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@factsrtruth.bsky.social
Handle @sbarisch on the platform formerly known as Twitter. Looking for sanity in an insane world. Therapist, Bears fan, mom, lifelong Dem, Disney World fan, proud Leguminati 🫘.
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Story time
August 11, 2025 at 1:19 AM
"Host bodies..."

And this is the Speaker of the house in Florida. The one that would be overseeing gerrymandering. Do we really want him in charge of that?

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August 9, 2025 at 3:45 AM
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I've lived in D.C. for the better part of two decades. Nearly my whole adult life. Something folks aren't talking about--a giant elephant in the room--is the amount of "brand protection" going on right now.

I don't mean fear of Trump or political persecution, although those can overlap.

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July 30, 2025 at 7:36 AM
"During a break, an employee may engage another in polite discussion of why his faith is correct and why the non-adherent should re-think his religious beliefs," it states.

I'm sorry, wut???

www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-a...
Trump administration says federal employees can encourage co-workers to "re-think" their religious beliefs
Federal employees can talk about religion at work, including by encouraging coworkers to "re-think" their own beliefs, a memo said Monday.
www.cbsnews.com
July 30, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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July 23, 2025 at 11:56 PM
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Filing a mining claim could save the public lands you love. This bill sells off every Americans birthright. For $274 you can gain exclusive rights to all the hard rock minerals. In this thread I will show you how you can file a mining claim. 1/?
www.fieldandstream.com/stories/cons...
Map Shows Public Lands Elligible For Sale in Budget Bill
An interactive map from the Wilderness Society highlights the tracts of US Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management lands that could go up for sale if the Senate's version of the budget bill passe...
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June 18, 2025 at 5:08 PM
June 19, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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House Policy Bill Would Add $3.4 Trillion to Debt, Swamping Economic Gains .. but the rich make out like bandits www.nytimes.com/2025/06/17/u...
House Policy Bill Would Add $3.4 Trillion to Debt, Swamping Economic Gains
www.nytimes.com
June 17, 2025 at 11:13 PM
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June 14, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Bloomington-Normal showed up and was a peaceful, joyful group. Had to be hundreds of people here! #NoKingsBN
June 14, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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June 1, 2025 at 3:54 AM
I'm attending No Kings's event, “No Kings Rally in Bloomington, Illinois” - sign up now to join me! #freedomoverfascism www.mobilize.us/freedomoverf...
No Kings Rally in Bloomington, Illinois · Freedom Over Fascism
Join Voices of Reason, an Indivisible group in McLean County, and Bloomington Normal 50501 in a No Kings rally Saturday, June 14, from noon to 1 pm in front of the Bloomington Center for the Performin...
www.mobilize.us
May 30, 2025 at 1:23 AM
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May 22, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Trump’s “One Big 💩 Bill” is Project 2025 in legislative form (credit to Alt National Park Service):

- Sec. 10008 - Expands work requirements for SNAP
- Project 2025: Pushes “moral reform” to make low-income people work more for food assistance.
May 23, 2025 at 2:26 AM
She's absolutely right...

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April 27, 2025 at 11:52 PM
I so needed something to call her besides what comes to mind when I hear her speak.

The Ministry of Propaganda is perfect and will more forever be...

Thanks @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social!
The Ministry of Propaganda is out early today doing damage control.
April 22, 2025 at 1:21 AM
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The Trump-Supreme Court battle is not really the crisis.

The crisis is here now. Trump is enacting an insidious coordinated attack on our institutions of democratic accountability, designed to crater democracy before next fall.

1/ A long 🧵to explain the plan & how we stop it.
April 17, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Please share! People are being disappeared. Legal residents are being disappeared. 😢🤬🤬

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March 29, 2025 at 1:57 PM
I cannot ship laughing!...
😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣
Whoever decided to refer to Pete Hegseth “WhiskiLeaks” needs to show yourself so I can buy you a beer. 🤣
March 27, 2025 at 12:12 AM
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The mission to destroy Social Security is coming from the White House. I repeat: The mission to destroy Social Security is coming from the White House.
Social Security rushing service cuts at White House request, sources say
Current and former employees, and advocates for retirees, have said the changes being made would strain an already struggling system.
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March 25, 2025 at 1:23 AM
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March 24, 2025 at 1:36 PM
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Re: veterans fired by DOGE

"They're not fit to have a job at this moment..."

- Alina Habba, Trump advisor

www.nbcnews.com/politics/dog...
Trump adviser Alina Habba says veterans fired by DOGE are perhaps 'not fit to have a job at this moment'
Emily Erroa, an Army veteran who was fired from the Energy Department last month, called Habba's comments "ridiculous" and "insulting."
www.nbcnews.com
March 8, 2025 at 11:19 PM