Joan McRobbie
@joanmcrobbie.bsky.social
Policy, communication, former journalist, HKS MPA.
@amandamarcotte.bsky.social is right. Women have no role in the Republican party.
When Trump said they were ending DEI, Republican women didn’t realize he meant them, too.
Elise Stefanik announces she is dropping out of the NY governor’s race and retiring from Congress.
December 19, 2025 at 11:39 PM
@amandamarcotte.bsky.social is right. Women have no role in the Republican party.
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the Trump administration is going to just turn off one of the most important sources of weather info and climate science because they can
Devastating and dangerous blow to the weather and climate community tonight, as 20,000 earth and space scientists meet at #AGU25.
New @ucs.org statement from @carlonimbus.bsky.social on the Trump administration plans to dismantle @ncar-ucar.bsky.social:
www.ucs.org/about/news/t...
New @ucs.org statement from @carlonimbus.bsky.social on the Trump administration plans to dismantle @ncar-ucar.bsky.social:
www.ucs.org/about/news/t...
Trump Administration Threatens to Dismantle Leading Climate and Weather Research Center
The Trump administration is threatening to dismantle one of the U.S.’ leading weather and climate research institutions.
www.ucs.org
December 17, 2025 at 2:18 PM
the Trump administration is going to just turn off one of the most important sources of weather info and climate science because they can
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This is really smart and true and, in its way, the source of what makes him terrifying. Not one shred of recognizable humanity.
Virginia Heffernan wrote this shortly after the 2016 election and it still holds true
December 16, 2025 at 4:51 AM
This is really smart and true and, in its way, the source of what makes him terrifying. Not one shred of recognizable humanity.
@hamiltonnolan.bsky.social: "Let us create a historic moment of national catharsis. Let us nonviolently smash the Trump era into dust."
“In 2029 we will rebuild the White House as it was, and pay for it by seizing the assets of the Trump family.”
It is important to promise, now, that whatever Trump builds at the White House will be torn down as soon as he leaves.
www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/if-he-buil...
www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/if-he-buil...
December 13, 2025 at 5:58 PM
@hamiltonnolan.bsky.social: "Let us create a historic moment of national catharsis. Let us nonviolently smash the Trump era into dust."
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NATO Chief Rutte: "We need to be ready. Russia has brought war back to Europe, and we must be prepared for the scale of war our grandparents and great-grandparents endured."
December 11, 2025 at 2:27 PM
NATO Chief Rutte: "We need to be ready. Russia has brought war back to Europe, and we must be prepared for the scale of war our grandparents and great-grandparents endured."
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This is probably the clearest indication yet that the administration understands what they’re doing in the Caribbean is illegal.
They’re now threatening the ICC with sanctions if they investigate Trump and his team.
They’re now threatening the ICC with sanctions if they investigate Trump and his team.
The U.S. is not a member of the ICC, but the court can still prosecute individuals for actions carried out on the territory of ICC member nations.
Exclusive: US threatens new ICC sanctions unless court pledges not to prosecute Trump
President Donald Trump's administration wants the International Criminal Court to amend its founding document to ensure it does not investigate the Republican president and his top officials, a Trump ...
www.reuters.com
December 11, 2025 at 1:19 PM
This is probably the clearest indication yet that the administration understands what they’re doing in the Caribbean is illegal.
They’re now threatening the ICC with sanctions if they investigate Trump and his team.
They’re now threatening the ICC with sanctions if they investigate Trump and his team.
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Just discovered an insane new form of co-intelligence where you briefly share the mind of a great thinker in history and then a portion of their mind travels in yours for the rest of your life. Calling it a "book."
December 11, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Just discovered an insane new form of co-intelligence where you briefly share the mind of a great thinker in history and then a portion of their mind travels in yours for the rest of your life. Calling it a "book."
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"Canada Plans to Fast-Track Immigration for US H1-B Visa Holders in New Talent Drive" ☹️ share.google/WtKFYfJNhfye...
