Will Barton
@zaphodsotherhead.bsky.social
Former Galactic President. Generalized nerd.
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“oh here, i have it queued up on this tablet for you already”
how i expect reporters to reply to the “havent seen it” replies from republicans
how i expect reporters to reply to the “havent seen it” replies from republicans
October 19, 2025 at 4:15 PM
“oh here, i have it queued up on this tablet for you already”
how i expect reporters to reply to the “havent seen it” replies from republicans
how i expect reporters to reply to the “havent seen it” replies from republicans
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Dexter, the young tiger from Kharkiv Ecopark, is growing up in the blink of an eye. I will miss him being small and playful.
Just look at that furry loaf passed out on his human like it’s a comfy mattress 😍
Just look at that furry loaf passed out on his human like it’s a comfy mattress 😍
October 15, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Dexter, the young tiger from Kharkiv Ecopark, is growing up in the blink of an eye. I will miss him being small and playful.
Just look at that furry loaf passed out on his human like it’s a comfy mattress 😍
Just look at that furry loaf passed out on his human like it’s a comfy mattress 😍
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Ossoff: He never should have been confirmed by the senate and he needs to resign. It is one thing to be a skeptic or a reformer. It is quite another to be a fool…
September 4, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Ossoff: He never should have been confirmed by the senate and he needs to resign. It is one thing to be a skeptic or a reformer. It is quite another to be a fool…
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As flagged by Democracy Docket, Mitchell recently appeared on a podcast where she highlighted a president’s ability to intervene in voting by citing a “threat to the national sovereignty of the United States.” www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Blue-State Governors Warn Trump May Use Military to Disrupt Elections
Blue state governors sound the alarm that an increasingly “authoritarian” Donald Trump could use the military to try to disrupt upcoming elections.
www.rollingstone.com
September 6, 2025 at 3:02 PM
As flagged by Democracy Docket, Mitchell recently appeared on a podcast where she highlighted a president’s ability to intervene in voting by citing a “threat to the national sovereignty of the United States.” www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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again the way to make the republican party a normal center-right party is to beat it repeatedly, not to do this “my good friend, senator goebbels” thing or going out and talking about how you miss reagan
the number of elected dems who actually understand the republican party is shockingly small. rather than giving them better insight, knowing and working alongside republicans has blinded them. it’d be fascinating if it wasn’t such an existential threat
NEW: Sen. Angus King admits he made "a mistake" when he voted Tuesday to confirm Josh Divine, an 35-year-old archconservative with a long record of attacking abortion rights, to a lifetime federal judgeship.
“I took Josh Hawley’s advice." www.huffpost.com/entry/angus-... w/ @igorbobic.bsky.social
“I took Josh Hawley’s advice." www.huffpost.com/entry/angus-... w/ @igorbobic.bsky.social
July 24, 2025 at 5:01 PM
again the way to make the republican party a normal center-right party is to beat it repeatedly, not to do this “my good friend, senator goebbels” thing or going out and talking about how you miss reagan
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In case you're not familiar with ERO, they are the group within DHS/ICE you want to pay attention to.
A thread:
bsky.app/profile/paul...
A thread:
bsky.app/profile/paul...
DHS Enforcement/Removal Operations (ERO) are the ones you want to be mad at. They’re pariahs even within their own agency. In 2018 HSI wrote a letter to DHS heads asking to be separated from ERO because ERO are colossal assholes.
You can read the letter here:
unicornriot.ninja/wp-content/u...
You can read the letter here:
unicornriot.ninja/wp-content/u...
unicornriot.ninja
June 16, 2025 at 3:44 PM
In case you're not familiar with ERO, they are the group within DHS/ICE you want to pay attention to.
A thread:
bsky.app/profile/paul...
A thread:
bsky.app/profile/paul...
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The entire far right propaganda machine is spinning into action to spin this violence as being perpetrated by the left. It will be successful and by week's end a solid portion of the country will believe it was committed by someone on the left, facts be damned.
Don Jr blatantly lies about Vance Boelter: "I have a feeling that leftist Tim Walz isn't exactly appointing conservatives. Apparently he had the No Kings flyer in his thing. But he went after someone that didn't just blindly follow Democrat, radical leftist dogma."
June 16, 2025 at 3:29 PM
The entire far right propaganda machine is spinning into action to spin this violence as being perpetrated by the left. It will be successful and by week's end a solid portion of the country will believe it was committed by someone on the left, facts be damned.
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Call your reps. I know you’re going to say “but mine don’t care” and let me tell you yes, they will actually care, because you don’t just call. After you call, you tell three friends who aren’t online, and ask them to call. Posting is useless. Pick up the phone and tell them not to sell your land.
June 16, 2025 at 4:09 AM
Call your reps. I know you’re going to say “but mine don’t care” and let me tell you yes, they will actually care, because you don’t just call. After you call, you tell three friends who aren’t online, and ask them to call. Posting is useless. Pick up the phone and tell them not to sell your land.
