RedRobs
@redrobs.bsky.social
Interested in current news. Swing state resident, Dem.
Frustrated by current direction of national govt, but open to hear neighbors & friends.
Frustrated by current direction of national govt, but open to hear neighbors & friends.
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(1/3) It needs repeating: in 1994, Ukraine was persuaded to give up its nuclear weapons to Russia in return for the US, the UK, and Russia guaranteeing Ukraine’s sovereignty, security, and territorial integrity.
March 4, 2025 at 5:57 PM
(1/3) It needs repeating: in 1994, Ukraine was persuaded to give up its nuclear weapons to Russia in return for the US, the UK, and Russia guaranteeing Ukraine’s sovereignty, security, and territorial integrity.
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March 3, 2025
March 3, 2025
As seemed evident even at the time, the ambush of Ukraine president Volodymyr Zelensky in the Oval Office on Friday was a setup to provide justification for cutting off congressionally approved aid to...
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
March 4, 2025 at 8:39 AM
March 3, 2025
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"Instead, Musk’s team determined the job should go to Starlink." www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
FAA targeting Verizon contract in favor of Musk’s Starlink, sources say
Turning the $2.4 billion project over to Musk’s company would be a major test of conflict-of-interest rules in government contracting.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 27, 2025 at 1:33 PM
"Instead, Musk’s team determined the job should go to Starlink." www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
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In Trump’s Alternate Reality, Lies and Distortions Drive Change
Condoms for Gaza? Ukraine started the war with Russia? The president’s manipulations of the truth lay the groundwork for radical change.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/23/u...
Condoms for Gaza? Ukraine started the war with Russia? The president’s manipulations of the truth lay the groundwork for radical change.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/23/u...
Trump Uses Lies to Lay the Groundwork for Radical Change
Condoms for Gaza? Ukraine started the war with Russia? The president’s manipulations of the truth lay the groundwork for radical change.
www.nytimes.com
February 23, 2025 at 9:05 PM
In Trump’s Alternate Reality, Lies and Distortions Drive Change
Condoms for Gaza? Ukraine started the war with Russia? The president’s manipulations of the truth lay the groundwork for radical change.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/23/u...
Condoms for Gaza? Ukraine started the war with Russia? The president’s manipulations of the truth lay the groundwork for radical change.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/23/u...
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This. Especially Senate Republicans.
The greatest political scandal today is not what Trump is doing. It is the fact that congressional Republicans have given up their role in the constitutional system as a check on the executive branch. If we are in a constitutional crisis, it is as much on Mike Johnson and John Thune as anyone else.
February 16, 2025 at 3:56 PM
This. Especially Senate Republicans.
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National Nuclear Security Administration officials are attempting to notify some employees who had been let go that they are now due to be reinstated — but they're struggling to find them because they don't have their new contact information. nbcnews.to/4104StF
February 15, 2025 at 5:25 PM
National Nuclear Security Administration officials are attempting to notify some employees who had been let go that they are now due to be reinstated — but they're struggling to find them because they don't have their new contact information. nbcnews.to/4104StF
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The ABA supports the rule of law. Read full message: www.americanbar.org/news/abanews...
February 10, 2025 at 10:06 PM
The ABA supports the rule of law. Read full message: www.americanbar.org/news/abanews...
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February 13, 2025
February 13, 2025
Four years ago today, on February 13, 2021, Senate Republicans acquitted former president Donald Trump of incitement of insurrection in his second impeachment trial.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
February 14, 2025 at 6:42 AM
February 13, 2025
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Yesterday it was revealed that the Trump administration is expected to purchase $400 million worth of armored Tesla vehicles.
After the story broke, the State Department's procurement document removed mention of Tesla.
"Transparency."
After the story broke, the State Department's procurement document removed mention of Tesla.
"Transparency."
February 13, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Yesterday it was revealed that the Trump administration is expected to purchase $400 million worth of armored Tesla vehicles.
After the story broke, the State Department's procurement document removed mention of Tesla.
"Transparency."
