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@clearlyrob.bsky.social

Ex-twitter user circa 2011, left after it became unbearable. Will probably leave here if it gets that way too. Bikes, coffee, tech, Sixers, and a frustrated American. Trans rights are human rights Block me if that's not your vibe

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the decision to really just abandon moderation and let it rip suggests that this is what meta wants for its platform. this is the final, idealized form of the product

12.11.2025 17:57 β€” πŸ‘ 1218    πŸ” 309    πŸ’¬ 33    πŸ“Œ 16

This headline is journalistic malpractice. This isn't Epstein "alleging" that Trump knew. This is Epstein and Maxwell discussing - in 2011, long before Trump had political salience - how the FACT that Trump knew might play out

Both of them took as a given that this was a fact in a private email

12.11.2025 14:08 β€” πŸ‘ 2304    πŸ” 771    πŸ’¬ 48    πŸ“Œ 22

"they didn't release the good emails from the sex criminal the president was friends with"

12.11.2025 17:01 β€” πŸ‘ 996    πŸ” 181    πŸ’¬ 11    πŸ“Œ 2

I lost my job, my kids have measles, and it is now clear to me that the President of the United States is a pedophile. But at least I know that the Cracker Barrel logo won't be changed any time soon.

12.11.2025 17:48 β€” πŸ‘ 2052    πŸ” 344    πŸ’¬ 23    πŸ“Œ 6

On this Veterans Day, more than any before, let us remember the valiant service of Black, Hispanic, Navajo, Japanese and other non-white Americans who fought bravely for the ideals of a country that failed to live up to them, and whose legacy a racist GOP is desperately trying to erase.

11.11.2025 16:09 β€” πŸ‘ 430    πŸ” 148    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 2

Unlike you, I can read and that’s why I know what the constitution says.

11.11.2025 15:48 β€” πŸ‘ 10576    πŸ” 1855    πŸ’¬ 194    πŸ“Œ 48

UPDATE: The Senate votes 53-47 to shoot down the Baldwin amendment to extend ACA funds for 1 year. A party-line vote with every Republican rejecting it.

11.11.2025 00:38 β€” πŸ‘ 1763    πŸ” 747    πŸ’¬ 153    πŸ“Œ 349

Ppl need to understand what's happening here.

The GOP response to the shutdown was: You're gonna cave, or we're going to hurt vulnerable people by shutting off SNAP. The Dems, unwilling to let that happen, caved.

Having watched that, the GOP is now saying: "Give us what we want on abortion or ..."

12.11.2025 00:19 β€” πŸ‘ 918    πŸ” 349    πŸ’¬ 52    πŸ“Œ 37

What an actual fucking blowhard. I'd love to see this bum work one of the most stressful jobs in the country *unpaid* for over a month and see how he feels about it.

12.11.2025 12:20 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Accidentally correct that unpaid labor obtained through threats and coercion *is* the American way.

12.11.2025 01:19 β€” πŸ‘ 629    πŸ” 111    πŸ’¬ 13    πŸ“Œ 1
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when I’m in a β€œsurrender unconditionally” contest and my opponent is Kevin Patullo on third and long

11.11.2025 03:07 β€” πŸ‘ 144    πŸ” 29    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Chuck Schumer is either allowing eight of his colleagues to be the sin eaters who take the blame for passing this shutdown deal, or he’s genuinely powerless to hold his conference together. Either way, he should be out of leadership tomorrow morning.

10.11.2025 03:48 β€” πŸ‘ 510    πŸ” 115    πŸ’¬ 11    πŸ“Œ 5
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Q: Will you assure House Democrats they'll get a vote on ACA subsidies by a date certain?

MIKE JOHNSON: Ah -- no. I'm not promising anyone anything.

06.11.2025 15:47 β€” πŸ‘ 2116    πŸ” 714    πŸ’¬ 212    πŸ“Œ 379

Jesus Christ, @kaine.senate.gov, getting a pinky promise to hold one single vote on ACA funding is not "a path toward fixing the health care mess" anymore than a lottery ticket is a "path toward fixing my personal finances"

10.11.2025 00:20 β€” πŸ‘ 4630    πŸ” 1066    πŸ’¬ 262    πŸ“Œ 76

Dems backed Trump into a corner where he’s advocating for starving Americans and hemorrhaging support. If they vote to let him off the hook in exchange for nothing it’s a cataclysmic failure. I know people are in pain but insulating Republicans from political consequences is not the answer.

09.11.2025 22:58 β€” πŸ‘ 26730    πŸ” 7509    πŸ’¬ 843    πŸ“Œ 530

agreeing to make a terrible deal while your main opponent is quite literally being boo'd on live tv by an entire stadium of people is the kind of political instinct you'd normally only find in a 3 week old dead goldfish

10.11.2025 00:36 β€” πŸ‘ 25954    πŸ” 6449    πŸ’¬ 251    πŸ“Œ 212

I'm hearing the same thing. Dems are nearing a surrender. I'm shocked. Largest protest in history + best election night in years + polling showing we're kicking their ass in public opinion. And now Dems may cave.

