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Bailey Barnes @baileydbarnes.bsky.social · 10d

What in the socialized medicine is this?

The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 10d

Exclusive: President Trump to announce a direct-to-consumer government website, dubbed TrumpRx, for Americans to buy medication.

White House to Announce ‘TrumpRx’ Drug-Buying Website, and Deal With Pfizer

President Trump is expected to unveil the measures with Pfizer’s CEO on Tuesday

on.wsj.com

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Bailey Barnes @baileydbarnes.bsky.social · 13d

Is Full Force the same as excessive force?

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Bailey Barnes @baileydbarnes.bsky.social · 22d

GOP policies generally have not benefitted farmers and rural voters. But they keep voting for them. They are not stupid, so there is a reason for their voting behavior. One side has bad policies but makes them feel seen; the other has better policies but ignores them.

This is not complicated.

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Bailey Barnes @baileydbarnes.bsky.social · 22d

It’s easy to say, “We told you so.” It’s harder to try to understand why farmers are dissatisfied with Democrats. Rural voters have been ignored for too long, & that strategy is not working. Acknowledge their concerns instead of deriding & talking down to them.

Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 22d

With disappearing federal assistance and no China trade deal in sight, US agricultural communities that had expected President Trump to have their back are feeling betrayed, angry and distressed.

American Farmers Are Feeling the Pain of Trump’s Policies

US agricultural communities that had expected Trump to have their backs have found themselves flung into a second trade war. If the situation continues, it could put loyalties at risk.

bloom.bg

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Bailey Barnes @baileydbarnes.bsky.social · 22d

Finding my calm this morning by thinking about Angels Landing at Zion NP.

View of Zion National Park from Angels Landing.

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Bailey Barnes @baileydbarnes.bsky.social · 23d

What a Constitution Day

Bailey Barnes @baileydbarnes.bsky.social · 23d

The majority—Judges Benton & Kobes—over dissent by Judge Gruender, held it was clearly established that no more than de minimis force is allowed against a suspect of a minor crime who is not actively resisting arrest or presenting a threat. Being locked in a sleeping dragon is not active resistance.

Bailey Barnes @baileydbarnes.bsky.social · 23d

The Eight Circuit denied qualified immunity to officers who repeatedly used pressure points on an environmental protester locked in a “sleeping dragon device” and caused the protester to suffer Bell’s Palsy (facial paralysis), tinnitus, and emotional distress.

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Bailey Barnes @baileydbarnes.bsky.social · 25d

How is it not cruel and unusual to have prisons in the South without air conditioning?

Female prisoner’s body was found decomposing in hot cell

Woman who died at Lee Arrendale State Prison had given birth in custody six months earlier.

www.ajc.com

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Bailey Barnes @baileydbarnes.bsky.social · 25d

3 thoughts from this Tennessee fan: Bad coach. Cool orange pants. Not senate material.

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution @ajc.com · 26d

What Tennessee fans think of their old coach, Derek Dooley, running for U.S. Senate

As their former head football coach, Derek Dooley, runs for Senate, most Tennessee fans in Georgia didn’t even know he was in the race.

www.ajc.com

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Bailey Barnes @baileydbarnes.bsky.social · 25d

Found the perfect stick & very proud of it

Australian Shepherd with way too long stick in his mouth while looking at camera

Bailey Barnes @baileydbarnes.bsky.social · 25d

My rural TN hometown is full of soybean farmers who could be harmed, which could wreak devastation on the local economy that relies heavily on agriculture. The downwind effects on other industries could be severe.

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 25d

Since President Trump imposed tariffs on Chinese goods in February, Beijing has retaliated by halting all purchases of American soybeans. That decision has had devastating repercussions for farmers in North Dakota.

China’s Snub of U.S. Soybeans Is a Crisis for American Farmers

North Dakota farmers are scrambling to find extra storage space and bracing for land values to fall as soybeans that should be bound for China begin to pile up.

nyti.ms

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Bailey Barnes @baileydbarnes.bsky.social · 26d

As a lifelong Titans fan, I know better than to get my hopes up about any QB we draft, but Cam Ward looks really good so far.

