Robyn
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Escapee from billionaires controlling the news…. Politics, sports, travel, photography, books, cooking all of interest. Equal rights, rule of law and justice isn’t woke, it’s necessary.
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I got permission to share this, and I'm extremely grateful for that.
The Onion got this letter from one of our subscribers in Alaska. She works with dementia patients and decided to leave a copy in the car for each one.
This email made my year. Read it and you'll see what I mean. People are good.
The Onion got this letter from one of our subscribers in Alaska. She works with dementia patients and decided to leave a copy in the car for each one.
This email made my year. Read it and you'll see what I mean. People are good.
July 1, 2025 at 6:46 PM
I got permission to share this, and I'm extremely grateful for that.
The Onion got this letter from one of our subscribers in Alaska. She works with dementia patients and decided to leave a copy in the car for each one.
This email made my year. Read it and you'll see what I mean. People are good.
The Onion got this letter from one of our subscribers in Alaska. She works with dementia patients and decided to leave a copy in the car for each one.
This email made my year. Read it and you'll see what I mean. People are good.
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I just left the Senate floor after speaking out against the Big Ugly Bill.
It breaks my heart that this is what we’ve come to as a Senate — and as a country.
It breaks my heart that this is what we’ve come to as a Senate — and as a country.
June 30, 2025 at 5:40 AM
I just left the Senate floor after speaking out against the Big Ugly Bill.
It breaks my heart that this is what we’ve come to as a Senate — and as a country.
It breaks my heart that this is what we’ve come to as a Senate — and as a country.
Within 10 days Lara Trump announces she’s running for NC Senate….
June 29, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Within 10 days Lara Trump announces she’s running for NC Senate….
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June 29, 2025 at 8:06 PM
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Just a reminder of who Thom Tillis is:
In 2013, as N.C. House Speaker, he passed a massive voter suppression law that was struck down because it targeted Black voters "with almost surgical precision.”
In the Senate he voted against the Freedom to Vote Act and the John R. Lewis Voting Right Act.
In 2013, as N.C. House Speaker, he passed a massive voter suppression law that was struck down because it targeted Black voters "with almost surgical precision.”
In the Senate he voted against the Freedom to Vote Act and the John R. Lewis Voting Right Act.
June 29, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Just a reminder of who Thom Tillis is:
In 2013, as N.C. House Speaker, he passed a massive voter suppression law that was struck down because it targeted Black voters "with almost surgical precision.”
In the Senate he voted against the Freedom to Vote Act and the John R. Lewis Voting Right Act.
In 2013, as N.C. House Speaker, he passed a massive voter suppression law that was struck down because it targeted Black voters "with almost surgical precision.”
In the Senate he voted against the Freedom to Vote Act and the John R. Lewis Voting Right Act.
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Sat down with Greg Rosen, the former chief of the Justice Department's Capitol Siege Section, to discuss Trump's Jan. 6 pardons and the ongoing brain drain at DOJ.
Watch the full segment tonight on Hallie Jackson Now.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
Watch the full segment tonight on Hallie Jackson Now.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
Top Jan. 6 prosecutor says Trump's Capitol riot pardons signal approval of political violence
Greg Rosen, who headed the Justice Department's Capitol Siege Section, said the notion that Jan. 6 defendants were "railroaded or mistreated is belied by the actual facts."
www.nbcnews.com
June 3, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Sat down with Greg Rosen, the former chief of the Justice Department's Capitol Siege Section, to discuss Trump's Jan. 6 pardons and the ongoing brain drain at DOJ.
Watch the full segment tonight on Hallie Jackson Now.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
Watch the full segment tonight on Hallie Jackson Now.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
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New: How the Trump Administration has smashed the government’s bulwarks against corruption
www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
Firings, pardons and policy changes have gutted DOJ anti-corruption efforts, experts say
Trump administration changes in the Justice Department have fostered what critics say is the ripest environment for corruption by public officials and executives in a generation.
www.nbcnews.com
June 3, 2025 at 11:44 AM
New: How the Trump Administration has smashed the government’s bulwarks against corruption
www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
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The message that [the pardons] send is that political violence towards a political goal is acceptable in a modern democratic society”
Former head of Justice Dept’s Capitol Siege section steps down
www.cbsnews.com/news/justice...
Former head of Justice Dept’s Capitol Siege section steps down
www.cbsnews.com/news/justice...
Justice Dept. Capitol Siege Section head Greg Rosen resigns, says Trump Jan. 6 pardons sent "terrible message"
Former DOJ attorney Greg Rosen said Trump's decision to pardon all Jan. 6 defendants sent "a terrible message to the American people."
www.cbsnews.com
June 3, 2025 at 11:26 AM
The message that [the pardons] send is that political violence towards a political goal is acceptable in a modern democratic society”
Former head of Justice Dept’s Capitol Siege section steps down
www.cbsnews.com/news/justice...
Former head of Justice Dept’s Capitol Siege section steps down
www.cbsnews.com/news/justice...
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The United States Justice Department micromanaging how the Harvard Law Review’s internal reprimand of a student editor is insane
June 3, 2025 at 2:04 AM
The United States Justice Department micromanaging how the Harvard Law Review’s internal reprimand of a student editor is insane
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"California Republican Reps. David Valadao and Young Kim's districts are among the highest Medicaid enrollment rates in the state. In an April 14 letter, both said they were against the bill if it included Medicaid cuts — but then they voted for the bill anyway..."
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9 Calif. Republicans in hot seat after consequential health care vote
California's nine House Republicans voted for the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which includes cuts to key programs such as Medicaid.
www.sfgate.com
June 1, 2025 at 11:54 AM
"California Republican Reps. David Valadao and Young Kim's districts are among the highest Medicaid enrollment rates in the state. In an April 14 letter, both said they were against the bill if it included Medicaid cuts — but then they voted for the bill anyway..."
