Candy Barnes
@candybar100.bsky.social
Cake artist, real estate broker, small farmer. a blue dot in a sea of red. passionate about equal rights. Ally.
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Our final updates have been posted to the Climate.gov website, and this will be our final post to our social media channels.
June 27, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Our final updates have been posted to the Climate.gov website, and this will be our final post to our social media channels.
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The Trump administration's move to gut the US Agency for International Development has crippled the agency's ability to conduct any proper oversight of unspent aid worth $8.2 billion, an independent government watchdog said reut.rs/4181H4k
Watchdog warns Trump's gutting of USAID leaves $8.2 bln unspent aid with no oversight
The Trump administration's move to gut the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has crippled the agency's ability to conduct any proper oversight of unspent aid worth $8.2 billion, an independent government watchdog said on Monday.
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February 11, 2025 at 4:31 AM
The Trump administration's move to gut the US Agency for International Development has crippled the agency's ability to conduct any proper oversight of unspent aid worth $8.2 billion, an independent government watchdog said reut.rs/4181H4k
Just a little something I whipped up today. Edible decor, smooth vanilla buttercream on this lemon cake with luscious raspberry buttercream filling. YUM!
February 11, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Just a little something I whipped up today. Edible decor, smooth vanilla buttercream on this lemon cake with luscious raspberry buttercream filling. YUM!
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❗️Putin is not preparing for negotiations, not for peace, but for the continuation of the war—they are increasing their army by more than 100,000 soldiers, – Zelensky
February 8, 2025 at 3:38 PM
❗️Putin is not preparing for negotiations, not for peace, but for the continuation of the war—they are increasing their army by more than 100,000 soldiers, – Zelensky
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There appear to be at least three separately operating heel factions breaking things within the government in wholly different ways right now. There's the Miller-headed immigration one, the DOGE/Elon one, and a Project 2025 OMB one. This dynamic hasn't showed up in mainstream reporting at all.
February 1, 2025 at 7:20 PM
There appear to be at least three separately operating heel factions breaking things within the government in wholly different ways right now. There's the Miller-headed immigration one, the DOGE/Elon one, and a Project 2025 OMB one. This dynamic hasn't showed up in mainstream reporting at all.
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Boom!! That’s how it’s done!! 🇲🇽 🇨🇦
February 2, 2025 at 4:58 AM
Boom!! That’s how it’s done!! 🇲🇽 🇨🇦
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At what point do we start calling what Elon Musk is doing inside our government a coup
February 1, 2025 at 12:41 AM
At what point do we start calling what Elon Musk is doing inside our government a coup
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Purging anyone who was involved in bringing to justice Trump‘s brownshirts. This is what a fascist does.
ICYMI:
Acting Deputy Attorney General, Emil Bove, has instructed the FBI to provide, by Noon on Feb. 4th, a list of FBI employees who were involved in Jan. 6th cases.
The Acting FBI Director and Acting Deputy Director sent out a memo Friday night that noted the following:
Acting Deputy Attorney General, Emil Bove, has instructed the FBI to provide, by Noon on Feb. 4th, a list of FBI employees who were involved in Jan. 6th cases.
The Acting FBI Director and Acting Deputy Director sent out a memo Friday night that noted the following:
February 1, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Purging anyone who was involved in bringing to justice Trump‘s brownshirts. This is what a fascist does.
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Sometimes gutting the little things pack the biggest punch to our democracy. Keep an eye out for changes to CISA! #project2025
My @democracydocket.com latest: A deep dive into CISA and how the proposed cuts to it outlined in Project 2025 have election experts worried about the little-known agency's future — and what that could mean for future elections. www.democracydocket.com/analysis/a-l...
A Little-Known Federal Agency Helps Secure Elections. Trump Wants to Gut It.
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
January 26, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Sometimes gutting the little things pack the biggest punch to our democracy. Keep an eye out for changes to CISA! #project2025
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The federal government's new top HR attorney has said "Consent is probably modern society’s most pernicious fetish" and "Slaves owe us reparations," according to a new report from @pogo.org. www.pogo.org/investigatio...
“Raging Misogynist” Now Federal Government H.R.’s Top Lawyer
The Office of Personnel Management’s new general counsel has a history of racist and sexist social media posts.
www.pogo.org
January 28, 2025 at 7:00 PM
The federal government's new top HR attorney has said "Consent is probably modern society’s most pernicious fetish" and "Slaves owe us reparations," according to a new report from @pogo.org. www.pogo.org/investigatio...
