Barbra Taylor
@barbrataylor.bsky.social
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If reporters for major news organizations got off X, they'd soon realize how completely deranged *federal government officials* are. Marinating in this shit day in and day out makes it seem like the new normal.
"Triggered much?" is what a troll says when one of their targets gets bothered by their posts. Here, senior US official Greg Bovino redeploys it to defend/celebrate a literal murder in the physical world.
A government of, by, and for the Online Right.
A government of, by, and for the Online Right.
In response to a quote tweet of DHS that says “you guys killed an American citizen,” Greg Bovino replies: “Triggered much?”
January 12, 2026 at 4:51 PM
If reporters for major news organizations got off X, they'd soon realize how completely deranged *federal government officials* are. Marinating in this shit day in and day out makes it seem like the new normal.
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semi-regular reminder that ICE was only created in 2003
when you are asked to imagine a world without ICE, you're basically being asked to remember where you were when Lilo & Stitch came out
when you are asked to imagine a world without ICE, you're basically being asked to remember where you were when Lilo & Stitch came out
January 12, 2026 at 8:04 PM
semi-regular reminder that ICE was only created in 2003
when you are asked to imagine a world without ICE, you're basically being asked to remember where you were when Lilo & Stitch came out
when you are asked to imagine a world without ICE, you're basically being asked to remember where you were when Lilo & Stitch came out
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I do a monthly Patreon Prize draw to say thank you to all my supporters. Find out more here: www.patreon.com/TheAnchoress
January 12, 2026 at 8:22 PM
I do a monthly Patreon Prize draw to say thank you to all my supporters. Find out more here: www.patreon.com/TheAnchoress
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"HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. poses the greatest immediate danger to Americans and should be first up. His decisions, priorities, and intentional sowing of confusion and complexity already are causing more illness and death. The evidence is all around us, including measles and flu surges. 1/3
We just had a week that changed everything, including my view of impeachment. Before: Wait until 2027. Now: Embrace it in 2026 and hold hearing-like forums to spotlight the many articles of impeachment filed against Trump and his cabinet. My latest @thebulwark.com www.thebulwark.com/p/embracing-...
Embracing Impeachment
The case against Trump and his cabinet keeps growing—and the argument for waiting is no longer convincing.
www.thebulwark.com
January 12, 2026 at 7:24 PM
"HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. poses the greatest immediate danger to Americans and should be first up. His decisions, priorities, and intentional sowing of confusion and complexity already are causing more illness and death. The evidence is all around us, including measles and flu surges. 1/3
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"The Justice Department has fired the No. 2 official in the U.S. attorney’s office for the Eastern District of Virginia after he declined to lead a controversial prosecution of former FBI Director James Comey..."
www.ms.now/news/trump-d...
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Trump DOJ fires prosecutor who declined to pursue James Comey case
The prominent career prosecutor had become the No. 2 official in the U.S. attorney’s office in the Eastern District of Virginia.
www.ms.now
January 12, 2026 at 8:27 PM
"The Justice Department has fired the No. 2 official in the U.S. attorney’s office for the Eastern District of Virginia after he declined to lead a controversial prosecution of former FBI Director James Comey..."
www.ms.now/news/trump-d...
www.ms.now/news/trump-d...
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Meanwhile Starmer (and the Labour Party) continue to post on X and havent even bothered to set up an account here despite their own MPs telling them it’s the obvious alternative. Weird. Makes it hard to take any of this seriously.
BREAKING: Strong words from Keir Starmer to Parliamentary Labour Party on X and Grok: “If X cannot control Grok, we will - and we'll do it fast because if you profit from harm and abuse, you lose the right to self regulate”
January 12, 2026 at 8:30 PM
Meanwhile Starmer (and the Labour Party) continue to post on X and havent even bothered to set up an account here despite their own MPs telling them it’s the obvious alternative. Weird. Makes it hard to take any of this seriously.
