Barbara

Barbara

@mimi4ever.bsky.social

I am a mother a grandmother lover of things good interested in politics gardening travel and kindness

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Governor Josh Shapiro I am asking you to look into the purchase of a warehouse in Tremont Township that the government wants to build a very large detention center. They must be stopped.

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Trump is destroying US weather forecasting and research because he dislikes the word "climate": "While the phrase 'climate change' refers to manmade influence on climate via planet-warming pollution, 'climate' in NOAA parlance is simply weather observed over time..." www.cnn.com/2025/04/11/c...

cnn.comTrump’s budget plan eviscerates weather and climate research, and it could be enacted immediately | CNNThe cuts could cripple US industries — including agriculture — that depend on free, accurate weather and climate data and expert analysis. It could also halt research on deadly weather, including seve...

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This is Chuck. Chuck is selling a book. Chuck also has a full-time job. I would consider buying Chuck’s book if he were doing that job, but he’s not. Don’t be like Chuck. And don’t buy Chuck’s book.

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It gets worse. Schumer isn’t just going on a book tour—he’s charging for tickets. Absolute insanity. While Americans are scared and in crisis mode, he’s basically saying, let them eat cake. @schumer.senate.gov Step Down.

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Weeks BEFORE Elon Musk brought up supposed “dead people” on Social Security rolls on Twitter, DOGE staff were repeatedly told that the appearance of deceased was a tech quirk; SSA knew they weren’t getting benefits. Of course, these facts didn’t deter Elon from falsely claiming widespread fraud.

washingtonpost.comSocial Security scraps far-reaching cuts to phone services after Post reportThe agency will move ahead with a much narrower revision eliminating direct deposit changes by phone amid DOGE fraud concerns.

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Trump ended funding to Voice of America and Radio Liberty, forcing both to stop broadcasting to countries that restrict press freedom. VOA began operations in 1942; RL started in 1951. Why did Trump silence this voice against communism, fascism and oppression? Iran, Russia and China are thrilled.

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Major stock indexes tanked Monday, continuing a sell-off that gathered steam last week as rattled investors began zeroing in on the prospect of a significant falloff in U.S. growth amid persistent inflation and a wobbling job market.

aol.comDow falls nearly 900 points and Nasdaq dives 4% as stock selloff gathers steamMajor stock indexes tanked Monday, continuing a sell-off that gathered steam last week as rattled investors began zeroing in on the prospect of a significant falloff in U.S. growth amid persistent inf...

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Now streaming: Monterey Bay’s sublime symphony of whale vocalizations! 🎵🐋 Spanning more octaves than a piano, humpback whales sing powerfully into the vast ocean. These songs are beautifully complex, weaving phrases and themes into masterful compositions.

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“All the pride that Canadians have felt in the country’s greatest sporting export is being questioned. North of the border, that sentence was once unfathomable. But Gretzky’s allegiance to U.S. President Donald Trump … has left many Canadians feeling deeply betrayed.”

nytimes.comWhy Canadians are stung by Wayne Gretzky’s silenceCanada's greatest hockey player and a source of national pride has faced criticism from his home country.

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Military aid to Ukraine has always been a bargain for the U.S. We degraded Russia’s armed forces and replaced our own stockpiles with brand new weapons, all while brave Ukrainians— not Americans—fought the Russians off. Halting that aid is not only morally repulsive, it’s plain stupid.

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Stop “flooding the zone” with crazy ideas & gaslighting trial balloons — none of which make us GREAT I want a president to WANT to make our union stronger— not divide us and bring hardship to so many hardworking Americans. You’d be locked up if you & Musk hadn’t colluded to throw the election!!!

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Donald J. Trump is a liar is a bully is a fraud is a cheat is a prick is a sexist is a racist is a bigot is a xenophobe is a homophobe is transphobic is an egomaniac is a sever narcissist is a con-man is a scam-artist is a racketeer is a white supremacist is a delicate little snowflake

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Ross Ulbricht was and is a convicted (now pardoned) drug dealer and money launderer who founded and ran the Silk Road on the dark web. Trump pardoned him because all he was doing was following the ideals of Libertarianism and "free trade". Uh huh. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

theguardian.comTrump pardons Ross Ulbricht, founder of Silk Road drug marketplaceUlbricht, sentenced to life in prison in 2015, given ‘full and unconditional’ pardon by president

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In response to pressure exerted by Trump and Elon Musk, Republicans have cut $190 million for 𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗱 𝗰𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗿 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 from the government funding bill. FUCK THOSE GODDAMN BASTARDS. 🤬

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TERRIFYING: Two Democrats — Marie Gluesenkamp Perez and Kathy Castor — voted in favor of Trump and Musk’s plan to defund programs that help kids with cancer. Let’s put them on blast!

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Two Democrats — Marie Gluesenkamp Perez and Kathy Castor — voted in favor of Trump and Musk’s plan to defund programs that help kids with cancer. Let’s put them on blast!

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Buried deep inside Mike Johnson’s short-term government funding bill is a 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗴𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗽𝗮𝘆 𝗿𝗮𝗶𝘀𝗲 — the first since 2009. If approved this week, lawmakers will get an annual pay raise as high as $6,600. Outrageous!

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Trump wants to revert to our nation’s dark past of trickle-down economics that benefit the ultra-wealthy while hurting the middle class. This includes passing $5 trillion in tax cuts for the rich and cutting essential programs that hard working families rely on, like Social Security and Medicare.

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Pls help me make sense of this: TRUMP-VOTING SOUTH DAKOTA FARMER: Half our workers are foreign-born. It’s an open secret farms are held up by undocumented workers. If they round them up within 2 days we won’t have food. We have to trust (Trump) won’t do what they say he will 🤔😕 x.com/TheTNHoller/...