Barbara who knows stuff
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Mom w/2 fantastic kids, grandma w/2 great grandkids. Passion for baking w/yeast, read history and film buff. Democrat and support 🇺🇦 Ukraine & United24 🇺🇦 and Jake Broe fundraisers for Ukraine.
It’s been 166 days since SCOTUS struck down Trump’s illegal tariff taxes & big corporations are getting their refunds. $2.2 BILLION for Apple, $600 MILLION for Amazon, $300 million for Nike. When are American families going to see the $1,700 they're owed? Return the money, NOW.
Corporate America got billions of dollars in tariff refunds. Where’s your cut? | CNN Business
Apple got an estimated $2.2 billion tariff refund last quarter. Amazon got $600 million. Nike got $300 million. But American consumers who paid higher prices as President Donald Trump’s tariffs filter...
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Lifelong Republican endorses Mary Peltola for US Senate, Alaska, because she understands working-class struggles better than the people supposedly on his own side. This is what happens when we build something bigger than party lines. Keep the momentum. #BlueWaveIn90Days #USDemocracy #Voices4Victory
Speaking publicly for the first time in an interview, Sophie Dennison-Gibby said shortly after she plucked peeling liner from the Reflecting Pool’s water, an officer approached: “I wish you hadn’t done that. Now I’m going to arrest you.”
Arrested at Reflecting Pool, woman details ‘heartbreaking’ toll case has taken
Sophie Dennison-Gibby was one of three defendants charged with a misdemeanor related to Reflecting Pool damage. The charges were all dropped.
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😮 Trump's nominees are the most pathetic men in the world 😮 During a hearing, Blumenthal made Trump nominees squirm by asking them who won the 2020 election -- a question they refuse to answer -- but then Schiff upped the ante by asking them *who won the 2016 election.* Here's a supercut:
😮 Trump's nominees are the most pathetic men in the world 😮
YouTube video by Aaron Rupar
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Russians have destroyed the 300 year old Holy Nativity Church in Beryslav – the only surviving example in Ukraine of 18th-century wooden Cossack religious architecture.
Moldy showers. Food shortages. A lack of toothpaste, deodorant and soap. Military families are sounding the alarm about rapidly worsening conditions on the USS Lincoln. From Priya Sridhar:
Moldy showers and no soap: Military families are outraged by conditions on USS Lincoln
The aircraft carrier's long deployment in the Iran war is raising concerns that the sailors and Marines on board are facing poor conditions, low supplies and fatigue.
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In a contempt of Congress resolution, Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., argued Dr. Anthony Fauci’s Fifth Amendment rights were “unsupported,” while Fauci’s lawyers have said he is on “solid legal ground.”
Fauci Faces Contempt Vote Tomorrow—Here’s What To Expect
In a contempt of Congress resolution, Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., argued Dr. Anthony Fauci’s Fifth Amendment rights were “unsupported,” while Fauci’s lawyers have said he is on “solid legal ground.”
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Breaking News: A new class of warships backed by President Trump will cost 50% more than expected, for a total cost of $275 billion.
Cost of Trump’s Namesake Warships Likely to Rise by 50 Percent or More
President Trump’s goal of building a “golden fleet” of 15 battleships could cost $275 billion, according to a government estimate.
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The Senate has confirmed nearly 60 Trump-nominated election deniers to the judiciary. The attorneys who prosecuted the Jan. 6, 2021 rioters want them to stop. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Jan. 6 prosecutors urge Senate to stop confirming Trump's election-denier nominees
“The institutional denial of truth — especially by potential federal judges — is dangerous, yet it’s become all too clear that President Trump expects his nominees to provide evasive answers about bot...
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New Mexico sued the U.S. Justice Department, accusing federal officials of stonewalling the state’s criminal investigation into the late Jeffrey Epstein on.wsj.com/4c4M0jj
New Mexico Attorney General Sues DOJ for Access to Epstein Files
A lawsuit accuses the Justice Department and Todd Blanche of stonewalling the state’s investigation into activities at Zorro Ranch.
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Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) says he will vote against acting Attorney General Todd Blanche’s nomination to serve in the role permanently, putting more pressure on Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) to limit GOP defections on the high-profile nominee.
Fetterman to oppose Blanche’s nomination to head Justice Department
Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) says he will vote against acting Attorney General Todd Blanche’s nomination to serve in the role permanently, putting more pressure on Senate Majority Leader John Thune …
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“The Reflecting Pool mess is different from other Trump obsessions because it reveals just how immune to evidence and logic his beliefs have become, even when a trusted lieutenant wheels an entire box of supporting evidence into the Oval Office.”
