Rory Roberge
@roryroberge.bsky.social
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Town Council Member in Normal, Illinois Husband to an amazing wife; Father to two incredible children USNA Class of 2010 - B.S. in History He/Him - 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ Ally #BLM 🇺🇸 Navy Veteran ⚓️✈️ #FTTB 🚫 Crypto Peddlers Get Blocked 🚫
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I would never ask someone to do anything I wouldn't do myself, especially if it involves pain. So here is a picture of me donating platelets.

If you are able to, please consider donating whole blood, plasma, or platelets. You just might save a life.
Picture of me hooked up to a blood platelet donation machine in June, 2020
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dutchiepatrick.bsky.social
Puppy Killer Kristi Noem is a joke…
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donmoyn.bsky.social
The IRS is laying off people during the shutdown, even though it was rehiring staff it previously fired because it was so shorthanded.
This one stands out because firing IRS employees costs the government money, since they bring in about $6-8 for every dollar spent on tax enforcement
IRS Halts Layoff Plans, Begins Rehiring Amid Staffing Shortages
The agency is attempting to rebuild its workforce and restore public confidence.
Treasury Department: Treasury cut 1,446 employees on Friday. Two Internal Revenue Service employees confirmed layoffs were taking place at the tax agency, which has already shed more than 25,000 employees. One employee who was laid off was working Friday and exempt from shutdown furloughs.
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judgelord.bsky.social
IRS layoffs are costly for the U.S., redistributing wealth to the top 1% (who lie on their taxes at jaw-dropping rates).

The bottom 99% generally pay their taxes. cepr.org/voxeu/column...
Taxes evaded as a percent of taxes owed from a study showing that the 99th wealth percentile and above evade significantly more taxes than everyone else. The richest evade 25% of the taxes they owe on average. The bottom 95% evade less than 3% of their taxes on average. While these data are from Scandinavia, similar patterns are likely in other countries, including the U.S.
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angierasmussen.bsky.social
I don’t know who needs to hear this but the CDC is being eviscerated right now. America is not going to have any kind of outbreak response capacity after tonight. Americans’ health data is no longer secure. Say goodbye to federal public health in any capacity. It’s a disaster. We won’t recover.
roryroberge.bsky.social
Insurance probably doesn't have their plates on file. The only way to get their insurance involved would be to file a police report as part of the claim with your carrier. Insurance companies usually help each other out if they can get a hold of driver info.
roryroberge.bsky.social
The craziest part of all of this is that it came about because a black man wanted everyone to be able to get healthcare
roryroberge.bsky.social
Democratic Extremists want everyone to have Healthcare

Republican Extremists want a nation with only white people
walshfreedom.bsky.social
Benny Johnson is a well known plagiarist, grifter, & Christian nationalist who was being paid by Russia - to the tune of well over a $100,000 a month - to push Russian propaganda on the American people - the perfect bio for a MAGA influencer. We no longer have a Justice Department.👇
roryroberge.bsky.social
Would it exclude Kid Rock?
roryroberge.bsky.social
Take note of what genres are NOT on there, and that the first one is "Anything in English"
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thetnholler.bsky.social
Amazing what happens when you give the guy a plane
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thetnholler.bsky.social
EL PASO — a family says ICE showed up at their house looking for migrants and shot and KILLED THEIR DOG, then didn’t help them as the agent ran away and was not identified.

kfoxtv.com/news/local/e...
roryroberge.bsky.social
90 day pause coming on Monday
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piperformissouri.bsky.social
I feel like a broken record, but I have to keep saying it over and over again: a farmer bailout won’t do much of anything because the market is gone. There will be no incentive to plant next year.

The bailout will help payoff farmer debt to the banks. That’s all.
roryroberge.bsky.social
He wants the spectacle, the same way he wanted investigations into the Biden Family. He doesn't care what the end result is because he knows people who aren't plugged in will only remember the headlines from the beginning.
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4taxfairness.bsky.social
The same people who just gave billionaires tax breaks have shut down the government rather than keeping our healthcare premiums from spiking.

Tells you everything you need to know.
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thegodpodcast.com
Thou shalt not shoot pastors in the head with smoke bombs. I shouldn’t have to say this.
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chriswarcraft.bsky.social
California! Vote YES on 50, and tell Trump to fuck off with his vote rigging schemes!
My ballot for prop 50 filled out with a “yes” vote
roryroberge.bsky.social
I'm not scrolling the replies, but I would be disappointed if there weren't at least 10 with "The worst person you know has a good point" meme
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bretdevereaux.bsky.social
Gonna say it, not enough games about defeating Klansmen, Confederates or neo-Confederates.
stephentotilo.bsky.social
SCOOP: Last year, Ubisoft cancelled an Assassin's Creed game set during Reconstruction. Was to feature a Black Assassin who, among other things, fought the rise of the Klan

Sources: Leadership nixed it over concerns re: U.S. political climate, backlash to Yasuke

www.gamefile.news/p/scoop-ubis...
Scoop: Ubisoft cancelled a post-Civil War Assassin’s Creed last year
Company leadership deemed the project too controversial for the moment, sources tell Game File
www.gamefile.news