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Keir Starmer hasn’t posted on X since 8th Jan, when the government first intervened in the Grok AI images scandal (but has posted on Facebook and Instagram in that period)
January 12, 2026 at 8:30 PM
Keir Starmer hasn’t posted on X since 8th Jan, when the government first intervened in the Grok AI images scandal (but has posted on Facebook and Instagram in that period)
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this is pretty spectacular
One out of 12 rams is uninterested in females. Deemed “non-procreative" by farmers, they're typically sent to slaughter. German farmer Michael Stücke rescues the gay rams. His company Rainbow Wool, sells fabulous wool products from his flock of gay sheep. rainbow-wool.com
January 12, 2026 at 8:30 PM
this is pretty spectacular
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BREAKING: Senator Mark Kelly is suing the Pentagon, saying it tried to punish him for warning troops about illegal orders.
shorturl.at/A7zBM #BlueSky #NewsSky #LawSky
shorturl.at/A7zBM #BlueSky #NewsSky #LawSky
Sen. Kelly sues the Pentagon over attempts to punish him, declaring it unconstitutional
Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly has sued the Pentagon over attempts to punish him for his warnings about illegal orders.
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January 12, 2026 at 8:31 PM
BREAKING: Senator Mark Kelly is suing the Pentagon, saying it tried to punish him for warning troops about illegal orders.
shorturl.at/A7zBM #BlueSky #NewsSky #LawSky
shorturl.at/A7zBM #BlueSky #NewsSky #LawSky
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“Profit above people” is literally the subtitle of a book on Neoliberalism.
Breaking News: The EPA will stop considering lives saved when setting pollution limits and instead calculate only the cost to businesses.
E.P.A. to Stop Considering Lives Saved by Limiting Air Pollution
In a reversal, the agency plans to calculate only the cost to industry when setting pollution limits, and not the monetary value of saving human lives, documents show.
nyti.ms
January 12, 2026 at 8:31 PM
“Profit above people” is literally the subtitle of a book on Neoliberalism.
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It’s 50 years since the death of Dame Agatha Christie, a woman who has brought me a huge amount of joy and pleasure since I first read Murder in Mesopotamia while bored on a caravan holiday when I was 12. Thanks, Aggie C. I owe you big time.
January 12, 2026 at 6:32 PM
It’s 50 years since the death of Dame Agatha Christie, a woman who has brought me a huge amount of joy and pleasure since I first read Murder in Mesopotamia while bored on a caravan holiday when I was 12. Thanks, Aggie C. I owe you big time.
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I have a friend, Mom of 2 small children, who lives in Richfield, MN, who just texted me this "Please keep amplifying what's happening here. It's very very real. It's terrifying here. I've seen people be taken. We can't have normal life at all."
January 12, 2026 at 8:08 PM
I have a friend, Mom of 2 small children, who lives in Richfield, MN, who just texted me this "Please keep amplifying what's happening here. It's very very real. It's terrifying here. I've seen people be taken. We can't have normal life at all."
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AIPAC spends hundreds of millions buying primaries across the country.
Now they’re trying to buy mine.
Now they’re trying to buy mine.
January 12, 2026 at 8:39 PM
AIPAC spends hundreds of millions buying primaries across the country.
Now they’re trying to buy mine.
Now they’re trying to buy mine.
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The Government have been absolutely right to take action against the disgusting and illegal images generated by Grok on twitter.
But Elon Musk is ideologically opposed to the safeguards the public expect online and Grok has been generating these images as far back as August.
But Elon Musk is ideologically opposed to the safeguards the public expect online and Grok has been generating these images as far back as August.
January 12, 2026 at 8:40 PM
The Government have been absolutely right to take action against the disgusting and illegal images generated by Grok on twitter.
But Elon Musk is ideologically opposed to the safeguards the public expect online and Grok has been generating these images as far back as August.
