Lee
@ltbarber.bsky.social
Photographer, glider pilot, tinkerer.
Tarheel, former adoped ATLien + Rochestarian. Go Bills!
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Tarheel, former adoped ATLien + Rochestarian. Go Bills!
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I cannot tell you how much doubt was consistently directed at the Gaza Health Ministry’s casualty numbers and how much pressure was put on news organizations to couch those numbers as unreliable.
Biden himself said they were fabricated!
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
Biden himself said they were fabricated!
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
IDF accepts Gaza Health Ministry death toll of over 71,000 Palestinians killed in the war
Although Many International Experts Have Accepted the Health Ministry's Data as Reliable, and Even Conservative Relative to the True Death Toll, Israel Had Refused to Accept the Health Ministry's Coun...
www.haaretz.com
January 29, 2026 at 3:31 PM
I cannot tell you how much doubt was consistently directed at the Gaza Health Ministry’s casualty numbers and how much pressure was put on news organizations to couch those numbers as unreliable.
Biden himself said they were fabricated!
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
Biden himself said they were fabricated!
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
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ICE took the Baileys
Schumer calls for Kristi Noem and Stephen Miller to be removed from their jobs.
January 28, 2026 at 7:20 PM
ICE took the Baileys
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Again, you would do well to block all of these Alt [Federal Agency] accounts. Theyre basically all a really toxic combo of doomerism, misinformation, and clickbait
I missed this one in the chaos this weekend, but AltNPS appears to have taken this image directly from Brian Krassenstein on X. It's the same picture, just cropped.
Krassenstein, who also sucks, posted this pic at 8:55 AM on Jan. 25, six and half hours before AltNPS.
Krassenstein, who also sucks, posted this pic at 8:55 AM on Jan. 25, six and half hours before AltNPS.
![Alt National Park Service: Tick tock... accountability is coming.
[They share a cropped photo of one of the ICE agents who killed Alex Pretti, with a green circle around a Texas flag patch on the agent's back]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:7f5fdeb4ci3lefmt4zr3m3wg/bafkreihzulww5gq4w5yjowy7t6z2cc6gsgbivgmvb5ofpatlhkyllnaz4y@jpeg)
![Brian Krassenstein on X: BREAKING: the ICE Agent who killed Alex Pretti appears to be from Texas.
Anyone with information on this man, please contact me immediately.
Thank you.
[Krassenstein posts the uncropped video that shows the same agent, with the same green circle]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:7f5fdeb4ci3lefmt4zr3m3wg/bafkreiekwvdvcj5jgoo4gh2a2xrxuhlf4sa26eg7pct25nakp2zvqsfyui@jpeg)
January 28, 2026 at 1:52 PM
Again, you would do well to block all of these Alt [Federal Agency] accounts. Theyre basically all a really toxic combo of doomerism, misinformation, and clickbait
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A small community newspaper from a rural area with traditionally conservative leanings lets them have it.
Editorial: Above The Law
This year, we largely set aside our editorial voice in a commitment to reporting local news without any appearance of partisanship throughout our 190-year-old operation. But lines have become unmistak...
www.caledonianrecord.com
January 27, 2026 at 3:23 PM
A small community newspaper from a rural area with traditionally conservative leanings lets them have it.
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the real separation is between ai being a bubble (undeniable) and ai being useless/going away/unpopular/etc (completely false)
if your position is that the tech is worthless, will go away on its own, is inherently bad, etc etc, you are going to die on that hill. there are absolutely bad actors in the space and you are passing over the bad actors to stake a losing position about the code
January 27, 2026 at 5:40 PM
the real separation is between ai being a bubble (undeniable) and ai being useless/going away/unpopular/etc (completely false)
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"The secret fear of the morally depraved is that virtue is actually common, and that they’re the ones who are alone." - Adam Server
James O’Keefe responds to a comment
“Figured they (ICE protesters) were being paid…”
O’Keefe:
“No, it's more terrifying than that. It's not transactional.
They actually believe in their cause.
That truth is going to be hard for most people to understand or accept.”
“Figured they (ICE protesters) were being paid…”
O’Keefe:
“No, it's more terrifying than that. It's not transactional.
They actually believe in their cause.
That truth is going to be hard for most people to understand or accept.”
January 27, 2026 at 5:08 PM
"The secret fear of the morally depraved is that virtue is actually common, and that they’re the ones who are alone." - Adam Server
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"don't start with a compromise" is the very first thing you learn about negotiation. the fact that Democrats always do exactly this is how you know they are a controlled opposition and not a serious party with beliefs or goals
Republicans seem to inherently understand if you aim for Jupiter you can usually force your opponents to AT LEAST meet you on the moon.
Even if Schumer doesn't want to abolish ICE (which he should), aiming for that makes dramatic progress more likely.
Even if Schumer doesn't want to abolish ICE (which he should), aiming for that makes dramatic progress more likely.
