Barefoot in Virginia
@barefootinva.bsky.social
Small business owner. Boxer lover. Dickinson College Alum.
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The Real Epstein List: A survey of the rich & powerful individuals who elevated Jeffrey Epstein, hired him, funded him, enabled him, befriended him, and/or partook of his services.
Redacted: The Real Epstein List
A survey of the rich & powerful individuals who elevated Jeffrey Epstein, hired him, funded him, enabled him, befriended him, and/or partook of his services.
gregolear.substack.com
September 9, 2025 at 11:33 AM
The Real Epstein List: A survey of the rich & powerful individuals who elevated Jeffrey Epstein, hired him, funded him, enabled him, befriended him, and/or partook of his services.
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The only thing I can say about this paragraph is read it. Sit with it. Read it again. @michaelharriot.bsky.social
August 22, 2025 at 4:20 AM
The only thing I can say about this paragraph is read it. Sit with it. Read it again. @michaelharriot.bsky.social
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I know rural America because I live here. I know rural inside and out and I speak on it often because almost no one else does.
I have the market on rural politics cornered because not many think it’s worth cornering.
But it is.
jesspiper.substack.com/p/they-cant-...
I have the market on rural politics cornered because not many think it’s worth cornering.
But it is.
jesspiper.substack.com/p/they-cant-...
They Can't See What I See
Because they aren't from where I'm from
jesspiper.substack.com
August 18, 2025 at 12:39 PM
I know rural America because I live here. I know rural inside and out and I speak on it often because almost no one else does.
I have the market on rural politics cornered because not many think it’s worth cornering.
But it is.
jesspiper.substack.com/p/they-cant-...
I have the market on rural politics cornered because not many think it’s worth cornering.
But it is.
jesspiper.substack.com/p/they-cant-...
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I'll make no friends among the monied set who i should be courting with a lot of ass-kissing, but as an indie feminist coop co-founder i have basically nothing to lose:
there's no such thing today as "genuinely liberal media" that's even close to comparable to Fox or other right-wing outfits
there's no such thing today as "genuinely liberal media" that's even close to comparable to Fox or other right-wing outfits
one thing about the genuinely liberal media is that it’s too focused on serious stuff. we need a media ecosystem that covers this the way Fox covers Sydney Sweeney ad hysteria
In case you didn't know, there's a bizarre panic on the Granola Nazi far-right about bluetooth devices causing cancer
August 6, 2025 at 3:21 AM
I'll make no friends among the monied set who i should be courting with a lot of ass-kissing, but as an indie feminist coop co-founder i have basically nothing to lose:
there's no such thing today as "genuinely liberal media" that's even close to comparable to Fox or other right-wing outfits
there's no such thing today as "genuinely liberal media" that's even close to comparable to Fox or other right-wing outfits
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This is law enforcement in
Florida under DeSantis and the Trump administration.
This man was punched in the face, and his car window was smashed for not having his headlights on.
He stayed calm even though his rights were being ignored.
We need to get more eyes on this abuse.
Please pass this on.
Florida under DeSantis and the Trump administration.
This man was punched in the face, and his car window was smashed for not having his headlights on.
He stayed calm even though his rights were being ignored.
We need to get more eyes on this abuse.
Please pass this on.
July 25, 2025 at 3:29 PM
This is law enforcement in
Florida under DeSantis and the Trump administration.
This man was punched in the face, and his car window was smashed for not having his headlights on.
He stayed calm even though his rights were being ignored.
We need to get more eyes on this abuse.
Please pass this on.
Florida under DeSantis and the Trump administration.
This man was punched in the face, and his car window was smashed for not having his headlights on.
He stayed calm even though his rights were being ignored.
We need to get more eyes on this abuse.
Please pass this on.
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🧵Posted yesterday that Melania knew Epstein before she knew Trump.
This is Paolo Zampolli, her former escort agent & good friend of Epstein & Trump.
He's the one who took Melania to Ghislaine's party where she met Trump.
He's also the one who secured her Einstein visa
All the dirty details below
This is Paolo Zampolli, her former escort agent & good friend of Epstein & Trump.
He's the one who took Melania to Ghislaine's party where she met Trump.
He's also the one who secured her Einstein visa
All the dirty details below
July 16, 2025 at 6:02 AM
🧵Posted yesterday that Melania knew Epstein before she knew Trump.
This is Paolo Zampolli, her former escort agent & good friend of Epstein & Trump.