Ian Rapoport @rapsheet.bsky.social · 26d

A reminder of why Cam Ward went No. 1.

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 26d

News Analysis: So far, the second Trump administration has filed roughly the same number of emergency applications to the Supreme Court as the Biden administration did over four years. But they have fared quite differently.

On the Supreme Court’s Emergency Docket, Sharp Partisan Divides

The second Trump administration has filed roughly the same number of applications so far as the Biden administration did over four years. But they have fared quite differently.

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Bailey Barnes @baileydbarnes.bsky.social · 27d

Heartbreak, thy name is Max Gilbert.

Bailey Barnes @baileydbarnes.bsky.social · 27d

Beta blockers are no match for the anxiety from watching the Vols try to beat Georgia

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Bailey Barnes @baileydbarnes.bsky.social · 28d

The detectives argued that they could not be liable for coercing a confession, manufacturing evidence, or submitting a false probable cause affidavit if they had independent probable cause to arrest a suspect. The court retorted, “[M]erely stating that principle establishes its absurdity.”

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Bailey Barnes @baileydbarnes.bsky.social · 28d

The Third Circuit rejected qualified immunity for detectives who allegedly coached a false confession to prosecute an individual for murder (who was acquitted). Per the court, “It is always unconstitutional for the police to coerce confessions & manufacture evidence to prosecute a criminal suspect.”

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Bailey Barnes @baileydbarnes.bsky.social · 29d

I am thrilled to have joined the wonderful faculty at Mizzou Law.

Faculty Spotlight – Meet Bailey Barnes

by Tanner Riley When it comes to underdog stories, people often think of mismatches: the tortoise versus the hare, Rocky versus Apollo Creed, or Mizzou versus Kansas basketball this past December.

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Bailey Barnes @baileydbarnes.bsky.social · Sep 8

Justice Sotomayor in dissent, “We should not have to live in a country where the Government can seize anyone who looks Latino, speaks Spanish, and appears to work a low wage job.”

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Bailey Barnes @baileydbarnes.bsky.social · Sep 8

Existing while brown, speaking Spanish, & working with a blue collar is apparently an acceptable reason for ICE to seize you on suspicion of immigration charges in America according to a majority on the Supreme Court.

USA TODAY @usatoday.com · Sep 8

Supreme Court lifts restrictions on Los Angeles immigration stops tied to racial profiling, a win for Trump.

Supreme Court lifts restrictions on LA immigration stops tied to racial profiling

The administration's indiscriminate immigration-related stops sparked protests and charges of racial profiling.

bit.ly

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Bailey Barnes @baileydbarnes.bsky.social · Sep 8

I wrote for the KC Star (@kansascity.com) about the inability of civilians to sue federal agents for civil rights violations & the need for Congress to codify Bivens as the President escalates his campaign to deploy federalized military personnel to some of America’s large cities.

If Trump sends the National Guard to KC, Missourians’ rights are at risk | Opinion

Sens. Josh Hawley and Eric Schmitt say they care about personal liberties. They need to step in to protect their constituents. | Opinion

www.kansascity.com

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Bailey Barnes @baileydbarnes.bsky.social · Sep 7

Not only did the court reject that preventing flushing did not violate clearly established law, it declined to decide whether doing so even violated the Eighth Amendment—ensuring the law remains not clearly established.

QI is meant for difficult, split-second decisions, not reducing the water bill

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Bailey Barnes @baileydbarnes.bsky.social · Sep 7

Qualified Immunity Nonsense—The Second Circuit held last week it was not clearly established that intentionally preventing prison toilets from flushing for up to three hours at a time was cruel & unusual, despite precedent that forcing prisoners to live among their waste was too degrading to permit.

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Bailey Barnes @baileydbarnes.bsky.social · Sep 7

Enjoyed the renewed Mizzou-Kansas Border War. M-I-Z!

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