MB Barber
@mbbarber916.bsky.social
Californian. Civil servant. Library & arts lover. MBA. Former journalist and political junkie who’s damn worried about our democracy. 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🇺🇦
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MB Barber
@mbbarber916.bsky.social
· Feb 8
I really wanted to be the crazy family member at holiday dinners and not fucking Cassandra.
Ding ding ding!!!
America is only as strong as the dollar.
That changes if counties decide to go for the Euro instead.
America is NOT all powerful.
The dollar is.
And that can be removed.
That changes if counties decide to go for the Euro instead.
America is NOT all powerful.
The dollar is.
And that can be removed.
January 6, 2026 at 4:30 AM
Ding ding ding!!!
This should be a consideration for California too. @governor.ca.gov
To:
@governorferguson.bsky.social
@atg.wa.gov
Would you please see to the removal of any and all official WA accounts (city, state, federal) from X and have them transitioned to BlueSky?
Leave placeholders there if you must, but do not put your offices at risk on the CSAM site.
@governorferguson.bsky.social
@atg.wa.gov
Would you please see to the removal of any and all official WA accounts (city, state, federal) from X and have them transitioned to BlueSky?
Leave placeholders there if you must, but do not put your offices at risk on the CSAM site.
@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social, could you please establish an official NYC Mayor account on Bluesky and post everything your office is currently posting on X over here?
And please remove all city accounts from X, which has become a CSAM creation and distribution site?
No money for Musk, ever, please.
And please remove all city accounts from X, which has become a CSAM creation and distribution site?
No money for Musk, ever, please.
January 6, 2026 at 4:29 AM
This should be a consideration for California too. @governor.ca.gov
They are saying the quiet part out loud.
Copy Editing Matters, from HHS's release on the new childhood vaccine schedule: All the diseases will still be available to anyone who wants them
January 6, 2026 at 4:04 AM
They are saying the quiet part out loud.
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THIS!!!
And the speaking up is REQUIRED. Why the effing hell is there the knee jerk response of Its Just Trump?
And the speaking up is REQUIRED. Why the effing hell is there the knee jerk response of Its Just Trump?
I think the Greenland threat is a troll. I think.
But it would sure be nice for some senators and GOP house members to speak up now and make it clear that an attack on a nato ally would lead to removal from office
But it would sure be nice for some senators and GOP house members to speak up now and make it clear that an attack on a nato ally would lead to removal from office
January 6, 2026 at 2:45 AM
THIS!!!
And the speaking up is REQUIRED. Why the effing hell is there the knee jerk response of Its Just Trump?
And the speaking up is REQUIRED. Why the effing hell is there the knee jerk response of Its Just Trump?
This is really not a good look for Grand Rapids. She’s clearly standing on a sidewalk exercising her first amendment rights.
January 5, 2026 at 5:17 PM
This is really not a good look for Grand Rapids. She’s clearly standing on a sidewalk exercising her first amendment rights.
Could this be why congressional members are holding off articles of impeachment?
Letter: After Trump, the greatest danger to the country is JD Vance
Letter: After Trump, the greatest danger to the country is JD Vance
Letter: After Trump, the greatest danger to the country is JD Vance
www.sltrib.com
January 4, 2026 at 10:13 PM
Could this be why congressional members are holding off articles of impeachment?
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For those of us not in the cult, this is what we hear when anyone from the Trump administration speaks.
For the people in the back, this is satire and so well done…
For the people in the back, this is satire and so well done…
January 4, 2026 at 7:56 PM
For those of us not in the cult, this is what we hear when anyone from the Trump administration speaks.
For the people in the back, this is satire and so well done…
For the people in the back, this is satire and so well done…
Have friends and family in the Caribbean for the holidays? They are now stuck there indefinitely.
La operación militar de EE.UU. en Venezuela provocó cancelaciones y demoras de vuelos en el Caribe, dejando a cientos de turistas varados en destinos como Puerto Rico, Aruba y Barbados.
Operación militar de EE.UU. en Venezuela provoca cancelaciones de vuelos en el Caribe
Los operativos militares de Estados Unidos en Venezuela están alterando los viajes en el Caribe justo cuando muchos turistas intentan regresar a sus hogares tras las vacaciones de invierno.
bloom.bg
January 3, 2026 at 6:11 PM
Have friends and family in the Caribbean for the holidays? They are now stuck there indefinitely.
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"Trump has not even a fig leaf of legal authority for his attacks on Venezuela."
Yep. That this is illegal is the point.
As with January 6, his sexual assaults, his frauds, and every other crime, the point is to demonstrate that he is above the law.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/03/o...
Yep. That this is illegal is the point.
As with January 6, his sexual assaults, his frauds, and every other crime, the point is to demonstrate that he is above the law.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/03/o...
Opinion | Trump’s Attack on Venezuela Is Illegal and Unwise
www.nytimes.com
January 3, 2026 at 5:10 PM
"Trump has not even a fig leaf of legal authority for his attacks on Venezuela."
Yep. That this is illegal is the point.
As with January 6, his sexual assaults, his frauds, and every other crime, the point is to demonstrate that he is above the law.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/03/o...
Yep. That this is illegal is the point.
As with January 6, his sexual assaults, his frauds, and every other crime, the point is to demonstrate that he is above the law.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/03/o...
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Listening to him again this morning, all I’ve got is this: I apologize world. As an American, I’m sorry that we have such a bad, stupid, dishonest, stupid, dangerous, stupid, corrupt, stupid, lawless, stupid madman in the White House. I’m sorry world. Most Americans are sorry.
