Mike Barbre
@mikebarbre.bsky.social
Weaver of digital words, reader of printable tales, eater of delectable foods, knower of worthless conversational facts, acolyte of everything Seattle sports
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This seem "alpha male" to you?
This whole "We whites are increasingly oppressed and second-class!", but then also, you know, "superior race" and shit.
Pathetic.
This whole "We whites are increasingly oppressed and second-class!", but then also, you know, "superior race" and shit.
Pathetic.
White House stands by State Department nominee who complains that "white Americans are increasingly second-class citizens," warns of "white erasure" and says "the Jews love to see themselves as oppressed." @camcgrady.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/u...
Trump Nominates an Apostle of ‘White Erasure’ for the State Department
www.nytimes.com
February 15, 2026 at 12:38 AM
This seem "alpha male" to you?
This whole "We whites are increasingly oppressed and second-class!", but then also, you know, "superior race" and shit.
Pathetic.
This whole "We whites are increasingly oppressed and second-class!", but then also, you know, "superior race" and shit.
Pathetic.
Being part of the #Seahawks' championship parade party on Wed. was one thing, but the ride home is its own highlight!
#WestSeattleWaterTaxi #NFLChampions
#WestSeattleWaterTaxi #NFLChampions
February 14, 2026 at 6:21 AM
Being part of the #Seahawks' championship parade party on Wed. was one thing, but the ride home is its own highlight!
#WestSeattleWaterTaxi #NFLChampions
#WestSeattleWaterTaxi #NFLChampions
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Can someone remind me who is the majority party? WaPo seems to need help here.
I thought it was the GOP, who despite what the WaPo wants you to think, actually have some agency. Lots, really, tho you’d never get that idea from the media.
I thought it was the GOP, who despite what the WaPo wants you to think, actually have some agency. Lots, really, tho you’d never get that idea from the media.
Note the framing here:
It’s “Democrats have refused to fund” DHS and not “Republicans refused to prohibit face masks” or “the two parties could not agree on how to reform the agency.”
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
It’s “Democrats have refused to fund” DHS and not “Republicans refused to prohibit face masks” or “the two parties could not agree on how to reform the agency.”
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
February 14, 2026 at 3:00 AM
Can someone remind me who is the majority party? WaPo seems to need help here.
I thought it was the GOP, who despite what the WaPo wants you to think, actually have some agency. Lots, really, tho you’d never get that idea from the media.
I thought it was the GOP, who despite what the WaPo wants you to think, actually have some agency. Lots, really, tho you’d never get that idea from the media.
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Just remember, anything Trump says is an exaggeration, a lie, or total gaslighting bullshit.
Don't believe him whenever his mouth is open.
Don't believe him whenever his mouth is open.
February 13, 2026 at 11:32 PM
Just remember, anything Trump says is an exaggeration, a lie, or total gaslighting bullshit.
Don't believe him whenever his mouth is open.
Don't believe him whenever his mouth is open.
Repeatedly debunked years ago, Trump's corrupt lackeys continue to assault, with precisely zero evidence of fraud, the proven results of the 2020 election coming out of Georgia.
www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
Justification unsealed for FBI’s seizure of 2020 Fulton County ballots
The allegations largely track claims leveled by conservative activists.
www.politico.com
February 10, 2026 at 11:58 PM
Repeatedly debunked years ago, Trump's corrupt lackeys continue to assault, with precisely zero evidence of fraud, the proven results of the 2020 election coming out of Georgia.
www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
Still on that Emerald City high . . .
February 10, 2026 at 8:13 PM
Still on that Emerald City high . . .
This could not make more sense if you tried.
ICE Barbie’s full name is Kristi Lynn Arnold Noem. The initials spell KLAN. Sometimes the universe writes the joke itself.
February 8, 2026 at 11:04 PM
This could not make more sense if you tried.
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-Saved us from Covidflation faster than any other industrialized economy
-Brought back more jobs than Trump with the Inflation reduction act and Infastructure bill and chips and science act
-Refused to give Israel cluster bombs because he values human life
-And oh yeah…NOT IN THE EPSTEIN FILES!!!!
-Brought back more jobs than Trump with the Inflation reduction act and Infastructure bill and chips and science act
-Refused to give Israel cluster bombs because he values human life
-And oh yeah…NOT IN THE EPSTEIN FILES!!!!
