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@barbmas.bsky.social

Democracy fan, progressive Methodist, political nerd, lover of literary fiction

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Exactly

18.02.2026 00:06 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Rep. James Talarico On Confronting Christian Nationalism, And Strange Days In The Texas Legislatu…
YouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert Rep. James Talarico On Confronting Christian Nationalism, And Strange Days In The Texas Legislatu…

The Craven Broadcasting System thought it better to cower from Brendan Carr rather than air this thoughtful Colbert interview with @jamestalarico.bsky.social. It was fifteen minutes well spent this morning to watch it.

youtu.be/oiTJ7Pz_59A

17.02.2026 13:44 β€” πŸ‘ 735    πŸ” 358    πŸ’¬ 35    πŸ“Œ 14

β€œA great success” with two citizens shot dead.

15.02.2026 14:00 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Thank you to the Houston Chronicle for their enthusiastic endorsement. I'm not sure I could put it better than: β€œGoodwin is ready β€” and her quiet, take-no-prisoners competence is a style that Texas hasn’t seen in years. ...Austin’s snakes won’t know what hit them.”

#GoodWin4Texas

10.02.2026 16:02 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Trump handles nothing β€œbrilliantly.” Organically impossible.

10.02.2026 17:06 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

But did he leave a nanny or two for Epstein?

10.02.2026 17:03 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

God help me, Texas has redistricted me into this oil guy’s Congressional district. He lives in West Texas, I live in Austin. 😑

10.02.2026 16:54 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

☹️

09.02.2026 14:14 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

How stupid do they think we are?

06.02.2026 22:51 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Perjury, removal

06.02.2026 15:32 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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"It's a blowout" -- Enten details numbers showing that Democrats are +39 with independents (!) on affordability

06.02.2026 14:35 β€” πŸ‘ 1515    πŸ” 299    πŸ’¬ 52    πŸ“Œ 28

Bezos wrecked an institution.

04.02.2026 14:51 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Amid a housing shortage, South Texas home builders can’t find enough workers.

31.01.2026 18:42 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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At a confab of European leaders last week in Brussels after Trump’s Davos speech on Greenland, the right-wing pro-Trump prime minister of Slovakia told them that Trump had seemed β€œout of his mind” and β€œdangerous” during the one-on-one meeting he’d just with him at Mar-a-Lago.

28.01.2026 15:29 β€” πŸ‘ 83    πŸ” 42    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 2

Still trying to be Trump

27.01.2026 17:00 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Won’t watch CBS until she’s gone and the network returns to its Walter Cronkite quality.

27.01.2026 16:52 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

The guy who took $50,000 in a food delivery bag?

27.01.2026 03:02 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Expert at putting his finger to the wind

27.01.2026 03:01 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Oopsβ€”this is not University of Texas. It’s the University of Austin, a tiny right-wing propaganda outlet/β€œuniversity.”

26.01.2026 21:55 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Texas state leadership is killing UT. Vote them out!

26.01.2026 21:52 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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He was shot while on his knees protecting a woman. He was unarmed… say what you want… we can see.

25.01.2026 17:00 β€” πŸ‘ 562    πŸ” 233    πŸ’¬ 19    πŸ“Œ 11

Require unmasking and ban warrantless home invasions.

25.01.2026 03:49 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Also, take the funding back to previous levels and restore body camera funding. Require previous level of training (six months).

25.01.2026 03:46 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I remember

25.01.2026 03:39 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

LOLβ€”running scared, as they should be!

25.01.2026 03:38 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Will be really interesting to see which Republican senators support the bill. Will make great campaign fodder for Dems.

25.01.2026 03:26 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

47 days

24.01.2026 23:58 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Nazi demons

24.01.2026 15:52 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

James is terrific! Fervent prayers going up in Texas

24.01.2026 03:39 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Okay, so how about some programs to help parents, like paid parental leave and child care.

23.01.2026 16:45 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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