Jeff Barrus
@jeffbarrus.bsky.social
Communications professional, middle-aged punk, gamer, public health and foreign policy geek, father of twins, a grain of sand in the gears, I have friends everywhere
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Bovino shamelessly lies: "This looks like a situation where an individual wanted to do maximum damage and massacre law enforcement"
"The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command."
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I don’t think we should make concessions to the Masked Murderers Guild of America. I don’t think we should compromise so the Masked Murderers Guild of America stops using kidnapped kids from schools as bait. I thought this was already illegal. The Masked Murderers Guild of America should not exist.
January 27, 2026 at 3:06 PM
I don’t think we should make concessions to the Masked Murderers Guild of America. I don’t think we should compromise so the Masked Murderers Guild of America stops using kidnapped kids from schools as bait. I thought this was already illegal. The Masked Murderers Guild of America should not exist.
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A lot of people gathered tonight outside the Department of Veterans Affairs in D.C. for a vigil memorializing Alex Pretti, who worked as an ICU nurse at the Minneapolis VA hospital.
January 28, 2026 at 11:12 PM
A lot of people gathered tonight outside the Department of Veterans Affairs in D.C. for a vigil memorializing Alex Pretti, who worked as an ICU nurse at the Minneapolis VA hospital.
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in case you missed it, miri tyler is leaving ekko astral after our performance together at liberation weekend for mental health reasons as well as the need to focus on other projects also taking off.
if you want to see ekko with her on drums one last time, that gig is your shot.
if you want to see ekko with her on drums one last time, that gig is your shot.
January 28, 2026 at 11:02 PM
in case you missed it, miri tyler is leaving ekko astral after our performance together at liberation weekend for mental health reasons as well as the need to focus on other projects also taking off.
if you want to see ekko with her on drums one last time, that gig is your shot.
if you want to see ekko with her on drums one last time, that gig is your shot.
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Sacrificing the health of your children to own the libs and because nobody is the boss of you
Holy moly this chart: Cumulative US measles cases
January 28, 2026 at 9:21 PM
Sacrificing the health of your children to own the libs and because nobody is the boss of you
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huh. weird.
wonder why???
wonder why???
January 28, 2026 at 7:49 PM
huh. weird.
wonder why???
wonder why???
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A retired Minneapolis couple who had guns pointed at them by ICE in a church parking lot.
"They were obviously not trained at all. I've known many police officers in my life. These people were right off the streets."
"They had the professional demeanor of criminals."
ht: @paulgraham.bsky.social
"They were obviously not trained at all. I've known many police officers in my life. These people were right off the streets."
"They had the professional demeanor of criminals."
ht: @paulgraham.bsky.social
January 28, 2026 at 7:09 PM
A retired Minneapolis couple who had guns pointed at them by ICE in a church parking lot.
"They were obviously not trained at all. I've known many police officers in my life. These people were right off the streets."
"They had the professional demeanor of criminals."
ht: @paulgraham.bsky.social
"They were obviously not trained at all. I've known many police officers in my life. These people were right off the streets."
"They had the professional demeanor of criminals."
ht: @paulgraham.bsky.social
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“I watched him die… then I watched them maneuver his body like a rag doll— only to discover it was because they wanted to count the bullet wounds and see how many they ‘got’, like he was a deer.”
January 28, 2026 at 5:46 AM
“I watched him die… then I watched them maneuver his body like a rag doll— only to discover it was because they wanted to count the bullet wounds and see how many they ‘got’, like he was a deer.”
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I'm surprised that George Will is still writing in 2026. Also surprised that the shambling corpse of the Washington Post editorial page ran something this directly critical of their friends in the White House.
"Today, it is more than prudent, it is good citizenship to assume that everything ICE says, and everything the administration says in support of its deportation mania, is untrue until proved to be otherwise."
