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And to make that support tangible, I donated to u24.gov.ua Lets SHOW President Zelenskyy patriotic Americans support him and his country!
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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And to make that support tangible, I donated to u24.gov.ua Lets SHOW President Zelenskyy patriotic Americans support him and his country!
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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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More great info on a candidate running against the odds in a red state! Show them some love: bsky.app/profile/fift...
@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...
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...
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Exactly this.
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
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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.
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All Americans who believe in doing the right thing must stand with Canada. Indeed!
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.
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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.
"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
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@sbarrt.bsky.social FYI. Because you liked him.
Running in the Red – Vic Meyers, Stopping a Proud Boy, Building a Strong Colorado Come meet a Dem fighter running against an actual Proud Boy in Colorado House District-47. At Ballooh-Juice.com balloon-juice.com/2026/08/19/r...
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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...
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".
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...
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❤️🇺🇦 Courage is contagious. Read the proof in Defiant Hope: www.amazon.com/s?k=defiant+...
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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
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.
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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
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'
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“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?
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/
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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.