Roberta Baskin
@robertabaskin.bsky.social
CBS, PBS, ABC News investigative reporter alum. Think #climate justice in shopping, eating, voting & investing. In these cataclysmic times, embrace good trouble & the First Amendment. ☮️🍃🌎🌊
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@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social hired former FTC Chair Lina Khan to run his transition team. She's an excellent pick with an eye for rooting out how big corporations are making your life unaffordable. One way they're doing that? Surveillance pricing. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cbtUYshYM8
The Shady World of Surveillance Pricing (Ft. Lina Khan)
Robert Reich
www.youtube.com
November 17, 2025 at 4:17 PM
@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social hired former FTC Chair Lina Khan to run his transition team. She's an excellent pick with an eye for rooting out how big corporations are making your life unaffordable. One way they're doing that? Surveillance pricing. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cbtUYshYM8
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ICYMI - Epstein survivors dropped a warning shot at Congress. No more delays, no more cover ups, the truth is closing in.
#SaveHealthcareNotPedophiles
@housedemocrats.bsky.social
@houserepublicans.bsky.social
#SaveHealthcareNotPedophiles
@housedemocrats.bsky.social
@houserepublicans.bsky.social
November 17, 2025 at 6:02 PM
ICYMI - Epstein survivors dropped a warning shot at Congress. No more delays, no more cover ups, the truth is closing in.
#SaveHealthcareNotPedophiles
@housedemocrats.bsky.social
@houserepublicans.bsky.social
#SaveHealthcareNotPedophiles
@housedemocrats.bsky.social
@houserepublicans.bsky.social
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Good statement from the US conference of Catholic Bishops
November 14, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Good statement from the US conference of Catholic Bishops
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We inherited” is the new “but her emails.” They take responsibility for nothing. Who deported workers in the food production industry? Who imposed massive tariffs on finished goods, agricultural products. and raw materials? Who promised to lower prices “on day one”?
November 14, 2025 at 3:02 AM
We inherited” is the new “but her emails.” They take responsibility for nothing. Who deported workers in the food production industry? Who imposed massive tariffs on finished goods, agricultural products. and raw materials? Who promised to lower prices “on day one”?
Gestapo tactics in American cities are tearing families and communities apart in a hateful reign of terror.
Letter from Chicago broadcast veterans: Federal immigration agents have traumatized us and eroded our rights www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/13/l...
Letter from Chicago broadcast veterans: Federal immigration agents have traumatized us and eroded our rights www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/13/l...
Letter from Chicago broadcast veterans: Federal immigration agents have traumatized us and eroded our rights
The fact that some federal immigration forces may be leaving soon is cold comfort given the damage they’ve done.
www.chicagotribune.com
November 14, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Gestapo tactics in American cities are tearing families and communities apart in a hateful reign of terror.
Letter from Chicago broadcast veterans: Federal immigration agents have traumatized us and eroded our rights www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/13/l...
Letter from Chicago broadcast veterans: Federal immigration agents have traumatized us and eroded our rights www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/13/l...
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AOC: "It is unconscionable that what we are debating right now is legislation that will give 8 senators over $1 million a piece & we're robbing people of their food assistance & healthcare to pay for it. How can we vote to enrich ourselves by stealing from the American people?"
November 12, 2025 at 10:39 PM
AOC: "It is unconscionable that what we are debating right now is legislation that will give 8 senators over $1 million a piece & we're robbing people of their food assistance & healthcare to pay for it. How can we vote to enrich ourselves by stealing from the American people?"
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If **Jeffrey Epstein** thinks you're a evil and demented sociopath, the odds are overwhelming that you are, in fact, an evil and demented sociopath.
November 13, 2025 at 2:18 AM
If **Jeffrey Epstein** thinks you're a evil and demented sociopath, the odds are overwhelming that you are, in fact, an evil and demented sociopath.
More tax breaks for the wealthy & soaring health care costs for everyone else. Americans are expendable by #Trump & his billionaire buddies. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/b...
How the Trump Administration Is Giving Even More Tax Breaks to the Wealthy
www.nytimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 1:04 PM
More tax breaks for the wealthy & soaring health care costs for everyone else. Americans are expendable by #Trump & his billionaire buddies. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/b...
In Trump’s America the rich are flying high in their private planes, while the rest of us flying commercial face delays and cancellations. #Trump #TaxTheRich #NoKings www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/t...
