Jon Barrett

I want to report some good news from LA:

ICE picked a hotel in Pasadena to be their headquarters for this side of the city. The residents of Pasadena (myself included) would not stand for this and protested all yesterday in front of the hotel until, eventually, the hotel kicked out ICE!!

Share with your NYC friends! (And can't these two guys be a ticket somehow?)

oh wow I wonder if this is something he could have done when the Trump admin condemned 2000 infants a day to a lifelong HIV infection or when he defied a unanimous Supreme Court decision ah well nevertheless

Letter to Amazon explaining why I’m leaving as a customer.

I quit using Amazon months ago, but my annual Prime membership is just ending now. When they wrote to remind me to renew, I wrote back to explain why I wouldn’t. My message, of course, bounced back (as I was directed to their customer-service page. So will share here instead :)

Family fears for safety of Venezuelan makeup artist deported to Salvadoran megaprison Andry Hernandez Romero was deported to El Salvador based on the government's contention that his tattoos linked him to a Venezuelan gang. Friends and family say the tattoos are merely a symbol of his ...

Hey, @baldwin.senate.gov and @ritchietorres.bsky.social: Maybe you should get on a plane and fly to El Salvador and demand a meeting with Andry Hernandez Romero?

www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/...

Dear @sanders.senate.gov & @aoc.bsky.social: I just donated $100 to #FightOligarchy tour as my thank-you for coming to my hometown NAMPA, ID & packing the Snake River Stampede rodeo grounds. It was the “Wildest, Fastest Show on Earth.” Now your rally takes the title. ❤️✊🤠 berniesanders.com/oligarchy/

A Frenzy at Trader Joe’s: ‘Everyone’s Here for the Tote Bags’ For a second year, a limited run of mini canvas tote bags had people waiting in line outside Trader Joe’s stores. At some stores, they sold out in less than an hour.

I don't know what's more ridiculous. The stock market or this.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/09/b...

finally.

Meatpacking District on fire today.

Playbill from The Picture of Dorian Gray.

“Youth! Youth! There is absolutely nothing in the world but youth!”

I followed @schumer.senate.gov, @kirstengilliland.bsky.social, and @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social in the hope that they'd have something I'd want to hear.

Turns out they don't. Time to find new representation.

Who's next? His ex-wife/next ambassador to Greece?

Much respect to @keating.house.gov

Goofy twenty-something posing with his 1979 BMW 320i.

does this count, Scott?

So unnecessary.

Gavin Newsom Splits With Democrats on Transgender Athletes: ‘It’s Deeply Unfair’ The remarks by Gov. Gavin Newsom of California, a potential White House hopeful, were an extraordinary break from fellow Democrats and signaled a newly defensive position on the issue.

What a coincidence. My support of Gavin Newsom is now "deeply unlikely." www.nytimes.com/2025/03/06/u...

I was looking for alternative program for tonight.

But this is not the escape I needed.

YouTube video by The New Yorker How an L.G.B.T.Q. HotLine Became a Lifeline | "The Callers" | The New Yorker Documentary

Proof of humanity...

Just because so many men are creepy weirdos does not mean people should be transphobic.

Right?

Fixed it.

YouTube video by marlothomas Free To Be You and Me -- Michael Jackson and Roberta Flack

Roberta Flack has enchanted me since I first saw/heard her on Free to Be You and Me. A terrible loss.

youtu.be/TdLZITiZ2VQ?...

Trans Bathroom Sticker Pack (water-resistant, wallet-sized) | DR DHT DR DHT's Trans Bathroom Sticker Pack: designed by a trans person (the creator of DR DHT, our small trans owned business), these water resistant stickers come with a matte finish and an easy-peel back....

Just purchased a stack of these to share in bathrooms everywhere. www.drdht.com/product-page...

Bernie Sanders: "The struggle against Trump, the struggle against oligarchy, which is led by Elon Musk ... that's not gonna be won here in Capitol Hill. It's gonna be won by millions of people all over this country standing up and saying, 'we fought and died for democracy.'"

I keep shaking my head and wondering what the tipping will be (and when it will come).

Your work is more important than ever.

Grateful for @ve5tal.bsky.social for getting my ass to the protest this afternoon. Was great to be surrounded by so many like-minded/angry folks.

Although, I gotta say, it might be time for us to come up with some new rallying cries. "Hey hey, ho ho, some of those other ones gotta go."

same. spent so much before November ;-(

I’ll be at the Union Square Protests tomorrow. Join us!

#50501 #BuildtheResistance #NotMyPresidentsDay #Resist @bkindivisible.bsky.social @marisolnyc.bsky.social @jonbarrett.bsky.social @calebcrain.bsky.social

Was excited to get email from my congressman, @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social, thinking it might be an update on how he and the Dems are working to rescue our democracy.

Nope... just another email asking for money.