Jon Barrett @jonbarrett.bsky.social · 19/10/2025Well that gave me some blocking to do this morning. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/u...nytimes.comWhite House and Government Agencies Join Bluesky, Then Attack Democrats 031
Jon Barrett @jonbarrett.bsky.social · 18/10/2025Found a “work for ICE” ad on my LinkedIn feed this morning, so I flagged it for promoting unlawful and violent activity. LinkedIn wrote back and said, after review, the ad was taken down. I don’t know if that’s true, but here’s hoping. 040
Reposted by Jon BarrettAsher Vollmer @ashervo.bsky.social · 09/06/2025I want to report some good news from LA: ICE picked a hotel in Pasadena to be their headquarters for this side of the city. The residents of Pasadena (myself included) would not stand for this and protested all yesterday in front of the hotel until, eventually, the hotel kicked out ICE!! 584255195048
Reposted by Jon BarrettMark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 18/05/2025Share with your NYC friends! (And can't these two guys be a ticket somehow?) 320357
Reposted by Jon BarrettJulia Carrie Wong @joolia.bsky.social · 13/05/2025oh wow I wonder if this is something he could have done when the Trump admin condemned 2000 infants a day to a lifelong HIV infection or when he defied a unanimous Supreme Court decision ah well nevertheless 531998384
Jon Barrett @jonbarrett.bsky.social · 22/04/2025I quit using Amazon months ago, but my annual Prime membership is just ending now. When they wrote to remind me to renew, I wrote back to explain why I wouldn’t. My message, of course, bounced back (as I was directed to their customer-service page. So will share here instead :) 040
Reposted by Jon BarrettDan Savage @dansavage.bsky.social · 19/04/2025Hey, @baldwin.senate.gov and @ritchietorres.bsky.social: Maybe you should get on a plane and fly to El Salvador and demand a meeting with Andry Hernandez Romero? www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/...nbcnews.comFamily fears for safety of Venezuelan makeup artist deported to Salvadoran megaprisonAndry Hernandez Romero was deported to El Salvador based on the government's contention that his tattoos linked him to a Venezuelan gang. Friends and family say the tattoos are merely a symbol of his ... 638565
Reposted by Jon BarrettVestal McIntyre @ve5tal.bsky.social · 18/04/2025Dear @sanders.senate.gov & @aoc.bsky.social: I just donated $100 to #FightOligarchy tour as my thank-you for coming to my hometown NAMPA, ID & packing the Snake River Stampede rodeo grounds. It was the “Wildest, Fastest Show on Earth.” Now your rally takes the title. ❤️✊🤠 berniesanders.com/oligarchy/ 021
Jon Barrett @jonbarrett.bsky.social · 10/04/2025I don't know what's more ridiculous. The stock market or this. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/09/b...nytimes.comA Frenzy at Trader Joe’s: ‘Everyone’s Here for the Tote Bags’For a second year, a limited run of mini canvas tote bags had people waiting in line outside Trader Joe’s stores. At some stores, they sold out in less than an hour. 020
Jon Barrett @jonbarrett.bsky.social · 19/03/2025“Youth! Youth! There is absolutely nothing in the world but youth!” 010
Jon Barrett @jonbarrett.bsky.social · 15/03/2025I followed @schumer.senate.gov, @kirstengilliland.bsky.social, and @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social in the hope that they'd have something I'd want to hear. Turns out they don't. Time to find new representation. 030
Jon Barrett @jonbarrett.bsky.social · 07/03/2025What a coincidence. My support of Gavin Newsom is now "deeply unlikely." www.nytimes.com/2025/03/06/u...nytimes.comGavin Newsom Splits With Democrats on Transgender Athletes: ‘It’s Deeply Unfair’The remarks by Gov. Gavin Newsom of California, a potential White House hopeful, were an extraordinary break from fellow Democrats and signaled a newly defensive position on the issue. 150
Jon Barrett @jonbarrett.bsky.social · 05/03/2025I was looking for alternative program for tonight. But this is not the escape I needed. 110
