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John Robinson

@jrobin.bsky.social

Former editor of the News & Record in Greensboro, NC; former UNC journalism professor. He's strolled all alone through a fallout zone & came out with his soul untouched.

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Boy, Ted Cruz will hate this.

04.08.2025 03:34 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Make America Dumb Again

04.08.2025 03:32 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This. Every word. From one of the most insightful observers on the planet.

04.08.2025 03:29 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

North Carolina is the canary in the coalmine of "maximum warfare" redistricting.

03.08.2025 13:38 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Can’t we finally agree that essentially everything he says is a lie.

03.08.2025 17:34 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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β€˜He has trouble completing a thought’: bizarre public appearances again cast doubt on Trump’s mental acuity Joe Biden was hounded for his age-related gaffes, but Trump’s increasingly strange behavior has largely been ignored

How does the entire US press get away with not admitting the emperor is clearly naked???

03.08.2025 16:43 β€” πŸ‘ 138    πŸ” 56    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 10
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MAGA's warning to Trump's heir There's only one Trump.

β€œEven when Trump is out of sync with MAGA β€” like on Jeffrey Epstein β€” he brings supporters to heel.”

What a bunch of losers.

www.axios.com/2025/08/03/m...

03.08.2025 16:40 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

Yet they keep booking him on Sunday news programs.

03.08.2025 14:03 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

someone at a white house press briefing should ask why the president consistently refers to his black american critics as β€œlow IQ”

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β€œTrump and the Republicans would not be trying to rig the system if they thought they could win a majority of voters.”

This is what happened in N.C. Without gerrymandering voters chose Democrats as gov., lt. gov. & schools superintendent. But 10 of 14 House seats are gerrymandered for Republicans.

03.08.2025 12:14 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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Don’t count out Michael Whatley | Opinion Roy Cooper should be an overwhelming favorite to be North Carolina’s next U.S. senator, but Michael Whatley is strong where it matters most.

NC already has one right-wing senator who does whatever Trump tells him. It doesn’t need another. www.newsobserver.com/opinion/arti...

03.08.2025 12:01 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I suppose this is the way boards are supposed to act, although you’d hope they’d come to the right decision.

03.08.2025 05:19 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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two women are sitting at a table and talking to each other . one of the women is wearing cargo pants . ALT: two women are sitting at a table and talking to each other . one of the women is wearing cargo pants .

Plus, his cargo shorts

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If Nixon were president today (with today’s republican congress) not only would he not have resigned but G.Gordon Liddy would be Secretary of Defence.

03.08.2025 03:23 β€” πŸ‘ 19    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Democrats still don’t understand how the game is played, or how serious it is.

03.08.2025 04:52 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The Trump administration would consider your hed a win!

03.08.2025 04:30 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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β€œSeveral months wait.” So I’ll buy it. (You’re going to make it a bestseller πŸ˜‚)

03.08.2025 04:28 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Yes, remember you Trump appointees: He has immunity but you don’t.

02.08.2025 18:56 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Great idea, but only @atrupar.com can stomach that much Fox News.

02.08.2025 16:32 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Fox News - Breaking News Updates | Latest News Headlines | Photos & News Video Breaking News, Latest News and Current News from FOXNews.com. Breaking news and video. Latest Current News: U.S., World, Entertainment, Health, Business, Technology, Politics, Sports.

If I were at a different career stage I'd launch a service called: What's Not on Fox News Today for people who rely on Fox and likely know it isn't telling them everything. For instance, nothing rn on foxnews.com about jobs report, BLS chief firing, stock market drop, tariff worries.

02.08.2025 16:17 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you, Roberts Court, for making it the law of the land that 10s of millions of voters are silenced.

02.08.2025 16:22 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

In the same way that Trump II is affirmative action but for white people, I suspect the next few years are going to see a repackaging of feminist theory but for men.

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@axios softening Trump’s vengeful full-blown authoritarian nature by calling it a streak

02.08.2025 13:04 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This

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The word β€œthreatened” is carrying more weight than Atlas.

02.08.2025 12:31 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Montana Gunman Remains at Large After 4 Killed at a Neighborhood Bar

Youre telling me that there were no good men with guns in a bar in Montana? www.nytimes.com/2025/08/01/u...

02.08.2025 12:25 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump’s mental decline is undeniable β€” so what now? hemselves, that there is a problem, just as Biden’s supporters did for him.Β  Β  Donald Trump is showing all the signs of suffering from dementia. If this were a neighbor, a parent, or a family frien…

After reading this essay detailing signs of dementia exhibited repeatedly by the president, I find it confounding that Congress and even his vice president do not move quickly to remove him. thehill.com/opinion/camp...

02.08.2025 11:03 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2

The MAGA agenda is working

02.08.2025 08:05 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Judges Keep Restrictions on L.A. Immigration Arrests, in Setback for Trump Agenda

Cool, except remember that Republicans approved appointing a guy to a federal appeals court who advocated ignoring court rulings. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/02/u...

02.08.2025 06:34 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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