Barbara Reid

Ret healthcare admin | Ukrainian ✡️ Mother of boys | Antiracist 🏳️‍🌈ally | m/m visual artist | SoCal | #AdamSchiff2024 | #CVID 30+yrs 😷 @BjReid on Spoutible

[Barbara Reid @reid_bj]

I'm "white" and my children are 1/4 Mexican. My brother's kids are 1/2 Mexican. My sister has Mexican grandkids. I have black and gay family members. Don't tell someone you love them, then vote for someone who will hurt them.

[Alex Cole @acnewsitics]

It looks like MAGA didn't know J.D. Vance's wife was a brown immigrant and they are having a hard time accepting it.

[OCFA @OCFireAuthority]

***CRITICAL INCIDENT UPDATE***

@GardenGrovePD @OCSDStanton @OCHealth @CityGardenGrove @CityofStanton

[Andrea Junker @Strandjunker]

Addiction isn’t a moral judgment — it’s a security clearance nightmare.

If you can’t master your own demons, you have no business running the FBI or the Pentagon.

Kash Patel and Pete Hegseth are liabilities, not leaders. Suspend them and investigate. Immediately.

[Melanie D'Arrigo @DarrigoMelanie]

Tesla has paid $0 in federal taxes in 19 of the last 20 years despite reporting $264 billion in revenue.

They shifted billions in profits to overseas subsidiaries to avoid paying taxes on it.

And conservatives will swear, the mom buying her kid a cookie with SNAP is the problem.

[Dr. Dave @drdave1999]

Q: So, when they wiped away the fake blood from the capsule he’d smeared onto his ear, there was no injury at all?!

A: He was never shot.

Q: And that ridiculous ear drape he wore for days?!

A: It was actually to hide the fact that his ear was completely uninjured.

Q: He LIED!

[Rep. Mike Levin @RepMikeLevin]

Not enough people are talking about this.

Hungary’s incoming PM has said that Viktor Orbán used Hungarian government funds to help finance CPAC, the flagship networking event for GOP candidates, members of Congress, and conservative media in this country.

Under U.S. law, that is not just a Hungarian problem. Foreign governments are barred from spending money in American elections, and Americans are forbidden from soliciting or accepting it. If these allegations are true, this is a direct attack on the integrity of American democracy.

We need a full investigation by Congress, the FEC, and the DOJ. The American people deserve to know exactly what flowed from Orbán’s government into this country’s political ecosystem, who was on the receiving end, and what it bought.
https://t.co/pMFylxAkbQ

[Michelle Obama @MichelleObama]

Happy Black History Month! For 100 years, each February we’ve celebrated the Black folks who've shaped our nation and fought for our freedoms. As we reflect on how far we've come, we can't lose sight of the work that remains. The dreams of our ancestors depend on all of us carrying on their work and refusing to be deterred. That's what Black history is all about: the enduring hope, joy, resilience and resistance—truths that resonate as powerfully today as ever before.

[Shannon Watts @shannonrwatts]

The ex-wife of Jesus Ochoa, one of the Border agents who executed Alex Pretti, said he became a gun extremist after getting hired as a Border agent: “By the time the couple split in 2021, he had … about 25 rifles, pistols and shotguns.” https://t.co/5hRFa9FgmB

[Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @ReichlinMelnick]

This is WILD. Every police department puts officers on administrative leave after a shooting, even justified ones! Not only do you need to do an investigation, but officers need time to process.

Yet Bovino says the guy who shot Pretti in the back YESTERDAY is still in the field!

[Bill Melugin @BillMelugin_]

NEW: Since yesterday's deadly shooting in MN, I've talked to more than half a dozen federal sources involved immigration enforcement, including several in senior positions, who all tell me they have grown increasingly uneasy & frustrated w/ some of the claims & narratives DHS pushed in the aftermath of the shooting.

Specifically, I'm told there is extreme frustration with DHS officials going on TV and putting out statements claiming that Alex Pretti was intending to conduct a "massacre" of federal agents or wanted to carry out "maximum damage", even after numerous videos appeared to show those claims were inaccurate. While they say it was a terrible decision to show up with a gun and inject himself into a federal law enforcement operation, there is no indication Pretti was there to murder law enforcement, as videos appear to show he never drew his holstered firearm.