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Via ABC News's Rachel Scott, let's never forget for a minute what a classless scumbag the President is.
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June 15, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Via ABC News's Rachel Scott, let's never forget for a minute what a classless scumbag the President is.
x.com/rachelvscott...
x.com/rachelvscott...
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The FBI is now going after trans people and their healthcare. Today it's gender affirming care, tomorrow abortion. This is the authoritarian playbook on display.
June 2, 2025 at 6:32 PM
The FBI is now going after trans people and their healthcare. Today it's gender affirming care, tomorrow abortion. This is the authoritarian playbook on display.
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Substack isn't even WORTH IT. If the Nazis don't put you off. Maybe this will. ⬇️
How Substack steals your audience and your revenue: 16 ways they take from creators
journalistspaythemselves.com/p/how-substa... cc @angryblacklady.bsky.social
journalistspaythemselves.com/p/how-substa... cc @angryblacklady.bsky.social
How Substack steals your audience and your revenue
They're not just bad for humanity. They're bad for business.
journalistspaythemselves.com
April 5, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Substack isn't even WORTH IT. If the Nazis don't put you off. Maybe this will. ⬇️
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One of two things is happening.
They don’t understand what’s happening.
They want it to happen.
Pick your poison
They don’t understand what’s happening.
They want it to happen.
Pick your poison
In any other administration, the president would already be huddled with advisors trying to stave off collapse
April 9, 2025 at 11:29 AM
One of two things is happening.
They don’t understand what’s happening.
They want it to happen.
Pick your poison
They don’t understand what’s happening.
They want it to happen.
Pick your poison
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There’s no economic plan with tariffs, at least not one relating to national interest or the welfare of the American people. Everyone who goes looking for one, or tries to craft one onto what they see, fails.
As @jamellebouie.net argues, it’s a personal desire for domination, making others losers.
As @jamellebouie.net argues, it’s a personal desire for domination, making others losers.
Opinion | Trump’s Lust for Power Cannot Be Satiated
The tariff saga is just the latest example of the president’s urge to dominate.
www.nytimes.com
April 9, 2025 at 11:52 AM
There’s no economic plan with tariffs, at least not one relating to national interest or the welfare of the American people. Everyone who goes looking for one, or tries to craft one onto what they see, fails.
As @jamellebouie.net argues, it’s a personal desire for domination, making others losers.
As @jamellebouie.net argues, it’s a personal desire for domination, making others losers.
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Remarkable of what doesn't get covered on TV at all. For instance, this has to be one of the biggest corruption stories of the year.
Musk Is Positioned to Profit Off Billions in New Government Contracts
Can't find any coverage of it at all.
Musk Is Positioned to Profit Off Billions in New Government Contracts
Can't find any coverage of it at all.
Musk Is Positioned to Profit Off Billions in New Government Contracts (Gift Article)
The boost in federal spending for SpaceX will come in part as a result of actions by President Trump and Elon Musk’s allies and employees who hold government positions. Supporters say he has the best ...
www.nytimes.com
March 28, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Remarkable of what doesn't get covered on TV at all. For instance, this has to be one of the biggest corruption stories of the year.
Musk Is Positioned to Profit Off Billions in New Government Contracts
Can't find any coverage of it at all.
Musk Is Positioned to Profit Off Billions in New Government Contracts
Can't find any coverage of it at all.
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Those who learned history's lesson of the Holocaust appear to be today's concentration camp guards and gestapo, whose takeaway appears to be "obscure your identity when participating in crimes against humanity."
Other institutions have forgotten this main lesson: there is no appeasing fascists.
Other institutions have forgotten this main lesson: there is no appeasing fascists.
March 28, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Those who learned history's lesson of the Holocaust appear to be today's concentration camp guards and gestapo, whose takeaway appears to be "obscure your identity when participating in crimes against humanity."
Other institutions have forgotten this main lesson: there is no appeasing fascists.
Other institutions have forgotten this main lesson: there is no appeasing fascists.
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Make no mistake about it, if those numbers are even close to true, there is no way all of the weather forecast offices can exist as they do now. A full-on attack on public weather services.
If a car lost 25% of its parts, it doesn't slow down. It just doesn't work.
If a car lost 25% of its parts, it doesn't slow down. It just doesn't work.
National Weather Service employees were encouraged to take early retirements at an all-hands meeting Thursday. The union believes as many as 1,000 could leave in the coming months - out of a workforce of just over 4,000.
With @weathersullivan.bsky.social (gift):
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
With @weathersullivan.bsky.social (gift):
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
US Weather Service Merges Offices as Staffing Pressure Mounts
The US National Weather Service will merge two of its largest forecasting units as it prepares for the loss of as many as 1,000 staffers.
www.bloomberg.com
March 28, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Make no mistake about it, if those numbers are even close to true, there is no way all of the weather forecast offices can exist as they do now. A full-on attack on public weather services.
