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Zach D Roberts

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writer/photojournalist/loves movies Support the doc: ThisIsHowItEnds.net Writing: VisuNews.substack.com Portfolio: ZDRoberts.com Movie Talk: ECVPodcast.com Signal: @ZDRoberts.81

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Zach D Roberts @zdroberts.bsky.social · 10d

WATCH THE TEASER TRAILER:

THIS IS HOW IT ENDS*

My latest doc on our speedrun to fascism. I could use the support on indiegogo.

I've been warning about what's happening right now for over a decade - help me make the film and get it in front of people's eyes.

Support here: igg.me/at/TxlNrJxtI...

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Zach D Roberts @zdroberts.bsky.social · 14h

LOL.

StrictlyChristo 🦋🇺🇦🌻❌👑 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 1d

The Oregon National Guard general says if they were to be deployed, they would be instructed under his leadership to protect the protesters and not ICE

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 18h

New — I was fortunate to speak in front of students and faculty at Grinnell College in Iowa tonight about the business of independent journalism, the current state of media under Trump 2.0, and billionaire control.

I published my full speech because I thought it might resonate beyond campus:

Truth, morality and independence in journalism under the second Trump regime

My full remarks to students and faculty at Grennell College.

www.thehandbasket.co

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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 18h

U.S. Northern Command says that elements of the Texas national guard are now “employed in the greater Chicago area.”

The statement claims that they’ve been deployed to protect ICE and federal property.

U.S. Northern Command &
@USNorthernCmd
X.com
Effective today, elements of the Texas National Guard, under Title 10 authority and command and control of U.S. Northern Command, are employed in the greater Chicago area.
These soldiers are employed to protect U.S.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement and other
U.S. Government personnel who are performing federal functions, including the enforcement of federal law, and to protect federal property.
For the latest information on our Federal Protection Mission, please see the link below:

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Zach D Roberts @zdroberts.bsky.social · 17h

ON FROG BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER (2025)

Danny K @dannykpolitics.bsky.social · 3d

WATCH: ‘Portland Frog’ pepper balled by ICE agents

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William Nomikos @wnomikos.bsky.social · 19h

Goosebumps watching this. Chicagoans fighting for this country. Mass collective action is the only thing that can keep fascism away.

Jacob Soboroff @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social · 19h

Michigan Avenue right now.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 1d

no they're LITERALLY exaggerating this issue. there is absolutely no data backing up their claims. ffs just say that!!

NBC news: The discussions come as Trump has sought to deploy National Guard troops in several major cities — including Los Angeles, Chicago and Portland, Oregon — saying they’re needed to reduce crime and protect Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials from protesters. Critics have said that the Trump administration is exaggerating issues in those cities.

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Zach D Roberts @zdroberts.bsky.social · 18h

Support independent media folks. CBS and ABC are gone forever.

Visu.news

David Roberts @volts.wtf · 19h

This is the kind of free-thinking, hard-hitting journalism they're going to be getting at CBS soon.

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 23h

My gosh. After the US bombed multiple boats in the middle of the ocean, murdering people on grounds that they were allegedly "carrying drugs," the US Attorney General says "Just like we did with cartels, we're going to take the same approach, President Trump, with Antifa."

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Zach D Roberts @zdroberts.bsky.social · 18h

Is it time that we all do pre-interviews to be released when we get sent to the antifa gulag?

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Zach D Roberts @zdroberts.bsky.social · 18h

Photos from Trump's multimillion dollar content creation event in Norfolk Naval Base

open.substack.com/pub/visunews...

Trump uses the Navy for Content Creation

America's Navy 250 - Trump, Hegseth and Melania - It was a day that made Top Gun look subtle.

open.substack.com

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Zach D Roberts @zdroberts.bsky.social · 19h

The party of 'free speech*" strikes again.

Amanda Marcotte @amandamarcotte.bsky.social · 19h

They're not wrong that MAGA would identify with the KKK and declare this game is a hate crime against white people.

www.avclub.com/assassins-cr...

Ubisoft reportedly killed an Assassin's Creed game about fighting the Klan for being too "political"

www.avclub.com

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Zach D Roberts @zdroberts.bsky.social · 19h

I mean, nothing new for the history of Texas.

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Zach D Roberts @zdroberts.bsky.social · 19h

Why I fucking hate Broadway. I'm a huge fan of Winter, and of course Reeves... performed segments Waiting for Godot in my drama class in high school and was looking forward to this... until tix came out and even the worst tix were out of my reach.

