David Barber
@odoketa.bsky.social
He/him. Conway, Arkansas politico. Former candidate. Économiste. Quelque fois en français. Ask me about Talking Like A Pirate.
#LookingForWork as the kids say.
#LookingForWork as the kids say.
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This is odd, it looks like the DOJ skipped suing Texas entirely. The Justice Department is now suing California over the new congressional district boundaries that voters approved just last week, Attorney General Pam Bondi announced Thursday in a post on X. Who are they going to sue, the voters?
November 14, 2025 at 1:41 AM
This is odd, it looks like the DOJ skipped suing Texas entirely. The Justice Department is now suing California over the new congressional district boundaries that voters approved just last week, Attorney General Pam Bondi announced Thursday in a post on X. Who are they going to sue, the voters?
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When did pedophilia become a partisan issue?
The American people deserve to know the full truth about Jeffrey Epstein and every powerful person who enabled him.
Every name. Every flight log. Every cover up. All of it.
The American people deserve to know the full truth about Jeffrey Epstein and every powerful person who enabled him.
Every name. Every flight log. Every cover up. All of it.
November 14, 2025 at 7:42 PM
When did pedophilia become a partisan issue?
The American people deserve to know the full truth about Jeffrey Epstein and every powerful person who enabled him.
Every name. Every flight log. Every cover up. All of it.
The American people deserve to know the full truth about Jeffrey Epstein and every powerful person who enabled him.
Every name. Every flight log. Every cover up. All of it.
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Social Security gets billions in free money each year from undocumented immigrants.
They paid $25.7 billion in Social Security taxes in 2022 but cannot collect benefits. The billions they pour into the program partly pay for social security for Americans.
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/13/b...
They paid $25.7 billion in Social Security taxes in 2022 but cannot collect benefits. The billions they pour into the program partly pay for social security for Americans.
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/13/b...
How Unauthorized Immigrants Help Finance Social Security Benefits
www.nytimes.com
November 15, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Social Security gets billions in free money each year from undocumented immigrants.
They paid $25.7 billion in Social Security taxes in 2022 but cannot collect benefits. The billions they pour into the program partly pay for social security for Americans.
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/13/b...
They paid $25.7 billion in Social Security taxes in 2022 but cannot collect benefits. The billions they pour into the program partly pay for social security for Americans.
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/13/b...
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"Is that what you meant by Big Beautiful Bill, Mr. President?"
November 14, 2025 at 9:54 PM
"Is that what you meant by Big Beautiful Bill, Mr. President?"
Let's just overlook the ethnic cleansing for now (!!!) and talk about green zones. I expect many of you don't remember the last time a 'green zone' was a thing we talked about a lot. It was in Iraq. And I think we all know how that turned out.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
US military planning for divided Gaza with ‘green zone’ secured by international and Israeli troops
Exclusive: Almost all Palestinians have been displaced to ‘red zone’ where no reconstruction is planned
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Let's just overlook the ethnic cleansing for now (!!!) and talk about green zones. I expect many of you don't remember the last time a 'green zone' was a thing we talked about a lot. It was in Iraq. And I think we all know how that turned out.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
If you are a candidate in Arkansas for office, and you do not plan to hire a campaign manager, I am offering hourly consulting services. Feel free to reach out! #arpx
November 14, 2025 at 4:18 PM
If you are a candidate in Arkansas for office, and you do not plan to hire a campaign manager, I am offering hourly consulting services. Feel free to reach out! #arpx
It is extraordinary to me that successive governments have allowed Thames Water to continue to exist.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Thames Water tried to make MP pay its legal fees of up to £1,400 an hour
Exclusive: Charlie Maynard accuses the utility of ‘retaliation’ over his push for government to gain control of company
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 4:16 PM
It is extraordinary to me that successive governments have allowed Thames Water to continue to exist.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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We’ve been told DHS has received guidance from the USDA and that 100 percent of SNAP benefits will be available as of midnight tonight.
November 13, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Serious question: did Megyn Kelly commit a crime?
Like, is telling people it's ok to sexually assault children on national television incitement or something?
