Eric Barnes

@ebarnescalgary.bsky.social

American & Canadian. Sports: Arsenal, Orioles, Virginia Tech, Steelers, Rockets, Flames. Music: Bruce, SRV, The Beatles, Satchmo & Ella, Marsalis Family, Dire Straits & Knopfler, Coltrane, REM LL POD 72

El-Sayed did not “minimize the attack” on a Michigan synagogue. He said it was ethically and legally indefensible and emphasized that we can understand the context without condoning - which is also how I feel about Israeli genocide in Gaza after 10/7/2023.

“Michigan Democrats will vote on their Senate nominee today. Abdul El-Sayed is the frontrunner. He's also a radical Islamist sympathizer.

El-Sayed was caught on leaked audio telling staff he wouldn't comment on the killing of Iran's Supreme Leader—worried it would upset Dearborn voters. After a Hezbollah-inspired attacker drove a truck into a synagogue preschool with 100+ kids inside, he minimized the attack, saying "hurt people hurt people."

His candidacy is a sign of broader trends in the Democratic party, and especially in Michigan. Jesse Arm breaks down how Michigan's Democratic party got here, what it means for it Jews, the state as a whole, and more. Full conversation linked below.”

Schiff: "The president is entitled to his own views about me or anybody else. He is not entitled, however, to use the DOJ to go after his political opponents. The day we say that's ok and the day we confirm an AG who says that's ok is the day the rule of law becomes merely an unenforceable idea."

Look how easy it was for corporations to steal from us: Step 1: Trump enacts tariffs Step 2: Corporations pass the tax onto consumers Step 3: SCOTUS declares it illegal Step 4: Corporations demand 166 billion refund FOR THEMSELVES Step 5: Corporations steal 166 billion from the middle class

Melissa Nadia Viviana 🐸@resistrebelrevolt.net · 3d ago

ICYMI: We have to stop dividing our problems into “left & right" & start seeing our problems like “top vs bottom.” 977 U.S. billionaires have a combined wealth of 9.2 trillion & they funneled it out of the middle class. Then they keep us fighting with each other while they steal more.

Gill: All 100 senators last week passed a non-binding resolution condemning any pardon for Ghislaine Maxwell. They're simultaneously considering confirming the guy who met with her and moved her to a low-security facility as the top cop in the United States. That is so insane to me.

A 60 Minutes probe into Epstein's banking, with Wyden already interviewed, vanished right after Sharyn Alfonsi got pushed out under Bari Weiss. Same editor who stalled the CECOT migrant story until Stephen Miller got a say. CBS keeps calling it timing. Sure looks like a pattern.

60 Minutes Epstein Banking Story Vanished After CBS Ousted Sharyn Alfonsi, Dem Senator Reveals

Wyden revealed he was interviewed for the show in a Senate report alleging the country's largest banks turned “a blind eye” to Epstein's financial activity

mediaite.com

Schiff: "He waited until he became president. Why did he wait to bring this $10b lawsuit? He waited so he would have the power of the presidency to leverage the IRS and DOJ to make him more money!"

Watergate was a harmless prank, in terms of the scale of illegality & constitutional violations, compared to this. Again, this is the most basic "do we live under a functioning constitutional order?" type of stuff. The answer, sadly, is no, because this hasn't immediately ended his presidency.

Sahil Kapur@sahilkapur.bsky.social · 2d ago

"The Trump administration admitted that it terminated nearly 300 federal research grants 'solely because' the projects were connected to states that voted against Donald Trump in 2024 and had two Democratic senators in office, according to court filings." www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...

Trump on the Reflecting Pool: "Jeanine Pirro made a mistake. There was vandalism…We have photographs or tapes — like moving cameras — where people are on the side cutting it with a box knife…The judge was extremely unfriendly to Jeanine, and frankly I think she choked."

NEW: Two government watchdog groups have demanded an investigation into whether FCC officials violated ethics requirements by accepting luxury gala tickets from Paramount as it sought federal approval for its $111 billion acquisition of Warner Bros.

FCC Commissioners Face Ethics Complaints for Taking Luxury Gifts From Paramount

Citing a ProPublica report on Paramount providing luxury Kennedy Center gala tickets to FCC officials, the complaints note that commissioners accepted the gifts while the FCC was reviewing or about to...

propublica.org