Becca
@beccar.bsky.social
Financial planner, fitness enthusiast, doodle devotee, IRISH fan, supporter of democracy.
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Hi, this is Meg Barnette, Brad's wife.
While escorting a defendant out of immigration court at 26 Federal Plaza, Brad was taken by masked agents and detained by ICE.
This is still developing, and our team is monitoring the situation closely.
While escorting a defendant out of immigration court at 26 Federal Plaza, Brad was taken by masked agents and detained by ICE.
This is still developing, and our team is monitoring the situation closely.
June 17, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Hi, this is Meg Barnette, Brad's wife.
While escorting a defendant out of immigration court at 26 Federal Plaza, Brad was taken by masked agents and detained by ICE.
This is still developing, and our team is monitoring the situation closely.
While escorting a defendant out of immigration court at 26 Federal Plaza, Brad was taken by masked agents and detained by ICE.
This is still developing, and our team is monitoring the situation closely.
June 15, 2025 at 1:12 AM
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Listen to this great American. This nation is privileged to have a man of this character in the United States Senate. Thank you @padilla.senate.gov. We stand with you.
June 13, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Listen to this great American. This nation is privileged to have a man of this character in the United States Senate. Thank you @padilla.senate.gov. We stand with you.
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A new analysis estimates the Trump/GOP budget's rollback of clean energy tax credits will eliminate nearly 830,000 jobs by 2030 and raise energy prices by 50% by 2035.
Just another way the "big beautiful bill" will make the economy worse and your life more expensive.
Just another way the "big beautiful bill" will make the economy worse and your life more expensive.
Trump’s tax bill to cost 830,000 jobs and drive up bills and pollution emissions, experts warn
Bill will unleash millions more tonnes of planet-heating pollution and couldn’t come at a worse time, say experts
www.theguardian.com
May 27, 2025 at 2:01 AM
A new analysis estimates the Trump/GOP budget's rollback of clean energy tax credits will eliminate nearly 830,000 jobs by 2030 and raise energy prices by 50% by 2035.
Just another way the "big beautiful bill" will make the economy worse and your life more expensive.
Just another way the "big beautiful bill" will make the economy worse and your life more expensive.
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History always has a lesson.
April 19, 2025 at 12:45 PM
History always has a lesson.
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I’m old enough to remember when conservatism was about limited gov’t, free markets, personal freedom, and personal responsibility.
Now conservative means gov’t book bans and obsessing over gender, heavy tariffs, arrest and deportation with no due process, and no accountability for people in power.
Now conservative means gov’t book bans and obsessing over gender, heavy tariffs, arrest and deportation with no due process, and no accountability for people in power.
April 5, 2025 at 12:27 PM
I’m old enough to remember when conservatism was about limited gov’t, free markets, personal freedom, and personal responsibility.
Now conservative means gov’t book bans and obsessing over gender, heavy tariffs, arrest and deportation with no due process, and no accountability for people in power.
Now conservative means gov’t book bans and obsessing over gender, heavy tariffs, arrest and deportation with no due process, and no accountability for people in power.
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james surowiecki has discovered where the completely fabricated trump tariff rate has come from for each country
"...for every country, they just took our trade deficit with that country and divided it by the country's exports to us."
"...for every country, they just took our trade deficit with that country and divided it by the country's exports to us."
April 2, 2025 at 10:32 PM
james surowiecki has discovered where the completely fabricated trump tariff rate has come from for each country
"...for every country, they just took our trade deficit with that country and divided it by the country's exports to us."
"...for every country, they just took our trade deficit with that country and divided it by the country's exports to us."
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Elon Musk has barged into DOL, which also oversees the Bureau of Labor Statistics—that's a huge deal. He could manipulate quarterly job numbers and much more. We are talking about MARKET MOVING INFORMATION! Do employers want Musk to have access to any of their confidential data?
February 6, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Elon Musk has barged into DOL, which also oversees the Bureau of Labor Statistics—that's a huge deal. He could manipulate quarterly job numbers and much more. We are talking about MARKET MOVING INFORMATION! Do employers want Musk to have access to any of their confidential data?
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The ol’ “carried-interest two-step.”
“.. They usually bring it up and let people simmer on it .. then they designate somebody who could really use some campaign donations. .. Then finally, they all come up with a reason why it ought not be really changed at all.”
www.barrons.com/articles/tru...
