David Barber
@odoketa.bsky.social
He/him. Conway, Arkansas politico. Former candidate. Économiste. Quelque fois en français. Ask me about Talking Like A Pirate.
#LookingForWork as the kids say.
#LookingForWork as the kids say.
This is the most corrupt, vindictive, evil administration in the history of the United States
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Green Card Interviews End in Handcuffs for Spouses of U.S. Citizens
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November 26, 2025 at 11:20 PM
This is the most corrupt, vindictive, evil administration in the history of the United States
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You'll be shocked to learn that Trump, with the help of US corporations, is targeting people who tried to stop the genocide, calling them 'terrorists'
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This French judge approved Netanyahu’s arrest warrant. Now Trump is targeting him | Owen Jones
Three ICC judges have been put on a sanctions list with terrorists after approving an arrest warrant for Israel’s prime minister. This is the charade of the ‘rules-based order’, says Guardian columnis...
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November 26, 2025 at 5:17 PM
You'll be shocked to learn that Trump, with the help of US corporations, is targeting people who tried to stop the genocide, calling them 'terrorists'
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Salt water laced with cancer-causing chemicals, a byproduct of oil and gas drilling, keeps shooting out of the ground in Oklahoma.
Experts say it means even more wastewater is spreading underground, poisoning the state’s water supply.
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Experts say it means even more wastewater is spreading underground, poisoning the state’s water supply.
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Toxic Wastewater From Oil Fields Keeps Pouring Out of the Ground. Oklahoma Regulators Failed to Stop It.
Salt water laced with cancer-causing chemicals, a byproduct of oil and gas drilling, is spewing from old wells. Experts warn of a pollution crisis spreading underground and threatening Oklahoma’s drin...
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November 26, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Salt water laced with cancer-causing chemicals, a byproduct of oil and gas drilling, keeps shooting out of the ground in Oklahoma.
Experts say it means even more wastewater is spreading underground, poisoning the state’s water supply.
With @readfrontier.bsky.social
Experts say it means even more wastewater is spreading underground, poisoning the state’s water supply.
With @readfrontier.bsky.social
I remember as a young tourist being outraged that locals paid a lower admission fee than I had to. But I reasoned that as a person from a wealthy country it made sense for e.g. Thailand to charge me more. This is not that. (Gift article)
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National parks announce ‘America-first’ upcharges for foreign visitors
The National Park Service's new America-first pricing policy will see foreign visitors pay more to access popular national parks, including Yellowstone and the Grand Canyon.
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November 26, 2025 at 12:10 AM
I remember as a young tourist being outraged that locals paid a lower admission fee than I had to. But I reasoned that as a person from a wealthy country it made sense for e.g. Thailand to charge me more. This is not that. (Gift article)
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Just a reminder that we're all taking the week off from shopping. I'm still going to go to small local stores, but no chains, no big box, NO AMAZON. Let's be honest - if you have the money to be shopping these days, you should probably buy less stuff anyway.
November 25, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Just a reminder that we're all taking the week off from shopping. I'm still going to go to small local stores, but no chains, no big box, NO AMAZON. Let's be honest - if you have the money to be shopping these days, you should probably buy less stuff anyway.
Helpful advice for Thanksgiving from the WaPo. Probably helpful advice for every other day of the year as well. (Gift article)
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Column | Try a ‘fart walk’ to ease the pressure after that big Thanksgiving meal
Whatever you do, resist the urge to lie down.
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November 25, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Helpful advice for Thanksgiving from the WaPo. Probably helpful advice for every other day of the year as well. (Gift article)
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To recap:
•Universal healthcare would save 68,000 lives & $450B annually
•Every $1 spent on SNAP results in $1.80 boost to local economies & small businesses
•The child tax credit decreased child poverty to a historic low of 5.2%, abolishing it increased it by 45%
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•Universal healthcare would save 68,000 lives & $450B annually
•Every $1 spent on SNAP results in $1.80 boost to local economies & small businesses
•The child tax credit decreased child poverty to a historic low of 5.2%, abolishing it increased it by 45%
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November 25, 2025 at 3:16 AM
To recap:
•Universal healthcare would save 68,000 lives & $450B annually
•Every $1 spent on SNAP results in $1.80 boost to local economies & small businesses
•The child tax credit decreased child poverty to a historic low of 5.2%, abolishing it increased it by 45%
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•Universal healthcare would save 68,000 lives & $450B annually
•Every $1 spent on SNAP results in $1.80 boost to local economies & small businesses
•The child tax credit decreased child poverty to a historic low of 5.2%, abolishing it increased it by 45%
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Abolishing ICE is only the beginning. Have you looked at your local cops?
