Robin Sherman
@rlsherman.bsky.social
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Heads are going to explode 💥
Cato Institute just nuked the lie. Immigrants have cut U.S. deficits by $14.5 TRILLION since 1994, slashing the national debt by a third.
All that “immigrants are bleeding us dry” noise? Absolute bullshit.
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Cato Institute just nuked the lie. Immigrants have cut U.S. deficits by $14.5 TRILLION since 1994, slashing the national debt by a third.
All that “immigrants are bleeding us dry” noise? Absolute bullshit.
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February 4, 2026 at 7:08 PM
Heads are going to explode 💥
Cato Institute just nuked the lie. Immigrants have cut U.S. deficits by $14.5 TRILLION since 1994, slashing the national debt by a third.
All that “immigrants are bleeding us dry” noise? Absolute bullshit.
1/3
Cato Institute just nuked the lie. Immigrants have cut U.S. deficits by $14.5 TRILLION since 1994, slashing the national debt by a third.
All that “immigrants are bleeding us dry” noise? Absolute bullshit.
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Protesters being killed by ICE and the border patrol is not an accidental result of the surge into a democratic city. It is the point. Like Jan 6, the president wanted this to happen.
January 25, 2026 at 3:27 PM
Protesters being killed by ICE and the border patrol is not an accidental result of the surge into a democratic city. It is the point. Like Jan 6, the president wanted this to happen.
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The people who spent years defending and even lionizing Kyle Rittenhouse and Ashli Babbitt now want us to believe that an unarmed mother in her car and a disarmed nurse were domestic terrorists who deserved to be murdered by law enforcement.
January 25, 2026 at 4:26 AM
The people who spent years defending and even lionizing Kyle Rittenhouse and Ashli Babbitt now want us to believe that an unarmed mother in her car and a disarmed nurse were domestic terrorists who deserved to be murdered by law enforcement.
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This afternoon, retired Army general Stanley McChrystal spoke at the retirement ceremony hosted by HRC for six trans service members who were forced out under Trump’s ban.
“I shouldn’t have to be thanked for being here. First off, we shouldn’t be here. This shouldn’t be happening.”
Full remarks:
“I shouldn’t have to be thanked for being here. First off, we shouldn’t be here. This shouldn’t be happening.”
Full remarks:
January 8, 2026 at 11:39 PM
This afternoon, retired Army general Stanley McChrystal spoke at the retirement ceremony hosted by HRC for six trans service members who were forced out under Trump’s ban.
“I shouldn’t have to be thanked for being here. First off, we shouldn’t be here. This shouldn’t be happening.”
Full remarks:
“I shouldn’t have to be thanked for being here. First off, we shouldn’t be here. This shouldn’t be happening.”
Full remarks:
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How would I behave if I were the main character in Pluribus?
I'd tell the Hive to fly me to Hollywood so I could hold all the writers hostage until they admitted that they had no idea what the show was about
I'd tell the Hive to fly me to Hollywood so I could hold all the writers hostage until they admitted that they had no idea what the show was about
December 31, 2025 at 6:34 AM
How would I behave if I were the main character in Pluribus?
I'd tell the Hive to fly me to Hollywood so I could hold all the writers hostage until they admitted that they had no idea what the show was about
I'd tell the Hive to fly me to Hollywood so I could hold all the writers hostage until they admitted that they had no idea what the show was about
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The problem with this piece, like all the other pieces, is that the missing hed, dek, & lede is that all of this was wildly illegal, unconstitutional, & criminal. This is how you normalize lawless authoritarianism - treat like just another story in our politics. “Transformation” is lazy euphemism.
This WaPo piece weaves together an incredibly powerful story about the way Trump has devastated government and the dedicated people who wake up every day to serve the public. wapo.st/4b14KAy
The year Trump broke the federal government
How DOGE and the White House carried out a once-unthinkable transformation of the nation’s sprawling bureaucracy.
wapo.st
December 21, 2025 at 12:43 PM
The problem with this piece, like all the other pieces, is that the missing hed, dek, & lede is that all of this was wildly illegal, unconstitutional, & criminal. This is how you normalize lawless authoritarianism - treat like just another story in our politics. “Transformation” is lazy euphemism.
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SNAP isn't about "people who don't work." It's about people who don't get paid enough to live.
Of the 40 or so million people who rely on food stamps:
* Two-thirds are children, seniors, or disabled
* Most working-age adults who receive SNAP are employed—but in jobs that pay poverty wages
Of the 40 or so million people who rely on food stamps:
* Two-thirds are children, seniors, or disabled
* Most working-age adults who receive SNAP are employed—but in jobs that pay poverty wages
October 27, 2025 at 12:48 AM
SNAP isn't about "people who don't work." It's about people who don't get paid enough to live.
Of the 40 or so million people who rely on food stamps:
* Two-thirds are children, seniors, or disabled
* Most working-age adults who receive SNAP are employed—but in jobs that pay poverty wages
Of the 40 or so million people who rely on food stamps:
* Two-thirds are children, seniors, or disabled
* Most working-age adults who receive SNAP are employed—but in jobs that pay poverty wages
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Whenever people complain about the number of folks relying on food stamps, it is worth reminding them that SNAP is, by too large of a degree, a subsidy for corporations that refuse to pay a living wage and their political allies who reject public policy prescriptions to reduce income inequality.
