Barbara S 🇨🇦 🇺🇦
@babsblue.bsky.social
“Those who dwell among the beauties and mysteries of the earth are never alone or weary of life.” - Rachel Carson
Pinned
Congressional Republicans are literally destroying their own childrens' and grandchildrens' future by their inaction and silence.
What kind of people would do something like that? And, if I understand it correctly, it's because they're afraid of losing their JOBS.
It's beyond belief.
What kind of people would do something like that? And, if I understand it correctly, it's because they're afraid of losing their JOBS.
It's beyond belief.
Pew reports Trump's approval is now at 37%.
And:
"Only about a quarter of Americans today (27%) say they support all or most of Trump’s policies and plans, down from 35% when he returned to office last year. That change has come entirely among Republicans."
www.pewresearch.org/politics/202...
And:
"Only about a quarter of Americans today (27%) say they support all or most of Trump’s policies and plans, down from 35% when he returned to office last year. That change has come entirely among Republicans."
www.pewresearch.org/politics/202...
Confidence in Trump Dips, and Fewer Now Say They Support His Policies and Plans
Only 27% of Americans say they support all or most of Trump's policies – down since last year, with the change coming entirely among Republicans.
www.pewresearch.org
January 30, 2026 at 5:01 AM
Pew reports Trump's approval is now at 37%.
And:
"Only about a quarter of Americans today (27%) say they support all or most of Trump’s policies and plans, down from 35% when he returned to office last year. That change has come entirely among Republicans."
www.pewresearch.org/politics/202...
And:
"Only about a quarter of Americans today (27%) say they support all or most of Trump’s policies and plans, down from 35% when he returned to office last year. That change has come entirely among Republicans."
www.pewresearch.org/politics/202...
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Tom Emmer lies about his own constituents: "If you go to my state, the pictures you're seeing of these mobs in Minneapolis, these are paid agitators and protesters. Yeah, you got some Minnesotan anarchists that are in there, but they are people coming from outside our state."
January 29, 2026 at 9:59 PM
Tom Emmer lies about his own constituents: "If you go to my state, the pictures you're seeing of these mobs in Minneapolis, these are paid agitators and protesters. Yeah, you got some Minnesotan anarchists that are in there, but they are people coming from outside our state."
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Trying to wrap our heads around all the fraud in Wyoming.
January 30, 2026 at 4:06 AM
Trying to wrap our heads around all the fraud in Wyoming.
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People are reading this way wrong. Schumer detached DHS from the other five bills in return for a two week CR on the DHS bill. Now Democrats can make demands on DHS spending without having to shut down agencies covered in the other five bills. They have way more leverage to get real concessions.
People just going out here saying the literal opposite of what happened. Thune caved! Thune did! This is a cave by Thune and Senate Republicans, any possible way you cut it.
January 30, 2026 at 3:34 AM
People are reading this way wrong. Schumer detached DHS from the other five bills in return for a two week CR on the DHS bill. Now Democrats can make demands on DHS spending without having to shut down agencies covered in the other five bills. They have way more leverage to get real concessions.
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#GVerse Yesterday in Chicago, federal agents violently forced a U.S. citizen to the ground and zip-tied her hands after alleging a “threat” witnesses say never happened.
This is the violence the #Dems are refusing to fund.
Hold the line.
No blank checks for abuse.
#ICEoffOurStreets
This is the violence the #Dems are refusing to fund.
Hold the line.
No blank checks for abuse.
#ICEoffOurStreets
January 29, 2026 at 11:40 PM
#GVerse Yesterday in Chicago, federal agents violently forced a U.S. citizen to the ground and zip-tied her hands after alleging a “threat” witnesses say never happened.
This is the violence the #Dems are refusing to fund.
Hold the line.
No blank checks for abuse.
#ICEoffOurStreets
This is the violence the #Dems are refusing to fund.
Hold the line.
No blank checks for abuse.
#ICEoffOurStreets
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There are 3,800 kids in ICE custody.
January 30, 2026 at 3:44 AM
There are 3,800 kids in ICE custody.
