Barb in Athens
@me2ga.bsky.social
Educator, instigator, agitator, IndivisibleGA10 member. Keywords for next four years: RESIST, REFUSE, REMEMBER. Novelist, activist, musician, sailor, Mainer-turned-Georgian-via-Minnesota. Latest book: DISSONANCE: A Novel of Music & Murder.
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Fellow Indivisibles! If you knit, crochet, etc., join this peaceful protest wherever you are by sending a picture of you doing your craft to @swindivisiblepdx.bsky.social to show them our support.
KNIT IN @ ICE October 9th @ 12 noon
Join us to crochet or knit or read or have a cup of tea 🧶📖☕️🍂
Corner of Moody & Bancroft
✨be aware✨
KATU is filming outside ICE for 23 hours starting at midnight 10/9
Let’s show everyone that Portland won’t take the bait!!
Join us to crochet or knit or read or have a cup of tea 🧶📖☕️🍂
Corner of Moody & Bancroft
✨be aware✨
KATU is filming outside ICE for 23 hours starting at midnight 10/9
Let’s show everyone that Portland won’t take the bait!!
October 9, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Fellow Indivisibles! If you knit, crochet, etc., join this peaceful protest wherever you are by sending a picture of you doing your craft to @swindivisiblepdx.bsky.social to show them our support.
Crewel work design of hearts in progress—photo sent to the “Knit In” peaceful protest of ICE in Portland OR. @swindivisiblepdx.bsky.social
October 9, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Crewel work design of hearts in progress—photo sent to the “Knit In” peaceful protest of ICE in Portland OR. @swindivisiblepdx.bsky.social
Such a good day! So many creative posters! We are energized and we’re not backing down!
April 6, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Such a good day! So many creative posters! We are energized and we’re not backing down!
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While the Trump Admin tries to erase trans people from the law, I have a message for every trans person in Maine + around the country:
We in the @equality.house.gov are fighting for you. Every day. We see you, and we stand with you. #TDOV 🏳️⚧️
We in the @equality.house.gov are fighting for you. Every day. We see you, and we stand with you. #TDOV 🏳️⚧️
March 31, 2025 at 10:12 PM
While the Trump Admin tries to erase trans people from the law, I have a message for every trans person in Maine + around the country:
We in the @equality.house.gov are fighting for you. Every day. We see you, and we stand with you. #TDOV 🏳️⚧️
We in the @equality.house.gov are fighting for you. Every day. We see you, and we stand with you. #TDOV 🏳️⚧️
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This is the biggest news of the last 24 hours—not the Signal Scandal.
Trump watchers have long said that early in his presidency he would begin a push to utterly destroy the U.S. voting system and disenfranchise millions and millions of voters.
Here we go.
Trump watchers have long said that early in his presidency he would begin a push to utterly destroy the U.S. voting system and disenfranchise millions and millions of voters.
Here we go.
Trump executive order boosts proof of citizenship requirements for voting in federal elections | CNN Politics
President Donald Trump signed an executive order Tuesday seeking to boost proof of citizenship requirements for voter registration, which critics say could disenfranchise poor and older voters who don...
www.cnn.com
March 26, 2025 at 4:57 AM
This is the biggest news of the last 24 hours—not the Signal Scandal.
Trump watchers have long said that early in his presidency he would begin a push to utterly destroy the U.S. voting system and disenfranchise millions and millions of voters.
Here we go.
Trump watchers have long said that early in his presidency he would begin a push to utterly destroy the U.S. voting system and disenfranchise millions and millions of voters.
Here we go.
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It’s worth stating this simply: For literally anyone in the US Govt from 1945 to 2025, Signalgate would require an instant resignation—and a criminal investigation. It would be a matter of personal *honor* to resign. The fact Mike Waltz & Pete Hegseth are choosing to fight it out is a terrible omen.
March 26, 2025 at 2:11 AM
It’s worth stating this simply: For literally anyone in the US Govt from 1945 to 2025, Signalgate would require an instant resignation—and a criminal investigation. It would be a matter of personal *honor* to resign. The fact Mike Waltz & Pete Hegseth are choosing to fight it out is a terrible omen.
My question about Amateur Hour: Was Elon on the Signal group chat?
March 25, 2025 at 12:16 AM
My question about Amateur Hour: Was Elon on the Signal group chat?
Being a genius at cheating—that’s his superpower.
DOGE’s Dodgy Numbers Employ a Tesla Technique
Safety researchers claim Elon Musk’s auto company has a long history of potentially misleading stats. Now it looks like DOGE is following suit.
www.wired.com
March 20, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Being a genius at cheating—that’s his superpower.
