Barb (Wren)
@barblieberman.bsky.social
Chronically fabulous, long-suffering Phillies fan, avid reader, rabid gardener, proud parent, exhausted senior American, pissed-off Progressive. She/Her.
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Barb (Wren)
@barblieberman.bsky.social
· Jan 11
I'm just sitting here thinking, if this is the last gasp of capitalism/patriarchy/misogyny/ fascism, could someone just go ahead and put a pillow over its fucking face??
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"Raskin also said that he saw "references to 17-year-old girls, 16-year-old girls, 14-year-old girls, 11-year-old girls, 10-year-old girls, and I saw a reference today to a 9-year-old girl. So it is a really gruesome and grim story."
Enough! They belong in jail. Impeach to get out of power now.
Enough! They belong in jail. Impeach to get out of power now.
Trump administration live updates: Lawmakers view unredacted Epstein files at Justice Department
Trump administration live updates: Congress members may begin viewing unredacted Epstein files at DOJ
www.nbcnews.com
February 9, 2026 at 8:54 PM
"Raskin also said that he saw "references to 17-year-old girls, 16-year-old girls, 14-year-old girls, 11-year-old girls, 10-year-old girls, and I saw a reference today to a 9-year-old girl. So it is a really gruesome and grim story."
Enough! They belong in jail. Impeach to get out of power now.
Enough! They belong in jail. Impeach to get out of power now.
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“It’s just a horrible, horrible, horrible place,” he said of his detention camp. “I’m not in fear of the other inmates. I’m afraid of the staff. They’re capable of anything.”
And here is my story: ‘Absolute hell’: Irishman with valid US work permit held by Ice since September
www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
‘Absolute hell’: Irishman with valid US work permit held by Ice since September
Seamus Culleton has been in a detention facility in Texas for nearly five months despite having no criminal record
www.irishtimes.com
February 9, 2026 at 9:09 PM
“It’s just a horrible, horrible, horrible place,” he said of his detention camp. “I’m not in fear of the other inmates. I’m afraid of the staff. They’re capable of anything.”
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A Ukrainian athlete Vladyslav Heraskevych wore a special “helmet of memory” honoring Ukrainian athletes who were killed by russia during the four years of its full-scale invasion.
Source: United 24
Source: United 24
February 9, 2026 at 9:32 PM
A Ukrainian athlete Vladyslav Heraskevych wore a special “helmet of memory” honoring Ukrainian athletes who were killed by russia during the four years of its full-scale invasion.
Source: United 24
Source: United 24
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If you have to buy a statement of innocence from a convicted child abuser, you are many things, but innocent is not one of them.
February 9, 2026 at 9:45 PM
If you have to buy a statement of innocence from a convicted child abuser, you are many things, but innocent is not one of them.
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This is about sex slaves provided for Lutnick and referred as Lutnick’s nanny.
#SheShed
#ReleaseTheUnredactedEpsteinFiles #trumpIsaPedophile
#SheShed
#ReleaseTheUnredactedEpsteinFiles #trumpIsaPedophile
February 10, 2026 at 7:19 AM
This is about sex slaves provided for Lutnick and referred as Lutnick’s nanny.
#SheShed
#ReleaseTheUnredactedEpsteinFiles #trumpIsaPedophile
#SheShed
#ReleaseTheUnredactedEpsteinFiles #trumpIsaPedophile
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”ONLY THE STRONGEST SHOULDERS CAN CARRY THE HOPES OF A NATION.”
Katie Taylor 🇮🇪 boxer / 2012 gold medalist
THANK YOU 🗽🩵🥹🫂
Skier Hunter Hess
Figure skater Amber Glenn
Skier Chris Lillis/Jessie Diggins
Hockey player Kelly Pannek
Snowboarder Stacy Gaskill/Chloe Kim
#Olympics #MoralValues #Courage
Katie Taylor 🇮🇪 boxer / 2012 gold medalist
THANK YOU 🗽🩵🥹🫂
Skier Hunter Hess
Figure skater Amber Glenn
Skier Chris Lillis/Jessie Diggins
Hockey player Kelly Pannek
Snowboarder Stacy Gaskill/Chloe Kim
#Olympics #MoralValues #Courage
February 9, 2026 at 7:48 PM
”ONLY THE STRONGEST SHOULDERS CAN CARRY THE HOPES OF A NATION.”
