Barrett 🏳️🌈
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Runner, reader, cat owner in Palm Springs, CA. 💋
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We interrupt this coverage of a shooting with another mass shooting at a school.
www.cnn.com/2025/09/10/u...
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At least 2 students shot at a Denver-area high school, authorities say | CNN
At least two students have been shot at Evergreen High School in Evergreen, Colorado, according to the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office.
www.cnn.com
September 10, 2025 at 8:00 PM
We interrupt this coverage of a shooting with another mass shooting at a school.
www.cnn.com/2025/09/10/u...
www.cnn.com/2025/09/10/u...
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This from Riley Gaines is why trans people freak out when Democrats try to carve out some compromise over sports. The politicians and activists attacking trans people are not interested in compromise! They're interested in our eradication from public life and are exploiting sports to that end
August 27, 2025 at 5:39 PM
This from Riley Gaines is why trans people freak out when Democrats try to carve out some compromise over sports. The politicians and activists attacking trans people are not interested in compromise! They're interested in our eradication from public life and are exploiting sports to that end
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When you want to conduct a genocide without people seeing what you're doing, you kill all the journalists. That's exactly what Israel is doing. They just murdered 5 Al-Jazeera journalists living in a tent next to al-Shifa hospital.
www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/202...
www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/202...
Anas al-Sharif among five Al Jazeera journalists killed by Israel in Gaza
Al Jazeera staff killed in targeted Israeli attack on a tent housing journalists near al-Shifa Hospital, Gaza City.
www.aljazeera.com
August 10, 2025 at 11:36 PM
When you want to conduct a genocide without people seeing what you're doing, you kill all the journalists. That's exactly what Israel is doing. They just murdered 5 Al-Jazeera journalists living in a tent next to al-Shifa hospital.
www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/202...
www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/202...
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Adolf Hitler used the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin to promote fascism.
I hope the world deprives Donald Trump of that same opportunity 92 years later.
I hope the world deprives Donald Trump of that same opportunity 92 years later.
August 7, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Adolf Hitler used the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin to promote fascism.
I hope the world deprives Donald Trump of that same opportunity 92 years later.
I hope the world deprives Donald Trump of that same opportunity 92 years later.
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NEWS --> An internal Homeland Security memo suggests Trump's use of military for domestic enforcement is about to get worse. It details top-level talks between Defense Department and DHS on what this should look like. Experts say it's alarming.
We obtained the memo:
newrepublic.com/article/1987...
We obtained the memo:
newrepublic.com/article/1987...
Trump’s Domestic Use of Military Set to Get Worse, Leaked Memo Shows
A Department of Homeland Security memo obtained by TNR signals top-level discussions about a potential escalation of the Pentagon’s domestic anti-immigration role, and lays out new details.
newrepublic.com
August 2, 2025 at 11:06 AM
NEWS --> An internal Homeland Security memo suggests Trump's use of military for domestic enforcement is about to get worse. It details top-level talks between Defense Department and DHS on what this should look like. Experts say it's alarming.
We obtained the memo:
newrepublic.com/article/1987...
We obtained the memo:
newrepublic.com/article/1987...
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So many institutions have failed for this guy to end up a high-ranking DOJ official. www.npr.org/2025/08/07/n...
Video shows Department of Justice official urging Jan. 6 rioters to 'kill' cops
The Department of Justice hired a former Jan. 6 defendant who was caught on tape urging rioters to "kill" police. The department calls him a "valued member" of the administration.
www.npr.org
August 7, 2025 at 5:13 PM
So many institutions have failed for this guy to end up a high-ranking DOJ official. www.npr.org/2025/08/07/n...
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This is what fascism looks like.
NEW: The FBI has agreed to cooperate with Texas state law enforcement to locate the 50 Democratic legislators who left the state, Sen. John Cornyn said
FBI will help locate Texas Democrats who fled the state, Cornyn says
Texas GOP have been threatening the state legislators with "legal consequences" for breaking the quorum.
www.axios.com
August 7, 2025 at 3:36 PM
This is what fascism looks like.
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The world's democracies should boycott the Trump Olympics.
Trump announces he will chair White House taskforce for 2028 LA Olympics
www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/a...
Trump announces he will chair White House taskforce for 2028 LA Olympics
www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/a...
Trump announces he will chair White House taskforce for 2028 LA Olympics
President, who has clashed with LA officials over Ice raids, says Games will be ‘wonderful moment for America’
www.theguardian.com
August 6, 2025 at 11:50 AM
The world's democracies should boycott the Trump Olympics.
Trump announces he will chair White House taskforce for 2028 LA Olympics
www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/a...
Trump announces he will chair White House taskforce for 2028 LA Olympics
www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/a...
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Just in case it’s not already clear that ICE is a white supremacist thug army, Homeland Security is recruiting with a “defend your culture” slogan.
August 6, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Just in case it’s not already clear that ICE is a white supremacist thug army, Homeland Security is recruiting with a “defend your culture” slogan.
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This is excellent. In three minutes she explains how democracies become dictatorships. It's happened so many times, yet in each country, most people said, 'it can't happen here'
#StaceyAbrams explains how to achieve an #autocracy in 10 steps.