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Translation:
“The latest statistics submitted to the Ministry of Labor of the Islamic Republic confirm nearly 74,000 deaths so far, and it is expected that there will be 95,000 confirmed deaths by the end of the week.”
This is the regime’s own numbers
I am sick with grief 💔
“The latest statistics submitted to the Ministry of Labor of the Islamic Republic confirm nearly 74,000 deaths so far, and it is expected that there will be 95,000 confirmed deaths by the end of the week.”
This is the regime’s own numbers
I am sick with grief 💔
Die neuesten an das Arbeitsministerium der Islamischen Republik übermittelten Statistiken bestätigen bisher fast 74.000 Todesopfer und man geht von 95.000 bestätigten Todesopfern bis Ende der Woche aus.
January 29, 2026 at 8:18 PM
Translation:
“The latest statistics submitted to the Ministry of Labor of the Islamic Republic confirm nearly 74,000 deaths so far, and it is expected that there will be 95,000 confirmed deaths by the end of the week.”
This is the regime’s own numbers
I am sick with grief 💔
“The latest statistics submitted to the Ministry of Labor of the Islamic Republic confirm nearly 74,000 deaths so far, and it is expected that there will be 95,000 confirmed deaths by the end of the week.”
This is the regime’s own numbers
I am sick with grief 💔
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Tesla profit tanked 46% in 2025
The company revealed in the letter that it recently invested $2 billion in Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence startup xAI, part of the latter’s recent Series E funding round.
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The company revealed in the letter that it recently invested $2 billion in Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence startup xAI, part of the latter’s recent Series E funding round.
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Tesla profit tanked 46% in 2025 | TechCrunch
The company's sales fell for a second year in a row, as Tesla looks to AI and robotics, including a new $2 billion investment in CEO Elon Musk's company xAI.
techcrunch.com
January 29, 2026 at 5:41 AM
Tesla profit tanked 46% in 2025
The company revealed in the letter that it recently invested $2 billion in Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence startup xAI, part of the latter’s recent Series E funding round.
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The company revealed in the letter that it recently invested $2 billion in Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence startup xAI, part of the latter’s recent Series E funding round.
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If we had a United States Congress right now, Tulsi Gabbard would be under oath, answering questions tomorrow in front of a few congressional committees. But alas, we don’t have a Congress right now. Today’s show.👇 podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
The Truth Is - The Federal Government Declared War On An American City
Podcast Episode · The Social Contract with Joe Walsh · 01/29/2026 · 34m
podcasts.apple.com
January 30, 2026 at 2:53 AM
If we had a United States Congress right now, Tulsi Gabbard would be under oath, answering questions tomorrow in front of a few congressional committees. But alas, we don’t have a Congress right now. Today’s show.👇 podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
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Fuck ICE. Abolish ICE. Now. ICE isn’t law enforcement. They’re lawless thugs. Abolish ICE. Now.👇
A couple of legal asylum seekers were with their one month old baby in the car when ICE smashed their car windows and dragged the husband out and took him away, leaving the mom terrified in the cold without a driver's license, and the baby covered in broken glass.
www.rawstory.com/ice-arrest-2...
www.rawstory.com/ice-arrest-2...
Crying baby left covered in broken glass after ICE yanks father from car
A terrified West African mother and her infant were left stranded in a car in Portland, Maine, after Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents smashed in a window, spraying the child seat with broken...
www.rawstory.com
January 29, 2026 at 9:43 PM
Fuck ICE. Abolish ICE. Now. ICE isn’t law enforcement. They’re lawless thugs. Abolish ICE. Now.👇
So true. They're Nazi-fighters. Heroes.
Looking at the mug shots Bondi posted of folks who allegedly impeded ICE officers... I'm reminded me of some of the iconic 1960s images of 'criminals' from counter sitins and freedom rides
January 30, 2026 at 2:22 AM
So true. They're Nazi-fighters. Heroes.
