Josh Barnes
@jgraydonbarnes.bsky.social
Lurking is my Business
Have to share. Gave me a good yuck.
January 17, 2026 at 5:24 PM
Have to share. Gave me a good yuck.
It’s ok to commit crimes if you have enough money.
Investigate and prosecute political opponents, sell pardons to your rich friends so they can commit crimes with impunity. Authoritarianism isn’t coming, it’s here, whether people realize it or not.
January 17, 2026 at 11:48 AM
It’s ok to commit crimes if you have enough money.
What normal person would be gleeful about being re-gifted a trophy?
Everyone can see how insane this is, right?
Everyone can see how insane this is, right?
January 16, 2026 at 4:45 PM
What normal person would be gleeful about being re-gifted a trophy?
Everyone can see how insane this is, right?
Everyone can see how insane this is, right?
Snatched off the streets and murdered.
BREAKING: Medical examiner says death of ICE detainee was a HOMICIDE - a witness says he was choked to death by GUARDS. www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
Medical examiner believes death of man in ICE custody was homicide, recording says
A fellow detainee says he witnessed Geraldo Lunas Campos being choked to death by guards at the ICE detention center in Texas on Jan. 3.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 16, 2026 at 1:06 PM
Snatched off the streets and murdered.
There are a lot of sides to this, but seriously.
*Stealing other people’s Trophies*
Could be its own chapter in the DSM.
*Stealing other people’s Trophies*
Could be its own chapter in the DSM.
He steals a Peace Prize with his left hand, while threatening his country’s citizens with an Insurrection Act and the military with his right. That Americans allow this insane motherfucking dictator to run their country in beyond belief
January 16, 2026 at 7:17 AM
There are a lot of sides to this, but seriously.
*Stealing other people’s Trophies*
Could be its own chapter in the DSM.
*Stealing other people’s Trophies*
Could be its own chapter in the DSM.
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ICE: "He attacked us with a shovel and we shot him"
Family of Victim: "He was running from ICE, he came inside and when we shut the door they shot him through the door"
==> JOURNALISTS: DO YOUR FUCKING JOB
Family of Victim: "He was running from ICE, he came inside and when we shut the door they shot him through the door"
==> JOURNALISTS: DO YOUR FUCKING JOB
“They chased him, he got home and when we closed the door they shot him.”
MN orgs/electeds say👇🏽this is the family calling the police with ICE outside, after a man was shot in the leg with a pregnant woman & child inside
Different than DHS’ shovel story: www.instagram.com/reel/DThEdD8...
MN orgs/electeds say👇🏽this is the family calling the police with ICE outside, after a man was shot in the leg with a pregnant woman & child inside
Different than DHS’ shovel story: www.instagram.com/reel/DThEdD8...
January 15, 2026 at 4:07 PM
ICE: "He attacked us with a shovel and we shot him"
Family of Victim: "He was running from ICE, he came inside and when we shut the door they shot him through the door"
==> JOURNALISTS: DO YOUR FUCKING JOB
Family of Victim: "He was running from ICE, he came inside and when we shut the door they shot him through the door"
==> JOURNALISTS: DO YOUR FUCKING JOB
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1. Use American military to seize control of Venezuela
2. Sell seized Venezuelan oil
3. Deposit money from seized oil to personal bank account
The world has not seen this level of corruption since…when?
The 1600s?
2. Sell seized Venezuelan oil
3. Deposit money from seized oil to personal bank account
The world has not seen this level of corruption since…when?
The 1600s?
The main bank account holding revenue from the Venezuelan oil sales is located in Qatar.
“There is no basis in law for a president to set up an offshore account that he controls so that he can sell assets seized by the American military,” Sen. Elizabeth Warren.
www.semafor.com/article/01/1...
“There is no basis in law for a president to set up an offshore account that he controls so that he can sell assets seized by the American military,” Sen. Elizabeth Warren.
www.semafor.com/article/01/1...
