Robert Connors
@connorspages.bsky.social
Author, editor, newsman and bluesman, trying to make sense of human insanity and self-destructive behaviors. Also, planting trees for survival of the planet.
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Robert Connors
@connorspages.bsky.social
· Nov 18
So I am a recovering Twitter user ready to share and learn here. I’ve got some books under my belt, working on concepts for a couple more.
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Let’s put an end to Fox News in waiting rooms.
I got this from Amazon and use it everywhere they show Fox News. Also great if you have hard of hearing neighbors who watch it 24/7
I got this from Amazon and use it everywhere they show Fox News. Also great if you have hard of hearing neighbors who watch it 24/7
August 31, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Let’s put an end to Fox News in waiting rooms.
I got this from Amazon and use it everywhere they show Fox News. Also great if you have hard of hearing neighbors who watch it 24/7
I got this from Amazon and use it everywhere they show Fox News. Also great if you have hard of hearing neighbors who watch it 24/7
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August 30, 2025 at 11:47 AM
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Trump’s plan to rename the Department of Defense as the Department of War shows (once again) that his self-characterization as the “pro-peace” candidate was complete bullshit.
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White House Moves Forward on Plans for a Department of War
Trump’s goal of renaming the Defense Department might require congressional action, but his administration is looking at other ways to rebrand the military.
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August 31, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Trump’s plan to rename the Department of Defense as the Department of War shows (once again) that his self-characterization as the “pro-peace” candidate was complete bullshit.
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When this time is over (& it will be) & somebody asks me to describe its nature & spirit, I shall play this clip. It embodies the whole cruelty, nastiness, sneer, indifference, cockiness, glee, inhumanity, & evil. It proves they knew what they did was illegal, but they did it happily, voluntarily.
August 31, 2025 at 10:20 AM
When this time is over (& it will be) & somebody asks me to describe its nature & spirit, I shall play this clip. It embodies the whole cruelty, nastiness, sneer, indifference, cockiness, glee, inhumanity, & evil. It proves they knew what they did was illegal, but they did it happily, voluntarily.
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'The findings add weight to a growing body of evidence that beavers may be acting as ecosystem engineers, reshaping waterways in ways that benefit not just their own survival, but that of entire landscapes.'
How Canada's buck-toothed national emblem could help fight wildfires | CBC News
New research out of the western U.S. suggests dams and ponds built by beavers can slow floods, store water and even create green firebreaks in wildfire-prone landscapes.
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August 31, 2025 at 12:28 PM
'The findings add weight to a growing body of evidence that beavers may be acting as ecosystem engineers, reshaping waterways in ways that benefit not just their own survival, but that of entire landscapes.'
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MAKE AMERICA WEAK AGAIN (MAWA). Weakening Our Research, Health, Economy, Defense, Education, Environment, Liberties & Rule of Law.
Let’s be clear, RFK jr is the Secretary of the GOP Death Panel. His psychotic moves are going to cost many thousands of lives! 🤬
Speak up. Show up. Fight back!
Let’s be clear, RFK jr is the Secretary of the GOP Death Panel. His psychotic moves are going to cost many thousands of lives! 🤬
Speak up. Show up. Fight back!
August 31, 2025 at 4:14 PM
MAKE AMERICA WEAK AGAIN (MAWA). Weakening Our Research, Health, Economy, Defense, Education, Environment, Liberties & Rule of Law.
Let’s be clear, RFK jr is the Secretary of the GOP Death Panel. His psychotic moves are going to cost many thousands of lives! 🤬
Speak up. Show up. Fight back!
Let’s be clear, RFK jr is the Secretary of the GOP Death Panel. His psychotic moves are going to cost many thousands of lives! 🤬
Speak up. Show up. Fight back!
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“ILLEGALS” MY ASS!
Green card holder Rami Othmane speaks out after being snatched off the street by ICE while driving to the grocery store.
He’s a documented immigrant and the husband of Dr Wafaa Alrashid, chief of staff at a local hospital. He was locked in detention for 13 days.
Green card holder Rami Othmane speaks out after being snatched off the street by ICE while driving to the grocery store.
He’s a documented immigrant and the husband of Dr Wafaa Alrashid, chief of staff at a local hospital. He was locked in detention for 13 days.