October 27, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Whenever people complain about the number of folks relying on food stamps, it is worth reminding them that SNAP is, by too large of a degree, a subsidy for corporations that refuse to pay a living wage and their political allies who reject public policy prescriptions to reduce income inequality.
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No one signs up for the National Guard thinking, “One day, I’ll invade Oregon.”
October 8, 2025 at 8:49 PM
No one signs up for the National Guard thinking, “One day, I’ll invade Oregon.”
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imagine if a family of beavers randomly showed up right now and finished whatever thing you've been putting off
September 22, 2025 at 9:41 PM
imagine if a family of beavers randomly showed up right now and finished whatever thing you've been putting off
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What a truly disgusting week for American journalism.
September 12, 2025 at 3:29 PM
What a truly disgusting week for American journalism.
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Again let's repeat: "it would take only 4 GOP Senators, or 6 to 7 Representatives, to save the country"
Fine, with filibuster/impeachment hurdles, say 30
Why is everyone in the media laser-focused on What Democrats Must Do? Stop giving those 10-30 Republicans free passes:
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Fine, with filibuster/impeachment hurdles, say 30
Why is everyone in the media laser-focused on What Democrats Must Do? Stop giving those 10-30 Republicans free passes:
bsky.app/profile/mcop...
Some numbers:
-Most Americans are women.
-Via the Census, about 60 million Americans are in a household that includes a daughter.
-Every American, or human being, should be appalled and disgusted by this.
It would take only 4 GOP Senators, or 6 to 7 Representatives, to save the country.
-Most Americans are women.
-Via the Census, about 60 million Americans are in a household that includes a daughter.
-Every American, or human being, should be appalled and disgusted by this.
It would take only 4 GOP Senators, or 6 to 7 Representatives, to save the country.
Exclusive: Jeffrey Epstein’s estate has given Congress a copy of the 2003 birthday book, including the letter with Trump’s signature that he has said doesn’t exist.
September 8, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Again let's repeat: "it would take only 4 GOP Senators, or 6 to 7 Representatives, to save the country"
Fine, with filibuster/impeachment hurdles, say 30
Why is everyone in the media laser-focused on What Democrats Must Do? Stop giving those 10-30 Republicans free passes:
bsky.app/profile/mcop...
Fine, with filibuster/impeachment hurdles, say 30
Why is everyone in the media laser-focused on What Democrats Must Do? Stop giving those 10-30 Republicans free passes:
bsky.app/profile/mcop...
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dear everyone
MOCKING PEOPLE'S APPEARANCE ISN'T HOW YOU BUILD A MORE JUST WORLD
MOCKING ABILITY OR HEALTH MOST *CERTAINTLY* ISN'T
how many times must we cover this
yes this includes "chosen" things like self-tanner FFS it doesn't matter
people's SPEECH & ACTIONS are what matter
GO AFTER THAT
MOCKING PEOPLE'S APPEARANCE ISN'T HOW YOU BUILD A MORE JUST WORLD
MOCKING ABILITY OR HEALTH MOST *CERTAINTLY* ISN'T
how many times must we cover this
yes this includes "chosen" things like self-tanner FFS it doesn't matter
people's SPEECH & ACTIONS are what matter
GO AFTER THAT
August 26, 2025 at 7:19 PM
dear everyone
MOCKING PEOPLE'S APPEARANCE ISN'T HOW YOU BUILD A MORE JUST WORLD
MOCKING ABILITY OR HEALTH MOST *CERTAINTLY* ISN'T
how many times must we cover this
yes this includes "chosen" things like self-tanner FFS it doesn't matter
people's SPEECH & ACTIONS are what matter
GO AFTER THAT
MOCKING PEOPLE'S APPEARANCE ISN'T HOW YOU BUILD A MORE JUST WORLD
MOCKING ABILITY OR HEALTH MOST *CERTAINTLY* ISN'T
how many times must we cover this
yes this includes "chosen" things like self-tanner FFS it doesn't matter
people's SPEECH & ACTIONS are what matter
GO AFTER THAT
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Show me your budget, and I’ll show you your values
They’ve destroyed American medical research, the American education system, the American university research system, and the aid system that protected millions of lives, and they’ve given our anti-immigrant masked paramilitary police force a budget the size of a nation
July 3, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Show me your budget, and I’ll show you your values
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☎️ Call 202-224-3121, now. We are on the precipice of a murderous regime. I am not exaggerating. Call you member of Congress TODAY to tell them to vote NO on the $170 billion budget to imprison non-violent, hardworking immigrants in dangerous concentration camps.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Nar...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Nar...
Jen Taub LIVE - Gruesome Trump Truth. Death Camps in USA!
