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@barbrot.bsky.social

I started this journey on Daily Kos 13 years ago. I still check in there every day. Dog lover, gardener, I bead jewelry and other things. Bears fan. Happily married. No porn sites. Really happy I live in blue Illinois, with Governor Pritzker.

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Stephen Miller on Fox threatens to arrest JB Pritzker for "seditious conspiracy" and says, "to all ICE officers: you have federal immunity in the conduct of your duties. And anybody who lays a hand on you or tries to stop or obstruct you is committing a felony."

24.10.2025 20:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9711    ๐Ÿ” 3820    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2782    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1620
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Never in the history of the US has any president openly and repeatedly called for the investigation, arrest & prosecution of his political opponents. While many continue to shrug these things off and normalize them, I will never stop pointing out that this is what autocrats do.

29.10.2025 22:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 25880    ๐Ÿ” 9075    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1915    ๐Ÿ“Œ 577
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Bless This Church For Defying Greg Abbott Dear Humans,

This is good trouble.

GOD BLESS THIS CHURCH!

29.10.2025 16:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4646    ๐Ÿ” 867    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 71    ๐Ÿ“Œ 29
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The federal criminal justice system is being systematically dismantled and destroyed piece by piece and turned into a mob bossโ€™s network of corrupt consiglieres and thugs, where good people simply doing their jobs are rooted out and eradicated.

29.10.2025 15:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10110    ๐Ÿ” 4313    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 387    ๐Ÿ“Œ 195

This is how our government has been corrupted:

1) Donors give huge sums to elect politicians to office
2) Elected officials rewrite rules in the donors' favor
3) Donors make huge profit
4) Repeat

We must get big money out of politics.

It is the root of our dysfunction.

29.10.2025 19:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 14915    ๐Ÿ” 4992    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 561    ๐Ÿ“Œ 234
A photo of Sonya Massey on the left, and Sean Grayson on the right

A photo of Sonya Massey on the left, and Sean Grayson on the right

PEORIA, Ill. (AP) โ€” Illinois deputy found guilty of murder in the shooting of Sonya Massey, a Black woman who called 911 asking for help.

29.10.2025 19:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9303    ๐Ÿ” 2646    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 387    ๐Ÿ“Œ 332

Amazon just announced 14,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $40M last year.

UPS announced 48,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $24M last year.

Intel announced 20,000 layoffs. Its new CEO's pay package is valued at nearly $69M.

This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.

29.10.2025 19:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 27517    ๐Ÿ” 10560    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 974    ๐Ÿ“Œ 449
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Speaker Mike Johnson is perpetually trying to deceive people. He uses his milquetoast speech and persona to mask his determination to ruthlessly cause harm. He wears his โ€œChristianityโ€ on his sleeve as a decoy from his evil intentions. He is not a good person, he just tries to play one on TV.

29.10.2025 16:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10370    ๐Ÿ” 3746    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 722    ๐Ÿ“Œ 220
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Yes, this is a real post made by the Department of Homeland Security.

None of this is normal.

29.10.2025 17:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7960    ๐Ÿ” 3246    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1623    ๐Ÿ“Œ 492
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Welch: "This has nothing to do with the shutdown. The law requires and the funds are available to continue SNAP right now without any interruption. So that is a decision the president is making on his own to allow people to go hungry."

29.10.2025 18:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 27119    ๐Ÿ” 11648    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 808    ๐Ÿ“Œ 633

Across the state, our Rebuild Illinois program is getting shovels in the ground and putting Illinoisians to work on projects that are helping grow the entire state.

28.10.2025 22:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 286    ๐Ÿ” 29    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 8    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
Governor Pritzker stands at a podium in front of a sign that reads โ€œINVESTING IN ILLINOISโ€

Governor Pritzker stands at a podium in front of a sign that reads โ€œINVESTING IN ILLINOISโ€

With a $10 million investment in Peoria, weโ€™re converting Sheridan Rd into a modernized, urban three-lane road with sidewalks and a multi-use path.

28.10.2025 22:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2425    ๐Ÿ” 316    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 49    ๐Ÿ“Œ 12
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Still awaiting my George $oros payment for showing up at #NoKINGS_Day & staying until noon.

Somebody slipped this 20 under my door, but something about it seems fake.

29.10.2025 14:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 18261    ๐Ÿ” 3705    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 941    ๐Ÿ“Œ 223

This is the third U.S. Attorney found to be unlawfully appointed. The other two are Sigal Chattah and Alina Habba. Their indictments stand because they were signed by other prosecutors. Not true for Lindsey Halligan.

29.10.2025 01:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 12355    ๐Ÿ” 3824    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 166    ๐Ÿ“Œ 67
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Worth rememberingโ€ฆ

29.10.2025 12:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 13344    ๐Ÿ” 5700    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 737    ๐Ÿ“Œ 370
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Permanently close the Irwin County Detention Center! Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has announced that they are planning to once again detain people at the Irwin County Detention Center in Ocilla, Georgia, despite its disturbing history of hu...

