Jamie Barnett @jamiecbarnett.bsky.social · 30/09/2026A must listen. The fabulous Nobel Laureate Maria Rassa on three crises: trust, order, and accountability. foreignpolicy.com/2026/09/25/m...foreignpolicy.comBig Tech Is Destroying Democracy. Here’s How to Fight Back.A conversation with Nobel laureate Maria Ressa. 010
Reposted by Jamie BarnettAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026Jack Smith: "History teaches that the rule of law is rarely destroyed all at once. It's often weakened by attacks on the institutions and the public servants sworn to uphold it. Since January 2025, we have witnessed precisely such an effort." 692278639528
Reposted by Jamie BarnettLiz Ahern 🌈🇲🇽🏳️⚧️☮️ @austinmermaid.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Abbott is not only contributing to the deaths of pregnant women, he’s hiding maternal death data. Texans who think women should live will vote for a new governor. #GinaForTexas #AbbottFailsTexas 20477813385
Jamie Barnett @jamiecbarnett.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Hey Palo Alto peeps! Join us at the Moonlight Walk & Run to benefit local charities. We're doing the 5K! runsignup.com/Race/CA/Palo...runsignup.comPalo Alto Weekly Moonlight Run & WalkThe Palo Alto Weekly Moonlight Run & Walk is on Friday September 25, 2026. It includes the following events: 5K Walk (Not Timed), 5K Run (Timed), 10K Run (Timed), and Virtual Participant. 000
Jamie Barnett @jamiecbarnett.bsky.social · 20/09/2026This is the most demoralizing and dehumanizing part of poverty. 010
Reposted by Jamie Barnettjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 18/09/2026i am genuinely bewildered by people who say that the rise of white nationalism in the republican party is a response to the "woke left." like, did the woke left cause pat buchanan's 1992 presidential campaign? is the woke left why steve king had a long career in congress? 430103771920
Jamie Barnett @jamiecbarnett.bsky.social · 19/09/2026It kills me that this graph isn't interactive and we can't see where each language lies in the pecking order. @economist.com www.economist.com/graphic-deta...economist.comWhat is the world’s loveliest language?Johnson, our language columnist, reviews the attractiveness of speech 000
Jamie Barnett @jamiecbarnett.bsky.social · 15/09/2026A brilliant @stevevladeck.bsky.social analysis, as usual—he rightly takes Alito to task for his terrible-faith dissent. open.substack.com/pub/stevevla...open.substack.com250. What We Learned from USPS v. CaliforniaIn refusing to put the USPS mail-in ballots rule into effect, the majority didn’t say very much. I still think there are three big lessons in Monday's ruling. 000
Jamie Barnett @jamiecbarnett.bsky.social · 13/09/2026This is a perfect analysis by @davidfrenchjag.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/09/13/o...nytimes.comOpinion | The Fix Was Almost InThe midterms dodge their first MAGA bullet. It won’t be the last. 010
Reposted by Jamie BarnettAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 11/09/2026Okay everyone. Here’s the YouTube interview with @jimmykimmel.com and @jamestalarico.bsky.social You know what to do. Watch it. Share it. Donate. Bury them. youtu.be/WLDE9LrGpNk?...youtu.beJimmy Kimmel’s Interview with James Talarico That the FCC Doesn’t Want You To SeeYouTube video by Jimmy Kimmel Live 4541894011167
Jamie Barnett @jamiecbarnett.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Of course this isn't even a full accounting, since several red states aren't even reporting these figures. www.propublica.org/article/ecto...propublica.orgEctopic Pregnancy Deaths Have Nearly Doubled. It’s Worse in States With Abortion Bans.With prompt and appropriate medical care, experts say, people shouldn’t die from an ectopic pregnancy. Women in Texas and Oklahoma have sued over delays in care, which, coupled with our new analysis, ... 000
Jamie Barnett @jamiecbarnett.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Pete Hegseth Is a Wrecking Ball www.nytimes.com/2026/09/06/o...nytimes.comOpinion | Pete Hegseth Is a Wrecking BallWe are already paying a high price for the defense secretary’s purges and whims. 011
Jamie Barnett @jamiecbarnett.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Oh no. Only three seats short of an absolute majority for AfD. apnews.com/article/germ...apnews.comFar-right Alternative for Germany party wins big in regional election but falls short of majorityThe far-right Alternative for Germany party has surged to a resounding victory in a regional election. 000
