@krobinjr.bsky.social
That other place is becoming insufferable, so now I've migrated over here. I value empathy, compassion, democracy and my viewpoints are my own.
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This is what we could've had. An intelligent Black woman that was committed to moving the country forward.
Instead racism and misogyny gave us a convicted felon that will drag us back by 60 years.
Instead racism and misogyny gave us a convicted felon that will drag us back by 60 years.
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Here are a 20 quick points to remember the next time a loved one at the holiday party tries to make you fear the "illegals."
1. Trump is an illegal. $25 mil for education fraud, $2 mil for charity fraud, $364 mil civil fraud, $88 million for sex abuse & defamation, 34 felony convictions.
Here are a 20 quick points to remember the next time a loved one at the holiday party tries to make you fear the "illegals."
1. Trump is an illegal. $25 mil for education fraud, $2 mil for charity fraud, $364 mil civil fraud, $88 million for sex abuse & defamation, 34 felony convictions.
December 25, 2024 at 10:06 PM
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Here are a 20 quick points to remember the next time a loved one at the holiday party tries to make you fear the "illegals."
1. Trump is an illegal. $25 mil for education fraud, $2 mil for charity fraud, $364 mil civil fraud, $88 million for sex abuse & defamation, 34 felony convictions.
Here are a 20 quick points to remember the next time a loved one at the holiday party tries to make you fear the "illegals."
1. Trump is an illegal. $25 mil for education fraud, $2 mil for charity fraud, $364 mil civil fraud, $88 million for sex abuse & defamation, 34 felony convictions.
Elon said jump, Republicans said how high, and then threw their own bill in the shitter.
They couldn't govern if Governing For Dummies was put right there in front of them and they tripped over it.
They couldn't govern if Governing For Dummies was put right there in front of them and they tripped over it.
December 20, 2024 at 12:30 PM
Elon said jump, Republicans said how high, and then threw their own bill in the shitter.
They couldn't govern if Governing For Dummies was put right there in front of them and they tripped over it.
They couldn't govern if Governing For Dummies was put right there in front of them and they tripped over it.
So Herschel Walker managed to snag one of those Black jobs Trump was talking about.
December 18, 2024 at 1:45 PM
So Herschel Walker managed to snag one of those Black jobs Trump was talking about.
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We are so - and I use this word advisely - fucked.
RFK Jr.’s Lawyer Has Asked the FDA to Revoke Polio Vaccine Approval
Aaron Siri, who specializes in vaccine lawsuits, has been at Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s side reviewing candidates for top jobs at the Department of Health and Human Services.
www.nytimes.com
December 13, 2024 at 3:40 PM
We are so - and I use this word advisely - fucked.
On Meet The Press Trump said that he "can't guarantee" prices won't go up because of his tariffs.
But hey, it's what MAGA voted for. Right?
But hey, it's what MAGA voted for. Right?
a man in a white shirt and tie is eating a piece of food
ALT: a man in a white shirt and tie is eating a piece of food
media.tenor.com
December 8, 2024 at 8:38 PM
On Meet The Press Trump said that he "can't guarantee" prices won't go up because of his tariffs.
But hey, it's what MAGA voted for. Right?
But hey, it's what MAGA voted for. Right?
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Look at that top line. VA Healthcare. That’s about 10 million veterans including elderly men and women in their 80’s.
December 5, 2024 at 3:47 PM
Look at that top line. VA Healthcare. That’s about 10 million veterans including elderly men and women in their 80’s.
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Trump will be corrupt down to his grave. And if MAGA was silent when Trump pardoned Roger Stone and Paul Manafort, they shouldn't have shit to say about Biden pardoning his son.
Good on him for doing it.
Good on him for doing it.
December 2, 2024 at 12:32 PM
Trump will be corrupt down to his grave. And if MAGA was silent when Trump pardoned Roger Stone and Paul Manafort, they shouldn't have shit to say about Biden pardoning his son.
Good on him for doing it.
Good on him for doing it.
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SAD FACT: Majority of America hates women and Black people so much they’d rather have a white rapist racist in charge.
Lame. Embarrassing.
And fuck Hulk Hogan.
Lame. Embarrassing.
And fuck Hulk Hogan.
December 1, 2024 at 1:42 AM
SAD FACT: Majority of America hates women and Black people so much they’d rather have a white rapist racist in charge.
Lame. Embarrassing.
And fuck Hulk Hogan.
Lame. Embarrassing.
And fuck Hulk Hogan.
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Meet the Ideologue of the “Post-Constitutional” Right
Russell Vought, one of the architects behind Project 2025, believes there is nothing left to conserve. He desires revolution – and to burn down the system.
Some thoughts from my new piece:
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Russell Vought, one of the architects behind Project 2025, believes there is nothing left to conserve. He desires revolution – and to burn down the system.