Jon Barrett @jonbarrett.bsky.social · 02/03/2025Proof of humanity...youtu.beHow an L.G.B.T.Q. HotLine Became a Lifeline | "The Callers" | The New Yorker DocumentaryYouTube video by The New Yorker 030
Reposted by Jon BarrettChase Strangio @chasestrangio.bsky.social · 01/03/2025Just because so many men are creepy weirdos does not mean people should be transphobic. 1044265
Jon Barrett @jonbarrett.bsky.social · 24/02/2025Roberta Flack has enchanted me since I first saw/heard her on Free to Be You and Me. A terrible loss. youtu.be/TdLZITiZ2VQ?...youtu.beFree To Be You and Me -- Michael Jackson and Roberta FlackYouTube video by marlothomas 020
Jon Barrett @jonbarrett.bsky.social · 24/02/2025Just purchased a stack of these to share in bathrooms everywhere. www.drdht.com/product-page...drdht.comTrans Bathroom Sticker Pack (water-resistant, wallet-sized) | DR DHTDR DHT's Trans Bathroom Sticker Pack: designed by a trans person (the creator of DR DHT, our small trans owned business), these water resistant stickers come with a matte finish and an easy-peel back.... 0122
Reposted by Jon BarrettAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19/02/2025Bernie Sanders: "The struggle against Trump, the struggle against oligarchy, which is led by Elon Musk ... that's not gonna be won here in Capitol Hill. It's gonna be won by millions of people all over this country standing up and saying, 'we fought and died for democracy.'" 36381602195
Jon Barrett @jonbarrett.bsky.social · 18/02/2025Grateful for @ve5tal.bsky.social for getting my ass to the protest this afternoon. Was great to be surrounded by so many like-minded/angry folks. Although, I gotta say, it might be time for us to come up with some new rallying cries. "Hey hey, ho ho, some of those other ones gotta go." 040
Reposted by Jon BarrettVestal McIntyre @ve5tal.bsky.social · 16/02/2025I’ll be at the Union Square Protests tomorrow. Join us! #50501 #BuildtheResistance #NotMyPresidentsDay #Resist @bkindivisible.bsky.social @marisolnyc.bsky.social @jonbarrett.bsky.social @calebcrain.bsky.social 072
Jon Barrett @jonbarrett.bsky.social · 16/02/2025Was excited to get email from my congressman, @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social, thinking it might be an update on how he and the Dems are working to rescue our democracy. Nope... just another email asking for money. 121
Jon Barrett @jonbarrett.bsky.social · 15/02/202568, however, is looking pretty shitty. (see tweet thread below). As a former editor in chief of The Advocate, I rescind this 2011 cover because there is no LGB without T. 🏳️⚧️ 323825
Reposted by Jon BarrettBenjamin Dreyer @bcdreyer.social · 13/02/2025"At a young age Sylvia [Rivera] began fighting for gay and rights," a caption there now reads. Really A-1 editorial work they're doing over there. 35212
Reposted by Jon BarrettErin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 13/02/2025The National Park Service has removed "T" and all mention of transgender people from the Stonewall National Monument. Trans women were some of the most influential activists behind the Stonewall movement and what followed. 3 articles of clothing laws were why raids happened. Erasure. 14754272028
Jon Barrett @jonbarrett.bsky.social · 11/02/2025So many posts from our congresspeople telling us what’s going on/wrong. Heads up: We know. We want to know what you’re DOING about it. 040
Reposted by Jon BarrettErin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 08/02/2025Massive protest happening in Union Square right now to defend trans youth from President Trump’s attempts at eradication. 4477951543
Reposted by Jon BarrettVestal McIntyre @ve5tal.bsky.social · 05/02/2025Great reading last night: Adam Haslett (in conversation Adam Rapp at @Center4Fiction) on his new novel, meditation, law, process, and supporting immigrants in crisis thru orgs like @readytostaycoalition: readytostay.org #WhatToReadNext #TBR #ReadingList #BookRecommendations 031
Jon Barrett @jonbarrett.bsky.social · 04/02/2025Started following my congressional reps (all Democrats) and, so far have only heard them recite, over and over again, what's bad about Republican actions But I already know that the world has gone to sh*t. It's now time to tell us what you're going to do about it. 030
