Ann M Robie
@annmrobie.bsky.social
Democrat without illusions. It's going to be a long, tough slog.
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Hey @cbsnews.com
I don’t give a flying f*** what you “love”
You’re supposed to be a news organization.
I don’t give a flying f*** what you “love”
You’re supposed to be a news organization.
Incredible. CBS Evening News announces five new “simple values” — instead of their “38-page handbook” — as they roll out Tony Dokoupil is lead anchor.
One of those values is simply: “We love America and make no apologies for saying so.”
One of those values is simply: “We love America and make no apologies for saying so.”
January 2, 2026 at 11:48 PM
Hey @cbsnews.com
I don’t give a flying f*** what you “love”
You’re supposed to be a news organization.
I don’t give a flying f*** what you “love”
You’re supposed to be a news organization.
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"Regional offices abruptly disappeared in a rushed reorganization. New policies were rolled out only to be canceled or changed, prompting confused customers to jam the phones and the website, which crashed repeatedly..."
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
How Social Security has gotten worse under Trump
Customer service deteriorated by key measures as the agency enacted sweeping cuts in Trump’s second term, internal data and interviews show.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 2, 2026 at 11:55 PM
"Regional offices abruptly disappeared in a rushed reorganization. New policies were rolled out only to be canceled or changed, prompting confused customers to jam the phones and the website, which crashed repeatedly..."
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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Shoot this right into my veins.
Mamdani: I have been told that this is the occasion to reset expectations, that I should use this opportunity to encourage the people of New York to ask for little and expect even less. I will do no such thing. The only expectation I seek to reset is that of small expectations.
January 1, 2026 at 7:58 PM
Shoot this right into my veins.
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Want to do something for democracy in the new year? Follow the link to learn how to be a poll worker anywhere in the US. You get to help make sure your little corner of the election is run professionally, lawfully, & w/ an eye toward making sure every eligible voter gets to cast a ballot that counts
I can’t over-emphasize how critical it is to have competent, rule-following poll workers with back bones. Now more than ever. To my attorney followers, we especially need you. To my non-attorney followers—you too.
Find out how to sign up where you are here: www.eac.gov/help-america...
Find out how to sign up where you are here: www.eac.gov/help-america...
January 1, 2026 at 7:34 PM
Want to do something for democracy in the new year? Follow the link to learn how to be a poll worker anywhere in the US. You get to help make sure your little corner of the election is run professionally, lawfully, & w/ an eye toward making sure every eligible voter gets to cast a ballot that counts
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Pardoned by Trump after convicted of 12 counts of bank fraud and tax evasion. Don’t have to pay back $17.8 million in restitution or serve 12 year sentence. Not Somalis.
December 30, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Pardoned by Trump after convicted of 12 counts of bank fraud and tax evasion. Don’t have to pay back $17.8 million in restitution or serve 12 year sentence. Not Somalis.
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This is not hard. Artists are not responsible for ensuring the Kennedy Center remains relevant and successful. The center’s board is responsible for that, in a fiduciary way. All of this energy being directed at artists should be re-directed at the board.
December 30, 2025 at 4:07 PM
This is not hard. Artists are not responsible for ensuring the Kennedy Center remains relevant and successful. The center’s board is responsible for that, in a fiduciary way. All of this energy being directed at artists should be re-directed at the board.
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AOC: "It's not just that Trump is corrupt. It's that everyone participating in this is corrupt. Elon is corrupt. Jeff Bezos is corrupt. Mark Zuckerberg is corrupt."
December 28, 2025 at 7:02 PM
AOC: "It's not just that Trump is corrupt. It's that everyone participating in this is corrupt. Elon is corrupt. Jeff Bezos is corrupt. Mark Zuckerberg is corrupt."
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Everybody is looking forward to the next No Kings Day in the spring. The official date will be announced once we land this with the full No Kings coalition, but trust us that it’s coming. And we can’t wait, either. ❌👑
December 27, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Everybody is looking forward to the next No Kings Day in the spring. The official date will be announced once we land this with the full No Kings coalition, but trust us that it’s coming. And we can’t wait, either. ❌👑
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Who are the Venezuelan immigrants Trump sent to CECOT?
Earlier this year, our team compiled a first-of-its-kind, case-by-case accounting of 238 Venezuelan men who were held in El Salvador.
These are their stories.
https://propub.li/492QTqQ
Earlier this year, our team compiled a first-of-its-kind, case-by-case accounting of 238 Venezuelan men who were held in El Salvador.
These are their stories.
https://propub.li/492QTqQ
The Men Trump Deported to a Salvadoran Prison
On March 15, President Donald Trump’s administration sent more than 230 Venezuelan immigrants to a maximum-security prison in El Salvador. Last week, the men were released as suddenly as they’d been t...
projects.propublica.org
December 24, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Who are the Venezuelan immigrants Trump sent to CECOT?
Earlier this year, our team compiled a first-of-its-kind, case-by-case accounting of 238 Venezuelan men who were held in El Salvador.
These are their stories.
https://propub.li/492QTqQ
Earlier this year, our team compiled a first-of-its-kind, case-by-case accounting of 238 Venezuelan men who were held in El Salvador.
These are their stories.
https://propub.li/492QTqQ
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The point was never to save money. That was only ever a convenient justification for an effort to decimate the public sector and dismantle the US social safety net.
On DOGE’s watch, federal spending did not go down at all. It went up. But is still led to cuts that closed offices, canceled programs and deprived people of food, medicine and other aid.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/u...
How Did DOGE Disrupt So Much While Saving So Little?
www.nytimes.com
December 23, 2025 at 5:14 PM
The point was never to save money. That was only ever a convenient justification for an effort to decimate the public sector and dismantle the US social safety net.