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According to mappingpoliceviolence.us, police kill at least three people per day; from a meta analysis published in NYT, we now know the number could be six or even more.
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According to mappingpoliceviolence.us, police kill at least three people per day; from a meta analysis published in NYT, we now know the number could be six or even more.
November 24, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Abolishing ICE is only the beginning. Have you looked at your local cops?
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According to mappingpoliceviolence.us, police kill at least three people per day; from a meta analysis published in NYT, we now know the number could be six or even more.
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According to mappingpoliceviolence.us, police kill at least three people per day; from a meta analysis published in NYT, we now know the number could be six or even more.
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Things online are often not as they appear.
November 24, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Things online are often not as they appear.
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Can’t breathe
November 25, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Can’t breathe
Look who's back, and weirdly making sense! (Gift article)
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Opinion | James Carville: Out With Woke. In With Rage.
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November 24, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Look who's back, and weirdly making sense! (Gift article)
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Christianity used to be about love, not hate.
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They’re doing to America what they did to Christianity | Bill McKibben
Trump’s wrecking-ball approach to America has a precedent: the evangelical perversion of Jesus’s message of radical love to one of hate and aggression
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November 24, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Christianity used to be about love, not hate.
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WTF 🤬
ICE in DC is setting up racially driven checkpoints and roadblocks. This is one on Canal Road. A large number of vehicles can be seen waiting to be towed after these agents disappeared their owners.
ICE in DC is setting up racially driven checkpoints and roadblocks. This is one on Canal Road. A large number of vehicles can be seen waiting to be towed after these agents disappeared their owners.
November 24, 2025 at 12:16 AM
WTF 🤬
ICE in DC is setting up racially driven checkpoints and roadblocks. This is one on Canal Road. A large number of vehicles can be seen waiting to be towed after these agents disappeared their owners.
ICE in DC is setting up racially driven checkpoints and roadblocks. This is one on Canal Road. A large number of vehicles can be seen waiting to be towed after these agents disappeared their owners.
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It remains insane to me that DOGE was treated at the time as an impressive shock and awe accomplishment - “you can’t deny he’s getting stuff done!” - and then instantly memory holed by the press once if became clear it was a total failure by every possible standard including Musk’s own
Difficult to overstate how profound a failure DOGE was. Spending in FY2025 was not only than in FY2024 – but higher than it was projected to be when Trump first took office.*
The little bit of spending DOGE cut has already killed hundreds of thousands and will eventually lead to millions of deaths.
The little bit of spending DOGE cut has already killed hundreds of thousands and will eventually lead to millions of deaths.
Bye bye, “DOGE”.
It no longer exists as a “centralized entity”, according to the Office of Personnel Management.
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It no longer exists as a “centralized entity”, according to the Office of Personnel Management.
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November 23, 2025 at 3:52 PM
It remains insane to me that DOGE was treated at the time as an impressive shock and awe accomplishment - “you can’t deny he’s getting stuff done!” - and then instantly memory holed by the press once if became clear it was a total failure by every possible standard including Musk’s own
The Treasury Secretary is wrong. The Republic did fall.
"In 2017, Republicans [eliminated the filibuster] for Supreme Court nominations. Each side justified its move as a response to unprecedented obstruction by the other. And each time, the Senate survived. The Republic did not fall."
"In 2017, Republicans [eliminated the filibuster] for Supreme Court nominations. Each side justified its move as a response to unprecedented obstruction by the other. And each time, the Senate survived. The Republic did not fall."
November 23, 2025 at 4:04 PM
The Treasury Secretary is wrong. The Republic did fall.
"In 2017, Republicans [eliminated the filibuster] for Supreme Court nominations. Each side justified its move as a response to unprecedented obstruction by the other. And each time, the Senate survived. The Republic did not fall."
"In 2017, Republicans [eliminated the filibuster] for Supreme Court nominations. Each side justified its move as a response to unprecedented obstruction by the other. And each time, the Senate survived. The Republic did not fall."
