Barbara
@barbarajacobi.bsky.social
Dual Irish/US Citizen living in rural Ireland. Retiree. Child free cat lady. Emigrated during Bush/Cheney. Lefty. Yes, a socialist. Vote Sinn Féin. No DMs please.
I wish fake Keanu Reeves would stop following me
November 10, 2025 at 10:21 AM
I wish fake Keanu Reeves would stop following me
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The Mississippi state legislature begs to differ. 😏
Mike Johnson: "What happened last night is blue states and blue cities voted blue. We all saw that coming. And no one should read too much into last night's election results."
November 5, 2025 at 3:20 PM
The Mississippi state legislature begs to differ. 😏
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if @neguse.house.gov has to *rewrite your dumb question* about Donny’s shutdown on the fly? you absolutely suck at journalism www.reddit.com/r/Destiny/s/...
November 1, 2025 at 7:26 PM
if @neguse.house.gov has to *rewrite your dumb question* about Donny’s shutdown on the fly? you absolutely suck at journalism www.reddit.com/r/Destiny/s/...
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Welch: "This has nothing to do with the shutdown. The law requires and the funds are available to continue SNAP right now without any interruption. So that is a decision the president is making on his own to allow people to go hungry."
October 29, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Welch: "This has nothing to do with the shutdown. The law requires and the funds are available to continue SNAP right now without any interruption. So that is a decision the president is making on his own to allow people to go hungry."
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SNAP is not the reason your taxes are high.
SNAP recipients don’t need to “just go get a job”.
Most of them work. The rest are disabled, elderly, children or caregivers.
People need & deserve assistance
Your taxes fund wars and tax cuts for the ultra rich
Be mad about that
SNAP recipients don’t need to “just go get a job”.
Most of them work. The rest are disabled, elderly, children or caregivers.
People need & deserve assistance
Your taxes fund wars and tax cuts for the ultra rich
Be mad about that
October 25, 2025 at 8:18 PM
SNAP is not the reason your taxes are high.
SNAP recipients don’t need to “just go get a job”.
Most of them work. The rest are disabled, elderly, children or caregivers.
People need & deserve assistance
Your taxes fund wars and tax cuts for the ultra rich
Be mad about that
SNAP recipients don’t need to “just go get a job”.
Most of them work. The rest are disabled, elderly, children or caregivers.
People need & deserve assistance
Your taxes fund wars and tax cuts for the ultra rich
Be mad about that
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Given that the admin refuses to use emergency funds to cover SNAP & warning that states will not be reimbursedif they do...the administration getting rid of the annual hunger survey that tracks hunger in the US is on brand.
They don't care if Americans starve, it appears to be intentional policy.
They don't care if Americans starve, it appears to be intentional policy.
October 25, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Given that the admin refuses to use emergency funds to cover SNAP & warning that states will not be reimbursedif they do...the administration getting rid of the annual hunger survey that tracks hunger in the US is on brand.
They don't care if Americans starve, it appears to be intentional policy.
They don't care if Americans starve, it appears to be intentional policy.
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This is Adelita Grijalva.
She was elected to Congress two weeks ago, officially making her the final vote needed to force the release of the Epstein files.
She has still not been sworn in because Mike Johnson refuses to do so.
She was elected to Congress two weeks ago, officially making her the final vote needed to force the release of the Epstein files.
She has still not been sworn in because Mike Johnson refuses to do so.
October 7, 2025 at 5:50 PM
This is Adelita Grijalva.
She was elected to Congress two weeks ago, officially making her the final vote needed to force the release of the Epstein files.
She has still not been sworn in because Mike Johnson refuses to do so.
She was elected to Congress two weeks ago, officially making her the final vote needed to force the release of the Epstein files.
She has still not been sworn in because Mike Johnson refuses to do so.
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Journalist Edward R. Murrow used his platform on CBS to criticize the witch hunts led by Senator Joseph McCarthy in the 1950s.
This is what real journalism should do — hold power to account, not capitulate to it.
This is what real journalism should do — hold power to account, not capitulate to it.
October 6, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Journalist Edward R. Murrow used his platform on CBS to criticize the witch hunts led by Senator Joseph McCarthy in the 1950s.