Exclusive: US gets first $500 million Venezuelan oil deal, holding some proceeds in Qatar
The details shared with Semafor mark an initial milestone in the administration’s plan following the ouster of Nicolás Maduro.
www.semafor.com
January 15, 2026 at 8:26 AM
1. Use American military to seize control of Venezuela
2. Sell seized Venezuelan oil
3. Deposit money from seized oil to personal bank account
The world has not seen this level of corruption since…when?
The 1600s?
2. Sell seized Venezuelan oil
3. Deposit money from seized oil to personal bank account
The world has not seen this level of corruption since…when?
The 1600s?
Hard to get more American than this.
CEO of a private health care company bragged to protestors that "We executed one of you" - regarding Renee Good.
CEO of a private health care company bragged to protestors that "We executed one of you" - regarding Renee Good.
Jayden Scott, CEO of Harmony Investment Group in Troy, Michigan, resigned after video showed him yelling at anti-ICE protestors in Minneapolis, calling them “terrorists.”
CEO Who Told Anti-ICE Protesters ‘We Executed One Of You’ Resigns
Jayden Scott, CEO of Harmony Investment Group in Troy, Michigan, resigned after video showed him yelling at anti-ICE protestors in Minneapolis, calling them “terrorists.”
www.forbes.com
January 14, 2026 at 9:22 AM
Hard to get more American than this.
CEO of a private health care company bragged to protestors that "We executed one of you" - regarding Renee Good.
CEO of a private health care company bragged to protestors that "We executed one of you" - regarding Renee Good.
Think of the repercussions of disguising a gunship as a civilian air carrier.
Fucking morons.
Fucking morons.
Six-byline alert: 🚨
“.. laws of armed conflict forbid combatants from feigning civilian status to fool adversaries into dropping their guard, then attacking and killing them. That is a war crime called ‘perfidy.’”
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/u...
“.. laws of armed conflict forbid combatants from feigning civilian status to fool adversaries into dropping their guard, then attacking and killing them. That is a war crime called ‘perfidy.’”
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/u...
January 13, 2026 at 11:26 AM
Think of the repercussions of disguising a gunship as a civilian air carrier.
Fucking morons.
Fucking morons.
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This is not freedom
I'm sorry, but you cannot reason with folks who are not embarrassed to wear this kit on the streets of the United States of America.
January 10, 2026 at 3:37 PM
This is not freedom
I want nachos for dinner.
Like crazy meaty nachos.
Like crazy meaty nachos.
January 10, 2026 at 3:36 PM
I want nachos for dinner.
Like crazy meaty nachos.
Like crazy meaty nachos.
Honestly, Trump breaking up with Putin is one of the greatest gifts Trump’s diseased ego could give us.
January 10, 2026 at 11:33 AM
Honestly, Trump breaking up with Putin is one of the greatest gifts Trump’s diseased ego could give us.
We are stronger than them.
Renee Macklin Good's wife, Becca Good, released a statement and it moved me to sobbing tears:
archive.is/ur35j
archive.is/ur35j
January 9, 2026 at 5:55 PM
We are stronger than them.
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To: US legacy media
Re: how to write headlines
See below. Emulate.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Re: how to write headlines
See below. Emulate.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Trump administration unleashes torrent of untruths after woman shot dead by ICE
Victim-blaming began almost as soon as Renee Nicole Good was killed – we examine the claims and the reality
www.theguardian.com
January 9, 2026 at 1:28 PM
To: US legacy media
Re: how to write headlines
See below. Emulate.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Re: how to write headlines
See below. Emulate.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
My hopes are with the people of Iran tonight.
Justice is on your side.
Justice is on your side.
January 8, 2026 at 9:17 PM
My hopes are with the people of Iran tonight.
Justice is on your side.
Justice is on your side.
He is delusional.
He is insane.
He does not have the mental capacity to be president.
He is insane.
He does not have the mental capacity to be president.
Trump doubles down on defending federal agent who killed Minneapolis woman as more ICE protests planned across US – live
Trump doubles down on defending federal agent who killed Minneapolis woman as more ICE protests planned across US – live
Donald Trump repeated his claims that the ICE agent who fatally shot Renee Nicole Macklin Good acted in self-defense; DHS secretary Kristi Noem expected to speak in New York
www.theguardian.com
January 8, 2026 at 4:59 PM
He is delusional.
