Barbara Shycoff (@swimher.bsky.social) reply parent
It’s chilling. Hard to tell whether this was a direct threat, or to drown them out, or both.
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It’s chilling. Hard to tell whether this was a direct threat, or to drown them out, or both.
Barbara Shycoff (@swimher.bsky.social) reply parent
And now, trump has ordered fighter jets to fly over the press conference. Is that to scare them, or drown them out, or both? It’s absolutely chilling.
Barbara Shycoff (@swimher.bsky.social) reply parent
Boy oh boy, it that isn’t enough to convince people that trump has something to hide, I don’t know what will. What a disgrace.
Barbara Shycoff (@swimher.bsky.social) reply parent
Qualifications for a Nobel Peace Prize? (Kidding!)
Barbara Shycoff (@swimher.bsky.social) reply parent
But could he speak?
Barbara Shycoff (@swimher.bsky.social) reply parent
@govwesmoore.bsky.social sure would be nice if Maryland was a part of this coalition.
Barbara Shycoff (@swimher.bsky.social) reply parent
I think they are afraid of him.
Barbara Shycoff (@swimher.bsky.social) reply parent
The Post’s handling of stories and headlines like this is why we canceled our subscription after 50 years.
Barbara Shycoff (@swimher.bsky.social) reply parent
He just makes shit up. Every day. And with such conviction. Since his first book through today. He doesn’t even recognize the truth anymore.
Barbara Shycoff (@swimher.bsky.social) reply parent
We feel the same way about the nightly news on NBC and ABC too. It’s exhausting to listen to them. They should all just calm down, slow down, and just talk to us. It’s not a surprise that they are all losing their audience.
Barbara Shycoff (@swimher.bsky.social) reply parent
Wow, it’s just crazy that they think that this is what people voted for. I hope they keep posting videos like this instead of keeping it hidden. Shameful. Nobody wants this.
Barbara Shycoff (@swimher.bsky.social) reply parent
Thank you for your leadership, Governor!! More of this!!
Barbara Shycoff (@swimher.bsky.social) reply parent
She’s back in Russia collecting her fee.
Barbara Shycoff (@swimher.bsky.social) reply parent
When I recently lived on a farm in a rural part of the county, that was daily occurrence by the local kids. I guess it’s only scary when it’s minority kids in the city.
Barbara Shycoff (@swimher.bsky.social) reply parent
I would not be surprised if they use this moment to start grabbing up US citizens to throw away in the gulags with the immigrants that are already there. They’ll start with the homeless and teenagers.
Barbara Shycoff (@swimher.bsky.social) reply parent
You mean there might be watergate tapes?
Barbara Shycoff (@swimher.bsky.social) reply parent
Because it never really works because it’s never enough.
Barbara Shycoff (@swimher.bsky.social) reply parent
Are there really people out there who still believe anything this guy says?
Barbara Shycoff (@swimher.bsky.social) reply parent
Someone should start a new DC paper and sign all the former Post reporters and opinion writers. Include a Metro and Sports section and we’ll start a subscription.
Barbara Shycoff (@swimher.bsky.social) reply parent
There was also one flying over Annapolis, MD today.
Barbara Shycoff (@swimher.bsky.social) reply parent
“his version of reality no matter how false”???!!! You sound afraid to speak truth to power too. Just call them “lies.” It sounds like this: “fear they have to toe the line and adopt his lies…” See, not hard. You can do it. There is only one reality. Stop helping them.
Barbara Shycoff (@swimher.bsky.social) reply parent
Jackson Browne - Running on Empty.
Barbara Shycoff (@swimher.bsky.social) reply parent
Thank you for your decades of service. I look forward to reading your book.
Barbara Shycoff (@swimher.bsky.social) reply parent
I wonder if you would include sitting on important information to put it in a book later as part of protecting their brand? It makes them more money to get a payout from a book contract than to report in the press, but it also enhances their brand, I think.
Barbara Shycoff (@swimher.bsky.social) reply parent
Are there really more than a few robber barons who support this? What do regular maga supporters get from this except sicker and subject to more climate disasters? Is all this just to own the libs? Why don’t they just cut off their noses?
