Dorothy Barker @totallydaft.bsky.social · 30/07/2026But, boy, those godless, commi-socialist libtards sure got owned. 🤷🏻♀️ 000
Reposted by Dorothy BarkerCelica @nothingxs.net · 17/07/2026alright great value nosferatu calm down 363420
Reposted by Dorothy BarkerKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 17/07/2026I try not to overdo this bit but ... my man is begging for it. Let's go. 2361117142524
Reposted by Dorothy BarkerJoe Perticone @cheetah.bsky.social · 23/06/2026It’s exactly the kind of thing you expect to find in a government waste book www.thebulwark.com/p/gop-fiscal...thebulwark.comGOP Fiscal Hawks Turn Chicken On Reflecting PoolThis watery boondoggle is exactly the kind of thing they've criticized for years. 0103
Reposted by Dorothy BarkerMeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 18/06/2026Brutal community note 427141733647
Reposted by Dorothy BarkerPwnallthethings @pwnallthethings.bsky.social · 19/06/2026the business is called what a what now sorry 413140541
Reposted by Dorothy BarkerPopehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 19/06/2026Went to a Juneteenth event last night — an interfaith thing among local churches my wife helped with. Learned a bunch I didn’t know. Among what I learned — that Owen Brown, John Brown’s son, became a big local figure in Pasadena and his grave up on a mountain is still a popular hike. 311910139
Reposted by Dorothy BarkerCatherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 01/06/2026Former Fed chair Jay Powell received the Profile in Courage Award at JFK Library yesterday. He defended the Fed's independence and urged respect for rule of law. Should not require courage to say such things. But these days it does www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s... 243683
Reposted by Dorothy BarkerJonathan V. Last @jvl.bsky.social · 01/06/2026I would not want to be standing under the giant steel arches on the South Lawn if there’s lightning. Good thing DC rarely gets thunderstorms in the summer. 🫠 www.thebulwark.com/p/trumps-fyr...thebulwark.comTrump’s Fyre 250 DisasterLet’s just do it and be legends. 1311717
Reposted by Dorothy BarkerBrandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 04/06/2026Christ, you're the governor of the entire state. Shut the building down. It's not sovereign territory like a foreign embassy. Pull the certificate of occupancy. Cut the power. Back it up with state police. Stop coddling fascists and groveling every time they order you around. Act like an American. 12551711520
Reposted by Dorothy BarkerJoyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 28/05/2026There is not a grand jury in America that will indict E. Jean Carroll. We see you. 452157832746
Reposted by Dorothy BarkerSarah Longwell @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social · 14/05/2025Sign up to get this free newsletter everyday: www.thebulwark.com/subscribethebulwark.comSubscribe to The BulwarkThe Bulwark is home to Sarah Longwell, Tim Miller, Bill Kristol, JVL, Sam Stein, and more. We are the largest pro-democracy bundle on Substack for news and analysis on politics and culture—supported b... 5430094
Reposted by Dorothy BarkerThe Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 28/05/2026"Increasingly, the judges can no longer trust the government to be telling the truth." "It pains me because the damage to the Dept. of Justice is just at this point immeasurable." @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social and Mary McCord on the Trump DOJ torching its credibility with the courts. 1739095
Reposted by Dorothy BarkerRuns with scissors in the dark @tevistickles.bsky.social · 28/05/2026This image features a giant river otter (Pteronura brasiliensis), the longest member of the mustelid family, which can reach up to 1.8 meters (nearly 6 feet) in length. #Otterday 1134
Reposted by Dorothy BarkerElizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 28/05/2026ICE is shooting pepper spray and attacking press right now at Delaney Hall. 321748611
Reposted by Dorothy BarkerThe Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 28/05/2026"The entire Republican apparatus in Congress is dying for this war to be over...And so Trump not only is not making any clear moves in that direction...but he's adding to the war." @saletan.bsky.social and @eggerdc.bsky.social on Trump threatening to blow up Oman as the GOP begs for the war to end. 79421
Reposted by Dorothy BarkerAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 28/05/2026Chicken shit can’t face them because he knows there’s no justification for what he’s done. Consciousnesses of guilt. www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-v...cbsnews.comTrump visited soldiers at Walter Reed — but not the 14 injured in the Iran warMore than a dozen soldiers injured in Operation Epic Fury are still recovering at the military hospital. 1242455721