YouTube video by Jen Taub
www.youtube.com
July 2, 2025 at 3:28 PM
☎️ Call 202-224-3121, now. We are on the precipice of a murderous regime. I am not exaggerating. Call you member of Congress TODAY to tell them to vote NO on the $170 billion budget to imprison non-violent, hardworking immigrants in dangerous concentration camps.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Nar...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Nar...
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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Supreme Court's liberal majority strikes down the state’s 176-year-old abortion ban.
July 2, 2025 at 1:15 PM
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Supreme Court's liberal majority strikes down the state’s 176-year-old abortion ban.
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Spot on. This is the clearest explanation I’ve seen. It ‘s relatable, and humanizes the issue in a way everyone can understand.
June 28, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Spot on. This is the clearest explanation I’ve seen. It ‘s relatable, and humanizes the issue in a way everyone can understand.
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There was a survey a few weeks ago that found half of Americans thought ICE was just hunting criminals. The institutional press have failed to make clear ICE’s primary strategy today is capturing people through the use of compliance traps, and shipping them off to substandard prisons in the South.
ICE is also the fault of a complicit press.
How, where and who did ICE recruit? Why isn't every newspaper in the country devoting themselves to finding out who is in this brand new secret police force that now terrorizes America?
It's the definition of newsworthy. The answer is: they're afraid.
How, where and who did ICE recruit? Why isn't every newspaper in the country devoting themselves to finding out who is in this brand new secret police force that now terrorizes America?
It's the definition of newsworthy. The answer is: they're afraid.
June 21, 2025 at 6:25 PM
There was a survey a few weeks ago that found half of Americans thought ICE was just hunting criminals. The institutional press have failed to make clear ICE’s primary strategy today is capturing people through the use of compliance traps, and shipping them off to substandard prisons in the South.
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Genuine Question because I Do not understand… so if these men roll up in plain clothes and masks, grab a human being… even a child, and throw them in an unmarked vehicle I am just supposed to look the other way and say nothing ?? Ask Nothing ?
June 17, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Genuine Question because I Do not understand… so if these men roll up in plain clothes and masks, grab a human being… even a child, and throw them in an unmarked vehicle I am just supposed to look the other way and say nothing ?? Ask Nothing ?
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My heart breaks for trans kids, who do not deserve this obsessive animus that adults are directing at them.
June 18, 2025 at 2:58 PM
My heart breaks for trans kids, who do not deserve this obsessive animus that adults are directing at them.
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political press is doing a real disservice by basically not reporting the nuances of public opinion on deportations, and creating the appearance that most americans support the stephen miller-style gestapo tactics
Should we deport people who have lived here for many years without committing any crimes? 61% no, 24% yes.
Should we should deport people as quickly as possible even if it means more mistakes, or do our best to make no mistakes even if it takes longer?
Quickly: 19%
Minimize mistakes: 74%
Should we should deport people as quickly as possible even if it means more mistakes, or do our best to make no mistakes even if it takes longer?
Quickly: 19%
Minimize mistakes: 74%
June 15, 2025 at 8:58 PM
political press is doing a real disservice by basically not reporting the nuances of public opinion on deportations, and creating the appearance that most americans support the stephen miller-style gestapo tactics
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Also, beyond pleasantries, he's a sitting US Senator in his own state & the ranking member of the Congressional committee overseeing the operations he was asking about.
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Sen. Chris Murphy responds to DHS claim that Padilla was "disrespectful."
"Even if you believe that he was disrespectful — and given the times that is certainly in the eye of the beholder — that never justifies what we saw on that video."
"Even if you believe that he was disrespectful — and given the times that is certainly in the eye of the beholder — that never justifies what we saw on that video."
June 12, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Also, beyond pleasantries, he's a sitting US Senator in his own state & the ranking member of the Congressional committee overseeing the operations he was asking about.
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Sen. Alex Padilla, who was just forcibly removed from a DHS press conference, is the ranking member of Judiciary’s subcommittee on immigration, citizenship, and border safety, which has “oversight of federal agencies with citizenship, asylum, refugee, and immigration enforcement responsibilities.”
June 12, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Sen. Alex Padilla, who was just forcibly removed from a DHS press conference, is the ranking member of Judiciary’s subcommittee on immigration, citizenship, and border safety, which has “oversight of federal agencies with citizenship, asylum, refugee, and immigration enforcement responsibilities.”
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Crucial, overlooked point from @barbmcquade.bsky.social: Trump using the National Guard in American cities is also really bad for members of the Guard themselves.
"I don’t think they signed up to fight against in combat with their fellow citizens."
Transcript here:
newrepublic.com/article/1963...
"I don’t think they signed up to fight against in combat with their fellow citizens."
Transcript here:
newrepublic.com/article/1963...
June 10, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Crucial, overlooked point from @barbmcquade.bsky.social: Trump using the National Guard in American cities is also really bad for members of the Guard themselves.
"I don’t think they signed up to fight against in combat with their fellow citizens."
Transcript here:
newrepublic.com/article/1963...
"I don’t think they signed up to fight against in combat with their fellow citizens."
Transcript here:
newrepublic.com/article/1963...