Zach D Roberts
@zdroberts.bsky.social
writer/photojournalist/loves movies
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Portfolio: ZDRoberts.com
Movie Talk: ECVPodcast.com
Signal: @ZDRoberts.81
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
· Oct 22
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Hey looking for work. Literally fucking anything. I’m done with net30/60/whenever for $150 for a story that cost me $300 to cover. I have skills. PR, photo, video, producing etc. I’ve run 3 NYT bestselling book tours. Co-wrote a best selling book.
www.linkedin.com/in/zdroberts...
www.linkedin.com/in/zdroberts...
November 24, 2025 at 10:54 PM
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Sen. Mark Kelly has released a statement.
"If this is meant to intimidate me and other members of Congress from doing our jobs and holding this administration accountable, it won't work. I've given too much to this country to be silenced by bullies..."
"If this is meant to intimidate me and other members of Congress from doing our jobs and holding this administration accountable, it won't work. I've given too much to this country to be silenced by bullies..."
November 24, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Sen. Mark Kelly has released a statement.
"If this is meant to intimidate me and other members of Congress from doing our jobs and holding this administration accountable, it won't work. I've given too much to this country to be silenced by bullies..."
"If this is meant to intimidate me and other members of Congress from doing our jobs and holding this administration accountable, it won't work. I've given too much to this country to be silenced by bullies..."
Anyone saying that people just got interested in ending Israeli oppression of Palestine I just found my pin from 2002 in a box from college.
November 24, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Anyone saying that people just got interested in ending Israeli oppression of Palestine I just found my pin from 2002 in a box from college.
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It's official: An American Problem (our book on the Voting Rights Act, preclearance, and the effects of Shelby County) will be coming out next year with Princeton University Press. As the VRA faces continued threats, we're hopeful it will offer insight into why the it's is so vitally important
October 28, 2025 at 3:16 PM
It's official: An American Problem (our book on the Voting Rights Act, preclearance, and the effects of Shelby County) will be coming out next year with Princeton University Press. As the VRA faces continued threats, we're hopeful it will offer insight into why the it's is so vitally important
5 people killed and 28 injured. Israel’s careless attack on the human race continues.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/23/m...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/23/m...
Israel says Hezbollah chief of staff killed in first strike on Beirut in months | CNN
The Israeli military says it killed Hezbollah’s second most senior figure in the first air strikes in months on southern Beirut.
www.cnn.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:39 PM
5 people killed and 28 injured. Israel’s careless attack on the human race continues.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/23/m...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/23/m...
Oh look. They caught an election fraudster!
www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/ex-ariz...
www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/ex-ariz...
Turning Point leader pleads guilty to attempted election fraud
Former GOP state Rep. Austin Smith was caught submitting fake signatures in his reelection campaign.
www.phoenixnewtimes.com
November 23, 2025 at 6:07 AM
Oh look. They caught an election fraudster!
www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/ex-ariz...
www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/ex-ariz...
Not that I’m backing a Candace Owens fever dream but the French Govt did sink a Greenpeace boat and murder a photographer.
That said, no one is wasting a mission on the woman who can’t even get a speaking slot at CPAC.
That said, no one is wasting a mission on the woman who can’t even get a speaking slot at CPAC.
November 23, 2025 at 5:30 AM
Not that I’m backing a Candace Owens fever dream but the French Govt did sink a Greenpeace boat and murder a photographer.
That said, no one is wasting a mission on the woman who can’t even get a speaking slot at CPAC.
That said, no one is wasting a mission on the woman who can’t even get a speaking slot at CPAC.
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"This administration is protecting you from antisemitism. Now, give us a list of the names, phone numbers, and addresses of all your Jews."
Oh sure, that sounds fine, nothing worrisome going on here at all.
Oh sure, that sounds fine, nothing worrisome going on here at all.
"Penn does not maintain information on employees’ religion"
Gift link to article. Link to petition supporting Penn's refusal to collect and hand over this information below.
Gift link to article. Link to petition supporting Penn's refusal to collect and hand over this information below.
