Barb Ristine

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I have a new post up today. I'd love if you read it.
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We should try electing some kind of deliberative body that makes decisions about levying taxes.

The message from the DOJ is unmistakable: Justice is no longer the objective.

Retribution is.

Undocumented immigrants don’t vote
Trump was not “exonerated” re: Epstein
The board of peace is a huge grift
The Melania movie was a bribe
You pay the tariffs
The boat bombings are murder
The ceasefire is not a ceasefire
Ice is not targeting criminals

And on and on

Mia Valentina Paz Faria A 7-year-old from Venezuela who was living in Austin, Texas Detained for 70 days “I don’t want to be in this place I want to go to my school.”

UPDATE: Staff at the ICE concentration camp in Dilley, Texas have begun raiding the dormitories of kids and their parents to confiscate and destroy letters from the children. This is in response to the ace reporting by @micarosenberg et al for ProPublica:

“I don’t want to be in this place I want to go to my school.”

- 7 year old imprisoned by ICE for 70 days in a concentration camp in Texas.

Today, after @propublica.org published this story, the camp was raided to confiscate letters from the children.

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Day 1855: “Dissemble and disassemble historical truths.” Congressional Democrats sent the White House a new counterproposal to reopen the Department of Homeland Security after the agency’s funding lapsed Saturday; an 18-year-old man was arrested near the...

Today's edition is 1,215 words, a 6-minute read.

Screenshot of a CNN segment shared by Acyn. A split-screen shows commentator Lydia Moynihan on the left and Kevin O’Leary on the right during a heated exchange. The chyron reads, “Obama: Dems need to avoid scolding and ‘virtue-signaling.’” The post quotes O’Leary referencing China and concentration camps, and McGowan responding about West Virginia.

I spent my childhood inside of American concentration camps. I know one when I see one. And that is what ICE is building.

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Venerable magazine Harper's Bazaar is running its short story contest again, with the winner receiving "the chance" of publication in the magazine. Just one catch: per the wording of the guidelines, _just by entering_ you transfer copyright ownership of your story to Harper's parent, Hearst. 1/3

ICE get the duck out.

Reminds me of a great & tangentially topical @maggiesmithpoet.bsky.social poem “Rose Has Hands” playing with autocorrect

“and honestly — what truth
can I tell her? I don’t
ducking understand”

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It's actually a good thing that previously apolitical normies are finally getting angry and starting to speak out. We need the numbers in the streets and at the polls.

If your response to them is "no, fuck you, too late," then you don't actually care about stopping Trump. You're just preening.

I read this too quickly—thought it said “leftover mice”.

People out there annoyed at politicians saying “fuck” should spend a little more time fighting fascism and a lot less time policing the usage of a word you can hear in a PG-13 movie.

The Norwegian Nobel Prize committee has been forced to make a statement, declaring that the prize cannot be transferred.
It's hard even to comprehend how stupid this has become

Congratulations! Well done, Kelli❤️

Trump Threatens Venezuela’s New Leader With a Fate Worse Than Maduro’s — The Atlantic The president told The Atlantic that Delcy Rodríguez needs to comply with U.S. wishes—or else.

He's not going to stop.

What does U.S.-military action in Venezuela means for Greenland?

"They are going to have to view it themselves. I really don’t know. . . . You know, I wasn’t referring to Greenland at that time. But we do need Greenland . . . for defense.”
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It’s a new year so let’s start an #AskAgent thread.
Post questions here and I’ll do my best to answer them all.
Leaving this open through the weekend.
#QueryTip #AmWriting

Sarah Cooper is back on Trump and she absolutely nailed it 🔥

Graphic with a blue background and large white text reading “DEAR AMERICAN FRIENDS.” Below is a screenshot of a post explaining that Canada does not have CBS, that a “60 Minutes” episode aired normally in Canada, and stating that Canadian networks are not subject to U.S. government interference. The post ends with “We’re not under a dictatorship. You are.”

This message hits hard.

Still up. Glad I posted here and not YouTube. This is what Bari Weiss and CBS tried to hide from us.

10 notable 2025 fiction titles by Bay Area authors  - Local News Matters Presented in alphabetical order, this list offers sometimes overlooked books of fiction by local writers released this year. Check these 10 out and share

I'm excited to be on this list of ten notable Bay Area books in 2025: localnewsmatters.org/2025/12/26/1...

Having to watch a bootlegged copy of a video from another country because my country censored it is making me feel as if I'm living in 1980s Eastern Germany.

Image: The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.

I have a faint memory of loving this movie as a kid, but haven’t seen it since.

HOPE WALZ: “What world are we f*cking living in? I draw the line at Gus. You people are f*cking disgraceful.”

She says MAGA loyalists are now driving by their home and yelling “R*tard!” at her family and her special needs brother after Trump called GovTimWalz the R word.

Nothing like war crimes to distract folks from that whole pedophile thing…

Major Update: The Trump Administration Caught Lying About D.C. Shooting Suspect as CIA Ties Exposed Good afternoon, everyone.

MAJOR: The Trump Administration has been caught lying about the D.C. shooting suspect.

The truth: He was vetted by Trump. He had a CIA badge, worked with the CIA in Afghanistan, and granted asylum by Trump in April.

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‘Northern Exposure’ actor gave ICE agents in Redmond her tribal ID. They called it ‘fake,’ she says Indigenous actor Elaine Miles of "Northern Exposure" was detained by ICE at a Redmond bus stop. When she showed them her Tribal ID, they told her it was fake.

ICE DETAINED MARILYN. Fuck these people. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

Trump lies about his polling numbers

Narrator: He is currently polling lower than salmonella.