Chuck Schumer's starting position should be as maximalist as possible -- complete abolition of ICE, resignations of Bovino, Homan, Noem and Miller, unmasking of all agents, and prosecution by state authorities of the murderers.
Don't start with what looks like a compromise half-measure.
Don't start with what looks like a compromise half-measure.
January 27, 2026 at 5:08 PM
"don't start with a compromise" is the very first thing you learn about negotiation. the fact that Democrats always do exactly this is how you know they are a controlled opposition and not a serious party with beliefs or goals
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So, the Bills offense was a little up and down this year, but it's not entirely on Brady. The roster had a lot of issues, and that's actually on the genera--*taps earpiece*--wait what
The Bills are promoting their own OC Joe Brady to head coach, per The Insiders.
It’s a 5-year deal for Joe Brady — who has been a top HC candidate for years. Now, he lands at home.
It’s a 5-year deal for Joe Brady — who has been a top HC candidate for years. Now, he lands at home.
January 27, 2026 at 5:01 PM
So, the Bills offense was a little up and down this year, but it's not entirely on Brady. The roster had a lot of issues, and that's actually on the genera--*taps earpiece*--wait what
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Once you get a bead on how Sulzberger, Kahn, Healy, Peters, et al view politics, the editorial slant in their political coverage is unmistakable. "Liberals need to be listening to conservatives" is practically a commandment to them
January 27, 2026 at 3:46 PM
Once you get a bead on how Sulzberger, Kahn, Healy, Peters, et al view politics, the editorial slant in their political coverage is unmistakable. "Liberals need to be listening to conservatives" is practically a commandment to them
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To avoid the possibility Holocaust remembrance might lead to empathy for migrants, Trump's antisemitism envoy claims Anne Frank "was in Amsterdam legally."
In reality, Margot Frank received a summons to go to a labor camp on July 5, 1942. After ignoring this call, they were in Amsterdam illegally.
In reality, Margot Frank received a summons to go to a labor camp on July 5, 1942. After ignoring this call, they were in Amsterdam illegally.
January 27, 2026 at 3:28 PM
To avoid the possibility Holocaust remembrance might lead to empathy for migrants, Trump's antisemitism envoy claims Anne Frank "was in Amsterdam legally."
In reality, Margot Frank received a summons to go to a labor camp on July 5, 1942. After ignoring this call, they were in Amsterdam illegally.
In reality, Margot Frank received a summons to go to a labor camp on July 5, 1942. After ignoring this call, they were in Amsterdam illegally.
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There's been a lot of discussion about the echoes of the civil rights movement in the protests today, with people obviously drawing comparisons between the strategies, tactics and coalitions that were vital then and are still vital now.
But this post has me thinking about a different echo ...
But this post has me thinking about a different echo ...
I suspect right now Stephen Miller and the other nazis are meeting to discuss how a place not as “nice" or "peaceful” as Minnesota will provide better oxygen for their lies and goals of martial law.
January 27, 2026 at 12:31 AM
There's been a lot of discussion about the echoes of the civil rights movement in the protests today, with people obviously drawing comparisons between the strategies, tactics and coalitions that were vital then and are still vital now.
But this post has me thinking about a different echo ...
But this post has me thinking about a different echo ...
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I reallllyyyy hope no one declares victory here. We need DHS’s actual depraved policies to change not just personnel.
BREAKING Greg Bovino has been removed as Border Patrol "commander at large" and will return to El Centro Calif, where he is expected to retire soon. A stunning turnaround after Pretti killing. Bovino's traveling blue city crackdown is over www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
Gregory Bovino Gets Demoted
The Border Patrol chief was the public face of a traveling immigration crackdown on cities governed by Democrats.
www.theatlantic.com
January 27, 2026 at 1:16 AM
I reallllyyyy hope no one declares victory here. We need DHS’s actual depraved policies to change not just personnel.
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Schumer, Jeffries and much of the current Democratic Party is not built for this fight or made for this moment.
They've had 10 years. Just look at their actions. Trust your own eyes.
We have to cull the party and replace the Vichy Dems with actual fighters and reformers.
It's the only way.
They've had 10 years. Just look at their actions. Trust your own eyes.
We have to cull the party and replace the Vichy Dems with actual fighters and reformers.
It's the only way.
Majority of the country now wants to abolish and/or dismantle ICE and yet Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y. told the caucus the message had to be to “restrain, reform and restrict ICE.”
Once again it looks like Schumer is about to choke after getting a massive opportunity.
So pathetic and weak.
Once again it looks like Schumer is about to choke after getting a massive opportunity.
So pathetic and weak.
Senate Democrats plot strategy as DHS standoff deepens heading into shutdown week
Two sources who were on a Democratic caucus strategy call Sunday said Minority Leader Chuck Schumer told the group the message must be to “restrain, reform and restrict ICE.”
www.nbcnews.com
January 27, 2026 at 1:09 AM
Schumer, Jeffries and much of the current Democratic Party is not built for this fight or made for this moment.
