John Robinson
@jrobin.bsky.social
Former editor of the News & Record in Greensboro, NC; former UNC journalism professor. He's strolled all alone through a fallout zone & came out with his soul untouched.
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Two stories side by side in WashPost
December 26, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Two stories side by side in WashPost
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A+ answers at The University of Oklahoma
(From “F for Effort!”)
(From “F for Effort!”)
December 26, 2025 at 2:04 AM
A+ answers at The University of Oklahoma
(From “F for Effort!”)
(From “F for Effort!”)
My reps in DC, who boldly proclaim their religiousness, also boldly proclaim their support for killing people.
December 26, 2025 at 12:01 PM
My reps in DC, who boldly proclaim their religiousness, also boldly proclaim their support for killing people.
Q. Gosh. Nearly 200! How many times can you wish everyone a merry Christmas and call for peace on Earth?
A. None.
A. None.
December 26, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Q. Gosh. Nearly 200! How many times can you wish everyone a merry Christmas and call for peace on Earth?
A. None.
A. None.
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You almost have to feel bad for an ugly old man with no family or friends to keep him company on Christmas Day that he makes 200 crazy posts ranting about everything under the sun.
Almost.
Almost.
December 26, 2025 at 4:00 AM
You almost have to feel bad for an ugly old man with no family or friends to keep him company on Christmas Day that he makes 200 crazy posts ranting about everything under the sun.
Almost.
Almost.
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This is the answer to Trump’s litigation threats. Not capitulation. Discovery.
President Trump’s spiteful defamation suit against the Pulitzer Prize Board may backfire, as the latter is now demanding Trump’s psychological records, prescription medication records, and tax returns in the discovery process. trib.al/LUCScTR
December 26, 2025 at 2:54 AM
This is the answer to Trump’s litigation threats. Not capitulation. Discovery.
“Nazi”??? Anyone who applies for one of these stupid license plates should not only not get the plate but should not be allowed to drive. www.newsobserver.com/news/state/n...
NC rejected 10,000+ personalized plates in 2025, from ‘FAST AF’ to ‘DMPTRMP’
It may be “cold AF” outside, but you can’t put that on a license plate in the Tar Heel State.
www.newsobserver.com
December 25, 2025 at 3:03 PM
“Nazi”??? Anyone who applies for one of these stupid license plates should not only not get the plate but should not be allowed to drive. www.newsobserver.com/news/state/n...
I’ve hit the age when the children are celebrating Christmas Day with the families of their husbands, and I can’t say I care for it.
December 25, 2025 at 11:30 AM
I’ve hit the age when the children are celebrating Christmas Day with the families of their husbands, and I can’t say I care for it.
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Having a normal Christmas morning
December 25, 2025 at 6:21 AM
Having a normal Christmas morning
Dude’s truly insane.
Trump: We track Santa. We want to make sure that Santa is being good. We want to make sure that he's not infiltrated, that we're not infiltrating into our country a bad Santa. Santa loves Oklahoma like I do. You know, Oklahoma was very good to me in the election
December 24, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Dude’s truly insane.
lol
Trump: I am fine. You sound beautiful and cute. How old are you?
Caller: I am eight
Caller: I am eight
December 24, 2025 at 11:10 PM
lol
Hard to keep up with all the Epstein news and outrages? @joycewhitevance.bsky.social has you covered. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
December 24, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Hard to keep up with all the Epstein news and outrages? @joycewhitevance.bsky.social has you covered. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
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When student loan borrowers are in default, how does the Trump regime respond?
By garnishing their wages.
When billionaires see their wealth hit record highs, how does the Trump regime respond?
By extending their tax cuts.
This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.
By garnishing their wages.
When billionaires see their wealth hit record highs, how does the Trump regime respond?
By extending their tax cuts.
This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.
December 24, 2025 at 6:01 PM
When student loan borrowers are in default, how does the Trump regime respond?
By garnishing their wages.
When billionaires see their wealth hit record highs, how does the Trump regime respond?
By extending their tax cuts.
This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.
By garnishing their wages.
When billionaires see their wealth hit record highs, how does the Trump regime respond?
By extending their tax cuts.
This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.
The ratio here is stunning.
The Bari Weiss hysteria continues. Exactly what in "this piece isn't ready" and "try harder to get comment from the administration" constitutes the death of American journalism? www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
What Bari Weiss Got Right
And what she got wrong
www.theatlantic.com
December 24, 2025 at 3:35 PM
The ratio here is stunning.
Amazing that university lawyers can get to a position of authority without understanding how reporters, you know, report.
Another one: “The University of Maryland will uphold two student conduct charges that a civil liberties advocacy organization asked be dropped against student journalists who were detained by UMPD while reporting on a protest outside an event in October.” dbknews.com/2025/12/23/u...
