Paul Barnes

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This is my private account. I am retired and doing a podcast. I have a nine month old who keeps me super busy, but I love it, she’s amazing. I’m an American living overseas. The Clint Initiative Podcast is my other account. Yes, I am, A Rainbow American.

Obama (JCPOA, 2015) Trump (2026) Unfrozen Iranian assets $1.7 billion $25 billion Iran's uranium stockpile 98% reduction No agreement Iran's enrichment program Capped at 3.7% No agreement Iran sanctions In place Lifted Hormuz Strait Open w/o restrictions or tolls Open w/ Iran/Oman control/tolls American lives lost to get to deal 15 American injuries to get to deal 0. 543 Direct costs to get to deal Costs of diplomacy Over $100 billion Additional geopolitical risk Negative Greater than Covid-19 Additional costs $millions for oversight/monitoring $300 billion for reconstruction Global financial cost to reach deal Minimal $2.2 trillion Effect on American wage growth None Set back 1.5 years American weapons stockpile No change Depleted
Sit still in the darkness, Sit still in thought, Now ask yourself; as they deport so many people. Why are they building so many prisons?
"I am not a crook!" He was. "I did not have sexual relations with that woman!" He did. "I'm not a rapist! I'm not a pedophile!" He is.
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JD Vance converted to Catholicism in August 2019 at age 35,, following a period of exploring faith, having previously been raised in a loosely evangelical family and later identifying as an atheist. He was baptized and confirmed at St. Gertrude Priory in Cincinnati, Ohio, choosing Saint Augustine as his patron saint. SLATE Slate +5
JD Vance converted to Catholicism in August 2019 at age 35,, following a period of exploring faith, having previously been raised in a loosely evangelical family and later identifying as an atheist. He was baptized and confirmed at St. Gertrude Priory in Cincinnati, Ohio, choosing Saint Augustine as his patron saint.
House.gov https://docs.house.govPDF Listen To The Jeffrey Epstein Tapes: 'I Was Donald Trump's Closest Friend' Explosive tapes recorded by author Michael Wolff show Epstein claiming Trump liked to "f---" his friends' wives and first slept with. Melania on the "Lolita...
What can you make from one barrel of oil? Researchers broke down a typical barrel of domestic crude oil into what could be produced from it. The average domestic crude oil has a gravity of 32 degrees and weighs 7.21 pounds per gallon. Here's what just one barrel of crude oil can produce: Wax for 170 birthday candles or 27 crayons. Distillate fuel to drive a large truck (five miles per gallon) for almost 40 miles If jet fuel fraction is included, that same truck can run nearly 50 miles Asphalt to make about one gallon of tar for patching roofs or streets. Lubricants to make about one quart of motor oil. Nearly 70kilowatt-hours of electricity at a power plant generated by residual fuel. About four pounds of charcoal briquettes. Gasoline to drive a medium-sized car (17 miles per gallon) for more than 280 miles Liquefied gases, such as propane, to fill 12 small (14.1-ounce) cylinders for home, camping or workshop use. There would be enough petrochemicals left in that same barrel to also provide the base for: 540 toothbrushes 135 four-inch rubber balls 39 polyester shirts 750 pocket combs 23 hula hoops 65 plastic drinking cups 195 one-cup measuring cups 11 plastic telephone housings 65 plastic dustpans The lighter materials in a barrel are used mainly for paint thinners and dry-cleaning solvents, and they can make nearly a quart of one of these products. The miscellaneous fraction of what is left still contains enough byproducts to be used in medicinal oils, still gas, road oil and plant condensates. It's a real industrial horn of plenty.
Please for a minute consider all that has been done, with very little scrutiny or opposition to suppress votes, over decades. Gerrymandering alone has suppressed millions of votes. Their number one useful tool in voter suppression, is making voters believe, other voters is the problem.
Paul Barnes PROVE ME WRONG: Simply put. Republicans Kill Americans. Anyone voting for Republicans is voting to kill Americans.
Paul Barnes PROVE ME WRONG: Simply put. Republicans Kill Americans. Anyone voting for Republicans is voting to kill Americans.
Paul Barnes PROVE ME WRONG: Simply put. Republicans Kill Americans. Anyone voting for Republicans is voting to kill Americans.
Key Aspects of a Fatwa: • Purpose: Provides guidance on matters not explicitly covered in the Qur'an or Hadith, helping Muslims act in accordance with faith. • Authority: Issued by qualified scholars, often at the request of individuals, courts, or organizations. • Not Binding: Unlike a court judgment, a fatwa is an advisory opinion that individuals can choose to follow. • Context-Dependent: Often specific to a time, place, and situation. ® Britannica +4
Not if you finally get married. Nasty work is getting married, when it won't work and then having to divorce, divorce is the definition of nasty work. Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell never married, together for decades. Nasty or not people have to do what ultimately will work for them. Not everybody else and their expectations for their relationship. The nasty work is people outside a relationship judging it.
