BarbaraAnn
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Average American. Sharing, amplifying facts and truth. Just do the next right thing!
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MINNEAPOLIS: “We kept yelling ‘she’s pregnant! She’s pregnant!’ — they put their knees in her… the handcuffed woman was dragged on the ground…”
Lawless.
Lawless.
December 16, 2025 at 3:29 AM
MINNEAPOLIS: “We kept yelling ‘she’s pregnant! She’s pregnant!’ — they put their knees in her… the handcuffed woman was dragged on the ground…”
Lawless.
Lawless.
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Newsom is doing what I predicted he and other governers would: building parallel institutions to the ones the Trump administration is destroying at a federal level: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
December 16, 2025 at 4:08 AM
Newsom is doing what I predicted he and other governers would: building parallel institutions to the ones the Trump administration is destroying at a federal level: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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🚨BREAKING: The Trump administration escalated its effort to punish a sitting U.S. senator for protected political speech Monday, formally converting the Pentagon’s review of Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) into an official Command Investigation under military law. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Trump Admin Intensifies Military Probe Against Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly, Launches Command Investigation
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
December 16, 2025 at 1:12 AM
🚨BREAKING: The Trump administration escalated its effort to punish a sitting U.S. senator for protected political speech Monday, formally converting the Pentagon’s review of Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) into an official Command Investigation under military law. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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NEW: With a December deadline looming, North Carolina Republicans on county election boards are racing to advance anti-voting proposals aimed at making it harder to vote. Those paying the cost? Student, minority and working-class voters.
North Carolina Counties Propose Cuts to Voting Access
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
December 15, 2025 at 9:38 PM
NEW: With a December deadline looming, North Carolina Republicans on county election boards are racing to advance anti-voting proposals aimed at making it harder to vote. Those paying the cost? Student, minority and working-class voters.
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China is celebrating Trump’s surrender.
JUST IN: Ford said it will take a $19.5 billion writedown and is killing several electric-vehicle models, in the most dramatic example yet of the auto industry's retreat from battery-powered models in response to the Trump administration's policies and weakening EV demand reut.rs/4qaTs12
Ford retreats from EVs, takes $19.5 billion charge as Trump policies take hold
Ford Motor said on Monday it will take a $19.5 billion writedown and is killing several electric-vehicle models, in the most dramatic example yet of the auto industry's retreat from battery-powered mo...
reut.rs
December 15, 2025 at 9:41 PM
China is celebrating Trump’s surrender.
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Less than 48 hours after the deadly attack at Sydney's Bondi Beach that left more than a dozen dead, Australian authorities announced proposals for sweeping new gun laws. n.pr/48UTa7g
Australia announces strict new gun laws. Here's how it can act so swiftly
Less than 48 hours after the deadly attack at Sydney's Bondi Beach that left more than a dozen dead, Australian authorities announced proposals for sweeping new gun laws.
n.pr
December 15, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Less than 48 hours after the deadly attack at Sydney's Bondi Beach that left more than a dozen dead, Australian authorities announced proposals for sweeping new gun laws. n.pr/48UTa7g
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Sounds about right.
December 15, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Sounds about right.
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It wasn't long ago that women were forced to have a male co-signer to get a credit card or a home loan.
Now, the Trump administration wants to end protections against such discrimination.
Take 45 seconds today to say "No way." nationalfairhousingalliance.salsalabs.org/ecoaregb/ind...
Now, the Trump administration wants to end protections against such discrimination.
Take 45 seconds today to say "No way." nationalfairhousingalliance.salsalabs.org/ecoaregb/ind...
The Notice of Proposed Rulemaking released by the CFPB would eviscerate longstanding fair lending and consumer protections in three dangerous ways:
nationalfairhousingalliance.salsalabs.org
December 15, 2025 at 5:01 PM
It wasn't long ago that women were forced to have a male co-signer to get a credit card or a home loan.
Now, the Trump administration wants to end protections against such discrimination.
Take 45 seconds today to say "No way." nationalfairhousingalliance.salsalabs.org/ecoaregb/ind...
Now, the Trump administration wants to end protections against such discrimination.
Take 45 seconds today to say "No way." nationalfairhousingalliance.salsalabs.org/ecoaregb/ind...
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“If people wearing ski masks & tactical gear with no visible ID swarmed your workplace to take your coworkers away...could you tell the difference between fed law enforcement & a kidnapping?…We should not have to live in fear of masked, armed agents.” --ACLU www.americaamerica.news/p/snapshot-e...
