Robby
@rahilliard.bsky.social
Cis-het, he/his, male, ally to LGBTQIA++, Attempting to learn to listen, agus tá cupla focal agam, thaitin ceol tradisúinta go mór liom agus seinim fiddle agus mandolin, writer of things, pro union, BLACK LIVES MATTER
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Net result of breakaway vote is the visual of the Democratic Party bending the knee before an unyielding Trump
Net result of breakaway vote is the visual of the Democratic Party bending the knee before an unyielding Trump
Democratic cave-in may lead to a substantial change of the old-guard leadership
www.irishtimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Net result of breakaway vote is the visual of the Democratic Party bending the knee before an unyielding Trump
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Content moderation is out, but outright censorship is in:
"YouTube quietly erased more than 700 videos documenting Israrli human rights violations... in response to a US government campaign to stifle accountability for alleged Israeli war crimes." theintercept.com/2025/11/04/y...
"YouTube quietly erased more than 700 videos documenting Israrli human rights violations... in response to a US government campaign to stifle accountability for alleged Israeli war crimes." theintercept.com/2025/11/04/y...
YouTube Quietly Erased More Than 700 Videos Documenting Israeli Human Rights Violations
The tech giant deleted the accounts of three prominent Palestinian human rights groups — a capitulation to Trump sanctions.
theintercept.com
November 6, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Content moderation is out, but outright censorship is in:
"YouTube quietly erased more than 700 videos documenting Israrli human rights violations... in response to a US government campaign to stifle accountability for alleged Israeli war crimes." theintercept.com/2025/11/04/y...
"YouTube quietly erased more than 700 videos documenting Israrli human rights violations... in response to a US government campaign to stifle accountability for alleged Israeli war crimes." theintercept.com/2025/11/04/y...
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🚨The White House belongs to all of the American people‼️
This idiot has no right to do this without our consent and approval from our representatives in congress ‼️‼️
This idiot has no right to do this without our consent and approval from our representatives in congress ‼️‼️
Photos: Trump hails demolition of part of White House for ballroom construction
Trump said he's "honored" that the project ethics experts cricticized is under way "with zero cost" to taxpayers.
www.axios.com
October 21, 2025 at 12:24 AM
🚨The White House belongs to all of the American people‼️
This idiot has no right to do this without our consent and approval from our representatives in congress ‼️‼️
This idiot has no right to do this without our consent and approval from our representatives in congress ‼️‼️
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You need to see this…
Just so we’re all clear on the gravity and historical significance of what Trump has done to the East Wing of the People’s House.
Just so we’re all clear on the gravity and historical significance of what Trump has done to the East Wing of the People’s House.
October 21, 2025 at 10:27 AM
You need to see this…
Just so we’re all clear on the gravity and historical significance of what Trump has done to the East Wing of the People’s House.
Just so we’re all clear on the gravity and historical significance of what Trump has done to the East Wing of the People’s House.
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Today at noon Eastern!
On Tuesday, October 21st—Ursula's birthday—we'll announce the recipient of the 2025 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction! Join Theo Downes-Le Guin and guest host Ebon Moss-Bachrach on YouTube for a live announcement at 9 am PDT.
The announcement will happen here: www.youtube.com/@ursula.k.le...
The announcement will happen here: www.youtube.com/@ursula.k.le...
October 21, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Today at noon Eastern!
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UPDATE— National Guard troops have arrived in MEMPHIS, and Bondi is already making lofty claims about the arrests they’re making.
www.actionnews5.com/2025/10/01/n...
www.actionnews5.com/2025/10/01/n...
October 1, 2025 at 7:30 PM
UPDATE— National Guard troops have arrived in MEMPHIS, and Bondi is already making lofty claims about the arrests they’re making.
www.actionnews5.com/2025/10/01/n...
www.actionnews5.com/2025/10/01/n...
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WATCH: “The president and DOJ just deleted the study from the website.”
@jwilliamj8.bsky.social & @thejaampod.bsky.social crew note Trump’s DOJ conspicuously deleted a study that shows far-right extremist violence is actually far more prevalent. (Backed up by CATO, Grok, etc)
@jwilliamj8.bsky.social & @thejaampod.bsky.social crew note Trump’s DOJ conspicuously deleted a study that shows far-right extremist violence is actually far more prevalent. (Backed up by CATO, Grok, etc)
September 25, 2025 at 9:33 PM
WATCH: “The president and DOJ just deleted the study from the website.”