Some thoughts from my new piece:
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Meet the Ideologue of the “Post-Constitutional” Right
Russell Vought, one of the architects behind Project 2025, believes there is nothing left to conserve. He desires revolution – and to burn down the system
thomaszimmer.substack.com
November 28, 2024 at 2:03 PM
Meet the Ideologue of the “Post-Constitutional” Right
Russell Vought, one of the architects behind Project 2025, believes there is nothing left to conserve. He desires revolution – and to burn down the system.
Some thoughts from my new piece:
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Russell Vought, one of the architects behind Project 2025, believes there is nothing left to conserve. He desires revolution – and to burn down the system.
Some thoughts from my new piece:
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These people voted for a hateful person who'll have no problem centering that hate in his policies, affecting millions of people, and now they want us to turn around and break bread with them?
It ain't happening. Let them seek out other MAGA folks and eat turkey among themselves.
It ain't happening. Let them seek out other MAGA folks and eat turkey among themselves.
November 27, 2024 at 11:51 PM
These people voted for a hateful person who'll have no problem centering that hate in his policies, affecting millions of people, and now they want us to turn around and break bread with them?
It ain't happening. Let them seek out other MAGA folks and eat turkey among themselves.
It ain't happening. Let them seek out other MAGA folks and eat turkey among themselves.
A friendly reminder: the ignorance of Trump voters is not our responsibility to fix. If they voted for him without understanding what a tariff was, that's on them.
November 27, 2024 at 1:41 PM
A friendly reminder: the ignorance of Trump voters is not our responsibility to fix. If they voted for him without understanding what a tariff was, that's on them.
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Blue Sky team, you're building something special and great here. Keep at it. Stick with it. And please don't sell it to an evil billionaire who's going to come around waving a lot of money to gobble it up.
Sincerely, a Happy Blue Sky user.
Sincerely, a Happy Blue Sky user.
November 27, 2024 at 5:45 AM
Blue Sky team, you're building something special and great here. Keep at it. Stick with it. And please don't sell it to an evil billionaire who's going to come around waving a lot of money to gobble it up.
Sincerely, a Happy Blue Sky user.
Sincerely, a Happy Blue Sky user.
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Jack Smith, I think, did all that he could. He just got a couple of bad breaks: being saddled with Judge Cannon and her bullshit and SCOTUS handing Trump immunity.
Merrick Garland and the millions who voted for him share the blame for this.
Merrick Garland and the millions who voted for him share the blame for this.
November 25, 2024 at 7:53 PM
Jack Smith, I think, did all that he could. He just got a couple of bad breaks: being saddled with Judge Cannon and her bullshit and SCOTUS handing Trump immunity.
Merrick Garland and the millions who voted for him share the blame for this.
Merrick Garland and the millions who voted for him share the blame for this.
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NEW: Porsha Ngumezi is the fifth case we've reported on in which a woman died after not receiving a D&C or its second-trimester equivalent in time, or at all.
Her case raises questions about how abortion bans are pressuring doctors to avoid standard care even in straightforward miscarriages.
Her case raises questions about how abortion bans are pressuring doctors to avoid standard care even in straightforward miscarriages.
A Third Woman Died Under Texas’ Abortion Ban. Doctors Are Avoiding D&Cs and Reaching for Riskier Miscarriage Treatments.
Thirty-five-year-old Porsha Ngumezi’s case raises questions about how abortion bans are pressuring doctors to avoid standard care even in straightforward miscarriages.
www.propublica.org
November 25, 2024 at 12:00 PM
NEW: Porsha Ngumezi is the fifth case we've reported on in which a woman died after not receiving a D&C or its second-trimester equivalent in time, or at all.
Her case raises questions about how abortion bans are pressuring doctors to avoid standard care even in straightforward miscarriages.
Her case raises questions about how abortion bans are pressuring doctors to avoid standard care even in straightforward miscarriages.
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finally a reasonable take
November 23, 2024 at 6:50 PM
finally a reasonable take
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New report is out from the CDC on states with the highest rate of STD infections. The top 9 are all Republican states.
1. LA
2. MS
3. AK
4. SD
5. GA
6. AL
7. NC
8. SC
9. AR
1. LA
2. MS
3. AK
4. SD
5. GA
6. AL
7. NC
8. SC
9. AR
November 21, 2024 at 2:23 PM
New report is out from the CDC on states with the highest rate of STD infections. The top 9 are all Republican states.
1. LA
2. MS
3. AK
4. SD
5. GA
6. AL
7. NC
8. SC
9. AR
1. LA
2. MS
3. AK
4. SD
5. GA
6. AL
7. NC
8. SC
9. AR
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We tried to warn. And yet the press “fact checked” anyone who dared to say Trump was going to implement Project 2025—because he said he wouldn’t.
Insane.
Insane.
November 21, 2024 at 3:16 AM
We tried to warn. And yet the press “fact checked” anyone who dared to say Trump was going to implement Project 2025—because he said he wouldn’t.
