Robin Martin
@martinrca.bsky.social
Researcher by day, world traveller, trekker, runner for life. Staying curious and striving to be fearless.
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Q: The rule today would block anti-tariff votes in the future. What's the reasoning for that?
MIKE JOHNSON: The president's trade policies have been a great benefit to the country. It's undisputed. I think the sentiment is we allow a bit more runway for this to be worked out.
MIKE JOHNSON: The president's trade policies have been a great benefit to the country. It's undisputed. I think the sentiment is we allow a bit more runway for this to be worked out.
February 10, 2026 at 3:40 PM
Q: The rule today would block anti-tariff votes in the future. What's the reasoning for that?
MIKE JOHNSON: The president's trade policies have been a great benefit to the country. It's undisputed. I think the sentiment is we allow a bit more runway for this to be worked out.
MIKE JOHNSON: The president's trade policies have been a great benefit to the country. It's undisputed. I think the sentiment is we allow a bit more runway for this to be worked out.
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Instead of tackling the real issues facing students and parents, like gun violence and lack of funding for public education, Republicans have chosen to turn classrooms into a battleground for their culture wars.
Watch Democrats stand up for students: www.youtube.com/live/FSm3Q_C...
Watch Democrats stand up for students: www.youtube.com/live/FSm3Q_C...
“Defending Faith and Families Against Government Overreach: Mahmoud v. Taylor”
YouTube video by Committee on Education & Workforce Democrats
www.youtube.com
February 10, 2026 at 3:42 PM
Instead of tackling the real issues facing students and parents, like gun violence and lack of funding for public education, Republicans have chosen to turn classrooms into a battleground for their culture wars.
Watch Democrats stand up for students: www.youtube.com/live/FSm3Q_C...
Watch Democrats stand up for students: www.youtube.com/live/FSm3Q_C...
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Trump's war on public data rages on: the EPA erased references to human-related climate change from its website, and the highly cited CIA World Factbook was quietly taken down without notice or reason. Americans are being deliberately kept in the dark
Trump’s War on Public Data | Revolving Door Project
History of Government Data Collection Government data collection in the U.S. dates back to the founding era. The Constitution mandates a population census every ten years to determine congressional re...
therevolvingdoorproject.org
February 10, 2026 at 3:43 PM
Trump's war on public data rages on: the EPA erased references to human-related climate change from its website, and the highly cited CIA World Factbook was quietly taken down without notice or reason. Americans are being deliberately kept in the dark
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But aren’t the real Americans taking those jobs back from immigrants after they are deported?
The real news here is Peter Navarro saying lower jobs numbers *are good* because they (supposedly) indicate fewer immigrants are working in the US. Trump-MAGA ideology values sheer numbers of removals over pretty much all else because their top priority is ethnic reengineering.
Peter Navarro: "The jobs report comes out tomorrow. We have to revise our expectations down significantly for what a monthly job number should look like ... Wall Street has to adjust for the fact that we're deporting millions of illegals out of the job market."
February 10, 2026 at 3:46 PM
But aren’t the real Americans taking those jobs back from immigrants after they are deported?
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President Donald Trump's tariffs cost the average American household $1,000 last year, according to new research from the nonpartisan Tax Foundation. abcnews.go.com/Business/tru...
Trump's tariffs cost American households $1,000 last year: Research group
President Donald Trump’s tariffs cost the average American household $1,000 last year, according to new research from the nonpartisan Tax Foundation.
abcnews.go.com
February 10, 2026 at 3:45 AM
President Donald Trump's tariffs cost the average American household $1,000 last year, according to new research from the nonpartisan Tax Foundation. abcnews.go.com/Business/tru...
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Rep. Melanie Stansbury: “The United States government is engaged in an active coverup of the largest sex trafficking scandal & influence peddling scandal in the history of the United States — and Donald Trump is right at the center of it”
February 9, 2026 at 6:09 PM
Rep. Melanie Stansbury: “The United States government is engaged in an active coverup of the largest sex trafficking scandal & influence peddling scandal in the history of the United States — and Donald Trump is right at the center of it”
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A federal court just upheld California’s law REQUIRING federal agents to identify themselves.
California will keep standing up for civil rights and our democracy.
California will keep standing up for civil rights and our democracy.
February 10, 2026 at 12:55 AM
A federal court just upheld California’s law REQUIRING federal agents to identify themselves.
California will keep standing up for civil rights and our democracy.
California will keep standing up for civil rights and our democracy.
