David Barber
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He/him. Conway, Arkansas politico. Former candidate. Économiste. Quelque fois en français. Ask me about Talking Like A Pirate.
#LookingForWork as the kids say.
#LookingForWork as the kids say.
Look who's back, and weirdly making sense! (Gift article)
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Opinion | James Carville: Out With Woke. In With Rage.
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November 24, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Look who's back, and weirdly making sense! (Gift article)
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Christianity used to be about love, not hate.
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They’re doing to America what they did to Christianity | Bill McKibben
Trump’s wrecking-ball approach to America has a precedent: the evangelical perversion of Jesus’s message of radical love to one of hate and aggression
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Christianity used to be about love, not hate.
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WTF 🤬
ICE in DC is setting up racially driven checkpoints and roadblocks. This is one on Canal Road. A large number of vehicles can be seen waiting to be towed after these agents disappeared their owners.
ICE in DC is setting up racially driven checkpoints and roadblocks. This is one on Canal Road. A large number of vehicles can be seen waiting to be towed after these agents disappeared their owners.
November 24, 2025 at 12:16 AM
WTF 🤬
ICE in DC is setting up racially driven checkpoints and roadblocks. This is one on Canal Road. A large number of vehicles can be seen waiting to be towed after these agents disappeared their owners.
ICE in DC is setting up racially driven checkpoints and roadblocks. This is one on Canal Road. A large number of vehicles can be seen waiting to be towed after these agents disappeared their owners.
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It remains insane to me that DOGE was treated at the time as an impressive shock and awe accomplishment - “you can’t deny he’s getting stuff done!” - and then instantly memory holed by the press once if became clear it was a total failure by every possible standard including Musk’s own
Difficult to overstate how profound a failure DOGE was. Spending in FY2025 was not only than in FY2024 – but higher than it was projected to be when Trump first took office.*
The little bit of spending DOGE cut has already killed hundreds of thousands and will eventually lead to millions of deaths.
The little bit of spending DOGE cut has already killed hundreds of thousands and will eventually lead to millions of deaths.
Bye bye, “DOGE”.
It no longer exists as a “centralized entity”, according to the Office of Personnel Management.
@reuters.com
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It no longer exists as a “centralized entity”, according to the Office of Personnel Management.
@reuters.com
www.reuters.com/world/us/dog...
November 23, 2025 at 3:52 PM
It remains insane to me that DOGE was treated at the time as an impressive shock and awe accomplishment - “you can’t deny he’s getting stuff done!” - and then instantly memory holed by the press once if became clear it was a total failure by every possible standard including Musk’s own
The Treasury Secretary is wrong. The Republic did fall.
"In 2017, Republicans [eliminated the filibuster] for Supreme Court nominations. Each side justified its move as a response to unprecedented obstruction by the other. And each time, the Senate survived. The Republic did not fall."
"In 2017, Republicans [eliminated the filibuster] for Supreme Court nominations. Each side justified its move as a response to unprecedented obstruction by the other. And each time, the Senate survived. The Republic did not fall."
November 23, 2025 at 4:04 PM
The Treasury Secretary is wrong. The Republic did fall.
"In 2017, Republicans [eliminated the filibuster] for Supreme Court nominations. Each side justified its move as a response to unprecedented obstruction by the other. And each time, the Senate survived. The Republic did not fall."
"In 2017, Republicans [eliminated the filibuster] for Supreme Court nominations. Each side justified its move as a response to unprecedented obstruction by the other. And each time, the Senate survived. The Republic did not fall."
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Franciscan Health President and CEO Raymond Grady said a doctor and nurse lost their job, and the hospital publicly apologized.
She was moments away from giving birth. The hospital discharged her.
Franciscan Health President and CEO Raymond Grady said a doctor and nurse lost their job, and the hospital publicly apologized.
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November 23, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Franciscan Health President and CEO Raymond Grady said a doctor and nurse lost their job, and the hospital publicly apologized.
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Trump suggested to top officials that protestors be shot during the widespread civil unrest following the murder of George Floyd in June 2020.
In Oval Office meetings, Trump reportedly asked, "Can't you just shoot them? Just shoot them in the legs or something?"
