Barb Shelly
@bshelly.bsky.social
Career journalist and lifelong observer. Now living in Philly, emotionally connected to Kansas City. Spotlighting the resistance. https://barbshelly.pressfolios.com/
I've been on a break from this platform for a bit, but now jumping back in to say that this "settlement," signed by Todd Blanche, will live in infamy. What a sellout. What a con job. What pure gutlessness by the U.S. Congress. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/19/u...
I.R.S. Must Drop Audits of Trump and Family
www.nytimes.com
May 19, 2026 at 8:23 PM
I've been on a break from this platform for a bit, but now jumping back in to say that this "settlement," signed by Todd Blanche, will live in infamy. What a sellout. What a con job. What pure gutlessness by the U.S. Congress. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/19/u...
Think I'll jump off this platform for awhile. The misinformation and conspiracy spouting in the wake of the WHC dinner shooting, along with the outright hatred directed at the journalists present, has maxed me out. Bye for now.
April 26, 2026 at 12:14 PM
Think I'll jump off this platform for awhile. The misinformation and conspiracy spouting in the wake of the WHC dinner shooting, along with the outright hatred directed at the journalists present, has maxed me out. Bye for now.
Can a Pope also be president?
Pope to Olympic Athletes: “It is possible to win without humiliating. One can lose without losing oneself. And this also applies beyond sport. It applies in social life, in politics, in relationships between peoples, because sport, if lived well, becomes a workshop for a reconciled humanity.”
April 9, 2026 at 4:21 PM
Can a Pope also be president?
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Impossible to disagree with a single word that Ben Rhodes (Obama era NSC official) is saying here:
April 8, 2026 at 6:53 AM
Impossible to disagree with a single word that Ben Rhodes (Obama era NSC official) is saying here:
Exactly right. And still they won't act.
Senate Republicans refused to convict Trump after Jan 6.
Republican SCOTUS appointees gave him immunity.
Republicans in Congress today stand idly by as he unleashes death and destruction across the globe.
We are now at the whims of a mad king because GOP leaders have refused to constrain him.
Republican SCOTUS appointees gave him immunity.
Republicans in Congress today stand idly by as he unleashes death and destruction across the globe.
We are now at the whims of a mad king because GOP leaders have refused to constrain him.
April 7, 2026 at 9:52 PM
Exactly right. And still they won't act.
"Should Trump persist in his threatened course of action, then only a mass resignation of senior officers would stand between the president and a campaign of genocide."
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
Did Trump Just Threaten to Use Nuclear Weapons in Iran?
If such an order comes to pass, the military can and must refuse.
www.theatlantic.com
April 7, 2026 at 8:54 PM
"Should Trump persist in his threatened course of action, then only a mass resignation of senior officers would stand between the president and a campaign of genocide."
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
Unfortunately, yes.
So pro-life means jailing women who miscarry but shrugging when the deranged president says “a whole civilization will die tonight.” Do I have that right?
April 7, 2026 at 7:07 PM
Unfortunately, yes.
Is there a point to this mumbo jumbo?
April 2, 2026 at 1:10 AM
Is there a point to this mumbo jumbo?
"Barack Hussein Obama."
April 2, 2026 at 1:09 AM
"Barack Hussein Obama."
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Remember Donald Trump’s “concept of a plan” for health care?
The new Republican idea is to cut your health care to pay for Trump’s war in the Middle East and ICE’s terror in your community.
The new Republican idea is to cut your health care to pay for Trump’s war in the Middle East and ICE’s terror in your community.
March 30, 2026 at 6:44 PM
Remember Donald Trump’s “concept of a plan” for health care?
The new Republican idea is to cut your health care to pay for Trump’s war in the Middle East and ICE’s terror in your community.
The new Republican idea is to cut your health care to pay for Trump’s war in the Middle East and ICE’s terror in your community.
The quiet part isn't even quiet anymore. This isn't about security. It's about Republican control m
How the ef did Trump and the Republicans manage to win the White House and both houses of Congress without the SAVE Act on 2024? Can Lee explain that?
March 25, 2026 at 10:48 PM
The quiet part isn't even quiet anymore. This isn't about security. It's about Republican control m
Oh for gods sake.
Fox & Friends discusses RFK Jr. working out in jeans: “I don’t like it in terms of gym etiquette, but I like it versus the alternative. If Kamala [Harris] won, your HHS secretary would be a guy wearing a dress to the gym.”
Read more: www.thedailybeast.com/fox-friends-...
Read more: www.thedailybeast.com/fox-friends-...
March 25, 2026 at 4:36 PM
Oh for gods sake.
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“This is one of the most grotesque crimes of our time.”
March 18, 2026 at 2:20 PM
“This is one of the most grotesque crimes of our time.”
When you've lost this guy..
The founder of the far-right Oath Keepers said Monday that he is no longer part of the MAGA movement because of President Trump’s war in Iran.
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Oath Keepers Founder Abandons MAGA After Iran War
President Trump is losing his biggest fans with his decision to strike Iran.
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March 18, 2026 at 1:58 AM
When you've lost this guy..
Oh, well.
Fetterman having a tough day with his new friends.
March 18, 2026 at 1:40 AM
Oh, well.
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This is everything
March 14, 2026 at 9:10 PM
This is everything
Yes, this is the piece I was waiting to see. Thank you, Tom Nichols. www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
March 5, 2026 at 1:24 AM
Yes, this is the piece I was waiting to see. Thank you, Tom Nichols. www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
Pete Hegseth's glee as he boasts about America's military prowess makes me nauseous. A total disregard for the seriousness of taking human life.
March 4, 2026 at 11:43 PM
Pete Hegseth's glee as he boasts about America's military prowess makes me nauseous. A total disregard for the seriousness of taking human life.
Serious question: Is Trump going to allow Iranian refugees into the U.S. once they are displaced and persecuted due to the war he started?
hias.org/statements/t...
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Trump Administration Ends Refugee Pathway for Persecuted Iranian Religious Minorities
The Trump Administration has ended the refugee pathway for Iranian religious minorities to resettle in the U.S., abandoning thousands.
hias.org
March 1, 2026 at 7:52 PM
Serious question: Is Trump going to allow Iranian refugees into the U.S. once they are displaced and persecuted due to the war he started?
hias.org/statements/t...
hias.org/statements/t...
Who had on their Bingo card in 2024 that Donald Trump was going to kill the head of state of another country? A horrific precedent.
February 28, 2026 at 10:41 PM
Who had on their Bingo card in 2024 that Donald Trump was going to kill the head of state of another country? A horrific precedent.
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(Free) How Jeffrey Epstein Beat the Justice System and Why This Story is Important open.substack.com/pub/jkbjourn...
How Jeffrey Epstein Beat the Justice System
A New Miami Herald Investigation
open.substack.com
February 26, 2026 at 1:28 PM
(Free) How Jeffrey Epstein Beat the Justice System and Why This Story is Important open.substack.com/pub/jkbjourn...
Cake in the land of cholera.
John Gai carried his sick father to a nearby clinic in a wheelbarrow, but he died from cholera on the way.
Gai then pushed the wheelbarrow for hours through the camp to take him to the cemetery: “Nobody should have to carry a dead body among the living.”
Gai then pushed the wheelbarrow for hours through the camp to take him to the cemetery: “Nobody should have to carry a dead body among the living.”
Trump Officials Celebrated With Cake After Slashing Aid. Then People Died of Cholera.
Behind closed doors in Washington, top advisers made a series of decisions that had devastating repercussions for the poorest country on earth. We went to South Sudan and found people who died as a re...
www.propublica.org
February 25, 2026 at 2:36 AM
Cake in the land of cholera.
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Today in the resistance...Shapiro admin tells ICE to drop plans for Pa. detention centers, warns facilities may not get permits www.spotlightpa.org/berks/2026/0...
Shapiro admin tells ICE to drop plans for PA detention centers
ICE detention centers planned for Berks and Schuylkill Counties would burden residents and possibly violate state legal requirements, officials say.
www.spotlightpa.org
February 16, 2026 at 7:49 PM
Today in the resistance...Shapiro admin tells ICE to drop plans for Pa. detention centers, warns facilities may not get permits www.spotlightpa.org/berks/2026/0...
"Thanks to you all, your presence and your activism, I have great news: we just won in federal court.”
www.inquirer.com/news/philade...
www.inquirer.com/news/philade...
Federal judge orders Trump administration to restore slavery exhibits to the President’s House
The order does not give the federal government a deadline for restoring the President's House site.
www.inquirer.com
February 16, 2026 at 7:47 PM
"Thanks to you all, your presence and your activism, I have great news: we just won in federal court.”
www.inquirer.com/news/philade...
www.inquirer.com/news/philade...