Barb Spies, OFS
@bspiesofs.bsky.social
Director of Mission Services. Secular Franciscan. Stop trying to sit at the tables Jesus flipped. Cast down the mighty.
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A Bay Area man who was recently released after spending a week in ICE custody is speaking out about what he calls a humiliating experience: nbcbay.com/33SR46n
August 9, 2025 at 1:45 AM
A Bay Area man who was recently released after spending a week in ICE custody is speaking out about what he calls a humiliating experience: nbcbay.com/33SR46n
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I just left the Everglades Immigrant Interment Camp. No, I’m not using their ridiculous name. It was a very tough to witness humans in those cages. Every Floridian should be ashamed that our taxpayer money is being used for this.
July 12, 2025 at 11:28 PM
I just left the Everglades Immigrant Interment Camp. No, I’m not using their ridiculous name. It was a very tough to witness humans in those cages. Every Floridian should be ashamed that our taxpayer money is being used for this.
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This has always been the GOP's strategy:
1) Cut taxes for the wealthy & corporations by claiming they'll pay for themselves.
2) Explode deficits
3) Use the debt as an excuse to demand cuts to vital programs that help millions.
4) Repeat.
1) Cut taxes for the wealthy & corporations by claiming they'll pay for themselves.
2) Explode deficits
3) Use the debt as an excuse to demand cuts to vital programs that help millions.
4) Repeat.
June 30, 2025 at 11:16 PM
This has always been the GOP's strategy:
1) Cut taxes for the wealthy & corporations by claiming they'll pay for themselves.
2) Explode deficits
3) Use the debt as an excuse to demand cuts to vital programs that help millions.
4) Repeat.
1) Cut taxes for the wealthy & corporations by claiming they'll pay for themselves.
2) Explode deficits
3) Use the debt as an excuse to demand cuts to vital programs that help millions.
4) Repeat.
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Tribal college leaders said they were stunned by the proposed cuts to their already insufficient funding and had more questions than answers.
“It’s a dagger, and I don’t know how we can survive these types of cuts,” one college president said.
By @mattkrupnick.bsky.social
“It’s a dagger, and I don’t know how we can survive these types of cuts,” one college president said.
By @mattkrupnick.bsky.social
Trump Wants to Cut Tribal College Funding by Nearly 90%, Putting Them at Risk of Closing
ProPublica found that Congress was underfunding tribal colleges by a quarter-billion dollars per year. Rather than fixing the problem, proposed federal funding cuts unveiled this week would devastate…
www.propublica.org
June 6, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Tribal college leaders said they were stunned by the proposed cuts to their already insufficient funding and had more questions than answers.
“It’s a dagger, and I don’t know how we can survive these types of cuts,” one college president said.
By @mattkrupnick.bsky.social
“It’s a dagger, and I don’t know how we can survive these types of cuts,” one college president said.
By @mattkrupnick.bsky.social
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Take your time with this one…
May 6, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Take your time with this one…
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Previous to the FDA, folks would put chalk and plaster of Paris in milk to make it appear white. They could also add formaldehyde to cover the smell and taste of spoiled milk.
April 22, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Previous to the FDA, folks would put chalk and plaster of Paris in milk to make it appear white. They could also add formaldehyde to cover the smell and taste of spoiled milk.
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Every decent, thinking person should be furious. This is state-sanctioned abuse masquerading as science.
Trump and RFK Jr. just handed a government vaccine study to a man who practiced unlicensed medicine on autistic kids, pushed banned, dangerous treatments, and lied about vaccines.
Trump and RFK Jr. just handed a government vaccine study to a man who practiced unlicensed medicine on autistic kids, pushed banned, dangerous treatments, and lied about vaccines.
Head of New RFK Jr. Vaccine Study Practiced Unlicensed Medicine on Autistic Kids
The man tapped by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to run a clinical trial looking to tie vaccines to autism has been charged with practicing medicine without a license, given...
www.yahoo.com
April 13, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Every decent, thinking person should be furious. This is state-sanctioned abuse masquerading as science.
