Barbara Cheng
@barbaracheng.bsky.social
So when does this stop? When do the smart ethical people who value humanity win? When do lawmakers fight for Americans? I’m waiting.
First raspberry from our garden of the season … OK - the second. My husband ate the first one, so it’s a first raspberry for me.
July 24, 2025 at 4:12 PM
First raspberry from our garden of the season … OK - the second. My husband ate the first one, so it’s a first raspberry for me.
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She’s confused. And so am I. This is nuts!
My wife just said this is straight out of The Handmaid’s Tale. Anyone know more about this?
My wife just said this is straight out of The Handmaid’s Tale. Anyone know more about this?
July 24, 2025 at 3:31 AM
She’s confused. And so am I. This is nuts!
My wife just said this is straight out of The Handmaid’s Tale. Anyone know more about this?
My wife just said this is straight out of The Handmaid’s Tale. Anyone know more about this?
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Marine Combat Veterans & US Citizens confront ICE bounty hunters as they leave work, after a long day of kidnapping people.
July 23, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Marine Combat Veterans & US Citizens confront ICE bounty hunters as they leave work, after a long day of kidnapping people.
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Not really an overstatement to say that the test of a free society is whether or not comedians can make fun of the country's leader on TV without repurcussions.
July 18, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Not really an overstatement to say that the test of a free society is whether or not comedians can make fun of the country's leader on TV without repurcussions.
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Pam Bondi releasing “whatever she thinks is credible” is as reassuring as Trump at girlscout camp
July 16, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Pam Bondi releasing “whatever she thinks is credible” is as reassuring as Trump at girlscout camp
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Kristi Noem cut off call center contracts leaving Texas' thousands of flood victims stranded with no one to call. She did it because they are running a massive 125 billion dollar budget increase over their immigration bullshit.
July 14, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Kristi Noem cut off call center contracts leaving Texas' thousands of flood victims stranded with no one to call. She did it because they are running a massive 125 billion dollar budget increase over their immigration bullshit.
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This isn’t just politics. It’s a takeover.
ICE raids. FEMA cuts. Project 2025. None of it is accidental.
They’re changing the country on purpose. If we don’t push back, we’ll lose more than we know.
Speak up while we still can. Silence is complicity.
ICE raids. FEMA cuts. Project 2025. None of it is accidental.
They’re changing the country on purpose. If we don’t push back, we’ll lose more than we know.
Speak up while we still can. Silence is complicity.
July 8, 2025 at 2:16 PM
This isn’t just politics. It’s a takeover.
ICE raids. FEMA cuts. Project 2025. None of it is accidental.
They’re changing the country on purpose. If we don’t push back, we’ll lose more than we know.
Speak up while we still can. Silence is complicity.
ICE raids. FEMA cuts. Project 2025. None of it is accidental.
They’re changing the country on purpose. If we don’t push back, we’ll lose more than we know.
Speak up while we still can. Silence is complicity.
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MAYOR BASS: “They need to leave right now. This is UNACCEPTABLE.”
The mayor showed up as Trump’s Gestapo/ICE marched through MacArthur Park like an invading army. Ridiculous.
They left. (h/t FOX LA)
The mayor showed up as Trump’s Gestapo/ICE marched through MacArthur Park like an invading army. Ridiculous.
They left. (h/t FOX LA)
July 7, 2025 at 8:06 PM
MAYOR BASS: “They need to leave right now. This is UNACCEPTABLE.”
The mayor showed up as Trump’s Gestapo/ICE marched through MacArthur Park like an invading army. Ridiculous.
They left. (h/t FOX LA)
The mayor showed up as Trump’s Gestapo/ICE marched through MacArthur Park like an invading army. Ridiculous.
They left. (h/t FOX LA)
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Austin, Tx meteorologist @ KXAN responds to Q’s about the role federal Hiring cuts played by pointing out local NWS vacancies and how clearly relevant they are
July 7, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Austin, Tx meteorologist @ KXAN responds to Q’s about the role federal Hiring cuts played by pointing out local NWS vacancies and how clearly relevant they are
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Every reporter’s follow-up question to every Republican’s statement should be “Why are you lying about this?”
July 6, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Every reporter’s follow-up question to every Republican’s statement should be “Why are you lying about this?”
The view from my lovely neighbor’s back deck. I have no idea of their political views, but they invited the whole neighborhood over for snacks and drinks. We talked about ducks and sore knees.
July 6, 2025 at 4:40 PM
The view from my lovely neighbor’s back deck. I have no idea of their political views, but they invited the whole neighborhood over for snacks and drinks. We talked about ducks and sore knees.
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This year it feels more like the Farce of July.
Mural of Statue of Liberty in shame unveiled in France the day before 4th of July
July 4, 2025 at 6:16 PM
This year it feels more like the Farce of July.
I’m celebrating Harriet, hotdogs, and my fellow resisters this Fourth of July but not the rest … In fact - it feels more like a day of mourning for my country.
July 4, 2025 at 4:13 PM
I’m celebrating Harriet, hotdogs, and my fellow resisters this Fourth of July but not the rest … In fact - it feels more like a day of mourning for my country.
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It is kind of mind boggling how the GOP went from “Don’t Tread On Me” as a motto protesting perceived government overreach to approving funding for the government secret police within the span of 15 years
July 3, 2025 at 10:43 PM
It is kind of mind boggling how the GOP went from “Don’t Tread On Me” as a motto protesting perceived government overreach to approving funding for the government secret police within the span of 15 years
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Every time I see a press release from this administration, I assume it’s a lie until proven otherwise.
