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Barbara
@mamaflys.bsky.social
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avid reader, animal lover, conservationist, spending some time on this plane to learn,definitely woke.
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Barbara @mamaflys.bsky.social · 9h
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Stephen Miller is the Poster Boy for the Rabid MAGA Movement
The more voters see of him, the more repulsed they’ll be
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Barbara @mamaflys.bsky.social · 11h
Sunday thought: the Big Reveal
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Sunday thought: the big Reveal
Friends,
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Barbara @mamaflys.bsky.social · 1d
Saturday Report 10/11/25 — Find out what the Planetary Health Diet (PHD) proposed to help optimize human health globally: you’ll be shocked
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Saturday Report 10/11/25 — Find out what the Planetary Health Diet (PHD) proposed to help optimize human health globally: you’ll be shocked
The Best of the Rest of the News (with Opinion)...
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Barbara @mamaflys.bsky.social · 1d
Did Stephen Miller say Trump has 'plenary authority' on CNN? www.snopes.com/fact-check/s...
Did Stephen Miller say Trump has 'plenary authority' on CNN?
"Plenary authority" refers to full or limitless power over a sphere of government, such as the military.
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Barbara @mamaflys.bsky.social · 1d
Democrats don't want $3.6M for 'Haitian male prostitutes' to reopen government www.snopes.com/fact-check/g...
Democrats don't want $3.6M for 'Haitian male prostitutes' to reopen government
The rumor, popularized by Sen. John Kennedy, appeared to be connected to an HIV/AIDS prevention program started under U.S. President George W. Bush.
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Barbara @mamaflys.bsky.social · 2d
How Trump Is Using the Justice Department to Target His Enemies www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
How Trump Is Using the Justice Department to Target His Enemies
President Trump has long spoken of seeking vengeance against his perceived political enemies. Here’s a list of whom he is targeting.
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Barbara @mamaflys.bsky.social · 2d
Stocks Fall Sharply on Trump’s Renewed Threat of China Tariffs www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/b...
Stocks Fall Sharply on Trump’s Renewed Threat of China Tariffs
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Barbara @mamaflys.bsky.social · 2d
Exclusive: Dems Fire Back at Trump’s ‘Freaky’ Kid Self-Deportation Plan
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Exclusive: Dems Fire Back at Trump’s ‘Freaky’ Kid Self-Deportation Plan
It is both not as gross AND worse than you think.
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Barbara @mamaflys.bsky.social · 2d
The Letitia James Indictment Is Bigger Than You Think
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The Letitia James Indictment Is Bigger Than You Think
Trump’s revenge tour has entered a dangerous new phase.
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Barbara @mamaflys.bsky.social · 2d
Who Is María Corina Machado, Winner of the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize? www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/w...
Who Is María Corina Machado, Winner of the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize?
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Barbara @mamaflys.bsky.social · 2d
Before Trump Ordered In Troops, Federal Officers Called Portland Protests ‘Low Energy’ www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/u...
Before Trump Ordered In Troops, Federal Officers Called Portland Protests ‘Low Energy’
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Barbara @mamaflys.bsky.social · 3d
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/u...
Pope Leo Urges U.S. Bishops to Support Immigrants
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Barbara @mamaflys.bsky.social · 3d
Mike Johnson Is Becoming the New Liberal Bogeyman
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Mike Johnson Is Becoming the New Liberal Bogeyman
The low-key House speaker’s success and defiance are turning him into a prime political target.
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Barbara @mamaflys.bsky.social · 3d
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...
Live Updates: N.Y. Attorney General Letitia James Indicted After Trump’s Pressure Campaign
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Barbara @mamaflys.bsky.social · 3d
The Good Fences Trump’s Destroying
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The Good Fences Trump’s Destroying
Plus: Can a president bombing boats in the Caribbean—boats a fellow world leader says had random citizens aboard—really win the Nobel Peace Prize?
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Barbara @mamaflys.bsky.social · 3d
Late-Stage Capitalism and Late-Stage Democracy
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Late-Stage Capitalism and Late-Stage Democracy
A unified theory of everything.
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Barbara @mamaflys.bsky.social · 3d
‘This shutdown feels different.’ States might not get repaid when government reopens. nevadacurrent.com/2025/10/09/t...
‘This shutdown feels different.’ States might not get repaid when government reopens. • Nevada Current
States are doing what they generally do during a federal government shutdown: continuing to operate programs serving some of the neediest people. That means schools are still serving federally subsidi...
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Barbara @mamaflys.bsky.social · 3d
Trusting Trump to negotiate if Dems surrender in shutdown would be ‘naive,’ Rosen says nevadacurrent.com/2025/10/09/t...
Trusting Trump to negotiate if Dems surrender in shutdown would be 'naive,' Rosen says • Nevada Current
Democratic U.S. Sen. Jacky Rosen said Wednesday it would be “a little naive” to vote for a Republican funding plan to reopen the government without first obtaining firm commitments that Republicans wi...
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Barbara @mamaflys.bsky.social · 3d
We’re All Socialists — But Only Trump Acts Like a Communist
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We’re All Socialists — But Only Trump Acts Like a Communist
As Americans lose faith in capitalism, Trump’s economic nationalism looks less like free enterprise and more like state control…
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Barbara @mamaflys.bsky.social · 4d
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Pam Bondi, Loyal Servant
At a congressional oversight hearing yesterday, the attorney general followed her north star: pleasing the president.
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Barbara @mamaflys.bsky.social · 4d
The ICE Propaganda Campaign Goes Into Overdrive
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The ICE Propaganda Campaign Goes Into Overdrive
MAGA commentators are stepping up as soldiers in Trump’s culture war to provoke confrontations against “Antifa” with the backing of DHS.
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Barbara @mamaflys.bsky.social · 4d
Nevada Health Link premiums expected to rise 26% for 2026 nevadacurrent.com/2025/10/02/n...
Nevada Health Link premiums expected to rise 26% for 2026 • Nevada Current
Nevadans who get insurance through Nevada Health Link, the state’s Affordable Care Act marketplace, are facing premium rate hikes of 26%, the state Division of Insurance confirmed to the Nevada Curren...
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Barbara @mamaflys.bsky.social · 4d
Trump floats plan to deny back pay to furloughed federal workers after shutdown nevadacurrent.com/2025/10/07/r...
Trump floats plan to deny back pay to furloughed federal workers after shutdown • Nevada Current
This report has been updated. WASHINGTON — The Trump administration may try to interpret a law enacted during his first term in office differently than it did following the last government shutdown, p...
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Barbara @mamaflys.bsky.social · 5d
Neighbors Warn Neighbors as Fear of ICE Ripples Across Chicago www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/u...
Neighbors Warn Neighbors as Fear of ICE Ripples Across Chicago
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Barbara @mamaflys.bsky.social · 5d
What Is the Insurrection Act That Trump Says He’s Considering? www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/u...
What Is the Insurrection Act That Trump Says He’s Considering?
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