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Pretty funny he calls it the Gulf of America yet claims in court the US had no authority to turn planes around midair because they were outside the US.
March 19, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Pretty funny he calls it the Gulf of America yet claims in court the US had no authority to turn planes around midair because they were outside the US.
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Some truth for you.
March 19, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Some truth for you.
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March 16, 2025 at 1:13 AM
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Republicans’ partisan spending bill turns the federal government into a slush fund for Donald Trump and Elon Musk.
It’s unthinkable that any Senate Democrat would hand them a blank check by voting for cloture.
It’s unthinkable that any Senate Democrat would hand them a blank check by voting for cloture.
March 14, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Republicans’ partisan spending bill turns the federal government into a slush fund for Donald Trump and Elon Musk.
It’s unthinkable that any Senate Democrat would hand them a blank check by voting for cloture.
It’s unthinkable that any Senate Democrat would hand them a blank check by voting for cloture.
Mike, you can make it to Cuba but not a Town Hall at home? Collins flew to the Guantanamo detention base on Monday.
“We need to give Trump every dollar he asks for to get these people out and save our nation,” Collins wrote. “The next time I’m in GITMO, I want to see it full.”
#IndivisibleGA10
“We need to give Trump every dollar he asks for to get these people out and save our nation,” Collins wrote. “The next time I’m in GITMO, I want to see it full.”
#IndivisibleGA10
March 11, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Mike, you can make it to Cuba but not a Town Hall at home? Collins flew to the Guantanamo detention base on Monday.
“We need to give Trump every dollar he asks for to get these people out and save our nation,” Collins wrote. “The next time I’m in GITMO, I want to see it full.”
#IndivisibleGA10
“We need to give Trump every dollar he asks for to get these people out and save our nation,” Collins wrote. “The next time I’m in GITMO, I want to see it full.”
#IndivisibleGA10
Tonight, The Ink: “at 8:00 p.m. Eastern, Anand will be hosting #Indivisible co-founder Ezra Levin for a Substack Live chat. We hope you’ll join us—but why not join #Indivisible too? It’s a great way to get involved in practical, focused steps to fight the Trump-Musk administration.” #IndivisibleGA10
March 11, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Tonight, The Ink: “at 8:00 p.m. Eastern, Anand will be hosting #Indivisible co-founder Ezra Levin for a Substack Live chat. We hope you’ll join us—but why not join #Indivisible too? It’s a great way to get involved in practical, focused steps to fight the Trump-Musk administration.” #IndivisibleGA10
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Just in: "Judge rules DOGE likely subject to FOIA, must give @crew.bsky.social documents."
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![Case 1:25-cv-00511-CRC
Document 17
Filed 03/10/25
Page 1 of 2
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
CITIZENS FOR RESPONSIBILITY AND
ETHICS IN WASHINGTON,
Plaintiff,
v.
Case No. 25-cv-511 (CRC)
U.S. DOGE SERVICE, et al.,
Defendants.
ORDER
For the reasons stated in the accompanying Memorandum Opinion, it is hereby
ORDERED that [2] Plaintiff’s Motion for Preliminary Injunction is GRANTED in part
and DENIED in part; it is further
ORDERED that CREW’s request for a preliminary injunction directing OMB and USDS
to process the three requests at issue by March 10, 2025, is DENIED; it is further
ORDERED that CREW’s request for a preliminary injunction requiring expedited
processing of the USDS request is GRANTED; it is further
ORDERED that OMB and USDS provide an estimate of the volume of responsive records
to CREW’s FOIA requests by March 20, 2025; it is further
ORDERED that the parties meet and confer regarding a proposed processing and
production timeline and file a joint status report proposing a schedule for expedited processing and
rolling production of responsive records by March 27, 2025; and it is further
ORDERED that OMB and USDS preserve all records that may be responsive to CREW’s
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March 11, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Just in: "Judge rules DOGE likely subject to FOIA, must give @crew.bsky.social documents."
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Action call: They are our national parks, national monuments, national forests and national wildlife refuges and the GOP is planning to loot them all for their donors.
Part 1 – Support their existence and protection, and the rangers who take care of them.
Action call: They are our national parks, national monuments, national forests and national wildlife refuges and the GOP is planning to loot them all for their donors.
Part 1 – Support their existence and protection, and the rangers who take care of them.
America’s “Crown Jewels” aren’t locked in a tower (Part 1)
They are our national parks, national monuments, national forests and national wildlife refuges and the GOP is planning to loot them all for their donors. Part 1 – Support their existence and…
indivisibleventura.org
March 10, 2025 at 3:28 AM
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Action call: They are our national parks, national monuments, national forests and national wildlife refuges and the GOP is planning to loot them all for their donors.
