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Chris Barnett

@rcanelson.bsky.social
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Chris Barnett @rcanelson.bsky.social · 10h
@kevinmullin.house.gov a common understanding of wrong appears to be another casualty in the years-long assault on we the people. And a reminder of how prone Dems are in being complicit with what has been permitted in this country. I’ll vote but blue wave and then what. Apologies? I’m nauseous.
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Chris Barnett @rcanelson.bsky.social · 11h
Apologize? APOLOGIZE? EXPECT MORE??? Unbelievable.
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The Wolfpack @wolfpack11720.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
"However much you deny the truth, the truth goes on existing." ~ George Orwell @mluckovich.bsky.social
Mike Luckovich
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Chris Barnett @rcanelson.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
And getting threatened with his arch crapola? Along with all else. Hats off to networks filing suit may they prevail. I’m tired of being furious and bet you are too! youtu.be/ZwMVMbmQBug?...
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I'm as mad as hell, and I'm not going to take this anymore! Speech from Network (1976)
YouTube video by lbtve
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Chris Barnett @rcanelson.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
The insurrection never stopped.
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Chris Barnett @rcanelson.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Spot on. Here’s to him meeting those sorts of questions and in the public realm.
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Chris Barnett @rcanelson.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
You’re right. It was last night when I read it but I cannot access it now either.
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Chris Barnett @rcanelson.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Thank you both for your work and for making the full article available, (and on a platform that this spring gave voice to HRClinton endorsing trump’s Gaza plan and his bored of peas). Much to tease apart here—and so much to heal and repair—even as the current crises intuitively appear of a piece. 🙏🏻
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Chris Barnett @rcanelson.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
on the back of a carton coaster in the blue tv screen light I drew a map of canada
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Chris Barnett @rcanelson.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
This fresh on the heels of seeing the documentary American Doctor last night. Please make sure to see it, then understand a culture that bombs children doesn't care about our archives and in fact wants to obliterate our history. They label us terrorists for saying: I do not consent.
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Chris Barnett @rcanelson.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
The sooner we (meaning you, our elected rep) adopt language that acknowledges we are under attack, the better. Your letter was fantastic, yet heeding lessons of history and what we are being shown, it's clear that destruction of the American commons is a goal, not an administrative error.
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Chris Barnett @rcanelson.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
I can’t help it… Soar Loser 😀
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Chris Barnett @rcanelson.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Even old guys like me know when it’s make a twerk time.
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Twerking Air Dancer in Snow
Alt: Twerking Air Dancer in Snow thank you for the autofill description i was at a loss for words.
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Chris Barnett @rcanelson.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
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August 15, 2026
On Monday, August 10, Todd Blanche took the oath of office as attorney general, administered by federal appeals court judge Emil Bove, another of Trump’s defense lawyers before moving to the Departmen...
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Chris Barnett @rcanelson.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
A commenter from Heather Cox Richardson’s LFA states the obvious. Why are we tolerating any of this. It is an attack on we the people and It. Is. Getting. Away. With. It. heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/august-15-...
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DeBurgh on Letters from an American
This is all of one piece. The Trump Family has wired all three branches of the federal government for their personal benefit. In the face of chillingly cold and blatant reality, the Press and the Dems...
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Chris Barnett @rcanelson.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
A friendly reminder to come to a complete stop: FYI, the SFPD frequently has an officer in wait these days to issue rolling stop violations in the quieter sections of the Portola District, vicinity of Cambridge and Sweeny. Lots of unenforced speeding/tailgating on the freeway though!
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Saganism @sagan.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Dr. Anthony Fauci urges Americans not to accept "Normalization of Untruths".
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Chris Barnett @rcanelson.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
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Mike Nellis @mikenellis.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Absolutely heartbreaking letter from the mother of Alex Pretti, six months after his murder by ICE agents. How is it possible that we still haven’t seen even a hint of justice for such a heinous crime?
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Chris Barnett @rcanelson.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Grabbing hands grab all they can
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Chris Barnett @rcanelson.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Thanks for keying me in to this.
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Chris Barnett @rcanelson.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
I’m not a big sport and didn’t follow World Cup much at all, yet there’s a screen at the entry to the locker room at my gym and I paused when leaving today at the right moment to see Spain score that one goal. Gotta admit that was kinda poetic.
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Chris Barnett @rcanelson.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
@hillaryclinton.bsky.social with all due respect I’m glad to see things don’t seem to be going the way of your financial times endorsement a few weeks back (was super disappointing to see that + legitimizing the *BoP*??). www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
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Trump’s Board of Peace drops full Gaza recovery plan in favour of tiny pilot scheme
Revised plan aims to ‘keep something going’ amid fears Netanyahu may gamble on new all-out offensive before Israeli elections
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Re: speaking of the dead: it always the right time to speak truth, especially truth to power, and the truths about Lindsey Graham are ugly, and that's his doing, not ours.
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Chris Barnett @rcanelson.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
@kevinmullin.house.gov I know you feel it too. Americans cannot accept this criminality. Just horrifying and a total assault on us all.
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Chris Barnett @rcanelson.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Not trying to be judgmental? It just comes natural, effortlessly.
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Is there any doubt that the Trump regime would show us photos or videos of "vandals" attacking the reflecting pool if they had them? And is there any doubt that such a location would have cameras? There's one logical explanation: The regime is defending a stupid lie to soothe the dictator's ego.
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Chris Barnett @rcanelson.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Amen to that assessment, Jeff. What else could all the active undermining and destruction of our commons, as well as the outright aggression against our most vulnerable, be intended to achieve?
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leftylady.bsky.social @leftylady.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Clarence Thomas says the 14th Amendment should be read narrowly because it was written for formerly enslaved people. By that logic, the 2nd Amendment was written for muskets, not AR-15s. Funny how that kind of originalism only shows up when it's convenient.
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Chris Barnett @rcanelson.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Well, love this.
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Chris Barnett @rcanelson.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Mike Johnson saying Dems will steal elections is pretty rich. This from the guy doing the bidding of a consummate and criminal sore loser who told us if he got elected we wouldn’t need elections anymore. Is he an aspiring slave holder? Maybe that’s why he’s abetting it all. Or just broken who knows?
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Sam @tx-sam.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Here I am on the corner supporting the woman rally in Tehachapi 6=24-26. I am on the corner of the famers market every Thursday and I attend all the rallies I can. I just don't have the resources to travel far. However making a statement here in a small red town is at least something.
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Jared Yates Sexton @jysexton.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
More people have been arrested for the deranged president's conspiracy theories around the algae in the reflecting pool than have been put behind bars for the Epstein crimes and the architects of the 2008 Financial Collapse combined.
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Chris Barnett @rcanelson.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
A minimal cartoon page about euthanizing your pet. It pulls at my heartstrings every time I have occasion to share it. The text of the cartoon is the dog talking to the human:

“I wish that I could talk to you.

I'd like you to know I appreciate all the things you've done for me.
Even this.

We've had a lot of fun, gone on many great adventures. I still remember the sunny days I felt like I could run forever.

Now I'm old. I' a tired.
And I hurt. It's time.

I'm so glad you're here with me;
I am not afraid. Scratch behind ay ear, where I 11ke it, and everything will be all right.

I wish that I could talk to you.
Because I know you're sad, and I'd really love to tell you

Thanks for everything.
I had a wonderful time.”

This last panel simply shows a human from behind hugging a dog whose head is nuzzled into the person’s neck  🥹
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 19/06/2026
Black text on white page that reads as follows:

On June 19, 1865, African American communities in Galveston, Texas, finally learned of their freedom from slavery — two and a half years after the Emancipation Proclamation took effect. 

For 161 years, Juneteenth has been a day of remembrance for the freedom that was delayed. It is also a celebration of the joy and resilience that flourished despite that delay. 

The contributions of African Americans, whose struggle for freedom shaped our nation, are immeasurable. Yet too many Black families continue to bear the brunt of an affordability crisis that has pushed them out of the neighborhoods and communities they've built. 

True freedom has a tangible impact on daily life: the ability to afford housing, earn a living wage, put food on the table, support a family, and create a future for generations to come. 

As we celebrate today, we must recommit ourselves to ensuring this freedom is fully realized. 

Happy Juneteenth, New York City.
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Chris Barnett @rcanelson.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
The Divine Ms. M.
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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
www.thecanary.co/uk/news/2026...
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Polanski warns UK food system is close to collapse
Polanski called on the government to produce a real plan to boost UK food production and support customers struggling to afford groceries.
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Chris Barnett @rcanelson.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Goofy groovy
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Dom Ervolina @dominicervolina.com · 06/06/2026
omg who could have forseen this
Iraq World Cup striker Hussein
questioned for hours at Chicago airport,
source says
By Ashraf Hamid and Ahmed Rasheed
June 6, 2026 12:31 PM EDT - Updated 4 hours ago

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BAGHDAD, June 6 (Reuters) - Iraq's World Cup striker, Aymen Hussein, was held and questioned for nearly
seven hours at Chicago's O'Hare airport after arriving with the squad early on Saturday, an Iraqi sporting
official said.

Hussein was finally allowed in, but the team's photographer was barred from entering the United States,
sald the officlal who works for the Iraqi Olympic Committee, but has close contacts with the team.
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Chris Barnett @rcanelson.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
Well it’s not fair… Why don’t we make something up? youtu.be/0_ilhg4BYTQ?...
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James Blake - Make Something Up
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Chris Barnett @rcanelson.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
Here’s to ridiculousness 😍
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Chris Barnett @rcanelson.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
Yeah I agree with this. Once I was w a friend in Germany who had a health event requiring an ER/overnight at a small regional hospital. An admin met with me to ask about insurance. We figured we at least had credit cards for immediate costs. Later the bill for all that? $650. How it ought to be.
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
ICE is not about immigration. ICE is about normalizing a paramilitary force on peaceful streets. Abolish ICE.
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Chris Barnett @rcanelson.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
If you have the chance, they’re presenting a fantastic program www.chanticleer.org/202526-conce...
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2025/26 Concerts — Chanticleer
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Chris Barnett @rcanelson.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
In cat (and in dog as well), you pronounce the b. 😺
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Rep. Melanie Stansbury (NM-01) @repstansbury.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
Americans have a constitutional right to speak out against injustice and the inhumane cruelty we are seeing under this Administration. That is NOT a crime. This is what abuse of power looks like.  We will not stay silent while this administration tries to silence the voices of the American people.
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Chris Barnett @rcanelson.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
These prisons are yet another way to harm and steal in myriad ways from we the people. Me three.
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Chris Barnett @rcanelson.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
Thanks for coming to Vis Valley, Congressman, and good to see this happening, I went to many of the early planning meetings and know that Mercy's been working on this for a really long time. I hope it's a great project.
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JSlow @jslow.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
No president ever demanded so much while doing so little.
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