Trump and RFK Jr. just handed a government vaccine study to a man who practiced unlicensed medicine on autistic kids, pushed banned, dangerous treatments, and lied about vaccines.
Trump and RFK Jr. just handed a government vaccine study to a man who practiced unlicensed medicine on autistic kids, pushed banned, dangerous treatments, and lied about vaccines.
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The worst catastrophes of history are caused by men who are malevolent, ignorant, and have exceptional wills.
April 7, 2025 at 12:51 PM
The worst catastrophes of history are caused by men who are malevolent, ignorant, and have exceptional wills.
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If you are an NC resident and voted in November, please check if your name or the names of any family areone of the 60K votes being challenged. If so, confirm ASAP with your Board of Elections. You only have two weeks.
The website to check linked in the reply.
www.newsobserver.com/news/politic...
The website to check linked in the reply.
www.newsobserver.com/news/politic...
NC Court of Appeals gives over 60,000 challenged voters 15 days to prove eligibility
The majority wrote that, even though they have the authority to completely throw out the contested ballots, they decided to instead mandate a cure period for most of the challenged voters.
www.newsobserver.com
April 4, 2025 at 5:15 PM
If you are an NC resident and voted in November, please check if your name or the names of any family areone of the 60K votes being challenged. If so, confirm ASAP with your Board of Elections. You only have two weeks.
The website to check linked in the reply.
www.newsobserver.com/news/politic...
The website to check linked in the reply.
www.newsobserver.com/news/politic...
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Just a reminder:
April 3, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Just a reminder:
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To everybody who can afford to buy the book, or just give it a good rating, please do...it's been banned in several 🇺🇸n school districts bc the Bunny wears a sweater and being different and okay about it, is apparently harmful to kids 🤦🏽♀️
#Booksky
#Teachers
#Librarians
youtube.com/shorts/EyeKF...
#Booksky
#Teachers
#Librarians
youtube.com/shorts/EyeKF...
🚨 My book just got banned! 🚨 #BannedBooks #BookTok #Ogilvy #AuthorsOfTikTok #Books
YouTube video by T. L. McBeth
youtube.com
April 3, 2025 at 2:16 AM
To everybody who can afford to buy the book, or just give it a good rating, please do...it's been banned in several 🇺🇸n school districts bc the Bunny wears a sweater and being different and okay about it, is apparently harmful to kids 🤦🏽♀️
#Booksky
#Teachers
#Librarians
youtube.com/shorts/EyeKF...
#Booksky
#Teachers
#Librarians
youtube.com/shorts/EyeKF...
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This is a United States Senator
MACK: I was laid off from HHS and now people aren’t getting social services, especially people with disabilities
BANKS: You probably deserved it
MACK: Why did I deserve it?
BANKS: Because you look like a clown
MACK: I was laid off from HHS and now people aren’t getting social services, especially people with disabilities
BANKS: You probably deserved it
MACK: Why did I deserve it?
BANKS: Because you look like a clown
April 2, 2025 at 2:32 PM
This is a United States Senator
MACK: I was laid off from HHS and now people aren’t getting social services, especially people with disabilities
BANKS: You probably deserved it
MACK: Why did I deserve it?
BANKS: Because you look like a clown
MACK: I was laid off from HHS and now people aren’t getting social services, especially people with disabilities
BANKS: You probably deserved it
MACK: Why did I deserve it?
BANKS: Because you look like a clown
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I’m old enough to remember when people who called themselves “conservative” said they believed in something called … geez, what the heck was it … I used to know this … oh yeah, now I remember— … “limited government.”
Trump is using the power of government to punish opponents. They’re struggling to respond | CNN Politics
President Donald Trump is using the power of the federal government to intimidate or neuter potential sources of opposition to him: The legal establishment, academia and prominent cultural institution...
www.cnn.com
March 30, 2025 at 8:44 PM
I’m old enough to remember when people who called themselves “conservative” said they believed in something called … geez, what the heck was it … I used to know this … oh yeah, now I remember— … “limited government.”
