Ellen Barber

Ellen Barber

@ellenbarber.bsky.social

Writer, editor, fact checker

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From Maine to Arizona, federal agents appeared in nearly every corner of daily life, captured mostly on security cameras and through cracked blinds. We reviewed 50+ incidents. Here’s how the summer escalation in immigration arrests unfolded: www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/u...

nytimes.comA Quiet ICE Surge That Unfolded ‘Everywhere All at Once’ This Summer (Gift Article)A review of dozens of incidents caught on camera sheds new light on a largely invisible crackdown.

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TEXAS OHIO GEORGIA NORTH CAROLINA MICHIGAN IOWA ALASKA These are the states we’ve identified as most vulnerable to GOP election interference before, during, and after Election Day. If your state is on that list, we want to train you how to get into election protection formation.

mobilize.usSign Up to Protect the 2026 Elections · IndivisibleSign the pledge to protect the 2026 elections! From a [last-minute switch to precinct-based assigned polls in Dallas County](https://www.votebeat.org/texas/2026/03/04/dallas-county-precinct-voting-pr...

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The universal view of experts, @becingber.bsky.social explains, is that the Trump administration's killings at sea are murder under domestic law, extrajudicial killings under international law, and given their systematic nature, may well be crimes against humanity.

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A huge thank you to Patagonia! The company has joined conservation and Tribal groups in suing the Trump administration, seeking to overturn its move to shrink Bears Ears National Monument in southern Utah by more than one million acres.

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SATURDAY 8/29! Readings from DELIVER THE VOTE by Tracy Campbell--stories of creative #election shenanigans throughout #UShistory. With @triumphicdhq.bsky.social, Denis O'Hare, @ealexthegreat.bsky.social, @gangstagrass.bsky.social, @attackerman.bsky.social & many more! www.youtube.com/live/htordBu...

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"For more than a year, the National Park Service has been quietly working to fulfill an unprecedented directive from Trump officials: Parcel off a corner of Yosemite National Park to give to a private developer." www.notus.org/agencies/tru...

notus.orgTrump’s Quietly Working to Give Part of Yosemite to a Private DeveloperThe National Park Service is under pressure to make an unprecedented deal that cedes a quarter-mile strip of the park.

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Is there #ElectionFraud in US #elections? We can learn from #history & we'll be doing that on 8/29 from 1-7pm ET at #Votapalooza! #SMARTelections 6 hour livestream fundraising extravaganza where we will be reading from the masterpiece historical book "DeliverTheVote."

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He's right. The FCC should abandon this unlawful attempt to consolidate broadcast media into oblivion. Congress set this cap in federal law, and only Congress can change it.

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Eliminating the national broadcast ownership cap does not free local broadcasters from economic pressure, it just changes who's doing the squeezing. Trading a squeeze from Big Tech for a squeeze from Big Media does nothing to protect the communities this cap was designed to serve. 🧵

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Your local newsroom used to decide what you got to watch. Now that decision increasingly runs through whether it pleases the White House, and without a consumer protection measure like the national ownership cap in place, it will only get worse.

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"Changing this limit requires congressional action, but Carr doesn't care. He'll do whatever it takes to clear the way for Trump-aligned billionaires to swallow up stations wherever and whenever they please." - Free Press' @mattfieldwood.bsky.social via @theguardian.com

theguardian.comFCC scraps limit on local TV ownership in win for media conglomeratesThe 2-1 vote along party lines repealed ‘national cap’ that served as a key check on consolidation of the TV industry

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Bombshell new report out from my investigators this morning spanning our four year investigation into Jeffrey Epstein’s financial records. This report shows exactly how Wall Street protected Epstein and enabled his sex trafficking for decades. Mega thread following with some key points:

bloomberg.comDeutsche Bank, JPMorgan, BofA Enabled Epstein, Wyden Report SaysDemocrat Ron Wyden cited nonpublic documents held by the US Treasury in a report that says banks delayed reporting suspicious financial transactions and calls for tougher anti-money-laundering rules, ...

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Trump's "Make America Healthy Again" administration is weakening the review of toxic chemicals by undermining the federal advisory committee that provides independent, unbiased, and up-to-date scientific expertise to inform EPA decisions that keep us safe. 🧵 ⬇️

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🚨BREAKING: A group of 25 states is suing the Trump administration, accusing federal officials of leveraging billions of dollars in federal disaster grant funding in an attempt to coerce states into implementing the president’s anti-voting agenda. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

democracydocket.comStates sue Trump admin for withholding $148M in disaster aid over ‘unlawful’ election demandsWhile many red states have raced to enact President Donald Trump’s policy goals — even ones that have been blocked by the courts — blue states have persistently refused.

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Replying to @indivisible.org

This is not a drill. Call your House representative NOW and demand they vote NO on the NDAA. Dial (202) 224-3121 and give the operator your ZIP code or state to be connected. They may vote on this at any minute now.

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Replying to @indivisible.org

Additionally, now that the SAVE Act has been attached to the NDAA, a vote for the bill would not only endorse its massive topline funding for continued militarization and President Trump's war agenda, but also advance voter suppression by making it harder for eligible Americans to cast a ballot.

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They could vote any minute. Tell your representative to oppose the NDAA until key provisions on military integration between the US and Israel and the SAVE Act are removed.

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Another endangered species just lost federal protections. At the request of the Trump administration, a federal judge in Texas removed Endangered Species Act protections from the dunes sagebrush lizard, a species found only in parts of southeastern New Mexico and West Texas.