Reposted by Jon BarrettErin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 04/02/202510. Lastly, I am an award-winning transgender journalist covering LGBTQ+ issues every day. You can subscribe to support my journalism at www.erininthemorning.com/subscribe.erininthemorning.comSubscribe to Erin In The MorningNews and discussion on trans legislation and life. Click to read Erin In The Morning, by Erin Reed, a Substack publication with tens of thousands of subscribers. 427219
Reposted by Jon BarrettErin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 04/02/2025Breaking news: Lambda Legal and ACLU are suing on behalf of PFLAG and GLMA to end Trump's illegal executive order banning trans care under 19 years old. The suit has been brought in Maryland. A similar suit was brought on behalf of PFLAG to end child abuse investigations in TX 3 years ago.apnews.comFamilies and doctors sue over Trump's order to halt funding for gender-affirming carePresident Donald Trump's effort to ban federal funding for gender-affirming care for young people is facing a legal challenge. 354496831
Jon Barrett @jonbarrett.bsky.social · 02/02/2025Nothing to see here.nytimes.comMain FAA Warning System, NOTAM, Is DownTransportation Secretary Sean Duffy said the Federal Aviation Administration was using a backup system while it worked to address the problem. 000
Jon Barrett @jonbarrett.bsky.social · 02/02/2025What's our plan, @schumer.senate.gov, @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social, and (not on Bluesky) Kirsten Gillibrand (who voted to confirm Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent)? www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/u...nytimes.comElon Musk’s Team Now Has Access to Treasury’s Payments SystemTreasury Secretary Scott Bessent gave Mr. Musk’s representatives at the so-called Department of Government Efficiency a powerful tool to monitor and potentially limit government spending. 001
Jon Barrett @jonbarrett.bsky.social · 01/02/2025Time to start sharing (and shouting) your pronouns again. abcnews.go.com/US/federal-e...abcnews.go.comFederal employees told to remove pronouns from email signatures by end of dayEmployees at multiple federal agencies were ordered to remove pronouns from their email signatures by Friday afternoon, according to internal memos obtained by ABC News. 020
Jon Barrett @jonbarrett.bsky.social · 01/02/2025youtu.beTrump’s Attacks on Trans Rights with Chase StrangioYouTube video by Adam Conover 020
Jon Barrett @jonbarrett.bsky.social · 01/02/2025time.comTrump’s Anti-Trans Attacks Won’t Stop With UsChase Strangio explains the significance of President Donald Trump's attacks on the rights of transgender Americans. 030
Reposted by Jon BarrettNeda Ulaby @ulabeast.bsky.social · 27/01/2025I'm looking to chat with people about the future of government funding for the arts. Please DM me. Signal: ulabeast.70 042
Jon Barrett @jonbarrett.bsky.social · 23/01/2025While Matt's story has been removed from the White House website (for now), his name is carved into the stone of the Washington National Cathedral. It's an honor that another (whose name isn't even worth mentioning) would never be worthy. www.them.us/story/trump-... 040
Jon Barrett @jonbarrett.bsky.social · 22/01/2025In case anybody wants to join me: cathedral.org. Also a reminder that the Cathedral, which is the final resting place of Matthew Shepard, has long been our side. 170
Reposted by Jon BarrettJustin Rawlins @justinrawlins.bsky.social · 21/01/2025If you are feeling dismayed about what has transpired these last 24 hours, you are not alone. That's a normal human response to the cruelty! The cruel thrive on making us feel isolated, so here's one list (of many, I'm sure!) of ways to counter that, to support each other. bit.ly/4gX8Wl0docs.google.comSome Actions That Are Not Protesting or VotingSome Actions That Are Not Protesting or Voting A list adapted from Frontline Medics. I’ve added some things and edited other things. Redistribute your wealth to individuals in need Donate to Mutual... 03116