Luke
@lukerobbins.bsky.social
IU grad, corgi dad, & an alum of various political campaigns. Opinions my own.
All of the cool kids are on @ramirez.house.gov’s tele town hall right now 😎
December 19, 2025 at 12:09 AM
All of the cool kids are on @ramirez.house.gov’s tele town hall right now 😎
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BlackRock will buy AES, one of the largest publicly traded utility companies in the U.S.
AES is a major power provider for Big Tech companies building out data centers.
Yes: while these data centers drive up your electricity costs, wealthy financiers are going to make a killing.
AES is a major power provider for Big Tech companies building out data centers.
Yes: while these data centers drive up your electricity costs, wealthy financiers are going to make a killing.
October 3, 2025 at 8:45 PM
BlackRock will buy AES, one of the largest publicly traded utility companies in the U.S.
AES is a major power provider for Big Tech companies building out data centers.
Yes: while these data centers drive up your electricity costs, wealthy financiers are going to make a killing.
AES is a major power provider for Big Tech companies building out data centers.
Yes: while these data centers drive up your electricity costs, wealthy financiers are going to make a killing.
Haven’t been on here in a month. I’d say a few events have happened since then. 😳
June 26, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Haven’t been on here in a month. I’d say a few events have happened since then. 😳
… and the worst of it hasn’t even started yet. What’s everyone’s go-to #recession meal?
BREAKING: U.S. Consumer confidence slides for the fifth straight month to levels not seen since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.
US consumer confidence plunges to lowest in 5 years on tariff worries
Americans’ confidence in the economy slumped for the fifth straight month to the lowest level since the onset of COIVD-19 as worries about the impact of tariffs take a heavy toll on consumer expectations for future growth.
bit.ly
April 29, 2025 at 2:47 PM
… and the worst of it hasn’t even started yet. What’s everyone’s go-to #recession meal?
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Donald Trump’s tariffs are a tax on working families in the US.
April 16, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Donald Trump’s tariffs are a tax on working families in the US.
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Elections I’m 👀 TOMORROW:
—WI’s Supreme Court
—FL’s specials
—Mayoral race in Omaha
—Mayoral race in Aurora, a Trumpian mayor in an IL city
—County executives in Dane and Winnebago, WI
—WI’s school superintendent
—school boards all around, including far-right candidates
—WI’s voter ID referendum
—WI’s Supreme Court
—FL’s specials
—Mayoral race in Omaha
—Mayoral race in Aurora, a Trumpian mayor in an IL city
—County executives in Dane and Winnebago, WI
—WI’s school superintendent
—school boards all around, including far-right candidates
—WI’s voter ID referendum
March 31, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Elections I’m 👀 TOMORROW:
—WI’s Supreme Court
—FL’s specials
—Mayoral race in Omaha
—Mayoral race in Aurora, a Trumpian mayor in an IL city
—County executives in Dane and Winnebago, WI
—WI’s school superintendent
—school boards all around, including far-right candidates
—WI’s voter ID referendum
—WI’s Supreme Court
—FL’s specials
—Mayoral race in Omaha
—Mayoral race in Aurora, a Trumpian mayor in an IL city
—County executives in Dane and Winnebago, WI
—WI’s school superintendent
—school boards all around, including far-right candidates
—WI’s voter ID referendum
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In case you were wondering, I’m a HELL NO vote for a Musk/Trump slush fund bill that gives them even more authority to defund medicaid, snap benefits and housing.
March 11, 2025 at 3:26 PM
In case you were wondering, I’m a HELL NO vote for a Musk/Trump slush fund bill that gives them even more authority to defund medicaid, snap benefits and housing.
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Who pays for Donald Trump’s tariffs on Canada? It’s you.
Actions have consequences – and his actions mean higher prices for groceries, beer, gas, and housing all to fund tax cuts for his friends at Mar-a-Lago.
Actions have consequences – and his actions mean higher prices for groceries, beer, gas, and housing all to fund tax cuts for his friends at Mar-a-Lago.
Trump doubles planned tariffs on Canadian steel and aluminum to 50% as trade war intensifies
President Donald Trump says he will double his planned tariffs on steel and aluminum from 25% to 50% for Canada, escalating a trade war with the United States’ northern neighbor and standing unmoved b...
apnews.com
March 11, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Who pays for Donald Trump’s tariffs on Canada? It’s you.
Actions have consequences – and his actions mean higher prices for groceries, beer, gas, and housing all to fund tax cuts for his friends at Mar-a-Lago.
Actions have consequences – and his actions mean higher prices for groceries, beer, gas, and housing all to fund tax cuts for his friends at Mar-a-Lago.
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INFLATION UP 📈
&
JOBS NUMBERS DOWN📉
Don the Con is indeed back!
&
JOBS NUMBERS DOWN📉
Don the Con is indeed back!
a man in a suit and tie is smiling and says he 's back 2024
ALT: a man in a suit and tie is smiling and says he 's back 2024
media.tenor.com
February 12, 2025 at 9:35 PM
INFLATION UP 📈
&
JOBS NUMBERS DOWN📉
Don the Con is indeed back!
&
JOBS NUMBERS DOWN📉
Don the Con is indeed back!
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Pretty damn good framing for Dems
How much Elon Musk makes from the government a day: $8 million.
How much a senior on Social Security gets a day: $65
Guess which budget Musk and Trump want to cut?
How much a senior on Social Security gets a day: $65
Guess which budget Musk and Trump want to cut?
February 12, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Pretty damn good framing for Dems
@clairecmc.bsky.social wonderful words just now, Senator! Dems need more of the exact energy you just put forward.
February 12, 2025 at 9:31 PM
@clairecmc.bsky.social wonderful words just now, Senator! Dems need more of the exact energy you just put forward.
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As governor of Illinois, I’ve made it my mission to make our state the best to call home including for our LGBTQ+ community.
No matter who you are or who you love, everyone deserves dignity and equality.
Hate has no home here.
No matter who you are or who you love, everyone deserves dignity and equality.
Hate has no home here.
February 8, 2025 at 2:29 AM
As governor of Illinois, I’ve made it my mission to make our state the best to call home including for our LGBTQ+ community.
No matter who you are or who you love, everyone deserves dignity and equality.
Hate has no home here.
No matter who you are or who you love, everyone deserves dignity and equality.
Hate has no home here.
SMALL GOVERNMENT REPUBLICANS WHO?????
Donald Trump announces he’s signing an executive order to end the push for paper straws:
“BACK TO PLASTIC!”
“BACK TO PLASTIC!”
February 8, 2025 at 12:22 AM
SMALL GOVERNMENT REPUBLICANS WHO?????
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 and yet, at the moment he’s golfing
January 27, 2025 at 6:03 PM
 and yet, at the moment he’s golfing
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What a year it’s been so far, huh?
January 24, 2025 at 1:12 AM
What a year it’s been so far, huh?