Barbara Shycoff (@swimher.bsky.social) reply parent
Exactly.
Barbara Shycoff (@swimher.bsky.social) reply parent
So Americans will pay a 15% tax on everything coming from Europe? Is that what you meant?
Barbara Shycoff (@swimher.bsky.social) reply parent
No indication??!! Aren’t there women who claim trump abused them when they were young? I get why you are afraid to report that as fact, but why aren’t you reporting that they’ve made the claim when you report on this. Some think he is protecting his friends, others think he is protecting himself.
Barbara Shycoff (@swimher.bsky.social) reply parent
He lies so frequently it’s effortless.
Barbara Shycoff (@swimher.bsky.social) reply parent
I totally agree. He’s could shoot someone on 5th ave and s*xually assault children and they will still support him. It’s sickening. There might be a small subgroup of Q-Anon types that hate that he is covering for the elites, but that’s about it. The real electoral issue is always the economy.
Barbara Shycoff (@swimher.bsky.social) reply parent
Have you ever seen anyone more insanely jealous? It’s like he’s stuck in junior high and can’t cope with the fact that someone is cooler and more popular. So pathetic.
Barbara Shycoff (@swimher.bsky.social) reply parent
I’m confused by this. Is it fully approved or just for kids at high risk? Thank in advance.
Barbara Shycoff (@swimher.bsky.social) reply parent
No. You missed my point. Seems we are all against anyone justifying kids dying. I’m seeing people creating the impression it’s happening, but I haven’t seen it actually happening. (I guess I only follow decent people.) I’m only saying, you see people doing this, call them out directly.
Barbara Shycoff (@swimher.bsky.social) reply parent
Then call them out for it.
Barbara Shycoff (@swimher.bsky.social) reply parent
I don’t see people saying that.
Barbara Shycoff (@swimher.bsky.social) reply parent
Have to disagree on this one. No one wishes for anything bad to happen to the people of Texas. Ron didn’t. But just like a school shooting, now is precisely the time to remind people that GOP govt leaves you uninformed, unprepared, and without help after a crisis. Shout it from the treetops!
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Barbara Shycoff (@swimher.bsky.social) reply parent
Lies. Lies. Lies. If their lips are moving they are lying.
Barbara Shycoff (@swimher.bsky.social)
Had a chance to pedal by the Biden’s beach house. #Biden #PresidentBiden #JoeBiden #thankyoupresidentbiden
Barbara Shycoff (@swimher.bsky.social) reply parent
They should just take it up in two weeks. (You know, never.)
Barbara Shycoff (@swimher.bsky.social) reply parent
Which one is he? Uday or Qusay?
Barbara Shycoff (@swimher.bsky.social) reply parent
She admitted in an interview on TV about a month ago that’s she’s afraid for her safety. Maybe it’s that. If so, she should retire.
Barbara Shycoff (@swimher.bsky.social) reply parent
Maybe this wouldn’t feel so revolting if they weren’t giving so much money to (bribing?) politicians who want to give them more tax cuts while cutting healthcare for low and middle income people and taking food from children. How do they not understand how disgusted we are? “Let them eat cake.”
Barbara Shycoff (@swimher.bsky.social) reply parent
They have become such a trashy network.
Barbara Shycoff (@swimher.bsky.social) reply parent
Oh poor guy. I wonder if he recognizes that because of him, that’s what it feels like to be an immigrant in this country right now.
Barbara Shycoff (@swimher.bsky.social) reply parent
I think this is fake news. What publication is this in? Who is Anthony Martinelli?
Barbara Shycoff (@swimher.bsky.social)
@jenpsaki.msnbc.com while it’s clear from your posts that you are keenly aware of the nationwide protests today, your program tonight is out of balance and overly focused on LA. You are missing the big story on TV tonight. What happened today across the country was truly extraordinary.
Barbara Shycoff (@swimher.bsky.social) reply parent
Millions of people in hundreds of towns all across America came out today to protest and you spend half the program on three hundred deputies tossing teargas at two hundred protesters. You are totally blinded by living in LA. Get outside of CA and see what’s going on. It’s truly remarkable.
Barbara Shycoff (@swimher.bsky.social) reply parent
That’s beautiful and moving. There is something wrong with you if you don’t feel that deep in your soul.
Raider (@iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social) reposted
This is the way to stand up to these bullies! Respect ✊
Barbara Shycoff (@swimher.bsky.social) reply parent
That’s was beautiful. How can you not be moved by that??!!
Barbara Shycoff (@swimher.bsky.social) reply parent
I haven’t been out there beating the “distraction” drum, but what about a larger general strike instead of any violence? If trucks stop delivering, cashiers stop cashing, trains stop running, etc., etc, won’t that get a better response? How about shutting the economy down instead of burning things?
Barbara Shycoff (@swimher.bsky.social) reply parent
Can someone please explain to me how trump can suspend state run congressional elections in NY, CA, and PA, where the D’s could pick up congressional seats and the states have D governors? I seriously want to understand how this would work.
Barbara Shycoff (@swimher.bsky.social) reply parent
Disgusting
Orpheus Condescending (@maryscottoconnor.com) reposted
Everyone everywhere should see this. Chris Murphy calls Kristi Noem on the carpet and SHREDS her. Brilliantly, incisively, THOROUGHLY. It will come to nothing, because the GOP refuses to act. But he is on the record. I don’t know what the fuck else can be done. youtu.be/EwZWCk1ytPU?...
Barbara Shycoff (@swimher.bsky.social) reply parent
Wow! That’s impressive!
Barbara Shycoff (@swimher.bsky.social) reply parent
It saddens me to say that I think they are incapable of a google search. Either that or they are too afraid to follow up or push back.
Barbara Shycoff (@swimher.bsky.social) reply parent
How is this remotely legal??!! Will Republicans ever care about the law again, or is it just a temporary lapse while their lord and savior is king (oops, I mean president)?
LOLGOP (@thefarce.org) reposted
I know your goal is to try to make life as hard as possible for immigrants.
Barbara Shycoff (@swimher.bsky.social) reply parent
Why do they feel the need to do this?
Barbara Shycoff (@swimher.bsky.social) reply parent
He wants to be a Clown, but he’s just a clown. And not in a good way.
Barbara Shycoff (@swimher.bsky.social) reply parent
It’s like a toll……first your have to give belly rubs, then you can continue your workout!
Barbara Shycoff (@swimher.bsky.social) reply parent
Does anyone know if inactive members can vote?
Barbara Shycoff (@swimher.bsky.social) reply parent
Where do they find these people.
Barbara Shycoff (@swimher.bsky.social) reply parent
Wait, isn’t “pulling a gun in New Jersey,” a stereotype?
Barbara Shycoff (@swimher.bsky.social) reply parent
It’s tragic to learn how many people in this country really just don’t believe in the constitution and due process. Just heard Sen Kennedy say he has no problem with what they are doing. If this young man did something wrong, bring him to trial. It’s just basic to what democracy is. Truly sad.
Barbara Shycoff (@swimher.bsky.social) reply parent
Please stop calling them prisons and call them what they are - concentration camps.
Barbara Shycoff (@swimher.bsky.social) reply parent
We all need to start calling it what it is: a concentration camp. Remember, Auschwitz was in Poland, not Germany. They are following the playbook very closely.
Barbara Shycoff (@swimher.bsky.social) reply parent
Wait, what? I thought the foreign countries would pay that?! (That’s sarcasm, in case you can’t tell.)
Barbara Shycoff (@swimher.bsky.social) reply parent
Wow! Congratulations, that quite a feat!
Barbara Shycoff (@swimher.bsky.social) reply parent
I’d like to understand why he’s so angry at Madagascar. What’s up with that one?
Barbara Shycoff (@swimher.bsky.social) reply parent
Nice! I’m a native Marylander and it’s my life’s ambition to see an oriole! Hadn’t happened yet, but I’m always hopeful!
