Norberto Barba
@nbarba.bsky.social
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The press wonders why Trump won't release the Epstein files when he promised to do so. But the answer is obvious: Trump believes he is mentioned in the files in ways that are even more damaging than the blowback he is getting from MAGA. Here's why: www.messageboxnews.com/p/why-trumps...
Why Trump's Name is Almost Certainly in the Epstein Files
The most plausible explanation for Trump's approach to the Epstein files is fear
www.messageboxnews.com
July 20, 2025 at 5:49 PM
The press wonders why Trump won't release the Epstein files when he promised to do so. But the answer is obvious: Trump believes he is mentioned in the files in ways that are even more damaging than the blowback he is getting from MAGA. Here's why: www.messageboxnews.com/p/why-trumps...
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Very shrewd
Sen Murkowski caved and voted for this repugnant bill AFTER getting a carve out to save Medicaid in Alaska
IF SHE VOTED NO,MEDICAID WOULD BE SAVED FOR EVERYBODY
Fucker
Sen Murkowski caved and voted for this repugnant bill AFTER getting a carve out to save Medicaid in Alaska
IF SHE VOTED NO,MEDICAID WOULD BE SAVED FOR EVERYBODY
Fucker
July 6, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Very shrewd
Sen Murkowski caved and voted for this repugnant bill AFTER getting a carve out to save Medicaid in Alaska
IF SHE VOTED NO,MEDICAID WOULD BE SAVED FOR EVERYBODY
Fucker
Sen Murkowski caved and voted for this repugnant bill AFTER getting a carve out to save Medicaid in Alaska
IF SHE VOTED NO,MEDICAID WOULD BE SAVED FOR EVERYBODY
Fucker
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“Trump’s approach to economic statecraft is to impose pressure and get leverage and try to get the best deal possible,” he said.
But “for whatever reason, with Russia, he doesn’t want to have any leverage over Putin.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/02/u...
But “for whatever reason, with Russia, he doesn’t want to have any leverage over Putin.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/02/u...
Lack of New U.S. Sanctions Allows Restricted Goods and Funds Into Russia
www.nytimes.com
July 6, 2025 at 8:05 PM
“Trump’s approach to economic statecraft is to impose pressure and get leverage and try to get the best deal possible,” he said.
But “for whatever reason, with Russia, he doesn’t want to have any leverage over Putin.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/02/u...
But “for whatever reason, with Russia, he doesn’t want to have any leverage over Putin.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/02/u...
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Stop buying anything from Florida.
We’re calling for a Florida boycott over the inhumane “Alligator Alcatraz” detention site. Cancel your family vacation and choose a different destination this summer.
July 6, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Stop buying anything from Florida.
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"Trump also shuttered the KleptoCapture task force, a DOJ unit formed in 2022 to identify and seize assets of sanctioned Russian oligarchs.
The unit coordinated investigations across agencies, leading to high-profile seizures of yachts, real estate, private jets..."
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/02/u...
The unit coordinated investigations across agencies, leading to high-profile seizures of yachts, real estate, private jets..."
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/02/u...
Lack of New U.S. Sanctions Allows Restricted Goods and Funds Into Russia
www.nytimes.com
July 6, 2025 at 8:18 PM
"Trump also shuttered the KleptoCapture task force, a DOJ unit formed in 2022 to identify and seize assets of sanctioned Russian oligarchs.
The unit coordinated investigations across agencies, leading to high-profile seizures of yachts, real estate, private jets..."
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/02/u...
The unit coordinated investigations across agencies, leading to high-profile seizures of yachts, real estate, private jets..."
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/02/u...
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Little girls were swept away by the dozens & killed by the flood while at summer camp & without FEMA FUNDING bedridden & disabled American are going to die from natural disasters they could have been rescued from & warned against.
I have never seen a more incompetent government ever. It’s insane.
I have never seen a more incompetent government ever. It’s insane.
July 5, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Little girls were swept away by the dozens & killed by the flood while at summer camp & without FEMA FUNDING bedridden & disabled American are going to die from natural disasters they could have been rescued from & warned against.
I have never seen a more incompetent government ever. It’s insane.
I have never seen a more incompetent government ever. It’s insane.
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I am absolutely outraged that our so-called president didn’t have the decency to attend the funeral of a murdered public official and her husband. He hasn’t even commented on it. Let that sink in folks…I can’t even get my head around the thought of a person that inhuman.
June 28, 2025 at 8:33 PM
I am absolutely outraged that our so-called president didn’t have the decency to attend the funeral of a murdered public official and her husband. He hasn’t even commented on it. Let that sink in folks…I can’t even get my head around the thought of a person that inhuman.
Thank you, “Law & Order: SVU” for 6 great seasons! On to new adventures!