Like, is telling people it's ok to sexually assault children on national television incitement or something?
November 14, 2025 at 4:20 AM
Serious question: did Megyn Kelly commit a crime?
Like, is telling people it's ok to sexually assault children on national television incitement or something?
Like, is telling people it's ok to sexually assault children on national television incitement or something?
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Someone just told me Megyn Kelly has a 15 yr old living in her house.
Not sure what the relation is, but are they being sex trafficked?
CFS should be called to check on that "barely legal" CHILD!
BECAUSE APPARENTLY LETTING TRUMP RAPE HER WOULD BE OKEY DOKEY!
STUPID PEDOPHILE ENABLER!
Not sure what the relation is, but are they being sex trafficked?
CFS should be called to check on that "barely legal" CHILD!
BECAUSE APPARENTLY LETTING TRUMP RAPE HER WOULD BE OKEY DOKEY!
STUPID PEDOPHILE ENABLER!
November 14, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Someone just told me Megyn Kelly has a 15 yr old living in her house.
Not sure what the relation is, but are they being sex trafficked?
CFS should be called to check on that "barely legal" CHILD!
BECAUSE APPARENTLY LETTING TRUMP RAPE HER WOULD BE OKEY DOKEY!
STUPID PEDOPHILE ENABLER!
Not sure what the relation is, but are they being sex trafficked?
CFS should be called to check on that "barely legal" CHILD!
BECAUSE APPARENTLY LETTING TRUMP RAPE HER WOULD BE OKEY DOKEY!
STUPID PEDOPHILE ENABLER!
What the actual is the NYT doing here. They go after her both for inexperience and for being a policy wonk. Absolutely flailing to find a way to go after anyone who doesn't fit their centrist narrative.
Katie Wilson, Seattle’s next mayor, emerged from the city’s left-wing activist class and brings with her little experience in governing.
Seattle Elects a Left-Wing Mayor With a Light Résumé but Mamdani Appeal
Katie Wilson, who narrowly defeated the incumbent, Bruce Harrell, emerged from the city’s left-wing activist class and brings with her little experience in governing.
nyti.ms
November 14, 2025 at 4:15 AM
What the actual is the NYT doing here. They go after her both for inexperience and for being a policy wonk. Absolutely flailing to find a way to go after anyone who doesn't fit their centrist narrative.
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Grown men don’t have sex with 15 year old girls. They rape them - it’s rape.
Meghan Kelly can go fuck herself & so can anyone else trying to normalize rape - it’s rape.
Meghan Kelly can go fuck herself & so can anyone else trying to normalize rape - it’s rape.
November 14, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Grown men don’t have sex with 15 year old girls. They rape them - it’s rape.
Meghan Kelly can go fuck herself & so can anyone else trying to normalize rape - it’s rape.
Meghan Kelly can go fuck herself & so can anyone else trying to normalize rape - it’s rape.
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New: Google has chosen a side in Trump's mass deportation campaign. Google is hosting a CBP facial recognition app to hunt immigrants; no indication Google will remove. At same time Google takes down apps for reporting ICE sightings
“Big tech has made their choice”
www.404media.co/google-has-c...
“Big tech has made their choice”
www.404media.co/google-has-c...
Google Has Chosen a Side in Trump's Mass Deportation Effort
Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, while simultaneously removing apps that report the location of ICE officials because Google sees ICE as a vulnerable gr...
www.404media.co
November 13, 2025 at 2:11 PM
New: Google has chosen a side in Trump's mass deportation campaign. Google is hosting a CBP facial recognition app to hunt immigrants; no indication Google will remove. At same time Google takes down apps for reporting ICE sightings
“Big tech has made their choice”
www.404media.co/google-has-c...
“Big tech has made their choice”
www.404media.co/google-has-c...
I don't think any parent could, in good conscience, send their child to a university in Texas. Frankly, all state universities are suspect, and only smaller private colleges remain safe (for the time being).
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
Texas A&M Tightens Rules on Talking About Race and Gender in Classes
www.nytimes.com
November 14, 2025 at 4:07 AM
I don't think any parent could, in good conscience, send their child to a university in Texas. Frankly, all state universities are suspect, and only smaller private colleges remain safe (for the time being).
