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.
NEW: As Colorado’s Tina Peters reportedly meets with President Trump to discuss an election “plan,” her attorney says the plan involves seizing ballots nationwide and discusses strategy for a potential civil war
Another example of how every accusation is an admission
Trump is about to sell out Ukraine, basically the culmination of the 2016 influence operation, but that history has been memory holed. www.youtube.com/shorts/yDK-8...
Trump's Team Sells Out the US
YouTube video by emptywheel
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Put them on the regular donation rotation
IDK about you guys, but I use Wikipedia multiple times a day, every day, and I value them highly. Even if you're tight, it's worth it to give at least the minimum. =================== I support Wikipedia, where information is still human-created, fact-checked, and 100% free. donate.wikimedia.org
🚨BREAKING: GOP lawyer Cleta Mitchell and convicted election denier Tina Peters are pushing a scheme to have Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick seize voting machines, as part of a broader effort for the Trump administration to interfere with the midterm vote. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Election deniers Cleta Mitchell and Tina Peters want Trump’s commerce secretary to seize voting machines
The problem? No federal official can seize control of election administration from the states and counties, who hold the power run elections under the U.S. Constitution.
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Oh look, US National Science Foundation-supported science won the Nobel Prize in physics.
Buttle
NEW FROM PP The Trump admin keeps denying immigration agents are grabbing Americans, so we tracked it 500+ Americans detained 70+ kids, some cuffed or zip-tied 60+ held after filming 36+ held for day+ w/o access to lawyer ~12 deported (yes, deported) projects.propublica.org/american-cit....
They want us divided. They want us fighting each other instead of working together. Organized people beat big money every day of the week. But we have to get organized. So what are we going to do about it yall? Volunteer today at AngieNixon.com. #AngieForFlorida
I'm honored to be opening the Association of Research Libraries 189th meeting this morning in Arlington, VA with an address entitled "Information Foraging in the Digital World".
this is my favorite genre of social media post and I am soliciting links or screenshots to your favorites
File this one under: Pretty Bad Ass. Bruce Springsteen, Dave Matthews, Nathaniel Rateliff, Tom Morello & company at Power on the People last night, ripping “Fortunate Son.”
Yeah, apparently Fat Nixon thinks Drunk Nixon was treated unfairly.
Who believes that Trump will part with any sizable portion of the campaign coffers that he controls? It is a means of control + he never lets go of a farthing, like some old demented dragon. Watch. He won't part with the cash.
"If House Republicans are going to pull off an upset in November, they say it would come down to the party’s massive cash advantage and its aggressive gerrymandering push." Eg, not on policies or the will of a democratic electorate. www.cnn.com/2026/10/03/p...
BOMBSHELL: WaPo reports Trump's ads were funded with money meant for slain officers' funerals www.youtube.com/watch?v=GwqO...
BOMBSHELL: WaPo reports Trump's ads were funded with money meant for slain officers' funerals
YouTube video by MS NOW
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Unless Congress reclaims its power, this will just become the new normal. A good first step would be to impeach Vought. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/02/u...
National Science Foundation Diverted $1.4 Billion in Science Funds Mandated by Congress
The move, affecting about one-fifth of the National Science Foundation’s primary research budget, is the latest sign of how the White House is asserting more control over grants.
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NEW: Battlefield expands Concern about the GOP holding a U.S. Senate seat in….. South Dakota Just filed ====> youtu.be/3jV_J-1U5tU
🚨 Trump gets news he FEARED in South Dakota!
YouTube video by Scott MacFarlane Reports
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Again, these “factories” are data centers. The construction jobs, temporary, and the end employment, a guy with a laptop, a guy with a screwdriver, and a guy with a broom. This also has had the effect to hike the cost of all construction.
incredible spin from Hassett on mortgage rates being well above 7%: "When the economy is growing really high, then longer-term interest rates can sometimes go up not because of inflation, but because like all these businesses have a high demand for capital because they're building factories."
What a commie. I think this is a winning message. More Please.
I'd rather have an economy that makes 1,000 millionaires than 1 billionaire.
Welp, guess who will have access to our more closely held secret as and technology. Makes me feel warm and fuzzy.
Impeach Hegseth on January 3. I don’t care if you don’t have enough senate votes to convict and remove.
No wonder he didn’t want them on display
And that's how you Schmitt the bed...😂🤣😂
“We’re at a period where our molecular understanding is unprecedented,” said Dr. Paul Mischel, a physician scientist at Stanford. “But the infrastructure is really falling apart.” “It’s a problem — it’s a big, big problem,” he added. “People should be really angry.”
New Cancer Drugs Are Revolutionary. Why Don’t More Patients Get Them?
Targeted gene therapies are highly effective at stopping cancers, but the very abundance of the treatments, plus cost and sluggish change, are hindering access.
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In one violent incident on August 1, immigration agents in CPD's 25th District station lot boxed in an ICE observer, ripped her from her car and moved her to one of their SUVs to detain her. We asked for security footage from that morning. It shows ICE agents in full view of local police:
ICE agents box in and detain observer in CPD's 25th District parking lot on August 1, 2026
YouTube video by unraveled
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