Alert: Act Today to Protect Health Care! - DREDF
The Senate is planning to pass a budget that will begin the process of repealing the ACA as soon as JANUARY 11. This is the first step in taking health care
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Jeri Ryan (official account) @jerilryan.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
ABSOLUTELY PEACEFUL. ALL DAY. Then they started firing tear gas at the protesters.
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myshkin11.bsky.social @myshkin11.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
They were predicting 200,000 attendees and Newsmax said there were about 10,000. NEWSMAX.
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
Nothing Hunter Biden did comes even close to this level of open corruption.
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Exclusive | A Crypto Billionaire Who Feared Arrest in the U.S. Returns for Dinner With Trump
Justin Sun, whose digital-currency network is popular with the crypto industry’s criminal underbelly, is a top investor in the $TRUMP memecoin.
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Nadine Smith @nadinesmith.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
“Billionaires building bunkers to survive an AI apocalypse, attempting to disrupt death through cryopreservation, scouting the planet for pop-up cities and network states — are not reliable stewards of the collective good.” Dr Ruha Benjamin
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Stephen King @stephenking.bsky.social · 18/05/2025
The DOJ is all in a kerfuffle over James Comey posting (in seashells), 8647. Made me think of the Book of Proverbs: "The wicked flee when none pursueth."
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God @thegodshow.com · 14/05/2025
It would be stupid not to accept a gift of a free plane? Donold, let me tell you a story about a wooden horse...
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Apoorva Mandavilli @apoorvanyt.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
RFK Jr. said multiple times during his house and senate hearings today that no scientists have been fired from federal agencies. Our reporting has shown that hundreds, if not thousands, of scientists have been let go from NIH/CDC/FDA
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
Just a reminder for any member of Congress who seems to have forgotten...
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Hillary Rodham Clinton @hillaryclinton.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
No one gives someone a $400 million dollar jet for free without expecting anything in return. Be serious.
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
Justice Allison Riggs sworn in following a six month election battle against her GOP opponent
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 03/05/2025
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Ricky Davila @therickydavila.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
United Airlines is canceling round trip flights from Newark due to short staffing of air traffic controllers following a chain of equipment outages. Turns out removing DEI was a massive devastating fuck up. I miss Secretary Pete Buttigieg.
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 03/05/2025
Two airliners abandoned landing attempts at Washington’s Reagan National Airport on Thursday afternoon when an Army Black Hawk took a “scenic route” near the flight path and circled the Pentagon before landing at a military heliport.
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Airliners abort landings as Army helicopter makes ‘scenic’ loop around Pentagon
The Black Hawk was trying to land at the Pentagon’s heliport, bringing it close to a pair of airliners, according to the Federal Aviation Administration.
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The Democratic Coalition @thedemcoalition.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
No lies detected! #ResistTrump
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
The top five egg producers own roughly half of all U.S. laying hens. The biggest of those corporations is Cal-Maine, which just announced quarterly profits of $509 million — more than 3x what it made a year ago. Corporate concentration + bird flu = a price-hiking free for all.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 09/04/2025
We found the government “waste, fraud, and abuse”.
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Dr Charlie Gardner @charliejgardner.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
De-extinction is to biodiversity conservation what carbon capture and storage is to climate action A fantasy that lets us pretend that destruction isn't forever
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 10/04/2025
No. You’ve been watching stock market fraud.
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Mark Cuban @mcuban.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
Elections have consequences
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 09/04/2025
Rep. Steven Horsford to Greer: "So the trade representative hasn't spoken to the POTUS about a global reordering of trade, but yet he announced it on a tweet? WTF! Who is in charge? It looks like your boss just pulled the rug out from under you. There is no strategy ... is this market manipulation?"
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Ricky Davila @therickydavila.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
Correct.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
Here’s the real reason why DOGE is gutting the IRS. (Hint: it has nothing to do with “efficiency.”)
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 08/04/2025
NEW: The Supreme Court took 6 months to decide immunity, but just 6 days to effectively strip the rest of us of due process. My latest: www.muellershewrote.com/p/the-corrup...
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The Corrupt Supreme Court Strikes Again
The Supreme Court took 6 months to decide immunity, but just 6 days to effectively strip the rest of us of due process.
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Jodi Jacobson @jljacobson.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
How sadistic and inhumane do you have to be to claim all these men were members of gangs, deport them to a barbaric prison, only for 60 Minutes to reveal that no criminal records exist AT ALL for 75 percent of those sent to El Salvador? www.thedailybeast.com/60-minutes-c...
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‘60 Minutes’ Calls BS on Trump’s Reason for Dystopian Deportations
The president said “horrible criminals” were transported to El Salvador—but records suggest otherwise.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 08/04/2025
We wouldn’t be here if SCOTUS had allowed the January 6th trial to go forward as scheduled.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
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Paul Fairie @paulisci.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
1930 editorial cartoon on tariffs
editorial cartoon
a sign reading "Professor Samuel, Tariff Soloist"
professor samuel is singing from a songbook titled "NEW TARIFF"
a cat in the wings screams "STOCK MARKET SLUMP"
the audience watches, labeled foreign trade and consumer
--The Ponca City News, 24 Jun 1930
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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
Burn it all to the ground and buy up the land and water and minerals at rock bottom prices. This a fire sale for the oligarchy. How do I know? They’ve already done it to rural America…
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
I find it outrageous as well.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 03/04/2025
They hate the dogs. They hate the cats. They don’t care about the pets of the people that live there. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
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Veterinarians working on bird flu, pet food safety are fired in HHS purge
Among those laid off were employees in a center that has played a key role in the response to the bird flu outbreak, according to three FDA staffers.
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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
Measles and tariffs, what century is this?
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Congressman Eugene Vindman (VA-07) @gene4va.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
Costs? Up. Economy? Down. Recession? Coming.
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Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 03/04/2025
Everyone wants there to be a grand scheme behind all of this but the terrible truth is that extremely stupid people are in charge and they have a fanatical devotion to wrong, childlike concepts of society and economics cooked up by right wing radio hosts in order to sell tainted dietary supplements
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