August 30, 2025 at 8:51 PM
“ILLEGALS” MY ASS!
Green card holder Rami Othmane speaks out after being snatched off the street by ICE while driving to the grocery store.
He’s a documented immigrant and the husband of Dr Wafaa Alrashid, chief of staff at a local hospital. He was locked in detention for 13 days.
Green card holder Rami Othmane speaks out after being snatched off the street by ICE while driving to the grocery store.
He’s a documented immigrant and the husband of Dr Wafaa Alrashid, chief of staff at a local hospital. He was locked in detention for 13 days.
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Wait! I thought Trump was supposed to be “ending homelessness.”
HUD just announced a nationwide audit of Section 8 “citizen status.”
Mixed-status families could lose rental assistance, even when kids are U.S. citizens. Families including children could be thrown into eviction & face homelessness.
HUD just announced a nationwide audit of Section 8 “citizen status.”
Mixed-status families could lose rental assistance, even when kids are U.S. citizens. Families including children could be thrown into eviction & face homelessness.
August 31, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Wait! I thought Trump was supposed to be “ending homelessness.”
HUD just announced a nationwide audit of Section 8 “citizen status.”
Mixed-status families could lose rental assistance, even when kids are U.S. citizens. Families including children could be thrown into eviction & face homelessness.
HUD just announced a nationwide audit of Section 8 “citizen status.”
Mixed-status families could lose rental assistance, even when kids are U.S. citizens. Families including children could be thrown into eviction & face homelessness.
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No matter what @MarshaBlackburn keeps saying, it’s not criminals they’re targeting.
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August 31, 2025 at 12:33 AM
No matter what @MarshaBlackburn keeps saying, it’s not criminals they’re targeting.
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“Show me the man, and I’ll show you the crime” is strait out of Stalin’s playbook.
'Line of fire': Nobel Prize-winning economist drops bombshell worry about Trump probe
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'Line of fire': Nobel Prize-winning economist drops bombshell worry about Trump probe
President Donald Trump is not only trying to remove Lisa Cook as a U.S. Federal Reserve governor — he also wants her investigated for mortgage fraud allegations, although she hasn't been charged with ...
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August 31, 2025 at 3:22 AM
“Show me the man, and I’ll show you the crime” is strait out of Stalin’s playbook.
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My reporting uncovered the existence of DoJ training videos instructing FBI personnel on how to flag Trump’s name in the Epstein files. I’m suing to get the videos under FOIA. substack.com/@muellershew...
I Am Suing the Department of Justice for the Epstein Files Training Videos
On July 20th, I was the first to report the existence of training videos instructing FBI personnel how to flag mentions of Trump and others in the Epstein files. Today, I'm suing for those videos.
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August 30, 2025 at 7:22 PM
My reporting uncovered the existence of DoJ training videos instructing FBI personnel on how to flag Trump’s name in the Epstein files. I’m suing to get the videos under FOIA. substack.com/@muellershew...
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apnews.com/article/immi...: Oregon firefighter arrested by Border Patrol during wildfire was on track for legal status
Lawyer: Oregon firefighter arrested by Border Patrol during wildfire was on track for legal status
Lawyers are demanding the release of a longtime Oregon resident arrested by Border Patrol while fighting a Washington state wildfire.
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August 31, 2025 at 3:10 AM
apnews.com/article/immi...: Oregon firefighter arrested by Border Patrol during wildfire was on track for legal status
Ending birthright citizenship means that ANYONE’S citizenship can be challenged. The court is giving a madman the keys to absolute dictatorial control.
June 28, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Ending birthright citizenship means that ANYONE’S citizenship can be challenged. The court is giving a madman the keys to absolute dictatorial control.
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Welcome to America, where protesting illegal kidnappings without due process is an insurrection, but attacking the nation’s Capitol is not.
June 7, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Welcome to America, where protesting illegal kidnappings without due process is an insurrection, but attacking the nation’s Capitol is not.
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And there you have it. ICE didn't target migrant workers in Kristi Noem's farms or Sarah Huckabee Sanders' meatpacking plants because they wanted to create a riot in LA as a pretext to declaring martial law. They don't care about undocumented migrants, they only care about controlling US citizens.
