Mary Barber
@mdbarber.bsky.social
Retired communications pro and current Gig Harbor, WA mayor who loves weaving, gardening, family and the PNW. Views here are my own.
We must make sure we dont stay quiet we must protect what we have had open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
May 21, 2025
Just after 1:00 this morning, the House Rules Committee began its hearing on what congressional Republicans have officially named The One Big, Beautiful Bill.
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May 22, 2025 at 5:48 AM
We must make sure we dont stay quiet we must protect what we have had open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
Good grief! Another reason i rely on this newslwtter they point iut these errors. We all need to share the truth! open.substack.com/pub/newsguar...
Texas’s Higher Vaccination Rate Blamed for Measles Outbreak
PLUS: Photo Does Not Show U.S. Navy SEALs Captured by Houthis; X’s Grok Touted as Credible Author of Climate Change Denial Report
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April 1, 2025 at 4:37 AM
Good grief! Another reason i rely on this newslwtter they point iut these errors. We all need to share the truth! open.substack.com/pub/newsguar...
This interview with former Secretary of State Blinken and @heathercoxrichardson is a must watch! open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
March 1, 2025
John Simpson of the BBC noted recently that “there are years when the world goes through some fundamental, convulsive change.” Seven weeks in, he suggested, 2025 is on track to be one of them: “a time...
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March 2, 2025 at 6:28 AM
This interview with former Secretary of State Blinken and @heathercoxrichardson is a must watch! open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
My third post today is really just some of the unique shuttles in her collection. I am wondering about the uses for those with the threads on them. Why is the configuration in the middle the way it is? I appreciate everyone’s advice and input. These are so cool! #weaving
March 2, 2025 at 12:16 AM
My third post today is really just some of the unique shuttles in her collection. I am wondering about the uses for those with the threads on them. Why is the configuration in the middle the way it is? I appreciate everyone’s advice and input. These are so cool! #weaving
Second item on which I need assistance identifying and determining uses from my great aunt’s collection is this single paddle. Again, what’s it for a what am I missing? #weaving
March 2, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Second item on which I need assistance identifying and determining uses from my great aunt’s collection is this single paddle. Again, what’s it for a what am I missing? #weaving
Question for the weavers among us. I learned to weave from my great aunt who was an art teacher. I’m now unpacking her equipment and need help identifying a couple items. These are identical paddles (?) but what are they for? What are the missing pieces? Thank for your help. #weaving
March 2, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Question for the weavers among us. I learned to weave from my great aunt who was an art teacher. I’m now unpacking her equipment and need help identifying a couple items. These are identical paddles (?) but what are they for? What are the missing pieces? Thank for your help. #weaving
This is why we need to keep making noise and speaking up. For the others…for now.
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The FBI Protected Our Family From MAGA Extremists. Soon, It May Be Run By One.
Trump's all-out war on the American people
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February 12, 2025 at 6:04 AM
This is why we need to keep making noise and speaking up. For the others…for now.
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February 9, 2025
February 9, 2025
On Friday, President Donald Trump issued an executive order “protecting Second Amendment rights.” The order calls for Attorney General Pam Bondi to examine all gun regulations in the U.S.
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February 10, 2025 at 3:01 AM
February 9, 2025
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February 4, 2025:
February 4, 2025
Shortly after 1:00 this morning, Vittoria Elliott, Dhruv Mehrotra, Leah Feiger, and Tim Marchman of Wired reported that, according to three of their sources, “[a] 25-year-old engineer named Marko Elez...
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February 5, 2025 at 6:21 AM
February 4, 2025:
Thank you @murray.senate.gov. Where are your colleagues? What will be done to stop this?
All of your most sensitive data and our country’s checkbook are in the hands of an unelected billionaire.
This is the most corrupt administration in history and it’s putting our economy & government in serious jeopardy.
It’s time to speak out and fight back.
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This is the most corrupt administration in history and it’s putting our economy & government in serious jeopardy.
It’s time to speak out and fight back.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/u...
Elon Musk’s Team Now Has Full Access to Treasury’s Payments System
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February 3, 2025 at 6:39 AM
Thank you @murray.senate.gov. Where are your colleagues? What will be done to stop this?
Reposted by Mary Barber
February 2, 2025
February 2, 2025
Billionaire Elon Musk’s team yesterday took control of the Treasury’s payment system, thus essentially gaining access to the checkbook with which the United States handles about $6 trillion annually a...
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February 3, 2025 at 6:17 AM
February 2, 2025
I hope a lot of journalists and even more of our national elected officials do so!
