Zach
@thesecretbarn.bsky.social
he/him
Usually self-aware reply guy
History, politics, elections. CA -> NM
Usually self-aware reply guy
History, politics, elections. CA -> NM
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every single week they're throwing this guy a special oval office love-in that appears to be the presidential equivalent of letting your dog scarf an entire big mac and fries before that last trip to the vet
Pirro: "Mr President, there is in this room a group of people who love you, who believe in you, and who are so proud to be in this Oval Office and to be part of this amazing day because you have changed the course of America."
November 10, 2025 at 9:10 PM
every single week they're throwing this guy a special oval office love-in that appears to be the presidential equivalent of letting your dog scarf an entire big mac and fries before that last trip to the vet
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lol she got his ass and he knows it
November 9, 2025 at 3:36 PM
lol she got his ass and he knows it
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My kingdom for someone to write up how everything they've done to date is fundamentally just the Admin unilaterally deciding what to spend money on, or not
There's no law, no rule controlling what they're doing, it's solely what they're choosing
There's no law, no rule controlling what they're doing, it's solely what they're choosing
I guess if they can illegally pay the full military paycheck why is it so hard to find the remaining 25% of half a month’s pay for the military for food stamps to keep the poor on your side.
These people are incredibly dumb.
All stick no carrot
These people are incredibly dumb.
All stick no carrot
November 8, 2025 at 3:52 AM
My kingdom for someone to write up how everything they've done to date is fundamentally just the Admin unilaterally deciding what to spend money on, or not
There's no law, no rule controlling what they're doing, it's solely what they're choosing
There's no law, no rule controlling what they're doing, it's solely what they're choosing
They’re gonna uphold the tariffs
This just into the newsroom
WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court issues emergency order temporarily blocking full SNAP food aid payments.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court issues emergency order temporarily blocking full SNAP food aid payments.
November 8, 2025 at 3:20 AM
They’re gonna uphold the tariffs
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this sort of thing makes me feel sincerely that we have fallen from grace as a civilisation
This conversation between ChatGPT and the young man it encouraged to commit suicide is just...my god
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
November 7, 2025 at 9:10 PM
this sort of thing makes me feel sincerely that we have fallen from grace as a civilisation
Incredible. Can we start runnings ads on this immediately, please?
SCOOP: Trump is pardoning Michael McMahon, a retired NYC cop convicted of acting as an unregistered Chinese agent in a plot to intimidate a Chinese family in NJ.
Prosecutors said it was part of a CCP effort to control Chinese nationals around the world.
The WH says McMahon was tricked into it.
Prosecutors said it was part of a CCP effort to control Chinese nationals around the world.
The WH says McMahon was tricked into it.
Trump Pardons Ex-Officer Convicted in a Chinese Government Plot
www.nytimes.com
November 7, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Incredible. Can we start runnings ads on this immediately, please?
Does she have a substack or a givesendgo or something? Or is she the rare attention-seeking bigot who hasn’t figured out how to grift
Can't believe this thrice-divorced weirdo is back in the news
November 7, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Does she have a substack or a givesendgo or something? Or is she the rare attention-seeking bigot who hasn’t figured out how to grift
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Rudy Giuliani convened a press conference at Four Seasons Total Landscaping five years ago today. Good times. No, really: The times are unlikely to *ever* get any better than this.
November 7, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Rudy Giuliani convened a press conference at Four Seasons Total Landscaping five years ago today. Good times. No, really: The times are unlikely to *ever* get any better than this.
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I’ll admit to being one of the people laughing that they spent more trying to get Cuomo elected than ZM will cost them in taxes, but it’s so obvious now that the point wasn’t money. It was access. They literally can’t conceive of a person in power who’s not in their pocket and at their beck and call
November 7, 2025 at 7:51 PM
I’ll admit to being one of the people laughing that they spent more trying to get Cuomo elected than ZM will cost them in taxes, but it’s so obvious now that the point wasn’t money. It was access. They literally can’t conceive of a person in power who’s not in their pocket and at their beck and call
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The key factor that everyone seems to always forget is that Trump was the host of what was once the highest rated show on network TV - a purportedly non-fiction show that portrayed him as a hyper-savvy and hyper-successful businessman.
Trump has gotten huge numbers of infrequent voters to the polls, twice. He's deeply unpopular but has mobilized a large, unprecedented coalition of Americans motivated by some combination of ignorance, avarice, and cruelty. It is hard to describe what he has as something other than charisma
His charisma is fundamentally incompatible with me (and likely many of the people on Bluesky) but it’s kind of insane to say it doesn’t exist
November 7, 2025 at 3:16 AM
The key factor that everyone seems to always forget is that Trump was the host of what was once the highest rated show on network TV - a purportedly non-fiction show that portrayed him as a hyper-savvy and hyper-successful businessman.
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"World's first potential trillionaire has killed 600,000 people, including 400,000 children" is the only headline that anyone should ever read about Elon Musk
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 7, 2025 at 1:33 AM
"World's first potential trillionaire has killed 600,000 people, including 400,000 children" is the only headline that anyone should ever read about Elon Musk
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I don’t even have words for this.
One of the 2 guys responsible for this mass death wants a peace prize and the other wants $1trillion to be a bad CEO.
One of the 2 guys responsible for this mass death wants a peace prize and the other wants $1trillion to be a bad CEO.
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 7, 2025 at 2:40 AM
I don’t even have words for this.
One of the 2 guys responsible for this mass death wants a peace prize and the other wants $1trillion to be a bad CEO.
One of the 2 guys responsible for this mass death wants a peace prize and the other wants $1trillion to be a bad CEO.
