Robert Rotz
@njrob.bsky.social
Interests: Public policy, politics, process theology, & pickleball.
For democracy and decency & resisting the authoritarian stone cold liar.
For democracy and decency & resisting the authoritarian stone cold liar.
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Robert Rotz
@njrob.bsky.social
· Nov 12
I'm new to Bluesky today, November 11. Looking for a sane platform after that disastrous election. So far looks good.
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If we had responsible corporate media, which we do not, every network would have cut away from this within the first 30 seconds or so, when it was clear that there was not going to be any newsworthy event taking place, just a rant from an increasingly addled, bitter, and delusional sundowning elder
December 18, 2025 at 2:33 AM
If we had responsible corporate media, which we do not, every network would have cut away from this within the first 30 seconds or so, when it was clear that there was not going to be any newsworthy event taking place, just a rant from an increasingly addled, bitter, and delusional sundowning elder
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"I was embarrassed," Tim Miller said of Trump's speech. "It's really unbelievably stupid that we're here, that this person is the president, and that that was real—that was not a spoof."
December 18, 2025 at 3:40 AM
"I was embarrassed," Tim Miller said of Trump's speech. "It's really unbelievably stupid that we're here, that this person is the president, and that that was real—that was not a spoof."
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The abomination of a speech that was given tonight makes clear that the Current Occupant of the White House is not well and nobody around him has the capability to tell him that and to prevent him from a truly public manic episode.
December 18, 2025 at 2:38 AM
The abomination of a speech that was given tonight makes clear that the Current Occupant of the White House is not well and nobody around him has the capability to tell him that and to prevent him from a truly public manic episode.
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Every network has interrupted its programming to bring you the deranged ranting of a lunatic, more lies per minute than ever in broadcast history.
December 18, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Every network has interrupted its programming to bring you the deranged ranting of a lunatic, more lies per minute than ever in broadcast history.
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“Nobody can believe what’s going on.” The only true statement in what is arguably the least believable, most bullshit-laden speech in US history, a tsunami of lies, distortions and misstatements unparalleled in the history of lying.
December 18, 2025 at 2:11 AM
“Nobody can believe what’s going on.” The only true statement in what is arguably the least believable, most bullshit-laden speech in US history, a tsunami of lies, distortions and misstatements unparalleled in the history of lying.
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“The evidence daily provided by Donald Trump shows, at best, a complete and utter narcissism, a gravely fractured and fragile ego, & an untethered mind not bound by any sense of decency or consequence.” 💯
And yet he has escaped accountability his entire life. It’s disgusting & utterly exhausting. 🤬
And yet he has escaped accountability his entire life. It’s disgusting & utterly exhausting. 🤬
Trump Derangement Syndrome Is Real. He and His Supporters Have It.
Trump Derangement Syndrome.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com
December 16, 2025 at 9:44 PM
“The evidence daily provided by Donald Trump shows, at best, a complete and utter narcissism, a gravely fractured and fragile ego, & an untethered mind not bound by any sense of decency or consequence.” 💯
And yet he has escaped accountability his entire life. It’s disgusting & utterly exhausting. 🤬
And yet he has escaped accountability his entire life. It’s disgusting & utterly exhausting. 🤬
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He’s the worst of us. The absolute worst of us. And yes, that’s a big problem. But the much, much bigger problem is that the American people put him in power again. The American people put the absolute worst of us in power.
This whole Trump thing is much more about us than him.
This whole Trump thing is much more about us than him.
December 16, 2025 at 1:33 AM
He’s the worst of us. The absolute worst of us. And yes, that’s a big problem. But the much, much bigger problem is that the American people put him in power again. The American people put the absolute worst of us in power.
This whole Trump thing is much more about us than him.
This whole Trump thing is much more about us than him.
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There has never been, and there will never be, a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.
The reason for this is that—under Netanyahu—Israel is a genocidal rogue state whose signature on any document is meaningless.
American media did Trump a solid by pretending that a wholly illusory ceasefire exists.
The reason for this is that—under Netanyahu—Israel is a genocidal rogue state whose signature on any document is meaningless.
American media did Trump a solid by pretending that a wholly illusory ceasefire exists.
December 14, 2025 at 4:11 AM
There has never been, and there will never be, a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.
The reason for this is that—under Netanyahu—Israel is a genocidal rogue state whose signature on any document is meaningless.
American media did Trump a solid by pretending that a wholly illusory ceasefire exists.
The reason for this is that—under Netanyahu—Israel is a genocidal rogue state whose signature on any document is meaningless.
American media did Trump a solid by pretending that a wholly illusory ceasefire exists.
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By the numbers:
Three weeks of talking about affordability
Thousands of prices rising
Hundreds of tariffs raised
Zero substantive policies announced
Dozens of lies that prices are coming down
One billionaire calling your concern about affordability a “con job.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/u...
Three weeks of talking about affordability
Thousands of prices rising
Hundreds of tariffs raised
Zero substantive policies announced
Dozens of lies that prices are coming down
One billionaire calling your concern about affordability a “con job.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/u...
December 3, 2025 at 2:27 AM
By the numbers:
Three weeks of talking about affordability
Thousands of prices rising
Hundreds of tariffs raised
Zero substantive policies announced
Dozens of lies that prices are coming down
One billionaire calling your concern about affordability a “con job.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/u...
Three weeks of talking about affordability
Thousands of prices rising
Hundreds of tariffs raised
Zero substantive policies announced
Dozens of lies that prices are coming down
One billionaire calling your concern about affordability a “con job.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/u...
