Barbara Stollsteimer
@barbstoll.bsky.social
Obsessed birder working on the 3rd PA Bird Atlas. Wife and mother of 4 stellar sons. Lover of democracy and the Constitution.
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Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill” is Project 2025 in legislative form. Here’s how it quietly turns a far-right wishlist into federal law:
- Sec. 10008 - Expands work requirements for SNAP
- Project 2025: Pushes “moral reform” to make low-income people work more for food assistance.
- Sec. 10008 - Expands work requirements for SNAP
- Project 2025: Pushes “moral reform” to make low-income people work more for food assistance.
May 21, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill” is Project 2025 in legislative form. Here’s how it quietly turns a far-right wishlist into federal law:
- Sec. 10008 - Expands work requirements for SNAP
- Project 2025: Pushes “moral reform” to make low-income people work more for food assistance.
- Sec. 10008 - Expands work requirements for SNAP
- Project 2025: Pushes “moral reform” to make low-income people work more for food assistance.
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May 21, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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Either the U.S. government *is* able to exert monetary and diplomatic pressure on El Salvador sufficient to produce Abrego Garcia’s release, or it isn’t.
The latter would be either a bald-faced lie or a pretty stunning concession of our national impotence. The Vice President should pick one.
The latter would be either a bald-faced lie or a pretty stunning concession of our national impotence. The Vice President should pick one.
April 15, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Either the U.S. government *is* able to exert monetary and diplomatic pressure on El Salvador sufficient to produce Abrego Garcia’s release, or it isn’t.
The latter would be either a bald-faced lie or a pretty stunning concession of our national impotence. The Vice President should pick one.
The latter would be either a bald-faced lie or a pretty stunning concession of our national impotence. The Vice President should pick one.
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It’s a recalibration of economic control.
Oligarchs don’t live paycheck to paycheck. They have the capital to buy market dips and recoup faster, acquiring more assets at fire sale prices along the way.
When the dust finally settles, they will own more.
The rest of us will own less. A lot less.
Oligarchs don’t live paycheck to paycheck. They have the capital to buy market dips and recoup faster, acquiring more assets at fire sale prices along the way.
When the dust finally settles, they will own more.
The rest of us will own less. A lot less.
April 7, 2025 at 11:59 AM
It’s a recalibration of economic control.
Oligarchs don’t live paycheck to paycheck. They have the capital to buy market dips and recoup faster, acquiring more assets at fire sale prices along the way.
When the dust finally settles, they will own more.
The rest of us will own less. A lot less.
Oligarchs don’t live paycheck to paycheck. They have the capital to buy market dips and recoup faster, acquiring more assets at fire sale prices along the way.
When the dust finally settles, they will own more.
The rest of us will own less. A lot less.
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Sisters protesting in Doylestown PA
April 5, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Sisters protesting in Doylestown PA
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"The language that is being used has a specific resonance, which, historically, has been used to change regime type. It is important that the rights of human beings were violated. It is important that the rule of law was ignored. It is important that the executive is trying to define reality."
Language used by individuals associated with the federal government who deported people without trial or due process to a concentration camp in El Salvador, defying a court order, has a specific resonance that, historically, has been used to change regime type.
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The evil at your door
The deportation action as regime change
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March 17, 2025 at 2:22 PM
"The language that is being used has a specific resonance, which, historically, has been used to change regime type. It is important that the rights of human beings were violated. It is important that the rule of law was ignored. It is important that the executive is trying to define reality."
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The people Attorney General Bondi is calling “terrorists” have had no trial and no chance to defend themselves. We do not know who they are. Ignoring the Constitution does not make us safe. It puts us all in peril.
March 17, 2025 at 1:34 AM
The people Attorney General Bondi is calling “terrorists” have had no trial and no chance to defend themselves. We do not know who they are. Ignoring the Constitution does not make us safe. It puts us all in peril.
Flashy! I like it!
Republicans in Congress want to cut life-saving cancer research to pay for tax cuts for billionaires.
March 5, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Flashy! I like it!
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Omg. In a shocking moment, Nancy Bolan, a fired USAID worker and tonight’s guest of Rep. Ritchie Torres — reveals that Donald Trump has pulled the U.S. from the global polio eradication initiative — which threatens its spread to the U.S. Every single American should see this.