Snapshot: Enough With the Masked Men
State and federal lawmakers are pushing back against terrorizing federal agents who hide behind masks
www.americaamerica.news
December 15, 2025 at 3:40 PM
“If people wearing ski masks & tactical gear with no visible ID swarmed your workplace to take your coworkers away...could you tell the difference between fed law enforcement & a kidnapping?…We should not have to live in fear of masked, armed agents.” --ACLU www.americaamerica.news/p/snapshot-e...
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The Department of Veterans Affairs plans to abruptly eliminate as many as 35,000 health care positions this month, according to an internal memo, VA staffers and congressional aides.
https://wapo.st/3KSaAts
https://wapo.st/3KSaAts
December 15, 2025 at 7:30 PM
The Department of Veterans Affairs plans to abruptly eliminate as many as 35,000 health care positions this month, according to an internal memo, VA staffers and congressional aides.
https://wapo.st/3KSaAts
https://wapo.st/3KSaAts
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Who is Elon Musk?
December 15, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Who is Elon Musk?
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Very interesting: Washington Supreme Court Justice Mary Yu (who's retiring soon) won't apply equal protection to invalidate discrimination against the poor because she's afraid of giving SCOTUS an opportunity to further weaken the 14th Amendment. Remarkably candid. www.courts.wa.gov/opinions/pdf...
![YU, J. (dissenting) — I agree with the majority’s summation of federal equal
protection law and its limited application to the issue before us. However, I cannot
overlook the inherent unfairness of disregarding the economic value of community
service used to pay legal financial obligations in Blake1 cases. Thus, I must dissent
from the majority in result.
Nevertheless, I cannot join the analysis proffered by the dissent of Justice
Mungia. I am not persuaded that current federal due process and equal protection
doctrines fit the fact pattern before us, and I am reluctant to attempt to expand
these doctrines at this time. Doing so risks weakening established jurisprudence
that is already being weakened, as the United States Supreme Court “retreat[s]
from meaningful judicial review exactly where it matters most.” United States v.
Skrmetti, 605 U.S. 495, 579, 145 S. Ct. 1816, 222 L. Ed. 2d 136 (2025)
(Sotomayor, J., dissenting).](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:6h7b2i6ttw3l4t7pvbvxdith/bafkreigdg42uobfcz47exzh545urdhsh3j55firp64l2smr632kvnhme6a@jpeg)
December 15, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Very interesting: Washington Supreme Court Justice Mary Yu (who's retiring soon) won't apply equal protection to invalidate discrimination against the poor because she's afraid of giving SCOTUS an opportunity to further weaken the 14th Amendment. Remarkably candid. www.courts.wa.gov/opinions/pdf...
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Donald Trump is objectively one of the worst humans to have ever poisoned the planet.
Good people don't support him.
They simply don't.
His supporters need to be rejected by decent human beings.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/no-good-pe...
Rob Reiner
Good people don't support him.
They simply don't.
His supporters need to be rejected by decent human beings.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/no-good-pe...
Rob Reiner
No, Good People Don't Still Support Him
Everyone believes they're essentially a good human being.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com
December 15, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Donald Trump is objectively one of the worst humans to have ever poisoned the planet.
Good people don't support him.
They simply don't.
His supporters need to be rejected by decent human beings.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/no-good-pe...
Rob Reiner
Good people don't support him.
They simply don't.
His supporters need to be rejected by decent human beings.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/no-good-pe...
Rob Reiner
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Trump posted this without knowing Nick Reiner had been arrested. He posted it apparently assuming that one of his fans had murdered Rob Reiner. So if you want to know how Trump will react once his fans start murdering his enemies, now you know. He'll celebrate and blame his enemies.
Trump offers incendiary political message about Rob Reiner’s death
Two people have been found dead at the home of Hollywood director Rob Reiner, officials said.
www.cnn.com
December 15, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Trump posted this without knowing Nick Reiner had been arrested. He posted it apparently assuming that one of his fans had murdered Rob Reiner. So if you want to know how Trump will react once his fans start murdering his enemies, now you know. He'll celebrate and blame his enemies.
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Rod Dreher—a close friend of JD Vance—is starting to acknowledge the pathology of the man in the White House. 1/https://x.com/roddreher/status/2000587916574118238?s=46
December 15, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Rod Dreher—a close friend of JD Vance—is starting to acknowledge the pathology of the man in the White House. 1/https://x.com/roddreher/status/2000587916574118238?s=46
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I just called BCBS Texas to tell them where to put their ACA $836.19/mo plan for me.
To me, paying +$800/mo for 1 person for health insurance is outrageous.
If you can cancel, keep in mind:
ACA plans renew automatically. Shut off autopay to avoid charges.
Call the Marketplace to cancel.
To me, paying +$800/mo for 1 person for health insurance is outrageous.