He's the one who took Melania to Ghislaine's party where she met Trump.
He's also the one who secured her Einstein visa
All the dirty details below
This is Paolo Zampolli, her former escort agent & good friend of Epstein & Trump.
He's the one who took Melania to Ghislaine's party where she met Trump.
He's also the one who secured her Einstein visa
All the dirty details below
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This is a great article on how to break Russ Vought's evil plan to destroy America.
substack.com/@criticalres...
substack.com/@criticalres...
How to Break the Blueprint: A Tactical Guide to Russ Vought’s 180-Day Power Grab
He governs through footnotes and faith tests. Here’s how to trace every wire and clip them.
substack.com
May 27, 2025 at 9:30 PM
This is a great article on how to break Russ Vought's evil plan to destroy America.
substack.com/@criticalres...
substack.com/@criticalres...
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BREAKING - Hegseth shared military bombing plans in 2nd Signal chat - with his wife, brother, and personal lawyer
Now we see why he fired 2 scapegoats - and his top 3 deputies were pushed out
Total MESS at the Pentagon, putting America at risk
HEGSETH MUST BE FORCED OUT - NOW
Now we see why he fired 2 scapegoats - and his top 3 deputies were pushed out
Total MESS at the Pentagon, putting America at risk
HEGSETH MUST BE FORCED OUT - NOW
April 20, 2025 at 10:38 PM
BREAKING - Hegseth shared military bombing plans in 2nd Signal chat - with his wife, brother, and personal lawyer
Now we see why he fired 2 scapegoats - and his top 3 deputies were pushed out
Total MESS at the Pentagon, putting America at risk
HEGSETH MUST BE FORCED OUT - NOW
Now we see why he fired 2 scapegoats - and his top 3 deputies were pushed out
Total MESS at the Pentagon, putting America at risk
HEGSETH MUST BE FORCED OUT - NOW
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U.S.-born man from Georgia held for ICE under Florida’s new anti-immigration law georgiarecorder.com/2025/04/17/g...
U.S.-born man from Georgia held for ICE under Florida’s new anti-immigration law • Georgia Recorder
Juan Carlos Lopez-Gomez, a 20-year-old U.S. citizen, was being held in the Leon County Jail Thursday, charged with illegally entering Florida as an “unauthorized alien” — even as a supporter waved his...
georgiarecorder.com
April 17, 2025 at 8:08 PM
U.S.-born man from Georgia held for ICE under Florida’s new anti-immigration law georgiarecorder.com/2025/04/17/g...
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How many people do you think have received threats from Trump, Musk & their goons?
Thousands?
This interview by Rachel Maddow was chilling.
You must watch & share it because our government is being attacked from within!
The bravery of Daniel Berulis is so inspiring. I hope it's contagious. 🧵
Thousands?
This interview by Rachel Maddow was chilling.
You must watch & share it because our government is being attacked from within!
The bravery of Daniel Berulis is so inspiring. I hope it's contagious. 🧵
April 16, 2025 at 7:25 PM
How many people do you think have received threats from Trump, Musk & their goons?
Thousands?
This interview by Rachel Maddow was chilling.
You must watch & share it because our government is being attacked from within!
The bravery of Daniel Berulis is so inspiring. I hope it's contagious. 🧵
Thousands?
This interview by Rachel Maddow was chilling.
You must watch & share it because our government is being attacked from within!
The bravery of Daniel Berulis is so inspiring. I hope it's contagious. 🧵
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The House is voting on the SAVE Act this week, a bill that could silence millions of voters by creating new barriers to voter registration that make it harder for Americans to make their voices heard.
Congress must reject this bill.
Congress must reject this bill.
April 1, 2025 at 2:33 PM
The House is voting on the SAVE Act this week, a bill that could silence millions of voters by creating new barriers to voter registration that make it harder for Americans to make their voices heard.
Congress must reject this bill.
Congress must reject this bill.
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69M married women could lose their voting rights if the SAVE Act is passed. Transgender individuals too.
Why? Absent a valid passport, you must present a birth certificate *with the same name as your registration* to be registered.
This is insane!
Hands Off Her Vote
Why? Absent a valid passport, you must present a birth certificate *with the same name as your registration* to be registered.
This is insane!
Hands Off Her Vote
April 7, 2025 at 9:21 PM
69M married women could lose their voting rights if the SAVE Act is passed. Transgender individuals too.