Who Didn’t Suffer During the Shutdown? People Flying Private.
www.nytimes.com
November 12, 2025 at 3:22 AM
In Trump’s America the rich are flying high in their private planes, while the rest of us flying commercial face delays and cancellations. #Trump #TaxTheRich #NoKings www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/t...
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Instead of funneling endless amounts of money into our bloated Pentagon budget while thousands of veterans face homelessness and hunger, let’s use those funds to truly take care of our veterans — ensuring every one has a home, food, and access to medical and mental health care.
November 11, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Instead of funneling endless amounts of money into our bloated Pentagon budget while thousands of veterans face homelessness and hunger, let’s use those funds to truly take care of our veterans — ensuring every one has a home, food, and access to medical and mental health care.
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NEW via CNN: “The United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes the attacks are illegal”
Exclusive: UK suspends some intelligence sharing with US over boat strike concerns in major break | CNN Politics
The United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes ...
www.cnn.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:17 PM
NEW via CNN: “The United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes the attacks are illegal”
Brazil is drilling in the Amazon while claiming to be a climate champion! Ask Brazil to choose to lead the world away from fossil fuels at #COP30. Add to the pressure👇
act.350.org/letter/cop30...
act.350.org/letter/cop30...
Tell Brazil: Lead the World Beyond Fossil Fuels at COP30
Brazil is promising to protect the Amazon while allowing new oil drilling there. Brazil's leaders must choose: help the world move away from oil, or get left behind.
act.350.org
November 11, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Brazil is drilling in the Amazon while claiming to be a climate champion! Ask Brazil to choose to lead the world away from fossil fuels at #COP30. Add to the pressure👇
act.350.org/letter/cop30...
act.350.org/letter/cop30...
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In September, federal agents swarmed a Hyundai manufacturing site, detaining more than 500 workers, including more than 300 from South Korea.
Now, nearly 200 detainees are preparing to sue ICE, alleging human rights violations and unlawful arrest.
Now, nearly 200 detainees are preparing to sue ICE, alleging human rights violations and unlawful arrest.
These South Korean workers came to the US to build an EV battery plant. They left in shackles. They still want to know why
ICE agents raided, arrested workers at a Georgia battery factory in September.
abcnews.link
November 11, 2025 at 2:31 PM
In September, federal agents swarmed a Hyundai manufacturing site, detaining more than 500 workers, including more than 300 from South Korea.
Now, nearly 200 detainees are preparing to sue ICE, alleging human rights violations and unlawful arrest.
Now, nearly 200 detainees are preparing to sue ICE, alleging human rights violations and unlawful arrest.
America’s Gestapo celebrates its cruelty in a photo op
blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/10/b...
blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/10/b...
Border Patrol Agents Pose At The Bean For Apparent Photo Op
The photo op came after agents tear-gassed a Little Village street and were spotted in the area numerous times. At the Bean, one agent shouted, "Everyone say, 'Little Village!'"
blockclubchicago.org
November 11, 2025 at 1:33 PM
America’s Gestapo celebrates its cruelty in a photo op
blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/10/b...
blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/10/b...
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My husband planned to retire in December. I'm not eligible for Medicare until Aug so I planned to get an Obamacare policy. I found one in Oct that was $800/month. Now it's $2000/month.
So now my husband isn't going to retire. I hate Trump & GOP so much.
#ProudBlue #Pinks #TrumpIsUnfitForOffice
So now my husband isn't going to retire. I hate Trump & GOP so much.
#ProudBlue #Pinks #TrumpIsUnfitForOffice
November 10, 2025 at 1:08 PM
My husband planned to retire in December. I'm not eligible for Medicare until Aug so I planned to get an Obamacare policy. I found one in Oct that was $800/month. Now it's $2000/month.
So now my husband isn't going to retire. I hate Trump & GOP so much.
#ProudBlue #Pinks #TrumpIsUnfitForOffice
So now my husband isn't going to retire. I hate Trump & GOP so much.
#ProudBlue #Pinks #TrumpIsUnfitForOffice
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“universities' research makes life better, massively so. Why would you want to cripple it?…It's something that the United States does really, really well."
🗣️ Harvard professor Steven Pinker
The Trump administration had frozen more than $2 billion in grants to Harvard.
🗣️ Harvard professor Steven Pinker
The Trump administration had frozen more than $2 billion in grants to Harvard.
