Democratic Barbara
@barbtries.bsky.social
💙Born liberal: love and equality for everybody. Spiritual humanist/atheist. Thumbnail: my daughter Bekah Zask 06Jul1980-19Jul2001. Full time unpaid member of #TheOpposition #BlueCrew#BLM💙💙🇺🇸 🌈🇺🇦 I say fuck a lot.
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Democratic Barbara
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· Jan 27
#BeTheOpposition #SaveDemocracy
06Nov2024: I lost a lot of my faith that day. My determination to keep on being me, to stay active, to fight the tide of fascism that threatens to ruin us, is strong. To always stand on the side where love, kindness, equality, and acceptance mean more than greed.
06Nov2024: I lost a lot of my faith that day. My determination to keep on being me, to stay active, to fight the tide of fascism that threatens to ruin us, is strong. To always stand on the side where love, kindness, equality, and acceptance mean more than greed.
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From "The Origins of Totalitarianism" by Hannah Arendt. Thanks to Marc Elias
“Totalitarianism in power invariably replaces all first-rate talents, regardless of their sympathies, with those crackpots and fools whose lack of intelligence and creativity is still the best guarantee of their loyalty.”
“Totalitarianism in power invariably replaces all first-rate talents, regardless of their sympathies, with those crackpots and fools whose lack of intelligence and creativity is still the best guarantee of their loyalty.”
November 19, 2025 at 5:20 PM
From "The Origins of Totalitarianism" by Hannah Arendt. Thanks to Marc Elias
“Totalitarianism in power invariably replaces all first-rate talents, regardless of their sympathies, with those crackpots and fools whose lack of intelligence and creativity is still the best guarantee of their loyalty.”
“Totalitarianism in power invariably replaces all first-rate talents, regardless of their sympathies, with those crackpots and fools whose lack of intelligence and creativity is still the best guarantee of their loyalty.”
the most dangerous time for victims of domestic abuse is when they decide to leave.
krasnov is extremely dangerous right now. possibly as dangerous as he as ever been.
krasnov is extremely dangerous right now. possibly as dangerous as he as ever been.
November 19, 2025 at 4:20 PM
the most dangerous time for victims of domestic abuse is when they decide to leave.
krasnov is extremely dangerous right now. possibly as dangerous as he as ever been.
krasnov is extremely dangerous right now. possibly as dangerous as he as ever been.
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If you’ve a survivor you already know how disorienting, humiliating, and crazy-making it is. Seeing it done publicly, on a world stage, is actually helping millions of survivors and therapists say: “See? That’s what it looks like. You’re not imagining it. You’re not ‘too sensitive.’ This is abuse.”
November 19, 2025 at 1:31 PM
If you’ve a survivor you already know how disorienting, humiliating, and crazy-making it is. Seeing it done publicly, on a world stage, is actually helping millions of survivors and therapists say: “See? That’s what it looks like. You’re not imagining it. You’re not ‘too sensitive.’ This is abuse.”
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I have this with my sister. It's like an urge to beat my head on a brick wall.
November 19, 2025 at 2:26 PM
I have this with my sister. It's like an urge to beat my head on a brick wall.
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November 18, 2025 at 6:45 PM
every once in a while i get an urge to call my magat brother just to gauge how much of what is happening he knows about. just to understand how fully inoculated to the truth he is by the media he consumes. If he still worships krasnov or sees him as he is.
'twould be a fool's errand though.
'twould be a fool's errand though.
a man wearing glasses and a black shirt with the word completely useless on the bottom
Alt: a man wearing glasses and a black shirt with the word completely useless on the bottom
my magat brother can call me if he ever sees the light and even if he does, he'll still be a rabid racist. i love him but a. i don't respect him and b. he is toxic to me.
media.tenor.com
November 19, 2025 at 2:24 PM
every once in a while i get an urge to call my magat brother just to gauge how much of what is happening he knows about. just to understand how fully inoculated to the truth he is by the media he consumes. If he still worships krasnov or sees him as he is.
'twould be a fool's errand though.
'twould be a fool's errand though.
Mass Protest DC 22Nov2025
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November 19, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Mass Protest DC 22Nov2025
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#ProtestSongOfTheDay
youtu.be/90WD_ats6eE?...
Come mothers and fathers
Throughout the land
don't criticize What you can't understand
Your sons and daughters Are beyond your command
Your road is rapidly agin'
Please get out of the new one
If you can't lend your hand
For the times they are a-changin'
youtu.be/90WD_ats6eE?...
Come mothers and fathers
Throughout the land
don't criticize What you can't understand
Your sons and daughters Are beyond your command
Your road is rapidly agin'
Please get out of the new one
If you can't lend your hand
For the times they are a-changin'
Bob Dylan - The Times They Are A-Changin' (Official Audio)
YouTube video by BobDylanVEVO
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November 19, 2025 at 2:10 PM
#ProtestSongOfTheDay
youtu.be/90WD_ats6eE?...
Come mothers and fathers
Throughout the land
don't criticize What you can't understand
Your sons and daughters Are beyond your command
Your road is rapidly agin'
Please get out of the new one
If you can't lend your hand
For the times they are a-changin'
youtu.be/90WD_ats6eE?...