But Elon Musk is ideologically opposed to the safeguards the public expect online and Grok has been generating these images as far back as August.
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As the former pandemic vaccines minister, wasn’t Nadhim Zahawi “at all bothered that Reform had given a platform to a medic who said the king’s cancer had been caused by the Covid vaccine?”
Apparently not. Savagely brilliant piece @mrjohncrace.bsky.social 🔥
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Apparently not. Savagely brilliant piece @mrjohncrace.bsky.social 🔥
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Step forward, Nadhim Zahawi: the latest, highest-profile rat to flee the Tory ship | John Crace
As a member of Reform, Nadhim was adamant he had more to give. Even if none of us really wanted him
www.theguardian.com
January 12, 2026 at 7:38 PM
As the former pandemic vaccines minister, wasn’t Nadhim Zahawi “at all bothered that Reform had given a platform to a medic who said the king’s cancer had been caused by the Covid vaccine?”
Apparently not. Savagely brilliant piece @mrjohncrace.bsky.social 🔥
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Apparently not. Savagely brilliant piece @mrjohncrace.bsky.social 🔥
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Bill Ackman has now confirmed what I first reported yesterday morning, that he donated $10K to the GoFundMe for Jonathan Ross, in a tweet.
January 12, 2026 at 12:34 PM
Bill Ackman has now confirmed what I first reported yesterday morning, that he donated $10K to the GoFundMe for Jonathan Ross, in a tweet.
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Sir Paul Nurse is an impressive scientist but what the Royal Society needs is Dorothy Bishop to take the helm and clean the place out. Fellows who bring the Society into disrepute need tougher action than himpathy.
www.theguardian.com/science/2026...
www.theguardian.com/science/2026...
‘Lots of people don’t want to do it’: Paul Nurse on his controversial second term as Royal Society president
The Nobel prize winner discusses claims of a ‘boys’ club’, Elon Musk’s fellowship and rightwing attacks on science
www.theguardian.com
January 11, 2026 at 12:41 PM
Sir Paul Nurse is an impressive scientist but what the Royal Society needs is Dorothy Bishop to take the helm and clean the place out. Fellows who bring the Society into disrepute need tougher action than himpathy.
www.theguardian.com/science/2026...
www.theguardian.com/science/2026...
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Some Grok users, mostly men, began to demand to see bruising on the bodies of the women, and for blood to be added to the images. Requests to show women tied up and gagged were instantly granted.
‘Add blood, forced smile’:
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
‘Add blood, forced smile’:
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
‘Add blood, forced smile’: how Grok’s nudification tool went viral
The ‘put her in a bikini’ trend rapidly evolved into hundreds of thousands of requests to strip clothes from photos of women, horrifying those targeted
www.theguardian.com
January 11, 2026 at 10:44 AM
Some Grok users, mostly men, began to demand to see bruising on the bodies of the women, and for blood to be added to the images. Requests to show women tied up and gagged were instantly granted.
‘Add blood, forced smile’:
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
‘Add blood, forced smile’:
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
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Death toll in Iran protests rises to more than 500, rights group says
www.reuters.com/business/med...
www.reuters.com/business/med...
Deaths from Iran protests reach more than 500, rights group says
Tehran threatened to target U.S. military bases and Israel if President Trump carries out threats to attack Iran over its treatment of demonstrators.
www.reuters.com
January 11, 2026 at 7:09 PM
Death toll in Iran protests rises to more than 500, rights group says
www.reuters.com/business/med...
www.reuters.com/business/med...
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in charlottesville, virginia, in a park that held a monument to slavery for a century, a park that held a nazi rally nine years ago, a park that today holds a vigil for renee good, someone has set up a television playing the video of her murder.
January 11, 2026 at 7:10 PM
in charlottesville, virginia, in a park that held a monument to slavery for a century, a park that held a nazi rally nine years ago, a park that today holds a vigil for renee good, someone has set up a television playing the video of her murder.
