Fred Barger

Tennessee native, journalist, wine guy, husband, father, grandpa. Also @fredbarger.bsky.social

[Occupy Democrats @OccupyDemocrats]

To the veteran skipping medications because of costs, and the military family losing ACA coverage: Democrats see you. The incoming majority will restore what was taken. #DemsFightForVeteransCare

[Mother Jones @MotherJones]

The job qualifications for Hegseth’s military? Straight. White. Male. https://t.co/ZHMVHL8PxU

[Christopher Hale @ChristopherHale]

NEW: Javier Milei, who once called Pope Francis “the representative of evil on Earth,” fought back tears as he saw Pope Leo XIV off at Ezeiza airport on Wednesday.

Over four days, Leo had challenged Milei’s austerity agenda again and again, telling him to his face that “the economy must serve the person” and reminding his government that private property carries a “social mortgage.”

That morning, Leo had embraced inmates at Devoto prison, where Francis used to wash prisoners’ feet.

From the plane to Peru, the pope wrote that Argentina now has two popes, one by birth and one by adoption. https://t.co/bFwPuzyXsb

[MeidasTouch @MeidasTouch]

The White House is panicking. Trump’s lawyer just threatened incoming House Democrats with criminal charges for planning investigations, and cited MeidasTouch twice to do it. Democrats are firing back, the blue wave keeps growing, and Trump spent Veterans Day bragging about the “spoils” of war. Today’s top stories on MeidasTouch. https://t.co/opGSw4NcvP

[Adam Kinzinger (Slava Ukraini) 🇺🇸🇺🇦 @AdamKinzinger]

This is truly abhorrent. Pete Hegseth doesn't know how to conduct himself, even at The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery.

His behavior is unbecoming of any visitor to the Tomb, let alone that which comes from a Secretary of Defense.

[Fred Barger @fredbarger]

Thank you, Bernie!, by @RBReich https://t.co/aEFidWZ2Fg

[Fred Barger @fredbarger]

New Information About ICE with Katie Benner, by @JoyceWhiteVance https://t.co/nMoItLO2KX

[Adrian P 🇷🇴🇺🇦🇪🇺 @AdrianP_doc]

CNN has released new footage showing the moment of the fatal Russian attack on Komyshuvakha in Zaporizhzhia.

Currently, it is known that 55 people have died, and dozens are missing.

I hope Americans, and especially their new Congresw understamd that the Trump administration has held back supplies of air defense through Pete Hegseth and has weakend Ukraine's ability to fight back because of Elon Musk's restrictions on Starlink

Blaming republicans won't won't work as an excuse for American complicity in russian war crimes from January.

[POLITICO @politico]

Democrats say voters still want them to investigate Jeffrey Epstein https://t.co/fWOjF4E0zK

[Regina Bauer 🇪🇪🇺🇦 @petite_michelle]

What a great news! Less dependence on the US, more home-made weapons!

[Katie Benner @ktbenner]

ICE agent who fatally shot an immigrant in Maine talked of foreign bloodlines, denounced noncitizens and more, according to emails
My story w.@AlexandraBerzon
https://t.co/ofCD3vg6K4

[Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський @ZelenskyyUa]

Mette Frederiksen @Statsmin and I had a great conversation with students at the University of Copenhagen. Thank you for the warm welcome and interesting questions. We spoke a lot about our unity in Europe and why it is so important to support Ukraine, which is preventing Russian aggression from spreading further.

I fully agree with Mette that if we allow Russia to decide Ukraine’s fate, we will open the way for it to make decisions about the rest of Europe. We need to be stronger than the Russians. And only through unity can we achieve this. Thank you!

[Fred Barger @fredbarger]

Hegseth Escapes Impeachment; Vets Deserve Better https://t.co/QJeeWWkOZn

[Fred Barger @fredbarger]

Live with the NYT’s Katie Benner, 9:30 a.m ET, by @JoyceWhiteVance https://t.co/CYP9O4TwAH

[Fred Barger @fredbarger]

A Failed Impeachment, for Now, by @JoyceWhiteVance https://t.co/p0geG7bNIN

[Fred Barger @fredbarger]

REIDERS EXCLUSIVE! Relive the Midterminology Tour https://t.co/kiYPwZOBis

[The Associated Press @AP]

Congo’s Ebola cases have crossed 11,000 in another development that shows the severity of the outbreak. The Bundibugyo virus responsible for this outbreak has no known vaccine or treatment and has spread to eight of the country’s 26 provinces. https://t.co/UqpoODGbm5

[JB Pritzker @JBPritzker]

The federal minimum wage today is $7.25 an hour. No one with a full-time job can survive on that.

Illinois nearly doubled our minimum wage. The time for Congress to act is now.

[NBC News @NBCNews]

Spain’s government demands that TikTok suspend its operations in the country until it eliminates child sexual abuse material, it says, after a media report documented 1,183 explicit posts on the platform with millions of views. https://t.co/bQ7EefMLJY

[Miami Herald @MiamiHerald]

California sheriff who ran for Congress accused of sexually abusing 2 girls, one age 11 https://t.co/xRplKS2KgD