Trump suggested to top officials that protestors be shot during the widespread civil unrest following the murder of George Floyd in June 2020.
In Oval Office meetings, Trump reportedly asked, "Can't you just shoot them? Just shoot them in the legs or something?"
November 23, 2025 at 4:08 AM
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Trump suggested to top officials that protestors be shot during the widespread civil unrest following the murder of George Floyd in June 2020.
In Oval Office meetings, Trump reportedly asked, "Can't you just shoot them? Just shoot them in the legs or something?"
Trump suggested to top officials that protestors be shot during the widespread civil unrest following the murder of George Floyd in June 2020.
In Oval Office meetings, Trump reportedly asked, "Can't you just shoot them? Just shoot them in the legs or something?"
There can be no doubt the US damaged COP30, but once we weren't at the table, the other countries had a chance to do something. They did nothing.
November 23, 2025 at 4:09 AM
There can be no doubt the US damaged COP30, but once we weren't at the table, the other countries had a chance to do something. They did nothing.
A long time ago I swore I would never buy another TP-Link product, and I've just broken that promise and already I regret it. Why is the app 155MB? It turns lights on and off. It doesn't need to be bloated.
November 23, 2025 at 2:00 AM
A long time ago I swore I would never buy another TP-Link product, and I've just broken that promise and already I regret it. Why is the app 155MB? It turns lights on and off. It doesn't need to be bloated.
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somebody on here suggested awhile back that a pretty compelling 2028 Democrat campaign promise would be "on day one I will deploy a WPA-scale army of forensic accountants across every square inch of the federal government" and I think about that every day
It’s crazy to think about the crimes we’re going to learn about after this regime ends.
We’re already hearing about Watergate level crimes every week. Imagine what will come out after it’s over.
We’re going to need a full accounting of all that’s been done in violation of the constitution.
We’re already hearing about Watergate level crimes every week. Imagine what will come out after it’s over.
We’re going to need a full accounting of all that’s been done in violation of the constitution.
November 23, 2025 at 12:25 AM
somebody on here suggested awhile back that a pretty compelling 2028 Democrat campaign promise would be "on day one I will deploy a WPA-scale army of forensic accountants across every square inch of the federal government" and I think about that every day
The trouble with losing the public trust is that you never get it back. Pesticide manufacturers should be pushing for more rigorous standards, because now we're going to label everything as 'contains PFAS' and ban/boycott all of it. (Gift article)
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EPA just approved new ‘forever chemical’ pesticides for use on food
Critics warn the EPA’s approvals of new PFAS pesticides could expose more Americans to “forever chemicals” through their food.
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November 23, 2025 at 12:15 AM
The trouble with losing the public trust is that you never get it back. Pesticide manufacturers should be pushing for more rigorous standards, because now we're going to label everything as 'contains PFAS' and ban/boycott all of it. (Gift article)
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Pretty much all you need to know.✌🏾
November 22, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Pretty much all you need to know.✌🏾
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Well at least not this second #USDemocracy
November 21, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Well at least not this second #USDemocracy
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WA Democratic leaders are delivering real safety improvements, building a solid plan, and getting Seattle ready to welcome the world for the World Cup. Trump’s just scared of cities that don’t bow to him.
Trump threatens Seattle’s World Cup, calls Mayor-elect Wilson ‘communist’
Prompted by a reporter, who asked Monday about Katie Wilson’s election, the president made what appears to be his first acknowledgment of the city’s incoming mayor.
www.seattletimes.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:17 PM
WA Democratic leaders are delivering real safety improvements, building a solid plan, and getting Seattle ready to welcome the world for the World Cup. Trump’s just scared of cities that don’t bow to him.
I'm not saying the Danish immigration system isn't something you want to emulate. But The Economist is.
#immigration #UK #Denmark
#immigration #UK #Denmark
November 22, 2025 at 6:03 PM
I'm not saying the Danish immigration system isn't something you want to emulate. But The Economist is.