Reposted by Jamie BarnettMartha Hickson @sassylibrarian.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Book banners tried to have me arrested. Tried to have me fired. Tried to destroy my life. Thankfully, I didn’t run into any of them at the Emmy Awards. 12670861072
Jamie Barnett @jamiecbarnett.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Federal prosecutors breaking ranks. I'd love to be a fly on the wall of DOJ right now.apnews.comAP Source: ICE officer charged with lying to investigators in the shooting of Venezuelan manFederal prosecutors have charged a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer with lying to investigators about the events leading up to the shooting of a Venezuelan man during the Minneapolis i... 010
Reposted by Jamie BarnettRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 31/08/2026The richest man owns X. The second and fourth richest men control Google. The third richest man owns The Washington Post. The sixth richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. And now the seventh richest could soon take over both Paramount and Warner Bros. See the problem here? 1003262589031
Reposted by Jamie BarnettJen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 22/08/2026John Roberts is Natalie Harp in a robe. A cringeworthy handmaiden 12153421152
Reposted by Jamie BarnettRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Food companies wanted deregulation. Now there are dozens of recalls across the country. Mining companies wanted deregulation. Now the black lung rate is at a 45-year high. Financial companies wanted deregulation. Now financial losses to fraud are the highest on record. Noticing a pattern? 795198357890
Reposted by Jamie BarnettStealthgirl 🫘 @stealthgirl21.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Political cartoonists keep the story clear and simple 235134234646
Reposted by Jamie BarnettElizabeth @bestbookeditor.bsky.social · 21/04/2026Today is Right to Read Day. Well-financed campaigns are systematically working to remove thousands of titles from school libraries, mostly books related to people of color and LGBTQ+. I stand united with the American Library Association in opposing these book bans. 031
Jamie Barnett @jamiecbarnett.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Brilliant.open.substack.comTommy Tuberville Opposes Contraception and All Other Polysyllabic Words“I see the word ‘contraception’ and that’s a quick ‘no’ for me,” he said. “Don’t know what that means. Won’t look it up.” 000
Jamie Barnett @jamiecbarnett.bsky.social · 16/08/2026I will never forgive people like Jindra. They had so much evidence that Trump would not keep his promise. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/16/u...nytimes.comYears of Trump Support Came Undone in 15 Minutes in an Airport.The case represents a new front in President Trump’s mass deportation drive: arrests at airports of people who have active immigration cases and no criminal history. 011
Jamie Barnett @jamiecbarnett.bsky.social · 16/08/2026And because Trump believes in public humiliation of those who kowtow, he will publicly call for targeted prosecution in 3, 2… www.nytimes.com/2026/08/16/u...nytimes.comBlanche Refuses to Say He’ll Always Be Independent of Trump as Attorney General 000
Reposted by Jamie BarnettEssence of RBG 🦋 @rbgprevails.bsky.social · 15/08/2026I personally also blame every single person in American public life who played down the obvious danger continuously said the guardrails would hold + the institutions would push back + protect ordinary citizens! 50598372485
Jamie Barnett @jamiecbarnett.bsky.social · 15/08/2026Everything Trump touches dies, example one million. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/15/h...nytimes.comHow Cyclospora Evaded the U.S. Food Safety System to Sicken ThousandsThe Trump administration delayed a rule last year that could have sped up the effort to pinpoint the source of the contamination. Critics charge that food safety oversight has eroded overall. 000
Jamie Barnett @jamiecbarnett.bsky.social · 15/08/2026When are we going to talk about Todd Blanche's vocal fry? 000