This is what real journalism should do — hold power to account, not capitulate to it.
This is what real journalism should do — hold power to account, not capitulate to it.
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“My job is to go for the jugular against the Irish media and I will do that until I end up like Charlie Kirk" — Eddie Hobbs
The speed at which US far-right talking points cross the Atlantic and are weaponzied by Irish figures on the right is now almost instantaneous
www.wired.com/story/conspi...
The speed at which US far-right talking points cross the Atlantic and are weaponzied by Irish figures on the right is now almost instantaneous
www.wired.com/story/conspi...
At a Conspiracy Conference in Rural Ireland, Charlie Kirk Was the Star
The increasingly tight links between far-right groups in the US and Europe were on full display at the Rebels Across the Pond conference in Ireland. The star of the show? Charlie Kirk.
www.wired.com
October 3, 2025 at 11:38 AM
“My job is to go for the jugular against the Irish media and I will do that until I end up like Charlie Kirk" — Eddie Hobbs
The speed at which US far-right talking points cross the Atlantic and are weaponzied by Irish figures on the right is now almost instantaneous
www.wired.com/story/conspi...
The speed at which US far-right talking points cross the Atlantic and are weaponzied by Irish figures on the right is now almost instantaneous
www.wired.com/story/conspi...
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Let me just put on the record that I am extremely concerned that some or all of the peaceful activists on board the Global Sumud Flotilla will be injured or killed by Israel in the coming hours or days, and the world will do nothing either before or after to protect them.
September 24, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Let me just put on the record that I am extremely concerned that some or all of the peaceful activists on board the Global Sumud Flotilla will be injured or killed by Israel in the coming hours or days, and the world will do nothing either before or after to protect them.
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Callous is “ i don’t care what happens to them”
He proffered that they be murdered by the state
He proffered that they be murdered by the state
September 14, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Callous is “ i don’t care what happens to them”
He proffered that they be murdered by the state
He proffered that they be murdered by the state
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Video: Israeli conductor gives passionate anti-genocide speech at BBC Proms
On one of the biggest stages in classical music, Ilan Volkov demanded action over Israel's ongoing genocide in Gaza
www.thecanary.co/skwawkbox/20...
On one of the biggest stages in classical music, Ilan Volkov demanded action over Israel's ongoing genocide in Gaza
www.thecanary.co/skwawkbox/20...
Video: Israeli conductor gives passionate anti-genocide speech at BBC Proms
On one of the biggest stages in classical music, Ilan Volkov demanded action over Israel's ongoing genocide in Gaza
www.thecanary.co
September 14, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Video: Israeli conductor gives passionate anti-genocide speech at BBC Proms
On one of the biggest stages in classical music, Ilan Volkov demanded action over Israel's ongoing genocide in Gaza
www.thecanary.co/skwawkbox/20...
On one of the biggest stages in classical music, Ilan Volkov demanded action over Israel's ongoing genocide in Gaza
www.thecanary.co/skwawkbox/20...
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September 11, 2025
September 11, 2025
Twenty-four years ago today, terrorists from the al-Qaeda network used four civilian airplanes as weapons against the United States, crashing two of them into the World Trade Center’s Twin Towers in N...
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
September 12, 2025 at 6:10 AM
September 11, 2025
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September 11, 2025.
September 11, 2025
Twenty-four years ago today, terrorists from the al-Qaeda network used four civilian airplanes as weapons against the United States, crashing two of them into the World Trade Center’s Twin Towers in New York City and a third into the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
September 12, 2025 at 6:18 AM
September 11, 2025.
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Couldn’t have said it better myself…
September 7, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Couldn’t have said it better myself…
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Killing 11 Venezuelans in an attempt to create a bigger story than the Trumpstein files is probably a crime.
September 3, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Killing 11 Venezuelans in an attempt to create a bigger story than the Trumpstein files is probably a crime.
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Here's the video Trump just posted to Truth Social, with the claim that 11 people aboard the boat were killed.
There is zero evidence of self-defense here. Looks like a massacre of civilians at sea.
Even if they had drugs aboard, that's not a capital offense.
There is zero evidence of self-defense here. Looks like a massacre of civilians at sea.
Even if they had drugs aboard, that's not a capital offense.