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Franciscan Health President and CEO Raymond Grady said a doctor and nurse lost their job, and the hospital publicly apologized.
She was moments away from giving birth. The hospital discharged her.
Franciscan Health President and CEO Raymond Grady said a doctor and nurse lost their job, and the hospital publicly apologized.
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November 23, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Franciscan Health President and CEO Raymond Grady said a doctor and nurse lost their job, and the hospital publicly apologized.
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Trump suggested to top officials that protestors be shot during the widespread civil unrest following the murder of George Floyd in June 2020.
In Oval Office meetings, Trump reportedly asked, "Can't you just shoot them? Just shoot them in the legs or something?"
Trump suggested to top officials that protestors be shot during the widespread civil unrest following the murder of George Floyd in June 2020.
In Oval Office meetings, Trump reportedly asked, "Can't you just shoot them? Just shoot them in the legs or something?"
November 23, 2025 at 4:08 AM
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Trump suggested to top officials that protestors be shot during the widespread civil unrest following the murder of George Floyd in June 2020.
In Oval Office meetings, Trump reportedly asked, "Can't you just shoot them? Just shoot them in the legs or something?"
Trump suggested to top officials that protestors be shot during the widespread civil unrest following the murder of George Floyd in June 2020.
In Oval Office meetings, Trump reportedly asked, "Can't you just shoot them? Just shoot them in the legs or something?"
There can be no doubt the US damaged COP30, but once we weren't at the table, the other countries had a chance to do something. They did nothing.
November 23, 2025 at 4:09 AM
There can be no doubt the US damaged COP30, but once we weren't at the table, the other countries had a chance to do something. They did nothing.
A long time ago I swore I would never buy another TP-Link product, and I've just broken that promise and already I regret it. Why is the app 155MB? It turns lights on and off. It doesn't need to be bloated.
November 23, 2025 at 2:00 AM
A long time ago I swore I would never buy another TP-Link product, and I've just broken that promise and already I regret it. Why is the app 155MB? It turns lights on and off. It doesn't need to be bloated.
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somebody on here suggested awhile back that a pretty compelling 2028 Democrat campaign promise would be "on day one I will deploy a WPA-scale army of forensic accountants across every square inch of the federal government" and I think about that every day
It’s crazy to think about the crimes we’re going to learn about after this regime ends.
We’re already hearing about Watergate level crimes every week. Imagine what will come out after it’s over.
We’re going to need a full accounting of all that’s been done in violation of the constitution.
We’re already hearing about Watergate level crimes every week. Imagine what will come out after it’s over.
We’re going to need a full accounting of all that’s been done in violation of the constitution.
November 23, 2025 at 12:25 AM
somebody on here suggested awhile back that a pretty compelling 2028 Democrat campaign promise would be "on day one I will deploy a WPA-scale army of forensic accountants across every square inch of the federal government" and I think about that every day
The trouble with losing the public trust is that you never get it back. Pesticide manufacturers should be pushing for more rigorous standards, because now we're going to label everything as 'contains PFAS' and ban/boycott all of it. (Gift article)
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EPA just approved new ‘forever chemical’ pesticides for use on food
Critics warn the EPA’s approvals of new PFAS pesticides could expose more Americans to “forever chemicals” through their food.
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November 23, 2025 at 12:15 AM
The trouble with losing the public trust is that you never get it back. Pesticide manufacturers should be pushing for more rigorous standards, because now we're going to label everything as 'contains PFAS' and ban/boycott all of it. (Gift article)
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Pretty much all you need to know.✌🏾
November 22, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Pretty much all you need to know.✌🏾
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Well at least not this second #USDemocracy
November 21, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Well at least not this second #USDemocracy
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WA Democratic leaders are delivering real safety improvements, building a solid plan, and getting Seattle ready to welcome the world for the World Cup. Trump’s just scared of cities that don’t bow to him.
Trump threatens Seattle’s World Cup, calls Mayor-elect Wilson ‘communist’
Prompted by a reporter, who asked Monday about Katie Wilson’s election, the president made what appears to be his first acknowledgment of the city’s incoming mayor.
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November 21, 2025 at 7:17 PM
WA Democratic leaders are delivering real safety improvements, building a solid plan, and getting Seattle ready to welcome the world for the World Cup. Trump’s just scared of cities that don’t bow to him.