Robert Orthman
@robertorthman.bsky.social
Boston 💜 Personal acct. Do you hear me, do you feel me, we gon be alright.
This is The Way
The “prosecute the former regime at every level” candidate has my vote in 2028.
January 8, 2026 at 12:19 AM
This is The Way
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For as long as I live, I will never understand how millions watched this happen - police officers beaten within inches of their lives, staffers hiding in closets, the Confederate flag in the Capitol, the deaths - and they thought, "Let's give the person who led it four more years." #jan6th
January 6, 2026 at 11:05 PM
For as long as I live, I will never understand how millions watched this happen - police officers beaten within inches of their lives, staffers hiding in closets, the Confederate flag in the Capitol, the deaths - and they thought, "Let's give the person who led it four more years." #jan6th
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So it's my assumption that they'll force Venezuela to make crypto legal tender there. And depending on just how shameless they are about it, that will include TrumpCoin.
January 5, 2026 at 10:32 PM
So it's my assumption that they'll force Venezuela to make crypto legal tender there. And depending on just how shameless they are about it, that will include TrumpCoin.
Please God someone take his keys away
Trump in a single gaggle on Air Force One just threatened:
-- a second strike against Venezuela
-- Cuba
-- Mexico
-- Colombia
-- Iran
-- Greenland (which in turn would be an attack on the EU and Denmark)
-- a second strike against Venezuela
-- Cuba
-- Mexico
-- Colombia
-- Iran
-- Greenland (which in turn would be an attack on the EU and Denmark)
January 5, 2026 at 1:58 AM
Please God someone take his keys away
Our illegitimate criminal president who tried to unconstitutionally stay in power deposing an illegitimate criminal president who did unconstitutionally stay in power. What a time.
January 3, 2026 at 4:50 PM
Our illegitimate criminal president who tried to unconstitutionally stay in power deposing an illegitimate criminal president who did unconstitutionally stay in power. What a time.
This kinda plan has gone extremely well in my lifetime elsewhere. Should be fine!
TRUMP on Venezuela: "We're going to run the country until such time as we can do a safe, proper and judicious transition."
January 3, 2026 at 4:46 PM
This kinda plan has gone extremely well in my lifetime elsewhere. Should be fine!
Firing up the ol’ classic
January 3, 2026 at 3:05 PM
Firing up the ol’ classic
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This is completely unprecedented from a winner of the FIFA Peace Prize
January 3, 2026 at 1:01 PM
This is completely unprecedented from a winner of the FIFA Peace Prize
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I feel like I haven’t even been properly lied to about the purposes of this war
January 3, 2026 at 9:13 AM
I feel like I haven’t even been properly lied to about the purposes of this war
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If the US invested in child care and had national policies like paid leave comparable to other industrialized countries, we would generate $775 billion of economic activity a year. The question should not be, “how can we afford to do this?” The question is, “how can we afford not to?” Let’s do this.
December 25, 2025 at 3:36 AM
If the US invested in child care and had national policies like paid leave comparable to other industrialized countries, we would generate $775 billion of economic activity a year. The question should not be, “how can we afford to do this?” The question is, “how can we afford not to?” Let’s do this.
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I feel like "attention hacking" is most of politics now. The Minnesota aid fraud story is becoming a perfect example.
Recap: In 2022, the Biden DOJ filed the first charges against dozens of fraudsters, many of them Somali-American, who'd fleeced a state food aid program. (1/x)
Recap: In 2022, the Biden DOJ filed the first charges against dozens of fraudsters, many of them Somali-American, who'd fleeced a state food aid program. (1/x)
December 29, 2025 at 1:30 AM
I feel like "attention hacking" is most of politics now. The Minnesota aid fraud story is becoming a perfect example.
Recap: In 2022, the Biden DOJ filed the first charges against dozens of fraudsters, many of them Somali-American, who'd fleeced a state food aid program. (1/x)
Recap: In 2022, the Biden DOJ filed the first charges against dozens of fraudsters, many of them Somali-American, who'd fleeced a state food aid program. (1/x)
Pats Division Champs!