Canada Plans to Fast-Track Immigration for US H1-B Visa Holders in New Talent Drive
The government says it will fast-track immigration for U.S. H-1B visa holders and spend more than $1 billion to attract researchers from the United States and the rest of the world.
www.nytimes.com
December 9, 2025 at 11:37 PM
"Canada Plans to Fast-Track Immigration for US H1-B Visa Holders in New Talent Drive" ☹️ share.google/WtKFYfJNhfye...
@pkrugman.bsky.social "Social media billionaires have enough power to prevent us from protecting our own children. They have enough power to dictate U.S. foreign policy, punishing our erstwhile allies for daring to limit their ability to push their product"
America Has Become a Digital Narco-State
America Has Become a Digital Narco-State
America Has Become a Digital Narco-State
Social media giants have bought our government, and are trying to bully Europe
open.substack.com
December 9, 2025 at 8:49 PM
@pkrugman.bsky.social "Social media billionaires have enough power to prevent us from protecting our own children. They have enough power to dictate U.S. foreign policy, punishing our erstwhile allies for daring to limit their ability to push their product"
America Has Become a Digital Narco-State
America Has Become a Digital Narco-State
@pkrugman.bsky.social
“The people trying to turn America into an authoritarian, white supremecist state…want to see Europe go down the same path.”
“The people trying to turn America into an authoritarian, white supremecist state…want to see Europe go down the same path.”
Is This The End of the Free World?
Trump wants to MAGAfy Europe, too
paulkrugman.substack.com
December 8, 2025 at 12:33 PM
@pkrugman.bsky.social
“The people trying to turn America into an authoritarian, white supremecist state…want to see Europe go down the same path.”
“The people trying to turn America into an authoritarian, white supremecist state…want to see Europe go down the same path.”
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News Analysis: President Trump has long portrayed European allies as freeloaders that fail to pay enough for their own security. That contempt is now official White House policy.
Trump’s Security Doctrine Leaves Europe at a Strategic Crossroads
A new White House policy document formalizes President Trump’s long-held contempt for Europe’s leaders. It made clear that the continent now stands at a strategic crossroads.
nyti.ms
December 6, 2025 at 8:15 PM
News Analysis: President Trump has long portrayed European allies as freeloaders that fail to pay enough for their own security. That contempt is now official White House policy.
“The entire boat strikes campaign. Is murder, full stop.”
Second Strike Scrutiny Obscures Larger Question About Trump’s Boat Attacks
www.nytimes.com
December 7, 2025 at 4:38 AM
“The entire boat strikes campaign. Is murder, full stop.”
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There was an attempted attack on the plane of President Zelenskyy as he was approaching Dublin. The kinds of drones used were too advanced to be simple civilian versions -- most probably this attack had a state military behind it. www.thejournal.ie/drones-dubli...
Four unidentified military-style drones breached no-fly zone to target Zelenskyy's arrival in Dublin
Gardaí are investigating whether the drones took off from land in Dublin or from an undetected ship.
www.thejournal.ie
December 5, 2025 at 2:17 AM
There was an attempted attack on the plane of President Zelenskyy as he was approaching Dublin. The kinds of drones used were too advanced to be simple civilian versions -- most probably this attack had a state military behind it. www.thejournal.ie/drones-dubli...
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Simply amazing that the Supreme Court declared an end to legal race discrimination in the affirmative action case two years ago and now allows overt racism in both immigration arrests and redistricting.
Using race to help minorities? Bad. Using it to discriminate against them? Very, very good.
Using race to help minorities? Bad. Using it to discriminate against them? Very, very good.
BREAKING: Supreme Court GRANTS Texas request to restore redistricting maps
apparent 6-3 ruling with the liberals in dissent @courthousenews.bsky.social
apparent 6-3 ruling with the liberals in dissent @courthousenews.bsky.social
December 4, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Simply amazing that the Supreme Court declared an end to legal race discrimination in the affirmative action case two years ago and now allows overt racism in both immigration arrests and redistricting.