It ain't over til it's over, so please do call if you've got a Dem senator.

09.11.2025 21:04 β€” πŸ‘ 5083    πŸ” 2026    πŸ’¬ 250    πŸ“Œ 260

Democrats are folding on the shutdown just so they can send a β€œRepublican Senators just voted to end YOUR healthcare!” fundraising email in six weeks.

09.11.2025 21:42 β€” πŸ‘ 88    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 1

The whole GOP shutdown strategy is hoping that sheer force of propaganda can convince the public that things getting worse does not reflect badly on the people in charge of the government, and that hurting America more will get Democrats to acquiesce to the Trump admin hurting America in other ways.

09.11.2025 16:28 β€” πŸ‘ 933    πŸ” 246    πŸ’¬ 50    πŸ“Œ 7
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β€˜You Are All Terrorists’: Four Months in a Salvadoran Prison

40 men Trump sent to CECOT tell the NYT they were beaten, tortured, and sexually assaulted. The details are worse than you can imagine.

We can’t let them get away with this. Miller and the other architects of this sadism need to go to prison.

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/w...

09.11.2025 02:20 β€” πŸ‘ 6362    πŸ” 2699    πŸ’¬ 114    πŸ“Œ 106

people.com/armed-agents...

08.11.2025 18:19 β€” πŸ‘ 856    πŸ” 257    πŸ’¬ 14    πŸ“Œ 18

β€œwoke” is when you acknowledge that black people have contributed to the united states

08.11.2025 21:01 β€” πŸ‘ 12264    πŸ” 2852    πŸ’¬ 185    πŸ“Œ 60
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SIGNATURES For Cornell University: Michael I. Kotlikoff President of Cornell University Office of the President 300 Day Hall Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 Ben the Winited States (including but not limited to the U.S. Department of Health & Human Servives and the U.S, Department of Education): /N istant Attorney General U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division 950 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20530 For the Department of Health and Human Services: Paula Matana S Paula M. Stannard Director, Office for Civil Rights U.S. Department of Health & Human Services 200 Independence Avenue, S.W. Washington, D.C. 20201 Effective Date: 14/7/2025.

BREAKING: Cornell caved.

Here is the settlement agreement, signed today by the university's president, Michael Kotlikoff: statements.cornell.edu/2025/documen...

07.11.2025 17:11 β€” πŸ‘ 1985    πŸ” 879    πŸ’¬ 127    πŸ“Œ 333
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ICE grabs father by the neckβ€”send him into violent seizure while his arms lock up around his toddler.

"He's having seizure and they're trying to rip the baby out of his hands!"

Agents then handcuff himβ€”before putting in ambulance with his child.

Mother is detained by agents as target of arrest.

07.11.2025 02:31 β€” πŸ‘ 1254    πŸ” 721    πŸ’¬ 143    πŸ“Œ 294

Aaron Blake
@AaronBlake
Vance on judge's ruling that admin must fully fund SNAP:

"The president and the entire administration are working on that, but we’re not going to do it under the orders of a federal judge. We’re going to do it according to what we think we have to do to comply with the law."
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Aaron Blake @AaronBlake Vance on judge's ruling that admin must fully fund SNAP: "The president and the entire administration are working on that, but we’re not going to do it under the orders of a federal judge. We’re going to do it according to what we think we have to do to comply with the law." 7:29 AM Β· Nov 7, 2025 Β· 58.3K Views

The Trump administration is doing everything in its power to deny food assistance to Americans.

07.11.2025 15:23 β€” πŸ‘ 433    πŸ” 145    πŸ’¬ 33    πŸ“Œ 45
06.11.2025 19:29 β€” πŸ‘ 929    πŸ” 131    πŸ’¬ 20    πŸ“Œ 1

HAPPENING NOW: Judge McConnell is sharply rebuking the Trump administration for what he said was defying his order to make full SNAP payments by Nov. 5. He has ordered USDA to make the *full* payment to states by tomorrow.

06.11.2025 20:53 β€” πŸ‘ 6395    πŸ” 1793    πŸ’¬ 116    πŸ“Œ 126
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Families "horrified" after daycare teacher pulled out of school by federal agents. The incident happened in front of parents and children at Rayito de Sol in North Center, a parent said. They believe the employee, who cares for infants, is legally allowed to work in the United State...

β€œThey didn’t just walk in chasing one person, they went into multiple rooms asking and looking for teachers while children were present,” Ramirez said. β€œThis is an agency that has gone rogue and it an agency that believes that as long as they can cover their face, they can get away with anything.”

06.11.2025 11:14 β€” πŸ‘ 3095    πŸ” 1366    πŸ’¬ 58    πŸ“Œ 117

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