LessBarb

LessBarb

@lessbarb.bsky.social

Recovering FL Republican. Previously art and science daily, and now it turns out I'm just an anti-MAGA anti-DeSantis, troll. Known to hose Christian Nationalists with Bible verses. I have a hypocrisy trigger.

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You can thank Republican ownership for that.

Ron Filipkowski@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social

CBS deleted this post and reposted it admitting that their original one was misleading. And the misleading post from CBS was intentionally misleading, not an innocent mistake. CBS continues to lose credibility.

Because evidence is not enough for concern. That's crazy.

Atticus Finch (of Georgia)@atticus59914029.bsky.social

Tragic that this is our attorney general. The question is not crazy in light of 1/6. This president already tried to overturn a lawful election. That is a stone cold fact of history.

Oh, no, whatever you do, Do Not Vote for a Socialist.

Ron Filipkowski@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social

As his policies bankrupt them, Trump-supporting farmers fully embrace socialism. But only if it’s for them.

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In state election boards & county offices, GOP officials have been closing polling places and making it harder to vote. The bet is that enough people will get tired, give up, and stay home. But this month, a group of college students made it clear that their gamble will backfire. (link in comments)

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Vivek just released a new ad with Acton’s estranged mother that cut out the part where she claimed Acton lied about living in a tent after proof came out that she did live in a tent, so basically the bitter old hag is now just saying Acton lied at 12 about being sexually abused.

Uhm, who, exactly, can make a fortune? People living next door?

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Trump on data centers: "I say let them come in ... you should really be cool on data centers because you can make a fortune with the data centers" (Note the total silence of the crowd during this rant!)

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Absolutely disgusting, but what can we expect from an adjudicated rapist and a congenital liar?

Headquarters@headquartersnews.bsky.social

Q: Amy Acton's stepfather was indicted for rape. Now that you know all that, sir, do you change your mind about the ad? Trump: No. I don't care

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All this time I never knew Clinton in 2000 could have directed DOJ to sue to make sure Florida election officials in Broward county were allowed to question voters on if they were confused by the ballot design when they voted for Buchanan.

Bradley P. Moss@bradmossesq.bsky.social

See, all this time I never knew Obama in 2016 could have directed DOJ to sue to make sure state election officials could take action AFTER the election to determine if voters were misled by Russian interference operations.

And the folks that double-down with him. That remark that JD dropped, "something something someone may have mentioned alcohol..." will bite him.

Don Moynihan@donmoyn.bsky.social

Vivek might not just have lost the election, but any political future.

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This is important. Over the last few years, Putin had established 'unilateral deterrence': NATO was afraid to do things that might provoke him to use nukes, but he wasn't afraid of NATO's nukes. This is a step towards re-establishing the credibility of UK & FR nukes, regardless of what Trump does.

The Analyst@militaryanalyst.bsky.social

BRITAIN & FRANCE CARRY OUT FIRST EVER JOINT NUCLEAR STRIKE EXCERCISE Two RAF Typhoons escorted two French Air Force Rafale fighters carrying a tactical nuclear strike package at a ‘Russian’ target, using tactics designed to get the weapon to its launch point. They expected to operate in a highly

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We acknowledge that no one has the bandwidth for this, but if it helps: -It’s ‘sleight of hand’ -It’s ‘bated breath’ -It’s ‘lo and behold’ -It's 'buck naked' -It’s ‘brass tacks’ -It’s ‘free rein’ -It’s ‘toe the line'

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In the wake of all this, I hope that at the very least, we never see another think piece lambasting adult children for cutting off ties with their parents.

Judd Legum@juddlegum.bsky.social

Ramaswamy has produced an attack ad weaponizing the rape of his opponent, Amy Acton, when she was 12 years old. It features Acton’s mother, who abandoned Acton after she was raped by her step-father, fleeing the state with her husband. Here is the corporate money helping fund that ad.

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JUST POSTED: Today at The NYT we are publishing a major investigation into how President Trump used his executive powers to expose millions of Americans to greater cancer risks. A six month-long investigation built on more than 10,000 pages of FOIA records. Read it www.nytimes.com/2026/10/24/c...

nytimes.comHow Trump Gave the Worst Polluters a Free Pass (Gift Article)The president temporarily waived clean-air rules for industrial facilities that spew cancer-causing gases. Then his appointees worked to gut the regulations altogether.

