Barbara Varinaitis
booboomer.bsky.social
Barbara Varinaitis
@booboomer.bsky.social
Artist, Californian by choice, Democrat, here for the camaraderie.
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So… he’s giving them their own money?

Where’s the tariff money?
December 18, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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Please do not dignify this malignant narcissist and his enablers by attending this abomination of an institution

Kennedy Center board votes to rename ‘Trump-Kennedy Center’
December 18, 2025 at 6:48 PM
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Evanston Mayor and congressional candidate Daniel Biss in a heated confrontation with controversial Border Patrol front man Greg Bovino this morning.
December 17, 2025 at 11:03 PM
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R.I.P. Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner
December 15, 2025 at 8:52 PM
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BREAKING: The House of Representatives just passed a bill that would subject immigrant children to invasive bodily searches and keep them in detention instead of releasing them to their families.

The Senate must vote no on this horrific bill.
December 16, 2025 at 10:05 PM
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Susie Wiles asked “who would blame" Trump for seeking retribution against his political opponents? Well, I do. In fact, I blame him and all his enablers.

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December 16, 2025 at 8:54 PM
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“Oil… oil… oil… oil… oil… oil…”

TLDR: It was never about drugs
December 16, 2025 at 11:56 PM
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NIGHTS OF BLUE SKIES
(🎶)

DAY 16 DECEMBER 2025

WE HONOR & MOURN
BROWN UNIVERSITY
BONDI BEACH
MICHELE & ROB REINER

TODAY
This 3rd day of Hanukkah 🕎
Please take a moment to listen of the loving memorial from the Jewish Community of Sydney & the inspiring
Koolulam

Let us find love not hate
December 17, 2025 at 12:45 AM
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1. A blockade is an act of war

2. The idea that Venezuela has stolen land from the United States is so laughably stupid on its face that even some of his base is like 🤨

3. It’s always about oil.
December 17, 2025 at 2:44 AM
omfg
December 17, 2025 at 2:49 AM
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Read this. Then read it again.
December 17, 2025 at 12:51 AM
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It's time for another round of Weird Thing I am Genuinely Annoyed About:

Trump won't have to see how happy everyone is when he dies.
December 16, 2025 at 12:21 AM
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Ossoff: "This is so much deeper than the politics. What does it say about the moral condition of this Congress that the thing that has them all tied up in knots is a very simple question: Should people's health insurance premiums go up double or triple? This is a policy choice."
December 9, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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Congressional investigations are likely the ONLY accountability this administration will face. Bondi won't arrest anyone. US officials can't be tried at the Hague. And even if we get a new AG in 2029, Trump is going to pardon everyone. These midterms are crucial for accountability.
December 8, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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WHEN THE HELL ARE THEY GOING TO RELEASE THE COMPLETE, GODDAMN EPSTEIN FILES????? 🤨
December 8, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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The Supreme Court, Presidency, Senate and two party system are all quite anti-democratic institutions as presently constructed.

Our institutions are not only incapable of preventing tyranny—they’re currently enabling it.

When democracy returns, we need to reform our political system.
December 8, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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It should be a resignation-triggering scandal for the person second in line for the presidency to not know anything about anything & to regularly admit that he doesn't follow the news. It should also be an answer that journalists gathered at his press conferences do not accept.
RAJU: If defenseless survivors were killed, would that constitute a violation of the laws of war?

MIKE JOHNSON: I'm not going to prejudge any of that. I was pretty busy yesterday. I didn't follow a lot of the news.
December 3, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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Reminder that Starbucks’ CEO made 6,666x more than the company's median employee in 2024.

This was the widest CEO-to-Worker pay gap in the entire S&P 500.

And we're supposed to believe Starbucks can't afford to bargain a fair contract with its unionized workers?
As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.

Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
November 13, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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Holy shit … did Kyle Kulinsky @kylekulinski.bsky.social just reference my post on this 50-year mortgage scam?

Check out this video starting at 0:35 minutes. Sounds familiar …

youtu.be/lxWj2omRy1U?...
November 13, 2025 at 9:41 PM
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Just left Comey/James hearing on Halligan’s appointment. Judge Currie skeptical. Said AG Bondi could not have ratified what H did after reviewing grand jury minutes because Bondi didn’t even possess complete record at time. Ruling by Thanksgiving.
November 13, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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@repdangoldman.bsky.social is the best. We need more members of Congress like him.
👏👏👏
November 13, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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Amazon just announced 14,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $40M last year.

UPS announced 48,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $24M last year.

Intel announced 20,000 layoffs. Its new CEO's pay package is valued at nearly $69M.

This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.
October 29, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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🚨BIG changes happening -- ICE leadership is being purged tonight. The old guard, which prioritized targeted enforcement operations aimed at people with criminal records, is being replaced with Border Patrol and Gregory Bovino's "Midway Blitz" style.

Think things are bad now? It'll get worse.
October 28, 2025 at 12:27 AM
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dickerson is one of the best broadcast journalists in the game, and someone who would clearly be a real asset to a new leader interested in strengthening the network's journalism. but, of course, we know weiss isn't actually interested in journalism as such.
John Dickerson To Depart CBS News In First Major Talent Exit Under New Paramount Owners
John Dickerson, co-anchor of CBS Evening News who has been with the network since 2009, said that he is exiting at the end of this year.
deadline.com
October 27, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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The oligarchy wants full control of what we watch and read.
October 27, 2025 at 8:30 PM