Dorothy Barker
@totallydaft.bsky.social
Quaker(Philadelphia Yearly Meeting), She/Her, Outgoing-Introvert, Old Soul, Cat & Dog Person, Amateur Genealogist, Leo with Gemini Rising, Paralegal, Bourbon lover, “If not now, when? If not me, who?”
But, boy, those godless, commi-socialist libtards sure got owned. 🤷🏻♀️
Philip Gourevitch@pgourevitch.bsky.social · 7d agoTrump kicked millions off health insurance while failing to check inflation & hiking gas prices so uninsured forego care or end up in ERs racking up unpaid bills & hospital profits fall & they raise rates on the insured & insurers hike premiums - a hell spiral. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/30/b...
I try not to overdo this bit but ... my man is begging for it. Let's go.
PEIPolitical 🇨🇦@peipolitical.bsky.social · 3w agoMiller: "It's not a coincidence that when you look at these violent Antifa demonstrations not one of the people that is demonstrating looks like a normal person. Not one looks normal. They're all deformed in some way in their appearance, in their dress, in their mannerism." #cdnpoli
It’s exactly the kind of thing you expect to find in a government waste book www.thebulwark.com/p/gop-fiscal...
GOP Fiscal Hawks Turn Chicken On Reflecting Pool
This watery boondoggle is exactly the kind of thing they've criticized for years.
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Went to a Juneteenth event last night — an interfaith thing among local churches my wife helped with. Learned a bunch I didn’t know. Among what I learned — that Owen Brown, John Brown’s son, became a big local figure in Pasadena and his grave up on a mountain is still a popular hike.
Former Fed chair Jay Powell received the Profile in Courage Award at JFK Library yesterday. He defended the Fed's independence and urged respect for rule of law. Should not require courage to say such things. But these days it does www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
I would not want to be standing under the giant steel arches on the South Lawn if there’s lightning. Good thing DC rarely gets thunderstorms in the summer. 🫠 www.thebulwark.com/p/trumps-fyr...
Trump’s Fyre 250 Disaster
Let’s just do it and be legends.
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Christ, you're the governor of the entire state. Shut the building down. It's not sovereign territory like a foreign embassy. Pull the certificate of occupancy. Cut the power. Back it up with state police. Stop coddling fascists and groveling every time they order you around. Act like an American.
The New York Times@nytimes.com · 2mo agoGov. Mikie Sherrill of New Jersey said that federal immigration officials were continuing to bar her from entering a detention center in Newark, raising “serious questions about what is happening behind its walls.”
There is not a grand jury in America that will indict E. Jean Carroll. We see you.
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"Increasingly, the judges can no longer trust the government to be telling the truth." "It pains me because the damage to the Dept. of Justice is just at this point immeasurable." @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social and Mary McCord on the Trump DOJ torching its credibility with the courts.
This image features a giant river otter (Pteronura brasiliensis), the longest member of the mustelid family, which can reach up to 1.8 meters (nearly 6 feet) in length. #Otterday
ICE is shooting pepper spray and attacking press right now at Delaney Hall.
"The entire Republican apparatus in Congress is dying for this war to be over...And so Trump not only is not making any clear moves in that direction...but he's adding to the war." @saletan.bsky.social and @eggerdc.bsky.social on Trump threatening to blow up Oman as the GOP begs for the war to end.
Chicken shit can’t face them because he knows there’s no justification for what he’s done. Consciousnesses of guilt. www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-v...
Trump visited soldiers at Walter Reed — but not the 14 injured in the Iran war
More than a dozen soldiers injured in Operation Epic Fury are still recovering at the military hospital.
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US Attorney Andrew Boutros is currently scrambling to save his own skin in front of the district court over the Broadview 6 issue. How open will he be to pursuing this?
Per CNN this was referred to the us attorney’s office in Chicago. That is the same office currently being turned upside down by prosecutorial misconduct in the the Broadview 6 case. I’m sure judges in the Northern District of Illinois would look kindly on this kind of adventurism right now
Eric Columbus@ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 2mo agoIf they secure an indictment against Carroll, she will file a whopper of a motion to dismiss for selective/vindictive prosecution. (A district judge just dismissed Kilmar Abrego Garcia's prosecution for that reason; DOJ will likely appeal.) www.cnn.com/2026/05/27/p...
I can tell you a version of American history as a startup company. Let's call it by it's ticker symbol, USA. USA launched in a move-fast, break-things mode. It shipped tons of products (a central bank; territorial expansion) and attracted lots of users . . .
Particularly given that he brags about being REPEATEDLY ASKED TO TAKE A COGNITION TEST
Karl Bode@karlbode.com · 8mo agoyou'd think that the fact the president of the united states is completely fucking insane would be a bigger news story
Aligning with the political left means that the odds are against you because you choose to side with those historically deprived of power. By definition, that means that defeatism is never an option. The fight continues as it must, across generations. It is good to be part of the fight.
Democrats need to accept that they're entering a new era of procedural Total War. This includes a big escalation in redistricting, but it's not limited to that. If Republicans don't like it, tough shit: They made this world, and they are the ones inflicting it on us. newrepublic.com/article/2098...
Honestly, if he was eligible to run for POTUS, I'd want to see Mamdani take a real run white rural voters in places like Iowa. www.thebulwark.com/p/is-the-dem...
Is the Democratic Answer for Winning Rural Voters . . . Mamdani?
Plus: The best Leopard–Face-Eating Chart, ever.
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"This is setting off alarm bells because it suggests the president is doing an end-run around the FDA’s normal scientific processes, quite possibly because he wants to quiet a politically influential podcaster who has been giving him grief over Iran."
When Joe Rogan Is in Charge of Health Care
Psychedelics have genuine potential as psychiatric tools, which is why separating them from politics is so important.
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Just heard her being praised on Tell Me Everything @johnfugelsang.bsky.social
Andrea Devon@andreadevon.sheshed.rocks · 5mo agoBefore Elvis, she created the sound that became rock and roll. The credit went elsewhere. Sister Rosetta Tharpe blended gospel and electric guitar years before it had a name. Musician. Innovator. The godmother of rock and roll. #SheShed #WomensHistoryMonth
My resolution to overturn the Supreme Court’s disastrous Citizens United decision — H.J.Res 122 — has now been co-sponsored by 72 Members of Congress. You can view the full list at: www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c.... I’ll keep fighting to get it across the finish line!
