Kiersta Barnes
kiersta.bsky.social
Kiersta Barnes
@kiersta.bsky.social
Data Manager @ Reproductive Freedom For All (formerly NARAL Pro-Choice America). Wife & Mom. Union member. Libra. Supporter of the Oxford Comma. Obsessed with horror films & Broadway musicals. She/her. Pro-Choice, LGBT ally, BLM, & no human is illegal!
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Just so I'm clear:

TV host says we should kill every homeless person? No big deal

TV host says the right must "go to war" with the left? Pfft.

TV host says the government is cracking down on critics? Well, the government cracks down on him for the criticism.

Free speech, everyone.
September 17, 2025 at 11:52 PM
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Don’t let this make you quieter.

Get louder.
September 17, 2025 at 11:27 PM
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We drill into military officers that Members of Congress have Constitutional oversight rights, Members outrank four-stars in protocol, and even Congressional staffers are treated like generals/admirals.

To see sworn federal officers manhandle and handcuff a U.S. Senator... I'm still shook up.
"There's no recording allowed out here, per FBI rights"
Senator Padilla’s office sends me this video of his take-down and detention at Sec. Noem’s press conference in L.A.
June 12, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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April 25, 2025 at 12:01 AM
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The Trump Administration is attacking reproductive rights before our eyes.

We will continue to expose their hypocrisy and fight for our freedoms.

Always great to chat with @nicollewallace.bsky.social #DeadlineWhiteHouse.
April 26, 2025 at 12:48 AM
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NEW: A federal judge raised alarm Friday that the Trump administration appeared to have deported a 2-year-old U.S. citizen to Honduras with "no meaningful process" — even as her father was fighting to keep her in the country.

Details w/ @joshgerstein.bsky.social

www.politico.com/news/2025/04...
April 26, 2025 at 12:06 AM
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THEY ARE DEPORTING TODDLER CITIZENS AND ARRESTING JUDGES.

THEY ARE DISAPPEARING STUDENTS AND HAIRDRESSERS AND INVESTIGATING THEIR POLITICAL ENEMIES.

THEY ARE RAIDING COAST GUARD SPOUSES TO DETAIN THEIR SPOUSES AND THREATENING TO PROSECUTE MEDICAL JOURNALS.

AND THEY'RE BRINGING BACK MEASLES.
They are deporting citizens and arresting judges
NEW: A federal judge raised alarm Friday that the Trump administration appeared to have deported a 2-year-old U.S. citizen to Honduras with "no meaningful process" — even as her father was fighting to keep her in the country.

Details w/ @joshgerstein.bsky.social

www.politico.com/news/2025/04...
April 26, 2025 at 1:18 AM
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ACLU says another three US citizen children were disappeared from their own country today: www.aclu.org/press-releas...
ICE Deports 3 U.S. Citizen Children Held Incommunicado Prior to the Deportation | American Civil Liberties Union
Families disappeared and isolated without legal access; one child with cancer deported without medication and pregnant mother deported as well
www.aclu.org
April 26, 2025 at 1:16 AM
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PhD Timeline xkcd.com/3081
April 25, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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If you think this can’t happen, remember that of the 125,000 Japanese Americans who were interned during WWII for years without charge or trial, two-thirds were U.S. citizens. Including me.
April 4, 2025 at 7:51 PM
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NO KINGS LIVE HERE.
March 5, 2025 at 4:23 AM
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Not watching SOTU but read what happened and donating to @algreen.house.gov.
March 5, 2025 at 2:30 AM
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Former 🇺🇸 ambassador to Russia 👇🏽
March 4, 2025 at 12:40 PM
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What he said about Social Security payments has been repeatedly debunked - so the question isn’t whether he’s lying about this, the question is why.

What is this a pretext for? He and the GOP have long shown interest in going after Social Security. What are they going to try?
March 5, 2025 at 3:09 AM
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There’s a major shift in U.S. cybersecurity policy. A recent CISA memo removed Russia from its list of priorities, focusing instead on China and local systems. Analysts were told not to track Russian cyber threats.
March 3, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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Officials at the FAA have directed staff to identify tens of millions of dollars to fund a Starlink deal for upgrading air traffic control communications. Staff has been instructed to find the funds while minimizing documentation and avoiding a paper trail.
March 3, 2025 at 2:14 AM
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The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court to allow it to fire the head of the Office of Special Counsel, which oversees government whistleblower protections and enforces certain ethics laws.
February 16, 2025 at 11:19 PM
I refuse to take medical advice from a dude who’s not a doctor and is more scared of vaccines than getting prion disease from eating roadkill.
February 17, 2025 at 7:12 AM
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Imagine if the media pointed out there was already a Government Accountability Office whose job it is to go after actual waste and fraud, not just things Elon doesn’t like, and found $70 Billion in savings last year and $2 Trillion in waste since 2003.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Governm...
February 17, 2025 at 5:03 AM
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It’s almost like that’s not actually the focus
February 17, 2025 at 5:10 AM
Seriously though a lot more of our Democratic representatives need to take a page out of @aoc.bsky.social ‘s book or we should primary them out and get people in at the midterms who will fight for us.
‘You Can’t Let This Happen,’ Says Fundraising Email From Sitting U.S. Congressperson
February 17, 2025 at 7:06 AM
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Musk’s staffers are accessing the heavily guarded Internal Revenue Service (IRS) system, which contains detailed financial information on every taxpayer, business, and nonprofit in the country.
February 17, 2025 at 3:36 AM
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“Under what authority are you directing us to do this?”

"EO [?]" (sic)

www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...
February 17, 2025 at 5:26 AM
Saw this on @lastweektonight.com and can’t stop listening. At least we’ll have some bangers for the end times…
HOLY SHIT you guys, check out this AMAZING song, Hostile Government Takeover, by @agiftfromtodd! He's singing truth, and this tune slaps.

Give it a listen and repost to share.🙏💪
February 17, 2025 at 7:03 AM
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February 17, 2025 at 12:05 AM