Roberta Baskin
@robertabaskin.bsky.social
CBS, PBS, ABC News investigative reporter alum. Think #climate justice in shopping, eating, voting & investing. In these cataclysmic times, embrace good trouble & the First Amendment. ☮️🍃🌎🌊
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We will pay a price for putting utterly incompetent and self-serving people in charge of national policing.
www.thebulwark.com/p/fbi-spent-...
www.thebulwark.com/p/fbi-spent-...
The FBI Spent a Generation Relearning How to Catch Spies. Then Came Kash Patel.
As China’s spies grow more aggressive, the FBI is distracted and off-balance.
www.thebulwark.com
December 15, 2025 at 6:50 PM
We will pay a price for putting utterly incompetent and self-serving people in charge of national policing.
www.thebulwark.com/p/fbi-spent-...
www.thebulwark.com/p/fbi-spent-...
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Exactly the sort of tyrannical behavior that the Constitution was written to prevent. See the Fourth Amendment in particular.
Armed ICE agents trapped US citizens in a restaurant and demanded their papers. Federal agents walked into East African restaurants in Cedar-Riverside, MN. They closed and blocked the doors. Then they demanded to see everyone’s papers. Every person present was a US citizen.
Federal agents use chemical irritant on crowd in Somali neighborhood of Minneapolis amid Trump crackdown
Federal agents have used chemical irritant to disperse a crowd in a heavily Somali neighborhood in Minneapolis. This happened Tuesday during a identification checks amid the Trump administration's cra...
www.mprnews.org
December 15, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Exactly the sort of tyrannical behavior that the Constitution was written to prevent. See the Fourth Amendment in particular.
RFK, Jr. has no respect for science. He's a vaccine conspiracy spreader who Trump's Republican Congress put in a position to oversee healthcare. What could go wrong? American children will get sick and die of diseases from the past. Playing #politics with lives. #Trump #GOP
December 13, 2025 at 8:27 PM
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My position on taking action. And on the important space between everything and nothing.
December 13, 2025 at 4:54 PM
My position on taking action. And on the important space between everything and nothing.
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Oligarchy (noun):
A government of and by a few at the top, who exercise power for their own benefit. Their power and wealth increase as they make laws that favor themselves, manipulate financial markets, and create monopolies that put more wealth into their pockets.
A government of and by a few at the top, who exercise power for their own benefit. Their power and wealth increase as they make laws that favor themselves, manipulate financial markets, and create monopolies that put more wealth into their pockets.
December 13, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Oligarchy (noun):
A government of and by a few at the top, who exercise power for their own benefit. Their power and wealth increase as they make laws that favor themselves, manipulate financial markets, and create monopolies that put more wealth into their pockets.
A government of and by a few at the top, who exercise power for their own benefit. Their power and wealth increase as they make laws that favor themselves, manipulate financial markets, and create monopolies that put more wealth into their pockets.
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At least while we are screwing over our allies around the world we will be doing it in an anti-woke font.
December 10, 2025 at 9:44 PM
At least while we are screwing over our allies around the world we will be doing it in an anti-woke font.
Data Centersa are popping up like weeds in VA. Let's make these rich companies pay for their electricity and investment in renewable energy. insideclimatenews.org/news/2610202...
How Did This State Become the Data Center Capital of the World? - Inside Climate News
From America Online to the rise of AI, Virginia has been good for an industry now transforming the economy and grid. Has the industry returned the favor?
insideclimatenews.org
December 11, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Data Centersa are popping up like weeds in VA. Let's make these rich companies pay for their electricity and investment in renewable energy. insideclimatenews.org/news/2610202...
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There is one overriding political problem, from which all others follow. Until it is addressed, every policy advanced by governments is window dressing.
www.theguardian.com/inequality/2...
www.theguardian.com/inequality/2...
Just 0.001% hold three times the wealth of poorest half of humanity, report finds
Data from World Inequality Report also showed top 10% of income-earners earn more than the other 90%
www.theguardian.com
December 10, 2025 at 7:09 AM
There is one overriding political problem, from which all others follow. Until it is addressed, every policy advanced by governments is window dressing.
www.theguardian.com/inequality/2...
www.theguardian.com/inequality/2...
Our Statue of Liberty should be deported back to France.
#ICE is unspeakably cruel to immigrants who did everything right.
#ICE is unspeakably cruel to immigrants who did everything right.
As people made their way into a naturalization ceremony, ICE officials stopped 38 of the 100 applicants and told them they wouldn't be leaving with U.S. citizenship. The immigrants — who passed every step in the naturalization process — needed only to take the oath of allegiance to become citizens.
Dozens denied oath of allegiance at Indianapolis naturalization ceremony
Dozens of people arrived at Indianapolis Union Station thinking they'd become U.S. citizens only to learn their participation was "canceled."
www.aol.com
December 10, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Our Statue of Liberty should be deported back to France.
#ICE is unspeakably cruel to immigrants who did everything right.
#ICE is unspeakably cruel to immigrants who did everything right.
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He is not well.
If someone’s grandpa posted this on Facebook, the family would be discussing assisted living by dinner.
If someone’s grandpa posted this on Facebook, the family would be discussing assisted living by dinner.
December 10, 2025 at 11:32 AM
He is not well.
If someone’s grandpa posted this on Facebook, the family would be discussing assisted living by dinner.
If someone’s grandpa posted this on Facebook, the family would be discussing assisted living by dinner.
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If you are a candidate for office, please commit this to memory: Clean energy is the cheapest energy on the planet. Clean energy fuels affordability and jobs.