UMD says it won’t drop conduct charges against student journalists detained in October
The journalists were detained by UMPD while reporting on a protest outside an event hosted by this university’s Students Supporting Israel chapter.
dbknews.com
December 24, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Amazing that university lawyers can get to a position of authority without understanding how reporters, you know, report.
Love this from @brianstelter.bsky.social. Top media story
"While media moguls fight & political hacks try to twist the news, normal everyday people are telling their own stories, making their own media, and sometimes forcing those in power to pay attention." view.newsletters.cnn.com/messages/176...
"While media moguls fight & political hacks try to twist the news, normal everyday people are telling their own stories, making their own media, and sometimes forcing those in power to pay attention." view.newsletters.cnn.com/messages/176...
🎁 Merry, merry! This is our final daily digest of 2025. We'll be recharging over the holidays and returning to your inbox on January.
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December 24, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Love this from @brianstelter.bsky.social. Top media story
"While media moguls fight & political hacks try to twist the news, normal everyday people are telling their own stories, making their own media, and sometimes forcing those in power to pay attention." view.newsletters.cnn.com/messages/176...
"While media moguls fight & political hacks try to twist the news, normal everyday people are telling their own stories, making their own media, and sometimes forcing those in power to pay attention." view.newsletters.cnn.com/messages/176...
Melania? Ivanka? Nah.
A portrait of Jacqueline Kennedy is the only image of a woman in the Oval.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
A portrait of Jacqueline Kennedy is the only image of a woman in the Oval.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
A 3-D Look Inside Trump’s Revamped Oval Office
Take a 3-D tour of the president’s office, where he covered more than a third of wall space with gold.
www.nytimes.com
December 24, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Melania? Ivanka? Nah.
A portrait of Jacqueline Kennedy is the only image of a woman in the Oval.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
A portrait of Jacqueline Kennedy is the only image of a woman in the Oval.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Warehouse: “a large building where raw materials or manufactured goods may be stored before their export or distribution for sale”
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
ICE documents reveal plan to hold 80,000 immigrants in warehouses
The Trump administration wants to build seven large-scale deportation hubs to speed up deportations, internal ICE documents show.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 24, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Warehouse: “a large building where raw materials or manufactured goods may be stored before their export or distribution for sale”
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
Shooting down people in boats. Flu deaths. Measles deaths. Deaths of Immigrants in ICE custody.
What is it with the Trump administration and killing people?
www.notus.org/immigration/...
What is it with the Trump administration and killing people?
www.notus.org/immigration/...
Seven Immigrants Die in ICE Custody in December, Marking Deadliest Month This Year
Two people died in detention centers, and five more died after being taken to hospitals.
www.notus.org
December 24, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Shooting down people in boats. Flu deaths. Measles deaths. Deaths of Immigrants in ICE custody.
What is it with the Trump administration and killing people?
www.notus.org/immigration/...
What is it with the Trump administration and killing people?
www.notus.org/immigration/...
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A secret of investigative reporting is that you often get entire stories out of the dumb stuff: people who redact wrong, people who leave their Venmo on public, people who accidentally cc you on the email to their lawyers, people who put you in the bombing group chat, etc
I mean yeah it’s an authoritarian takeover but can we take some comfort in the fact that the people doing it are INSANELY stupid?
December 23, 2025 at 8:26 PM
A secret of investigative reporting is that you often get entire stories out of the dumb stuff: people who redact wrong, people who leave their Venmo on public, people who accidentally cc you on the email to their lawyers, people who put you in the bombing group chat, etc
Yet 98% of Republicans in Congress approve of him.
The disconnect, thanks to cowardice and gerrymandering.
The disconnect, thanks to cowardice and gerrymandering.
December 24, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Yet 98% of Republicans in Congress approve of him.
The disconnect, thanks to cowardice and gerrymandering.
The disconnect, thanks to cowardice and gerrymandering.
“Every accusation is a confession” could not be truer than this👇
'Pathetic Trainwreck': Trump Gives Stephen Colbert A Lump Of Coal On Christmas Eve
'Pathetic Trainwreck': Trump Gives Stephen Colbert A Lump Of Coal On Christmas Eve
'Pathetic Trainwreck': Trump Gives Stephen Colbert A Lump Of Coal On Christmas Eve
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December 24, 2025 at 9:25 AM
“Every accusation is a confession” could not be truer than this👇
Delusional
1. President Trump shares a post that suggests — without evidence — that Governor Kemp of Georgia and other officials were paid off as part of a conspiracy to rig the election and should be arrested, and that Rudy Giuliani should be paid back by the women who successfully sued him for defamation.
December 23, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Delusional
When I win the $1.7 billion Powerball tomorrow, I’m going to funnel millions to legal challenges against Trump’s actions.
December 23, 2025 at 9:30 PM
When I win the $1.7 billion Powerball tomorrow, I’m going to funnel millions to legal challenges against Trump’s actions.