#immigration #UK #Denmark
#immigration #UK #Denmark
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The really fun part, every time the president says something utterly psychotic, is that right after all his little toadies and goblins go on camera to say that he didn't mean what he said and that you're stupid for thinking so, his next move is always to announce that he meant every word of it
November 21, 2025 at 12:53 AM
The really fun part, every time the president says something utterly psychotic, is that right after all his little toadies and goblins go on camera to say that he didn't mean what he said and that you're stupid for thinking so, his next move is always to announce that he meant every word of it
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Today should go down in history as the day a sitting President of the United States made death threats against sitting members of Congress.
Are we great yet?
Are we great yet?
November 20, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Today should go down in history as the day a sitting President of the United States made death threats against sitting members of Congress.
Are we great yet?
Are we great yet?
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“If something happens…”
Bessent: "If something happens down in Venezuela, we could really see oil prices go down even more."
November 21, 2025 at 12:42 AM
“If something happens…”
Wouldn't it be amazing if, instead of clinging to power, politicians went out with a bang?
mister Keir Starmer sir everyone hates you anyway just ban ChatGPT and Twitter and then resign, it's not like it's going to get better anyway, do this for the greater good
November 20, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Wouldn't it be amazing if, instead of clinging to power, politicians went out with a bang?
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The president is calling for members of Congress to be executed.
Also known as Thursday.
Also known as Thursday.
November 20, 2025 at 2:33 PM
The president is calling for members of Congress to be executed.
Also known as Thursday.
Also known as Thursday.
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Literally almost half the US stock market is dependent on this, and any appearance we are not already in a recession is due to this.
Sam Altman, if he survives the bubble popping, will be a bigger pest for the next 25 years than dot com cockroaches like Thiel and Elon.
Sam Altman, if he survives the bubble popping, will be a bigger pest for the next 25 years than dot com cockroaches like Thiel and Elon.
This is one of the worst, most horrifying exposures we have ever seen. It is hard to overstate how bad the things that people are using tools like for are, and it's insane to pretend like these tools are anything other than nonconsensual porn machines
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Massive Leak Shows Erotic Chatbot Users Turned Women’s Yearbook Pictures Into AI Porn
Chatbot roleplay and image generator platform SecretDesires.ai left cloud storage containers of nearly two million of images and videos exposed, including photos and full names of women from social me...
www.404media.co
November 19, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Literally almost half the US stock market is dependent on this, and any appearance we are not already in a recession is due to this.
Sam Altman, if he survives the bubble popping, will be a bigger pest for the next 25 years than dot com cockroaches like Thiel and Elon.
Sam Altman, if he survives the bubble popping, will be a bigger pest for the next 25 years than dot com cockroaches like Thiel and Elon.
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I grow frustrated with local news-- by focusing so much on stories of violence, they inadvertently promote the idea that the world is more violent than it is (leading voters to candidates who promise security at all costs).
But holding up a mic to a cow is incredible
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But holding up a mic to a cow is incredible
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November 19, 2025 at 6:24 PM
I grow frustrated with local news-- by focusing so much on stories of violence, they inadvertently promote the idea that the world is more violent than it is (leading voters to candidates who promise security at all costs).
But holding up a mic to a cow is incredible
www.10tv.com/article/news...
But holding up a mic to a cow is incredible
www.10tv.com/article/news...
More than anything else, the fact that the US president is a sad little bully that never grew up should have prevented him from holding elected office.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/b...
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Trump Berates One Reporter and Tells Another,‘Quiet Piggy’
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November 19, 2025 at 4:33 AM
More than anything else, the fact that the US president is a sad little bully that never grew up should have prevented him from holding elected office.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/b...
Apparently I still have the ability to be shocked.
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'Things happen' - Trump defends Saudi crown prince over Khashoggi killing
The US president's claims that the crown prince "knew nothing" contradict the CIA's own assessment.
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November 18, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Apparently I still have the ability to be shocked.
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I did not know the term for a person from Winnipeg. I am glad to have learned it.
Come summer, only a six-hour flight will separate Winnipeggers from the land of fire and ice.
WestJet maps Winnipeg-Reykjavik route
‘More than convenience — it is about connection’: weekly direct flight to Icelandic capital from Manitoba begins in June
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November 18, 2025 at 11:42 PM
I did not know the term for a person from Winnipeg. I am glad to have learned it.