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I have said since Trump starting laying the groundwork for the Big Lie in the first part of 2020 that he would not leave office willingly. I have been correct so far. And I'm telling you again he will not leave office willingly. www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...
March 30, 2025 at 5:10 PM
I have said since Trump starting laying the groundwork for the Big Lie in the first part of 2020 that he would not leave office willingly. I have been correct so far. And I'm telling you again he will not leave office willingly. www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...
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Goldberg on Waltz: "This isn't The Matrix. Phone numbers don't just get sucked into other phones. I don't know what he's talking about ... my phone number was in his phone because my phone number was in his phone. He's telling everyone that he's never met me or spoken to me. That's simply not true."
March 30, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Goldberg on Waltz: "This isn't The Matrix. Phone numbers don't just get sucked into other phones. I don't know what he's talking about ... my phone number was in his phone because my phone number was in his phone. He's telling everyone that he's never met me or spoken to me. That's simply not true."
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ILLINOIS SOTU - Thank you @govpritzker.illinois.gov
Full context/story: www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBOJ...
JUMP to 23 minutes to see just fascism/trumpism.
(I lied. Starts at 4y degrees @community colleges!! 2min.
#EndFascism #DumpTrump #EjectElon
Thx to @meidastouch.com for FB reel that got me here
Full context/story: www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBOJ...
JUMP to 23 minutes to see just fascism/trumpism.
(I lied. Starts at 4y degrees @community colleges!! 2min.
#EndFascism #DumpTrump #EjectElon
Thx to @meidastouch.com for FB reel that got me here
March 30, 2025 at 10:17 PM
ILLINOIS SOTU - Thank you @govpritzker.illinois.gov
Full context/story: www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBOJ...
JUMP to 23 minutes to see just fascism/trumpism.
(I lied. Starts at 4y degrees @community colleges!! 2min.
#EndFascism #DumpTrump #EjectElon
Thx to @meidastouch.com for FB reel that got me here
Full context/story: www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBOJ...
JUMP to 23 minutes to see just fascism/trumpism.
(I lied. Starts at 4y degrees @community colleges!! 2min.
#EndFascism #DumpTrump #EjectElon
Thx to @meidastouch.com for FB reel that got me here
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This week, as the number of confirmed measles cases rose to 483, the CDC buried a report that would’ve stressed the importance of getting vaccinated.
The move was “not normal at all,” one agency staff member said.
The move was “not normal at all,” one agency staff member said.
The CDC Buried a Measles Forecast That Stressed the Need for Vaccinations
The move — along with the CDC’s explanation — is a sign that the nation’s top public health agency may be falling in line under HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a longtime critic of vaccines.
www.propublica.org
March 30, 2025 at 5:49 PM
This week, as the number of confirmed measles cases rose to 483, the CDC buried a report that would’ve stressed the importance of getting vaccinated.
The move was “not normal at all,” one agency staff member said.
The move was “not normal at all,” one agency staff member said.
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NEW: @aclu.org obtained ICE's "Alien Enemies Act Validation Guide," confirming all it takes to be sent to rot in prison in El Salvador is being Venezuelan and 1) having a tattoo an ICE officer says is a "gang tattoo" and 2) displaying "logos," "symbols" or clothes an ICE officer says are gang signs.
March 30, 2025 at 4:37 PM
NEW: @aclu.org obtained ICE's "Alien Enemies Act Validation Guide," confirming all it takes to be sent to rot in prison in El Salvador is being Venezuelan and 1) having a tattoo an ICE officer says is a "gang tattoo" and 2) displaying "logos," "symbols" or clothes an ICE officer says are gang signs.
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Half of the United States has been slowly and carefully inculcated by Fox News to believe that the other half of the country is their enemy and out to ruin their lives. Once this was established, it didn't take long for those viewers to value hurting these other Americans over helping themselves.
March 30, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Half of the United States has been slowly and carefully inculcated by Fox News to believe that the other half of the country is their enemy and out to ruin their lives. Once this was established, it didn't take long for those viewers to value hurting these other Americans over helping themselves.