The latest from George F. Will:
The latest from George F. Will:
Opinion | Assume this loutocracy is lying about ICE until proven otherwise
Kristi Noem isn’t the only reason millions of Americans increasingly distrust the deportation mania.
wapo.st
January 28, 2026 at 7:49 PM
I'm surprised that George Will is still writing in 2026. Also surprised that the shambling corpse of the Washington Post editorial page ran something this directly critical of their friends in the White House.
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He's openly describing to Congress the creation of an unsupervised executive slush fund
Marco Rubio: "The oil proceeds are being deposited into an account that ultimately will become a US Treasury blocked account here in the US. We will say 'this is what this money can be spent on.' They will submit to us a budget request -- 'we want to use the money on these things.'"
January 28, 2026 at 6:06 PM
He's openly describing to Congress the creation of an unsupervised executive slush fund
"In Minneapolis, as the scale and intensity of oppression increased, the answer to 'What can I do?' evolved from protest to something riskier and more demanding: nonviolent resistance."
What Should Americans Do Now?
We need a mass movement for basic decency.
www.theatlantic.com
January 28, 2026 at 6:05 PM
"In Minneapolis, as the scale and intensity of oppression increased, the answer to 'What can I do?' evolved from protest to something riskier and more demanding: nonviolent resistance."
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The proof that Ilhan Omar’s “attack” was OBVIOUSLY STAGED was when her security team huddled down out of her way so she could raise a fist in front of a flag and shout “Fight! fight! Fight!”
January 28, 2026 at 4:30 PM
The proof that Ilhan Omar’s “attack” was OBVIOUSLY STAGED was when her security team huddled down out of her way so she could raise a fist in front of a flag and shout “Fight! fight! Fight!”
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Nothing Carney said is wrong. The U.S. is a coercive, unreliable trading partner that changes policy at its leader's whim. They're just angry that Canada has agency.
Bessent: "I'd encourage Carney to do what he thinks is best for Canadians, not his own virtue signaling. We do have a USMCA negotiation coming up. He rose to power on an anti-American, anti-Trump message. That's not a great place to be when you're negotiating w/ an economy multiples larger than you"
January 28, 2026 at 4:15 PM
Nothing Carney said is wrong. The U.S. is a coercive, unreliable trading partner that changes policy at its leader's whim. They're just angry that Canada has agency.
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Yesterday’s attack on Rep. Ilhan Omar, following last week’s attack on Rep. Maxwell Frost, is deeply disturbing. Grateful that both Members are safe, but violence like this is unacceptable. (1/2)
January 28, 2026 at 3:40 PM
Yesterday’s attack on Rep. Ilhan Omar, following last week’s attack on Rep. Maxwell Frost, is deeply disturbing. Grateful that both Members are safe, but violence like this is unacceptable. (1/2)
It's so predictable that I'll read a seemingly insightful piece about MAGA fascism and buried in paragraph 10 will be a dig at "wokeism" or "woke radicals," as if people asking for decency is equivalent to murdering civilians in the street. Sorry someone asked you use "they/them" pronouns, dude.
January 28, 2026 at 3:21 PM
It's so predictable that I'll read a seemingly insightful piece about MAGA fascism and buried in paragraph 10 will be a dig at "wokeism" or "woke radicals," as if people asking for decency is equivalent to murdering civilians in the street. Sorry someone asked you use "they/them" pronouns, dude.
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To give you a sense of how fundamentally unserious the Trump administration's leaders are, I give you this exchange between the head of DOJ Civil Rights and old-school conservative legal commentator Ed Whelan.
January 28, 2026 at 2:29 PM
To give you a sense of how fundamentally unserious the Trump administration's leaders are, I give you this exchange between the head of DOJ Civil Rights and old-school conservative legal commentator Ed Whelan.
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I’m the only one at this 3:25 showing of Melania so I asked the usher if I can smoke and he said go ahead.
January 28, 2026 at 2:32 PM
I’m the only one at this 3:25 showing of Melania so I asked the usher if I can smoke and he said go ahead.