We're at step 9.
The military is in our streets. Is our democracy worth the effort to defend it?
We're at step 9.
The military is in our streets. Is our democracy worth the effort to defend it?
July 22, 2025 at 8:07 PM
This is excellent. In three minutes she explains how democracies become dictatorships. It's happened so many times, yet in each country, most people said, 'it can't happen here'
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It's happening. As some of us predicted. Dark times:
DOJ announces plans to prioritize cases to revoke citizenship
Denaturalization is a tactic heavily used during the McCarthy era and one that was expanded during the Obama administration and grew further during President Trump's first term. It's a tool usually us...
www.npr.org
June 30, 2025 at 8:27 PM
It's happening. As some of us predicted. Dark times:
Taking notes for when they decide removing us from school books isn’t enough.
Budapest Pride Parade Was Bigger Than Ever, Despite Orban’s Ban
www.nytimes.com
June 28, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Taking notes for when they decide removing us from school books isn’t enough.
Today’s been hard but if you have it in you, please sign this petition to save the 988 Lifeline for LGBTQ+ Youth. Since 2022 it’s connected 1.3 million contacts with life-saving and inclusive crisis services. 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
Protect 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline for LGBTQ+ Youth
The federal government has proposed eliminating all federal funding for the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline’s LGBTQ+ Youth Specialized Services – a program that provides emergency crisis support to LGBT...
actionnetwork.org
June 18, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Today’s been hard but if you have it in you, please sign this petition to save the 988 Lifeline for LGBTQ+ Youth. Since 2022 it’s connected 1.3 million contacts with life-saving and inclusive crisis services. 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
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The way to beat Trump's fake populism is with real economic populism:
- genuine solutions like rent control and free fast busses
- directing the deep well of public anger up at the oligarchs, not the vulnerable.
This is what Trump fears most - and it's why he never wanted to run against Bernie
- genuine solutions like rent control and free fast busses
- directing the deep well of public anger up at the oligarchs, not the vulnerable.
This is what Trump fears most - and it's why he never wanted to run against Bernie
June 12, 2025 at 1:08 AM
The way to beat Trump's fake populism is with real economic populism:
- genuine solutions like rent control and free fast busses
- directing the deep well of public anger up at the oligarchs, not the vulnerable.
This is what Trump fears most - and it's why he never wanted to run against Bernie
- genuine solutions like rent control and free fast busses
- directing the deep well of public anger up at the oligarchs, not the vulnerable.
This is what Trump fears most - and it's why he never wanted to run against Bernie
#Coachella starts in one week, and my organization has two billboards up on the nearby freeway reminding visitors and locals that we aren't letting up on the fight for affordable housing.
1/2 Before we dream about life on Mars, we have to build more homes for those of us here on Earth.
Our coalition of more than 70 partners are tracking production of 9,300 affordable homes in the Coachella Valley to bring down skyrocketing home costs.
We need affordable housing AND livable wages.
Our coalition of more than 70 partners are tracking production of 9,300 affordable homes in the Coachella Valley to bring down skyrocketing home costs.
We need affordable housing AND livable wages.
April 4, 2025 at 7:06 PM
#Coachella starts in one week, and my organization has two billboards up on the nearby freeway reminding visitors and locals that we aren't letting up on the fight for affordable housing.
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The pro-housing movement is about making housing affordable. We need zoning reform and yes many homes built by the private market.
But government can and should build homes itself! I’ve long been a supporter of affordable housing development and glad that Canada is showing us a national path ahead.
But government can and should build homes itself! I’ve long been a supporter of affordable housing development and glad that Canada is showing us a national path ahead.
It’s time your government got back in the business of building affordable homes.
March 31, 2025 at 6:39 PM
The pro-housing movement is about making housing affordable. We need zoning reform and yes many homes built by the private market.
But government can and should build homes itself! I’ve long been a supporter of affordable housing development and glad that Canada is showing us a national path ahead.
But government can and should build homes itself! I’ve long been a supporter of affordable housing development and glad that Canada is showing us a national path ahead.
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Everyone should read this. And anyone who is non stop hysterical posting/catastrophizing online should read it twice
Being a person with deadly, incurable cancer who is nonetheless still alive for an indefinite timeframe gives me an interesting metaphor that helps me deal with things like large-scale corruption in government or commerce.
Bear with me for a second while I try to explain.
Bear with me for a second while I try to explain.
January 21, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Everyone should read this. And anyone who is non stop hysterical posting/catastrophizing online should read it twice
Maybe #BroadwaySky or #MusicalTheatreSky can help me. Saw a video at the bar Sat night. Big show number from the Tonys or similar event. Great costumes that looked early 20th century. They played spoons. James Earl Jones was in the audience. I caught none of the words. What was it?
December 9, 2024 at 10:53 PM
Maybe #BroadwaySky or #MusicalTheatreSky can help me. Saw a video at the bar Sat night. Big show number from the Tonys or similar event. Great costumes that looked early 20th century. They played spoons. James Earl Jones was in the audience. I caught none of the words. What was it?