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*Green card application in process and work permit, married to US citizen
*Lived in US for 20 years, no criminal record
*In detention for five months with no charge, despite judge approving release
*He disputes ICE claim that he signed forms agreeing to deportation
*Lived in US for 20 years, no criminal record
*In detention for five months with no charge, despite judge approving release
*He disputes ICE claim that he signed forms agreeing to deportation
And here is my story: ‘Absolute hell’: Irishman with valid US work permit held by Ice since September
www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
‘Absolute hell’: Irishman with valid US work permit held by Ice since September
Seamus Culleton has been in a detention facility in Texas for nearly five months despite having no criminal record
www.irishtimes.com
February 9, 2026 at 12:29 PM
*Green card application in process and work permit, married to US citizen
*Lived in US for 20 years, no criminal record
*In detention for five months with no charge, despite judge approving release
*He disputes ICE claim that he signed forms agreeing to deportation
*Lived in US for 20 years, no criminal record
*In detention for five months with no charge, despite judge approving release
*He disputes ICE claim that he signed forms agreeing to deportation
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"I don’t back down when I get bullied. I fight harder. Everyone I see out here is like, What do you think—we’re gonna quit? We live here."
www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/202...
www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/202...
Democracy Under Occupation
What we’ve learned in Minneapolis
www.theatlantic.com
February 9, 2026 at 4:15 PM
"I don’t back down when I get bullied. I fight harder. Everyone I see out here is like, What do you think—we’re gonna quit? We live here."
www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/202...
www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/202...
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I want to thank everyone who posts gift articles of really important stories that all Americans should read but are behind paywalls so most can’t.
There are some stories that are so important to the public interest that media companies should remove paywalls on some occasions.
There are some stories that are so important to the public interest that media companies should remove paywalls on some occasions.
February 8, 2026 at 1:55 PM
I want to thank everyone who posts gift articles of really important stories that all Americans should read but are behind paywalls so most can’t.
There are some stories that are so important to the public interest that media companies should remove paywalls on some occasions.
There are some stories that are so important to the public interest that media companies should remove paywalls on some occasions.
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🥰 MELIA is doing so well in training. @pawspathtofurever.bsky.social has shared her videos. She's currently in K9 rehab in Watertown, Connecticut. If you're interested in adopting MELIA please fill out the form below. She will need a forever home.
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February 7, 2026 at 1:02 AM
🥰 MELIA is doing so well in training. @pawspathtofurever.bsky.social has shared her videos. She's currently in K9 rehab in Watertown, Connecticut. If you're interested in adopting MELIA please fill out the form below. She will need a forever home.
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Ossoff: "You're seeing what I'm seeing, right? The president posting about the Obamas like a Klansman."
February 7, 2026 at 11:38 PM
Ossoff: "You're seeing what I'm seeing, right? The president posting about the Obamas like a Klansman."
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NEW: House Republicans Friday unveiled an amended version of their voter suppression bill that, if it became law, would gravely undermine the right to vote in the U.S. ahead of the 2026 midterm elections. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
New version of GOP suppression bill would impose nationwide proof of citizenship, photo ID requirements
The bill would undermine the right to vote in the U.S. ahead of the 2026 midterms.
www.democracydocket.com
February 7, 2026 at 7:25 PM
NEW: House Republicans Friday unveiled an amended version of their voter suppression bill that, if it became law, would gravely undermine the right to vote in the U.S. ahead of the 2026 midterm elections. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
The GOP is the party of dictatorship - a minority party that will maintain its tyranny over the majority through deception, manipulation and, now under Trump, force with a taxpayer funded militia.
Gift link
Gift link
February 7, 2026 at 7:15 PM
The GOP is the party of dictatorship - a minority party that will maintain its tyranny over the majority through deception, manipulation and, now under Trump, force with a taxpayer funded militia.
Gift link
Gift link
“Recruits came from the Ku Klux Klan and the Texas Rangers, infamous for lynching Black people, Native Americans and Mexicans, according to multiple historians.” Gift article
February 7, 2026 at 6:56 PM
“Recruits came from the Ku Klux Klan and the Texas Rangers, infamous for lynching Black people, Native Americans and Mexicans, according to multiple historians.” Gift article
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NEW: In the Soviet Union, the leaders counted on the public becoming cynical & apathetic about their brazen lies & obvious corruption. As I write in my OUR LAND newsletter, Trump wants America to slip into the same fog.
link.motherjones.com/public/43992...
Subscribe to OUR LAND at davidcorn.com.
link.motherjones.com/public/43992...
Subscribe to OUR LAND at davidcorn.com.
