Barb Muse
@barbmuse.bsky.social
Lived decades in both Iowa & Wisconsin; now loving blue Seattle. Still an Iowa Hawkeye & Packers fan. I’ve given up on Cubs.
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Americans have a duty to hide people like this and veterans should be first to volunteer
Exclusive: The U.S. government asked a judge to deport a man to Afghanistan, where he expects the Taliban to kill him. Legal experts say the case could have consequences for Afghans the U.S. rescued and promised to support.
Trump administration makes misleading case in high-stakes asylum hearing
Homeland Security asked a judge to deport a man to Afghanistan, where he expects the Taliban to kill him. The case could affect thousands of asylum seekers.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 31, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Americans have a duty to hide people like this and veterans should be first to volunteer
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Rural residents were upset when Oregon released a statewide map estimating property risk from wildfires.
Until then, the impacts of climate change were abstract to many people, one senator said. “This is a very big chicken coming home to roost.”
By @robwdavis.bsky.social
Until then, the impacts of climate change were abstract to many people, one senator said. “This is a very big chicken coming home to roost.”
By @robwdavis.bsky.social
How the Rapid Spread of Misinformation Pushed Oregon Lawmakers to Kill the State’s Wildfire Risk Map
After Oregon’s record-breaking fire season in 2020, lawmakers wanted to map out which properties were most at risk. But anger from homeowners escalated quickly.
www.propublica.org
August 9, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Rural residents were upset when Oregon released a statewide map estimating property risk from wildfires.
Until then, the impacts of climate change were abstract to many people, one senator said. “This is a very big chicken coming home to roost.”
By @robwdavis.bsky.social
Until then, the impacts of climate change were abstract to many people, one senator said. “This is a very big chicken coming home to roost.”
By @robwdavis.bsky.social
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people in purple states have also *chosen* to be Democrats, rather than it being the course to power available to them. notably a lot of the worst Democrats are from California and New York, very rich, very blue states.
Purple state governors tend to be better than the coastal machines only because it’s a competitive enough environment that if they DONT deliver they are out
This is why you watch Pritzker above anybody else. He is not a revolutionary. No one with any honesty will ever think him such. But he is far too rich to need anybody, and he is from Chicago, and he likes to show it.
August 9, 2025 at 10:32 PM
people in purple states have also *chosen* to be Democrats, rather than it being the course to power available to them. notably a lot of the worst Democrats are from California and New York, very rich, very blue states.
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This is our satellite. Bought and paid for with taxpayer dollars, appropriated for this specific mission by the elected Congress. Those who would destroy it on purpose are our enemies.
Head of NASA Sean Duffy intends to destroy a satellite that collects key data on carbon dioxide and plant health, by causing it to burn up in the atmosphere. The U.S. Dept of Agriculture and private agriculture firms use the data to forecast crop yield, drought conditions and more.
Why a NASA satellite that scientists and farmers rely on may be destroyed on purpose
The Trump administration has asked NASA staffers to draw up plans to end at least two satellite missions that measure carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, according to current and former NASA employees.
www.npr.org
August 10, 2025 at 5:50 AM
This is our satellite. Bought and paid for with taxpayer dollars, appropriated for this specific mission by the elected Congress. Those who would destroy it on purpose are our enemies.
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A Utah GOP senator rewrote consent laws after his 18-year-old relative was charged with raping a 13-year-old. Now that same relative avoids prison and sex offender status. This isn’t justice—it’s abuse of power to protect your own. www.yahoo.com/news/article...
GOP Senator Changed Utah’s Consent Law After Family Member Raped 13-Year-Old
The Republican is taking the party’s obsession with “family values” to a whole new level of hypocrisy.
www.yahoo.com
August 8, 2025 at 2:23 PM
A Utah GOP senator rewrote consent laws after his 18-year-old relative was charged with raping a 13-year-old. Now that same relative avoids prison and sex offender status. This isn’t justice—it’s abuse of power to protect your own. www.yahoo.com/news/article...
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The only newsworthy items from the NYT hit on Mamdani are:
1. NYT reporters are apparently chummy with white nationalists who spout eugenics
2. NYT editors apparently believe their peers are trolls like Chris Rufo
3. NYT "standards" for using hacked materials are not actually followed
1. NYT reporters are apparently chummy with white nationalists who spout eugenics
2. NYT editors apparently believe their peers are trolls like Chris Rufo
3. NYT "standards" for using hacked materials are not actually followed
July 7, 2025 at 10:15 PM
The only newsworthy items from the NYT hit on Mamdani are:
1. NYT reporters are apparently chummy with white nationalists who spout eugenics
2. NYT editors apparently believe their peers are trolls like Chris Rufo
3. NYT "standards" for using hacked materials are not actually followed
1. NYT reporters are apparently chummy with white nationalists who spout eugenics
2. NYT editors apparently believe their peers are trolls like Chris Rufo
3. NYT "standards" for using hacked materials are not actually followed
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Definitely do NOT put “Pigman (Remix)” on repeat today: bsky.app/profile/jame...