Come mothers and fathers
Throughout the land
don't criticize What you can't understand
Your sons and daughters Are beyond your command
Your road is rapidly agin'
Please get out of the new one
If you can't lend your hand
For the times they are a-changin'
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Breaking: An Epstein survivor just silenced press conference attendees when she delivered the following remarks:
“Today we stand in a moment that will decide whether our government belongs to the American people, or to those who prey on them.”
“Today we stand in a moment that will decide whether our government belongs to the American people, or to those who prey on them.”
November 18, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Breaking: An Epstein survivor just silenced press conference attendees when she delivered the following remarks:
“Today we stand in a moment that will decide whether our government belongs to the American people, or to those who prey on them.”
“Today we stand in a moment that will decide whether our government belongs to the American people, or to those who prey on them.”
www.instagram.com/reel/DROWSln...
Mass Blackout 25Nov-02Dec2025
time to put the hurt on the people hurting us.
Mass Blackout 25Nov-02Dec2025
time to put the hurt on the people hurting us.
November 19, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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Mass Blackout 25Nov-02Dec2025
time to put the hurt on the people hurting us.
Mass Blackout 25Nov-02Dec2025
time to put the hurt on the people hurting us.
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#DailyTimothySnyder #OnFreedom
"Racism stops us from being pluralistic and so prevents us from being free."
Page 197
"Racism stops us from being pluralistic and so prevents us from being free."
Page 197
November 19, 2025 at 1:43 PM
#DailyTimothySnyder #OnFreedom
"Racism stops us from being pluralistic and so prevents us from being free."
Page 197
"Racism stops us from being pluralistic and so prevents us from being free."
Page 197
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Exactly
i fantasize truth coming out of krasnov's mouth. "he had him murdered, he had his reasons, sometimes people in power need to have other people murdered. Like i did with epstein."
instead, victims and their families get to be killed over and over and over with lies.
instead, victims and their families get to be killed over and over and over with lies.
November 19, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Exactly
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Time to spring a few leaks is what I say.
November 19, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Time to spring a few leaks is what I say.
Okay, so it's going to the Senate. Back to calling my republican senators budd and tillis.
5calls.org
5calls.org
November 18, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Okay, so it's going to the Senate. Back to calling my republican senators budd and tillis.
5calls.org
5calls.org
Sometimes just driving the freeway back home in LA I'd be so impressed this song would start playing in my mind. There's one place at least where 2 or 3 different roads sort of intersect and that too is the work of man.
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November 18, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Sometimes just driving the freeway back home in LA I'd be so impressed this song would start playing in my mind. There's one place at least where 2 or 3 different roads sort of intersect and that too is the work of man.
youtu.be/fstxNFdQWZQ?...
youtu.be/fstxNFdQWZQ?...
i would totally read this if I hadn't canceled my subscription after bezos decided not to endorse Kamala. not going back.
I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered.
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
Opinion | Jamal Khashoggi: What the Arab world needs most is free expression
The Arab world needs a modern version of the old transnational media so citizens can be informed about global events.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 18, 2025 at 7:55 PM
i would totally read this if I hadn't canceled my subscription after bezos decided not to endorse Kamala. not going back.
"that puppy had a name...Cricket"
talking about how kristi noem had no compunctions whatsoever about blowing her own puppy's brains out.
talking about how kristi noem had no compunctions whatsoever about blowing her own puppy's brains out.
Moskowitz during a hearing reads an excerpt from Kristi Noem's book where she talks about shooting her dog Cricket and says, "If we're get on high horse about animal cruelty I just want to make sure we apply that equally"
November 18, 2025 at 6:47 PM
"that puppy had a name...Cricket"
talking about how kristi noem had no compunctions whatsoever about blowing her own puppy's brains out.
talking about how kristi noem had no compunctions whatsoever about blowing her own puppy's brains out.
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I follow Ben Wittes’ advice at Lawfare. I will read what he says and does, but i will not listen to his voice.
November 18, 2025 at 5:54 PM
I follow Ben Wittes’ advice at Lawfare. I will read what he says and does, but i will not listen to his voice.
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In a 2-1 decision, the three-judge panel in Texas has blocked the state's new congressional map and ordered the state to use the 2021 map for next's year's midterms. drive.google.com/file/d/1Af-Q...
gov.uscourts.txwd.1150387.1437.0_1.pdf
drive.google.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:33 PM
In a 2-1 decision, the three-judge panel in Texas has blocked the state's new congressional map and ordered the state to use the 2021 map for next's year's midterms. drive.google.com/file/d/1Af-Q...
www.usatoday.com/story/money/...
so I've skipped black friday shopping since the 1980s so it's not hard for me, but even if i wanted to, this is a good deed, telling the administration what you're doing is not working for your bosses, the people.
so I've skipped black friday shopping since the 1980s so it's not hard for me, but even if i wanted to, this is a good deed, telling the administration what you're doing is not working for your bosses, the people.
November 18, 2025 at 5:31 PM
www.usatoday.com/story/money/...
so I've skipped black friday shopping since the 1980s so it's not hard for me, but even if i wanted to, this is a good deed, telling the administration what you're doing is not working for your bosses, the people.
so I've skipped black friday shopping since the 1980s so it's not hard for me, but even if i wanted to, this is a good deed, telling the administration what you're doing is not working for your bosses, the people.
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