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📊Federal 🇨🇦 voting intentions from Léger (Jan.23-26, 2026):
🔴LPC 47%
🔵CPC 38%
⚜️BQ 6% (26% in QC)
🟠NDP 5%
🟢GPC 2%
www.338canada.ca/p/leger-libe...
🔴LPC 47%
🔵CPC 38%
⚜️BQ 6% (26% in QC)
🟠NDP 5%
🟢GPC 2%
www.338canada.ca/p/leger-libe...
Léger: Liberals Surge to Majority Territory
Conservatives hold their ground, but a rebound in government satisfaction and an NDP slide propel the Liberals to a wide lead.
www.338canada.ca
January 28, 2026 at 11:37 AM
📊Federal 🇨🇦 voting intentions from Léger (Jan.23-26, 2026):
🔴LPC 47%
🔵CPC 38%
⚜️BQ 6% (26% in QC)
🟠NDP 5%
🟢GPC 2%
www.338canada.ca/p/leger-libe...
🔴LPC 47%
🔵CPC 38%
⚜️BQ 6% (26% in QC)
🟠NDP 5%
🟢GPC 2%
www.338canada.ca/p/leger-libe...
Why in God's name is the administration sending ICE paramilitaries to the Olympics as "security"? Seriously, WTF. How is that even remotely within their remit?
Outcry in Italy as U.S. Says ICE Agents Will Join Olympics Delegation
www.nytimes.com
January 28, 2026 at 2:16 PM
Why in God's name is the administration sending ICE paramilitaries to the Olympics as "security"? Seriously, WTF. How is that even remotely within their remit?
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We did predict it. And we were called alarmist.
January 26, 2026 at 2:57 PM
We did predict it. And we were called alarmist.
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The "intellectual" right view of Minneapolis: Rod Dreher's fever dream of brave ICE fighters attacked by evil Soros shock troops ("If you’re not on X, you’ve probably been missing all the reports about woke nurses refusing to treat wounded law enforcement") roddreher.substack.com/p/were-losin...
We're Losing European Nationalist Conservatives
And: But The Dems Are Still Appalling; Today In Weimar America; Sir Nicholas Winton
roddreher.substack.com
January 28, 2026 at 12:26 PM
The "intellectual" right view of Minneapolis: Rod Dreher's fever dream of brave ICE fighters attacked by evil Soros shock troops ("If you’re not on X, you’ve probably been missing all the reports about woke nurses refusing to treat wounded law enforcement") roddreher.substack.com/p/were-losin...
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ICYMI: Users of Meta’s social platforms can no longer share links to ICE List, a website listing what it claims are the names of thousands of DHS employees. www.wired.com/story/meta-i...
Meta Is Blocking Links to ICE List on Facebook, Instagram, and Threads
Users of Meta’s social platforms can no longer share links to ICE List, a website listing what it claims are the names of thousands of DHS employees.
www.wired.com
January 28, 2026 at 12:54 PM
ICYMI: Users of Meta’s social platforms can no longer share links to ICE List, a website listing what it claims are the names of thousands of DHS employees. www.wired.com/story/meta-i...
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Trump declared Canadian copper a "national security threat." He says the US wants nothing from us including our aluminum.
Fine. We will sell on the world market.
It's time for Canada to break free from this abusive relationship and chart our own future.
charlieangus.substack.com/p/its-time-c...
Fine. We will sell on the world market.
It's time for Canada to break free from this abusive relationship and chart our own future.
charlieangus.substack.com/p/its-time-c...
It's Time Canada Moved On
The U.S. economy depends on Canadian copper imports, yet Donald Trump has declared it a “national security threat.”
charlieangus.substack.com
January 27, 2026 at 3:44 PM
Trump declared Canadian copper a "national security threat." He says the US wants nothing from us including our aluminum.
Fine. We will sell on the world market.
It's time for Canada to break free from this abusive relationship and chart our own future.
charlieangus.substack.com/p/its-time-c...
Fine. We will sell on the world market.
It's time for Canada to break free from this abusive relationship and chart our own future.
charlieangus.substack.com/p/its-time-c...