July 4, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Every time I see a press release from this administration, I assume it’s a lie until proven otherwise.
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pretty weird how there's always billion dollars just lying around whenever ICE needs concentration camps but there's never any money when children need healthcare or a simple school lunch. oh well just one of those things I guess
July 4, 2025 at 12:10 PM
pretty weird how there's always billion dollars just lying around whenever ICE needs concentration camps but there's never any money when children need healthcare or a simple school lunch. oh well just one of those things I guess
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My vote to whoever runs on abolishing ICE forever, expanding the Supreme Court, and returning tax brackets to 1950s levels.
If they could also pressure my state leaders to allow fluoride in my water once more, that would be great, too.
If they could also pressure my state leaders to allow fluoride in my water once more, that would be great, too.
July 3, 2025 at 7:29 PM
My vote to whoever runs on abolishing ICE forever, expanding the Supreme Court, and returning tax brackets to 1950s levels.
If they could also pressure my state leaders to allow fluoride in my water once more, that would be great, too.
If they could also pressure my state leaders to allow fluoride in my water once more, that would be great, too.
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I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
July 3, 2025 at 6:58 PM
I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
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1. True, ICE will be funded better than many NATO miliarites
2. Can this ICE money be used to directly pay third countries? Being able to hand out checks with 9 zeros could open a lot of doors to various hellhole nations in which to disappear ICE detainees
2. Can this ICE money be used to directly pay third countries? Being able to hand out checks with 9 zeros could open a lot of doors to various hellhole nations in which to disappear ICE detainees
I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
July 4, 2025 at 12:31 AM
1. True, ICE will be funded better than many NATO miliarites
2. Can this ICE money be used to directly pay third countries? Being able to hand out checks with 9 zeros could open a lot of doors to various hellhole nations in which to disappear ICE detainees
2. Can this ICE money be used to directly pay third countries? Being able to hand out checks with 9 zeros could open a lot of doors to various hellhole nations in which to disappear ICE detainees
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3. Corporations that publicly endorsed Trump's megabill:
3M
Altria
AT&T
Charter Communications
Chevron
Cisco
Comcast
Delta Airlines
Door Dash
Great Clips
Hair Cuttery
T-Mobile
Uber
United Airlines
UPS
Verizon
3M
Altria
AT&T
Charter Communications
Chevron
Cisco
Comcast
Delta Airlines
Door Dash
Great Clips
Hair Cuttery
T-Mobile
Uber
United Airlines
UPS
Verizon
July 3, 2025 at 9:24 PM
3. Corporations that publicly endorsed Trump's megabill:
3M
Altria
AT&T
Charter Communications
Chevron
Cisco
Comcast
Delta Airlines
Door Dash
Great Clips
Hair Cuttery
T-Mobile
Uber
United Airlines
UPS
Verizon
3M
Altria
AT&T
Charter Communications
Chevron
Cisco
Comcast
Delta Airlines
Door Dash
Great Clips
Hair Cuttery
T-Mobile
Uber
United Airlines
UPS
Verizon
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NEW: SCOTUS allows Trump admin to send eight men to South Sudan with no process.
Sotomayor, joined by Jackson, dissented, calling their colleagues' actions in the case "indefensible." It was one of several alarming signs for the nation on the Third of July.
This evening, at Law Dork:
Sotomayor, joined by Jackson, dissented, calling their colleagues' actions in the case "indefensible." It was one of several alarming signs for the nation on the Third of July.
This evening, at Law Dork:
SCOTUS allows Trump admin to send eight men to South Sudan with no process
Sotomayor, joined by Jackson, dissented, calling their colleagues' actions in the case "indefensible." It was one of several alarming signs for the nation on the Third of July.
www.lawdork.com
July 3, 2025 at 10:23 PM
NEW: SCOTUS allows Trump admin to send eight men to South Sudan with no process.
Sotomayor, joined by Jackson, dissented, calling their colleagues' actions in the case "indefensible." It was one of several alarming signs for the nation on the Third of July.
This evening, at Law Dork:
Sotomayor, joined by Jackson, dissented, calling their colleagues' actions in the case "indefensible." It was one of several alarming signs for the nation on the Third of July.
This evening, at Law Dork:
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GOP Congressman Deletes Post Celebrating ’18 Million Kids’ Losing School Meals: ‘Was an Error’ https://twp.ai/4io0KH
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GOP Congressman Deletes Post Celebrating ’18 Million Kids’ Losing School Meals: ‘Was an Error’
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July 3, 2025 at 11:55 PM
GOP Congressman Deletes Post Celebrating ’18 Million Kids’ Losing School Meals: ‘Was an Error’ https://twp.ai/4io0KH
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Republicans in Congress have structured the most painful benefit cuts in their budget bill to kick in AFTER the 2026 midterms.
But the tax cuts for the ultra-wealthy? Those begin immediately.
Remember this.
But the tax cuts for the ultra-wealthy? Those begin immediately.
Remember this.
July 3, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Republicans in Congress have structured the most painful benefit cuts in their budget bill to kick in AFTER the 2026 midterms.
But the tax cuts for the ultra-wealthy? Those begin immediately.
Remember this.
But the tax cuts for the ultra-wealthy? Those begin immediately.
Remember this.