September 2, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Here's the video Trump just posted to Truth Social, with the claim that 11 people aboard the boat were killed.
There is zero evidence of self-defense here. Looks like a massacre of civilians at sea.
Even if they had drugs aboard, that's not a capital offense.
There is zero evidence of self-defense here. Looks like a massacre of civilians at sea.
Even if they had drugs aboard, that's not a capital offense.
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Over 300 MILLION American citizen's files stolen by DOGE.
Why can't 1 person with access steal the EPSTEIN Files?
#LEAKtheEPSTEIN_Files
Why can't 1 person with access steal the EPSTEIN Files?
#LEAKtheEPSTEIN_Files
August 30, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Over 300 MILLION American citizen's files stolen by DOGE.
Why can't 1 person with access steal the EPSTEIN Files?
#LEAKtheEPSTEIN_Files
Why can't 1 person with access steal the EPSTEIN Files?
#LEAKtheEPSTEIN_Files
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“Don’t need no fascist rules / don’t want no fascist schools / don’t want soldiers walking on the streets,”
“Got to get the fascists out / got to clean the White House out … no more money to the fascists, the billionaire fascists”
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/a...
“Got to get the fascists out / got to clean the White House out … no more money to the fascists, the billionaire fascists”
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/a...
Neil Young confronts Donald Trump in new song Big Crime: ‘Don’t want soldiers on the streets’
Veteran rocker characterises US administration as fascistic in song recorded at Chicago sound check
www.theguardian.com
August 31, 2025 at 2:41 AM
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Little kids with brain cancer.
That’s who Donald Trump and RFK Jr. are screwing over by cutting health care.
That’s who Donald Trump and RFK Jr. are screwing over by cutting health care.
August 30, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Little kids with brain cancer.
That’s who Donald Trump and RFK Jr. are screwing over by cutting health care.
That’s who Donald Trump and RFK Jr. are screwing over by cutting health care.
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You don’t grab power in DC without a fight. Bondi tried it, and she just got her political teeth kicked in.
This fight’s not over—and DC is still swinging.
belib.org/oC3RhFo
This fight’s not over—and DC is still swinging.
belib.org/oC3RhFo
Fiery Defiance: DC Tells Bondi to 'F-Off' Over Power Grab
"Back Off—We Run This City, Not You"
belib.org
August 15, 2025 at 11:14 AM
You don’t grab power in DC without a fight. Bondi tried it, and she just got her political teeth kicked in.
This fight’s not over—and DC is still swinging.
belib.org/oC3RhFo
This fight’s not over—and DC is still swinging.
belib.org/oC3RhFo
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"The Irish Embassy in Tel Aviv’s requirement that flights be purchased before visa approval resulted in a €38,000 loss on non-refundable tickets for the club."
July 16, 2025 at 7:40 AM
"The Irish Embassy in Tel Aviv’s requirement that flights be purchased before visa approval resulted in a €38,000 loss on non-refundable tickets for the club."
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The Constitution is not optional.
July 10, 2025 at 7:29 AM
The Constitution is not optional.
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I think I became aware of Van Hollen when he actually went to CECOT to confirm the whereabouts and conditions of Kilmar Abrego Garcia
Now I see him calling out the Islamophobia directed at Zohran Mamdani
Now I see him calling out the Islamophobia directed at Zohran Mamdani
June 29, 2025 at 7:06 PM
I think I became aware of Van Hollen when he actually went to CECOT to confirm the whereabouts and conditions of Kilmar Abrego Garcia
Now I see him calling out the Islamophobia directed at Zohran Mamdani
Now I see him calling out the Islamophobia directed at Zohran Mamdani
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“ICE in just a few weeks has transformed itself into the closest thing that the US has ever had to a ‘secret police,’ with more seemingly culturally in common with the Klan nightriders of Reconstruction than their federal agency brethren like the FBI or ATF.” @garrettgraff.bsky.social
June 20, 2025 at 3:21 PM
“ICE in just a few weeks has transformed itself into the closest thing that the US has ever had to a ‘secret police,’ with more seemingly culturally in common with the Klan nightriders of Reconstruction than their federal agency brethren like the FBI or ATF.” @garrettgraff.bsky.social