February 8, 2026 at 3:06 AM
-Saved us from Covidflation faster than any other industrialized economy
-Brought back more jobs than Trump with the Inflation reduction act and Infastructure bill and chips and science act
-Refused to give Israel cluster bombs because he values human life
-And oh yeah…NOT IN THE EPSTEIN FILES!!!!
-Brought back more jobs than Trump with the Inflation reduction act and Infastructure bill and chips and science act
-Refused to give Israel cluster bombs because he values human life
-And oh yeah…NOT IN THE EPSTEIN FILES!!!!
February 6, 2026 at 11:29 PM
Because of Dolly's #ImaginationLibrary, in just the United States, children were 11 times more likely to be interested in #books and 15 times more likely to join in during shared reading compared to children not in the program.
finance.yahoo.com/news/largest...
finance.yahoo.com/news/largest...
Largest-Ever Shared Book Reading Study Finds Dolly Parton's Imagination Library Dramatically Improves Early Literacy for Children in Five Countries
New groundbreaking research1 - the largest dataset ever conducted on shared book reading - reaffirms that Dolly Parton's Imagination Library significantly strengthens early literacy skills for childre...
finance.yahoo.com
February 5, 2026 at 7:38 PM
Because of Dolly's #ImaginationLibrary, in just the United States, children were 11 times more likely to be interested in #books and 15 times more likely to join in during shared reading compared to children not in the program.
finance.yahoo.com/news/largest...
finance.yahoo.com/news/largest...
As poignant as it gets, if you understand the state of where we are as a country. Brilliant speech. #SurpriseArizona #ICE
Highlighting the speaker who stood in front of the Surprise mayor and told him to consider what the Mayor of Ohrdruf must’ve thought before he died by suicide: “He might have thought ‘how is this my fault I had no jurisdiction over this’ maybe he said ‘this site was not subject to local zoning.’”
February 5, 2026 at 1:29 AM
As poignant as it gets, if you understand the state of where we are as a country. Brilliant speech. #SurpriseArizona #ICE
“The closer you get to her, the harder she messes up your brain,” said another former staffer. “It’s a classic story of ‘never meet your heroes.’”
OMG. If Nancy Mace of all people, is your hero . . . you yourself need a mental eval.
OMG. If Nancy Mace of all people, is your hero . . . you yourself need a mental eval.
I missed this story from a couple days ago about Nancy Mace.
“She would definitely do it excessively,” the staffer said of the congresswoman’s drinking and marijuana usage. “And again, not to say that most members don’t or most staff don’t, but it got to the point where it was an issue.”
“She would definitely do it excessively,” the staffer said of the congresswoman’s drinking and marijuana usage. “And again, not to say that most members don’t or most staff don’t, but it got to the point where it was an issue.”
“She’s Not OK”: Bombshell Report Details Nancy Mace’s Downward Spiral
The Republican representative reportedly made her staff buy her late-night alcohol and clean her Airbnb properties.
newrepublic.com
February 5, 2026 at 1:21 AM
“The closer you get to her, the harder she messes up your brain,” said another former staffer. “It’s a classic story of ‘never meet your heroes.’”
OMG. If Nancy Mace of all people, is your hero . . . you yourself need a mental eval.
OMG. If Nancy Mace of all people, is your hero . . . you yourself need a mental eval.
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Don't know who this quote is from, but man...
February 3, 2026 at 3:05 AM
Don't know who this quote is from, but man...
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So this just happened.
February 1, 2026 at 12:20 AM
So this just happened.
"There is no injustice far enough away, no victim different enough, no rationalization clever enough to make you exempt from the single hive we all share . . . " @ryanholiday.bsky.social
www.linkedin.com/pulse/why-yo...
www.linkedin.com/pulse/why-yo...
This Is Why You Have To Care (I Can’t Believe I’m Having To Write This Again)
It’s a complicated issue. Maybe it doesn’t affect you directly.
www.linkedin.com
January 31, 2026 at 6:29 AM
"There is no injustice far enough away, no victim different enough, no rationalization clever enough to make you exempt from the single hive we all share . . . " @ryanholiday.bsky.social
www.linkedin.com/pulse/why-yo...
www.linkedin.com/pulse/why-yo...
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Trump’s America 2026. Masked armed men in body armor arresting journalists in the night.
We’re truly going back to the 1930s.
My almost 90 y/o mom was right when she moved back to Austria this year: “I grew up under fascism, I don’t need to die under it” 😳
We’re truly going back to the 1930s.