Add your name to the petition to say NO to resuming jailing immigrants at the Irwin County Detention Center and demand its closure once and for all! sign.moveon.org/petitions/pe...

28.10.2025 13:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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This video from Portland is a metaphor for what is going on in America. ICE trying so hard to get Americans to cross a line and if they don't, dragging them across the line and violently attacking.

26.10.2025 19:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 20705    ๐Ÿ” 11149    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1304    ๐Ÿ“Œ 960
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Someone want to tell Mikey here that 86% of all SNAP benefits go to households that include a child, an elderly person, or a person with disabilities?

Or that almost 40% of SNAP recipients are children?

And that Whites account for 37% of SNAP recipients?

26.10.2025 23:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 13243    ๐Ÿ” 4828    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2101    ๐Ÿ“Œ 501

Did you know that over 1.3M active duty service members and veterans rely on SNAP benefits to feed themselves and their families?

Now you know.

26.10.2025 23:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 28889    ๐Ÿ” 11095    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1056    ๐Ÿ“Œ 522

At a time when heโ€™s cutting health insurance subsidies and assistance for children, he wants young mothers to have dozens of separate doctor visits over years and track various shot schedules while their kids spend vulnerable years unvaccinated and now with untreated fevers.

26.10.2025 20:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 988    ๐Ÿ” 97    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 18    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Pregnant Women, DONโ€™T USE TYLENOL UNLESS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY, DONโ€™T GIVE TYLENOL TO YOUR YOUNG CHILD FOR VIRTUALLY ANY REASON, BREAK UP THE MMR SHOT INTO THREE TOTALLY SEPARATE SHOTS (NOT MIXED!), TAKE CHICKEN P SHOT SEPARATELY, TAKE HEPATITAS B SHOT AT 12 YEARS OLD, OR OLDER, AND, IMPORTANTLY, TAKE VACCINE IN 5 SEPARATE MEDICAL VISITS! President DJT https://dailycaller.com/2025/10/21/fda-stayed-silent-potential-tylenol-risks-internal-reports/

Pregnant Women, DONโ€™T USE TYLENOL UNLESS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY, DONโ€™T GIVE TYLENOL TO YOUR YOUNG CHILD FOR VIRTUALLY ANY REASON, BREAK UP THE MMR SHOT INTO THREE TOTALLY SEPARATE SHOTS (NOT MIXED!), TAKE CHICKEN P SHOT SEPARATELY, TAKE HEPATITAS B SHOT AT 12 YEARS OLD, OR OLDER, AND, IMPORTANTLY, TAKE VACCINE IN 5 SEPARATE MEDICAL VISITS! President DJT https://dailycaller.com/2025/10/21/fda-stayed-silent-potential-tylenol-risks-internal-reports/

complete batshit insanity

26.10.2025 20:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 20142    ๐Ÿ” 3902    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3196    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1124
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I thought the exact thing.

24.10.2025 11:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 178    ๐Ÿ” 94    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 7    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4
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โ€ฆ

24.10.2025 22:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 24178    ๐Ÿ” 6850    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1022    ๐Ÿ“Œ 439
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President Trump unlocked FEMA aid for several states this week, including Alaska, Nebraska, and North Dakota, but he denied it to others seemingly along party lines.

Three states that recently voted blue received nothing: Vermont, Illinois, and Maryland. trib.al/jISf5Zz

24.10.2025 15:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 207    ๐Ÿ” 123    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 30    ๐Ÿ“Œ 15

Illinois has now achieved its 10th credit rating upgrade since I took office.

It reflects our continued growth in financial standing and speaks volumes to our state's commitment to fiscal discipline.

With each upgrade, it means saving Illinoisans millions of dollars.

24.10.2025 01:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10224    ๐Ÿ” 1768    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 164    ๐Ÿ“Œ 33
Governor Pritzker speaks behind the podium.

Governor Pritzker speaks behind the podium.

Governor Pritzker meets veterans.

Governor Pritzker meets veterans.

Governor Pritzker meets veterans.

Governor Pritzker meets veterans.

Welcome home to the new Illinois Veterans' Home at Quincy.

This was one of the largest and most important projects in our Rebuild Illinois capital construction program.

I'm so proud to see that promise in action โ€” and make clear to our veterans that our state is on your side.

20.10.2025 17:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2257    ๐Ÿ” 384    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 35    ๐Ÿ“Œ 9

Happy Diwali, Illinois!

I hope that the Festival of Lights brings you peace during this time of celebration and reflection โ€” that even in the darkest of days, the light of wisdom and unity will always triumph.

21.10.2025 01:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4782    ๐Ÿ” 578    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 54    ๐Ÿ“Œ 15
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Illinois is truly in the Middle of Everything, with a tourism industry that's booming like never before.

With yet another record-breaking year, we really have something for everyone as a world-class destination โ€” and we are proud to welcome visitors from across the globe.

22.10.2025 18:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3469    ๐Ÿ” 612    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 148    ๐Ÿ“Œ 19

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