The Atlantic@theatlantic.com · 10h agoTrump’s outburst over the Reflecting Pool is a sign of dangerous dysfunction in the Oval Office, @radiofreetom.bsky.social argues. theatln.tc/OMivBxpl
Josh Turek wants something better for Iowans — he’s the Dem running to flip the Senate. Just an amazing human being! He wants to lower costs, raise wages, restore Roe,protect workers, SS & Medicare, reproductive healthcare and will fight for farmers and education. More of this 🙏🏼 #BlueWaveIn90Days
A Palestinian father has opened an indoor play centre in Gaza to give children a sense of normality as they continue to endure near-daily Israeli attacks, with free entry for families who cannot afford to pay.
NEW: Republicans tried to get Missourians to effectively kill direct democracy and ballot initiatives. Last night, Missourians literally laughed in their face — rejecting the measure by a massive 80% to 20%. Here’s what to know:
Missourians Reject Measure That Threatened to Kill Citizen-Led Ballot Initiatives - Bolts
Missourians on Tuesday overwhelmingly voted against a measure to restrict direct democracy, while state officials are trying to block even more citizen-led reforms from the November ballot.
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JUST IN: Trump is scrambling to stop the BBC from digging into the finances of his business empire after a judge ordered him to hand over records in his $10B defamation lawsuit against the network.
A massive Russian ballistic missile and drone attack killed at least 17 people and injured dozens more in Ukraine's capital and Kyiv Oblast overnight as fires engulfed Kyiv and its suburbs, authorities reported on Aug. 5.
Ukraine war latest: At least 17 killed after Russian ballistic missile attack on Kyiv and surrounding area
Key developments on Aug. 5: * Russian ballistic missile attack kills 17, injures dozens in Kyiv and surrounding area as rescue efforts continue * Ukraine's air defense missile deliveries drop by tw...
kyivindependent.com
⚡ Lithuanian border guards uncover an underground smuggling tunnel dug from Belarus. united24media.com/world/lithua...
Lithuanian Border Guards Spot Underground Smuggling Route Dug From Belarus
Lithuania found an incomplete 4-meter border tunnel from Belarus. This marks 12 underground crossing attempts in 2026.
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Indeed, for 2026 Democrats, the "fringe opinion" is unwavering support for Israel. Centrists who pretend to be gobsmacked that someone criticizing Israel's genocide in Gaza might do well in a Democratic primary are announcing that they don't know anything about the current state of politics.
#StupidSuez@diplomatofnight.com · 6h agoI mean this sincerely: I think pro Israel people really need to begin internalizing that this is not a fringe opinion anymore and in fact is very statistically likely to be the average view of any brown Democratic candidate for office or any candidate under the age of 50
Good job Germany didn't send Ukraine those Taurus missiles. It really helped prevent an escalation.
The Guardian@theguardian.com · 5h agoThe Leipzig drone bomb marks a dangerous escalation for Europe
❗️Russian special services prepared assassinations of managers of German defense companies supplying weapons to Ukraine. One main target was Stefan Tumann, manager of the startup Donaustahl. Preparation began in December 2025: agents surveilled his house in Bavaria over the company’s supply
A shelter in Sloviansk in the Donetsk region, housing 66 cats and 15 dogs, shared camera footage of their animals reacting in terror to a nearby russian strike on the embattled city. Animals feel fear and stress as russia strikes their homes. Help protect them: u24.gov.ua/sky-defense?...
💀 Successfully killed: Russian Lieutenant General Erusalimov Igor 🚀 We will destroy ballistic missile launchers on the territory of the Russian Federation, — Zelensky 8/8
VERY BIG TOP NEWS TODAY 🔝 🔥 Wilberries warehouse in Aleksin hit! 🤩 Ufa refinery hit! 💔 Zelensky: At least 44 injured and 17 killed in the massive Russian strike on Kyiv and the Kyiv region. 1/8
He risked his life daily so no Ukrainian hero would be forgotten. Oleksii Yukov, head of Platsdarm, was killed on the front lines while recovering fallen soldiers to return them to their families with dignity. 🧵 1/5 ⬇️
The Golden State's self appointed “rivals” had the largest increases in job losses. Texas was #1 — up 108,000 Florida was #2 — up 79,000 Meanwhile, fewer Californians are out of work!