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I’ll be honest, this week there was more to destroy the rule of law than in trumps first term,
And i have no idea what the Democrats are doing to fight back. Or even saying. Crickets
And i have no idea what the Democrats are doing to fight back. Or even saying. Crickets
January 28, 2025 at 2:02 AM
I’ll be honest, this week there was more to destroy the rule of law than in trumps first term,
And i have no idea what the Democrats are doing to fight back. Or even saying. Crickets
And i have no idea what the Democrats are doing to fight back. Or even saying. Crickets
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Can anyone explain to me what the function of the Democratic Party is today and how it is serving that function?
Are they still around? If so, is there any evidence of that?
Are they still around? If so, is there any evidence of that?
January 28, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Can anyone explain to me what the function of the Democratic Party is today and how it is serving that function?
Are they still around? If so, is there any evidence of that?
Are they still around? If so, is there any evidence of that?
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Wrote about a Supreme Court case that could start a nationwide rollback on birth control rights. Braidwood v. Becerra is nominally about insurance coverage, but as we witnessed with abortion, making reproductive healthcare less accessible is a stepping stone to bans. My first in @democracydocket.com
The Supreme Court Could Gut Access to Birth Control This Year
Opinion | With Trump back in the Oval Office, access to contraception is, sadly, not something that people can bank on anymore.
www.democracydocket.com
January 27, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Wrote about a Supreme Court case that could start a nationwide rollback on birth control rights. Braidwood v. Becerra is nominally about insurance coverage, but as we witnessed with abortion, making reproductive healthcare less accessible is a stepping stone to bans. My first in @democracydocket.com
People are going to disappear
January 22, 2025 at 10:34 AM
People are going to disappear
Why I remain hopeful about America
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Why I remain hopeful about America
Even as darkness falls
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January 20, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Why I remain hopeful about America
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The Supreme Court will hear a challenge to a provision of the Affordable Care Act that requires insurers to cover the cost of preventative health treatments such as cancer screenings.
Understand what's at stake: voxdotcom.visitlink.me/1xCuGx
Understand what's at stake: voxdotcom.visitlink.me/1xCuGx
January 14, 2025 at 4:33 PM
The Supreme Court will hear a challenge to a provision of the Affordable Care Act that requires insurers to cover the cost of preventative health treatments such as cancer screenings.
Understand what's at stake: voxdotcom.visitlink.me/1xCuGx
Understand what's at stake: voxdotcom.visitlink.me/1xCuGx
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Scientists are reporting that it would take just a single mutation in the version of bird flu that has swept through U.S. cattle herds to produce a virus adept at latching on to human cells, a much simpler step than previously imagined.
Single bird flu mutation could let it latch easily to human cells, study finds
The potential mutation would allow the avian influenza virus sweeping through cattle herds to attach to a receptor protein on the surface of our cells.
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December 5, 2024 at 7:09 PM
Scientists are reporting that it would take just a single mutation in the version of bird flu that has swept through U.S. cattle herds to produce a virus adept at latching on to human cells, a much simpler step than previously imagined.
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When he was president, Trump cut back this proposed expansion. During the 2024 campaign, his allies ran ads saying he supported overtime workers because he proposed tax cuts on overtime pay—and this meant he was pro-worker. No one paid much attention to this contradiction. I, though, wrote about it.
A Trump-appointed judge just struck down a Biden rule expanding overtime pay to 4 million working people.
It's really surprising how little media coverage this has received. Trump faced no real questions about this issue during the campaign. 1/
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It's really surprising how little media coverage this has received. Trump faced no real questions about this issue during the campaign. 1/
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newrepublic.com/article/1886...
A Trump Judge Just Nixed Overtime Pay for Millions—and Media Yawned
Remember the right-wing frenzy over “Rich Men North of Richmond”? Well, this ruling exposes Trump-MAGA hypocrisy on the working class—and reveals a big media failure.
newrepublic.com
November 21, 2024 at 2:38 PM
When he was president, Trump cut back this proposed expansion. During the 2024 campaign, his allies ran ads saying he supported overtime workers because he proposed tax cuts on overtime pay—and this meant he was pro-worker. No one paid much attention to this contradiction. I, though, wrote about it.
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Vivek Ramaswamy suggested “If your Social Security number ends in an odd number you’re out. If it ends in an even number you’re in. There’s a 50 percent cut right there. Of those who remain if your SS number starts in an even number you’re in, and if it starts with an odd number you’re out. 75% cut.
November 20, 2024 at 4:27 PM
Vivek Ramaswamy suggested “If your Social Security number ends in an odd number you’re out. If it ends in an even number you’re in. There’s a 50 percent cut right there. Of those who remain if your SS number starts in an even number you’re in, and if it starts with an odd number you’re out. 75% cut.