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Jim Barrows 🇺🇸

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Jim Barrows 🇺🇸 @jmbarrows.bsky.social · 15h
Overseas visitors to the US are on track to drop by almost two million year-on-year, with even the FIFA Men’s World Cup failing to arrest the decline in tourism. www.semafor.com/article/09/2...
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Decline in tourism hits US economy
Overseas visitors to the US are on track to drop by almost two million year-on-year.
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Silver Spring Progressive Action @sspaction1.bsky.social · 19h
Have you phone banked or canvassed and hear, “Oh, I don’t vote? Conversation over, right? No! On 10/1 at 7:00 pm ET, learn how to use curiosity and empathy to engage with those “high-potential” voters—who rarely or never vote, and bring them to the polls. Sign up ⬇️
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Turn ‘I Don’t Vote’ into the Start (Not the End) of a Conversation · Mobilize
Volunteer Blue and SSPA invite you to a special workshop with Elizabeth Chur, author of The Joy of Talking Politics with Strangers. You’ve heard it at the door or on the phone: “Oh, I don’t vote.” Co...
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Jim Barrows 🇺🇸 @jmbarrows.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Food banks nationwide face unprecedented demand as food and diesel costs continue rising. Families increasingly skip meals or reduce children’s portions, while food charities report sharply higher demand. meidasnews.com/news/they-do...
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“They don’t understand the scale of the hunger!”- An unfolding crisis at the nation’s food banks
Weeks before the midterm elections, the cost crisis is hammering food pantries in red and blue states
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Governor Newsom Press Office @govpressoffice.gov.ca.gov · 27/09/2026
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Jim Barrows 🇺🇸 @jmbarrows.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Socialism still trails capitalism and free enterprise in public favorability but now ranks ahead of big business. Small business remains the clear leader among the five economic concepts tested, with 95% viewing it positively. news.gallup.com/poll/714653/...
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Socialism's Positive Rating Tops 40% for First Time
Socialism's appeal is at a new high, but it remains less popular than capitalism and well below free enterprise.
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jay gibbs @jaagibs.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Because Byron hopes all the stupid Florida voters have forgotten.
Donald Trump and Byron Donalds share a tender embrace at a gathering of bigots, idiots, and liars.
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Atlas Mugged (N95 Duckbill 😷)✊🏿🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ @pamacious.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Adding: bsky.app/profile/psyc...
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Jim Barrows 🇺🇸 @jmbarrows.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
"To speak of John Coltrane is to speak of the admission and ascent of the creative soul,” Patti Smith wrote. “ Celebrating the birth of the legendary John Coltrane on this day 100 years ago. www.jazztimes.com/reviews/book...
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Impressions. Meditations. Expression. Thoughts on Coltrane: The Definitive Visual Celebration of the Legend - JazzTimes
W hen writing about this year’s centenary celebrations of Miles Davis and John Coltrane, it’s been fascinating to see how their respective work has been … Read More "Impressions. Meditations. Expressi...
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Pam Keith @pamkeithdc.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Do NOT trust your completed ballot to the USPS. Use a drop box or drop it at the elections office.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 22/09/2026
Nearly 3 MILLION of us have already lost or dropped our ACA Marketplace coverage after the tax credits expired. Premium payments jumped an average of 58%, and millions of Americans were forced to make an impossible choice: pay dramatically more for insurance or go without. #HealthcareForAll
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Josh @joshmallow.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Taking brisket away from Texans might be what turns Texas blue
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Doug Gordon @brooklynspoke.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
This is one of my biggest pieces of advocacy advice: Less arguing, more agreeing. Accept the premise that people are concerned about emergency access, disability access, deliveries, etc. Then propose simple solutions to all of these things. You'll see how genuine the concern really is.
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Hollywood in DC @hollywoodindc.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Where is the door dash statement?
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
“Can you give my dad back? I miss him.” 💔 ICE kidnapped her father Luis at a DOT inspection. Her mother says he is legal and did everything the right way. #AbolishICE
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Jim Barrows 🇺🇸 @jmbarrows.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
The U.S. has 40 million acres of lawn, most of it ecological dead zones. Imagine transforming even a fraction of that into pocket forests — dense, native mini-forests that support wildlife, save water, and bring nature back to our communities. www.sugiproject.com/blog/40-mill...
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40 Million Acres of Lawn: Why the USA Needs Pocket Forests | SUGi
Discover how America’s 40 million acres of lawn can be transformed into thriving pocket forests, boosting biodiversity, saving water, and reconnecting communities with nature.
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Jim Barrows 🇺🇸 @jmbarrows.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Is there too much focus on elite colleges? Community colleges and regional public universities are more open to change. globecollegetown.substack.com/p/brian-rose...
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For good news in higher ed, look well beyond elite campuses
Community colleges and regional public universities are more open to change.
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Paul Hikari @paulhikari.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Here's how you can give them a piece of your mind directly. whca.press/contact/
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Contact | White House Correspondents' Association (WHCA)
Find the White House Correspondents' Association on Twitter @whca, or contact us using the contact form on this page.