Barbara Shycoff (@swimher.bsky.social) reply parent
Well said!!
Barbara Shycoff (@swimher.bsky.social) reply parent
If they committed fraud, they must be prosecuted.
Barbara Shycoff (@swimher.bsky.social) reply parent
Horrifying. No prosecution, no trial. We have become what we fought against.
Barbara Shycoff (@swimher.bsky.social) reply parent
She also won’t answer whether she used her private personal phone or a government issued phone while she was a part of this chat and overseas! Incredible!!
Barbara Shycoff (@swimher.bsky.social) reply parent
They look happy!
Barbara Shycoff (@swimher.bsky.social) reply parent
It’s not political violence, they are just tourists.
Barbara Shycoff (@swimher.bsky.social) reply parent
So what comes next? Once the CR passes, what’s his plan. Because nothing he is doing is working. Maybe it’s time to try something new?
Barbara Shycoff (@swimher.bsky.social) reply parent
But is she voting against cloture? It doesn’t say. Unless Dems vote against cloture (Schumer is voting for cloture), they are allowing the R’s to pass the CR with republican votes only. Stop the madness! Vote no on cloture!
Barbara Shycoff (@swimher.bsky.social) reply parent
This says he will vote no on the CR. If he votes yes on cloture, he is allowing the CR to pass with Republican only votes. Since he doesn’t mention cloture, I think he is misleading people into thinking he’s doing something to stop trump/musk. He’s not!! Stop the madness by really stopping the CR!
Barbara Shycoff (@swimher.bsky.social) reply parent
I agree. He always telegraphs when he is going to do something stupid and awful.
Barbara Shycoff (@swimher.bsky.social) reply parent
Thank you, Senator!! As a constituent, I appreciate your strength and leadership on this critical vote! Please keep pushing the Democratic leadership and your colleagues to vote against cloture! We are heading off a cliff and this CR blocks all efforts to stop trump going forward!!
Barbara Shycoff (@swimher.bsky.social) reply parent
Stay strong and vote no on cloture!! Your constituents (and I am one) have your back!!
Barbara Shycoff (@swimher.bsky.social) reply parent
When trump is thanking you for your help, you have to know you have screwed up! Vote no on cloture!
Barbara Shycoff (@swimher.bsky.social) reply parent
They are already doing this! Grow a backbone and stop what’s happening!! You have one chance before it’s too late! Force the R’s to shut the government down to get them back to the table. You are making an historic mistake!!
Barbara Shycoff (@swimher.bsky.social) reply parent
By giving trump this lifeline, you are complicit with whatever happens next.
Barbara Shycoff (@swimher.bsky.social) reply parent
I read it. Brilliant. Relevant. A book for our times. (Why was I never taught any of this??!!)
Barbara Shycoff (@swimher.bsky.social) reply parent
I remember Mr. Feinstein from Masters swim meets in Potomac Valley. (As a swimmer, not a writer!) Rest in Peace. May his memory be a blessing.
Barbara Shycoff (@swimher.bsky.social) reply parent
So creepy.
Barbara Shycoff (@swimher.bsky.social) reply parent
In some events (especially in the swimming world), you can still get into sold out events by raising money for a charity. It’s often a separate category of entry but a way to get in. You might want to check and see if Disney (or any other event) has a category like that. Hope that helps you!
Barbara Shycoff (@swimher.bsky.social) reply parent
Brilliant!
Barbara Shycoff (@swimher.bsky.social) reply parent
Good for you! I did almost the same! First run of the year for me. I’m a swimmer, not a runner, so I did: 1:15 run/2:45 walk times 8, for 2 miles. It’s a start!
Barbara Shycoff (@swimher.bsky.social) reply parent
Very cool!
Robert Reich (@rbreich.bsky.social) reposted
DOGE recommended firing workers at: -FDA, which oversees Neuralink -FAA, which oversees SpaceX -USAID, which probed Starlink -CFPB, which oversees Tesla's financing arm and a potential payment platform on X. "Conflict of interest" is a severe understatement.