Why? Absent a valid passport, you must present a birth certificate *with the same name as your registration* to be registered.
This is insane!
Hands Off Her Vote
Why? Absent a valid passport, you must present a birth certificate *with the same name as your registration* to be registered.
This is insane!
Hands Off Her Vote
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🚨Georgetown University Law Center students are detailing which law firms have caved and which have stood up to the Trump regime. They have created this spreadsheet: docs.google.com/spreadsheets... Please share widely.
Legal Industry Responses to Fascist Attacks Tracker (Public)
docs.google.com
April 3, 2025 at 4:41 AM
🚨Georgetown University Law Center students are detailing which law firms have caved and which have stood up to the Trump regime. They have created this spreadsheet: docs.google.com/spreadsheets... Please share widely.
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Retweet this if Cory Booker is making you cry with pride and hope right now.
April 1, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Retweet this if Cory Booker is making you cry with pride and hope right now.
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You have to see this.
PoliticsGirl and her husband teamed up with the brilliant Timothy Snyder (author of On Tyranny) and the legendary John Lithgow to create something truly powerful. It’s important, it’s urgent—and it needs to be shared far and wide.
PoliticsGirl and her husband teamed up with the brilliant Timothy Snyder (author of On Tyranny) and the legendary John Lithgow to create something truly powerful. It’s important, it’s urgent—and it needs to be shared far and wide.
20 Lessons on Tyranny: by Timothy Snyder / read by John Lithgow
YouTube video by PoliticsGirl
youtu.be
March 31, 2025 at 11:06 PM
You have to see this.
PoliticsGirl and her husband teamed up with the brilliant Timothy Snyder (author of On Tyranny) and the legendary John Lithgow to create something truly powerful. It’s important, it’s urgent—and it needs to be shared far and wide.
PoliticsGirl and her husband teamed up with the brilliant Timothy Snyder (author of On Tyranny) and the legendary John Lithgow to create something truly powerful. It’s important, it’s urgent—and it needs to be shared far and wide.
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From an operational security perspective, this is the highest level of fuckup imaginable. These people cannot keep America safe.
The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans
U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling.
www.theatlantic.com
March 24, 2025 at 8:13 PM
From an operational security perspective, this is the highest level of fuckup imaginable. These people cannot keep America safe.
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I helped build a government AI system. DOGE fired me, rolled the AI out to the whole agency, and implied the AI can do my job and the jobs of the others they've fired.
It can't. But, what DOGE accidentally revealed about themselves in the process is fascinating. 🧵
It can't. But, what DOGE accidentally revealed about themselves in the process is fascinating. 🧵
March 21, 2025 at 10:41 PM
I helped build a government AI system. DOGE fired me, rolled the AI out to the whole agency, and implied the AI can do my job and the jobs of the others they've fired.
It can't. But, what DOGE accidentally revealed about themselves in the process is fascinating. 🧵
It can't. But, what DOGE accidentally revealed about themselves in the process is fascinating. 🧵
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SCOOP --> Trump's State Department quietly terminated a contract that was in the process of transferring evidence of Russian abductions of Ukrainian kids to European law enforcement, two sources familiar with the situation tell me.
Details here:
newrepublic.com/article/1927...
Details here:
newrepublic.com/article/1927...
Trump Admin Nixed Contract Helping Kidnapped Ukrainian Kids: Sources
The fate of abducted Ukrainian children is a white-hot issue for peace negotiations—and it looks like the State Department may have just undercut the cause.
newrepublic.com
March 14, 2025 at 5:52 PM
SCOOP --> Trump's State Department quietly terminated a contract that was in the process of transferring evidence of Russian abductions of Ukrainian kids to European law enforcement, two sources familiar with the situation tell me.
Details here:
newrepublic.com/article/1927...
Details here:
newrepublic.com/article/1927...
Fantastic article @rtraister.bsky.social!
I'm on book leave from NY, deep in reading about 1930s Europe 😬. I started a substack where I won't just be writing about politics but also it's hard not to. Yesterday I was thinking about fighting, retreating, the Tea Party, & Pelosi's strategic legacy: rebeccatraister.substack.com/p/fight-figh...
Fight! Fight! Fight!
Winning and Losing and Nancy Pelosi
rebeccatraister.substack.com
March 14, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Fantastic article @rtraister.bsky.social!
