Shannon McClure Roberts
@shaymikki.bsky.social
Lawyer. Mom. Philly city dweller. Litigatrix. Crown straightener. W&M.
Reposted by Shannon McClure Roberts
Federal spending is *up* under Trump according to the Wall Street Journal. Chaos is not actually the same as cost savings.
Actual budgeting is a kind of actual policy-making and takes real work spread over real time. Running around breaking stuff isn't that.
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Actual budgeting is a kind of actual policy-making and takes real work spread over real time. Running around breaking stuff isn't that.
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
April 11, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Federal spending is *up* under Trump according to the Wall Street Journal. Chaos is not actually the same as cost savings.
Actual budgeting is a kind of actual policy-making and takes real work spread over real time. Running around breaking stuff isn't that.
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Actual budgeting is a kind of actual policy-making and takes real work spread over real time. Running around breaking stuff isn't that.
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Reposted by Shannon McClure Roberts
It was always and will always be about their hate.
Just like restrictions on women. On the LGTBQ+ community. On People of Color. On the Educated. On children
Just like restrictions on women. On the LGTBQ+ community. On People of Color. On the Educated. On children
March 28, 2025 at 7:04 AM
It was always and will always be about their hate.
Just like restrictions on women. On the LGTBQ+ community. On People of Color. On the Educated. On children
Just like restrictions on women. On the LGTBQ+ community. On People of Color. On the Educated. On children
Really don’t get how people don’t see the disappearing messages thing as the biggest part of the story. IT IS THE BIGGEST PART OF THE STORY.
For the Signal bullsh*t with the US gov, what absolutely should not be lost or forgiven is that they set the text messages to auto-delete. This is very much illegal, as it is a direct and intentional effort to hide and destroy government documents. It's a crime and all should be prosecuted.
March 28, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Really don’t get how people don’t see the disappearing messages thing as the biggest part of the story. IT IS THE BIGGEST PART OF THE STORY.
Reposted by Shannon McClure Roberts
From an operational security perspective, this is the highest level of fuckup imaginable. These people cannot keep America safe.
The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans
U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling.
www.theatlantic.com
March 24, 2025 at 8:13 PM
From an operational security perspective, this is the highest level of fuckup imaginable. These people cannot keep America safe.
Reposted by Shannon McClure Roberts
Travel to the US is expected to slide by 5%, contributing to a $64 billion shortfall for the travel industry, according to Tourism Economics which had originally forecast a 9% increase in foreign travel, but revised its estimate to reflect “polarizing Trump Administration policies and rhetoric.”
International travelers concerned about President Donald Trump’s trade policies and bellicose rhetoric have been canceling trips to the United States, depriving the U.S. tourism industry of billions of dollars at a time when the economy has started to appear wobbly.
Nervous about Trump, international tourists scrap their U.S. travel plans
International tourists are canceling plans to visit the United States, with Canadians leading the way.
www.washingtonpost.com
March 16, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Travel to the US is expected to slide by 5%, contributing to a $64 billion shortfall for the travel industry, according to Tourism Economics which had originally forecast a 9% increase in foreign travel, but revised its estimate to reflect “polarizing Trump Administration policies and rhetoric.”
Reposted by Shannon McClure Roberts
Murphy: "If we continue to observe norms, if we continue to engage in business as usual, this democracy could be gone. I don't think we have a year to save American democracy. I think the way the president is acting ... puts out democracy at immediate risk."
March 16, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Murphy: "If we continue to observe norms, if we continue to engage in business as usual, this democracy could be gone. I don't think we have a year to save American democracy. I think the way the president is acting ... puts out democracy at immediate risk."
Reposted by Shannon McClure Roberts
I will use every tool at my disposal to protect this country from Trump. I will litigate to defend voting rights until there are no cases left to bring. I will speak out against authoritarianism until my last breath.
I will not back down. I will not bow or scrape. I will never obey.
I will not back down. I will not bow or scrape. I will never obey.
My Open Letter to Elon Musk
From Marc | Elon Musk recently posted on his site that another lawyer and I are “undermining civilization.” This is my response.
www.democracydocket.com
February 22, 2025 at 12:05 AM
I will use every tool at my disposal to protect this country from Trump. I will litigate to defend voting rights until there are no cases left to bring. I will speak out against authoritarianism until my last breath.
I will not back down. I will not bow or scrape. I will never obey.
I will not back down. I will not bow or scrape. I will never obey.
Reposted by Shannon McClure Roberts
Musk totally humiliated Trump during their joint Oval Office press conference. Musk brought along his 4-year-old son — making Trump look like the kid’s babysitter — disrespectfully wore a T-shirt and baseball cap, and even interrupted Trump.
It’s clear who’s really in control, and it ain’t Trump.
It’s clear who’s really in control, and it ain’t Trump.
February 12, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Musk totally humiliated Trump during their joint Oval Office press conference. Musk brought along his 4-year-old son — making Trump look like the kid’s babysitter — disrespectfully wore a T-shirt and baseball cap, and even interrupted Trump.
It’s clear who’s really in control, and it ain’t Trump.
It’s clear who’s really in control, and it ain’t Trump.
Reposted by Shannon McClure Roberts
This piece is spot on. Musk’s pivot to “dadfluencer” isn’t about fatherhood—it’s about optics. A man who abandoned multiple children suddenly rebrands as a doting dad when the cameras are rolling? Care as PR, not practice. 🧵
My first piece for @zeteo.com is out! I wrote about Elon Musk’s attempt to rebrand himself from a ruthless, calculating billionaire to a down-home family man by using his toddler son.
