@barbrot.bsky.social
I started this journey on Daily Kos 13 years ago. I still check in there every day.
Dog lover, gardener, I bead jewelry and other things. Bears fan. Happily married. No porn sites. Really happy I live in blue Illinois, with Governor Pritzker.
Dog lover, gardener, I bead jewelry and other things. Bears fan. Happily married. No porn sites. Really happy I live in blue Illinois, with Governor Pritzker.
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If we don't test for COVID, then there's no COVID! If there's no flights, then there's no late flights! Brilliant!
If you just cancel flights, then they're actually not late! Brilliant stuff from Sean Duffy here
November 7, 2025 at 7:43 PM
If we don't test for COVID, then there's no COVID! If there's no flights, then there's no late flights! Brilliant!
USDA must use the SNAP contingency fund to keep food assistance programs funded during the government shutdown as is required by law and has been done in every other government shutdown in modern history. sign.moveon.org/petitions/st...
Stop Playing Politics With Food Assistance Programs
USDA must use the SNAP contingency fund to keep food assistance programs funded during the government shutdown as is required by law and has been done in every other government shutdown in modern hist...
sign.moveon.org
November 7, 2025 at 8:50 PM
USDA must use the SNAP contingency fund to keep food assistance programs funded during the government shutdown as is required by law and has been done in every other government shutdown in modern history. sign.moveon.org/petitions/st...
USDA must use the SNAP contingency fund to keep food assistance programs funded during the government shutdown as is required by law and has been done in every other government shutdown in modern history. sign.moveon.org/petitions/st...
Stop Playing Politics With Food Assistance Programs
USDA must use the SNAP contingency fund to keep food assistance programs funded during the government shutdown as is required by law and has been done in every other government shutdown in modern hist...
sign.moveon.org
November 7, 2025 at 8:49 PM
USDA must use the SNAP contingency fund to keep food assistance programs funded during the government shutdown as is required by law and has been done in every other government shutdown in modern history. sign.moveon.org/petitions/st...
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Our investment in Peoria means:
- Improved roads and infrastructure
- Updated and safer bridges and highways
- Safer conditions for bikers, pedestrians, and drivers
- More opportunities for businesses to grow
www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/local-n...
- Improved roads and infrastructure
- Updated and safer bridges and highways
- Safer conditions for bikers, pedestrians, and drivers
- More opportunities for businesses to grow
www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/local-n...
www.centralillinoisproud.com
October 29, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Our investment in Peoria means:
- Improved roads and infrastructure
- Updated and safer bridges and highways
- Safer conditions for bikers, pedestrians, and drivers
- More opportunities for businesses to grow
www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/local-n...
- Improved roads and infrastructure
- Updated and safer bridges and highways
- Safer conditions for bikers, pedestrians, and drivers
- More opportunities for businesses to grow
www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/local-n...
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Today, we broke ground on a new grocery store in Venice - a transformative public-private partnership to fight food insecurity and catalyze economic growth.
November 6, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Today, we broke ground on a new grocery store in Venice - a transformative public-private partnership to fight food insecurity and catalyze economic growth.
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In 2023, I proposed the Illinois Grocery Initiative to lower food prices and provide options in food deserts across the state. www.ksdk.com/article/news...
Pritzker breaks ground on state-backed grocery in Venice, calling it a 'revival' for forgotten towns
The Illinois governor says the project proves government can help the free market work where private investors walked away.
www.ksdk.com
November 6, 2025 at 2:34 AM
In 2023, I proposed the Illinois Grocery Initiative to lower food prices and provide options in food deserts across the state. www.ksdk.com/article/news...
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This court ruling makes clear the Trump Administration must respect these fundamental American freedoms. Illinois follows the law, and Greg Bovino and his federal agents must do the same.
November 7, 2025 at 5:01 PM
This court ruling makes clear the Trump Administration must respect these fundamental American freedoms. Illinois follows the law, and Greg Bovino and his federal agents must do the same.
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The Constitution protects the right to free speech and the right to peacefully assemble. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/06/o...
‘The use of force shocks the conscience’: Judge issues sweeping injunction on Chicago tactics of immigration agents
A federal judge in Chicago issued a sweeping injunction that puts more permanent restrictions on the use of force by immigration agents during “Operation Midway Blitz.”
www.chicagotribune.com
November 7, 2025 at 5:01 PM
The Constitution protects the right to free speech and the right to peacefully assemble. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/06/o...
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The President of the United States is so upset about his failed campaign for a Nobel Prize that he's now trying to claim someone else's prize as his own.
Pathetic.
Pathetic.
October 30, 2025 at 8:40 PM
The President of the United States is so upset about his failed campaign for a Nobel Prize that he's now trying to claim someone else's prize as his own.
Pathetic.
Pathetic.
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Every church should be doing this, and if your church isn’t, you’re at the wrong church.
October 31, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Every church should be doing this, and if your church isn’t, you’re at the wrong church.
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Wishing you all a HAPPY HAMILLWEEN !!! 🎃 👻 😱 💀 🧙♀️ 🐈⬛
My costume this year is from one of my favorite Disney movies: Pinocchio.
How do you like me as Geppetto?
My costume this year is from one of my favorite Disney movies: Pinocchio.
How do you like me as Geppetto?
October 31, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Wishing you all a HAPPY HAMILLWEEN !!! 🎃 👻 😱 💀 🧙♀️ 🐈⬛
My costume this year is from one of my favorite Disney movies: Pinocchio.
How do you like me as Geppetto?
My costume this year is from one of my favorite Disney movies: Pinocchio.
How do you like me as Geppetto?
