Barbara Messmore
@birderbarb.bsky.social
Birder, boater, Democrat voter.
The Lever Wins The 2025 National Press Club Award www.levernews.com/the-lever-wi...
The Lever Wins The 2025 National Press Club Award
This award is a major milestone not just for The Lever’s newsroom, but for all independent news outlets competing with the world’s biggest media conglomerates.
www.levernews.com
May 25, 2025 at 3:51 AM
The Lever Wins The 2025 National Press Club Award www.levernews.com/the-lever-wi...
Our Law Firm Won’t Cave to Trump. Who Will Join Us? www.nytimes.com/2025/03/30/o...
Opinion | For God’s Sake, Fellow Lawyers, Stand Up to Trump
The time has come to defend the oath we took when we became officers of the court.
www.nytimes.com
March 30, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Our Law Firm Won’t Cave to Trump. Who Will Join Us? www.nytimes.com/2025/03/30/o...
March 11, 2025 at 1:35 AM
February 21, 2025 at 4:35 AM
I Visited Dozens ofCivics Classrooms. The Right’s Attacks Are Wrong. newrepublic.com/article/1911... via @newrepublic.com
February 9, 2025 at 2:27 AM
I Visited Dozens ofCivics Classrooms. The Right’s Attacks Are Wrong. newrepublic.com/article/1911... via @newrepublic.com
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I do wonder how much this remarkable moment and picture in 2019, which went viral, is a reason for his nutty threats against Canada now.
February 8, 2025 at 6:47 PM
I do wonder how much this remarkable moment and picture in 2019, which went viral, is a reason for his nutty threats against Canada now.
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The answer is yes www.vanityfair.com/news/story/i...
Is Donald Trump Afraid of Elon Musk?
The president has long operated without anything resembling worry when it comes to appointments or executive action, but as his most powerful—and richest—political ally chainsaws his way through the f...
www.vanityfair.com
February 7, 2025 at 11:40 PM
The answer is yes www.vanityfair.com/news/story/i...
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Before RFKJ’s HHS hearings start Wednesday, consider how Project 2025 aims to use HHS to limit abortion access:
• reverse approvals and limit access for abortion meds (p 284)
• eliminate funding to organizations that provide abortions, disqualify providers performing abortions from Medicaid (p 471)
• reverse approvals and limit access for abortion meds (p 284)
• eliminate funding to organizations that provide abortions, disqualify providers performing abortions from Medicaid (p 471)
January 27, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Before RFKJ’s HHS hearings start Wednesday, consider how Project 2025 aims to use HHS to limit abortion access:
• reverse approvals and limit access for abortion meds (p 284)
• eliminate funding to organizations that provide abortions, disqualify providers performing abortions from Medicaid (p 471)
• reverse approvals and limit access for abortion meds (p 284)
• eliminate funding to organizations that provide abortions, disqualify providers performing abortions from Medicaid (p 471)
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🚨If your senator is below, call them “No on RFK Jr” (202) 224-3121
• Booker (D-NJ)
• Cortez Masto (D-NV)
• Whitehouse (D-RI)
• Murkowski (R-AK)
• Ernst (R-IA)
• McConnell (R-KY)
• Cassidy (R-LA)
• Collins (R-ME)
• Tillis (R-NC)
• Lankford (R-OK)
• Cornyn (R-TX)
• Curtis (R-UT)
• Moore Capito (R-WV)
• Booker (D-NJ)
• Cortez Masto (D-NV)
• Whitehouse (D-RI)
• Murkowski (R-AK)
• Ernst (R-IA)
• McConnell (R-KY)
• Cassidy (R-LA)
• Collins (R-ME)
• Tillis (R-NC)
• Lankford (R-OK)
• Cornyn (R-TX)
• Curtis (R-UT)
• Moore Capito (R-WV)
January 27, 2025 at 8:11 PM
🚨If your senator is below, call them “No on RFK Jr” (202) 224-3121
• Booker (D-NJ)
• Cortez Masto (D-NV)
• Whitehouse (D-RI)
• Murkowski (R-AK)
• Ernst (R-IA)
• McConnell (R-KY)
• Cassidy (R-LA)
• Collins (R-ME)
• Tillis (R-NC)
• Lankford (R-OK)
• Cornyn (R-TX)
• Curtis (R-UT)
• Moore Capito (R-WV)
• Booker (D-NJ)
• Cortez Masto (D-NV)