Elon Musk the Dadfluencer? The Billionaire Is Leveraging His Son to Rebrand Himself as a Father Figure
Read award-winning journalist Taylor Lorenz's new column, Network Effect, exclusively for Zeteo.
zeteo.com
February 13, 2025 at 6:14 PM
This piece is spot on. Musk’s pivot to “dadfluencer” isn’t about fatherhood—it’s about optics. A man who abandoned multiple children suddenly rebrands as a doting dad when the cameras are rolling? Care as PR, not practice. 🧵
Reposted by Shannon McClure Roberts
There are literally not enough journalists employed in the US to cover the bad shit that is happening right now. We are now going to experience the social consequences of a weakened news industry--which are the same as the benefits of a weakened news industry, to those who weakened it.
February 2, 2025 at 4:43 PM
There are literally not enough journalists employed in the US to cover the bad shit that is happening right now. We are now going to experience the social consequences of a weakened news industry--which are the same as the benefits of a weakened news industry, to those who weakened it.
Reposted by Shannon McClure Roberts
This is a good response from Justin Trudeau, IMO. But it is strange and unsettling and ominous to hear a Canadian prime minister say something other than an unequivocal "yes" to the question of whether the United States is an ally.
February 2, 2025 at 2:41 AM
This is a good response from Justin Trudeau, IMO. But it is strange and unsettling and ominous to hear a Canadian prime minister say something other than an unequivocal "yes" to the question of whether the United States is an ally.
Reposted by Shannon McClure Roberts
Is anyone awake? @booker.senate.gov @whitehouse.senate.gov @schiff.senate.gov @schumer.senate.gov @aoc.bsky.social @maddow.msnbc.com @lawrenceodonnell.msnbc.com @insidewithpsaki.msnbc.com
🚨TheUS Agency for International Development (USAID) website, has gone offline, as the Trump administration moves to put the free-standing agency, and its current $42.8 billion budget for global humanitarian operations, under the control of the State Department. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
USAid website offline as Trump moves to put agency under state department
Move would threaten life-saving global humanitarian aid programs, from HIV/Aids treatments to clean water access
www.theguardian.com
February 2, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Reposted by Shannon McClure Roberts
Yes, this administration is dangerous and cruel, but they are also shockingly dim and incompetent.
Opportunities are everywhere.
Make everything as hard as possible. Resist every demand. Refuse entry without a warrant. Don’t take the buyout. Their problem solving skills are 📉
Opportunities are everywhere.
Make everything as hard as possible. Resist every demand. Refuse entry without a warrant. Don’t take the buyout. Their problem solving skills are 📉
January 30, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Yes, this administration is dangerous and cruel, but they are also shockingly dim and incompetent.
Opportunities are everywhere.
Make everything as hard as possible. Resist every demand. Refuse entry without a warrant. Don’t take the buyout. Their problem solving skills are 📉
Opportunities are everywhere.
Make everything as hard as possible. Resist every demand. Refuse entry without a warrant. Don’t take the buyout. Their problem solving skills are 📉
Reposted by Shannon McClure Roberts
Can you imagine the courage it took to preach this message directly to the president? This is what a follower of Jesus looks like. (Partial transcript below.)
1.21.25 Homily by The Right Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde
YouTube video by Washington National Cathedral
youtu.be
January 21, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Can you imagine the courage it took to preach this message directly to the president? This is what a follower of Jesus looks like. (Partial transcript below.)
WITAF
Horrifying.
Horrifying.
January 21, 2025 at 2:20 PM
WITAF
Horrifying.
Horrifying.
Reposted by Shannon McClure Roberts
No one “accidentally” Nazi salutes.
Not once.
Sure as shit not twice.
Not once.
Sure as shit not twice.
January 21, 2025 at 5:23 AM
No one “accidentally” Nazi salutes.
Not once.
Sure as shit not twice.
Not once.
Sure as shit not twice.
Reposted by Shannon McClure Roberts
Wild. Top is the NBC upload, bottom is the one aired as the live feed
January 21, 2025 at 5:45 AM
Wild. Top is the NBC upload, bottom is the one aired as the live feed
Reposted by Shannon McClure Roberts
My favorite part of Zuckerberg's Joe Rogan interview is when he suggests there is not enough masculine energy at his company, where two out of every three employees is a man.
January 12, 2025 at 5:34 PM
My favorite part of Zuckerberg's Joe Rogan interview is when he suggests there is not enough masculine energy at his company, where two out of every three employees is a man.
Reposted by Shannon McClure Roberts
To whom are you beholden?
January 12, 2025 at 8:52 PM
To whom are you beholden?
Reposted by Shannon McClure Roberts
I rarely bring it up anymore (IDK why, it feels weird to promote??) but feels sadly/newly relevant again: If you're thinking about running for office, I wrote a book for you. www.simonandschuster.com/books/Run-fo...
Run for Something
The must-have guide for young progressives looking to run for local office, complete with contributions from elected officials and political operat...
www.simonandschuster.com
November 12, 2024 at 2:43 PM
I rarely bring it up anymore (IDK why, it feels weird to promote??) but feels sadly/newly relevant again: If you're thinking about running for office, I wrote a book for you. www.simonandschuster.com/books/Run-fo...