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this is actually really nice to hear
January 29, 2026 at 6:47 PM
this is actually really nice to hear
Another article:
"‘We ask — for the love of God and the love of human beings, which can’t be separated — vote against renewing funding for such a lawless organization,’ Cardinal Joseph Tobin said."
religionnews.com/2026/01/27/c...
"‘We ask — for the love of God and the love of human beings, which can’t be separated — vote against renewing funding for such a lawless organization,’ Cardinal Joseph Tobin said."
religionnews.com/2026/01/27/c...
US Catholic bishops make urgent pleas to rein in ICE after recent deaths
(RNS) — ‘We ask — for the love of God and the love of human beings, which can’t be separated — vote against renewing funding for such a lawless organization,’ Cardinal Joseph Tobin said.
religionnews.com
January 30, 2026 at 1:24 AM
Another article:
"‘We ask — for the love of God and the love of human beings, which can’t be separated — vote against renewing funding for such a lawless organization,’ Cardinal Joseph Tobin said."
religionnews.com/2026/01/27/c...
"‘We ask — for the love of God and the love of human beings, which can’t be separated — vote against renewing funding for such a lawless organization,’ Cardinal Joseph Tobin said."
religionnews.com/2026/01/27/c...
The Catholic Church's opposition to ICE is going to be important, I think.
They are making some bold statements right now.
They are making some bold statements right now.
Cardinal Robert McElroy of Washington, D.C., joined several interfaith leaders in the nation's capital in denouncing the recent deaths of Renee Good and Alex Pretti in Minneapolis as "murders." https://bit.ly/4br834h
DC faith leaders denounce Minneapolis shootings as 'profound moral failure'
Cardinal Robert McElroy of Washington joined several interfaith leaders in the nation's capital in denouncing the deaths of Renee Good and Alex Pretti in Minneapolis as "murders."
bit.ly
January 30, 2026 at 1:18 AM
The Catholic Church's opposition to ICE is going to be important, I think.
They are making some bold statements right now.
They are making some bold statements right now.
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An interesting thing here: the fact Hillary Clinton wrote this signals two things:
1. That the Doug Wilson-verse is becoming fairly common knowledge in major political circles
2. So, too, is religious pushback to DHS
1. That the Doug Wilson-verse is becoming fairly common knowledge in major political circles
2. So, too, is religious pushback to DHS
Oh: Hillary Clinton champions Bp. Mariann Budde and condemns Doug Wilson, Joe Rigney, Allie Beth Stuckey and Christian Nationalism.
Wilson once told me liberal Methodists couldn't hold office in his Christian America — but in the actual US, this one very much did www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
Wilson once told me liberal Methodists couldn't hold office in his Christian America — but in the actual US, this one very much did www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
MAGA’s War on Empathy
This crisis in Minneapolis reveals a deep moral rot at the heart of Trump’s movement.
www.theatlantic.com
January 30, 2026 at 12:25 AM
An interesting thing here: the fact Hillary Clinton wrote this signals two things:
1. That the Doug Wilson-verse is becoming fairly common knowledge in major political circles
2. So, too, is religious pushback to DHS
1. That the Doug Wilson-verse is becoming fairly common knowledge in major political circles
2. So, too, is religious pushback to DHS
Thank you @schumer.senate.gov and @democrats.senate.gov .
BRILLIANT WIN SENATOR SCHUMER! Shutdown avoided, DHS doesn't get their funding and Republicans have no leverage!
January 30, 2026 at 1:12 AM
Thank you @schumer.senate.gov and @democrats.senate.gov .
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💙 A massive, cross-sectional coalition has formed…no longer just immigration advocacy groups. a united front of labor, student, and civil rights organizations. Below are the key groups identified as active in today’s mobilizations across #MN #TX, #CA, and New York. open.substack.com/pub/eyesonic...
Crisis in Dilley, Texas: The Detention of Liam Conejo Ramos and Adrian Conejo Arias
40 Groups Mobilize and Representatives Castro and Crockett Teargassed During Oversight Visit
open.substack.com
January 29, 2026 at 5:14 AM
💙 A massive, cross-sectional coalition has formed…no longer just immigration advocacy groups. a united front of labor, student, and civil rights organizations. Below are the key groups identified as active in today’s mobilizations across #MN #TX, #CA, and New York. open.substack.com/pub/eyesonic...