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A few days ago, a fellow journalist at a big outlet insisted to me that journalists should never say if something is right or wrong, they can only record what happened. Judging right and wrong is only for readers and viewers. I'm not sorry to say that I think that take is stupid and dangerous.
Two congressmen watched an ICE shooting video. Only one is sure of what he saw.
Two Congressmen had different perceptions of the same footage showing a deadly Minneapolis shooting.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 11, 2026 at 6:19 PM
A few days ago, a fellow journalist at a big outlet insisted to me that journalists should never say if something is right or wrong, they can only record what happened. Judging right and wrong is only for readers and viewers. I'm not sorry to say that I think that take is stupid and dangerous.
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Yesterday I posted my last ever Tweet and called on the Government to do the same.
Read more below on why I think it’s time to leave the cesspit formerly known as Twitter.
www.politicshome.com/opinion/arti...
Read more below on why I think it’s time to leave the cesspit formerly known as Twitter.
www.politicshome.com/opinion/arti...
It is time to leave the cesspit formerly known as Twitter
Grok is just one of many reasons why Westminster should finally get off the website.
www.politicshome.com
January 9, 2026 at 11:55 AM
Yesterday I posted my last ever Tweet and called on the Government to do the same.
Read more below on why I think it’s time to leave the cesspit formerly known as Twitter.
www.politicshome.com/opinion/arti...
Read more below on why I think it’s time to leave the cesspit formerly known as Twitter.
www.politicshome.com/opinion/arti...
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ICYMI – Labour are boosting animal welfare protections!
The changes proposed in the new Animal Welfare Strategy for England include:
🦊 Banning trail hunting;
🪤 ending the use of snare traps;
🐔 banning hen cages;
🐷 banning pig farrowing crates;
🐶 and ending puppy smuggling & farming.
The changes proposed in the new Animal Welfare Strategy for England include:
🦊 Banning trail hunting;
🪤 ending the use of snare traps;
🐔 banning hen cages;
🐷 banning pig farrowing crates;
🐶 and ending puppy smuggling & farming.
January 9, 2026 at 4:21 PM
ICYMI – Labour are boosting animal welfare protections!
The changes proposed in the new Animal Welfare Strategy for England include:
🦊 Banning trail hunting;
🪤 ending the use of snare traps;
🐔 banning hen cages;
🐷 banning pig farrowing crates;
🐶 and ending puppy smuggling & farming.
The changes proposed in the new Animal Welfare Strategy for England include:
🦊 Banning trail hunting;
🪤 ending the use of snare traps;
🐔 banning hen cages;
🐷 banning pig farrowing crates;
🐶 and ending puppy smuggling & farming.
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It’s one thing to argue that it’s a necessary evil (wrongly IMO) but it’s quite another for Tories like Susan to profess their love for the child sexual abuse material and NCII hosting platform X.
And to also tag the ego maniac billionaire enabling it, reeks of desperation.
And to also tag the ego maniac billionaire enabling it, reeks of desperation.
January 9, 2026 at 4:36 PM
It’s one thing to argue that it’s a necessary evil (wrongly IMO) but it’s quite another for Tories like Susan to profess their love for the child sexual abuse material and NCII hosting platform X.
And to also tag the ego maniac billionaire enabling it, reeks of desperation.
And to also tag the ego maniac billionaire enabling it, reeks of desperation.
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It has become increasingly clear that X - a platform now actively producing explicit and abusive material against women and children - is not an appropriate platform to be using for our comms.
I will keep pushing for action from the govt & relevant authorities in this area.
I will keep pushing for action from the govt & relevant authorities in this area.
January 7, 2026 at 4:16 PM
It has become increasingly clear that X - a platform now actively producing explicit and abusive material against women and children - is not an appropriate platform to be using for our comms.
I will keep pushing for action from the govt & relevant authorities in this area.
I will keep pushing for action from the govt & relevant authorities in this area.