After the story broke, the State Department's procurement document removed mention of Tesla.
"Transparency."
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NEW: Despite Musk and Rubio’s statements, life-saving programs with USAID funds are NOT restarting. A funds transfer system is frozen. And a USAID official sent out an internal email obtained by @nytimes.com telling employees to halt applications to restart: www.nytimes.com/2025/02/12/u...
USAID Lifesaving Aid Remains Halted Despite Rubio’s Promise
A new directive puts further exemptions on hold. Aid workers also say the U.S. government has made it impossible to pay partners around the world.
www.nytimes.com
February 13, 2025 at 1:30 PM
NEW: Despite Musk and Rubio’s statements, life-saving programs with USAID funds are NOT restarting. A funds transfer system is frozen. And a USAID official sent out an internal email obtained by @nytimes.com telling employees to halt applications to restart: www.nytimes.com/2025/02/12/u...
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So, let's go over this whole $9 million Reuters thing:
-- it was first awarded UNDER TRUMP
-- it wasn't paid to the news agency but rather an entirely different Reuters division that does data analysis
-- it was to help PREVENT phishing and cyber attacks
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
-- it was first awarded UNDER TRUMP
-- it wasn't paid to the news agency but rather an entirely different Reuters division that does data analysis
-- it was to help PREVENT phishing and cyber attacks
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Trump demands ‘Radical Left Reuters’ return the $9 million that he first paid out
After Elon Musk first pushed a misleading claim about Reuters, the president raged about the global news agency returning a contract that was awarded under his first administration
www.independent.co.uk
February 13, 2025 at 4:19 PM
So, let's go over this whole $9 million Reuters thing:
-- it was first awarded UNDER TRUMP
-- it wasn't paid to the news agency but rather an entirely different Reuters division that does data analysis
-- it was to help PREVENT phishing and cyber attacks
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
-- it was first awarded UNDER TRUMP
-- it wasn't paid to the news agency but rather an entirely different Reuters division that does data analysis
-- it was to help PREVENT phishing and cyber attacks
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
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@lawrenceodonnell.msnbc.com: Not one reporter has asked Trump about Musk’s decision to take away food from starving babies.
Lawrence: No reporter has asked Trump about Musk’s decision to take away food from starving babies
MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell explains why the majority of Americans – including some of those who may have voted for Donald Trump – disapprove of the job Trump doing as president. Lawrence also discusse...
www.msnbc.com
February 13, 2025 at 4:34 AM
@lawrenceodonnell.msnbc.com: Not one reporter has asked Trump about Musk’s decision to take away food from starving babies.
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Welcome to the DOGE billionaire gravy train.
But, really why *are* Elon Musk and his Silicon Valley buddies targeting Treasury payment systems?
We don’t know…because there is ZERO GOVERNMENT OVERSIGHT on DOGE. House Republicans are still shielding Musk from accountability. We are fighting back!
But, really why *are* Elon Musk and his Silicon Valley buddies targeting Treasury payment systems?
We don’t know…because there is ZERO GOVERNMENT OVERSIGHT on DOGE. House Republicans are still shielding Musk from accountability. We are fighting back!
February 12, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Welcome to the DOGE billionaire gravy train.
But, really why *are* Elon Musk and his Silicon Valley buddies targeting Treasury payment systems?
We don’t know…because there is ZERO GOVERNMENT OVERSIGHT on DOGE. House Republicans are still shielding Musk from accountability. We are fighting back!
But, really why *are* Elon Musk and his Silicon Valley buddies targeting Treasury payment systems?
We don’t know…because there is ZERO GOVERNMENT OVERSIGHT on DOGE. House Republicans are still shielding Musk from accountability. We are fighting back!
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Civil servants do everything they can to assist fellow citizens and improve their country day in and day out, often doing so much more than asked of them. We can, and should, find ways to improve our government without denigrating the service of others.
February 12, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Civil servants do everything they can to assist fellow citizens and improve their country day in and day out, often doing so much more than asked of them. We can, and should, find ways to improve our government without denigrating the service of others.