January 3, 2026 at 5:07 PM
Listening to him again this morning, all I’ve got is this: I apologize world. As an American, I’m sorry that we have such a bad, stupid, dishonest, stupid, dangerous, stupid, corrupt, stupid, lawless, stupid madman in the White House. I’m sorry world. Most Americans are sorry.
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I'm deeply sorry to the people of Venezuela. There is no opposition party in the United States to counter the fascist regime's actions and the population is easily demagogued.
January 3, 2026 at 7:53 AM
I'm deeply sorry to the people of Venezuela. There is no opposition party in the United States to counter the fascist regime's actions and the population is easily demagogued.
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Trump Chief of Staff Wiles recently to Vanity Fair:
"But Wiles conceded that attacking targets on Venezuela’s mainland would force Trump to get congressional approval. 'If he were to authorize some activity on land, then it’s war, then [we’d need] Congress.'"
"But Wiles conceded that attacking targets on Venezuela’s mainland would force Trump to get congressional approval. 'If he were to authorize some activity on land, then it’s war, then [we’d need] Congress.'"
January 3, 2026 at 5:12 PM
Trump Chief of Staff Wiles recently to Vanity Fair:
"But Wiles conceded that attacking targets on Venezuela’s mainland would force Trump to get congressional approval. 'If he were to authorize some activity on land, then it’s war, then [we’d need] Congress.'"
"But Wiles conceded that attacking targets on Venezuela’s mainland would force Trump to get congressional approval. 'If he were to authorize some activity on land, then it’s war, then [we’d need] Congress.'"
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we have not "apprehended" the president of venezuela. we have invaded a foreign country and kidnapped its leader. what the fuck are we doing here, i am going to lose my mind
January 3, 2026 at 9:34 AM
we have not "apprehended" the president of venezuela. we have invaded a foreign country and kidnapped its leader. what the fuck are we doing here, i am going to lose my mind
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abandoning my journalistic objectivity to say that the U.S. should not be bombing Venezuela
January 3, 2026 at 7:29 AM
abandoning my journalistic objectivity to say that the U.S. should not be bombing Venezuela
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So we’re just announcing foreign strikes and kidnappings of foreign leaders on social media now? No Congress. No explanation.
This is madness.
This is madness.
January 3, 2026 at 9:28 AM
So we’re just announcing foreign strikes and kidnappings of foreign leaders on social media now? No Congress. No explanation.
This is madness.
This is madness.
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U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee was not notified ahead of U.S. airstrikes on Venezuela, source tells CNN
January 3, 2026 at 9:04 AM
U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee was not notified ahead of U.S. airstrikes on Venezuela, source tells CNN
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Even with the various forces amassed in the region actually launching an American attack on Venezuela takes a lot of prep time and mobilization. Not a "in 5 minutes" sudden situation
U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee was not notified ahead of U.S. airstrikes on Venezuela, source tells CNN
January 3, 2026 at 9:23 AM
Even with the various forces amassed in the region actually launching an American attack on Venezuela takes a lot of prep time and mobilization. Not a "in 5 minutes" sudden situation
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Near as I can tell, American press are still claiming that it’s unclear what’s causing these explosions. Meanwhile BBC is calling it out. You have to know by now, our press is shit. I put stock in the BBC before CNN or WA PO or
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
January 3, 2026 at 8:40 AM
Near as I can tell, American press are still claiming that it’s unclear what’s causing these explosions. Meanwhile BBC is calling it out. You have to know by now, our press is shit. I put stock in the BBC before CNN or WA PO or
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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It’s old-fashioned to defend mainstream journalism these days but some of the most reliable reporting from people actually on the ground will be the AP and Reuters the next 24 hours. Your Substack journalist writing takes will be using frontline reporting from them.
January 3, 2026 at 8:09 AM
It’s old-fashioned to defend mainstream journalism these days but some of the most reliable reporting from people actually on the ground will be the AP and Reuters the next 24 hours. Your Substack journalist writing takes will be using frontline reporting from them.
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Tonight, the President of the United States has launched an unconstitutional war of aggression, dooming another generation to spill their blood for oil, and lay waste to a sovereign nation.
I demand that Congress exercise its power, halt this conflict, and impeach this war criminal president.
I demand that Congress exercise its power, halt this conflict, and impeach this war criminal president.
January 3, 2026 at 9:05 AM
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Everyone should understand this story. DOGE stole all our data. Major societal disruption and dangerous consequences.
Ignoring urgently needed reforms in favor of fruitlessly trying to find evidence of fraud, DOGE descended on the Social Security Administration “thinking it should work like a McDonald’s,” the agency’s former acting chief told ProPublica.
This is our #4 most-read story of 2025:
This is our #4 most-read story of 2025:
The Untold Saga of What Happened When DOGE Stormed Social Security
DOGE has ignored urgently needed reforms and upgrades at the Social Security Administration, according to dozens of insiders and 15 hours of candid interviews with the former acting chief of the agenc...
www.propublica.org
January 1, 2026 at 10:39 PM
Everyone should understand this story. DOGE stole all our data. Major societal disruption and dangerous consequences.
All this will be made public at some point - likely soon.
January 1, 2026 at 9:54 PM
All this will be made public at some point - likely soon.
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This Jack Smith deposition makes one thing abundantly clear:
If Donald Trump wasn’t re-elected, he’d be spending the rest of his life in prison.
And he should be.
If Donald Trump wasn’t re-elected, he’d be spending the rest of his life in prison.
And he should be.
January 1, 2026 at 12:45 AM
This Jack Smith deposition makes one thing abundantly clear:
If Donald Trump wasn’t re-elected, he’d be spending the rest of his life in prison.
And he should be.
If Donald Trump wasn’t re-elected, he’d be spending the rest of his life in prison.
And he should be.