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Get ‘em, Katelyn!
For @msnbc.com I wrote about how Tuesday's election gives Democrats the blueprint for overcoming Republican anti-trans attacks and how thus should settle all the talk about throwing trans people under the bus.
www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
Opinion | Democrats’ election wins showed they don't need to hide their support for trans rights
Republicans repeated Trump's anti-trans strategy from 2024 and lost big. This should be instructive for Democrats.
www.msnbc.com
November 7, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Get ‘em, Katelyn!
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So many iconic Pelosi moments- ACA, IRA, ARRA, the '06 and '18 midterms... but for me it's the night of 1/6/21.
We were waiting to see how many days until they could return to the Capitol to finish certifying the election.
She told us, "tonight." I still tear up thinking about how that felt.
We were waiting to see how many days until they could return to the Capitol to finish certifying the election.
She told us, "tonight." I still tear up thinking about how that felt.
November 6, 2025 at 6:01 PM
So many iconic Pelosi moments- ACA, IRA, ARRA, the '06 and '18 midterms... but for me it's the night of 1/6/21.
We were waiting to see how many days until they could return to the Capitol to finish certifying the election.
She told us, "tonight." I still tear up thinking about how that felt.
We were waiting to see how many days until they could return to the Capitol to finish certifying the election.
She told us, "tonight." I still tear up thinking about how that felt.
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bobby thought he was dead, he was going to get the dry rub
The head of the American Healthcare System saw someone collapse and immediately ran out of the room, and the president waited to see how long he could go without looking at the guy lol
November 6, 2025 at 7:57 PM
bobby thought he was dead, he was going to get the dry rub
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Rep. Yassamin Ansari has set up a table and this sign outside Speaker Johnson’s office.
November 6, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Rep. Yassamin Ansari has set up a table and this sign outside Speaker Johnson’s office.
I’m sorry, what? This is worse than the babies who assume Obama just chose to not do a public option in 2009
November 6, 2025 at 5:18 AM
I’m sorry, what? This is worse than the babies who assume Obama just chose to not do a public option in 2009
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NEW: The US Army website for its bases in Bavaria, Germany told its soldiers and employees that it might need to obtain free food from the German government during the US government shutdown.
The Army later altered publication to remove a list of food banks, but we have the original text here:
The Army later altered publication to remove a list of food banks, but we have the original text here:
US Army Tells Soldiers to Go to German Food Bank, Then Deletes It
The initial 'Shutdown Guidance' for the US Army Garrison Bavaria included instructions to go to German food banks.
www.404media.co
November 5, 2025 at 6:03 PM
NEW: The US Army website for its bases in Bavaria, Germany told its soldiers and employees that it might need to obtain free food from the German government during the US government shutdown.
The Army later altered publication to remove a list of food banks, but we have the original text here:
The Army later altered publication to remove a list of food banks, but we have the original text here:
What exactly is going on here
November 6, 2025 at 5:01 AM
What exactly is going on here
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First Muslim American woman elected to statewide office in the US. So fucking cool. Long overdue
Breaking: Ghazala Hashmi wins Virginia Lieutenant Governor race, flipping the seat from red to blue.
(Source: @decisiondeskhq.bsky.social)
(Source: @decisiondeskhq.bsky.social)
November 5, 2025 at 2:25 AM
First Muslim American woman elected to statewide office in the US. So fucking cool. Long overdue
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New: The FBI is quietly urging ICE agents to properly ID themselves in the field.
In a bulletin to law enforcement last month, it warned of criminals posing as ICE to rob, rape, kidnap—a problem it says now demands national coordination to confront.
By me & @carolinehaskins.bsky.social:
In a bulletin to law enforcement last month, it warned of criminals posing as ICE to rob, rape, kidnap—a problem it says now demands national coordination to confront.
By me & @carolinehaskins.bsky.social:
FBI Warns of Criminals Posing as ICE, Urges Agents to ID Themselves
In a bulletin to law enforcement agencies, the FBI said criminal impersonators are exploiting ICE’s image and urged nationwide coordination to distinguish real operations from fakes.
www.wired.com
November 4, 2025 at 7:34 PM
New: The FBI is quietly urging ICE agents to properly ID themselves in the field.
In a bulletin to law enforcement last month, it warned of criminals posing as ICE to rob, rape, kidnap—a problem it says now demands national coordination to confront.
By me & @carolinehaskins.bsky.social:
In a bulletin to law enforcement last month, it warned of criminals posing as ICE to rob, rape, kidnap—a problem it says now demands national coordination to confront.
By me & @carolinehaskins.bsky.social:
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It's election day! To all my fellow US folks: make sure you get out & vote. The eels demand it of you.
Eels, of course, are citizens of the world. So they can't vote in local elections, and they have to rely on you to do it for them.
Even if you won't vote for you, be a proxy vote for an eel!
🗃️🧪
Eels, of course, are citizens of the world. So they can't vote in local elections, and they have to rely on you to do it for them.
Even if you won't vote for you, be a proxy vote for an eel!
🗃️🧪
November 4, 2025 at 6:17 PM
It's election day! To all my fellow US folks: make sure you get out & vote. The eels demand it of you.
Eels, of course, are citizens of the world. So they can't vote in local elections, and they have to rely on you to do it for them.
Even if you won't vote for you, be a proxy vote for an eel!
🗃️🧪
Eels, of course, are citizens of the world. So they can't vote in local elections, and they have to rely on you to do it for them.
Even if you won't vote for you, be a proxy vote for an eel!
🗃️🧪