April 14, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Thank you, “Law & Order: SVU” for 6 great seasons! On to new adventures!
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I have never seen anything like this in NYC. 5th Ave covered from 42nd St well to the 20s. Nobody prepared for this volume. Volunteers are holding the traffic on all the side streets. No police in sight. #handsoff
April 5, 2025 at 9:07 PM
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Thank you Senator Cory Booker. This guy truly cares about the people he represents.
"I don't want a Disney vacation of our history! I don't a whitewashed history, I don't want a homogenized history. Tell me the wretched truth about America, because that speaks to our greatness" -- 20 hours into his speech, Cory Booker is spitting absolute 🔥
April 1, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Thank you Senator Cory Booker. This guy truly cares about the people he represents.
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Certified and confirmed hypocrites.
[Not forgetting the greed of some.]
[Not forgetting the greed of some.]
March 29, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Certified and confirmed hypocrites.
[Not forgetting the greed of some.]
[Not forgetting the greed of some.]
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Senator Chris Van Hollen: "The real lunatic here is Marco Rubio trampling over people’s First Amendment rights. It is shameful that an individual who says his family was the victim of an authoritarian regime would send hooded agents to disappear people because of controversial speech."
March 29, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Senator Chris Van Hollen: "The real lunatic here is Marco Rubio trampling over people’s First Amendment rights. It is shameful that an individual who says his family was the victim of an authoritarian regime would send hooded agents to disappear people because of controversial speech."
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Dear Secretary Rubio,
Hi, Tufts professor here. As someone who was on campus during the time in question, your claims about what Rumeysa Ozturk did bear no resemblance to reality. So did you just revoke her visa because she co-authored an anodyne op-ed that never mentioned Hamas?
Sincerely,
DWD
Hi, Tufts professor here. As someone who was on campus during the time in question, your claims about what Rumeysa Ozturk did bear no resemblance to reality. So did you just revoke her visa because she co-authored an anodyne op-ed that never mentioned Hamas?
Sincerely,
DWD
Marco Rubio on Rumeysa Ozturk: "We revoked her visa ... once you've lost your visa, you're no longer legally in the United States ... if you come into the US as a visitor and create a ruckus for us, we don't want it. We don't want it in our country. Go back and do it in your country."
March 27, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Dear Secretary Rubio,
Hi, Tufts professor here. As someone who was on campus during the time in question, your claims about what Rumeysa Ozturk did bear no resemblance to reality. So did you just revoke her visa because she co-authored an anodyne op-ed that never mentioned Hamas?
Sincerely,
DWD
Hi, Tufts professor here. As someone who was on campus during the time in question, your claims about what Rumeysa Ozturk did bear no resemblance to reality. So did you just revoke her visa because she co-authored an anodyne op-ed that never mentioned Hamas?
Sincerely,
DWD
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A very old Soviet joke, from an especially dark time:
Foxes are fleeing the USSR in droves.
Q: Why are you running away?
Fox: The Soviets passed a new law that they’re going to arrest all camels.
Q: But you’re foxes!
Fox: Yeah, why don’t *you* try proving to the NKVD that you’re not a camel.
Foxes are fleeing the USSR in droves.
Q: Why are you running away?
Fox: The Soviets passed a new law that they’re going to arrest all camels.
Q: But you’re foxes!
Fox: Yeah, why don’t *you* try proving to the NKVD that you’re not a camel.
If you accept that non-citizens have no right to due process, you are accepting that citizens have no right to due process. All the government has to do is claim that you are not a citizen; without due process you have no chance to prove the contrary.
March 27, 2025 at 10:21 PM
A very old Soviet joke, from an especially dark time:
Foxes are fleeing the USSR in droves.
Q: Why are you running away?
Fox: The Soviets passed a new law that they’re going to arrest all camels.
Q: But you’re foxes!
Fox: Yeah, why don’t *you* try proving to the NKVD that you’re not a camel.
Foxes are fleeing the USSR in droves.
Q: Why are you running away?
Fox: The Soviets passed a new law that they’re going to arrest all camels.
Q: But you’re foxes!
Fox: Yeah, why don’t *you* try proving to the NKVD that you’re not a camel.
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If Paul Weiss and Skadden don't think they can out-litigate the doofuses in Trump's DOJ willing to take these cases, why would any client stick with them? Have a spine. You're not going up against top legal minds here. You are the top legal minds.
March 27, 2025 at 11:34 PM
If Paul Weiss and Skadden don't think they can out-litigate the doofuses in Trump's DOJ willing to take these cases, why would any client stick with them? Have a spine. You're not going up against top legal minds here. You are the top legal minds.
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Canadian travel to the US is absolutely cratering.
March 27, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Canadian travel to the US is absolutely cratering.
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This should INFURIATE you
March 23, 2025 at 3:53 PM
This should INFURIATE you