He is insane.
He does not have the mental capacity to be president.
He is insane.
He does not have the mental capacity to be president.
This is what journalists should be doing:
Reviewing the evidence to find the facts.
Reviewing the evidence to find the facts.
Forensic analysis of objective video evidence. This is how you serve readers searching for clarity.
January 8, 2026 at 3:53 PM
This is what journalists should be doing:
Reviewing the evidence to find the facts.
Reviewing the evidence to find the facts.
To the Trump voters saying “I didn’t vote for this”:
Yes you did.
We tried to warn you. Project 2025 was out there.
You chose to believe Fox News.
You have to own up to your part in this.
You need to do better - at educating yourself before you vote.
Yes you did.
We tried to warn you. Project 2025 was out there.
You chose to believe Fox News.
You have to own up to your part in this.
You need to do better - at educating yourself before you vote.
NYT: “In the last 4 months, immigration officers fired on at least 9 people in 5 states + D.C., all while in their vehicles. In each case, officials claimed the agents fired in self-defense, fearing they’d be struck by the vehicle. At least 1 other died.” www.nytimes.com/2026/01/07/u...
January 8, 2026 at 8:32 AM
To the Trump voters saying “I didn’t vote for this”:
Yes you did.
We tried to warn you. Project 2025 was out there.
You chose to believe Fox News.
You have to own up to your part in this.
You need to do better - at educating yourself before you vote.
Yes you did.
We tried to warn you. Project 2025 was out there.
You chose to believe Fox News.
You have to own up to your part in this.
You need to do better - at educating yourself before you vote.
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Here's the ICE agent "defending himself" by shooting into the driver's side window of a car that's pulling *away* from him.
Put this photo on the front page of every newspaper in America.
Put this photo on the front page of every newspaper in America.
January 7, 2026 at 7:01 PM
Here's the ICE agent "defending himself" by shooting into the driver's side window of a car that's pulling *away* from him.
Put this photo on the front page of every newspaper in America.
Put this photo on the front page of every newspaper in America.
Invading Venezuela is insane.
Not only is that the truth, but it's probably the best framing, for Dems.
The economy is crumbling under Americans' feet, costs are exploding, and Trump's answer is to start a war in South America?
It's insane.
He's insane.
Not only is that the truth, but it's probably the best framing, for Dems.
The economy is crumbling under Americans' feet, costs are exploding, and Trump's answer is to start a war in South America?
It's insane.
He's insane.
January 6, 2026 at 6:47 PM
Invading Venezuela is insane.
Not only is that the truth, but it's probably the best framing, for Dems.
The economy is crumbling under Americans' feet, costs are exploding, and Trump's answer is to start a war in South America?
It's insane.
He's insane.
Not only is that the truth, but it's probably the best framing, for Dems.
The economy is crumbling under Americans' feet, costs are exploding, and Trump's answer is to start a war in South America?
It's insane.
He's insane.
You are being lied to.
US justice department has released less than 1% of Epstein files, filing reveals
US justice department has released less than 1% of Epstein files, filing reveals
Federal law required majority of documents to be released by 19 December, but only 125,575 pages have been published
The Department of Justice has released less than 1% of the so-called Epstein files, a court filing has revealed, as Democrats step up criticism of the Trump administration’s “lawlessness” for keeping records under seal.
The department conceded that only 12,285 documents, totalling 125,575 pages, relating to the disgraced financier and sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein have been published to date, despite a federal law requiring the vast majority to be released by 19 December. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
January 6, 2026 at 4:24 PM
You are being lied to.
What happens when it turns out we don’t have enough evidence to convict Maduro?
So for months they have tried to blame the entire fentanyl crisis on Venezuela and the indictment only mentions cocaine, which they pardoned a different guy for weeks ago
January 3, 2026 at 4:26 PM
What happens when it turns out we don’t have enough evidence to convict Maduro?