Using race to help minorities? Bad. Using it to discriminate against them? Very, very good.
Using race to help minorities? Bad. Using it to discriminate against them? Very, very good.
What?
Christ on a cracker — these seemingly hostile drones only missed Zelensky’s plane because he was unexpectedly early www.thejournal.ie/drones-dubli...
Four unidentified military-style drones breached no-fly zone to target Zelenskyy's arrival in Dublin
Gardaí are investigating whether the drones took off from land in Dublin or from an undetected ship.
www.thejournal.ie
December 5, 2025 at 2:44 AM
What?
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The president's strikes against alleged Venezuelan drug boats demand a congressional select committee investigation, writes @mawaldman.bsky.social in the @nytimes.com. Why? "Abuse of power calls for prominent public exposure, not whispered consultations."
Opinion | How to Respond, Right Now, to Trump’s Boat Strikes
www.nytimes.com
December 3, 2025 at 7:35 PM
The president's strikes against alleged Venezuelan drug boats demand a congressional select committee investigation, writes @mawaldman.bsky.social in the @nytimes.com. Why? "Abuse of power calls for prominent public exposure, not whispered consultations."
The secretary of defense is an immoral imbecile.
1. This is not what fog of war means.
2. There is no war
3. He's trying to distance himself from murders he had direct responsibility over
4. All I can think of when I hear this phrase now is Elon Musk complaining that he hates chess because it has no fog of war.
2. There is no war
3. He's trying to distance himself from murders he had direct responsibility over
4. All I can think of when I hear this phrase now is Elon Musk complaining that he hates chess because it has no fog of war.
Q: So you didn't see any survivors after that first strike?
HEGSETH: I did not personally see survivors. The thing was on fire. This is called the fog of war. This is what you in the press don't understand. You sit in your air conditioned offices and plant fake stories in the Washington Post
HEGSETH: I did not personally see survivors. The thing was on fire. This is called the fog of war. This is what you in the press don't understand. You sit in your air conditioned offices and plant fake stories in the Washington Post
December 2, 2025 at 8:32 PM
The secretary of defense is an immoral imbecile.
Couldn't agree more with the last line of this @dceiver.bsky.social piece: "But for my money, the one way we could solve this problem is to institute one of the most popular policy positions in the history of the United States, and tax the rich to the hilt."
November 29, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Couldn't agree more with the last line of this @dceiver.bsky.social piece: "But for my money, the one way we could solve this problem is to institute one of the most popular policy positions in the history of the United States, and tax the rich to the hilt."
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A reminder for those who are not aware: "remigration" is the process of deporting all non-white people from a country. It includes citizens and is, by definition, ethnic cleansing.
And to be clear: this is not fake. I just screenshot it myself.
And to be clear: this is not fake. I just screenshot it myself.
November 28, 2025 at 6:12 PM
A reminder for those who are not aware: "remigration" is the process of deporting all non-white people from a country. It includes citizens and is, by definition, ethnic cleansing.
And to be clear: this is not fake. I just screenshot it myself.
And to be clear: this is not fake. I just screenshot it myself.
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The Trump administration effectively says that no one should ever work with Americans during wartime; that our promises mean nothing, our word is dust, and we will throw our allies under the bus the moment we want.
In any future armed conflict, who would ever trust us again?
In any future armed conflict, who would ever trust us again?
CIA statement about the Afghan man identified as the gunman who shot two National Guardsmen in Washington
November 27, 2025 at 6:44 PM
The Trump administration effectively says that no one should ever work with Americans during wartime; that our promises mean nothing, our word is dust, and we will throw our allies under the bus the moment we want.
In any future armed conflict, who would ever trust us again?
In any future armed conflict, who would ever trust us again?
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Cartoon by @mluckovich.bsky.social.
November 26, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Cartoon by @mluckovich.bsky.social.