Reposted by Dorothy BarkerQuinta Jurecic @qjurecic.bsky.social · 28/05/2026US Attorney Andrew Boutros is currently scrambling to save his own skin in front of the district court over the Broadview 6 issue. How open will he be to pursuing this? 416811
Reposted by Dorothy BarkerQuinta Jurecic @qjurecic.bsky.social · 28/05/2026Per CNN this was referred to the us attorney’s office in Chicago. That is the same office currently being turned upside down by prosecutorial misconduct in the the Broadview 6 case. I’m sure judges in the Northern District of Illinois would look kindly on this kind of adventurism right now 181425272
Reposted by Dorothy BarkerJonathan V. Last @jvl.bsky.social · 06/05/2026I can tell you a version of American history as a startup company. Let's call it by it's ticker symbol, USA. USA launched in a move-fast, break-things mode. It shipped tons of products (a central bank; territorial expansion) and attracted lots of users . . . 58816
Reposted by Dorothy BarkerJoanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 05/05/2026Particularly given that he brags about being REPEATEDLY ASKED TO TAKE A COGNITION TEST 2526666
Reposted by Dorothy BarkerIf you know you know @privatechand.bsky.social · 04/05/2026Aligning with the political left means that the odds are against you because you choose to side with those historically deprived of power. By definition, that means that defeatism is never an option. The fight continues as it must, across generations. It is good to be part of the fight. 118542
Reposted by Dorothy BarkerGreg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 02/05/2026Democrats need to accept that they're entering a new era of procedural Total War. This includes a big escalation in redistricting, but it's not limited to that. If Republicans don't like it, tough shit: They made this world, and they are the ones inflicting it on us. newrepublic.com/article/2098... 9938451195
Reposted by Dorothy BarkerJonathan V. Last @jvl.bsky.social · 29/04/2026Honestly, if he was eligible to run for POTUS, I'd want to see Mamdani take a real run white rural voters in places like Iowa. www.thebulwark.com/p/is-the-dem...thebulwark.comIs the Democratic Answer for Winning Rural Voters . . . Mamdani?Plus: The best Leopard–Face-Eating Chart, ever. 1311010
Reposted by Dorothy BarkerThe Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 29/04/2026"This is setting off alarm bells because it suggests the president is doing an end-run around the FDA’s normal scientific processes, quite possibly because he wants to quiet a politically influential podcaster who has been giving him grief over Iran."lnk.thebulwark.comWhen Joe Rogan Is in Charge of Health CarePsychedelics have genuine potential as psychiatric tools, which is why separating them from politics is so important. 1213431
Dorothy Barker @totallydaft.bsky.social · 21/03/2026media.tenor.coma woman in a blue shirt with the word agreed on her chestAlt: Betty White, in a blue shirt, nodding her head, with the word “Agreed” across her chest. 000
Reposted by Dorothy BarkerDeborah Witherspoon McFatter @bleupolimcf.bsky.social · 21/03/2026Just heard her being praised on Tell Me Everything @johnfugelsang.bsky.social 720446
Reposted by Dorothy BarkerRep. Joe Neguse @neguse.house.gov · 20/03/2026My resolution to overturn the Supreme Court’s disastrous Citizens United decision — H.J.Res 122 — has now been co-sponsored by 72 Members of Congress. You can view the full list at: www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c.... I’ll keep fighting to get it across the finish line! 741187214845
Dorothy Barker @totallydaft.bsky.social · 21/03/2026media.tenor.coma man in a black shirt is making a face and saying that 's correct .ALT: a man in a black shirt is making a face and saying that 's correct . 000
Reposted by Dorothy BarkerThe Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 20/03/2026More *just 'cause* than *just cause*lnk.thebulwark.comThe Iran War Is Not a Just WarOperation Epic Fury fails almost all the tests of righteous warfare. 514435
Reposted by Dorothy BarkerMayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 20/03/2026Earlier this week, I had the honor of breaking fast at Rikers Island with New Yorkers in custody. It was a night that will stay with me for quite some time. In a system too often defined by what it takes, I was reminded of what it means to give—mercy, dignity, and humanity. Eid Mubarak, New York. 615769766
Reposted by Dorothy BarkerHoarse Whisperer @therealhoarse.bsky.social · 20/03/2026Weekly tradition time. Finding a few rays of light, no matter the weather. Tell me something good. What good thing happened in your life this week? Had some spring in your step or just made it to the first day of spring, both work. Just something good. 12416316