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Here's a downloadable link to the 60 MINUTES piece that Trump's enablers at Paramount's CBS refused to air.
Share it far and wide.
Thanks @jasonparis.bsky.social for posting. #60Minutes
Share it far and wide.
Thanks @jasonparis.bsky.social for posting. #60Minutes
December 23, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Here's a downloadable link to the 60 MINUTES piece that Trump's enablers at Paramount's CBS refused to air.
Share it far and wide.
Thanks @jasonparis.bsky.social for posting. #60Minutes
Share it far and wide.
Thanks @jasonparis.bsky.social for posting. #60Minutes
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You can very clearly see why someone whose job it is to protect war criminals would need this pulled from the airwaves: It’s visible proof the Trump administration is operating concentration camps.
I just uploaded @jasonparis.bsky.social 's recording of the segment CBS News pulled from "60 Minutes" to YouTube:
WATCH: Segment CBS News Pulled From "60 Minutes"
YouTube video by Phil Lewis
www.youtube.com
December 22, 2025 at 11:22 PM
You can very clearly see why someone whose job it is to protect war criminals would need this pulled from the airwaves: It’s visible proof the Trump administration is operating concentration camps.
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The thing where Trump names everything after himself isn’t a funny little quirk but an incredibly reliable indicator that a leader is in fact a dictator. It doesn’t happen in any democratic society, no sane leader does it
December 22, 2025 at 11:03 PM
The thing where Trump names everything after himself isn’t a funny little quirk but an incredibly reliable indicator that a leader is in fact a dictator. It doesn’t happen in any democratic society, no sane leader does it
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Ben knows what he's talking about, he paid Candace Owens a hefty salary to vomit up antisemitism and other bigotries for YEARS before she added Israel to her list of obsessions.
December 21, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Ben knows what he's talking about, he paid Candace Owens a hefty salary to vomit up antisemitism and other bigotries for YEARS before she added Israel to her list of obsessions.
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Goldman: This guy is so clearly trying to follow the Putin model—using the government to make money, making sure his allies control the most important companies in the country, including our media companies, doling out money by deregulating their industries, and taking money from them in return…
December 21, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Goldman: This guy is so clearly trying to follow the Putin model—using the government to make money, making sure his allies control the most important companies in the country, including our media companies, doling out money by deregulating their industries, and taking money from them in return…
Can't repost this enough!!
Dear @sfchronicle.com: I should not as a subscribe who also has your app, be forced to sign in every time I read a story.
Cc: too many places
Cc: too many places
December 20, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Can't repost this enough!!
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Just remembered the James OKeefe sting video with a DOJ official from early September: “They’ll redact every Republican or conservative person in those files [and] leave all the liberal, Democratic people”
December 20, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Just remembered the James OKeefe sting video with a DOJ official from early September: “They’ll redact every Republican or conservative person in those files [and] leave all the liberal, Democratic people”
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rfk will not rest until your kid is dead wapo.st/4s2l2zn
U.S. plans to stop recommending most childhood vaccines, defer to doctors
The plan, which is not finalized, suggests children get fewer shots and shifts to a model telling parents to consult doctors to make their own vaccine choices.
wapo.st
December 20, 2025 at 12:25 AM
rfk will not rest until your kid is dead wapo.st/4s2l2zn
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Just to be clear. It’s the John F Kennedy center legally.
Just like it’s still the department of defense
Just like it’s still the department of defense
December 18, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Just to be clear. It’s the John F Kennedy center legally.
Just like it’s still the department of defense
Just like it’s still the department of defense
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NYT acting like it was no big deal Brooks was there, and then this final line from the Buzzfeed story: "After the event, they took the guest list and shredded it."
December 18, 2025 at 9:06 PM
NYT acting like it was no big deal Brooks was there, and then this final line from the Buzzfeed story: "After the event, they took the guest list and shredded it."
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Within 15 minutes today, I got two back-to-back notifications of deaths at ICE facilities.
28 people have died in ICE custody since Trump took office. These facilities are overcrowded & are putting their own profits over health and safety. We need oversight & accountability NOW.
28 people have died in ICE custody since Trump took office. These facilities are overcrowded & are putting their own profits over health and safety. We need oversight & accountability NOW.
December 18, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Within 15 minutes today, I got two back-to-back notifications of deaths at ICE facilities.
28 people have died in ICE custody since Trump took office. These facilities are overcrowded & are putting their own profits over health and safety. We need oversight & accountability NOW.
28 people have died in ICE custody since Trump took office. These facilities are overcrowded & are putting their own profits over health and safety. We need oversight & accountability NOW.
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Trump's ridiculous primetime address was yet another sign that his presidency is failing www.vox.com/politics/472...
The revealing pointlessness of Trump’s primetime speech
The president is a desperate man.
www.vox.com
December 18, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Trump's ridiculous primetime address was yet another sign that his presidency is failing www.vox.com/politics/472...
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Trump’s speech is a sad attempt at distraction.
Americans know the truth: costs are up, unemployment is up, and he STILL won’t release the Epstein Files.
Americans know the truth: costs are up, unemployment is up, and he STILL won’t release the Epstein Files.
December 18, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Trump’s speech is a sad attempt at distraction.
Americans know the truth: costs are up, unemployment is up, and he STILL won’t release the Epstein Files.
Americans know the truth: costs are up, unemployment is up, and he STILL won’t release the Epstein Files.
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It’s like someone is below the podium stabbing him in the calves as he tries to speak.
December 18, 2025 at 2:10 AM
It’s like someone is below the podium stabbing him in the calves as he tries to speak.