Tagging Jamelle Bouie in these trolling posts from the literal Vice President of the United States is such scummy, racist behavior. These really are the worst people in the world. This guy isn't even trying to be a statesman; he's a gutter troll.
June 30, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Definitely do NOT put “Pigman (Remix)” on repeat today: bsky.app/profile/jame...
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one of my tiktok followers made this
April 8, 2025 at 5:20 PM
one of my tiktok followers made this
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Zohran Mamdani’s plan to tax the rich is a 2% tax on income over $1 million.
If you make $1.1 million, you’d pay an extra $2,000.
Watching working class conservatives and politicians completely meltdown about this is wild.
If you make $1.1 million, you’d pay an extra $2,000.
Watching working class conservatives and politicians completely meltdown about this is wild.
June 27, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Zohran Mamdani’s plan to tax the rich is a 2% tax on income over $1 million.
If you make $1.1 million, you’d pay an extra $2,000.
Watching working class conservatives and politicians completely meltdown about this is wild.
If you make $1.1 million, you’d pay an extra $2,000.
Watching working class conservatives and politicians completely meltdown about this is wild.
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NEW: Meet the 22-Year-Old Trump’s Team Picked to Lead Terrorism Prevention
One year out of college and with no apparent national security expertise, Thomas Fugate is the Department of Homeland Security official tasked with overseeing the government’s main hub for combating violent extremism.
One year out of college and with no apparent national security expertise, Thomas Fugate is the Department of Homeland Security official tasked with overseeing the government’s main hub for combating violent extremism.
“The Intern in Charge”: Meet the 22-Year-Old Trump’s Team Picked to Lead Terrorism Prevention
One year out of college and with no apparent national security expertise, Thomas Fugate is the Department of Homeland Security official tasked with overseeing the government’s main hub for combating v...
www.propublica.org
June 4, 2025 at 10:31 PM
NEW: Meet the 22-Year-Old Trump’s Team Picked to Lead Terrorism Prevention
One year out of college and with no apparent national security expertise, Thomas Fugate is the Department of Homeland Security official tasked with overseeing the government’s main hub for combating violent extremism.
One year out of college and with no apparent national security expertise, Thomas Fugate is the Department of Homeland Security official tasked with overseeing the government’s main hub for combating violent extremism.
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Can you imagine a "rapid response" while waiting for video to be edited?
Trump is taking the briefing less than once a week. They are considering a video format that looks like Fox News. I’m not kidding: www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...
Gabbard considering ways to revamp Trump's intelligence briefing
One idea is to make the briefing, which according to his schedule Trump has been taking less often than his predecessors, a video that looks like Fox News.
www.nbcnews.com
May 31, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Can you imagine a "rapid response" while waiting for video to be edited?
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Ashli Babbitt was a domestic terrorist who attempted to overthrow our government via a violent insurrection at our nation’s Capitol. The administration agreeing to pay her family $5 million of taxpayer money is disgraceful.
May 20, 2025 at 4:16 AM
Ashli Babbitt was a domestic terrorist who attempted to overthrow our government via a violent insurrection at our nation’s Capitol. The administration agreeing to pay her family $5 million of taxpayer money is disgraceful.
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Seven Palestinians killed in Israeli attacks on Gaza since dawn - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/seven-palestinians-killed-israeli-attacks-gaza-dawn
Seven Palestinians killed in Israeli attacks on Gaza since dawn
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May 6, 2025 at 6:36 AM
Seven Palestinians killed in Israeli attacks on Gaza since dawn - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/seven-palestinians-killed-israeli-attacks-gaza-dawn
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20 ARMED men bust into your home. They claim they’ve got a search warrant.
They make you stand in the rain w/your 3 daughters in their underwear.
They seize your phones, laptops, your cash life savings.
The suspects listed on the warrant? They don’t live there anymore.
kfor.com/news/local/w...
They make you stand in the rain w/your 3 daughters in their underwear.
They seize your phones, laptops, your cash life savings.
The suspects listed on the warrant? They don’t live there anymore.
kfor.com/news/local/w...