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Stephen Miller on Fox threatens to arrest JB Pritzker for "seditious conspiracy" and says, "to all ICE officers: you have federal immunity in the conduct of your duties. And anybody who lays a hand on you or tries to stop or obstruct you is committing a felony."
October 24, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Stephen Miller on Fox threatens to arrest JB Pritzker for "seditious conspiracy" and says, "to all ICE officers: you have federal immunity in the conduct of your duties. And anybody who lays a hand on you or tries to stop or obstruct you is committing a felony."
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Never in the history of the US has any president openly and repeatedly called for the investigation, arrest & prosecution of his political opponents. While many continue to shrug these things off and normalize them, I will never stop pointing out that this is what autocrats do.
October 29, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Never in the history of the US has any president openly and repeatedly called for the investigation, arrest & prosecution of his political opponents. While many continue to shrug these things off and normalize them, I will never stop pointing out that this is what autocrats do.
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This is good trouble.
GOD BLESS THIS CHURCH!
GOD BLESS THIS CHURCH!
Bless This Church For Defying Greg Abbott
Dear Humans,
www.thegodpodcast.com
October 29, 2025 at 4:37 PM
This is good trouble.
GOD BLESS THIS CHURCH!
GOD BLESS THIS CHURCH!
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The federal criminal justice system is being systematically dismantled and destroyed piece by piece and turned into a mob boss’s network of corrupt consiglieres and thugs, where good people simply doing their jobs are rooted out and eradicated.
October 29, 2025 at 3:19 PM
The federal criminal justice system is being systematically dismantled and destroyed piece by piece and turned into a mob boss’s network of corrupt consiglieres and thugs, where good people simply doing their jobs are rooted out and eradicated.
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This is how our government has been corrupted:
1) Donors give huge sums to elect politicians to office
2) Elected officials rewrite rules in the donors' favor
3) Donors make huge profit
4) Repeat
We must get big money out of politics.
It is the root of our dysfunction.
1) Donors give huge sums to elect politicians to office
2) Elected officials rewrite rules in the donors' favor
3) Donors make huge profit
4) Repeat
We must get big money out of politics.
It is the root of our dysfunction.
October 29, 2025 at 7:01 PM
This is how our government has been corrupted:
1) Donors give huge sums to elect politicians to office
2) Elected officials rewrite rules in the donors' favor
3) Donors make huge profit
4) Repeat
We must get big money out of politics.
It is the root of our dysfunction.
1) Donors give huge sums to elect politicians to office
2) Elected officials rewrite rules in the donors' favor
3) Donors make huge profit
4) Repeat
We must get big money out of politics.
It is the root of our dysfunction.
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PEORIA, Ill. (AP) — Illinois deputy found guilty of murder in the shooting of Sonya Massey, a Black woman who called 911 asking for help.
October 29, 2025 at 7:32 PM
PEORIA, Ill. (AP) — Illinois deputy found guilty of murder in the shooting of Sonya Massey, a Black woman who called 911 asking for help.
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Amazon just announced 14,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $40M last year.
UPS announced 48,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $24M last year.
Intel announced 20,000 layoffs. Its new CEO's pay package is valued at nearly $69M.
This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.
UPS announced 48,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $24M last year.
Intel announced 20,000 layoffs. Its new CEO's pay package is valued at nearly $69M.
This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.
October 29, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Amazon just announced 14,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $40M last year.
UPS announced 48,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $24M last year.
Intel announced 20,000 layoffs. Its new CEO's pay package is valued at nearly $69M.
This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.
UPS announced 48,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $24M last year.
Intel announced 20,000 layoffs. Its new CEO's pay package is valued at nearly $69M.
This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.
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Speaker Mike Johnson is perpetually trying to deceive people. He uses his milquetoast speech and persona to mask his determination to ruthlessly cause harm. He wears his “Christianity” on his sleeve as a decoy from his evil intentions. He is not a good person, he just tries to play one on TV.
October 29, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Speaker Mike Johnson is perpetually trying to deceive people. He uses his milquetoast speech and persona to mask his determination to ruthlessly cause harm. He wears his “Christianity” on his sleeve as a decoy from his evil intentions. He is not a good person, he just tries to play one on TV.
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Yes, this is a real post made by the Department of Homeland Security.
None of this is normal.
None of this is normal.
October 29, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Yes, this is a real post made by the Department of Homeland Security.
None of this is normal.
None of this is normal.
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Welch: "This has nothing to do with the shutdown. The law requires and the funds are available to continue SNAP right now without any interruption. So that is a decision the president is making on his own to allow people to go hungry."
October 29, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Welch: "This has nothing to do with the shutdown. The law requires and the funds are available to continue SNAP right now without any interruption. So that is a decision the president is making on his own to allow people to go hungry."
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Across the state, our Rebuild Illinois program is getting shovels in the ground and putting Illinoisians to work on projects that are helping grow the entire state.
October 28, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Across the state, our Rebuild Illinois program is getting shovels in the ground and putting Illinoisians to work on projects that are helping grow the entire state.
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With a $10 million investment in Peoria, we’re converting Sheridan Rd into a modernized, urban three-lane road with sidewalks and a multi-use path.
October 28, 2025 at 10:01 PM
With a $10 million investment in Peoria, we’re converting Sheridan Rd into a modernized, urban three-lane road with sidewalks and a multi-use path.
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Still awaiting my George $oros payment for showing up at #NoKINGS_Day & staying until noon.
Somebody slipped this 20 under my door, but something about it seems fake.
Somebody slipped this 20 under my door, but something about it seems fake.
October 29, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Still awaiting my George $oros payment for showing up at #NoKINGS_Day & staying until noon.
Somebody slipped this 20 under my door, but something about it seems fake.
Somebody slipped this 20 under my door, but something about it seems fake.