Fear is used to control YOU
Paul Barnes PROVE ME WRONG: Simply put. Republicans Kill Americans. Anyone voting for Republicans is voting to kill Americans.
White House slams Joy Behar over joke about Trump on The View: "Talentless hack' (exclusive)
Paul Barnes PROVE ME WRONG: Simply put. Republicans Kill Americans. Anyone voting for Republicans is voting to kill Americans.
As of early 2026, President Donald Trump has continued his tradition of frequent, regular golf outings during his second term, with reports indicating he has visited his own golf properties at an high rate. O • Frequency: In his second term, Trump has visited his golf clubs 88 times in his first year (through late 2025/early 2026), marking a similar, if not higher, pace than in his first term. • Locations: Almost all of his golf outings have been at his own properties, including: • Trump International Golf Club (West Palm Beach, Florida) • Trump National Doral (Miami, Florida) • Trump National Golf Club (Jupiter, Florida) • Trump National Golf Club (Bedminster, New Jersey) • Trump National Golf Club (Sterling, Virginia) • Costs: As of late 2025, his second-term golf trips have cost taxpayers an estimated $70-$110 million, with projections suggesting the total could exceed $300 million over four years.
THE BARNZ PHOTOGRAPHY COLLECTION: In celebration of my 30 year relationship with photography and creating compelling images. I will be releasing many of my best images taken over those 30 years in the hope it will generate revenue to enable me to get a camera and create even more images. I want to create a legacy and secure the future of my family. My one year old daughter fills me with hope and wonder. If any of my images do that for you please consider donating to my endeavor. I will be releasing images daily from my first two collections. If you would like to Own any of the collection images check out my Ko-Fi page. https://ko-fi.com/barnzphotographycollection
Quick poll 02/07/2026 ~ 02/08/2026 Disclaimer Do you think the presence of ICE agents reduces the amount of crime in an area? Yes 25% (13,547) No 74% (39,389) V
In January 2026, an anti-ICE protest took place at Cities Church in St. Paul, Minnesota, targeting a pastor who is also a high-ranking official for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). ® The protest and subsequent federal crackdown have become a flashpoint for national debate: o • The Target: Protesters entered the church during a Sunday service on January 18 to confront David Easterwood, a pastor at Cities Church who also serves as a director for the local ICE field office. • Motivation: The demonstration was sparked by the fatal shooting of Renee Good, a mother of three killed by federal agents in Minneapolis on January 7, and Alex Pretti, who was killed while filming agents earlier in the month.
Living in a cursed nation. Yes. I'm talking about America, but I will dress it up in fantasy, or give it a different name, perhaps inject science fiction; magic or even comedy. In the end it's all about America and all our sins. We murdered Indians for this land. Almost all the Indians. Now American citizens are being killed by people they employ through their votes for legislators, who then use their taxes, to hire nearly literate thugs to enslave and murder them. Paying for the assassin who then kills you. That's classic karma when you live in a cursed nation. Now is not the time to indulge ourselves with science fiction magic or even comedy. Our nation is cursed and broken and this is our wake call to fix all that.
Henry Cuellar | TX Marie Gluesenkamp Perez | WA Don Davis | N.C LICE CE The 7 House Democrats who sided with domestic terrorism, abuse, family separation and murder by voting to fund ICE Jared Golden | ME Laura Guillen I NY Vicente Gonzalez | TX Tom Suozzi | NY
Journalist Georgia Fort, Targeted for Covering Same Protest as Don Lemon, Livestreams Her FBI Arrest: 'Agents Are at My Door Fort said on a Facebook livestream that her children were in the home and "are impacted by this," claiming, "This is all stemming from the fact that I filmed a protest as a member of the media" By Paloma Chavez I Published on January 30, 2026 04:09PM EST Georgia Fort livestreams her arrest by FBI agents on Jan. 30 (left); Don Lemon, who was also arrested (right). Credit : Georgia Fort/Facebook; Cindy Ord/Getty
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Rep. Ilhan Omar Attacked By Man, Sprayed With Substance At Town Hall The man appeared to spray her with a substance before being taken to the ground Anna Schier, Patch Staff P Posted Tue, Jan 27, 2026 at 7:53 pm CT 40 A man is tackled to the ground after spraying an unknown substance on U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., during a town hall on Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2026, in Minneapolis. (Richard Tsong-Taatarii/Star Tribune via AP)
A picture showing the man our government insists was prepared to attack ICE agents with a weapon. In the picture he is being pepper sprayed a phone in one hand and the other empty.