'We're citizens!': Oklahoma City family traumatized after ICE raids home, but they weren't suspects
A woman says her family’s fresh start in Oklahoma turned into a nightmare after federal immigration agents raided their home, taking their phones, laptops, and life savings – even though they were …
kfor.com
April 29, 2025 at 8:49 PM
20 ARMED men bust into your home. They claim they’ve got a search warrant.
They make you stand in the rain w/your 3 daughters in their underwear.
They seize your phones, laptops, your cash life savings.
The suspects listed on the warrant? They don’t live there anymore.
kfor.com/news/local/w...
They make you stand in the rain w/your 3 daughters in their underwear.
They seize your phones, laptops, your cash life savings.
The suspects listed on the warrant? They don’t live there anymore.
kfor.com/news/local/w...
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He is just completely disconnected from the reality of how his policies impact average Americans, and he is surrounded my sycophants 24/7 who tell him that he’s the greatest, everything is perfect, and everyone loves him. He lives in a fantasy world.
April 30, 2025 at 2:10 AM
He is just completely disconnected from the reality of how his policies impact average Americans, and he is surrounded my sycophants 24/7 who tell him that he’s the greatest, everything is perfect, and everyone loves him. He lives in a fantasy world.
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April 28, 2025
April 28, 2025
There has been a change afoot in the Democratic Party for a while now as its leaders shift from trying to find common ground with Republicans to standing firmly against MAGAs and articulating their ow...
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
April 29, 2025 at 7:14 AM
April 28, 2025
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Imagine basing so much of your public identity on your adult conversion to Catholicism, only to be publicly dismissed by the actual Catholic hierarchy.
April 19, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Imagine basing so much of your public identity on your adult conversion to Catholicism, only to be publicly dismissed by the actual Catholic hierarchy.
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Further confirmation that is completely within their power to bring him back, along with the other hundreds of men who have been imprisoned there without a trial.
Sen Van Hollen met with El Salvador's Vice President Félix Ulloa, who told him that the reason they are holding Kilmar Abrego Garcia at CECOT is because the Trump admin is paying them to do so.
They also provided no evidence that Abrego Garcia is part of MS-13 or committed any crimes.
They also provided no evidence that Abrego Garcia is part of MS-13 or committed any crimes.
April 16, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Further confirmation that is completely within their power to bring him back, along with the other hundreds of men who have been imprisoned there without a trial.
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My law firm is currently litigating 49 voting and election cases in 21 states. States with the most cases: AZ, GA, NC, NV, FL, LA, PA.
I expect new cases will be filed this week.
I expect new cases will be filed this week.
April 12, 2025 at 9:32 PM
My law firm is currently litigating 49 voting and election cases in 21 states. States with the most cases: AZ, GA, NC, NV, FL, LA, PA.
I expect new cases will be filed this week.
I expect new cases will be filed this week.
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A president who has the power to send an innocent human being to a foreign concentration camp, but claims he lacks the power to bring them back, is committing the crime of false imprisonment.
April 12, 2025 at 10:47 PM
A president who has the power to send an innocent human being to a foreign concentration camp, but claims he lacks the power to bring them back, is committing the crime of false imprisonment.
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Meet Anthony Schmidt, a 16-year-old with #autism who turns #miniature #cars into life-sized works of #art through his incredible #photography
April 12, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Meet Anthony Schmidt, a 16-year-old with #autism who turns #miniature #cars into life-sized works of #art through his incredible #photography
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This is a concession by the U.S. government that its “arrangement” with El Salvador is irrevocable. To me this has to be grounds to argue that the arrangement itself is unconstitutional under the Fifth and Eighth Amendments
BREAKING: Trump administation attests that Kilmar Abrego Garcia is alive and secure but is under the "sovereign, domestic authority of El Salvador." storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
April 12, 2025 at 9:29 PM
This is a concession by the U.S. government that its “arrangement” with El Salvador is irrevocable. To me this has to be grounds to argue that the arrangement itself is unconstitutional under the Fifth and Eighth Amendments
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Probably fine. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Team Trump Is Gaming Out How to Ship U.S. Citizens to El Salvador
Donald Trump’s administration is talking internally about denaturalizing American citizens — and potentially sending some to El Salvador.
www.rollingstone.com
April 12, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Probably fine. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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Trump’s post was 7 minutes after the NYSE opened—before Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced the 90-day pause on tariffs. The sequence and timing directly support insider trading and market manipulation. By informing people to buy before the policy was publicly disclosed, Trump broke the law.
April 9, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Trump’s post was 7 minutes after the NYSE opened—before Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced the 90-day pause on tariffs. The sequence and timing directly support insider trading and market manipulation. By informing people to buy before the policy was publicly disclosed, Trump broke the law.