Katie Taylor 🇮🇪 boxer / 2012 gold medalist
THANK YOU 🗽🩵🥹🫂
Skier Hunter Hess
Figure skater Amber Glenn
Skier Chris Lillis/Jessie Diggins
Hockey player Kelly Pannek
Snowboarder Stacy Gaskill/Chloe Kim
#Olympics #MoralValues #Courage
Katie Taylor 🇮🇪 boxer / 2012 gold medalist
THANK YOU 🗽🩵🥹🫂
Skier Hunter Hess
Figure skater Amber Glenn
Skier Chris Lillis/Jessie Diggins
Hockey player Kelly Pannek
Snowboarder Stacy Gaskill/Chloe Kim
#Olympics #MoralValues #Courage
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Rachel Foster: “We continue to fight for what survivors were promised — the release of all the files, protection of their identities, and accountability for the men who perpetrated and conspired in the abuse. None of that has happened.”
The Epstein Files Release is a Failure. Survivors Deserve Better.
Is the U.S. Justice Department afraid to pursue powerful men?
open.substack.com
February 9, 2026 at 10:19 PM
Rachel Foster: “We continue to fight for what survivors were promised — the release of all the files, protection of their identities, and accountability for the men who perpetrated and conspired in the abuse. None of that has happened.”
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Another classic post-Homan day where around school dismissal time we get a flurry of ICE vehicles all across our neighborhoods. Today one vehicle led an observer to their own home and pointed at it. This is a sick game to them, but we won’t be intimidated and we won’t stop until DHS is abolished.
February 9, 2026 at 11:20 PM
Another classic post-Homan day where around school dismissal time we get a flurry of ICE vehicles all across our neighborhoods. Today one vehicle led an observer to their own home and pointed at it. This is a sick game to them, but we won’t be intimidated and we won’t stop until DHS is abolished.
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I don’t give a shit about Brett Favre’s racist opinion regarding Bad Bunny, what I do care about is that he still isn’t in jail for committing welfare fraud after he stole $5M from the Mississippi Welfare Fund to build a sports facility for his daughter.
February 10, 2026 at 5:28 AM
I don’t give a shit about Brett Favre’s racist opinion regarding Bad Bunny, what I do care about is that he still isn’t in jail for committing welfare fraud after he stole $5M from the Mississippi Welfare Fund to build a sports facility for his daughter.
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ICE Has Been Detaining Irish Man With Valid Work Visa for Months newrepublic.com/post/206340/... via @newrepublic.com
ICE Has Been Detaining Irish Man With Valid Work Visa for Months
Seamus Culleton says it is “absolute hell” in the detention center.
newrepublic.com
February 10, 2026 at 5:00 AM
ICE Has Been Detaining Irish Man With Valid Work Visa for Months newrepublic.com/post/206340/... via @newrepublic.com
Ah, the memories! All of them listed and more. Everything old is new again... 🤯
🧵When I little, my school still ran "duck and cover" drills where they'd set off a "war siren" & we'd all dive under our tiny desks and put our hands over our bent heads, practicing how to "survive" a nuclear attack. Pretty silly, huh?
Then, when I was in...
1/10
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/u...
Then, when I was in...
1/10
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/u...
Newly Unbound, Trump Weighs More Nuclear Arms and Underground Tests
www.nytimes.com
February 10, 2026 at 5:02 AM
Ah, the memories! All of them listed and more. Everything old is new again... 🤯
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“What makes Trumpism distinctive is not the invention of misogyny, but its normalization as a public governing style.”
open.substack.com/pub/theratio...
open.substack.com/pub/theratio...
The Politics of the Other: How Contempt for Women Becomes Power
How misogyny moves from rhetoric to rule, and why democracies pay the price
open.substack.com
February 9, 2026 at 11:15 PM
“What makes Trumpism distinctive is not the invention of misogyny, but its normalization as a public governing style.”
open.substack.com/pub/theratio...
open.substack.com/pub/theratio...
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Tonight in the Rules committee, Republicans snuck in a provision so the House can’t vote against Trump’s tariffs for the next 5 months.
Families and small businesses are suffering. Republicans want to literally try to stop time and ignore reality.
Families and small businesses are suffering. Republicans want to literally try to stop time and ignore reality.
February 10, 2026 at 3:36 AM
Tonight in the Rules committee, Republicans snuck in a provision so the House can’t vote against Trump’s tariffs for the next 5 months.
Families and small businesses are suffering. Republicans want to literally try to stop time and ignore reality.
Families and small businesses are suffering. Republicans want to literally try to stop time and ignore reality.
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1. Thomas Massey, Republican from Kentucky, just did an interview where he said, on camera, that the director of the FBI threatened to investigate one of his staffers for fraud if Massey did not stop pushing for the disclosure of the Epstein files.
February 9, 2026 at 8:03 PM
1. Thomas Massey, Republican from Kentucky, just did an interview where he said, on camera, that the director of the FBI threatened to investigate one of his staffers for fraud if Massey did not stop pushing for the disclosure of the Epstein files.
