@barbarajtaylor.bsky.social
Writer, teacher, activist, proud Scrantonian. Author of Sing in the Morning, Cry at Night; All Waiting Is Long; Rain Breaks No Bones. #resist #booksky ☮️❤️📚
I’m in!
November 11, 2025 at 9:34 PM
I’m in!
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agreeing to make a terrible deal while your main opponent is quite literally being boo'd on live tv by an entire stadium of people is the kind of political instinct you'd normally only find in a 3 week old dead goldfish
November 10, 2025 at 12:36 AM
agreeing to make a terrible deal while your main opponent is quite literally being boo'd on live tv by an entire stadium of people is the kind of political instinct you'd normally only find in a 3 week old dead goldfish
If the democrats cave, I’m not donating another dollar on the national level. And if I could vote in the Pennsylvania primaries as an independent, I’d leave the party too. I may still do it.
November 10, 2025 at 6:16 PM
If the democrats cave, I’m not donating another dollar on the national level. And if I could vote in the Pennsylvania primaries as an independent, I’d leave the party too. I may still do it.
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Constituent here. @fetterman.senate.gov, do not cave on the government shutdown before ensuring Pennsylvanians will be able to afford their healthcare. We need you fighting for us, not selling us out. Thank you.
November 10, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Constituent here. @fetterman.senate.gov, do not cave on the government shutdown before ensuring Pennsylvanians will be able to afford their healthcare. We need you fighting for us, not selling us out. Thank you.
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Tonight’s Senate vote on the federal government shutdown should have been a time for strength.
Instead we saw capitulation and a betrayal of working Americans.
The American people need more from their leaders.
Instead we saw capitulation and a betrayal of working Americans.
The American people need more from their leaders.
November 10, 2025 at 6:20 AM
Tonight’s Senate vote on the federal government shutdown should have been a time for strength.
Instead we saw capitulation and a betrayal of working Americans.
The American people need more from their leaders.
Instead we saw capitulation and a betrayal of working Americans.
The American people need more from their leaders.
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incredible photo that's definitely worth at least 1,000 words from Andrew Harnik of Getty
November 6, 2025 at 6:10 PM
incredible photo that's definitely worth at least 1,000 words from Andrew Harnik of Getty
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Rep. Yassamin Ansari has set up a table and this sign outside Speaker Johnson’s office.
November 6, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Rep. Yassamin Ansari has set up a table and this sign outside Speaker Johnson’s office.
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"Pope Leo said Scripture emphasizes the question that will be posed at the end of the world:
'How did you receive the foreigner, did you receive him and welcome him, or not? I think there is a deep reflection that needs to be made about what is happening'..."
chicago.suntimes.com/pope-leo-xiv...
'How did you receive the foreigner, did you receive him and welcome him, or not? I think there is a deep reflection that needs to be made about what is happening'..."
chicago.suntimes.com/pope-leo-xiv...
Pope Leo calls for ‘deep reflection’ about treatment of detained migrants in U.S.
“Many people who have lived for years and years and years, never causing problems, have been deeply affected by what is going on right now,” Chicago-born pope says.
chicago.suntimes.com
November 6, 2025 at 5:02 AM
"Pope Leo said Scripture emphasizes the question that will be posed at the end of the world:
'How did you receive the foreigner, did you receive him and welcome him, or not? I think there is a deep reflection that needs to be made about what is happening'..."
chicago.suntimes.com/pope-leo-xiv...
'How did you receive the foreigner, did you receive him and welcome him, or not? I think there is a deep reflection that needs to be made about what is happening'..."
chicago.suntimes.com/pope-leo-xiv...
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Walmart, McDonalds and Amazon are the largest employers of people who require SNAP assistance.
The CEOs earned between 18-40 million last year, 1000x their median employee income.
They took billions in profits, while their workers relied on SNAP to survive.
Wanna fix fraud and abuse?
Fix that.
The CEOs earned between 18-40 million last year, 1000x their median employee income.
They took billions in profits, while their workers relied on SNAP to survive.
Wanna fix fraud and abuse?
Fix that.
November 3, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Walmart, McDonalds and Amazon are the largest employers of people who require SNAP assistance.
The CEOs earned between 18-40 million last year, 1000x their median employee income.
They took billions in profits, while their workers relied on SNAP to survive.
Wanna fix fraud and abuse?
Fix that.
The CEOs earned between 18-40 million last year, 1000x their median employee income.
They took billions in profits, while their workers relied on SNAP to survive.
Wanna fix fraud and abuse?
Fix that.
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Today, Mike Johnson will keep the House adjourned for the 91st day out of the last 103.
12 days of work in 103 days.
With full pay and benefits.
The senate has been working, so this is not about the shutdown.
It is about avoiding a vote to release the Epstein files.
12 days of work in 103 days.
With full pay and benefits.
The senate has been working, so this is not about the shutdown.
It is about avoiding a vote to release the Epstein files.
November 3, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Today, Mike Johnson will keep the House adjourned for the 91st day out of the last 103.
12 days of work in 103 days.
With full pay and benefits.
The senate has been working, so this is not about the shutdown.
It is about avoiding a vote to release the Epstein files.
12 days of work in 103 days.