If a car lost 25% of its parts, it doesn't slow down. It just doesn't work.
If a car lost 25% of its parts, it doesn't slow down. It just doesn't work.
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No matter your station in life, there is astoundingly little separating you from those men in that cage behind Kristi Noem. No charges, no attorneys, no hearings, no trial. Just conjecture and brute force could be enough to justify completely dehumanizing you, too.
March 27, 2025 at 12:52 PM
No matter your station in life, there is astoundingly little separating you from those men in that cage behind Kristi Noem. No charges, no attorneys, no hearings, no trial. Just conjecture and brute force could be enough to justify completely dehumanizing you, too.
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You should laugh at anyone who says the president should have unlimited power because he was elected. His power has to be limited *because* he's the president. This is fifth grade level social studies
March 18, 2025 at 4:43 PM
You should laugh at anyone who says the president should have unlimited power because he was elected. His power has to be limited *because* he's the president. This is fifth grade level social studies
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NEW: The public acknowledgement that DOGE’s “administrator” Amy Gleason has been working a second job at HHS since February raises new questions about what the Trump admin has been saying — and telling courts — about who is in charge.
w/ @meganmesserly
www.politico.com/news/2025/03...
w/ @meganmesserly
www.politico.com/news/2025/03...
The person the White House says is leading DOGE has also been working at HHS
The acknowledgment raises new questions about DOGE’s chain of command.
www.politico.com
March 19, 2025 at 2:51 AM
NEW: The public acknowledgement that DOGE’s “administrator” Amy Gleason has been working a second job at HHS since February raises new questions about what the Trump admin has been saying — and telling courts — about who is in charge.
w/ @meganmesserly
www.politico.com/news/2025/03...
w/ @meganmesserly
www.politico.com/news/2025/03...
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The Navajo Code Talkers are heroes. They helped our country defeat Nazis & fought for our freedom. It’s despicable that this administration has removed this history from their webpages. We will always honor them — even in the face of this administration’s hostility toward veterans.
Web pages honoring Navajo Code Talkers, who played a key role in American victories during World War II, vanished from U.S. military websites this week in an apparent purge tied to the Trump administration's crackdown on diversity, equity and inclusion.
Defense Department: Navajo Code Talker content removed in DEI purge will be restored
The removal of web pages honoring Navajo Code Talkers following Trump's executive orders is generating outrage in New Mexico.
www.santafenewmexican.com
March 19, 2025 at 3:31 AM
The Navajo Code Talkers are heroes. They helped our country defeat Nazis & fought for our freedom. It’s despicable that this administration has removed this history from their webpages. We will always honor them — even in the face of this administration’s hostility toward veterans.
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Trump thanked John Roberts on his way out of the state of the union because he sees John Roberts more clearly than Roberts sees himself www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
March 5, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Trump thanked John Roberts on his way out of the state of the union because he sees John Roberts more clearly than Roberts sees himself www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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“Those nasty Canadians are ripping us off and are controlled by Mexican cartels. They’re poisoning us with fentanyl and need to become the 51st state or they will pay a high price” is a belief that literally ZERO Americans had six weeks ago. It’s entirely invented from scratch.
March 6, 2025 at 2:23 AM
“Those nasty Canadians are ripping us off and are controlled by Mexican cartels. They’re poisoning us with fentanyl and need to become the 51st state or they will pay a high price” is a belief that literally ZERO Americans had six weeks ago. It’s entirely invented from scratch.
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If a university spokesperson was doing this it would be national news, and used as justification for the federal government to defund the university. The truth is that antisemitism is just one of the excuses they are using to justify destroying independent institutions.
Some of the antisemitic conspiracy theories and associations the Pentagon’s new deputy press secretary, Kingsley Wilson, has amplified online:
🔎 Long-debunked lies about Leo Frank
🔎 Great Replacement theory
🔎 Celebrating Christian nationalism
🔎 Praising Germany's far-right AfD party
🔎 Long-debunked lies about Leo Frank
🔎 Great Replacement theory
🔎 Celebrating Christian nationalism
🔎 Praising Germany's far-right AfD party
Pentagon deputy press secretary Kingsley Wilson is a prolific purveyor of antisemitic conspiracy theories
The Trump appointee compared the slaughter of Israeli babies by Hamas to abortion shortly after the Oct. 7, 2023 attacks
jewishinsider.com
March 6, 2025 at 12:17 PM
If a university spokesperson was doing this it would be national news, and used as justification for the federal government to defund the university. The truth is that antisemitism is just one of the excuses they are using to justify destroying independent institutions.
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Republicans in Congress are reportedly asking Musk’s permission to hold votes
March 6, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Republicans in Congress are reportedly asking Musk’s permission to hold votes