Reposted by Jamie BarnettJudd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 13/08/20261. Mitch McConnell suffered a fall on June 14 and has not been in the Senate for two months. But he's continued to get paid his salary of 174K/year. Since he entered the Senate in 1985, McConnell has voted against creating or expanding medical leave — paid and unpaid — at least 23 times. 24584213879
Jamie Barnett @jamiecbarnett.bsky.social · 13/08/2026The ultraconservative platform in WY stands for literally every odious policy and detrimental choice—whether voter suppression or vaccine skepticism or repro freedom. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/13/u...nytimes.comIn Wyoming, a Primary Fight Between the Right and the Far RightOne of the most conservative states has a legislature divided between a hard-right House and a merely right Senate. Ultraconservatives want a complete takeover in the Aug. 18 primaries. 000
Jamie Barnett @jamiecbarnett.bsky.social · 08/08/2026I find it just so perfect that the facile Ross Douthat is going to 60 Minutes. 000
Jamie Barnett @jamiecbarnett.bsky.social · 07/08/2026This is how they do everything. Everything Republicans do is in bad faith. 000
Jamie Barnett @jamiecbarnett.bsky.social · 06/08/2026You don’t have read the article to guess that it’s Louisiana and he’s a black man. You just know. 000
Reposted by Jamie BarnettAdam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 06/08/2026Is it good when the secretary of defense is so fixated on making sure everyone is white and has tv ready abs that he forgets about munitions bsky.app/profile/carl... 34385021891
Reposted by Jamie BarnettAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 04/08/2026Whitehouse: "Today I think is a sad and embarrassing day for this committee as it looks like on a party-line vote we are going to advance out of this committee probably the most discreditable person ever to seek the office of attorney general. Let's start with the Epstein files ... " 820253208395
Reposted by Jamie BarnettSenator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 31/07/2026Just what America needs: more billionaires spending more money on more political influence. Are we not sick of this yet? My DISCLOSE Act will help cure the billionaire-fueled rot. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/30/u...nytimes.comElon Musk Plans at Least $100 Million in Midterm Spending to Help RepublicansElon Musk, a year after a huge blowup with President Trump and the Republican Party, is said to be planning to spend in at least eight states to help them in November. 54692233
Jamie Barnett @jamiecbarnett.bsky.social · 29/07/2026And yet the only candidates that seem to run are really problematic Republicans. 000
Jamie Barnett @jamiecbarnett.bsky.social · 29/07/2026A good question by the brilliant @jamellebouie.net www.nytimes.com/2026/07/29/o...nytimes.comOpinion | Why Do We Tolerate Elon Musk’s Racist Commentary? (Gift Article)Why does the owner of X get a pass for what he says and does there? 000
Reposted by Jamie BarnettZach Everson @zacheverson.com · 25/07/2026DSA mayor tackles the [checks notes] Economist’s wish list. 16616
Jamie Barnett @jamiecbarnett.bsky.social · 25/07/2026Trump was delighted to hear that the Wall Street Journal reporter and her family were terrorized in their home and had to be relocated. 000
Jamie Barnett @jamiecbarnett.bsky.social · 24/07/2026“[T]he 284 terminated grants had a recipient location and/or at least one place of performance in a state that awarded its electoral votes to Kamala Harris in the 2024 election and has two Democratic-caucusing senators.” www.nytimes.com/2026/07/24/b...nytimes.comTrump Administration Admits Canceling Grants to States That Did Not Vote for HimFederal officials said in court documents that they halted billions of dollars in funding for energy projects to states “based solely” on whether they backed President Trump in the 2024 election. 000
Reposted by Jamie BarnettRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 24/07/2026Huge corporations like Amazon, Walmart, and Uber are among the top employers of SNAP and Medicaid recipients. Meanwhile, their CEOs are raking in multi-million dollar pay packages. How is this not a bigger scandal? 555130445549
Jamie Barnett @jamiecbarnett.bsky.social · 19/07/2026@sarahlongwell25.bsky.social, you got it wrong equating the Ds’ embrace of Platner to the Rs’ embrace of Paxton. The Ds came to their senses (as they almost always do—see Menendez, Franken, Adams) whereas the Rs doubled down. For them, it’s a feature, not a bug. 000