November 10, 2025 at 1:52 PM
“universities' research makes life better, massively so. Why would you want to cripple it?…It's something that the United States does really, really well."
🗣️ Harvard professor Steven Pinker
The Trump administration had frozen more than $2 billion in grants to Harvard.
🗣️ Harvard professor Steven Pinker
The Trump administration had frozen more than $2 billion in grants to Harvard.
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Tonight was a very bad night.
November 10, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Tonight was a very bad night.
Horrific. Hard to watch the gestapo tactics against unarmed protesters exercising their rights as Americans.
Excessive force. PERIOD!
They called them “violent mobs,” but the violence came from the guys with badges and body armor.
📌 Keep sharing videos, everyone, because they’re evidence.
They called them “violent mobs,” but the violence came from the guys with badges and body armor.
📌 Keep sharing videos, everyone, because they’re evidence.
November 6, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Horrific. Hard to watch the gestapo tactics against unarmed protesters exercising their rights as Americans.
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😡😡😡😡
A damn daycare. This is sick. What are we doing?
November 6, 2025 at 1:37 AM
😡😡😡😡
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Hey look.
Communism.
Communism.
November 4, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Hey look.
Communism.
Communism.
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"The agent grabbed Ms. Stagi by the hair, put her into a chokehold, dragged her through the street and threw her down a grassy embankment.
Ms. Stagi said, “I’m 5-2. I’m not assaulting him..."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/u...
Ms. Stagi said, “I’m 5-2. I’m not assaulting him..."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/u...
An Altercation With ICE Prompts a Police Chief to Push Back
www.nytimes.com
November 4, 2025 at 6:29 PM
"The agent grabbed Ms. Stagi by the hair, put her into a chokehold, dragged her through the street and threw her down a grassy embankment.
Ms. Stagi said, “I’m 5-2. I’m not assaulting him..."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/u...
Ms. Stagi said, “I’m 5-2. I’m not assaulting him..."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/u...
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Walmart and McDonald’s are among the top employers of workers who rely on food stamps.
McDonald's CEO raked in $18.2M last year — over 1,000x the company's median employee pay.
Walmart's CEO pocketed $27.4M — 930x the company's median employee pay.
See the problem?
McDonald's CEO raked in $18.2M last year — over 1,000x the company's median employee pay.
Walmart's CEO pocketed $27.4M — 930x the company's median employee pay.
See the problem?
November 4, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Walmart and McDonald’s are among the top employers of workers who rely on food stamps.
McDonald's CEO raked in $18.2M last year — over 1,000x the company's median employee pay.
Walmart's CEO pocketed $27.4M — 930x the company's median employee pay.
See the problem?
McDonald's CEO raked in $18.2M last year — over 1,000x the company's median employee pay.
Walmart's CEO pocketed $27.4M — 930x the company's median employee pay.
See the problem?
BRAVO Oregon Senator Jeff Merkley for his recent marathon 22-hours standing up for democracy in the Senate. Read his take on this authoritarian regime. It’s Here Now. newrepublic.com/article/2026... via @newrepublic.com @merkley.senate.gov @jeff-merkley.bsky.social
Ring the Alarm Bells: Authoritarianism Isn’t Coming, It’s Here Now
Trump’s authoritarian playbook has 10 rules. He’s following every single one of them.
newrepublic.com
November 4, 2025 at 8:52 PM
BRAVO Oregon Senator Jeff Merkley for his recent marathon 22-hours standing up for democracy in the Senate. Read his take on this authoritarian regime. It’s Here Now. newrepublic.com/article/2026... via @newrepublic.com @merkley.senate.gov @jeff-merkley.bsky.social
The Evanston mayor asked the police to take ICE badge #s so there is accountability for cruelty to immigrants. Evanston is resisting. #Vote tomorrow for leaders who lead with compassion, not hate. www.facebook.com/reel/4119765...
221 reactions · 40 shares | Evanston is not intimidated. Evanston does not give up. Evanston resists with joy and with love. | Daniel Biss
Evanston is not intimidated. Evanston does not give up. Evanston resists with joy and with love.
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November 3, 2025 at 11:15 PM
The Evanston mayor asked the police to take ICE badge #s so there is accountability for cruelty to immigrants. Evanston is resisting. #Vote tomorrow for leaders who lead with compassion, not hate. www.facebook.com/reel/4119765...