@jwilliamj8.bsky.social & @thejaampod.bsky.social crew note Trump’s DOJ conspicuously deleted a study that shows far-right extremist violence is actually far more prevalent. (Backed up by CATO, Grok, etc)
@jwilliamj8.bsky.social & @thejaampod.bsky.social crew note Trump’s DOJ conspicuously deleted a study that shows far-right extremist violence is actually far more prevalent. (Backed up by CATO, Grok, etc)
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Speaking of voices under attack…can we be just as loud about Black journalists and comedians who are silenced, even by our so-called liberal outlets.
• Joy Reid
• Don Lemon
• Melissa Harris-Perry
• Tiffany Cross
• Jemele Hill
• Marc Lamont Hill
• Karen Attiah
• Amber Ruffin
• Joy Reid
• Don Lemon
• Melissa Harris-Perry
• Tiffany Cross
• Jemele Hill
• Marc Lamont Hill
• Karen Attiah
• Amber Ruffin
September 25, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Speaking of voices under attack…can we be just as loud about Black journalists and comedians who are silenced, even by our so-called liberal outlets.
• Joy Reid
• Don Lemon
• Melissa Harris-Perry
• Tiffany Cross
• Jemele Hill
• Marc Lamont Hill
• Karen Attiah
• Amber Ruffin
• Joy Reid
• Don Lemon
• Melissa Harris-Perry
• Tiffany Cross
• Jemele Hill
• Marc Lamont Hill
• Karen Attiah
• Amber Ruffin
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Meet the Press put together a clip of Trump vowing in January to "bring back free speech to America," followed by him saying last Friday that negative coverage of him is "no longer free speech"
September 21, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Meet the Press put together a clip of Trump vowing in January to "bring back free speech to America," followed by him saying last Friday that negative coverage of him is "no longer free speech"
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Crockett: "I'm gonna honor someone who decided they were going to proclaim I was involved in the 'great white replacement'? Yeah, I'm not honoring that ... it's unfortunate more of my colleagues even on my side couldn't see the amount of harm this man was attempting to inflict upon our communities"
September 21, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Crockett: "I'm gonna honor someone who decided they were going to proclaim I was involved in the 'great white replacement'? Yeah, I'm not honoring that ... it's unfortunate more of my colleagues even on my side couldn't see the amount of harm this man was attempting to inflict upon our communities"
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Rewriting government documents to match the current party line is Winston Smith's job in "1984."
The Trump administration has announced that the US will rewrite past climate reports, in a clear attempt to erase scientific history and undermine the consensus on human-caused climate change.
US to rewrite its past national climate reports
US President Donald Trump's administration is revising past editions of the nation's premier climate report -- its latest move to undermine the scientific consensus on human-caused global warming.
www.france24.com
August 8, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Rewriting government documents to match the current party line is Winston Smith's job in "1984."
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Need a new tactic for organizing against fascism? I talked with Denzel Caldwell about the power and potential of organizing public assemblies. “The People’s Movement Assembly process provides a unique opportunity for people to build a democracy that has yet to be born,” Denzel explains.
Public Assemblies Strengthen Community Resistance to Rising Authoritarianism
“This process invites people to be active participants in shaping the collective outcome of our people’s futures.”
truthout.org
August 7, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Need a new tactic for organizing against fascism? I talked with Denzel Caldwell about the power and potential of organizing public assemblies. “The People’s Movement Assembly process provides a unique opportunity for people to build a democracy that has yet to be born,” Denzel explains.
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OMG, they tied a lampshade on it by ripping off Volkssturm recruiting posters, or more likely, AI did it for them.
Oh look, ICE is copying literal Nazi recruiting propaganda again. The poster on the right is for the Volkssturm, the Nazi militia of older men and boys established during the final months of World War II.
![@DHSgov on X: We’re taking father/son bonding to a whole new level.
JOIN.ICE.GOV
06 Aug 25
[Young man and old man in ICE gear]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:eppsmw5nfmdzhfeymtzd3xbe/bafkreibrddxw227e4ldwrtdrf4nfz4riyb3yfyluczrelklrnnnp7e7l6m@jpeg)
![Wehrschiessen des Deutschen Volkes 1944
[Young man and old man sharing a rifle]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:eppsmw5nfmdzhfeymtzd3xbe/bafkreibsutqtdx2tbxfm64xbjp4nspzgvdg6xvxewm244dbplmeuoznnvy@jpeg)
August 7, 2025 at 12:41 PM
OMG, they tied a lampshade on it by ripping off Volkssturm recruiting posters, or more likely, AI did it for them.