These sources say this messaging from DHS officials has been catastrophic from a PR and morale perspective, as it is eroding trust and credibility - comparing it to when Democrats falsely claimed the border was closed or that Haitians were being whipped at the border.

Some of these sources have described DHS’ response to the shooting as “a case study on how not to do crisis PR”, one said they are so “fed up” that they wish they could retire, another said “DHS is making the situation worse”, and another added that “DHS is wrong” and “we are losing this war, we are losing the base and the narrative."

These sources all believe this is going to end up being what they call a “bad shoot”, a “shitty” situation that happened in seconds where agents likely heard “gun!”, then the disarmed firearm may have had an accidental discharge that spooked the agents, and they shot. The agents do not have the luxury of multiple slow motion angles - and had to make split second decisions.

All of the sources support the mass deportation agenda, but have serious hesitations about the way it is being carried out and the messaging that comes with it. Many of the sources have expressed frustration that ICE is routinely blamed for the actions of Border Patrol, a completely separate agency.

I reached out to DHS for comment on concerns that their rhetoric and comments have damaged their credibility.

DHS provided the following statement to @FoxNews:

“We have seen a highly coordinated campaign of violence against our law enforcement. This individual committed a federal crime while armed as he obstructed an active law enforcement operation. As with any situation that is evolving, we work to give swift, accurate information to the American people as more information becomes available."

[Rep. Gloria Johnson @VoteGloriaJ]

Out of state money has been funding those who want to destroy public school for years and they don’t mind spending it against Republicans when republicans actually side with their voters instead of bending to billionaires.

[The Tennessee Holler @TheTNHoller]

🔥REPUBLICAN Rep. @JodyBarrett4TN to @NC5_BenHall: “@GovBillLee’s vouchers are fiscally irresponsible… they went primarily to kids already in private schools… tax dollars from rural counties are subsidizing private school kids in Williamson…”

(Out of state Voucher vultures just dumped millions into Jody’s TN-7 GOP primary to help @MattForTN Van Epps beat Jody)

[Brian Allen @allenanalysis]

🚨CBS found that out of 600+ people ICE grabbed in Chicago, only 16 had criminal histories.

Sixteen.

Trump turned the entire country upside down, raided neighborhoods, and terrorized families for a number so small it wouldn’t fill a classroom, all while pardoning actual criminals by the thousands.

[Michael F Ozaki MD @brontyman]

I hope every veteran who has worn the uniform, saluted our flag, or saw our flag flying in a FOB at dawn after returning from night operations, is disgusted by seeing Trump unaware and uncaring of our flag touching the ground.

[philip lewis @Phil_Lewis_]

Mary Sheffield is the first woman to be elected mayor of Detroit in the city’s 324-year history

[HustleBitch @HustleBitch_]

🚨 MISS UNIVERSE MELTDOWN - DIRECTOR CALLS MISS MEXICO “DUMBHEAD,” TRIGGERS MASS WALKOUT

The Miss Universe director publicly humiliated Miss Mexico, calling her a “dumbhead” then tried to flex his power when she spoke up:

“I didn’t give you opportunity to talk. I’m still talking! I’m still talking!”

Moments later, he called for security and the room fell silent.

Then she walked out.
And one by one, the other women followed.

A beauty pageant just became a rebellion.

[Dara in Chains @DarainChains]

All children who have had SC2.
ALL
CHILDREN

[Yaneer Bar-Yam @yaneerbaryam]

New Data: COVID-19 infection causes many times more serious health problems in kids than vaccination does.

Vaccines reduce risk — not just of infection, but of long-term complications.

Explainer in The Globe and Mail:
https://t.co/7aAUgUrAbM

[Lakota Man @LakotaMan1]

Huntington Beach, California, a MAGA stronghold, banned the Pride flag in 2024.

Because Prop 50 passed, Huntington Beach now gets a gay congressman.

[Alex Cole @acnewsitics]

This Qatar?

[Outspoken™️ @Out5p0ken]

Newsom’s social media team is on a level we’ve never seen before