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Replying to @ericlipton.nytimes.com

Overall, we are seeing some very odd deal talks that are supposedly a part of ending the war in Ukraine. But in fact evidence shows these deals are structured (in the most recent case secretly until now) to financially benefit Russia or business partners of the Trump and Witkoff families.

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The plain fact of it is thus: the Trump administration wants to re-segregate higher education. It is a racist project straight-up-no-chaser. Accommodating any of this puts you on the wrong side of history, makes you a collaborator in this project. ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...

ballsandstrikes.orgTrump DOJ: Yale’s Medical School Has Way Too Many Black StudentsThe administration’s view is that the mere presence of students of color at Yale Medical School proves discrimination against white people.

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JUST POSTED: A Russian energy giant has secretly moved to acquire a position in a massive Alaska gas project. Its part of talks between Witkoff/Kushner & Putin. But CEO of US company resigns after learning of Russian money in the project. A wowzer of a story. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/23/u...

nytimes.comIn U.S. Gas Talks With Kremlin, Hidden Financing for Alaska Project EmergesInterviews and documents show a Russian energy giant secretly funded a U.S. firm. The deal has been discussed in talks to end the war in Ukraine.

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Hundreds of lawyers are spending election week in war rooms & courthouses, ready to file at a moment's notice More than a dozen national firms are in it w/ @democracydefendersaction.org & our complaints are already written Bring it on More @financialtimes.com👇 -TN

ft.comArmies of lawyers prepare to stop interference in US midtermsHundreds of attorneys to work with election integrity groups owing to fears of meddling in next month’s vote

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$168 million. That’s what Elon Musk has spent trying to buy Texas a senator named Ken Paxton. Let’s show him Texas is NOT for sale. 🗳️ #JamesTalarico #VoteBlue #Texas

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The Somali guy hopping on the school bus to save the children even as Stephen Miller wants to denaturalize and deport him is a metaphor for our time.

lastpositivist.bsky.social@lastpositivist.bsky.social

Just been such a revolution in my worldview to realise that people like Musk actually believe this, this isn't just the nonsense they feed the rubes so they can do coldly rational mercantile calculations in smokey rooms among themselves. No. It's rubes all the way down, they're that stupid.

There goes whatever shred of hope he had for the presidency. Wonder what Usha thinks?

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

JD Vance: "When you're mean to Amy Acton, she sics the American media and of course the Democrat Party operatives all across the state of Ohio after you. But I think a person who is more worried about whether somebody says something mean about them, that person can never serve in the gov's mansion"

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Now that Wedgewood Polls has been exposed as fakers, let's consider the odd fact that this year not one but TWO polling firms put out a fake poll and then claimed it had been a "social experiment" to see if fake data would enter the mainstream. Median Strategies used the same phrase in August. 1/

G Elliott Morris@gelliottmorris.com

We were investigating Wedgewood for faking their data and emailed them for comment this morning, ahead of publishing the findings tomorrow. They are now trying to cover up their fraud with the "we were doing a social experiment" excuse. Full story here: blog.fiftyplusone.news/p/fiftypluso...

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I don't think any state would want to do business with a company run by a capricious megalomaniac. Good luck on making that India sale, Elon.

Angry@angrystaffer.bsky.social

If this is accurate, Elon lied about not having control over Starshield, and he lied about the administration making the decision. More importantly, why is a private citizen even *able* to make decisions that could hinder US military operations?

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A despicable ad from Vivek Ramaswamy who is a despicable person. Desperate Republicans have run some horrible, dishonest ads to distract from their failures in office, but maybe none worse than this one.

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Replying to @akivamcohen.bsky.social

Good fucking god, did you just "not relevant" a direct question from the judge?

Roger Parloff@rparloff.bsky.social

J: you can't answer? RS: not relevant J: i'm the one who decides what's relevant. i've asked what's DOJ understanding when they told me TMP plan had nothing to do with the Washington National Plan & everything to do with 7 year-old cultural landscape report. RS: i answered J: you haven't. /17