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
Pro tip: If you find yourself defending child predators, you are, in fact, the bad guys.
November 13, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Pro tip: If you find yourself defending child predators, you are, in fact, the bad guys.
I haven't seen whatever is causing Larry Summers to blow up on this app, but please please please tell me it's something that's going to finally cancel him. (With apologies to his family if it's actually his passing)
November 13, 2025 at 10:17 PM
I haven't seen whatever is causing Larry Summers to blow up on this app, but please please please tell me it's something that's going to finally cancel him. (With apologies to his family if it's actually his passing)
A Spanish language news program is reporting that the Trump administration is now targeting Visa holders who are obese or otherwise have "health problems". Has anyone else seen this?
November 13, 2025 at 4:06 PM
A Spanish language news program is reporting that the Trump administration is now targeting Visa holders who are obese or otherwise have "health problems". Has anyone else seen this?
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If he does run I really hope his campaign slogan is "Chaos with Ed Miliband".
Verdict of one Labour grandee I just bumped into: “Ed Miliband is the person most likely to be the most next Prime Minister”.
November 13, 2025 at 1:14 PM
If he does run I really hope his campaign slogan is "Chaos with Ed Miliband".
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Jesus fuck. We desperately need universal healthcare. We should pressure our reps to pass universal healthcare since they fucked us with the ACA and healthcare subsidies.
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November 13, 2025 at 5:16 AM
Jesus fuck. We desperately need universal healthcare. We should pressure our reps to pass universal healthcare since they fucked us with the ACA and healthcare subsidies.
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sports.yahoo.com/article/jame...
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The Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights has launched investigations against school districts for teaching lessons on systemic racism and hosting empowerment gatherings for students of color.
Five Ways the Department of Education Is Upending Public Schools
The Trump administration has made a rapid succession of hires and decisions at the Department of Education that could spur profound changes in how schools operate and children learn. Here’s what to kn...
www.propublica.org
November 13, 2025 at 2:15 PM
The Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights has launched investigations against school districts for teaching lessons on systemic racism and hosting empowerment gatherings for students of color.
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What's from Chicago, hates Illinois Nazis, and is holy as fuck?
It's the Pope in 1982.
It's the Pope in 1982.
November 13, 2025 at 1:37 AM
What's from Chicago, hates Illinois Nazis, and is holy as fuck?
It's the Pope in 1982.
It's the Pope in 1982.
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In an Australia first, I used FOI to get the AI chat logs of Australia's top national security bureaucrat.
They show how he used Microsoft Copilot to ghostwrite speeches and messages to colleagues.
This comes as the government looks to push AI use in the public service.
www.crikey.com.au/20...
They show how he used Microsoft Copilot to ghostwrite speeches and messages to colleagues.
This comes as the government looks to push AI use in the public service.
www.crikey.com.au/20...
November 12, 2025 at 2:01 AM
In an Australia first, I used FOI to get the AI chat logs of Australia's top national security bureaucrat.
They show how he used Microsoft Copilot to ghostwrite speeches and messages to colleagues.
This comes as the government looks to push AI use in the public service.
www.crikey.com.au/20...
They show how he used Microsoft Copilot to ghostwrite speeches and messages to colleagues.
This comes as the government looks to push AI use in the public service.
www.crikey.com.au/20...
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Long ago on the hell site I made long list of historically interesting things to use in dnd ttrpgs and I'll start dragging them over here starting with
2000 years-old sapphire ring presumably belonged to Roman emperor Caligula, depicting his fourth wife Caesonia.
2000 years-old sapphire ring presumably belonged to Roman emperor Caligula, depicting his fourth wife Caesonia.
November 13, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Long ago on the hell site I made long list of historically interesting things to use in dnd ttrpgs and I'll start dragging them over here starting with
2000 years-old sapphire ring presumably belonged to Roman emperor Caligula, depicting his fourth wife Caesonia.
2000 years-old sapphire ring presumably belonged to Roman emperor Caligula, depicting his fourth wife Caesonia.
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