March 4, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Omg. In a shocking moment, Nancy Bolan, a fired USAID worker and tonight’s guest of Rep. Ritchie Torres — reveals that Donald Trump has pulled the U.S. from the global polio eradication initiative — which threatens its spread to the U.S. Every single American should see this.
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The Shining City Goes Dark
Plus: A fake Musk-backed campaign in Wisconsin
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March 3, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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These firings just hit NIH's Roy Blunt Center for Alzheimer's and Related Dementias. Yes, you read that right. It's named after a GOP Senator.
Yesterday afternoon employees were informed of layoffs, including its highly-regarded incoming director. Details:
newrepublic.com/article/1917...
Yesterday afternoon employees were informed of layoffs, including its highly-regarded incoming director. Details:
newrepublic.com/article/1917...
February 19, 2025 at 6:17 PM
These firings just hit NIH's Roy Blunt Center for Alzheimer's and Related Dementias. Yes, you read that right. It's named after a GOP Senator.
Yesterday afternoon employees were informed of layoffs, including its highly-regarded incoming director. Details:
newrepublic.com/article/1917...
Yesterday afternoon employees were informed of layoffs, including its highly-regarded incoming director. Details:
newrepublic.com/article/1917...
This is the time to squeeze Russia and support Ukraine not kiss up to Putin.
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Putin’s Army Is Falling Apart – Is This the Breaking Point?
YouTube video by Kyiv Post
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February 17, 2025 at 9:59 PM
This is the time to squeeze Russia and support Ukraine not kiss up to Putin.
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This cartoon by @mluckovich.bsky.social is getting banned on Twitter. Because of course it is.
February 17, 2025 at 12:26 AM
This cartoon by @mluckovich.bsky.social is getting banned on Twitter. Because of course it is.
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Trump should obviously be impeached. Either he has lost control, or he is using his power to do obviously illegal things.
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The Logic of Destruction
And how to resist it
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February 7, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Trump should obviously be impeached. Either he has lost control, or he is using his power to do obviously illegal things.
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This is frightening but needs to be seen by as many people as possible.
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Opinion | How Tyranny Begins
Tyranny doesn’t happen overnight. Take it from the people who missed the first signs.
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February 4, 2025 at 12:48 PM
This is frightening but needs to be seen by as many people as possible.
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/22/o...
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"If you get tired
Learn to rest
Not to quit"
Credit Banksy
Fox Friday
Learn to rest
Not to quit"
Credit Banksy
Fox Friday
January 31, 2025 at 5:25 PM
"If you get tired
Learn to rest
Not to quit"
Credit Banksy
Fox Friday
Learn to rest
Not to quit"
Credit Banksy
Fox Friday
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I'm at the perfect place during a Polar Vortex to keep my mind off politics.
January 19, 2025 at 9:26 PM
I'm at the perfect place during a Polar Vortex to keep my mind off politics.
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For no reason that he can articulate, Trump has triggered a crisis in Denmark
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Trump Triggers a Crisis in Denmark—And Europe
"Trump might forget about Greenland. But also, he might not. Nobody knows. He operates on whims," @anneapplebaum writes.
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January 18, 2025 at 7:43 PM
For no reason that he can articulate, Trump has triggered a crisis in Denmark
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We need to discuss something… something that’s very important for democrats to understand if we want to win elections in the future.
It’s about Palestine, and it’s about fuckery and propaganda.
This is a highly charged subject, but it’s too important not to talk about.
Walk with me.
We need to discuss something… something that’s very important for democrats to understand if we want to win elections in the future.
It’s about Palestine, and it’s about fuckery and propaganda.
This is a highly charged subject, but it’s too important not to talk about.
Walk with me.
December 7, 2024 at 11:17 PM
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We need to discuss something… something that’s very important for democrats to understand if we want to win elections in the future.
It’s about Palestine, and it’s about fuckery and propaganda.
This is a highly charged subject, but it’s too important not to talk about.
Walk with me.
We need to discuss something… something that’s very important for democrats to understand if we want to win elections in the future.
It’s about Palestine, and it’s about fuckery and propaganda.
This is a highly charged subject, but it’s too important not to talk about.
Walk with me.