Henry Cuellar | TX Marie Gluesenkamp Perez | WA LICE CE Don Davis / N.C The 7 House Democrats who sided with domestic terrorism, abuse, family separation and murder by voting to fund ICE Laura Guillen | NY Tom Suozzi | NY Jared Golden | ME Vicente Gonzalez | TX
Henry Cuellar | TX Marie Gluesenkamp Perez | WA LICE CE Don Davis / N.C The 7 House Democrats who sided with domestic terrorism, abuse, family separation and murder by voting to fund ICE Laura Guillen | NY Tom Suozzi | NY Jared Golden | ME Vicente Gonzalez | TX
Henry Cuellar | TX Marie Gluesenkamp Perez | WA LICE CE Don Davis / N.C The 7 House Democrats who sided with domestic terrorism, abuse, family separation and murder by voting to fund ICE Laura Guillen | NY Tom Suozzi | NY Jared Golden | ME Vicente Gonzalez | TX
• In January 2026, the Senate advanced a resolution (52-47) to block further unauthorized hostilities against Venezuela following a U.S. military action.
The presidential pardon power, established under Article II, Section 2, Clause 1 of the U.S. Constitution, grants the President "Power to grant Reprieves and Pardons for Offenses against the United States, except in Cases of Impeachment" Scope and Types of Clemency The pardon power is considered "plenary" (broad and absolute), meaning it is generally not subject to restriction by Congress or the judiciary. It covers several types of executive clemency: o • Pardon: Forgives a federal crime and restores certain civil rights (e.g., voting, gun ownership). • Amnesty: A pardon extended to an entire group or class of people (e.g., Vietnam draft evaders). • Commutation: Reduces or mitigates a court-imposed sentence but does not erase the conviction itself. • Reprieve: Temporarily delays the execution of a sentence or punishment. • Remission: Forgives the payment of fines or forteitures.
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Donald Trump Attacks Kennedy Family on Truth Social Hours After Death of JFK's Granddaughter Tatiana Schlossberg
Donald Trump Attacks Kennedy Family on Truth Social Hours After Death of JFK's Granddaughter Tatiana Schlossberg
Nicki Minaj is a Trinidadian-American rapper who came to the U.S. as a child and has lived in the country for decades but is not a U.S. citizen, remaining a citizen of Trinidad and Tobago, according to her own statements and recent reports. She arrived in the U.S. as an undocumented immigrant at age 5, grew up in Queens, NY, and has publicly discussed the challenges of navigating the complex U.S. immigration system despite paying millions in taxes and living in the country for most of her life.
American states have significant powers, largely defined by the 10th Amendment, reserving rights not given to the federal government, including governing education, public safety, intrastate commerce, elections, licensing (driver's, marriage), and establishing local governments, though federal law remains supreme. These powers, known as reserved powers, allow states to manage daily life, while concurrent powers (like taxing) are shared with the federal government, creating a balance of authority.
Jake Paul Goes to Hospital with Broken Jaw After Losing to Anthony Joshua in Heavyweight Fight
Jake Paul Goes to Hospital with Broken Jaw After Losing to Anthony Joshua in Heavyweight Fight
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health https://hsph.harvard.edu USAID shutdown has led to hundreds of thousands of deaths : Nov 20, 2025 — The dismantling of USAID, according to models from Boston University epidemiologist Brooke Nichols, "has already caused the deaths of six ...
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Son of "El Chapo" pleads guilty to U.S. drug trafficking charges OCBS NEWS • 2 hours ago
Newsweek https://www.newsweek.com Donald Trump wants Americans to use fewer pencils: 8 takeaways from rally 19 hours ago - President Donald Trump has said it is possible to "give up certain products" like "pencils" because of the benefits of steel.
When Ukraine gave up its nuclear weapons, the agreement was the Budapest Memorandum (1994), where the U.S., UK, and Russia promised to respect Ukraine's sovereignty, independence, and borders in exchange for Ukraine transferring its Soviet-era nuclear arsenal to Russia for dismantling, joining the non-proliferation treaty, and receiving security assurances and economic compensation. While the U.S. provided technical help, the "assurances" weren't legally binding defense guarantees, leading to Russia's later violations in 2014 and 2022, notes Stanford University and Brookings.
El Chapo's family crosses into US - Questions arise over... YouTube • Al Jazeera English May 14, 2025 Mexico's security minister on Tuesday told a radio show that he believes the two men's relatives coming across is part of ... 2:03 El Chapo's family crosses into US, but questions arise over... USA Today May 14, 2025 It's a grainy video but it shows members of the family of El Chapo hin Guzman heading across the border suitcases. 2:31 El Chapo's family enters the U.S. in San Ysidro NBC 7 San Diego May 14, 2025 More than a dozen of his family members just entered the United States through here in San Diego it's part of a deal as...