Coleen Barger
@river-watching.bsky.social
Retired law prof & before law, high school French & English
I love-
*Arkansas despite its gov't
*language learning (ahora español )
*travel
*boating (mostly rivers, Great Loop 2x)
Nowadays I'm on the back porch, watching the river flow. No DMs, please.
I love-
*Arkansas despite its gov't
*language learning (ahora español )
*travel
*boating (mostly rivers, Great Loop 2x)
Nowadays I'm on the back porch, watching the river flow. No DMs, please.
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Coleen Barger
@river-watching.bsky.social
· Oct 19
I've made a small modification to one of the frogs in my collection.
#NoKings
#NoKings
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“It was not unanimous. I was muted and not allowed to speak.” 🤔
December 18, 2025 at 10:51 PM
“It was not unanimous. I was muted and not allowed to speak.” 🤔
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One of the biggest moments of my career:
USCIS canceled my client’s naturalization oath ceremony. We filed a lawsuit, went to trial, and the judge swore him in right there in the courtroom!
USCIS canceled my client’s naturalization oath ceremony. We filed a lawsuit, went to trial, and the judge swore him in right there in the courtroom!
December 16, 2025 at 3:21 PM
One of the biggest moments of my career:
USCIS canceled my client’s naturalization oath ceremony. We filed a lawsuit, went to trial, and the judge swore him in right there in the courtroom!
USCIS canceled my client’s naturalization oath ceremony. We filed a lawsuit, went to trial, and the judge swore him in right there in the courtroom!
Sent to my congressman, Rep. French Hill (R-AR):
I have a simple question, shared by a huge number of your constituents.
When will you finally say, "That's it. I've had enough."?
If you're still okay with everything he says and does, you need to look inside yourself and consider what that means.
I have a simple question, shared by a huge number of your constituents.
When will you finally say, "That's it. I've had enough."?
If you're still okay with everything he says and does, you need to look inside yourself and consider what that means.
December 15, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Sent to my congressman, Rep. French Hill (R-AR):
I have a simple question, shared by a huge number of your constituents.
When will you finally say, "That's it. I've had enough."?
If you're still okay with everything he says and does, you need to look inside yourself and consider what that means.
I have a simple question, shared by a huge number of your constituents.
When will you finally say, "That's it. I've had enough."?
If you're still okay with everything he says and does, you need to look inside yourself and consider what that means.
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The Nobel Prize committee should announce the World Cup winner tomorrow
December 6, 2025 at 4:29 AM
The Nobel Prize committee should announce the World Cup winner tomorrow
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The journalists should do a collective "boo" or "shame" every time he does that.
Trump and his lackeys can either throw a tantrum and kick out the whole group or he can stop doing that shit because of how embarrassing it is to have an entire room call him out live on camera.
Trump and his lackeys can either throw a tantrum and kick out the whole group or he can stop doing that shit because of how embarrassing it is to have an entire room call him out live on camera.
November 28, 2025 at 2:20 AM
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A big win for Arkansas voters: a federal court has blocked laws that would’ve effectively shut down citizen-led ballot initiatives — the same process Arkansans have long used to raise wages, expand healthcare and enact reforms lawmakers ignored.
https://bit.ly/49yKUfj
https://bit.ly/49yKUfj
Federal Court Shuts Down Arkansas Crackdown on Ballot Initiatives
Read more here.
bit.ly
November 23, 2025 at 1:00 AM
A big win for Arkansas voters: a federal court has blocked laws that would’ve effectively shut down citizen-led ballot initiatives — the same process Arkansans have long used to raise wages, expand healthcare and enact reforms lawmakers ignored.
https://bit.ly/49yKUfj
https://bit.ly/49yKUfj
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We are on record. We will fight to protect early voting and vote-by-mail. Last Monday, the Supreme Court agreed to hear a case on vote-by-mail that lays the groundwork for attacking early voting. We will push back on threats to free, fair, & accessible elections. For all. www.lwv.org/newsroom/pre...
November 16, 2025 at 11:49 AM
We are on record. We will fight to protect early voting and vote-by-mail. Last Monday, the Supreme Court agreed to hear a case on vote-by-mail that lays the groundwork for attacking early voting. We will push back on threats to free, fair, & accessible elections. For all. www.lwv.org/newsroom/pre...
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Count the ways they’re corrupting DOJ: Presidents don’t direct AG’s to open criminal cases, especially ones designating only Dems for investigation when POTUS himself is involved. DOJ doesn’t publicize criminal investigations & the AG definitely doesn’t assign them on Twitter.
November 14, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Count the ways they’re corrupting DOJ: Presidents don’t direct AG’s to open criminal cases, especially ones designating only Dems for investigation when POTUS himself is involved. DOJ doesn’t publicize criminal investigations & the AG definitely doesn’t assign them on Twitter.
