Barb Shelly

Barb Shelly

@bshelly.bsky.social

Career journalist and lifelong observer. Now living in Philly, emotionally connected to Kansas City. Spotlighting the resistance. https://barbshelly.pressfolios.com/

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Barb Shelly
@bshelly.bsky.social

Think I'll jump off this platform for awhile. The misinformation and conspiracy spouting in the wake of the WHC dinner shooting, along with the outright hatred directed at the journalists present, has maxed me out. Bye for now.

Barb Shelly
@bshelly.bsky.social

Can a Pope also be president?

Rich Raho@richraho.bsky.social

Pope to Olympic Athletes: “It is possible to win without humiliating. One can lose without losing oneself. And this also applies beyond sport. It applies in social life, in politics, in relationships between peoples, because sport, if lived well, becomes a workshop for a reconciled humanity.”

Barb Shelly
@bshelly.bsky.social

Exactly right. And still they won't act.

Robert Reich@rbreich.bsky.social

Senate Republicans refused to convict Trump after Jan 6. Republican SCOTUS appointees gave him immunity. Republicans in Congress today stand idly by as he unleashes death and destruction across the globe. We are now at the whims of a mad king because GOP leaders have refused to constrain him.

Barb Shelly
@bshelly.bsky.social

Unfortunately, yes.

Maggie Smith@maggiesmithpoet.bsky.social

So pro-life means jailing women who miscarry but shrugging when the deranged president says “a whole civilization will die tonight.” Do I have that right?

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Elizabeth Warren
@warren.senate.gov

Remember Donald Trump’s “concept of a plan” for health care? The new Republican idea is to cut your health care to pay for Trump’s war in the Middle East and ICE’s terror in your community.

Barb Shelly
@bshelly.bsky.social

The quiet part isn't even quiet anymore. This isn't about security. It's about Republican control m

David Corn@davidcorn.bsky.social

How the ef did Trump and the Republicans manage to win the White House and both houses of Congress without the SAVE Act on 2024? Can Lee explain that?

Barb Shelly
@bshelly.bsky.social

Oh for gods sake.

Media Matters for America@mmfa.bsky.social

Fox & Friends discusses RFK Jr. working out in jeans: “I don’t like it in terms of gym etiquette, but I like it versus the alternative. If Kamala [Harris] won, your HHS secretary would be a guy wearing a dress to the gym.” Read more: www.thedailybeast.com/fox-friends-...

Barb Shelly
@bshelly.bsky.social

Pete Hegseth's glee as he boasts about America's military prowess makes me nauseous. A total disregard for the seriousness of taking human life.

Barb Shelly
@bshelly.bsky.social

Cake in the land of cholera.

ProPublica@propublica.org

John Gai carried his sick father to a nearby clinic in a wheelbarrow, but he died from cholera on the way. Gai then pushed the wheelbarrow for hours through the camp to take him to the cemetery: “Nobody should have to carry a dead body among the living.”

propublica.orgTrump Officials Celebrated With Cake After Slashing Aid. Then People Died of Cholera.Behind closed doors in Washington, top advisers made a series of decisions that had devastating repercussions for the poorest country on earth. We went to South Sudan and found people who died as a re...
Barb Shelly
@bshelly.bsky.social

Woo hoo! Way to pressure, Kansas City. ICE detention center plans derailed...for now.

KCUR (Kansas City's best news source)@kcur.org

BREAKING: Platform Ventures, the development company that owns a south Kansas City warehouse that federal agents toured last month to consider for an immigrant detention center, announced today that it is not moving forward with the sale.

kcur.orgKansas City developers halt sale of warehouse for ICE detention center as public pressure mountsFederal officials first toured the building in January, sparking speculation over whether the owners had sold the building to the U.S. government. Media reports suggested the sale was part of a push to use warehouses across the country as immigration detention centers.
Barb Shelly
@bshelly.bsky.social

A bad look for Derek Schmidt of Kansas. Helping Pam Bondi push propaganda while avoiding legitimate questions.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Bondi is again granted time by Republicans to attack the previous Democratic questioner, in this case Jasmine Crockett, but Crockett doesn't take it without trying to fight back. She then leaves the hearing as Bondi continues to smear her.