Reposted by Dorothy BarkerBenjamin Dreyer @bcdreyer.social · 20/03/2026“It is time to depose the President.” You can say that again. 327239
Reposted by Dorothy BarkerMrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 20/03/2026Republicans will charge a woman who took a legal abortion pill to end her own pregnancy with murder, but they won't charge the ICE agents who cold-bloodedly murdered Renee Nicole Good and Alex Pretti for absolutely no reason whatsoever. www.cbsnews.com/news/georgia...cbsnews.comGeorgia woman charged with murder after police say she took abortion pills to end pregnancyA 31-year-old Georgia woman has charged with murder by police who say she took pills to induce an abortion. 12424501024
Reposted by Dorothy BarkerI support Somali-Americans @adamrothman.bsky.social · 19/03/2026I have a joke about Cassandra that you wouldn't believe. 614514
Reposted by Dorothy BarkerJustin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 19/03/2026The Pentagon said the Iran war cost $11 billion in the first week. But it's way way way more than that. Hundreds of billions more. Your family's share is thousands of dollars. And I've got receipts. Lemme youtubesplain: www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCF_... 612332829
Reposted by Dorothy BarkerDevin Nunes' Alt-Mom @nunesalt.bsky.social · 18/03/2026Mar Quayne is sounding a little sketchy 1819543
Reposted by Dorothy BarkerCatherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 16/03/2026Trump found a new way to raise prices. For no apparently reason we're losing 200,000 commercial truck drivers in one fell swoop, thanks to rule barring immigrants who are asylum seekers, refugees or recipients of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, from obtaining commercial licenseswashingtonpost.comTrump’s cancellation of licenses for immigrant truckers takes effectThe rule bars immigrants who are asylum seekers, refugees or DACA recipients from obtaining commercial driver’s licenses. 10421821077
Reposted by Dorothy BarkerThe Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 17/03/2026"One reason I worry Trump is willing to let this war go on for months is that it’s a potential weapon against domestic opposition." lnk.thebulwark.com/3PbfCmC 711825
Reposted by Dorothy BarkerAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 16/03/2026Let’s see if Jeanine Pirro really will “bring all the cases” like she screamed at reporters Friday after being asked why she keeps losing. 24677532021
Reposted by Dorothy BarkerCatherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 15/03/2026President Donald Trump told Speaker Mike Johnson in a private conversation this week that “no one gives a [bleep] about housing,” according to four sources who heard the speaker recount the conversation. punchbowl.news/article/hous...punchbowl.newsTrump dismisses housing fight in push for SAVE ActTrump told Speaker Mike Johnson in a private conversation this week that “no one gives a [bleep] about housing." 64675289
Reposted by Dorothy BarkerCatherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 16/03/2026Does Trump Know His Favorite Shoe Company Is Suing Him? nymag.com/intelligence...nymag.comDoes Trump Know His Favorite Shoe Company Is Suing Him?Presumably he wouldn’t be pushing $145 Florsheim oxfords on all his pals if he knew the company sued his administration over tariffs. 1138382
Reposted by Dorothy BarkerThe Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 11/03/2026"The types of bets that Kalshi, Polymarket, and DraftKings and FanDuel have would make an eighties Vegas guy, he would blush red at the idea of stealing that much money from you. And that's what's normalized now inside of the system." @esaagar.bsky.social on the dangers of online gambling. 1512132
Reposted by Dorothy BarkerCatherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 01/03/2026the bombings will continue until peace improves 2072527616
Reposted by Dorothy BarkerCatherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 05/02/2026"To put it in terms Bezos would use, he is no longer a swashbuckling badass. He should sell the Post to someone who is." www.thebulwark.com/p/jeff-bezos...thebulwark.comJeff Bezos Must Sell the Washington PostMass layoffs undermine his promises to protect a great American institution. 35535111
Reposted by Dorothy BarkerCatherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 05/02/2026Vance announces price floor effort for minerals thehill.com/newsletters/...thehill.comVance announces price floor effort for minerals{beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment The Big Story Vance announces price floor effort for mineralsThe Trump administration on Wednesday pushed for an internati… 176415