John Robinson
@jrobin.bsky.social
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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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jrobin.bsky.social
I’m old enough to remember when this photograph outraged a nation. Now? Meh.
jrobin.bsky.social
White men not from Mexico so…
jrobin.bsky.social
The president of peace kills again
nytimes.com
Breaking News: A U.S. military strike killed six people on a boat in international waters near Venezuela, President Trump said, asserting without evidence that they were drug smugglers for an unspecified group his team had labeled terrorists.
U.S. Military Kills 6 People in Another Attack on Boat, Trump Says
In a social media post, the president said the people aboard a boat were suspected of smuggling drugs for an unspecified group his team had labeled terrorists.
nyti.ms
jrobin.bsky.social
My rep celebrates the extra-judicial killing of boaters. It’s not a far leap to killing people suspected of selling drugs on U.S. soil without an arrest or trial.
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mcopelov.bsky.social
The entire first two months of the Biden administration were taken up by obsessive complaining about how he wouldn't do press conferences & wasn't taking policy questions (bsky.app/profile/mcop...).

This? Gone tomorrow. Totally different set of standards applied to two totally different parties.
atrupar.com
Trump: "I don't take questions from ABC fake news after what you did with Stephanopoulos to the vice president of the United States."
jrobin.bsky.social
It’s hard to keep track of all the Trump offenses:
🤡He murders boaters in the Caribbean
🤡He lies about the protests in American cities
🤡He calls Democrats terrotists
🤡He wants to kick millions of people off their healthcare
🤡His supporters do this in his name👇
maggieastor.bsky.social
"They referred to Black people as monkeys and 'the watermelon people' and mused about putting their political opponents in gas chambers. They talked about raping their enemies and driving them to suicide and lauded Republicans who they believed support slavery."
‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat
Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.
www.politico.com
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creynoldsnc.bsky.social
If he thinks the CDC and special education only impact Dems, he should talk to some of his Republican constituents.

Also, the president is the president for everyone. Not just his party.
atrupar.com
After bragging about permanently cutting "Democrat programs," Trump says "we're not closing up Republican programs."
jrobin.bsky.social
Murder on the High Sea: The Trump Drug Story
nytimes.com
Breaking News: A U.S. military strike killed six people on a boat in international waters near Venezuela, President Trump said, asserting without evidence that they were drug smugglers for an unspecified group his team had labeled terrorists.
U.S. Military Kills 6 People in Another Attack on Boat, Trump Says
In a social media post, the president said the people aboard a boat were suspected of smuggling drugs for an unspecified group his team had labeled terrorists.
nyti.ms
jrobin.bsky.social
Follow up question for Johnson: “Sir, what does the Bible say about bearing false witness, and before you answer, I invite you to watch some videos of ICE untethered.”
atrupar.com
Q: We've seen images out of Chicago of federal agents shooting faith leaders with pepper balls and arresting journalists. Where's the limit for you on what's acceptable conduct by federal agents?

MIKE JOHNSON: I've not seen them cross the line yet.
jrobin.bsky.social
Besides, the “wave” of violence against ICE is caused by ICE agents using violence to snatch people off the streets.
jrobin.bsky.social
God: “You’re saving ME? Who do you think you are?”

Satan: “Pay no attention to him, Yahweh. I’ve got him?”
atrupar.com
Eric Trump: "We're saving Christianity. We've saving God. We've saving the family unit. We're saving this nation. I mean, DEI is out of the window, Benny. You no longer have Colin Kaepernick kneeling for the national anthem. You no longer have Budweiser going woke as hell. All of this is dead."
jrobin.bsky.social
Example 695 of news media bowing down before Trump never pays.
meidastouch.com
Trump is not too pleased with the photo they used of him in TIME Magazine
jrobin.bsky.social
America First apparently means Trump praising himself in Israel as:

👉The govt is shutdown
👉The military is roaming American cities
👉ICE snatching people off the streets
👉The GOP tries to take away healthcare
👉Trump officials are accused of bribery
👉The Epstein files!
jrobin.bsky.social
The thing is - well, there are lots of things - but one thing is that iCE & Homeland Security are doing is driving respect for & credibility of all law enforcement into the ground.

Don’t show their faces or ID themselves. Arrest children. Assault people. Arrest citizens.

Real cops should protest.
joycewhitevance.bsky.social
There are hard questions we need to ask ourselves right now. But no matter what this administration is planning, we know who we are—we love democracy & plan to fight (peacefully) for it. In a moment where knowledge is power, here is what you need to know. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
Are We the Nazis Now?
How do we meet this moment?
open.substack.com
jrobin.bsky.social
They should all join together and share stories so they get the widest publication.
jrobin.bsky.social
Where are NBC, CBS and ABC?
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brianstelter.bsky.social
Editors and reporters say they’ll continue to cover the US military thoroughly, with or without press credentials. Some well-known members of the Pentagon press corps have used the credentialing controversy to encourage tipsters to get in touch with them.
jrobin.bsky.social
Gerrymandering is how we got narrow-minded cult members like Virginia “Shut up” Foxx, Richard “no town halls” Hudson and Addison “whatever Trump says” McDowell. We don’t need one more.
jrobin.bsky.social
My kingdom for at least one big media organization in the state to cover this story from the perspective that this is bad for millions of citizens who aren’t Republican and bad for representative democracy.
jrobin.bsky.social
This story should not be presented by the news media as just another government action.

Reporters should point out clearly and loudly that this type of gerrymandering misrepresents and ignores the interests of millions of citizens in this purple state. www.newsobserver.com/news/politic...
NC Republicans announce plan to redraw congressional map to pick up GOP seat
North Carolina’s current congressional map already heavily favors Republicans and is being challenged in court for alleged racial gerrymandering.
www.newsobserver.com
jrobin.bsky.social
NC Republican legislators continue to oppose representative government.

NC voters elected Democrats as governor, lt gov and AG. Republicans know that only through gerrymandering will they be able to silence the voices of the majority of citizens.

Shameful. www.newsobserver.com/news/politic...
NC Republicans announce plan to redraw congressional map to pick up GOP seat
North Carolina’s current congressional map already heavily favors Republicans and is being challenged in court for alleged racial gerrymandering.
www.newsobserver.com
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