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Rachel Maddow
@maddow.bsky.social

Author of the "research" that was reportedly the basis of the Fulton County election raid: "In 2004, he pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor voyeurism charge and was ordered by a jury to pay $3.25 million in damages after secretly filming guests in his home bathroom." www.propublica.org/article/kevi...

propublica.orgThe Conservative Researcher Being Linked to the FBI’s Seizure of Election Records in GeorgiaKevin Moncla has tried repeatedly to prove that the 2020 vote in Fulton County, Georgia, was tainted by fraud. While state election overseers have rejected his claims, his work may be fueling the fede...
Barb Shelly
@bshelly.bsky.social

Today in the resistance...this guy. Preach it!

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

wow -- with Trump standing behind him, a man (not sure who he is) offers this prayer: "We pray that he would be mindful of the poor and that he would be invested in the alleviation of suffering happening in the families preparing to bury their loved ones in Minneapolis."

Barb Shelly
@bshelly.bsky.social

Fun fact: For much of his career in Missouri politics Eric Schmitt was a moderate.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Schmitt: "Your words that don’t mean anything aren't going to stop what’s coming, and I want you to take that back to Soros and all these ridiculous funders you have. Because justice is coming. And by the way, if I have it my way, we will be denaturalize all these fraudsters and send them home."

Barb Shelly
@bshelly.bsky.social

Today in the resistance. Portland.

Portland DSA@portlanddsa.bsky.social

They may have gassed our comrades, our families and our children, but today was MASSIVE. If the surge comes, Portland is ready to defend our communities! ICE OUT!

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tamrakat
@tamrakat.bsky.social

An excerpt from Sophie Gilbert’s review of the new Melania movie: "Melania shows off her custom-made inauguration gown, stark white with black ribbons overlaying it, a dress that now looks unavoidably like the redacted Epstein files."

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Decoding Fox News
@decodingfoxnews.bsky.social

This morning Deputy AG Todd Blanche said the DOJ 'always investigates' shootings and would be investigating the Border Patrol killing of Alex Pretti. Last week Blanche said the DOJ would NEVER investigate the ICE fatal shooting of Renee Good.

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Aaron Rupar
@atrupar.com

Protester in Minneapolis just before disappearing in gas: "Fuck you! Stop. Damn! I'm 70 years old and I'm fuckin' angry!"

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Captain Mark Kelly
@captmarkkelly.bsky.social

Don’t let this White House lie to you. Believe what you see. Alex Pretti was trying to help a woman off the ground. Then immigration agents tackled, shot, and killed him. It’s time for them to get the hell out of MN.

Barb Shelly
@bshelly.bsky.social

God bless this police chief for standing up for his community and for justice.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

The Star Tribune reports that federal agents "attempted to order local police from the scene" where a man was shot and killed by feds this morning, but Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara refused and "instructed his officers to preserve the scene."

startribune.comLive: Man shot and killed by federal agents in south Minneapolis this morning, police chief saysA video appears to shows federal agents wrestling a man to the ground then shooting him.
Barb Shelly
@bshelly.bsky.social

Today in the resistance: Tens of thousands protest in sub zero temps in Minneapolis. The people of America will not succumb quietly. I thought you might want to see this story from NPR . Minnesota protests Trump administration's immigration crackdown www.npr.org/2026/01/23/n...

npr.orgMinnesotans turn out in the frigid cold to protest Trump's immigration crackdownMinnesota residents took to the streets of downtown Minneapolis to protest the federal government's immigration campaign in the state, after weeks of sustained resistance in their communities. Busines...