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Brazil’s former Dictator Bolsonaro will begin serving his 27 year prison sentence for plotting a coup in his country.
If only Merrick Garland had gotten the job done when we had the chance and sent the orange felon and his insurrectionists to jail where they belong. Scumbag.
If only Merrick Garland had gotten the job done when we had the chance and sent the orange felon and his insurrectionists to jail where they belong. Scumbag.
December 2, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Brazil’s former Dictator Bolsonaro will begin serving his 27 year prison sentence for plotting a coup in his country.
If only Merrick Garland had gotten the job done when we had the chance and sent the orange felon and his insurrectionists to jail where they belong. Scumbag.
If only Merrick Garland had gotten the job done when we had the chance and sent the orange felon and his insurrectionists to jail where they belong. Scumbag.
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Hear ye.
Hear ye.
The King has made a declaration.
Thank you for your attention to this matter!
Hear ye.
The King has made a declaration.
Thank you for your attention to this matter!
December 2, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Hear ye.
Hear ye.
The King has made a declaration.
Thank you for your attention to this matter!
Hear ye.
The King has made a declaration.
Thank you for your attention to this matter!
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George Will: "Pete Hegseth seems to be a war criminal. Without a war. An interesting achievement. ... The killing of the survivors by this moral slum of an administration should nauseate Americans. A nation incapable of shame is dangerous, not least to itself" www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Opinion | A sickening moral slum of an administration
Regarding Venezuela, Ukraine and much more, Trump and his acolytes are worse than simply incompetent.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 2, 2025 at 9:53 PM
George Will: "Pete Hegseth seems to be a war criminal. Without a war. An interesting achievement. ... The killing of the survivors by this moral slum of an administration should nauseate Americans. A nation incapable of shame is dangerous, not least to itself" www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
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A note of caution about the new GOP vow of oversight on the murder of the two men clinging to the boat. It's good to see, but it could become a backdoor way for Rs to defuse pressure for broader scrutiny.
The entire operation is illegal. It all needs oversight. 1/
newrepublic.com/article/2037...
The entire operation is illegal. It all needs oversight. 1/
newrepublic.com/article/2037...
December 2, 2025 at 5:36 PM
A note of caution about the new GOP vow of oversight on the murder of the two men clinging to the boat. It's good to see, but it could become a backdoor way for Rs to defuse pressure for broader scrutiny.
The entire operation is illegal. It all needs oversight. 1/
newrepublic.com/article/2037...
The entire operation is illegal. It all needs oversight. 1/
newrepublic.com/article/2037...
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It's great that reporting on the double tap has spotlighted the abject criminality of this Administration.
But don't forget: Venezuela is not waging war on America or Americans, and the men killed were not combatants.
The first strike was every bit as illegal as the second.
But don't forget: Venezuela is not waging war on America or Americans, and the men killed were not combatants.
The first strike was every bit as illegal as the second.
December 2, 2025 at 1:22 PM
It's great that reporting on the double tap has spotlighted the abject criminality of this Administration.
But don't forget: Venezuela is not waging war on America or Americans, and the men killed were not combatants.
The first strike was every bit as illegal as the second.
But don't forget: Venezuela is not waging war on America or Americans, and the men killed were not combatants.
The first strike was every bit as illegal as the second.
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Sadly relevant today.
December 1, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Sadly relevant today.
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@markhertling.bsky.social: “When you're talking about striking against someone who's wounded and clinging to debris…Deliberately targeting such a person isn't a tactical decision, it's a war crime by the Geneva Convention, the laws of land warfare, and the U.N. Charter.”
December 2, 2025 at 12:50 AM
@markhertling.bsky.social: “When you're talking about striking against someone who's wounded and clinging to debris…Deliberately targeting such a person isn't a tactical decision, it's a war crime by the Geneva Convention, the laws of land warfare, and the U.N. Charter.”
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Pete Hegseth: "[Trump] changed the rules of engagement [and] untied the hands of war fighters…We don't need burdensome rules of engagement that make it impossible for us to win these wars."
December 1, 2025 at 11:10 PM
👀
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War crimes aren't funny, Pete.
December 1, 2025 at 11:15 PM
War crimes aren't funny, Pete.
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Kelly: He runs around on stage talking about lethality and the warrior ethos.. That’s not the message that should be coming from the Secretary of Defense… He runs around on a stage like he’s a 12 year old playing army. It’s embarrassing.
December 1, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Kelly: He runs around on stage talking about lethality and the warrior ethos.. That’s not the message that should be coming from the Secretary of Defense… He runs around on a stage like he’s a 12 year old playing army. It’s embarrassing.
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Jeffries on the WH's explanation of Hegseth's reported double tap strike: "The White House is lying, but that's no surprise, because they lie for a living and the American people know it."
December 1, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Jeffries on the WH's explanation of Hegseth's reported double tap strike: "The White House is lying, but that's no surprise, because they lie for a living and the American people know it."
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Lecturing on Watergate this morning and trying to decide how to communicate "no, Congress used to care when presidents did crimes!" without derailing the lecture and/or sobbing
December 1, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Lecturing on Watergate this morning and trying to decide how to communicate "no, Congress used to care when presidents did crimes!" without derailing the lecture and/or sobbing
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Prime Minister Mark Carney's government announces that Canada is realigning Canada's economy away from the United States.
November 30, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Prime Minister Mark Carney's government announces that Canada is realigning Canada's economy away from the United States.