“.. They usually bring it up and let people simmer on it .. then they designate somebody who could really use some campaign donations. .. Then finally, they all come up with a reason why it ought not be really changed at all.”
www.barrons.com/articles/tru...
Is Trump’s Threat to End Private Equity’s Tax Loophole a Political Shakedown?
President Donald Trump said his budget priorities include ending the low tax rate enjoyed by private-fund managers on their rich payouts. Will it pan out?
www.barrons.com
February 7, 2025 at 10:41 PM
The ol’ “carried-interest two-step.”
“.. They usually bring it up and let people simmer on it .. then they designate somebody who could really use some campaign donations. .. Then finally, they all come up with a reason why it ought not be really changed at all.”
www.barrons.com/articles/tru...
“.. They usually bring it up and let people simmer on it .. then they designate somebody who could really use some campaign donations. .. Then finally, they all come up with a reason why it ought not be really changed at all.”
www.barrons.com/articles/tru...
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Carried interest repeal could stifle investments in startups, NVCA says
Carried interest repeal could stifle investments in startups, NVCA says
On Thursday, President Trump asked Republican lawmakers to end tax breaks on carried interest. The tax break allows private equity and venture fund managers to treat their earnings from investments at a lower capital gains rate, rather than as ordinary…
tcrn.ch
February 7, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Carried interest repeal could stifle investments in startups, NVCA says
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Trump and the GOP just gutted a major Catholic charity but apparently it’s liberals and Democrats who are anti-Christian and anti-Church
Exclusive: Catholic Relief Services lays off staff, cuts programs after USAID shakeup
An internal email says CRS is likely to be cut in half this year from Trump's freeze of U.S. foreign assistance. Cuts will "cost people's lives and livelihoods," a former bishops' conference official ...
www.ncronline.org
February 7, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Trump and the GOP just gutted a major Catholic charity but apparently it’s liberals and Democrats who are anti-Christian and anti-Church
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Under the Trump administration, the U.S. agency that funds aid projects has faced layoffs, a stop action order for most aid efforts and a disruption of its website. Now Elon Musk says it should 'die.'
Why does Musk want USAID 'to die'? And why did its website disappear?
Under the Trump administration, the U.S. agency that funds aid projects has faced layoffs, a stop action order for most aid efforts and a disruption of its website. Now Elon Musk says it should 'die.'
www.npr.org
February 2, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Under the Trump administration, the U.S. agency that funds aid projects has faced layoffs, a stop action order for most aid efforts and a disruption of its website. Now Elon Musk says it should 'die.'
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This is illegal. These are crimes!
February 2, 2025 at 8:03 PM
This is illegal. These are crimes!
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@marisakabas.bsky.social
She was sitting at her kitchen table last Monday... when a source forwarded her a copy of a memo announcing the freeze sent by the Office of Management and Budget’s acting director. Kabas ... posted a screen shot of the memo on the social media site Bluesky.
She was sitting at her kitchen table last Monday... when a source forwarded her a copy of a memo announcing the freeze sent by the Office of Management and Budget’s acting director. Kabas ... posted a screen shot of the memo on the social media site Bluesky.
The power of independent journalism: From her Brooklyn apartment, she 'scooped' the nation's media
Independent journalists live outside the mainstream and their numbers are growing. They have just had a big moment: a woman working from her kitchen in Brooklyn broke a big story about the Trump admin...
apnews.com
February 2, 2025 at 3:29 PM
@marisakabas.bsky.social
She was sitting at her kitchen table last Monday... when a source forwarded her a copy of a memo announcing the freeze sent by the Office of Management and Budget’s acting director. Kabas ... posted a screen shot of the memo on the social media site Bluesky.
She was sitting at her kitchen table last Monday... when a source forwarded her a copy of a memo announcing the freeze sent by the Office of Management and Budget’s acting director. Kabas ... posted a screen shot of the memo on the social media site Bluesky.
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The cutting irony is that the two big things Kamala supposedly “broke” and that Trump will “fix” - inflation and border crossings are…already fixed! He doesn’t have to do anything! All done!
November 8, 2024 at 8:46 PM
The cutting irony is that the two big things Kamala supposedly “broke” and that Trump will “fix” - inflation and border crossings are…already fixed! He doesn’t have to do anything! All done!