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The Mighty Jungle💙💛 @ocanannain.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Michael Beschloss

At the White House in October 1963, six weeks before his assassination, JFK and a model of the National Cultural Center, later renamed the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts:
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
One thing we can never do enough is celebrate our heroes while they’re still with us. Today’s the 90th birthday of the great urbanist Jan Gehl, who started as a hero to me and became a mentor & friend. I’m proud to have been asked to contribute to his celebration messages today. Happy birthday, Jan.
One of many times I’ve gotten the chance to spend time with Jan Gehl, talking as much about life as about cities and urbanism. He’s one of the greatest urbanists who’ve ever lived, but he’s also a kind man and a gracious friend. #UrbanistShoutOut
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Jim Barrows 🇺🇸 @jmbarrows.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Am I the only one who is unfollowing anyone who uses AI artwork instead of work produced graphic designers, photographers or illustrators?
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Jim Barrows 🇺🇸 @jmbarrows.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
The proposed alliance between Canada and the EU could also provide a new template for middle powers outside of Europe; Carney himself called it a potential “beacon for other democracies” in his Strasbourg address. macleans.ca/politics/can...
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Canada’s Anti-Trump Playbook Could Be the Blueprint for the World - Macleans.ca
Leaders in Europe, Latin America and elsewhere are watching our every move
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Jim Barrows 🇺🇸 @jmbarrows.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
From iconic Blue Note and Prestige album covers that remain etched in our memory banks to striking portraits of musicians and singers, jazz and photography have been intertwined for as long as we can remember. www.thetonearm.com/tag/jazz/
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Jazz - The Tonearm
The Tonearm is an online magazine devoted to music, arts, culture, and the creative people who make our world a better and more interesting place.
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Goose @goosebass.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
On behalf of the New England Patriots Fan Delegation, you have our permission and our blessing to continue to drag Robert Kraft’s face through the doo-doo for as long as you see fit
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Jim Barrows 🇺🇸 @jmbarrows.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Ed Sheeran has just announced a new opening act.
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Curly of Three Stooges Playing Flute
Alt: Curly of Three Stooges Playing Flute
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Jim Barrows 🇺🇸 @jmbarrows.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
The rare pairing of a progressive leader and a MAGA voice is a sign of how AI is upending political alliances. Well, I didn't have this pairing on my 2026 bingo card. www.npr.org/2026/09/15/n...
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Bernie Sanders and Steve Bannon to share a stage to promote curbs on AI
The poles of U.S. politics are coming together over AI. Sanders and Bannon will appear at the "Pro-Human Assembly" in Washington, D.C., to convince Congress to work faster to curb the impact of AI.
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Jim Barrows 🇺🇸 @jmbarrows.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Planet Wild is partnering to build floating wetlands in Bristol Hardor. We're also helping develop a miniature “wetland-in-a-box” that enables anyone with a drainpipe to rewild their city. A great blueprint for greener cities everywhere. youtube.com/watch?v=ddmu...
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This Breakthrough Will Turn Your City Green
YouTube video by Planet Wild
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Randi Mayem Singer @rmayemsinger.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Listen purity Dems. Your protest vote or non-vote won't "bring on the revolution" - it will only speed up the end of civilization. I suspect you don't care, which makes you complicit. But if you DO care, please open your eyes and let's get rid of the fascists if we even still can? Thanks, nice chat.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Many of you are asking how you can help me. My only ask is this: Spread the word about the threats to democracy and how we can fight back. Tell everyone to subscribe to Democracy Docket and share its content. demdock.com/4w6emld
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Jim Barrows 🇺🇸 @jmbarrows.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
America’s Compact for Higher Education is our united response to the GOP administration’s effort to bend the will of America’s higher ed leadership to authoritarian control. www.standupforscience.net/sufs-compact...
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Demand your school's leadership publicly endorse SUFS America's Compact for Higher Education — STAND UP FOR SCIENCE
Email your school's president urgently asking them to publicly endorse SUFS America's Compact for Higher Education
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Remember when Joe Biden proposed canceling student debt and every single Republican accused him of "bribing voters"?
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Biden accused by GOP of 'bribing' voters with student loan forgiveness
The Biden administration unveiled its latest effort to forgive as much as $20,000 in debt for some borrowers on Monday after the Supreme Court struck down its original plan last year.
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Since becoming president again, Trump has promised: -$5000 stimulus checks via "DOGE dividend" -$2000 stimulus checks via "tariff dividend" -$1000+ checks via "savings" from expiring ACA subsidies -$5000 "dividend" if Rs win midterms No checks have been issued www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-magi...
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Lee West @whodat35.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
As an “appointed “ senate seat slot filler, Moody tells @ActionNewsJax she won't debate, continuing the very cautious campaign to keep her seat. Note: Moody also hasn't done a wide-ranging interview or press conference in 19 months she's been office. www.actionnewsjax.com/news/local/s...
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Sen. Ashley Moody declines to take part in Action News Jax debate with Angie Nixon
U.S. Sen. Ashley Moody (R-Fla.) will not take part in a debate Action News Jax was planning.