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Republicans’ SAVE act would not even accept marriage certificates for name changes. You’d have to have a passport and good luck getting the State Department’s depleted workforce issuing you one
As predicted, women in New Hampshire had a hard time voting yesterday because of the new proof of citizenship law:
“It doesn’t have my married name on it,” she said. Town voting officials then sent her away a second time, to get her marriage certificate.
www.nhpr.org/nh-news/2025...
“It doesn’t have my married name on it,” she said. Town voting officials then sent her away a second time, to get her marriage certificate.
www.nhpr.org/nh-news/2025...
NH’s new ID requirements send some would-be voters home to grab passports, birth certificates
The law requires all new voters to show proof of their U.S. citizenship. For some, that meant making multiple trips to and from the polls before finally casting a ballot on Tuesday.
www.nhpr.org
March 13, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Republicans’ SAVE act would not even accept marriage certificates for name changes. You’d have to have a passport and good luck getting the State Department’s depleted workforce issuing you one
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1. The DOGE website is garbage.
The claimed savings has no relationship to the data provided.
And the data that is provided grossly inflates the savings from each canceled contract.
So we just launched our own site — the Musk Watch DOGE Tracker — that breaks everything down.
The claimed savings has no relationship to the data provided.
And the data that is provided grossly inflates the savings from each canceled contract.
So we just launched our own site — the Musk Watch DOGE Tracker — that breaks everything down.
Introducing: The Musk Watch DOGE Tracker
New tool reveals Musk has overstated verified DOGE savings by at least 92%
www.muskwatch.com
March 12, 2025 at 12:42 PM
1. The DOGE website is garbage.
The claimed savings has no relationship to the data provided.
And the data that is provided grossly inflates the savings from each canceled contract.
So we just launched our own site — the Musk Watch DOGE Tracker — that breaks everything down.
The claimed savings has no relationship to the data provided.
And the data that is provided grossly inflates the savings from each canceled contract.
So we just launched our own site — the Musk Watch DOGE Tracker — that breaks everything down.
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Archivists recreate pre-Trump CDC website, hosting it in Europe.
🔗 www.404media.co/archivists-r...
🔗 www.404media.co/archivists-r...
March 5, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Archivists recreate pre-Trump CDC website, hosting it in Europe.
🔗 www.404media.co/archivists-r...
🔗 www.404media.co/archivists-r...
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Absolutely stunning. Trump to Chief Justice Roberts: "Thank you again. Thank you again. I won't forget."
March 5, 2025 at 5:40 AM
Absolutely stunning. Trump to Chief Justice Roberts: "Thank you again. Thank you again. I won't forget."
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Stand with trans Americans. You don’t have to understand everything about the transgender experience to know that Trump’s acts of humiliation and dehumanization are unjust and dangerous.
www.thebulwark.com/p/stand-with...
www.thebulwark.com/p/stand-with...
Stand With Trans Americans
You don’t have to understand everything about the transgender experience to know that Trump’s acts of humiliation and dehumanization are unjust and dangerous.
www.thebulwark.com
March 4, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Stand with trans Americans. You don’t have to understand everything about the transgender experience to know that Trump’s acts of humiliation and dehumanization are unjust and dangerous.
www.thebulwark.com/p/stand-with...
www.thebulwark.com/p/stand-with...
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As an offshoot of this thread, let’s talk about what happens if federal, state, or local officials text, email, call, or show up at your door wanting to talk to you about what you said about the President.
I have a theme, a thesis, a throughline, a leitmotif, which is SHUT YOUR FUCKING MOUTH.
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I have a theme, a thesis, a throughline, a leitmotif, which is SHUT YOUR FUCKING MOUTH.
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This is a First Amendment question combined with a practical question. The answer is as follows.
First, the First Amendment protects advocating the moral and practical necessity of breaking the law in the abstract.
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First, the First Amendment protects advocating the moral and practical necessity of breaking the law in the abstract.
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Being a lawyer and all, do you know what the tipping point is for it to become acceptable to openly advocate for political assassinations? Just a little curious, is all.
February 28, 2025 at 8:07 PM
As an offshoot of this thread, let’s talk about what happens if federal, state, or local officials text, email, call, or show up at your door wanting to talk to you about what you said about the President.
I have a theme, a thesis, a throughline, a leitmotif, which is SHUT YOUR FUCKING MOUTH.
/1
I have a theme, a thesis, a throughline, a leitmotif, which is SHUT YOUR FUCKING MOUTH.
/1