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barrybarnes.bsky.social @barrybarnes.bsky.social · 1d

Can we get a response from a "Blacks for Trump" voter.

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Santiago Mayer @santiagomayer.com · 1d

JD Vance can dismiss the Young Republicans as a college group chat.

But let's be clear: the group chat includes a State Senator, a Trump Admin official, and multiple Republican staffers — and some of the worst comments came from folks associated with Mike Johnson, Elise Stefanik, and Mike Lawler.

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barrybarnes.bsky.social @barrybarnes.bsky.social · 1d

He's a boy wearing his dad's suit.

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 1d

Once again, this is shameful, wildly out of the Treasury Secretary’s lane, he should resign, & we should have some thoughtful reflection from everyone who told us he was a credible Cabinet choice because he went to the right schools & cocktail parties:

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Bessent: "All I hear from the Europeans is that Putin is coming to Warsaw. There are very few things in life I am sure about. I am sure he's not coming to Boston."

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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 1d

When the next generation of your party is more repugnant than the current generation, it’s proof positive your ideologies are deeply toxic and un-American.

Politico @politico.com · 2d

EXCLUSIVE: Thousands of leaked messages show leaders of Young Republican groups joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape in a private Telegram chat.

Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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barrybarnes.bsky.social @barrybarnes.bsky.social · 1d

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NightMar on Hicks Street, Part 4: The Rabbit’s Revenge @histoftech.bsky.social · 1d

This is unbelievably bad.

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[email protected] @blueangie.bsky.social · 1d

www.notus.org/congress/rep...

Republican Congresswoman Failed to Properly Disclose 170 Trades Worth Up to $13.6M

Dozens of those trades came in the form of stock sales made on March 18, when key details of Trump’s tariff policies were disclosed.

www.notus.org

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barrybarnes.bsky.social @barrybarnes.bsky.social · 1d

The privacy/compromise exposure for Americans at large is likely but one part of the story here with DOGE access. The other part will be DOGE access for corrupt purposes.

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NightMar on Hicks Street, Part 4: The Rabbit’s Revenge @histoftech.bsky.social · 1d

This is unbelievably bad.

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barrybarnes.bsky.social @barrybarnes.bsky.social · 1d

Can we get one or two national reporters to track down a "Blacks For Trump" voter for their response.

barrybarnes.bsky.social @barrybarnes.bsky.social · 1d

This might have been somewhat meaningful in 2016 but is now literally a back of the couch chump change amount compared to his/his son's recent payola schemes.

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 1d

Color me shocked.

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barrybarnes.bsky.social @barrybarnes.bsky.social · 1d

my fav is Jackie Brown

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barrybarnes.bsky.social @barrybarnes.bsky.social · 1d

*too

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barrybarnes.bsky.social @barrybarnes.bsky.social · 1d

It just got a little to silly.

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barrybarnes.bsky.social @barrybarnes.bsky.social · 1d

I'm thinking mostly of Keitel

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barrybarnes.bsky.social @barrybarnes.bsky.social · 1d

There are those on the right who have learned that there's big money to be made subverting America.

barrybarnes.bsky.social @barrybarnes.bsky.social · 1d

Same type

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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 1d

It’s incredible that the VT State Senator wrapped up in this hasn’t resigned yet — every major GOP leader in the state has called for his resignation. Fixing democracy requires restoring shame to public life. And accountability. Lots of accountability. vtdigger.org/2025/10/14/v...

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barrybarnes.bsky.social @barrybarnes.bsky.social · 1d

I'm holding out for Marilyn right here on my couch ...about 20 years out from now I guess.

barrybarnes.bsky.social @barrybarnes.bsky.social · 1d

Pulp has some weak parts cobbling it together. I'm thinking especially of Tarantino's scenes and that whole clean up the car business with Keitel.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

As shutdown enters its 3rd week, expect it to impact the economy “in a nonlinear fashion.

“.. missed paychecks, slower pace of business investment ..

“.. our initial estimate of a 0.1% drag on GDP is now outdated, and we expect a 0.25% drag per week, or 1% per month.”

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

A grocery store clerk in Chicago says shoppers see prices “and say, ‘What the f—? .. It happens all the time.”

@wsj.com
www.wsj.com/economy/cons...

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

We were actually getting somewhere, too. 😞

@sbmitche.bsky.social
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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 2d

It's really not about politics anymore. The apparatus of the Republican Party has simply become a haven for bad people.

www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

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