Maybe tomorrow a <single journalist> might bother to find the Speaker or the Senate Majority Leader & ask why the hell they aren't acting to stop unelected people who aren't even federal employees from violating the laws Congress already passed, & to explain why this isn't a constitutional crisis? 🤷♂️
February 3, 2025 at 6:35 AM
I hope a lot of journalists and even more of our national elected officials do so!
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Among the USAID reports now taken offline by Elon Musk's "Doge" is the one I used on Tuesday to prove the US has spent exactly $0 on condoms for Gaza, not $50 million — false information the White House press secretary said she got from Elon Musk's "Doge" www.theguardian.com/us-news/live...
February 3, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Among the USAID reports now taken offline by Elon Musk's "Doge" is the one I used on Tuesday to prove the US has spent exactly $0 on condoms for Gaza, not $50 million — false information the White House press secretary said she got from Elon Musk's "Doge" www.theguardian.com/us-news/live...
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This is why Congressional Democrats should be breaking down the doors of whatever facility manages payments and seizing control of the federal treasury because people are going to die as a result of the budget they passed and the money they allocated not being distributed according to the law.
NEW: The board president of a small WV nonprofit says they haven't received their HHS funding since the Trump/Musk budget freeze. They had to lay off 3 of 5 employees on Friday. An 86-yr-old woman is counting on them to take her dialysis tomorrow. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
February 3, 2025 at 4:21 AM
This is why Congressional Democrats should be breaking down the doors of whatever facility manages payments and seizing control of the federal treasury because people are going to die as a result of the budget they passed and the money they allocated not being distributed according to the law.
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January 21, 2025
January 21, 2025
“I JUST GOT THE NEWS FROM MY LAWYER… I GOT A PARDON BABY!
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January 22, 2025 at 5:26 AM
January 21, 2025
I LOVE THIS!
I love this so much!
At the inauguration, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson wore a distinctive collar adorned with cowrie shells, which are believed to offer protection from evil in African traditions.
This choice mirrors the late Justice Ginsburg’s practice of using collars to convey a message.
At the inauguration, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson wore a distinctive collar adorned with cowrie shells, which are believed to offer protection from evil in African traditions.
This choice mirrors the late Justice Ginsburg’s practice of using collars to convey a message.
January 21, 2025 at 4:40 AM
I LOVE THIS!
What a remarkable woman Cecile Richards was. May we all lead by her example and remember this quotation in the days to come. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
Honoring Service: Cecile Richards
This morning, Cecile Richards, who fought for the rights of American women as the president of Planned Parenthood, passed away.
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January 20, 2025 at 4:48 PM
What a remarkable woman Cecile Richards was. May we all lead by her example and remember this quotation in the days to come. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
Please. Do what is right. Every time.
Build community and not chaos. Every time.
@heathercoxrichardson
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Build community and not chaos. Every time.
@heathercoxrichardson
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January 19, 2025
You hear sometimes, now that we know the sordid details of the lives of some of our leading figures, that America has no heroes left.
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January 20, 2025 at 6:24 AM
Please. Do what is right. Every time.
Build community and not chaos. Every time.
@heathercoxrichardson
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Build community and not chaos. Every time.
@heathercoxrichardson
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Thank you, @potus for your years of service. We are a much stronger people because of your service.
January 20, 2025 at 5:35 AM
Thank you, @potus for your years of service. We are a much stronger people because of your service.
I stand w Rep Petersen and her fight for remote voting in the US House. Let’s get rid of these out of date rules and support our members balancing work and family. Please.
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Rep. Pettersen’s Pregnancy Prevents Travel to Washington Ahead of Due Date
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January 20, 2025 at 5:33 AM
I stand w Rep Petersen and her fight for remote voting in the US House. Let’s get rid of these out of date rules and support our members balancing work and family. Please.
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Hillary’s email server would like a word
January 20, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Hillary’s email server would like a word
We MUST stop him. And support our local communities.
Speaker Johnson tells Kristen Welker that he is prepared to fund mass deportations no matter what it costs as he prepares to cut Medicare and social security.
January 20, 2025 at 3:01 AM
We MUST stop him. And support our local communities.
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January 18, 2025
January 18, 2025
Shortly before midnight last night, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) published its initial findings from a study it undertook last July when it asked eight large companies to turn over information a...
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January 19, 2025 at 5:33 AM
January 18, 2025
This is important.
It’s important to be clear that TikTok could have stayed up through the inauguration. Joe Biden said he’d not enforce the law.
They made a choice to shut down and display a pro-Trump message. They weren’t forced to.
They made a choice to shut down and display a pro-Trump message. They weren’t forced to.
January 19, 2025 at 7:19 AM
This is important.