Part 1 – Support their existence and protection, and the rangers who take care of them.
Action call: They are our national parks, national monuments, national forests and national wildlife refuges and the GOP is planning to loot them all for their donors.
Part 1 – Support their existence and protection, and the rangers who take care of them.
The unthinkable is being thought.
Elon Musk says he wants to “eliminate” programs like Social Security and Medicare: “Entitlements... That’s the big one to eliminate”
March 11, 2025 at 2:56 AM
The unthinkable is being thought.
Georgia friends, call Ossoff. This is inside information. Democrats must not crumble. #indivisible #indivisiblega10
Good question. @joshtpm.bsky.social may have better info. But the Dems to push on the funding fight to rein in Musk include the following:
Bennett (CO)
Gallego (AZ)
Hassan (NH)
Hickenlooper (CO)
Kelly (AZ)
Osoff (GA)
Peters (MI)
Slotkin (MI)
Warner (VA)
Call Fetterman too but he is so useless.
Bennett (CO)
Gallego (AZ)
Hassan (NH)
Hickenlooper (CO)
Kelly (AZ)
Osoff (GA)
Peters (MI)
Slotkin (MI)
Warner (VA)
Call Fetterman too but he is so useless.
Which democratic senators are at risk of voting in favor of the CR? We should be calling their offices.
March 11, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Georgia friends, call Ossoff. This is inside information. Democrats must not crumble. #indivisible #indivisiblega10
The courts won’t save our country, Democrats in Congress won’t, the mainstream press won’t. But if enough of us stand up to the greedy bullies, we will win. Join your local #Indivisible group or similar, speak up, shout out, be visibly opposed.
Six weeks into the second Trump administration, a chill is spreading over Washington and beyond as people on both sides stay silent out of fear of retribution. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/06/u...
Fearing Retribution, Trump Critics Muzzle Themselves
People say they are intimidated by online attacks from the president, concerned about harm to their businesses or worried about the safety of their families.
www.nytimes.com
March 7, 2025 at 2:24 AM
The courts won’t save our country, Democrats in Congress won’t, the mainstream press won’t. But if enough of us stand up to the greedy bullies, we will win. Join your local #Indivisible group or similar, speak up, shout out, be visibly opposed.
Trump’s planning a BIG 250th year celebration on July 4. That’s the perfect day for a giant peaceful protest march on Washington, tent encampment on the Mall, millions of us from all over America—fire up the buses, here we come. Let’s take our country back.
March 7, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Trump’s planning a BIG 250th year celebration on July 4. That’s the perfect day for a giant peaceful protest march on Washington, tent encampment on the Mall, millions of us from all over America—fire up the buses, here we come. Let’s take our country back.
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New pro-Trump group, the State Leadership Initiative (SLI), is “writing the blueprint for dismantling bureaucracy in every red state.” Nate Fischer—a founder of New Founding, which is backed by DOGE advisor Marc Andreessen—is an SLI co-founder. The board includes Heritage president Kevin Roberts. 1/
New Group Aims To Dismantle Red State Bureaucracies
The State Leadership Initiative is a coalition-building organization aimed at ensuring 'red states' operate in GOP voters' best interests.
thefederalist.com
March 3, 2025 at 11:22 PM
New pro-Trump group, the State Leadership Initiative (SLI), is “writing the blueprint for dismantling bureaucracy in every red state.” Nate Fischer—a founder of New Founding, which is backed by DOGE advisor Marc Andreessen—is an SLI co-founder. The board includes Heritage president Kevin Roberts. 1/
I am an atheist David French is a conservative religious Christian. Yet I often find he and I inhabit common ground.
Opinion | Trump Is Breaking Things We Can’t Just Fix (Gift Article)
The president’s about-face on Ukraine has taught our allies a lesson they won’t be unlearning anytime soon.
www.nytimes.com
March 2, 2025 at 5:29 PM
I am an atheist David French is a conservative religious Christian. Yet I often find he and I inhabit common ground.
His quartet was scheduled to come to the University of Georgia in Athens. Trump ruins everything good.
“There seems to be a quietness or denial about what’s going on. I feel utter anger. I cannot go on with this feeling inside. I cannot just go and play a tour of beautiful concerts.”
Sad that it has come to this. Am not surprised at Tetzlaff's decision, and fully support it.
(Gift article)
Sad that it has come to this. Am not surprised at Tetzlaff's decision, and fully support it.
(Gift article)
Alarmed by Trump, a Renowned German Violinist Boycotts the U.S.
www.nytimes.com
March 1, 2025 at 3:19 AM
His quartet was scheduled to come to the University of Georgia in Athens. Trump ruins everything good.