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www.sfgate.com/politics/art...
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if it takes years, has to be consequences for all these people, and even more for those who gave the orders.
NYT: “The episode was recorded by someone who was sitting in Mr. Nadler’s office. In the video, an officer with the Federal Protective Service, part of the Department of Homeland Security, is shown demanding access to a private area inside the office.”
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May 31, 2025 at 10:57 PM
if it takes years, has to be consequences for all these people, and even more for those who gave the orders.
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“.. it’s unclear why the children were zip-tied during their detention or why they were detained at all.”
@mysanantonio.com
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May 31, 2025 at 6:22 PM
“.. it’s unclear why the children were zip-tied during their detention or why they were detained at all.”
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"The shooter became frustrated when Waziri briefly double-parked in front of a mailbox to get his mail. Waziri’s family’s lawyer, Omar Khawaja, said the two men then engaged in a heated exchange before the shooter went back to his car to grab a weapon."
He Saved Americans’ Lives in Afghanistan. Then an American Took His Life in Texas.
Why was the war hero’s killer allowed to walk free?
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June 1, 2025 at 10:00 AM
"The shooter became frustrated when Waziri briefly double-parked in front of a mailbox to get his mail. Waziri’s family’s lawyer, Omar Khawaja, said the two men then engaged in a heated exchange before the shooter went back to his car to grab a weapon."
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NEWS: RM Jamie Raskin, Senator Schiff, and Senator Booker are demanding details from DOJ over its threatened use of armed Special Deputy U.S. Marshals to block a fired former pardon attorney from testifying in Raskin and Schiff's bicameral spotlight hearing.
NEWS: Rep. Raskin, Sens. Schiff, Booker Seek Details on DOJ’s ‘Thuggish’ Attempt to Block Former Pardon Attorney from Participating in Congressional Oversight Hearing
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April 23, 2025 at 1:50 PM
NEWS: RM Jamie Raskin, Senator Schiff, and Senator Booker are demanding details from DOJ over its threatened use of armed Special Deputy U.S. Marshals to block a fired former pardon attorney from testifying in Raskin and Schiff's bicameral spotlight hearing.
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This should be the top story in Axios’s morning read. But it isn’t. It’s the FIFTH top story.
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April 23, 2025 at 12:08 PM
This should be the top story in Axios’s morning read. But it isn’t. It’s the FIFTH top story.
@axios.com
www.axios.com/2025/04/23/t...
@axios.com
www.axios.com/2025/04/23/t...
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The free speech website where the owner (who believes in free speech) will throttle your access if you criticize him - even if you support all the far-right conspiracy theories and bigotry he supports. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
They Criticized Musk on X. Then Their Reach Collapsed. (Gift Article)
Three users who disagreed with the site’s owner saw views for their posts plummet.
www.nytimes.com
April 23, 2025 at 10:26 AM
The free speech website where the owner (who believes in free speech) will throttle your access if you criticize him - even if you support all the far-right conspiracy theories and bigotry he supports. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Check out how the anchors of CBS Evening News ended their broadcast tonight:
April 23, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Check out how the anchors of CBS Evening News ended their broadcast tonight:
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"The findings shock the conscience."
April 21, 2025 at 1:47 PM
"The findings shock the conscience."
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Every time the Justice Department tries to claim the military isn’t actually banning transgender people, Pete Hegseth tweets that it is.
This is likely to come up at oral arguments at the DC Circuit Court of appeals — conveniently scheduled for tomorrow.
This is likely to come up at oral arguments at the DC Circuit Court of appeals — conveniently scheduled for tomorrow.
April 21, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Every time the Justice Department tries to claim the military isn’t actually banning transgender people, Pete Hegseth tweets that it is.
This is likely to come up at oral arguments at the DC Circuit Court of appeals — conveniently scheduled for tomorrow.
This is likely to come up at oral arguments at the DC Circuit Court of appeals — conveniently scheduled for tomorrow.
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“The administration’s action skipped over requirements that say the government must identify and list violations, offer a hearing, notify Congress and then wait 30 days before applying penalties.” www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...
Trump’s freeze on $2.2 billion to Harvard provided no proof of wrongdoing
The Trump administration skipped over requirements, including offering to hold a hearing, when applying financial penalties related to civil rights violations.
www.washingtonpost.com
April 17, 2025 at 11:34 AM
“The administration’s action skipped over requirements that say the government must identify and list violations, offer a hearing, notify Congress and then wait 30 days before applying penalties.” www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says he has “100% hatred” toward Russian leader Vladimir Putin.
“How else can you see a person who came here and murdered our people, murdered children?” says Zelenskyy. https://cbsn.ws/3YyaIlp
“How else can you see a person who came here and murdered our people, murdered children?” says Zelenskyy. https://cbsn.ws/3YyaIlp
April 13, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says he has “100% hatred” toward Russian leader Vladimir Putin.
“How else can you see a person who came here and murdered our people, murdered children?” says Zelenskyy. https://cbsn.ws/3YyaIlp
“How else can you see a person who came here and murdered our people, murdered children?” says Zelenskyy. https://cbsn.ws/3YyaIlp
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April 13, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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Last May, elite law firm Paul, Weiss launched its award-winning "Center to Combat Hate" to fight extremism. Now, the firm’s been silent on the Center's future after striking a deal to lift Trump's order against the company. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Paul, Weiss Said It Felt ‘Called Upon’ to Launch a Center to Fight Hate. Now It Won’t Talk About It.
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
April 13, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Last May, elite law firm Paul, Weiss launched its award-winning "Center to Combat Hate" to fight extremism. Now, the firm’s been silent on the Center's future after striking a deal to lift Trump's order against the company. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...