Lux Alptraum @luxalptraum.com · 22h

TFW you paid $1400 to see Beckett’s most famous work without knowing anything about it

One Star Review of Waiting for Godot on Broadway
I recently attended Waiting for Godot on Broadway and spent over $1,400 for two Row C seats (103 and 104). I'm a longtime admirer of Broadway productions and even hold a season pass for Shea's Performing Arts Theatre, so I came in with genuine enthusiasm and high expectations. Unfortunately, this show was unlike anything ! have ever experienced —and not in a good way.
What I encountered was not the artistry, music, or emotional storytelling I usually associate with Broadway, but instead what felt like an endless cycle of nonsensical conversation between characters who seemed trapped in their own madness. I tried-truly tried-to find meaning, symbolism, or even a thread of emotional resonance. I stayed through the first half hoping the second would offer clarity. But by intermission, it was clear: this was a waste of both time and money.
Keanu Reeves is an actor I respect greatly, but I cannot fathom why he would agree to participate in such a disjointed, inaccessible production. His talent was lost in a performance that defied reason rather than provoked insight.
To anyone considering attending: unless you are drawn to highly abstract, nearly incomprehensible theater, I strongly caution you against this show. For the average, educated, thoughtful theatergoer, it is far more frustrating than fulfilling. In my opinion, this was the single most disappointing Broadway experience I've ever had - an unfortunate waste of money and, more importantly, of time.

Zach D Roberts @zdroberts.bsky.social · 19h

a man in a suit and tie is saying `` let 's get this over with `` .

Alt: a man in a suit and tie is saying `` let 's get this over with `` .

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Zach D Roberts @zdroberts.bsky.social · 19h

She's a capitalist, that's it. She doesn't have politics other than those that are attributed to her.

Zach D Roberts @zdroberts.bsky.social · 19h

I've seen this guy speak at a moms for liberty conference... he seriously needs help from a mental health professional. Not your "normal" sort of unhinged right wing anti-trans person.

windward antifascist @windward-afa.bsky.social · 19h

OneBC invited anti-2SLGBTQ+ activist Chris Elston, aka Billboard Chris, into the Legislature to promote OneBC's discriminatory attempt to ban healthcare for trans & gender-diverse folks.

Elston is associated w/ Heritage Foundation, Gays Against Gr--mers & other hate groups.

Screenshot of a tweet from Billboard Chris showing a photo of Billboard Chris and his "dad a human male who protects his kids from gender ideology" sandwich board at the BC Legislature. Post text reads:

It's a gender neutral bathroom in the BC Legislature! They even have a shower for staff, with the door open at the top. Of course exactly zero women use this bathroom."

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Zach D Roberts @zdroberts.bsky.social · 19h

Frankly too long.

Zach D Roberts @zdroberts.bsky.social · 19h

I AM IN A GLASS CAGE OF EMOTION!!!

TRUMP wearing a suit and red tie arms out, mouth agape, seemingly yelling behind a glass wall

Zach D Roberts @zdroberts.bsky.social · 19h

Not a single ICE officer has been arrested or detained by the City of Chicago. The Mayor and the Governor are doing nothing to protect it's residents from ICE.

Zach D Roberts @zdroberts.bsky.social · 19h

Considering neither have done anything but some strong words... this is pretty wild. Their police forces have been protecting ICE and going after protesters.

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 1d

President Trump has called for the jailing of Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson and Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker, both Democrats, for “failing to protect” ICE officers who have been sent to the city.

Trump says Chicago mayor, Illinois governor should be jailed for response to ICE

Trump, without providing evidence, said Brandon Johnson and JB Pritzker should go to jail for “failing to protect” immigration agents.

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Ryan J. Reilly “paints a vivid and urgent portrait of… disarray” @ryanjreilly.com · 1d

FBI fires special agents who worked on Jack Smith's probe into Trump

www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...

FBI fires special agents who worked on Jack Smith's probe into Trump

The three agents were fired after Kash Patel disclosed that Jack Smith's team obtained phone records of members of Congress, which the Smith report itself referenced.

www.nbcnews.com

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Zach D Roberts @zdroberts.bsky.social · 19h

When they refer to "Chicago" they do not mean the City, they mean it's residents. The City of Chicago is doing everything to help ICE, via it's massive and violent police force.

Resist List @resistlist.bsky.social · 7d

Watch: The Guardian covers how the ICE deployment in Chicago has been "met by a defiant wave of sustained protests."
www.theguardian.com/us-news/vide...

How Chicago is resisting Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown - video

In the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk killing, the Guardian's Oliver Laughland and Tom Silverstone head to Chicago, where Donald Trump's Ice deployment, codename 'Operation Midway Blitz', has been met ...

www.theguardian.com

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Zach D Roberts @zdroberts.bsky.social · 19h

This is all the extension of giving law enforcement powers that no normal citizen should have - the ability to kill American's with impunity. After BLM protests in the streets for months both sides of the political spectrum came together and increased police powers and budgets.

Joseph Howley @illdottore.bsky.social · 1d

An underreported part of US campus repression post-2023 was the pivot to making “[IDF] military veteran” a protected class coterminous with “[pro-occupation Israeli/Jew]”. Students protesting the Gaza war were charged with *discrimination based on veteran status*. migrantinsider.com/p/scoop-appl...

SCOOP: Apple Quietly Made ICE Agents a Protected Class

Internal emails show tech giant used anti-hate-speech rules meant for minorities to block an app documenting immigration enforcement.

migrantinsider.com

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Zach D Roberts @zdroberts.bsky.social · 20h

I’m not scared of the dimwits or necessarily the guns. I’m just being practical. They also have the armed forces and cops… and frankly both parties if we were to ever actually rise up.

Zach D Roberts @zdroberts.bsky.social · 20h

Because the ones that worship him have most of the guns?

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