• Whitehouse (D-RI)
• Murkowski (R-AK)
• Ernst (R-IA)
• McConnell (R-KY)
• Cassidy (R-LA)
• Collins (R-ME)
• Tillis (R-NC)
• Lankford (R-OK)
• Cornyn (R-TX)
• Curtis (R-UT)
• Moore Capito (R-WV)
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The leader we should have had
January 6, 2025 at 6:10 PM
The leader we should have had
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Welcome to The Contrarian, a new media outlet not owned by anybody
You won’t find cozy alliances, half-measures, or false equivalences here. We bend the knee to no one, vigorously challenge unchecked authority and champion transparency and accountability
Join our venture at contrarian.substack.com
You won’t find cozy alliances, half-measures, or false equivalences here. We bend the knee to no one, vigorously challenge unchecked authority and champion transparency and accountability
Join our venture at contrarian.substack.com
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January 13, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Welcome to The Contrarian, a new media outlet not owned by anybody
You won’t find cozy alliances, half-measures, or false equivalences here. We bend the knee to no one, vigorously challenge unchecked authority and champion transparency and accountability
Join our venture at contrarian.substack.com
You won’t find cozy alliances, half-measures, or false equivalences here. We bend the knee to no one, vigorously challenge unchecked authority and champion transparency and accountability
Join our venture at contrarian.substack.com
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Preparing for the next four years. Here is a practical guide for coping with and getting through Trump 2.0.
Surviving the Next Four Years
A practical guide for coping with and getting through Trump 2.0
thinkbigpicture.substack.com
January 11, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Preparing for the next four years. Here is a practical guide for coping with and getting through Trump 2.0.
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Trying to get home from Dallas to DC. Flight delayed for hours, finally canceled. Airline tried to rebook me on a flight to Denver(!), and then take a red eye to DC
Thanks to a Biden reg, I was able to get a refund and rebook on another airline
Trump promised airline CEOs he’ll get rid of the reg
Thanks to a Biden reg, I was able to get a refund and rebook on another airline
Trump promised airline CEOs he’ll get rid of the reg
Delta CEO says the Trump administration will reverse government 'overreach' seen under Biden
The chief executive of Delta Air Lines says the incoming Trump administration will be a “breath of fresh air” for airlines after what he called government “overreach” under President Joe Biden.
apnews.com
November 24, 2024 at 10:04 PM
Trying to get home from Dallas to DC. Flight delayed for hours, finally canceled. Airline tried to rebook me on a flight to Denver(!), and then take a red eye to DC
Thanks to a Biden reg, I was able to get a refund and rebook on another airline
Trump promised airline CEOs he’ll get rid of the reg
Thanks to a Biden reg, I was able to get a refund and rebook on another airline
Trump promised airline CEOs he’ll get rid of the reg
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This. This is the whole game.
November 19, 2024 at 2:29 PM
This. This is the whole game.
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Did you know...?
Crows have the largest brain to body ratio of any bird. Their brain to body ration is even bigger than humans.
#wildlifephotography
Crows have the largest brain to body ratio of any bird. Their brain to body ration is even bigger than humans.
#wildlifephotography
November 17, 2024 at 2:51 PM
Did you know...?
Crows have the largest brain to body ratio of any bird. Their brain to body ration is even bigger than humans.
#wildlifephotography
Crows have the largest brain to body ratio of any bird. Their brain to body ration is even bigger than humans.
#wildlifephotography