Federal Suit Seeking Names of Some Jewish Employees at Penn Sparks Backlash
www.nytimes.com
November 23, 2025 at 2:58 AM
"This administration is protecting you from antisemitism. Now, give us a list of the names, phone numbers, and addresses of all your Jews."
Oh sure, that sounds fine, nothing worrisome going on here at all.
Oh sure, that sounds fine, nothing worrisome going on here at all.
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Brett Kavanaugh's legacy is now firmly determined...
Kavanaugh stop. Smashed the kid’s car windows and arrested him. He told them he was a U.S. citizen. The officer replied “I don’t care.”
www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
High school senior, a U.S. citizen, detained by ICE in Oregon
The 17-year-old was held more than five hours Friday in an ICE facility, his brother said.
www.oregonlive.com
November 23, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Brett Kavanaugh's legacy is now firmly determined...
People: "Why are you so stressed?"
Me: I have no idea.
Also me: [drinking an entire pot of coffee before 11am and listening to the One Battle After Another soundtrack on repeat.]
Me: I have no idea.
Also me: [drinking an entire pot of coffee before 11am and listening to the One Battle After Another soundtrack on repeat.]
November 23, 2025 at 3:08 AM
People: "Why are you so stressed?"
Me: I have no idea.
Also me: [drinking an entire pot of coffee before 11am and listening to the One Battle After Another soundtrack on repeat.]
Me: I have no idea.
Also me: [drinking an entire pot of coffee before 11am and listening to the One Battle After Another soundtrack on repeat.]
Anyone have any experience with Affinity publisher and using it for book publishing please DM me. I cannot figure something out and there's zero support anywhere.
Should have stuck with inDesign.
Should have stuck with inDesign.
November 23, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Anyone have any experience with Affinity publisher and using it for book publishing please DM me. I cannot figure something out and there's zero support anywhere.
Should have stuck with inDesign.
Should have stuck with inDesign.
“Outrage entrepreneur” is a great description of MTG.
CNN: In the last couple of weeks or so, she's become kind of an ally on some issues. What do you make of this?
Auchincloss: No, John, she hasn't.
Auchincloss: No, John, she hasn't.
November 22, 2025 at 6:42 PM
“Outrage entrepreneur” is a great description of MTG.
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Everything is going great!
"The serious harms that AI chatbots have inflicted on children are well-documented, including fostering obsessive use, having explicit sexual conversations, and encouraging unsafe behaviors, violence against others, and self-harm."
apnews.com/article/ai-t...
"The serious harms that AI chatbots have inflicted on children are well-documented, including fostering obsessive use, having explicit sexual conversations, and encouraging unsafe behaviors, violence against others, and self-harm."
apnews.com/article/ai-t...
Advocacy groups urge parents to avoid AI toys this holiday season
Children’s and consumer advocacy groups are urging parents not to buy AI-powered toys during the holiday season.
apnews.com
November 22, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Everything is going great!
"The serious harms that AI chatbots have inflicted on children are well-documented, including fostering obsessive use, having explicit sexual conversations, and encouraging unsafe behaviors, violence against others, and self-harm."
apnews.com/article/ai-t...
"The serious harms that AI chatbots have inflicted on children are well-documented, including fostering obsessive use, having explicit sexual conversations, and encouraging unsafe behaviors, violence against others, and self-harm."
apnews.com/article/ai-t...
When you don’t have any training, no one telling you no and a $60billion budget.
Dipshit is smashing out a car window with his gun, barrel first. Just rogue, cowboy stiff.
There were two US citizens in the car. They were apprehended and detained for “obstructing” ICE by honking their horn to let people know ICE was in the neighborhood.
There were two US citizens in the car. They were apprehended and detained for “obstructing” ICE by honking their horn to let people know ICE was in the neighborhood.
November 22, 2025 at 5:53 PM
When you don’t have any training, no one telling you no and a $60billion budget.
Olivia Nuzzi recorded this at 15. Who the fuck were the adults in her life.
November 22, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Olivia Nuzzi recorded this at 15. Who the fuck were the adults in her life.
“You’re just seeing Nazis everywhere, Zach. There’s not that many of them.”
November 22, 2025 at 5:41 PM
“You’re just seeing Nazis everywhere, Zach. There’s not that many of them.”
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Hakeem Jeffries was literally voting for a resolution condemning socialism while this meeting was taking place
November 21, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Hakeem Jeffries was literally voting for a resolution condemning socialism while this meeting was taking place
I've seen 10 years of these articles. As a writer who needs to make rent I get pitching them - they'll seemingly ALWAYS be taken but I just can't see wasting my time writing, pitching and going through edits on a piece that will be proven wrong within a month.
November 22, 2025 at 12:18 AM
I've seen 10 years of these articles. As a writer who needs to make rent I get pitching them - they'll seemingly ALWAYS be taken but I just can't see wasting my time writing, pitching and going through edits on a piece that will be proven wrong within a month.
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Reporter: Stefanik has campaigned on calling Mamdani a jihadist. Do you think you’re standing next to a jihadist?
Trump: No… but she's out there campaigning. You say things sometimes in a campaign. You’d have to ask her about that. I met with a man who is a rational person.
Trump: No… but she's out there campaigning. You say things sometimes in a campaign. You’d have to ask her about that. I met with a man who is a rational person.
November 21, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Reporter: Stefanik has campaigned on calling Mamdani a jihadist. Do you think you’re standing next to a jihadist?
Trump: No… but she's out there campaigning. You say things sometimes in a campaign. You’d have to ask her about that. I met with a man who is a rational person.
Trump: No… but she's out there campaigning. You say things sometimes in a campaign. You’d have to ask her about that. I met with a man who is a rational person.
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trump is, first and foremost, a starfucker
November 21, 2025 at 9:13 PM
trump is, first and foremost, a starfucker
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BIG: FBI spied on Signal group chat of immigration activists CourtWatch, classifying them as violent terrorist extremists for quietly sitting in on court cases, as revealed in intel bulletin we obtained & shared w/ @samtlevin.bsky.social @us.theguardian.com. #FOIA www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
The FBI spied on a Signal group chat of immigration activists, records reveal
Exclusive: Agency accessed private conversations of New York ‘courtwatch’ group that was observing public hearings
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:13 PM
BIG: FBI spied on Signal group chat of immigration activists CourtWatch, classifying them as violent terrorist extremists for quietly sitting in on court cases, as revealed in intel bulletin we obtained & shared w/ @samtlevin.bsky.social @us.theguardian.com. #FOIA www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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i know we've all laughed about the worm and the affair but this is a profoundly dangerous person who should be expelled from the government.
Breaking News: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he personally instructed the CDC to abandon its position that vaccines do not cause autism. The move underscores his determination to challenge scientific orthodoxy — in this case, that vaccines save lives — and bend the health department to his will.
RFK Jr. Says He Instructed CDC to Change Vaccines and Autism Language on Website
In an interview, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. cited gaps in vaccine safety research. His critics say he is ignoring a larger point: Vaccines save lives.
nyti.ms
November 21, 2025 at 7:43 PM
i know we've all laughed about the worm and the affair but this is a profoundly dangerous person who should be expelled from the government.
The Russian invasion of Ukraine started in 2014 no matter how many documentaries tell you otherwise. Saying 2022 is Russian propaganda.
November 21, 2025 at 8:38 PM
The Russian invasion of Ukraine started in 2014 no matter how many documentaries tell you otherwise. Saying 2022 is Russian propaganda.
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Giveaways at Nofo locations start tomorrow
Need help with Thanksgiving dinner? These Hampton Roads organizations have enough to share.
Groups in Hampton Roads are providing the main course for Thanksgiving this year, and some will even do the cooking and deliver.
www.whro.org
November 21, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Giveaways at Nofo locations start tomorrow
So I’m reading this as “on paper Nazis and lynchings are bad, but in reality they’re fine.”
Cheers to the person who leaked the initial changes www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
In reversal, Coast Guard again classifies swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
The new order came hours after The Post reported the service would instead classify such symbols as “potentially divisive” under guidelines set for release next month.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 21, 2025 at 5:32 PM
So I’m reading this as “on paper Nazis and lynchings are bad, but in reality they’re fine.”