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Milbank Q:
Health Equity Benefits All Communities (Including White Ones) onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Health Equity Benefits All Communities (Including White Ones) onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Health Equity Benefits All Communities (Including White Ones)
Policy Points
Despite the goal of “all communities thriving,” health equity–focused scientists and advocates have inadvertently made it easier for those “opposed to equity” to falsely convince ma...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
August 1, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Milbank Q:
Health Equity Benefits All Communities (Including White Ones) onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Health Equity Benefits All Communities (Including White Ones) onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Heartbreaking.
"WASHINGTON, D.C. (August 1, 2025) – The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) announced today that it will begin an orderly wind-down of its operations"
cpb.org/pressroom/Co...
cpb.org/pressroom/Co...
August 1, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Heartbreaking.
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This is horrific. It leaves me wondering how anyone will prove citizenship if a birth certificate no longer does so.
The Trump administration has quietly released the first stage of its plan to revoke birthright citizenship from the children of immigrants. It uses dry legalese to conceal the barbaric reality of ICE agents in maternity wards and deportation flights for babies. slate.com/news-and-pol...
Trump Just Released His Plan to Revoke Birthright Citizenship. It’s Worse Than Imagined.
Try as it might, the government cannot cover up the horrors with bureaucratic legalese.
slate.com
August 1, 2025 at 12:30 PM
This is horrific. It leaves me wondering how anyone will prove citizenship if a birth certificate no longer does so.
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unquestionably bsky.app/profile/josh...
July 31, 2025 at 8:38 PM
unquestionably bsky.app/profile/josh...
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I NEED to tell you the story of Tae Heung “William” Kim.
He's a graduate student at Texas A&M where he's working on a vaccine for Lyme disease.
He's a *legal permanent resident* of the United States.
And he's been in ICE detention for 12 days & counting, transferred Tuesday to South Texas.
He's a graduate student at Texas A&M where he's working on a vaccine for Lyme disease.
He's a *legal permanent resident* of the United States.
And he's been in ICE detention for 12 days & counting, transferred Tuesday to South Texas.
July 31, 2025 at 11:35 AM
I NEED to tell you the story of Tae Heung “William” Kim.
He's a graduate student at Texas A&M where he's working on a vaccine for Lyme disease.
He's a *legal permanent resident* of the United States.
And he's been in ICE detention for 12 days & counting, transferred Tuesday to South Texas.
He's a graduate student at Texas A&M where he's working on a vaccine for Lyme disease.
He's a *legal permanent resident* of the United States.
And he's been in ICE detention for 12 days & counting, transferred Tuesday to South Texas.
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America is one of those countries where if you host a global sporting event, inclusive messages have to be censored to so as not to anger the central government. In this case the message is “racism is bad” www.nytimes.com/athletic/643...
FIFA drops anti-racism, anti-discrimination messages for Club World Cup
www.nytimes.com
June 17, 2025 at 10:46 AM
America is one of those countries where if you host a global sporting event, inclusive messages have to be censored to so as not to anger the central government. In this case the message is “racism is bad” www.nytimes.com/athletic/643...
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"They’re taking Shirly": An Army sergeant thought his family was safe. Then ICE deported his wife. [Published with our friends @thewarhorsenews.bsky.social]
"They’re taking Shirly": An Army sergeant thought his family as safe. Then ICE deported his wife.
For tens of thousands of US service members with undocumented family members, there’s no guaranteed protection from immigration raids.
www.motherjones.com
June 17, 2025 at 12:22 PM
"They’re taking Shirly": An Army sergeant thought his family was safe. Then ICE deported his wife. [Published with our friends @thewarhorsenews.bsky.social]
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📲 What happens when platforms prioritise shock over truth, and design away our ability to verify?
This article from Digitized Divides series unpacks how tech platforms and their business models accelerate information disorder—often with real-world harm: tacticaltech.org/news/insight...
This article from Digitized Divides series unpacks how tech platforms and their business models accelerate information disorder—often with real-world harm: tacticaltech.org/news/insight...
June 17, 2025 at 11:53 AM
📲 What happens when platforms prioritise shock over truth, and design away our ability to verify?
This article from Digitized Divides series unpacks how tech platforms and their business models accelerate information disorder—often with real-world harm: tacticaltech.org/news/insight...
This article from Digitized Divides series unpacks how tech platforms and their business models accelerate information disorder—often with real-world harm: tacticaltech.org/news/insight...
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Really excellent research showing how antibiotics are in our rivers, impacting the environment, & increasing resistance to these vital drugs. This map from the research is truly disturbing:
May 12, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Really excellent research showing how antibiotics are in our rivers, impacting the environment, & increasing resistance to these vital drugs. This map from the research is truly disturbing: