Jeff Barry
@jeffebarry.bsky.social
Hearing good things about this thing called “the internet”. Gonna check it out.
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Is it good when the commander in chief is untethered to reality?
Trump: "I don't know what could be worse than Portland. You don't even have stores anymore. They don't even put glass up. They put plywood on their windows."
October 8, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Is it good when the commander in chief is untethered to reality?
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The Emperor's new war. A complete fantasy presented in a room full of nodding sycophants who don't question a thing he says.
Trump: "I don't know what could be worse than Portland. You don't even have stores anymore. They don't even put glass up. They put plywood on their windows."
October 8, 2025 at 8:38 PM
The Emperor's new war. A complete fantasy presented in a room full of nodding sycophants who don't question a thing he says.
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"Maybe you can look into that, Pam" -- Trump directs Pam Bondi to try to stop a planned anti-Trump rally in Austin
October 8, 2025 at 8:51 PM
"Maybe you can look into that, Pam" -- Trump directs Pam Bondi to try to stop a planned anti-Trump rally in Austin
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Supreme Court on banning gender-affirming care for trans youth: Sure, that's fine, no constitutional violation.
Supreme Court on banning so-called conversion therapy for gay youth: No, can't have that, grave constitutional violation.
Here, Ketanji Brown Jackson gets to the bottom of it:
Supreme Court on banning so-called conversion therapy for gay youth: No, can't have that, grave constitutional violation.
Here, Ketanji Brown Jackson gets to the bottom of it:
October 7, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Supreme Court on banning gender-affirming care for trans youth: Sure, that's fine, no constitutional violation.
Supreme Court on banning so-called conversion therapy for gay youth: No, can't have that, grave constitutional violation.
Here, Ketanji Brown Jackson gets to the bottom of it:
Supreme Court on banning so-called conversion therapy for gay youth: No, can't have that, grave constitutional violation.
Here, Ketanji Brown Jackson gets to the bottom of it:
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A WILD ONE: A man broke his leg during an arrest by ICE at a car wash south of L.A.
ICE has held him under 24/7 guard at a hospital, registering him under a pseudonym, for *37 days* without telling him why.
A judge has ordered his immediate release.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
ICE has held him under 24/7 guard at a hospital, registering him under a pseudonym, for *37 days* without telling him why.
A judge has ordered his immediate release.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
October 5, 2025 at 1:35 AM
A WILD ONE: A man broke his leg during an arrest by ICE at a car wash south of L.A.
ICE has held him under 24/7 guard at a hospital, registering him under a pseudonym, for *37 days* without telling him why.
A judge has ordered his immediate release.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
ICE has held him under 24/7 guard at a hospital, registering him under a pseudonym, for *37 days* without telling him why.
A judge has ordered his immediate release.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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"Barbie acts interested as old white guy complains." - the template for all RW media
Burchett: "One thing we found out during covid, we started looking over kids' shoulders at what they were getting from schools & these young children we ought to have more control over are soaking this up & that's why you're seeing the explosion of transgender. To me it's demonic, from pits of hell"
October 4, 2025 at 5:38 PM
"Barbie acts interested as old white guy complains." - the template for all RW media
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Meiselas: Another critical reason MAGA Mike is telling Republicans that the House is officially closed is because he’s trying to avoid swearing in Democratic Congresswoman-elect Adelita Grijalva.. She would be the 218th signature on the Epstein discharge petition.
October 3, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Meiselas: Another critical reason MAGA Mike is telling Republicans that the House is officially closed is because he’s trying to avoid swearing in Democratic Congresswoman-elect Adelita Grijalva.. She would be the 218th signature on the Epstein discharge petition.
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Just now, 11 state and city lawmakers were arrested by DHS police on the 10th floor of 26 Federal Plaza after a hour of demanding access to the ICE lock up on the same floor. @thecity.nyc
September 18, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Just now, 11 state and city lawmakers were arrested by DHS police on the 10th floor of 26 Federal Plaza after a hour of demanding access to the ICE lock up on the same floor. @thecity.nyc
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I don’t think people truly understand the ascendency of fascism in this country right now. This is an abhorrent, but not surprising, proposal given the rhetoric and actions of the Trump regime and its far right supporters.
Brian Kilmeade endorses euthanizing homeless people: "Involuntary lethal injection, or something. Just kill them."
September 14, 2025 at 1:06 AM
I don’t think people truly understand the ascendency of fascism in this country right now. This is an abhorrent, but not surprising, proposal given the rhetoric and actions of the Trump regime and its far right supporters.
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they're just gonna try to lie their way through it
September 5, 2025 at 7:22 PM
they're just gonna try to lie their way through it
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That was one of the most batshit press conferences of Trump's public life. He brandished a photo of Putin and promised to deploy the US military to occupy Chicago, New York, and San Francisco. A sane country would be moving toward impeachment and removal right now.
August 22, 2025 at 5:57 PM
That was one of the most batshit press conferences of Trump's public life. He brandished a photo of Putin and promised to deploy the US military to occupy Chicago, New York, and San Francisco. A sane country would be moving toward impeachment and removal right now.
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The U.S. vice president, praising an authoritarian Russia dictator who murders who own people, has opposition leaders killed and invades American allies.
JD Vance on Putin: "He's more soft spoken than you'd necessarily expect. The American media has a particular image of him. He's soft spoken in a certain way. He's very deliberate, he's very careful. Fundamentally, he's a person who looks out for the interests as he sees it of Russia."
August 21, 2025 at 12:11 AM
The U.S. vice president, praising an authoritarian Russia dictator who murders who own people, has opposition leaders killed and invades American allies.
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From Russia Today's Telegram channel, this morning
August 18, 2025 at 11:12 AM
From Russia Today's Telegram channel, this morning
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Let me qualify what Josh is saying. It is quite clear that the Constitution requires a census of all persons. It’s quite clear that past Supreme Court cases support this proposition. (For instance, the recent census question case makes no sense if persons doesn’t include immigrants.)
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Let me expand on this point. The Constitution is quite clear that you can't distinguish between kinds of persons in running the Census. And that is especially about apportionment for Congress. The original language makes it pretty clear when it talks about "free persons". But the 14th amendment ...
As Wessel states, now bulldozing the Census. It's critical to note that not counting people "in our Country illegally" violates the constitution. It doesn't speak of citizens or legal status, simply "the whole number of free persons".
August 7, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Let me qualify what Josh is saying. It is quite clear that the Constitution requires a census of all persons. It’s quite clear that past Supreme Court cases support this proposition. (For instance, the recent census question case makes no sense if persons doesn’t include immigrants.)
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“Hey quick follow up for the History Respecter — what aspect of the Confederacy are you *most* proud of?
The treason against the United States? The defense of slavery? All the losing? I bet it’s the losing.”
The treason against the United States? The defense of slavery? All the losing? I bet it’s the losing.”
Hegseth on restoring a Confederate monument in Arlington cemetery: "We recognize our history. We don't erase it. We don't follow the woke lemmings off the cliff that want to tear down statues ... we're proud of our history."
August 7, 2025 at 11:17 PM
“Hey quick follow up for the History Respecter — what aspect of the Confederacy are you *most* proud of?
The treason against the United States? The defense of slavery? All the losing? I bet it’s the losing.”
The treason against the United States? The defense of slavery? All the losing? I bet it’s the losing.”
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I apologize for swearing but--are you fucking kidding me???
The NYT thinks that judges refusing to give Trump's DOJ the benefit of the doubt is "eroding the healthy functioning of the courts."
For democracy to survive, judges need to be more skeptical and impose greater sanctions for DOJ's lies.
The NYT thinks that judges refusing to give Trump's DOJ the benefit of the doubt is "eroding the healthy functioning of the courts."
For democracy to survive, judges need to be more skeptical and impose greater sanctions for DOJ's lies.
August 4, 2025 at 11:08 PM
I apologize for swearing but--are you fucking kidding me???
The NYT thinks that judges refusing to give Trump's DOJ the benefit of the doubt is "eroding the healthy functioning of the courts."
For democracy to survive, judges need to be more skeptical and impose greater sanctions for DOJ's lies.
The NYT thinks that judges refusing to give Trump's DOJ the benefit of the doubt is "eroding the healthy functioning of the courts."
For democracy to survive, judges need to be more skeptical and impose greater sanctions for DOJ's lies.
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“The Chief Justice made a point of saying that Section 2 continues to apply nationwide, and he and the other justices are going to be held to keep that promise,” Marc Elias explained. “So don’t count out the courts, don’t count out the lawyers arguing in the courts, and don’t count out the voters.”
Supreme Court poised to permanently entrench Republican rule
The latest move by SCOTUS is a "five alarm fire"
substack.com
August 3, 2025 at 9:43 PM
“The Chief Justice made a point of saying that Section 2 continues to apply nationwide, and he and the other justices are going to be held to keep that promise,” Marc Elias explained. “So don’t count out the courts, don’t count out the lawyers arguing in the courts, and don’t count out the voters.”
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In China, the projected GDP-growth rate, and province-by-province output rates, always proved to be exactly correct!
The party would forecast 11.3% annual growth for a given province, and—surprise!—the provincial officials would report 11.3% at year's end.
Somehow this comes to mind today.
The party would forecast 11.3% annual growth for a given province, and—surprise!—the provincial officials would report 11.3% at year's end.
Somehow this comes to mind today.
They (the Soviets) did have classified statistics that were only available to the Party, but even those were kind of cooked. Some stats they classified and buried entirely - such as infant mortality
Did they keep 2 sets of books
August 1, 2025 at 10:26 PM
In China, the projected GDP-growth rate, and province-by-province output rates, always proved to be exactly correct!
The party would forecast 11.3% annual growth for a given province, and—surprise!—the provincial officials would report 11.3% at year's end.
Somehow this comes to mind today.
The party would forecast 11.3% annual growth for a given province, and—surprise!—the provincial officials would report 11.3% at year's end.
Somehow this comes to mind today.
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Wolff: We can chart a continued friendship between these two men through flight manifests, photographs, phone calls
This relationship that Trump claims ended in 2000 actually demonstrably continued until at least 2005.
It’s that period in which most of the allegations against Epstein took place.
This relationship that Trump claims ended in 2000 actually demonstrably continued until at least 2005.
It’s that period in which most of the allegations against Epstein took place.
July 31, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Wolff: We can chart a continued friendship between these two men through flight manifests, photographs, phone calls
This relationship that Trump claims ended in 2000 actually demonstrably continued until at least 2005.
It’s that period in which most of the allegations against Epstein took place.
This relationship that Trump claims ended in 2000 actually demonstrably continued until at least 2005.
It’s that period in which most of the allegations against Epstein took place.
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Trump: People were taken out of the spa, hired by Epstein… I told him we don’t want you taking our people, whether it’s spa or not spa. He did it again, I said out of here.
Reporter: Was one of the stolen people Virginia Giuffre?
Trump: I think so. He stole her.
Reporter: Was one of the stolen people Virginia Giuffre?
Trump: I think so. He stole her.
July 29, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Trump: People were taken out of the spa, hired by Epstein… I told him we don’t want you taking our people, whether it’s spa or not spa. He did it again, I said out of here.
Reporter: Was one of the stolen people Virginia Giuffre?
Trump: I think so. He stole her.
Reporter: Was one of the stolen people Virginia Giuffre?
Trump: I think so. He stole her.
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“They chained me to the ground," a Nicaraguan migrant seeking U.S. asylum told WLRN in a phone call from inside Alligator Alcatraz.
"I was in the sun, like, from one o’clock to seven o’clock in the evening — without no water.”
"I was in the sun, like, from one o’clock to seven o’clock in the evening — without no water.”
'They chained me to the ground': Detainees at Alligator Alcatraz allege harsh punishment by guards
While the new Everglades migrant detention center fends off complaints about its living conditions, some detainees claim guards are also doling out discipline for questioning rules — including standin...
www.wlrn.org
July 22, 2025 at 7:01 PM
“They chained me to the ground," a Nicaraguan migrant seeking U.S. asylum told WLRN in a phone call from inside Alligator Alcatraz.
"I was in the sun, like, from one o’clock to seven o’clock in the evening — without no water.”
"I was in the sun, like, from one o’clock to seven o’clock in the evening — without no water.”
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Americans, eventually, will be ashamed of this Gator Gulag as they are about the internment camps during WWII. It's not hard to give people due process of law, treat them the right way, & resolve their immigration status humanely. Be "great again." Be that shining city on a hill.
July 17, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Americans, eventually, will be ashamed of this Gator Gulag as they are about the internment camps during WWII. It's not hard to give people due process of law, treat them the right way, & resolve their immigration status humanely. Be "great again." Be that shining city on a hill.
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I get it, this administration is very shy about going to court and asking a judge for something.
FOX: What is stopping the administration from just redacting any sensitive information in the Epstein files and putting out what is appropriate?
LEAVITT: A judge would have to approve it. That's out of the president's control.
LEAVITT: A judge would have to approve it. That's out of the president's control.
July 17, 2025 at 8:22 PM
I get it, this administration is very shy about going to court and asking a judge for something.
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