June 8, 2025 at 12:40 AM
And there you have it. ICE didn't target migrant workers in Kristi Noem's farms or Sarah Huckabee Sanders' meatpacking plants because they wanted to create a riot in LA as a pretext to declaring martial law. They don't care about undocumented migrants, they only care about controlling US citizens.
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Kristi Noem in Feb 2024: If Biden federalizes the National Guard [to handle border issues], we’ve got a war on our hands.”l
Kristi Noem in 2025 as DHS Secretary: …federalizing the National Guard.
Kristi Noem in 2025 as DHS Secretary: …federalizing the National Guard.
June 8, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Kristi Noem in Feb 2024: If Biden federalizes the National Guard [to handle border issues], we’ve got a war on our hands.”l
Kristi Noem in 2025 as DHS Secretary: …federalizing the National Guard.
Kristi Noem in 2025 as DHS Secretary: …federalizing the National Guard.
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If you like your journalism open, honest & independent, this is my latest newsletter. Please do sign up as I forgot to post the links here. Thank you so much to everyone who has 🙏
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Introducing #InstaFascism
The new axis of edgelord strongmen & how to WhatsApp a Russian spy
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April 2, 2025 at 11:41 AM
If you like your journalism open, honest & independent, this is my latest newsletter. Please do sign up as I forgot to post the links here. Thank you so much to everyone who has 🙏
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Hasan Piker, a popular Turkish American online streamer, said he was stopped and questioned for hours about his political beliefs by U.S. Customs and Border Protection after flying back to the United States from overseas on Sunday.
Hasan Piker, Popular Left-Wing Streamer, Says He Was Detained at Airport
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May 13, 2025 at 5:08 AM
Hasan Piker, a popular Turkish American online streamer, said he was stopped and questioned for hours about his political beliefs by U.S. Customs and Border Protection after flying back to the United States from overseas on Sunday.
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🚨NEW: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is planning to fire Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff C.Q. Brown, a 4-Star General and 41-year veteran of the Air Force who flew over 130 hours in combat as a fighter pilot.
REPOST if you stand with General C.Q. Brown against Hegseth!
REPOST if you stand with General C.Q. Brown against Hegseth!
February 21, 2025 at 2:08 AM
🚨NEW: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is planning to fire Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff C.Q. Brown, a 4-Star General and 41-year veteran of the Air Force who flew over 130 hours in combat as a fighter pilot.
REPOST if you stand with General C.Q. Brown against Hegseth!
REPOST if you stand with General C.Q. Brown against Hegseth!
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Stephen Miller Threatens to Suspend Habeas Corpus because He Got Caught Lying
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Stephen Miller Threatens to Suspend Habeas Corpus because He Got Caught Lying - emptywheel
Judges are doing a better job than journalists are at calling out Stephen Miller's lies as lies.
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May 10, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Stephen Miller Threatens to Suspend Habeas Corpus because He Got Caught Lying
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Menendez Jr: They feel no weight of the law and no restraint on what they should be doing. And that was shown in broad daylight today when they not just arrested the Mayor of Newark but when they put their hands on two members of congress standing behind me. How is this acceptable?
May 9, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Menendez Jr: They feel no weight of the law and no restraint on what they should be doing. And that was shown in broad daylight today when they not just arrested the Mayor of Newark but when they put their hands on two members of congress standing behind me. How is this acceptable?
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BREAKING: Mayor Baraka was just released.
May 10, 2025 at 1:07 AM
BREAKING: Mayor Baraka was just released.
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In New York, ICE detained a busload of farmworkers that were actively involved in a union drive.
In Washington state, ICE dragged a farmworkers’ rights activist and leader out of his car to detain him.
Be warned: attacking unions is a hallmark of fascism.
In Washington state, ICE dragged a farmworkers’ rights activist and leader out of his car to detain him.
Be warned: attacking unions is a hallmark of fascism.
May 8, 2025 at 7:20 PM
In New York, ICE detained a busload of farmworkers that were actively involved in a union drive.
In Washington state, ICE dragged a farmworkers’ rights activist and leader out of his car to detain him.
Be warned: attacking unions is a hallmark of fascism.
In Washington state, ICE dragged a farmworkers’ rights activist and leader out of his car to detain him.
Be warned: attacking unions is a hallmark of fascism.