If you can cancel, keep in mind:
ACA plans renew automatically. Shut off autopay to avoid charges.
Call the Marketplace to cancel.
December 15, 2025 at 3:12 PM
I just called BCBS Texas to tell them where to put their ACA $836.19/mo plan for me.
To me, paying +$800/mo for 1 person for health insurance is outrageous.
If you can cancel, keep in mind:
ACA plans renew automatically. Shut off autopay to avoid charges.
Call the Marketplace to cancel.
To me, paying +$800/mo for 1 person for health insurance is outrageous.
If you can cancel, keep in mind:
ACA plans renew automatically. Shut off autopay to avoid charges.
Call the Marketplace to cancel.
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Stephen Miller is employing state terror in service of the open goal of shifting the ethnic mix of the country. In numerous ways he's doing this at the expense of public safety.
We spent weeks reporting on Miller's real aims. Here's the result. We hope you'll read:
newrepublic.com/article/2041...
We spent weeks reporting on Miller's real aims. Here's the result. We hope you'll read:
newrepublic.com/article/2041...
Inside Stephen Miller’s Dark Plot to Build a MAGA Terror State
He is descended from Russian Jews—you know, the kind of people who were once denounced as alien and unassimilable. Today, his project is to unleash government persecution of those he deems alien and u...
newrepublic.com
December 15, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Stephen Miller is employing state terror in service of the open goal of shifting the ethnic mix of the country. In numerous ways he's doing this at the expense of public safety.
We spent weeks reporting on Miller's real aims. Here's the result. We hope you'll read:
newrepublic.com/article/2041...
We spent weeks reporting on Miller's real aims. Here's the result. We hope you'll read:
newrepublic.com/article/2041...
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Meet Brittany Bennett, the DOJ’s new voting lawyer with a record of promoting false conspiracy theories. And she was a key player behind a 2024 GOP effort to ban Georgia from using Dominion voting machines.
New DOJ Voting Lawyer Spread Conspiracy Theory About Dominion Voting Machines
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
December 15, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Meet Brittany Bennett, the DOJ’s new voting lawyer with a record of promoting false conspiracy theories. And she was a key player behind a 2024 GOP effort to ban Georgia from using Dominion voting machines.
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Nick Reiner, the son of legendary actor and director Rob Reiner and photographer Michele Singer, has been arrested after allegedly killing his parents in their Los Angeles home.
Rob Reiner's Son Arrested After Allegedly Killing Parents
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December 15, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Nick Reiner, the son of legendary actor and director Rob Reiner and photographer Michele Singer, has been arrested after allegedly killing his parents in their Los Angeles home.
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Congress has just 5 legislative days left to stop ACA premiums from skyrocketing for millions of Americans.
Republicans' last-minute "plan" doesn't help a single one of them.
Republicans' last-minute "plan" doesn't help a single one of them.
December 15, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Congress has just 5 legislative days left to stop ACA premiums from skyrocketing for millions of Americans.
Republicans' last-minute "plan" doesn't help a single one of them.
Republicans' last-minute "plan" doesn't help a single one of them.
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Our NYT piece examines Hamm's determined, 15-year campaign to reshape US energy policy. Why? He wanted to extend out the life of fossil fuels to allow his family-controlled company to keep drilling. He argued this is essential to US. energy security. A free link: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/b...
The Oilman Who Pushed Trump to Go All In on Fossil Fuels
www.nytimes.com
December 15, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Our NYT piece examines Hamm's determined, 15-year campaign to reshape US energy policy. Why? He wanted to extend out the life of fossil fuels to allow his family-controlled company to keep drilling. He argued this is essential to US. energy security. A free link: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/b...
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As Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis stated in 1933; “We can have democracy in this country or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of the few, but we cannot have both.”
Today, at a time of unprecedented income & wealth inequality, his words ring truer than ever.
Today, at a time of unprecedented income & wealth inequality, his words ring truer than ever.
December 14, 2025 at 10:30 PM
As Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis stated in 1933; “We can have democracy in this country or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of the few, but we cannot have both.”
Today, at a time of unprecedented income & wealth inequality, his words ring truer than ever.
Today, at a time of unprecedented income & wealth inequality, his words ring truer than ever.
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Breaking: Gov. Gavin Newsom plans to announce on Monday that California has hired two former CDC leaders who accused the Trump administration of abandoning scientific standards.
Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/14/u...
Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/14/u...
California Hires Former C.D.C. Officials Who Criticized Trump Administration
www.nytimes.com
December 15, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Breaking: Gov. Gavin Newsom plans to announce on Monday that California has hired two former CDC leaders who accused the Trump administration of abandoning scientific standards.
Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/14/u...
Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/14/u...