December 29, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Pats Division Champs!
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Yes but the Orange Line should really extend out to West Roxbury, with a terminus off the VFW Parkway near the former WR High School. Going only to Roslindale would be a big missed opportunity to do it right the first time.
Should the Orange Line to Roslindale Be The @mbta.com's Next Rapid Transit Expansion? - by @meghanvolcy.bsky.social
mass.streetsblog.org/2025/12/19/s...
mass.streetsblog.org/2025/12/19/s...
Should the Orange Line to Roslindale Be The T's Next Rapid Transit Expansion? - Streetsblog Massachusetts
New housing, crowded buses, and underutilized commuter rail tracks help make the case to expand the Orange Line beyond Forest Hills, advocates argue.
mass.streetsblog.org
December 27, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Yes but the Orange Line should really extend out to West Roxbury, with a terminus off the VFW Parkway near the former WR High School. Going only to Roslindale would be a big missed opportunity to do it right the first time.
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Went to a movie last night and a dude walked into the theater, yelled DRAKE MAYE, then quietly found his seat. Honestly didn’t mind it.
December 27, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Went to a movie last night and a dude walked into the theater, yelled DRAKE MAYE, then quietly found his seat. Honestly didn’t mind it.
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Kavanaugh tries to put the "Kavanaugh Stops" genie back in the bottle
Kavanaugh goes out of his way to pen a footnote not having to deal with the case at hand.
He appears to be trying to narrow the forces he unleashed with his prior opinion allowing for race- and ethnicity-based #KavanaughStops
He appears to be trying to narrow the forces he unleashed with his prior opinion allowing for race- and ethnicity-based #KavanaughStops
December 23, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Kavanaugh tries to put the "Kavanaugh Stops" genie back in the bottle
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It's fun how every pundit completely misread the anti incumbent anger in the post COVID inflationary period as everyone suddenly loving racism
December 21, 2025 at 4:16 PM
It's fun how every pundit completely misread the anti incumbent anger in the post COVID inflationary period as everyone suddenly loving racism
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Ideally the dumbest person in America and the President would be two different people
December 18, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Ideally the dumbest person in America and the President would be two different people
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December 17, 2025 at 10:06 PM
My father is texting me about Wemby on a random Tuesday night so I guess the NBA Cup is more successful than I expected
December 17, 2025 at 3:41 AM
My father is texting me about Wemby on a random Tuesday night so I guess the NBA Cup is more successful than I expected
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The blockade of Venezuela is a disgusting echo of U.S. imperialism in Latin America. We were lied to about Iraq and WMDs, and an entire generation paid the price.
Here we are again.
We cannot let a wannabe dictator drag us into another forever war.
www.axios.com/2025/12/17/t...
Here we are again.
We cannot let a wannabe dictator drag us into another forever war.
www.axios.com/2025/12/17/t...
Trump orders oil tankers blockade in Venezuela, labels Maduro regime a "terrorist" group
The escalation exerts unprecedented pressure on the Maduro regime, threatening to bankrupt Venezuela's already struggling economy.
www.axios.com
December 17, 2025 at 12:56 AM
The blockade of Venezuela is a disgusting echo of U.S. imperialism in Latin America. We were lied to about Iraq and WMDs, and an entire generation paid the price.
Here we are again.
We cannot let a wannabe dictator drag us into another forever war.
www.axios.com/2025/12/17/t...
Here we are again.
We cannot let a wannabe dictator drag us into another forever war.
www.axios.com/2025/12/17/t...
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Today's newsletter: The same machine that destroyed 600 lives over Charlie Kirk has nothing to say about Trump mocking Rob Reiner. www.readtpa.com/p/the-rules-...
The Rules of Grief
The post-Kirk purge was never about decency. Trump's response to Rob Reiner's murder proves it.
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December 15, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Today's newsletter: The same machine that destroyed 600 lives over Charlie Kirk has nothing to say about Trump mocking Rob Reiner. www.readtpa.com/p/the-rules-...