Don B
@donbartenstein.bsky.social
Living the life in northern New England. Code-slinger, musician, spouse, dad, grand-dad, cat dad.....
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TRIGGER WARNING, because here is a US Marshal from Trump‘s Gestapo Force in Memphis kicking a puppy today in the Whitehaven neighborhood and breaking its rib. They were serving a warrant and I guess BIG MAN got scared of the schnauzer.
(I didn’t take the video, the dog’s person did)
(I didn’t take the video, the dog’s person did)
February 6, 2026 at 2:02 PM
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"Neighbors in neon vests dot the neighborhood... Information-sharing networks have been built. Residents have connected with non-profits and churches to deliver food to people who are locked in their homes out of fear. Resistance signs are everywhere..."
www.liberalcurrents.com/so-hows-the-...
www.liberalcurrents.com/so-hows-the-...
So, How’s the Occupation Going for You?
What’s it like to live in America with a domestic military occupation? Minnesota has the answer.
www.liberalcurrents.com
January 17, 2026 at 11:31 PM
"Neighbors in neon vests dot the neighborhood... Information-sharing networks have been built. Residents have connected with non-profits and churches to deliver food to people who are locked in their homes out of fear. Resistance signs are everywhere..."
www.liberalcurrents.com/so-hows-the-...
www.liberalcurrents.com/so-hows-the-...
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Can confirm: That was a long, long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away.
January 15, 2026 at 11:37 AM
Can confirm: That was a long, long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away.
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Looks like the regime has put JD in charge of bullshit.
January 11, 2026 at 9:08 PM
Looks like the regime has put JD in charge of bullshit.
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Ronald Reagan’s budget director.
January 11, 2026 at 2:51 PM
Ronald Reagan’s budget director.
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Sending three ghosts tonight to fuck up Stephen Miller.
December 25, 2025 at 3:48 AM
Sending three ghosts tonight to fuck up Stephen Miller.
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That first sentence is equally relevant
Here’s the plaque at West Point with the relevant text highlighted
November 25, 2025 at 9:43 AM
That first sentence is equally relevant
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This must be what it felt like to live during the McCarthy period, yeah, in which conservatives wielded explicitly naked double standards to target their foes while the flagrant hypocrisy was generally swept under the rug by those institutions that could call it out?
When I worked at UT, the campus hosted Nazi speakers (twice, I think), and a professor called for cars to "run down" protestors.
He wasn't disciplined.
He wasn't disciplined.
September 15, 2025 at 6:49 PM
This must be what it felt like to live during the McCarthy period, yeah, in which conservatives wielded explicitly naked double standards to target their foes while the flagrant hypocrisy was generally swept under the rug by those institutions that could call it out?
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Something people aren't talking about enough is how often Charlie Kirk invoked the Fifth Amendment when testifying before Congress about the domestic terrorists he provided buses to get to Washington on January 6, 2021.
September 14, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Something people aren't talking about enough is how often Charlie Kirk invoked the Fifth Amendment when testifying before Congress about the domestic terrorists he provided buses to get to Washington on January 6, 2021.
For those keeping score— pedophilia and slavery are not deal breakers for maga.
August 28, 2025 at 10:53 PM
For those keeping score— pedophilia and slavery are not deal breakers for maga.
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Public lands might be out of the mainstream headlines, but they're very much front and center in the Trump admins attempts to enrich themselves: wessiler.substack.com/p/where-nati...
Where National Parks And Public Lands Stand Now, As Trump Administration Prepares To Privatize
All signs point to a mass sell-off, as park service begins to fail and private equity circles
wessiler.substack.com
August 15, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Public lands might be out of the mainstream headlines, but they're very much front and center in the Trump admins attempts to enrich themselves: wessiler.substack.com/p/where-nati...
Jeffrey Epstein’s Best Friend Being Such A Pube! Tabs, Tues., Aug. 12, 2025
open.substack.com/pub/wonkette...
open.substack.com/pub/wonkette...
Jeffrey Epstein’s Best Friend Being Such A Pube! Tabs, Tues., Aug. 12, 2025
Epstein Epstein Epstein.
open.substack.com
August 12, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Jeffrey Epstein’s Best Friend Being Such A Pube! Tabs, Tues., Aug. 12, 2025
open.substack.com/pub/wonkette...
open.substack.com/pub/wonkette...
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Trump got Loomered.
May 11, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Trump got Loomered.
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