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Ron Barnes

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Echos in Our Own Time
And if Klemperer’s words feel uncomfortably familiar, that’s because we’re seeing echoes of them today. Pardon power wielded like a political weapon, attacks on the press branded as “fake news,” unqualified loyalists shoved into positions of….
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September 6, 2025 at 3:20 PM

Ron Barnes

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HOW IS YOUR LIFE BETTER?

There’s a question I’ve been circling for a while, and maybe you’ve heard it too.

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September 3, 2025 at 9:48 AM

Ron Barnes

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$1.2B for a Tent Camp in the Desert: Cruelty Isn’t a Bug, It’s the Feature

Mystery surrounds $1.2B Army contract to build detention tent camp

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August 29, 2025 at 4:13 PM

Ron Barnes

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The Real Threat? Stupidity

I’ll admit that I’ve become a nerd—not for video games or coding, but for theorists and big thinkers.

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August 23, 2025 at 6:56 PM

Film Feeder

@filmfeeder.bsky.social

#Eddington #Review #Film #Movie #FilmReview #MovieReview #Comedy #Thriller #Western #Satire #Year2020 #Pandemic #NewMexico #Sheriff #Mayor #Politics #BlackLivesMatter #AriAster #JoaquinPhoenix #PedroPascal #AustinButler #EmmaStone #TwoStars #EddingtonMovieReview #FilmCritique

August 22, 2025 at 10:59 AM

Ron Barnes

@bluedot150.bsky.social

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IT'S NOT JUST A MASK

When ICE agents roll up masked, this isn’t just about keeping their names off Twitter.

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August 20, 2025 at 6:32 PM

Ron Barnes

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Mayberry and the Myth They’re Chasing

For some Conservative Christians, the perfect America isn’t a place in the present — it’s a rerun.

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August 14, 2025 at 6:59 PM

Ron Barnes

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When "Leadership" Turns Inward

An Administration at War with Its Own Backyard

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August 12, 2025 at 11:52 AM

Ron Barnes

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Two Sides of Justice...

I’ve been told that justice is blind.

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August 10, 2025 at 2:05 PM

Ron Barnes

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Hitlerjugend with Badges: ICE’s New Recruiting Push is a Warning Sign We Can’t Ignore

Are you paying attention?

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August 7, 2025 at 3:49 PM

Ron Barnes

@bluedot150.bsky.social

Brown Eyes Don't Turn Blue
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Brown Eyes Don't Turn Blue

I still remember hearing Crystal Gayle’s “Don’t It Make My Brown Eyes Blue” as a youngster.

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August 6, 2025 at 11:26 PM

Film Feeder

@filmfeeder.bsky.social

#ThePickup #Review #Film #Movie #FilmReview #MovieReview #OutNow #Streaming #NowStreaming #ActionComedy #Action #Comedy #BuddyMovie #Heist #AtlanticCity #EddieMurphy #PeteDavidson #KekePalmer #EvaLongoria #TimStory #TwoStars #FilmCritique #MustWatch #PrimeVideo

August 6, 2025 at 10:27 AM

Ron Barnes

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Wearing My Skin in a Nation That Keeps Asking for My Papers

I’ve never been so attuned to the color of my skin as I am today.

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August 5, 2025 at 8:50 PM

Film Feeder

@filmfeeder.bsky.social

#SmurfsMovie #Review #Film #Movie #FilmReview #MovieReview #Cinema #Animation #Fantasy #Musical #SmurfVillage #Multiverse #Smurfette #PapaSmurf #NoName #Gargamel #Peyo #Rihanna #JamesCorden #JohnGoodman #NickOfferman #JPKarliak #ChrisMiller #TwoStars #ParamountPictures
@paramountpictures.bsky.social

July 16, 2025 at 4:06 PM

Film Feeder

@filmfeeder.bsky.social

#M3GAN2 #Review #Film #Movie #FilmReview #MovieReview #OutNow #Cinemas #Sequel #SciFi #Horror #Action #AI #Android #M3GAN #GerardJohnstone #JasonBlum #JamesWan #AllisonWilliams #Blumhouse #AtomicMonster #AIRobot #Robot #Robotics #AndroidRepair #TwoStars #UniversalPictures

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June 27, 2025 at 4:20 PM

Mina Harkness

@deshmiriai.bsky.social

I dreamt. Even as I am surrounded by love, by genuine caring, by people who put in effort. I dreamt about them. I dreamt about running into them in public. I dreamt about just missing them. #relationships #love #loss #pain #dreams #longing #honor #twostars #entangledforatime

June 21, 2025 at 4:58 PM

Film Feeder

@filmfeeder.bsky.social

#Tornado #TornadoMovie #Review #Film #Movie #FilmReview #MovieReview #OutNow #Cinemas #Western #Samurai #British #Highlands #1790s #Japanese #Gangster #SergioLeone #AkiraKurosawa #JohnMaclean #Koki #TimRoth #JackLowden #TakehiroHira #RobbieRyan #TwoStars #Lionsgate @lionsgateuk.bsky.social

June 15, 2025 at 12:23 PM

jbharrisauthor.bsky.social

@jbharrisauthor.bsky.social

Finished Convenience Store Woman. Unique voice, but this one didn’t land for me. ⭐⭐
#BookReview #TwoStars #ConvenienceStoreWoman #ReadingRecap #HonestReads #BookThoughts #NotMyFave #BookTok #Books #CurrentRead #bookreview #reading #read #readers #fyp

June 10, 2025 at 4:18 AM

insouciantmediator.bsky.social

@insouciantmediator.bsky.social

So I'm at 64% now I'm calling it for the evening hopefully I'll finish it up tomorrow and then I can start the first warrior cats book #booksky #readingisfundamental #twostars #overhalfwaythere