Mary Barbour

Webstress, mother, artist, liberty lover, life-long student of Objectivism

[The Babylon Bee @TheBabylonBee]

Virginia Considering New Measure That Just Makes It Illegal For Republicans To Vote https://t.co/2ve4HGp34D

[Students For Liberty @sfliberty]

"If you believe in equal rights, then what do ‘women's rights,’ ‘gay rights,’ etc. mean? Either they are redundant or they are violations of the principle of equal rights for all."

— Thomas Sowell

[Magatte Wade @magattew]

Prosperity is not a reward for good behavior.

It's what naturally happens when you stop punishing people for being productive.

[agustina vergara cid @agustinavcid]

I'm researching Ayn Rand's immigration story for a project, and it's so charming and wonderful to see how much she loved America from early on, and how she observed and enjoyed American culture.

Months after arriving here in 1926 (alone, having escaped Soviet Russia), she wrote to a friend: "The only thing that remains for me is to rise, which I am doing with my characteristic straight-line decisiveness."

You can sense through her words her enthusiasm to be in America, and her confidence that this was the country where she'd be able to fulfill her ambition (which she definitely did).

At the Ayn Rand Archives we have much of Rand's correspondence throughout her life. You can read young Rand's letter to her friend here: https://t.co/jd8W10hu5k

[James Tate @JamesTate121]

I’m a Marine Corp veteran, trained by LEOs when I served in US embassies on how to handle unruly individuals or protestors.
1) If you are the guys with guns, you are the ones responsible for the situation. Doubly so if you outnumber the person you’re engaging.
2) You do not need to use force except to control the situation in order to deescalate it. Minimal force required.
3) You are NOT here to look for excuses to use more force. Even if the person gives you an excuse which “justifies” using force, that doesn’t mean using force is de facto the right move.
4) “Let the other person retreat” often resolves the situation just fine! Don’t surround people, back them up against a wall, etc. Your job is to control the situation. “I put myself stupidly in danger” is not an excuse to escalate “because I’m in danger.”
5) People will feed off of your energy. If you come rolling up like a fascist thug ready to break skulls, people will meet you at that level. If you show up calm, professional, and having a friendly chat, often that brings the temperature down.
Everything I see from ICE agents is they are relishing violence and exercising power, needlessly escalating situations, looking for opportunities to shoot their weapons and beat the shit out of people.
~ Alexander McCoy

[Mary Barbour @MaryLBarbour]

@NiohBerg Hoping for the best for you and so inspired by your courage.

[Magatte Wade @magattew]

Minimum wage increases sound compassionate until you see what actually happens.

A worker produces $5 worth of value per hour but the government says you must pay him $10. 

What does the business do? 

They don’t hire him.

They automate, they stay small, or they hire him under the table with no protections at all. 

The person you wanted to help is now unemployed or working illegally. 

This is what having good intentions without understanding basic economics gets you.

[agustina vergara cid @agustinavcid]

In the last few years, I've encountered many people who didn't know that the Declaration of Independence contains a grievance about the king's obstruction of immigration.

"He has endeavoured to prevent the population of these States; for that purpose obstructing the Laws for Naturalization of Foreigners; refusing to pass others to encourage their migrations hither..."

[agustina vergara cid @agustinavcid]

Reagan got this so right.

This was true back then and it is still true now.

Only in America is this possible 🇺🇸

[Ayn Rand Institute @AynRandInst]

"Due process matters because it's a legal safeguard that protects the individual from the arbitrary whims of the state." - Immigration Enforcement and the Betrayal of Due Process, @agustinavcid, a new American 🇺🇸 #OCON2025

[Mary Barbour @MaryLBarbour]

@CherylWroteIt A perspective on the bill from Yaron Brooke: https://t.co/wj4G11L71V

[Mary Barbour @MaryLBarbour]

@Lieboisout I try to do the thing I want to do least, first. That accomplishment makes the rest seem like a breeze.

[Eli Afriat 🇮🇱 @EliAfriatISR]

We will never forget. 💔

[Bari Weiss @bariweiss]

Read this thread.

[Alex Epstein @AlexEpstein]

To all the energy lobbyists and execs who wonder why so many politicians trust me and not you, here’s what I, the “fossil fuel booster,” did today:
1. encouraged politicians not to pass an excise tax on solar and wind
2. encouraged politicians not to punish residential solar compared to industrial

I stand for energy freedom, always, in every situation. Too many of you “stand for” whatever is in your obvious short-term interest. People know what’s real and what’s not.

[Alex Epstein @AlexEpstein]

If the Senate is looking for extra money to save, there is over $500 billion available if all the IRA subsidies are terminated immediately, and over $300 billion if all new subsidies are stopped after 2028 and some egregious loopholes are closed.

[Gus Van Horn @gusvanhorn]

"All Trump had to do was keep his mouth shut for another week or two." -- Yaron Brook on Trump's "Ceasefire"

https://t.co/ZHLVslT63M

[DutchLibertarian @LibertarianDuty]

Javier Milei | Why do they continue to support socialism?

[Thomas Sowell Quotes @ThomasSowell]

“Why is there so much effort being put into trying to find intelligent life on other planets, when there is a serious question about how much intelligent life there is here?”

— Thomas Sowell

[Mary Barbour @MaryLBarbour]

@CherylWroteIt @POTUS Thank you, brave Israel ❤️