(Dirty, expensive energy knows that. They’re hellbent on blocking progress because they know they’ll lose on an even playing field.)
(Dirty, expensive energy knows that. They’re hellbent on blocking progress because they know they’ll lose on an even playing field.)
December 10, 2025 at 2:38 AM
If you are a candidate for office, please commit this to memory: Clean energy is the cheapest energy on the planet. Clean energy fuels affordability and jobs.
(Dirty, expensive energy knows that. They’re hellbent on blocking progress because they know they’ll lose on an even playing field.)
(Dirty, expensive energy knows that. They’re hellbent on blocking progress because they know they’ll lose on an even playing field.)
We have a president dedicated to lawlessness and chaos. His actions tell it like it is. #Trump
It is absolutely wild that the guy who won’t stop yelling about law and order is now personally stepping in to keep January 6 documents hidden from the police officers who were attacked that day. He knows exactly what’s in those files and he is terrified the country will see it.
December 10, 2025 at 2:47 AM
We have a president dedicated to lawlessness and chaos. His actions tell it like it is. #Trump
Why are Americans putting up with a senile, confused, belligerent president who has access to the nuclear codes and is destroying our democracy? #protest #NoKings #Trump @rbreich.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/robertre...
open.substack.com/pub/robertre...
Has Trump totally lost it? Watch!
It’s one thing to read about his mental decline, another to see it. That’s why this video is so important.
open.substack.com
December 10, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Why are Americans putting up with a senile, confused, belligerent president who has access to the nuclear codes and is destroying our democracy? #protest #NoKings #Trump @rbreich.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/robertre...
open.substack.com/pub/robertre...
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“I’d have no problem releasing the video”
“I didn’t say that, you said that. Fake news.”
5 days apart 😬
(From @therecount.com )
“I didn’t say that, you said that. Fake news.”
5 days apart 😬
(From @therecount.com )
December 8, 2025 at 10:16 PM
“I’d have no problem releasing the video”
“I didn’t say that, you said that. Fake news.”
5 days apart 😬
(From @therecount.com )
“I didn’t say that, you said that. Fake news.”
5 days apart 😬
(From @therecount.com )
Read this powerful indictment of our tech-bro Narco-State by @pkrugman.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...
America Has Become a Digital Narco-State
Social media giants have bought our government, and are trying to bully Europe
open.substack.com
December 9, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Read this powerful indictment of our tech-bro Narco-State by @pkrugman.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...
“Dynamic Pricing” in the digital age. Same Product, Same Store, but on Instacart, Prices Might Differ www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/b...
Same Product, Same Store, but on Instacart, Prices Might Differ
www.nytimes.com
December 9, 2025 at 1:49 PM
“Dynamic Pricing” in the digital age. Same Product, Same Store, but on Instacart, Prices Might Differ www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/b...
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Reject any and every lie of this regime that they are fighting the drug trade. Their boss pardons a drug kingpin who helped bring 400 tons of cocaine into the U.S.
December 8, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Reject any and every lie of this regime that they are fighting the drug trade. Their boss pardons a drug kingpin who helped bring 400 tons of cocaine into the U.S.
This authoritarian regime’s cruel blueprint to destroy democracy open.substack.com/pub/lucid/p/...
How the Trump Administration Innovates the Authoritarian Playbook
Welcome back to Lucid, and hello to all new subscribers.
open.substack.com
December 7, 2025 at 3:05 AM
This authoritarian regime’s cruel blueprint to destroy democracy open.substack.com/pub/lucid/p/...
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The White House has launched a webpage to report "media bias" tips. It would be a pity if it were flooded with tips about every show on Fox News.
www.whitehouse.gov/articles/202...
www.whitehouse.gov/articles/202...
A CALL TO ACTION: Submit “Media Bias” Tips
The White House recently launched a Media Bias Portal as a service to truth and transparency. Its purpose is to combat the baseless lies,
www.whitehouse.gov
December 5, 2025 at 1:27 AM
The White House has launched a webpage to report "media bias" tips. It would be a pity if it were flooded with tips about every show on Fox News.
www.whitehouse.gov/articles/202...
www.whitehouse.gov/articles/202...
Trump rewards the worst of the worst drug overlord. #Trump #pardons #Trump open.substack.com/pub/schiffno...
Trump's Inexplicable Pardon
Trump just pardoned a known drug smuggling conspirator who was set to spend 40+ years in jail.
open.substack.com
December 4, 2025 at 4:43 AM
Trump rewards the worst of the worst drug overlord. #Trump #pardons #Trump open.substack.com/pub/schiffno...
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“The decision was made to exclude me from the filmed production of Swan Lake because I was told my brown skin would disrupt the aesthetic.” ~ Misty Copeland
When folks gripe about DEI, remind them who benefited from shutting out dancers like Copeland. That pattern runs through our whole history.
When folks gripe about DEI, remind them who benefited from shutting out dancers like Copeland. That pattern runs through our whole history.
December 4, 2025 at 1:22 AM
“The decision was made to exclude me from the filmed production of Swan Lake because I was told my brown skin would disrupt the aesthetic.” ~ Misty Copeland
When folks gripe about DEI, remind them who benefited from shutting out dancers like Copeland. That pattern runs through our whole history.
When folks gripe about DEI, remind them who benefited from shutting out dancers like Copeland. That pattern runs through our whole history.
Meglomania Madness! = #Trump www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/u...
Trump Renames Institute of Peace for Himself
www.nytimes.com
December 4, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Meglomania Madness! = #Trump www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/u...
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Blatant corruption on full display.
December 4, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Blatant corruption on full display.