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Cat Butler Sr. @catbutlersr.bsky.social · 8h

go.bsky.app/BDXeW8W

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GRobbins @ecorobbins.bsky.social · 4h

Ty, Cat Butler Sr. I'm humbled by being added to your building communities SP. I'll share your work with friends. Enjoy your weekend. 💙✌️

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Sara Partridge, Ph.D. @sarapartridge.bsky.social · 15h

There are reports that the *entire* office of special education at the US Dept of Education has been cut. These hardworking folks ensure kids with disabilities get equal access to a quality education.

America’s children deserve better than this.

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GRobbins @ecorobbins.bsky.social · 14h

authoritarians operate “just by breaking things” instead of building new alternatives to the systems they decry.

Obama’s warnings about democracy fading increasingly sound directed toward the US | CNN Politics www.cnn.com/2025/10/11/p...

Obama’s warnings about democracy fading increasingly sound directed toward the US | CNN Politics

“We’re seeing politicians target civil society, undermine freedom of the press, weaponize the justice system. And no one is being spared. Even countries that thought they were immune from wholesale as...

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GRobbins @ecorobbins.bsky.social · 1d

Whoops!

Trump accidentally posted message pressuring Pam Bondi to charge his enemies, source says www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...

Trump accidentally posted message pressuring Pam Bondi to charge his enemies, source says

Trump pressured the attorney general to bring charges against former FBI Director James Comey, Sen. Adam Schiff and New York Attorney General Letitia James.

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Dr. M.A. Davis @mikedavis.bsky.social · 1d

Reader -

One of the uses of the historical counterfactual is to figure out how likely/important an individual is. Let's take the proposition "FDR was the most important President of the 20th century" and test it by looking at the plausible alternatives to FDR - other possible Dem nominees in '32.

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GRobbins @ecorobbins.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you for the informative history lesson. I find the Roosevelt era quite a fascinating time. It does go to show that history is a product of many narrow escapes.

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#TuckFrump @realtuckfrumper.bsky.social · 1d

Trump Loses Out On Nobel Peace Prize, Will Freak Out Over Who DID Win

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Trump Loses Out On Nobel Peace Prize, Will Freak Out Over Who DID Win

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GRobbins @ecorobbins.bsky.social · 1d

Nope! Not even 0% from Rotten Tomatoes.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

PORTLAND: “The frogs are multiplying”

(#NotAWarZone Noem Matter what Kristi says)

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GRobbins @ecorobbins.bsky.social · 1d

Fair elections have become a pipe dream.

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Dr. Tea, Cake, & Revolution. @witwarrior.bsky.social · Nov 14

The last, best description of Trump from British writer Nate White.

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GRobbins @ecorobbins.bsky.social · 2d

I love a writer who articulates their thoughts so fluently.

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🇨🇦DUNK🇨🇦 (Proud Old White Hippie) @noofieninja.bsky.social · 2d

My latest Pack

All Canadians eh..

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GRobbins @ecorobbins.bsky.social · 2d

Ty, Dunk. Followed and shared. Have a great evening. 💙✌️

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GRobbins @ecorobbins.bsky.social · 2d

Recommended reading

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This month, our pick is “What We Can Know” by Ian McEwan. #Colbert #LateShowBookClub #Shorts

YouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

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GRobbins @ecorobbins.bsky.social · 2d

"We've taken freedom of speech away"???

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Trump: 'We took the freedom of speech away'

YouTube video by PBS NewsHour

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GRobbins @ecorobbins.bsky.social · 2d

I'll give them that. It's the only way they'll add to the Republican base right now bc orangeblob squarepants despises anyone he perceives as more intelligent, and that's most of society.

GRobbins @ecorobbins.bsky.social · 2d

Whoa! Those drugs did considerably more damage to Kennedys brain than anyone could have predicted.

GRobbins @ecorobbins.bsky.social · 2d

They would have to be stupid to trust Thune. Absolutely absurd.

GRobbins @ecorobbins.bsky.social · 2d

This is incredible to hear. Republicans have had that much influence on people? 1/4 is a fairly high mark for them, but I agree that it's probably an underestimated percentage based on the Maga turnout in 24.

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GRobbins @ecorobbins.bsky.social · 2d

The U.S. system of separation of powers ensures that no branch, including the president, can exercise complete control.

What is plenary authority, the dictator phrase that caused Stephen Miller to stop talking during CNN interview | The Independent www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...

Plenary authority, the dictator phrase that caused Stephen Miller to stop talking

Miller suggests Trump wields absolute power over decisions to send in the National Guard, before suddenly stopping speaking in an awkward interview moment

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GRobbins @ecorobbins.bsky.social · 3d

These unintelligent intelligence sycophants have really made a mockery of competency.

GRobbins @ecorobbins.bsky.social · 3d

Shouldn't it be alarming that they're fabricating their justification based on conspiracy theory. I mean, how else do you fight fictional characters unless you start pointing at innocent people yelling witch! Has it really come to this?

GRobbins @ecorobbins.bsky.social · 3d

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