February 7, 2026 at 3:17 PM
NEW: In the Soviet Union, the leaders counted on the public becoming cynical & apathetic about their brazen lies & obvious corruption. As I write in my OUR LAND newsletter, Trump wants America to slip into the same fog.
link.motherjones.com/public/43992...
Subscribe to OUR LAND at davidcorn.com.
link.motherjones.com/public/43992...
Subscribe to OUR LAND at davidcorn.com.
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ICE has grabbed so many people from their vehicles that there are abandoned cars across Minnesota.
This tow truck driver returns the cars for free as a public service, and he’s been getting death threats.
They hate the helpers.
Which is why must keep helping.
This tow truck driver returns the cars for free as a public service, and he’s been getting death threats.
They hate the helpers.
Which is why must keep helping.
Twin Cities tow truck driver returns abandoned vehicles to families after ICE arrests
Juan Leon sends a "chase" car to check out where abandoned vehicles are located and arranges discreet drop-offs. Since late December, he estimated they have dropped off 250 cars.
www.cbsnews.com
February 7, 2026 at 5:30 AM
ICE has grabbed so many people from their vehicles that there are abandoned cars across Minnesota.
This tow truck driver returns the cars for free as a public service, and he’s been getting death threats.
They hate the helpers.
Which is why must keep helping.
This tow truck driver returns the cars for free as a public service, and he’s been getting death threats.
They hate the helpers.
Which is why must keep helping.
“Nobody that I know wanted to go except for those that did not want to get jacked up by our unit commander for not attending. He has made it very clear how he feels about anyone who does not support the MAGA agenda …”
February 7, 2026 at 5:56 PM
“Nobody that I know wanted to go except for those that did not want to get jacked up by our unit commander for not attending. He has made it very clear how he feels about anyone who does not support the MAGA agenda …”
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When the U.S. Supreme Court said that you could detain people based on their race, their accent, or the language they spoke… there is nothing to preclude ICE from doing that while you’re standing in line getting ready to cast a ballot.
Stacey Abrams
Voting-rights expert
Stacey Abrams
Voting-rights expert
February 7, 2026 at 4:29 PM
When the U.S. Supreme Court said that you could detain people based on their race, their accent, or the language they spoke… there is nothing to preclude ICE from doing that while you’re standing in line getting ready to cast a ballot.
Stacey Abrams
Voting-rights expert
Stacey Abrams
Voting-rights expert
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One of the telltale signs of moral depravity is the use of war or military operations to abuse and torture children and animals. It's as true of Russian operations in Ukraine as it is of ICE operations across the US.
February 7, 2026 at 5:13 PM
One of the telltale signs of moral depravity is the use of war or military operations to abuse and torture children and animals. It's as true of Russian operations in Ukraine as it is of ICE operations across the US.
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Russia’s full-scale invasion began 4 years ago. It began in winter, and so this winter is the 5th. And, for civilians, the worst. Russia launches missiles and drones at energy infrastructure to force Ukrainians to endure the freezing cold. Here's how you can help
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snyder.substack.com/p/the-long-u...
The Long Ukrainian Winter
How You Can Help
snyder.substack.com
February 7, 2026 at 5:15 PM
Russia’s full-scale invasion began 4 years ago. It began in winter, and so this winter is the 5th. And, for civilians, the worst. Russia launches missiles and drones at energy infrastructure to force Ukrainians to endure the freezing cold. Here's how you can help
snyder.substack.com/p/the-long-u...
snyder.substack.com/p/the-long-u...
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One day after meeting Susie Wiles, Tulsi Gabbard told the NSA not to publish the intelligence report. Instead, she instructed NSA officials to transmit the highly classified details directly to her office. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
NSA detected phone call between foreign intelligence and a person close to Trump
Whistleblower says that Tulsi Gabbard blocked agency from sharing report and delivered it to White House chief of staff
www.theguardian.com
February 7, 2026 at 5:32 PM
One day after meeting Susie Wiles, Tulsi Gabbard told the NSA not to publish the intelligence report. Instead, she instructed NSA officials to transmit the highly classified details directly to her office. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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A sweeping boycott has begun — targeting tech giants who participants believe are enabling President Trump and his immigration crackdown. n.pr/4cd0u1o
DVDs and public transit: Boycott drives people to ditch Big Tech to protest ICE
A sweeping boycott has begun — targeting tech giants who participants believe are enabling President Trump and his immigration crackdown.
n.pr
February 7, 2026 at 3:46 PM
A sweeping boycott has begun — targeting tech giants who participants believe are enabling President Trump and his immigration crackdown. n.pr/4cd0u1o