With full pay and benefits.
The senate has been working, so this is not about the shutdown.
It is about avoiding a vote to release the Epstein files.
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This morning, my spouse spotted 7 National Guard members picking up trash in DC's Malcolm X Park.
This "deployment" costs taxpayers $1.1 million / day.
Why is there money for this but not for food, housing, or care?
This "deployment" costs taxpayers $1.1 million / day.
Why is there money for this but not for food, housing, or care?
October 29, 2025 at 1:08 PM
This morning, my spouse spotted 7 National Guard members picking up trash in DC's Malcolm X Park.
This "deployment" costs taxpayers $1.1 million / day.
Why is there money for this but not for food, housing, or care?
This "deployment" costs taxpayers $1.1 million / day.
Why is there money for this but not for food, housing, or care?
But Hunter Biden, am I right? 🙄
October 28, 2025 at 2:12 PM
But Hunter Biden, am I right? 🙄
I’m just catching up on tonight’s, Rachel Maddow Show. It’s one of those scary episodes. Yikes!
October 28, 2025 at 2:29 AM
I’m just catching up on tonight’s, Rachel Maddow Show. It’s one of those scary episodes. Yikes!
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If I were running the DNC, there would be Democratic Party sponsored food relief banks across the country right now that specifically welcomed anyone regardless of party affiliation.
Along with the food, there could be voter registration and links to runforsomething.net
Along with the food, there could be voter registration and links to runforsomething.net
October 26, 2025 at 9:03 PM
If I were running the DNC, there would be Democratic Party sponsored food relief banks across the country right now that specifically welcomed anyone regardless of party affiliation.
Along with the food, there could be voter registration and links to runforsomething.net
Along with the food, there could be voter registration and links to runforsomething.net
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What’s the real reason that over a month after her election, Adelita Grijalva is STILL waiting to be sworn in?
Mike Johnson wants to protect those in the Epstein Files.
Full stop.
Mike Johnson wants to protect those in the Epstein Files.
Full stop.
October 26, 2025 at 3:06 AM
What’s the real reason that over a month after her election, Adelita Grijalva is STILL waiting to be sworn in?
Mike Johnson wants to protect those in the Epstein Files.
Full stop.
Mike Johnson wants to protect those in the Epstein Files.
Full stop.
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We’re putting food on the table in Argentina ($40 billion), yet MAGA Republicans are threatening to withhold SNAP funds already allocated by Congress. MAGA = Make Argentina Great Again.
October 26, 2025 at 6:14 PM
We’re putting food on the table in Argentina ($40 billion), yet MAGA Republicans are threatening to withhold SNAP funds already allocated by Congress. MAGA = Make Argentina Great Again.
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We can’t let this happen.
And any Republican who refuses to renew health care subsidies for hardworking American families, saying we can’t afford it, needs to explain how they found $1 trillion in tax cuts to give away to the wealthiest people in America.
And any Republican who refuses to renew health care subsidies for hardworking American families, saying we can’t afford it, needs to explain how they found $1 trillion in tax cuts to give away to the wealthiest people in America.
October 24, 2025 at 8:28 PM
We can’t let this happen.
And any Republican who refuses to renew health care subsidies for hardworking American families, saying we can’t afford it, needs to explain how they found $1 trillion in tax cuts to give away to the wealthiest people in America.
And any Republican who refuses to renew health care subsidies for hardworking American families, saying we can’t afford it, needs to explain how they found $1 trillion in tax cuts to give away to the wealthiest people in America.
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This is amazing!!
October 24, 2025 at 12:59 AM
This is amazing!!
This breaks my heart. So infuriating!
Picture of the East Wing demolition of the White House taken on my flight out of DCA.
October 23, 2025 at 6:17 PM
This breaks my heart. So infuriating!
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This is very good
October 22, 2025 at 11:52 PM
This is very good
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I'm not sure you can get more marie antoinette than taking away food stamps before thanksgiving while you build a gold and marble dance hall so the other crooks can bring bribe you over a badly-cooked (argentinian) steak
October 22, 2025 at 11:53 AM
I'm not sure you can get more marie antoinette than taking away food stamps before thanksgiving while you build a gold and marble dance hall so the other crooks can bring bribe you over a badly-cooked (argentinian) steak
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This is sick. Several of the MS13 gang members Trump traded to Bukele so he could have access to CECOT prison for deportees were actually COOPERATORS with law enforcement. He betrayed them. wapo.st/4nbNiM4
Rubio promised to betray U.S. informants to get Trump’s El Salvador prison deal
To secure U.S. access to President Nayib Bukele’s notorious CECOT prison, Rubio agreed to turn over several MS-13 leaders central to a long-running Justice Department investigation.
wapo.st
October 19, 2025 at 2:08 PM
This is sick. Several of the MS13 gang members Trump traded to Bukele so he could have access to CECOT prison for deportees were actually COOPERATORS with law enforcement. He betrayed them. wapo.st/4nbNiM4
Lots of dangerous characters at the #NoKings number two for me in #Bethlehem, PA. ✌️❤️🇺🇸
October 18, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Lots of dangerous characters at the #NoKings number two for me in #Bethlehem, PA. ✌️❤️🇺🇸