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John Robinson @jrobin.bsky.social · 43m

Monday, the most powerful Republican in NC called for a congressional redistricting to add another GOP seat.

Tuesday, a website is created for his son.

Funny how this works. ncnewsline.com/2025/10/14/k...

Congressional candidate website naming Kevin Berger draws eyes • NC Newsline

A site naming the son of the North Carolina Senate leader drew eyes Tuesday, but Kevin Berger was mum on whether he'd run for Congress.

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John Robinson @jrobin.bsky.social · 1h

I’m old enough to remember when this photograph outraged a nation. Now? Meh.

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John Robinson @jrobin.bsky.social · 4h

White men not from Mexico so…

John Robinson @jrobin.bsky.social · 5h

The president of peace kills again

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 6h

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.

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John Robinson @jrobin.bsky.social · 5h

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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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 5h

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.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7h

Trump: "I don't take questions from ABC fake news after what you did with Stephanopoulos to the vice president of the United States."

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John Robinson @jrobin.bsky.social · 6h

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👇

Maggie Astor @maggieastor.bsky.social · 6h

"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.

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Christina Reynolds @creynoldsnc.bsky.social · 6h

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.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7h

After bragging about permanently cutting "Democrat programs," Trump says "we're not closing up Republican programs."

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John Robinson @jrobin.bsky.social · 6h

Murder on the High Sea: The Trump Drug Story

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 6h

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

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John Robinson @jrobin.bsky.social · 10h

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.”

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11h

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.

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John Robinson @jrobin.bsky.social · 10h

Besides, the “wave” of violence against ICE is caused by ICE agents using violence to snatch people off the streets.

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John Robinson @jrobin.bsky.social · 10h

God: “You’re saving ME? Who do you think you are?”

Satan: “Pay no attention to him, Yahweh. I’ve got him?”

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10h

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."

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John Robinson @jrobin.bsky.social · 11h

News companies could learn a lot from this, and they will, when it’s too late. www.derekthompson.org/p/why-everyt...

Everything Is Television

A theory of culture and attention

www.derekthompson.org

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John Robinson @jrobin.bsky.social · 14h

Example 695 of news media bowing down before Trump never pays.

MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 14h

Trump is not too pleased with the photo they used of him in TIME Magazine

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John Robinson @jrobin.bsky.social · 14h

Not sure what is more ridiculous:
😇Trump thinking he has a chance
😇People caring
😇The Post gaming it out

www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Will Gaza deal get him into heaven? Trump fears not.

The 79-year-old president, who has repeatedly pondered the afterlife in recent months, told reporters on Air Force One: “I think I’m not, maybe, heaven-bound.”

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John Robinson @jrobin.bsky.social · 15h

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!

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John Robinson @jrobin.bsky.social · 16h

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.

Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 1d

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?

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John Robinson @jrobin.bsky.social · 16h

They should all join together and share stories so they get the widest publication.

John Robinson @jrobin.bsky.social · 16h

Where are NBC, CBS and ABC?

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Brian Stelter @brianstelter.bsky.social · 1d

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.

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John Robinson @jrobin.bsky.social · 1d

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.

The News & Observer @newsobserver.com · 1d

North Carolina’s current congressional map already heavily favors Republicans and is being challenged in court for alleged racial gerrymandering.

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.

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John Robinson @jrobin.bsky.social · 1d

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.

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John Robinson @jrobin.bsky.social · 1d

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.

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John Robinson @jrobin.bsky.social · 1d

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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Anderson Clayton ☀️ @abreezeclayton.bsky.social · 1d

North Carolina! We NEED y’all to be loud on this one with us. Join us as the legislature returns to raleigh not to pass a budget, but instead gerrymander North Carolina more to give Trump another congressional seat. ⬇️

www.mobilize.us/ncdems/event...

REDISTRICTING WATCH · North Carolina Democrats

Republicans are scared of losing, so they're cheating. We've seen redistricting battles play out across the country – and now the fight is coming to North Carolina. **We need to be outside the gener...

www.mobilize.us

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