They've had 10 years. Just look at their actions. Trust your own eyes.
We have to cull the party and replace the Vichy Dems with actual fighters and reformers.
It's the only way.
They've had 10 years. Just look at their actions. Trust your own eyes.
We have to cull the party and replace the Vichy Dems with actual fighters and reformers.
It's the only way.
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The biggest risk in this moment is something sociologists call “symbolic compliance.”
That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.
That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.
January 26, 2026 at 11:35 PM
The biggest risk in this moment is something sociologists call “symbolic compliance.”
That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.
That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.
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The killing of Alex Pretti and the grotesque lying was an overreach by the administration. They've paid a price and had to pull back a bit. But it's when there's some disarray that the democratic opposition needs to intensify the offensive, and turn a marginal tactical success into a major victory.
January 26, 2026 at 10:56 PM
The killing of Alex Pretti and the grotesque lying was an overreach by the administration. They've paid a price and had to pull back a bit. But it's when there's some disarray that the democratic opposition needs to intensify the offensive, and turn a marginal tactical success into a major victory.
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Designated victim. They're really hoping his hanging out to dry will save Noem.
"DHS has suspended Gregory Bovino’s access to his social media accounts effective immediately," CNN reports
January 27, 2026 at 12:41 AM
Designated victim. They're really hoping his hanging out to dry will save Noem.
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Although guns have been a part of US culture from the beginning, modern right-wing gun culture is downstream of the industry's need for profit, and they do that by selling a fantasy of right-wing violence against left wingers, Pretti doesn't fit that fantasy bsky.app/profile/hcom...
We're is the NRA shouting about 2A rights. No fucking where that just shows you what they truely care about. We are just cannon fodder for profits
January 26, 2026 at 4:18 PM
Although guns have been a part of US culture from the beginning, modern right-wing gun culture is downstream of the industry's need for profit, and they do that by selling a fantasy of right-wing violence against left wingers, Pretti doesn't fit that fantasy bsky.app/profile/hcom...
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I feel like everybody who came up covering media in the 2000s understands this and has watched it ossify. Fox is a fake newsroom where the producers and reporters trawl the far-right infosphere for hateful crackpottery about Black people, gay people, and Muslims, and then amplify it.
The reason to be aware of Fox News is it is where the right creates and reinforces all the bullshit narratives that ruin our lives. So you can’t just hope it goes away or ignore it.
January 26, 2026 at 4:16 PM
I feel like everybody who came up covering media in the 2000s understands this and has watched it ossify. Fox is a fake newsroom where the producers and reporters trawl the far-right infosphere for hateful crackpottery about Black people, gay people, and Muslims, and then amplify it.
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Silicon valley is the epicenter of American fascism
The largest Trump superPAC donor so far this cycle is the president of OpenAI
January 26, 2026 at 6:10 AM
Silicon valley is the epicenter of American fascism
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You don’t have to love everything outlets like the Times or Atlantic do to understand that:
-many talented people of good faith work for most mainstream outlets
-their platforms are vastly larger than ours
Our resistance will die in secrecy or win by rallying the world to our side
-many talented people of good faith work for most mainstream outlets
-their platforms are vastly larger than ours
Our resistance will die in secrecy or win by rallying the world to our side
January 26, 2026 at 6:23 AM
You don’t have to love everything outlets like the Times or Atlantic do to understand that:
-many talented people of good faith work for most mainstream outlets
-their platforms are vastly larger than ours
Our resistance will die in secrecy or win by rallying the world to our side
-many talented people of good faith work for most mainstream outlets
-their platforms are vastly larger than ours
Our resistance will die in secrecy or win by rallying the world to our side
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Well played, London Underground.
October 22, 2025 at 7:38 AM
Well played, London Underground.
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Genuinely need some members of congress on air to spell it out that this administration is doing everything they can to get a CBP or ICE officer killed so they can justify more violence
When the CBP or ICE agent that Stephen Miller is trying to get killed dies, it is extremely important that every member of the media be told, repeatedly and loudly, that they wanted this and that people called it out in advance.
January 25, 2026 at 2:20 PM
Genuinely need some members of congress on air to spell it out that this administration is doing everything they can to get a CBP or ICE officer killed so they can justify more violence
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i think this attitude — that all opposition is illegitimate and nothing we do can be questioned— is probably pervasive in the white house and helps explain why they keep making terrible political choices
Putin pioneered this. No opposition is legitimate. Regular, decent, “ordinary” people cannot possibly be against us because only we represent “the real people.”
Tell-tale sign of authoritarianism.
Tell-tale sign of authoritarianism.
January 25, 2026 at 3:02 PM
i think this attitude — that all opposition is illegitimate and nothing we do can be questioned— is probably pervasive in the white house and helps explain why they keep making terrible political choices