My almost 90 y/o mom was right when she moved back to Austria this year: “I grew up under fascism, I don’t need to die under it” 😳
Recall that Melissa Hortman and her husband were murdered not long ago by a fake cop who showed up at their door looking like this guy
This is from Georgia Fort’s video.
DEA?!? Gotta be a “task force.”
DEA?!? Gotta be a “task force.”
January 31, 2026 at 1:56 AM
Trump’s America 2026. Masked armed men in body armor arresting journalists in the night.
We’re truly going back to the 1930s.
My almost 90 y/o mom was right when she moved back to Austria this year: “I grew up under fascism, I don’t need to die under it” 😳
We’re truly going back to the 1930s.
My almost 90 y/o mom was right when she moved back to Austria this year: “I grew up under fascism, I don’t need to die under it” 😳
I'm a white, heterosexual male in America -- the privileged of the privileged -- and even I find it reprehensible that job applications have the gall to actually ask for applicants' sexual orientation.
I could not care LESS about your "reasons."
I could not care LESS about your "reasons."
January 30, 2026 at 11:05 PM
I'm a white, heterosexual male in America -- the privileged of the privileged -- and even I find it reprehensible that job applications have the gall to actually ask for applicants' sexual orientation.
I could not care LESS about your "reasons."
I could not care LESS about your "reasons."
Too late, @hootsuite.com. Way. Too. Late.
You showed your ass, now you get to have the 2026 you deserve.
You showed your ass, now you get to have the 2026 you deserve.
January 28, 2026 at 6:54 AM
Too late, @hootsuite.com. Way. Too. Late.
You showed your ass, now you get to have the 2026 you deserve.
You showed your ass, now you get to have the 2026 you deserve.
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Ilhan Omar spent four years in a refugee camp and ended up becoming a Congresswoman. She represents the best of America, while Donald Trump represents the worst.
January 28, 2026 at 6:37 AM
Ilhan Omar spent four years in a refugee camp and ended up becoming a Congresswoman. She represents the best of America, while Donald Trump represents the worst.
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NRA? Who?
Second Amendment what?
The only thing that stops a good guy with a gun, is 5 bad guys with a gun who get signing bonuses, health insurance, and a pension.
Put that into perspective.
Second Amendment what?
The only thing that stops a good guy with a gun, is 5 bad guys with a gun who get signing bonuses, health insurance, and a pension.
Put that into perspective.
The party that has spent unlimited resources and energy getting states to pass laws to allow citizens to openly carry loaded weapons anywhere - now believes that exercising this right is permission for law enforcement to murder you.
Honestly, how dumb do they think we are?
Honestly, how dumb do they think we are?
January 26, 2026 at 12:13 AM
NRA? Who?
Second Amendment what?
The only thing that stops a good guy with a gun, is 5 bad guys with a gun who get signing bonuses, health insurance, and a pension.
Put that into perspective.
Second Amendment what?
The only thing that stops a good guy with a gun, is 5 bad guys with a gun who get signing bonuses, health insurance, and a pension.
Put that into perspective.
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Today’s post: The Lost Art of Reading open.substack.com/pub/georgeha...
The Lost Art of Reading
I used to enjoy reading books. Then I stopped. Time to re-engage.
open.substack.com
January 28, 2026 at 2:06 AM
Today’s post: The Lost Art of Reading open.substack.com/pub/georgeha...
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He wears orange makeup, a girdle & heel lifts, had 4 hair transplants, can’t run, can’t swim, dodged the draft, never taken his shirt off in public, can’t lift weights, never played sports with his kids, never fired a gun, loves interior decorating, never been in a fight… bsky.app/profile/atru...
Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks at the Trump rally: "They're playing this song -- Macho Man. Every hard-working woman deserves a Macho Man. And I see a whole lot of it all around me! But the number one macho man you're gonna hear from in a little while."
January 28, 2026 at 2:11 AM
He wears orange makeup, a girdle & heel lifts, had 4 hair transplants, can’t run, can’t swim, dodged the draft, never taken his shirt off in public, can’t lift weights, never played sports with his kids, never fired a gun, loves interior decorating, never been in a fight… bsky.app/profile/atru...
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Making the rounds on FB:
January 27, 2026 at 12:24 AM
Making the rounds on FB:
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My heart just sank. 😭😭🙏🙏 RIP Alex Pretti
You’re a hero to the real American people‼️
You’re a hero to the real American people‼️
January 27, 2026 at 1:34 AM
My heart just sank. 😭😭🙏🙏 RIP Alex Pretti
You’re a hero to the real American people‼️
You’re a hero to the real American people‼️