Sharon Barrett

Sharon Barrett

@sbarrt.bsky.social

Ally, ADHD hippie, closet Luddite, policy wonk, proudly liberal, but I think of that as being practical. AKA satby in some places. Chicagoan in exile.

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Sharon Barrett reposted

It's not "strikingly juvenile" and it's not a "personal broadside." It's hate speech. The Vice President is trying to get people to vote against a Democrat by implying that he's gay and/or a pedophile and/or a fetishist. Take it seriously. It is on a par with every other kind of hate speech.

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I'm sorry, but if you feel you need the ability to block people on a blog seeing what you've written "for safety" maybe you just shouldn't be writing on blogs. Or more accurately, writing stupid shit and getting corrected, because that's what the actual problem is.

Very good shit! Bitchleen agrees!

Super Becky@snipitmichigan.bsky.social

This is Elliot. He wants you to know that I made such a good catnip filled toy his mom could not get it out of her purse fast enough for him. It's been several hours and Elliot is here to tell you this is some good shit. #cat #cats

Sharon Barrett reposted

Cindy Hyde-Smith is supported by fertilizer companies ripping off farmers, millions from a pro-AI super PAC pushing for costly data center development and everything in between. It's pretty clear who she answers to. As senator, the only people I'll owe anything to are the people of Mississippi.

More great info on a candidate running against the odds in a red state! Show them some love: bsky.app/profile/fift...

Fifth House Sun@fifthhousesun.bsky.social

@nytpitchbot.bsky.social Hi, Doug, it's your ole BJ pal MazeDancer. You likely didn't see the meticulously researched dive into 180 years of voter suppression in MS. Creating Rule 1. Impacting Scott Colom. t's important. Link was edited out of fundraising post balloon-juice.com/2026/07/14/r...

Great info on some contests to watch and support in red states! Help make the blue wave a tsunami! bsky.app/profile/fift...

Fifth House Sun@fifthhousesun.bsky.social

NYT reports GOP has yanked their Senate Ad buy in NC. "Roy Cooper + 3" is real! In July, we mantra'd flipping the Senate "Roy Cooper + 3". Because Dems need 4 out of 12 available contests. Here's updates on all Senate races. Pick your winners. At Balloon-Juice balloon-juice.com/2026/10/01/r...

Exactly this.

robert j bennett, ceo, results omega@robertjbennett.bsky.social

I react very poorly when any proposed policy or plan is met with "but what if someone like Trump gets hold of it?? then it would be not good, but very bad" because there really is no law or institution that can work when a population is willing to elect the stupidest, worst asshole alive

Sharon Barrett reposted

Hegseth has a searing resentment of all the officers who called him on his incompetence, laziness, and just general bad attitude. Just a very bad soldier and a drunk who failed to meet all expectations and is determined to destroy the military hierarchy that called him out for the useless man he is.

Sharon Barrett reposted

Replying to @daffodillpickle.bsky.social

racism. also the unstoppable recklessness of idiots thinking they're geniuses. Hegseth is a former major in the reserves who thinks he knows better than generals and admirals and 150-plus years of actual military training and know-how.

And Tizzy Ent with why no one should vote for pedophile enabler Andy Biggs.

TizzyEnt@tizzyent.bsky.social

Andy Biggs has a history of enabling predators and it's not good for anyone, especially the people of AZ

Montana, wise up and vote for an authentic hero who will work on your behalf, not for the billionaires and corporations throwing up data centers everywhere for more intrusive AI non of us want!

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All Americans who believe in doing the right thing must stand with Canada. Indeed!

Phillips OBrien@phillipspobrien.bsky.social

If you haven’t noticed, it is Canada that is fighting for decency and respect in international relations, and the USA that is acting without honor or logic. All Americans who believe in doing the right thing must stand with Canada.

I hope not quite about to die, but Joe Biden was a great President and a very good, compassionate man and I will defend him right up until it's my own time to die.

Hey y'all, Joe Biden is about to die. And the Rs are going to smear the shit out of him to support Trump's lies. You already fight them every day. But we really need to get hands out on this one, because Biden was a Very Good Man, and did a LOT for us, at the expense of his own life.