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A dead letter in the senate, but indicative of just how freaked out they are about the midterms coming up
BREAKING: Republican lawmakers unveil the Make Elections Great Again Act — a new bill that would impose the most extreme federal voting restrictions in history.
The measure would go beyond the SAVE Act by imposing strict voter ID to vote, mandating voter roll purges, banning mail voting and more.
The measure would go beyond the SAVE Act by imposing strict voter ID to vote, mandating voter roll purges, banning mail voting and more.
New GOP anti-voting bill may be the most dangerous attack on voting rights ever
The MEGA Act represents one of the most catastrophic proposals for democracy in the United States.
www.democracydocket.com
January 29, 2026 at 7:24 PM
A dead letter in the senate, but indicative of just how freaked out they are about the midterms coming up
Good time for all of us to get informed about the local candidates for Sheriff - and boot out the bad apples.
They cannot hide from their eagerness to work with ICE. Get rid of them!
They cannot hide from their eagerness to work with ICE. Get rid of them!
Since Trump’s return to power, sheriffs have rushed to partner with a supercharged ICE, exploiting the myriad ways local law enforcement can help federal authorities. This year, hundreds of sheriffs are up for reelection.
In Criminal Justice Elections This Year, ICE Contracts Are on the Hot Seat
With roughly 2,400 elections for prosecutor and sheriff in 2026, Bolts reviews the map and early hotspots that will shape criminal punishment and law enforcement practices.
boltsmag.org
January 30, 2026 at 1:07 AM
Good time for all of us to get informed about the local candidates for Sheriff - and boot out the bad apples.
They cannot hide from their eagerness to work with ICE. Get rid of them!
They cannot hide from their eagerness to work with ICE. Get rid of them!
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Wait, so Schumer crafted a deal that will pass where the 5 relatively unobjectionable minibuses fund the government and DHS’s funding is tossed into limbo, offering the absolute strongest ground for continued fights for the D caucus, and people are pissed at Schumer?!
January 30, 2026 at 12:20 AM
Wait, so Schumer crafted a deal that will pass where the 5 relatively unobjectionable minibuses fund the government and DHS’s funding is tossed into limbo, offering the absolute strongest ground for continued fights for the D caucus, and people are pissed at Schumer?!
😂
January 30, 2026 at 12:55 AM
😂
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Pew has Trump's approval at 37%. And:
"Only about a quarter of Americans today (27%) say they support all or most of Trump’s policies and plans, down from 35% when he returned to office last year. That change has come entirely among Republicans."
www.pewresearch.org/politics/202...
"Only about a quarter of Americans today (27%) say they support all or most of Trump’s policies and plans, down from 35% when he returned to office last year. That change has come entirely among Republicans."
www.pewresearch.org/politics/202...
Confidence in Trump Dips, and Fewer Now Say They Support His Policies and Plans
Only 27% of Americans say they support all or most of Trump's policies – down since last year, with the change coming entirely among Republicans.
www.pewresearch.org
January 29, 2026 at 8:24 PM
Pew has Trump's approval at 37%. And:
"Only about a quarter of Americans today (27%) say they support all or most of Trump’s policies and plans, down from 35% when he returned to office last year. That change has come entirely among Republicans."
www.pewresearch.org/politics/202...
"Only about a quarter of Americans today (27%) say they support all or most of Trump’s policies and plans, down from 35% when he returned to office last year. That change has come entirely among Republicans."
www.pewresearch.org/politics/202...
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Honestly just took for granted that everyone knew this, but I guess it needs to be said. Because, yeah, no shit.
ICE Pretends It’s a Military Force. Its Tactics Would Get Real Soldiers Killed
WIRED asked an active military officer to break down immigration enforcement actions in Minneapolis and elsewhere.
www.wired.com
January 30, 2026 at 12:31 AM
Honestly just took for granted that everyone knew this, but I guess it needs to be said. Because, yeah, no shit.
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