Insane.
Insane.
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That is the key promise of Trumpism, after all: “You will get to abandon all norms of decency, ignore all conventions of social behavior, and rage against those you despise, the most vulnerable - and exert power over those you regard as lesser. You will dominate and be revered or you will punish.”
November 20, 2024 at 12:22 AM
That is the key promise of Trumpism, after all: “You will get to abandon all norms of decency, ignore all conventions of social behavior, and rage against those you despise, the most vulnerable - and exert power over those you regard as lesser. You will dominate and be revered or you will punish.”
From what I understand, the Block feature on this app is lit.
Which is good to know, since I suspect it won't be long before MAGA deplorables at the other place make their way over here.
Which is good to know, since I suspect it won't be long before MAGA deplorables at the other place make their way over here.
November 20, 2024 at 1:42 PM
From what I understand, the Block feature on this app is lit.
Which is good to know, since I suspect it won't be long before MAGA deplorables at the other place make their way over here.
Which is good to know, since I suspect it won't be long before MAGA deplorables at the other place make their way over here.
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Last year, when I was at MSNBC, I did a 10-minute deep-dive into RFK Jr's anti-vaxxer role in the measles outbreak that killed dozens and dozens of kids in Samoa.
I hope every Senator voting in his confirmation process for HHS knows about this crucial and awful story:
I hope every Senator voting in his confirmation process for HHS knows about this crucial and awful story:
RFK Jr., anti-vaxxers, and a measles outbreak: Mehdi’s deep dive
YouTube video by MSNBC
www.youtube.com
November 20, 2024 at 1:33 PM
Last year, when I was at MSNBC, I did a 10-minute deep-dive into RFK Jr's anti-vaxxer role in the measles outbreak that killed dozens and dozens of kids in Samoa.
I hope every Senator voting in his confirmation process for HHS knows about this crucial and awful story:
I hope every Senator voting in his confirmation process for HHS knows about this crucial and awful story:
This is what we could've had. An intelligent Black woman that was committed to moving the country forward.
Instead racism and misogyny gave us a convicted felon that will drag us back by 60 years.
Instead racism and misogyny gave us a convicted felon that will drag us back by 60 years.
November 20, 2024 at 12:43 PM
This is what we could've had. An intelligent Black woman that was committed to moving the country forward.
Instead racism and misogyny gave us a convicted felon that will drag us back by 60 years.
Instead racism and misogyny gave us a convicted felon that will drag us back by 60 years.
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In the 5+ years since Chicago Police agreed to extensive oversight from a federal judge, police have fully complied with just 9% of the agreement’s requirements.
New, @propublica.org @wttw.bsky.social
New, @propublica.org @wttw.bsky.social
In Five Years, Chicago Has Barely Made Progress on Its Court-Ordered Police Reforms. Here’s Why.
Chicago police agreed to judicial oversight in 2019. Since then, a series of mayors and police chiefs let efforts languish and no one in a position of oversight has pushed forcefully to keep the proce...
www.propublica.org
November 20, 2024 at 12:37 PM
In the 5+ years since Chicago Police agreed to extensive oversight from a federal judge, police have fully complied with just 9% of the agreement’s requirements.
New, @propublica.org @wttw.bsky.social
New, @propublica.org @wttw.bsky.social
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Prosecute criminals when you get a chance before they become vindictive Presidents with near unlimited power.
But Democrats love decorum and civility and Merrick Garland. So here we are.
But Democrats love decorum and civility and Merrick Garland. So here we are.
November 19, 2024 at 7:28 PM
Prosecute criminals when you get a chance before they become vindictive Presidents with near unlimited power.
But Democrats love decorum and civility and Merrick Garland. So here we are.
But Democrats love decorum and civility and Merrick Garland. So here we are.
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Precisely.
NEW: Private schools across the South that were established for white children during desegregation are now benefiting from tens of millions in taxpayer dollars flowing from rapidly expanding voucher-style programs, a @propublica analysis found.
www.propublica.org/article/segr...
www.propublica.org/article/segr...
Segregation Academies Across the South Are Getting Millions in Taxpayer Dollars
North Carolina offers an especially telling window into what is happening across this once legally segregated region where legislatures are now rapidly expanding and adopting controversial voucher-sty...
www.propublica.org
November 18, 2024 at 4:50 PM
Precisely.
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Put another way, the MAGA deplorables over on X haven't found their way over here yet.
Hopefully it'll stay that way. Let them migrate over to Truth Social or something.
Hopefully it'll stay that way. Let them migrate over to Truth Social or something.
November 17, 2024 at 6:11 PM
Put another way, the MAGA deplorables over on X haven't found their way over here yet.
Hopefully it'll stay that way. Let them migrate over to Truth Social or something.
Hopefully it'll stay that way. Let them migrate over to Truth Social or something.