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Lynn Miclea @lynnmiclea.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
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Jim Barrows 🇺🇸 @jmbarrows.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
"Inspired by the bravery and patriotism of Apple and Google, we are changing the name of South Park to SOUTH AMERICA,” creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker said in a statement. “We especially want to thank our parent company Paramount — a Skydance Capitulation." www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
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South Park changes name to South America in response to Trump changes
Satirical program’s new title is ‘inspired by bravery and patriotism’ of Apple and Google, who capitulated to Trump’s requests to change Lake Ontario to ‘Lake America’
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Brian Goldstone @brian-goldstone.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
"When work no longer provides stability, when wages are too low and rents are too high, when millions of people are one medical bill, one missed paycheck, one rent hike away from losing their homes—who, exactly, is safe?"
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Dovewoman 💙 🇺🇦 💙 @dovewoman.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Major Alex Klinner left seven month old twins & a little 2 1/2 year old son who’d run towards his daddy every time he came home!!! TELL THESE BABIES IT’s “SMALL POTATOES”! #Blues
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Steven Goldsmith 🦋 @stevengoldsmith.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
I truly believe that everyone gets what they deserve. I really hope that Trump gets exactly what he deserves.
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Frank D’Elia @frankd7.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
He’s bragging about 162,000 jobs added and the usual suspects in the MSM are crowing about it. When Biden added 194,000 in a month, the reaction was different. The bigotry of soft expectations for Republican administrations.
Politico report on Biden job numbers in 2021: 

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POLITICO Playbook PM: Biden gets another weak jobs report
By GARRETT ROSS and ELI OKUN | 10/08/2021 01:12 PM EDT
Presented by ANTHROPIC
Weak. That was the way several news outlets characterized the September jobs report released this morning.
The details:
- The U.S. economy added 194,000 jobs last month. For perspective, August saw a gain of 366,000 jobs - which even then was touted as a meager total that fell short of economists' expectations. September's number is the lowest number since December 2020, when employers cut jobs.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
But if traditional media don't cover Mamdani's good government work, it reduces the chances he will get a political return on this, and so he is incentivized to move away from it. If you are a Mayor not getting coverage for good government work from old media, of course you reach out to influencers!
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Jim Barrows 🇺🇸 @jmbarrows.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Harvard College will supply phone pouches to encourage undergraduate students to participate in technology-free socialization, College Dean David J. Deming told incoming freshmen during 2026 Convocation exercises Tuesday afternoon. www.thecrimson.com/article/2026...
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Harvard College to ‘Experiment With’ Phone Pouches for Tech-Free Hangouts | The Harvard Crimson
Harvard College will supply phone pouches to encourage undergraduate students to participate in technology-free socialization, College Dean David J. Deming told incoming freshmen during 2026 Convocati...
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Jim Barrows 🇺🇸 @jmbarrows.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
An army of attorneys is rallying to free hundreds of children from immigration custody, where they have been stranded indefinitely by the GOP administration without their parents or loved ones, the Guardian can reveal. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Revealed: attorneys rally to free children held in US immigration custody
Trump administration has indefinitely stranded hundreds of kids and lawyers from over 50 organizations are fighting for their release
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Transportation Alternatives @transalt.org · 30/08/2026
Nine people have been killed by hit-and-run drivers in two weeks. Last week, hundreds of New Yorkers joined a die-in outside City Hall to demand that the Mamdani administration deliver a plan to stop the carnage. Another deadly weekend has passed, and we are still waiting.
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God @thegodshow.com · 01/09/2026
Billionaires don’t want to pay 2% more in taxes, so they have the media companies they own working overtime to keep us fighting with each other over nonsense.
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kenofseattle @kenofseattle.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Frito Lay, owned by PepsiCo, has hired consultants to examine why people are buying less of their snacks. I can help them with this for nothing. It's because a bag of potato chips isn't supposed to cost $6.00!
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Tech oligarchs could really set the example for the common folk by simply building their mansions right next to their data centers and then live in them with their families.
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Jim Barrows 🇺🇸 @jmbarrows.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
No public condensation or comment @electdemocrats.bsky.social about Loomer's racist tirade against several Black Congresswomen Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson?
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
This. The whole thread.
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Jim Barrows 🇺🇸 @jmbarrows.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Sixty-three years ago, Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech was a catalyst for the eventual passing of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Earlier this year, the Supreme Court voted to limit the scope of the decades-old legislation. #MarchonWashington www.ms.now/liveblog/mar...
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March on Washington 2026 live: Defend the Vote, Lincoln Memorial
Follow live updates from the March on Washington 2026 at the Lincoln Memorial, featuring Al Sharpton, Martin Luther King III, AOC and Bernie Sanders.
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Jim Barrows 🇺🇸 @jmbarrows.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Real Madrid: Inter (home), Arsenal (away), PSV (home), Roma (away), Leipzig (home), Shakhtar (away), LASK (home), AEK Athens (away). www.cbssports.com/soccer/news/...
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UEFA Champions League draw results, top 10 games to watch: Barca to face PSG, Man United take on Bayern
The 2026-2027 league phase will kick off on Tuesday, Sept. 8 across Europe
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