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If the US did what the French are doing right now, the effects on Twitter and Facebook would be enormous.
February 9, 2026 at 9:39 PM
If the US did what the French are doing right now, the effects on Twitter and Facebook would be enormous.
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In Eagleville, Pennsylvania, ICE goons broke into a home without a warrant, assaulted the occupants, and abducted another person in front of young children on February 9, 2026.
February 10, 2026 at 3:34 AM
In Eagleville, Pennsylvania, ICE goons broke into a home without a warrant, assaulted the occupants, and abducted another person in front of young children on February 9, 2026.
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Brian Allen
🚨 Pete Buttigieg nails it:
“In a country that amended the Constitution to ban beer… then fixed it when we realized it was dumb… surely we can amend it again to say corporations aren’t people and money isn’t speech.”
Translation:
We corrected Prohibition
We can correct Citizens United
🚨 Pete Buttigieg nails it:
“In a country that amended the Constitution to ban beer… then fixed it when we realized it was dumb… surely we can amend it again to say corporations aren’t people and money isn’t speech.”
Translation:
We corrected Prohibition
We can correct Citizens United
February 10, 2026 at 4:42 AM
Brian Allen
🚨 Pete Buttigieg nails it:
“In a country that amended the Constitution to ban beer… then fixed it when we realized it was dumb… surely we can amend it again to say corporations aren’t people and money isn’t speech.”
Translation:
We corrected Prohibition
We can correct Citizens United
🚨 Pete Buttigieg nails it:
“In a country that amended the Constitution to ban beer… then fixed it when we realized it was dumb… surely we can amend it again to say corporations aren’t people and money isn’t speech.”
Translation:
We corrected Prohibition
We can correct Citizens United
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Now we learn from Reps of both parties who saw the unredacted Epstein files today that Trump, Bondi, & Blanche are covering up the absolute worst things in the Epstein files to protect the wealthy, powerful and politically connected. DOJ is being run by criminal co-conspirators.
February 9, 2026 at 11:26 PM
Now we learn from Reps of both parties who saw the unredacted Epstein files today that Trump, Bondi, & Blanche are covering up the absolute worst things in the Epstein files to protect the wealthy, powerful and politically connected. DOJ is being run by criminal co-conspirators.
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Here is my conclusion after sitting through Maxwell's deposition with her refusing to answer a single question about the men who raped underage girls, saying she would only do so for clemency.
She must immediately be sent back to the maximum security prison where she belongs.
She must immediately be sent back to the maximum security prison where she belongs.
February 10, 2026 at 12:41 AM
Here is my conclusion after sitting through Maxwell's deposition with her refusing to answer a single question about the men who raped underage girls, saying she would only do so for clemency.
She must immediately be sent back to the maximum security prison where she belongs.
She must immediately be sent back to the maximum security prison where she belongs.
Imagine not being able to comfort him because you can say it won't happen again. Imagine the lifelong trauma being inflicted in these children. Those involved are the monsters we all feared growing up.
Absolutely predictable, absolutely horrifying, and absolutely being replicated countless times a day.
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
‘He’s not the same’: Father of Liam Conejo Ramos says 5-year-old continues to suffer
Some people thought they say the 5-year-old during the Super Bowl halftime show. But Liam is still in hiding with his family, after he and his father were detained and then released from a Texas deten...
www.mprnews.org
February 10, 2026 at 4:29 AM
Imagine not being able to comfort him because you can say it won't happen again. Imagine the lifelong trauma being inflicted in these children. Those involved are the monsters we all feared growing up.
I welcome the change but, seriously, fuck you
GOP Sen Lummis says she’s changed her mind after the new Epstein revelations today: “Initially my reaction to all this was, I don’t care. I don’t see what the big deal is. But now I see what the big deal is. The members of Congress who were pushing this were not wrong!”
February 10, 2026 at 4:27 AM
I welcome the change but, seriously, fuck you
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In his concurring opinion to the Supreme Court's Dobbs decision, Justice Clarence Thomas urged the Court to reconsider additional precedents protecting privacy rights, including same sex marriage. Now, a coalition of conservative groups has launched a campaign to overturn Obergefell.
The Right Is Coming For Same-Sex Marriage With An Insidious New Campaign
The anti-LGBTQ “Greater Than” campaign is leveraging children to attack the rights of same-sex married couples
thinkbigpicture.substack.com
February 9, 2026 at 11:07 PM
In his concurring opinion to the Supreme Court's Dobbs decision, Justice Clarence Thomas urged the Court to reconsider additional precedents protecting privacy rights, including same sex marriage. Now, a coalition of conservative groups has launched a campaign to overturn Obergefell.
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