Chica Barnfell
imeanreally.bsky.social
Chica Barnfell
@imeanreally.bsky.social
my parents are in caracas
my profile pic is AI
bethesda, md
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I went to the Trump Kennedy Center Honors Cursed By The Monkey’s Paw and all you got were these 1500 words of observations www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
Trump’s Very Weird Night at the Kennedy Center Honors
The president and I both got our heart’s desire. But something felt wrong.
www.theatlantic.com
December 9, 2025 at 1:21 PM
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Witch: You will be one of the most famous Chief Justices ever.

Roberts: Wow!

Witch: Oh, not in that way.
December 8, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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why are we assuming admiral bradley is a good man? he appears to have murdered multiple people and to now be lying about it.
BRENNAN: Do you have confidence in Admiral Bradley?

HIMES: What it raises is what happens when an apparently good man like Admiral Bradley is placed in a context where he knows that if he countermands an order he's uncomfortable with it's very likely he'll be fired
December 7, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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There has been no debate here among constitutional scholars, historians, political scientists, anyone with a pulse really.

Any telling you that this very straightforward point, one that has been universally accepted for a century and a half, is now an "abstruse" issue is just a liar and a hack.
Anyone who knows this history should know there’s no contested issue.
December 7, 2025 at 12:50 AM
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people died for birthright citizenship. i get that it’s more fun to be a pundit when your team has the white house and you get to brag to friends about visiting the oval office; but what i’m wondering is if maybe that’s actually not a good reason to throw away something we fought a civil war to win?
December 6, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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December 6, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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Breaking news: Video footage showing a U.S. military strike on alleged drug smugglers in the Caribbean Sea shows two people attempting to flip their capsized vessel when they were attacked again. Adm. Frank M. Bradley faced a day of difficult questions.
Video shows second strike hit before survivors could flip boat, lawmakers say
The footage was shown on Capitol Hill, where Adm. Frank M. Bradley, who oversaw a deadly attack on alleged drug smugglers, faced a day of difficult questions about the operation.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 4, 2025 at 11:49 PM
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Simply amazing that the Supreme Court declared an end to legal race discrimination in the affirmative action case two years ago and now allows overt racism in both immigration arrests and redistricting.

Using race to help minorities? Bad. Using it to discriminate against them? Very, very good.
BREAKING: Supreme Court GRANTS Texas request to restore redistricting maps

apparent 6-3 ruling with the liberals in dissent @courthousenews.bsky.social
December 4, 2025 at 11:52 PM
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just an utter joke of a court.
#BREAKING: Over dissents from the three democratic appointees, #SCOTUS puts Texas's new House maps back into effect for (and, presumably, through) the 2026 midterms.

The three Democratic appointees, in an opinion by Justice Kagan, dissent.

I'll post the ruling shortly.
December 4, 2025 at 11:22 PM
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The dripping contempt the right wing SCOTUS majority holds for district judges is truly a sight to behold every time. When they deign to give actual reasons for their shadow docket holdings, it’s “look at the absolute idiots who keep getting everything wrong!”
December 4, 2025 at 11:31 PM
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No one could’ve predicted that putting a lot of Opus Dei weirdos on the Supreme Court would end our democracy
December 4, 2025 at 11:52 PM
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Lawgeeks, here's the affidavit in support of the complaint against the man accused of setting the RNC and DNC pipe bombs in 2021.

Leaves open a lot of questions.

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Affidavit In Support – #1, Att. #1 in United States v. COLE (D.D.C., 1:25-mj-00276) – CourtListener.com
SEALED COMPLAINT as to BRIAN J. COLE, JR (1). (Attachments: # 1 Affidavit In Support) (zmcg) (Main Document 1 replaced on 12/4/2025) (zmcg). (Attachment 1 replaced on 12/4/2025) (zmcg). (Main Document...
storage.courtlistener.com
December 4, 2025 at 7:42 PM
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December 4, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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These are good moments to remember that the CEOs of all the biggest companies in America are happy to go to White House dinners and slap this guy’s back. They do not care about this. Remember this, years from now, when they want you to forget.
Trump: "It’s a hellhole right now. And those Somalians should be out of here. They've destroyed our country. And all they do is complain, complain, complain. You have her. She’s always talking about the Constitution provides me with – go back to your own country and figure out your constitution."
December 4, 2025 at 12:13 AM
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NYT: Is the President tired?

Ms. Leavitt: Would a weary President be able to deliver a racist rant like that one?
December 3, 2025 at 12:19 PM
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It's amazing how so many billionaires - who have WAY more money than they could possibly need in 500 lifetimes - REALLY want to avoid paying small slivers of tax money to benefit a common good like social safety services for less fortunate countrymen within the society that made them billionaires.
November 30, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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Hoo boy
KARL: Did you know about the judge's order when you issued your order for the planes to continue?

KRISTI NOEM: This is an activist judge. We comply with all federal orders that are lawful and binding.
November 30, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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November 30, 2025 at 3:19 AM
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Unfortunately, in US journalism it is considered neutral to spread a lie, but it is considered "biased" to call out a lie. So, there is a structural asymmetry that rewards colorful lies with virality.
November 30, 2025 at 1:16 AM
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When it’s fishermen they’re pretending are low level drug runners, they’ll bomb and then circle back to finish off the survivors.

But someone convicted in a court of masterminding a massive cocaine trafficking scheme? Well, he’s wearing a suit. Come on.
November 29, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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For the next two weeks we will be fundraising for our winter ministry project … consider partnering with our local ministry in providing grocery gift cards for the community venmo.com/u/solomon-MI...
November 28, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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Bruna Caroline Ferreira, a Brazil native and the mother of Leavitt's nephew, was arrested near Boston on November 12, her attorney, Todd Pomerleau, told CNN. https://cnn.it/49FElI3
November 26, 2025 at 10:01 AM
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i... i haven't even finalized sides for thanksgiving
November 22, 2025 at 5:48 PM