Sharon Barrett reposted

What a fucking disaster & WHY are we all having to do this shit again?? Because white people wanna be white more than they want food without glass in it & a bunch of undercover republicans cosplaying communists convinced you morons that eating glass would save Gaza.

Sharon Barrett reposted

Some of the richest people in the world want a racial caste system, and they want scholarly backing for that in the form of racist pseudoscience. And a lot of ostensibly non racist people quietly agree, and don’t like to see those who peddle that pseudoscience excluded from mainstream institutions.

Sharon Barrett reposted

This account is one of my favorites on this site. It is so important to highlight these stories and think about who puts food on our tables.

United Farm Workers@ufw.bsky.social

"Isidro" sent this photo of strawberries he picked in Watsonville, CA. "I am proud of the work I do to put this fruit on the tables across America. Every strawberry I pick demonstrates my hard work and dedication." #WeFeedYou

Sharon Barrett reposted

Danny Thomas had a dream. No child should be denied hope because their family couldn’t afford care. ❤️‍🩹 That dream became St. Jude. A place where children are treated regardless of race, religion or ability to pay. One person’s compassion changed countless lives❤️ #StJude #Hope #SheShed

Sharon Barrett reposted

Our political press buys into Trump as the personification of what George Lakoff calls “strict-father” morality. I’m not saying that’s their morality. I’m saying they respect it, even more than their own, sometimes. www.thefarce.org/why-the-pres...

🗽LOLGOP🗽@lolgop.bsky.social

If a president who wasn’t a Republican lost a war within days and left Americans with an $80 billion spike in energy costs, the press would demolish him, non-stop, like Jake Tapper would get his own streaming service just to shake his head derisively. The Ellisons would acquire it.

Important read for everyone, and then pass on to others. Trans rights are human rights and we all need to step up and support our fellow citizens and protect their rights. As a friend says: "no one is truly free until everyone is".

Jesse Thorn@jessethorn.bsky.social

M. Gessen has written a truly extraordinary piece about the "soft fascism" faced by transgender people in America, and by trans people in Kansas particularly. Beautifully written and reported, deeply humane. I really hope you'll read it. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/13/o...

Sharon Barrett reposted

I think part of the pundit crack-up has been that they missed the big call of their lifetimes about which was the bigger threat to America: wokeness or authoritarianism. And rather than admitting that, they are doubling down on wokeness, while ignoring an authoritarianism that does not threaten them

Sam Ulmschneider@samulmschneider.bsky.social

Normally I just appreciatively read @jamellebouie.net 's columns-sharable video content just isn't my bag. But this is a very, very, very trenchant piece of commentary that captures a lot of how I increasingly understand the disjunction between the commentary environment and on-the-ground politics.

Sharon Barrett reposted

Bill Cassidy did not want to personally risk anything for the truth. So he needed a rationalization in his own mind to vote yes for RFK. Cassidy is the only one being untruthful…to himself. Until these guys have the awareness to understand their own motivations, this Mickey Mouse show will never end

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

CNBC: Do you regret voting for RFK Jr? BILL CASSIDY: If you want to tell me that somebody didn't tell me the truth, and I should've seen in the future they were not gonna tell the truth, you can say, 'Bill you should've seen into the future'

Sharon Barrett reposted

“We should have a plan in place so that if unemployment does go up, we’re prepared, rather than just dealing with the crisis once AI billionaires are becoming trillionaires and many people are put out of work,” said Representative Greg Casar. trib.al/WUUussU

Great question: who put this idea into the dumbshit's head?

capitolhunters@capitolhunters.bsky.social

Call out reporters who say "ballroom" even after Trump quits pretending. This was never about a ballroom. It's always been a crazy scheme to armor the White House against attackers, likely domestic ones. And it didn't likely come from Trump, who's obsessed with gilt and marble. Ask who wanted it. 2/

Its obvious.

People need to get it through their heads that whatever they *might* have “actually” meant a couple of years ago, when leftists say “AIPAC” or “Israel” NOW they often mean (((Jewish))) just as when MAGA says “DEI” they mean “Black.” If you can’t get that I don’t know what the else to say.