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🔥 @agiftfromtodd.bsky.social : "Y’all get it now?? Do you understand what’s possible? I don't wanna hear no more 'my vote doesn't matter. Nothing ever changes.' Look what happens when you participate. We win everything. There are more of us… for the rest of your damn life, you gotta vote.”
November 6, 2025 at 9:57 PM
🔥 @agiftfromtodd.bsky.social : "Y’all get it now?? Do you understand what’s possible? I don't wanna hear no more 'my vote doesn't matter. Nothing ever changes.' Look what happens when you participate. We win everything. There are more of us… for the rest of your damn life, you gotta vote.”
It's FUN watching Fox News stammering over election results tonight.
November 5, 2025 at 3:37 AM
It's FUN watching Fox News stammering over election results tonight.
Fox news anchor says, "We'll continue to bring you concession speeches throughout the night."
November 5, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Fox news anchor says, "We'll continue to bring you concession speeches throughout the night."
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If nothing else, the last nine months should have made it clear that elections matter. But what’s remarkable about America is that we have the power, as citizens, to change this country by voting. Go to IWillVote.com.
November 4, 2025 at 4:34 PM
If nothing else, the last nine months should have made it clear that elections matter. But what’s remarkable about America is that we have the power, as citizens, to change this country by voting. Go to IWillVote.com.
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This is the president of the United States taking a break from gold-and-marble interior renovations to say he’ll defy a court order to feed hungry Americans.
Nero would be proud.
Nero would be proud.
November 4, 2025 at 7:47 PM
This is the president of the United States taking a break from gold-and-marble interior renovations to say he’ll defy a court order to feed hungry Americans.
Nero would be proud.
Nero would be proud.
This year The Great Gatsby, next year The Grapes of Wrath.
November 1, 2025 at 6:29 PM
This year The Great Gatsby, next year The Grapes of Wrath.
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In light of Trump's Gatsby Party last night, I thought you might like this one...
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The Great Gatsby and the GOP
Careless people...
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November 1, 2025 at 2:04 PM
In light of Trump's Gatsby Party last night, I thought you might like this one...
jesspiper.substack.com/p/the-great-...
jesspiper.substack.com/p/the-great-...
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I'm not a West Wing obsessed lib or anything but the more I see pictures of this the more fucked up I think it is. It's like he cut off one of the hands of the Lincoln memorial with an angle grinder so he could add a big gun to it.
The Treasury Department instructed employees not to share to share photos of the demolition of parts of the White House’s East Wing
Exclusive | Treasury Tells Employees Not to Share Photos of White House Ballroom Construction
Images of the demolition of parts of the East Wing went viral on Monday, and Treasury’s headquarters next door to the White House has a front-row seat.
www.wsj.com
October 21, 2025 at 2:51 AM
I'm not a West Wing obsessed lib or anything but the more I see pictures of this the more fucked up I think it is. It's like he cut off one of the hands of the Lincoln memorial with an angle grinder so he could add a big gun to it.
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Statement from the Nobel Peace Prize Committee 👏 🙏
October 10, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Statement from the Nobel Peace Prize Committee 👏 🙏
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9-0 SCOTUS ruling from last year:
“Government officials cannot attempt to coerce private parties in order to punish or suppress views that the government disfavors.”
“Government officials cannot attempt to coerce private parties in order to punish or suppress views that the government disfavors.”
September 19, 2025 at 1:52 PM
9-0 SCOTUS ruling from last year:
“Government officials cannot attempt to coerce private parties in order to punish or suppress views that the government disfavors.”
“Government officials cannot attempt to coerce private parties in order to punish or suppress views that the government disfavors.”
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Right-wing Sinclair Broadcasting owns all these local media stations and many others all across America. This is not journalism, it is scripted propaganda.
September 18, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Right-wing Sinclair Broadcasting owns all these local media stations and many others all across America. This is not journalism, it is scripted propaganda.
Anybody else find it disturbing/ironic that ICE is aggressively going after the homeless, who don't live in safe or sanitary conditions, while at the same time ICE confines the persons they've seized in unsafe and unsanitary conditions?
September 18, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Anybody else find it disturbing/ironic that ICE is aggressively going after the homeless, who don't live in safe or sanitary conditions, while at the same time ICE confines the persons they've seized in unsafe and unsanitary conditions?
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After years of complaining about cancel culture, the current administration has taken it to a new and dangerous level by routinely threatening regulatory action against media companies unless they muzzle or fire reporters and commentators it doesn’t like.
Let’s be clear about what happened to Jimmy Kimmel
Trump’s most brazen attack on free speech yet.
www.yahoo.com
September 18, 2025 at 2:10 PM
After years of complaining about cancel culture, the current administration has taken it to a new and dangerous level by routinely threatening regulatory action against media companies unless they muzzle or fire reporters and commentators it doesn’t like.
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Don’t let this make you quieter.
Get louder.
Get louder.
September 17, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Don’t let this make you quieter.
Get louder.
Get louder.