Robin Stanley
@rastanley.bsky.social
Pay attention. Tell the truth. Be kind and curious. Protect our rights, our nation and our principles.🇺🇸
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Woman ♀️
Democrat💙
Retired tech analyst🚫⏰
Pro-union✊
Animal lover🦆🐕🐈🐰🫏🐾
Sports fan🏈🥎⛳
Atheist⚛️
Illinoisan🌾
🎨🔬📷🇨🇦🎥⚓🇬🇧🌳🗽✌️🇺🇦🇫🇷
F**k MAGA🤬
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Robin Stanley
@rastanley.bsky.social
· Aug 10
a man in a suit and tie is sitting at a desk with a bird sitting on top of it .
ALT: a man in a suit and tie is sitting at a desk with a bird sitting on top of it .
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Average life expectancy for American men is 75.8 years. Trump is already in bonus time.
I highly recommend the book "1929" by Andrew Ross Sorkin. Even if you've read about the crash before, this book brings it to life. It's not dry. It reports the bankers involved. An interesting tidbit was that Winston Churchill was in town, as a guest of some Wall Streeters, at the time of the crash.
November 13, 2025 at 10:06 AM
I highly recommend the book "1929" by Andrew Ross Sorkin. Even if you've read about the crash before, this book brings it to life. It's not dry. It reports the bankers involved. An interesting tidbit was that Winston Churchill was in town, as a guest of some Wall Streeters, at the time of the crash.
I'm still talking to you because of the cute dog in your profile.
It's about leverage. There are tough decisions to make when you're dealing with irrational and cruel people like the GOP. The shutdown was the leverage. The subsidies were removed in the legislation.
It's about leverage. There are tough decisions to make when you're dealing with irrational and cruel people like the GOP. The shutdown was the leverage. The subsidies were removed in the legislation.
...your still having health issues. Interesting.
November 13, 2025 at 10:01 AM
I'm still talking to you because of the cute dog in your profile.
It's about leverage. There are tough decisions to make when you're dealing with irrational and cruel people like the GOP. The shutdown was the leverage. The subsidies were removed in the legislation.
It's about leverage. There are tough decisions to make when you're dealing with irrational and cruel people like the GOP. The shutdown was the leverage. The subsidies were removed in the legislation.
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I'm not wrong. It's about severity and recovery. The subsidies are gone. The GOP will not give them back. That's over.
...hungry.
If you think we were stronger when people went hungry, and are weaker now that we have a full year of funds and supplies, you're wrong. We can now keep the government shutdown from Feb 1 to November 4.
What have we lost that we cannot replace or adapt or O er
If you think we were stronger when people went hungry, and are weaker now that we have a full year of funds and supplies, you're wrong. We can now keep the government shutdown from Feb 1 to November 4.
What have we lost that we cannot replace or adapt or O er
November 13, 2025 at 9:19 AM
I'm not wrong. It's about severity and recovery. The subsidies are gone. The GOP will not give them back. That's over.
Losing healthcare is permanent and may be deadly. Losing SNAP benefits is temporary and probably wouldn't have resulted in deaths. It was a game of chicken and the Dems choked
How would maintaining the shutdown have resulted in republicans restoring subsidies, but pausing it to secure funding for SNAP to September 30, a bad thing?
The only material change is SNAP funding, which obviously is not a reason subsidies are expiring
Can you actually articulate any actions
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The only material change is SNAP funding, which obviously is not a reason subsidies are expiring
Can you actually articulate any actions
...
November 13, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Losing healthcare is permanent and may be deadly. Losing SNAP benefits is temporary and probably wouldn't have resulted in deaths. It was a game of chicken and the Dems choked
Let's remove the Hateful Eight Dem senators, who caved on the shutdown (and allowed millions to lose their health care), from their committee assignments. How about that? Yank Durbin off judiciary etc. You're traitors. You don't deserve the honors.
November 13, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Let's remove the Hateful Eight Dem senators, who caved on the shutdown (and allowed millions to lose their health care), from their committee assignments. How about that? Yank Durbin off judiciary etc. You're traitors. You don't deserve the honors.
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meanwhile, even more people will lose healthcare
New at Can We Still Govern? New Medicaid work requirements will see an estimated 5 million lose coverage.
Small investments in in-house tech capacity could allow states to start preparing now to expand automatic renewal of clients. Here is the evidence 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/how-a-van-...
Small investments in in-house tech capacity could allow states to start preparing now to expand automatic renewal of clients. Here is the evidence 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/how-a-van-...
Lessons from Pandemic Era Medicaid Automation for Work Requirements
Small tech capacity investments offer big returns
donmoynihan.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:33 PM
meanwhile, even more people will lose healthcare
The Hindenburg was four times as long and twice as wide as today's Goodyear blimp.
November 13, 2025 at 7:57 AM
The Hindenburg was four times as long and twice as wide as today's Goodyear blimp.
With this fresh news about Trump, I sometimes wonder how his son Barron feels about him. Does he think Trump is cool because of the crypto, and fame and power? Or does he know he's disgusting?
November 12, 2025 at 10:52 PM
With this fresh news about Trump, I sometimes wonder how his son Barron feels about him. Does he think Trump is cool because of the crypto, and fame and power? Or does he know he's disgusting?
Cowboys exec backs Bad Bunny Super Bowl halftime show pick | Fox News share.google/mJi78eBgXHgG...
Cowboys exec backs Bad Bunny as Super Bowl halftime performer, says sport does all it can to avoid politics
Charlotte Jones, a Dallas Cowboys executive and Jerry Jones' daughter, expressed excitement for Bad Bunny performing at Super Bowl LV next year.
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November 12, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Cowboys exec backs Bad Bunny Super Bowl halftime show pick | Fox News share.google/mJi78eBgXHgG...
I have never heard of childhood dementia before. 💔
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Swansea boy, 4, diagnosed with 'childhood dementia' Sanfilippo Syndrome
Tammy McDaid is raising funds to help her make memories with her son Tate.
www.bbc.com
November 12, 2025 at 12:44 PM
I have never heard of childhood dementia before. 💔
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Patel has fired over 30 FBI agents.
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Kash Patel’s ‘Effin Wild’ Ride as FBI Director
In just one week in October, he ticked off his bosses with premature comments about a terror investigation and squeezed in a trip to the ‘Boondoggle Ranch’ on the bureau jet.
www.wsj.com
November 12, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Patel has fired over 30 FBI agents.
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Whoa. A valid rebuke from a very close ally.
www.thetimes.com/article/1fa7...
www.thetimes.com/article/1fa7...
UK stops sharing Caribbean drug intelligence with US over strikes
The Trump administration has been accused of violating international law by carrying out lethal raids against suspected smugglers — and Britain is said to fear being complicit
www.thetimes.com
November 12, 2025 at 6:17 AM
Whoa. A valid rebuke from a very close ally.
www.thetimes.com/article/1fa7...
www.thetimes.com/article/1fa7...
It's been 4 days since seven people were sent to the hospital when an envelope with white powder was opened at an Andrews Air Force Base building.
What was it?
What was it?
November 12, 2025 at 5:36 AM
It's been 4 days since seven people were sent to the hospital when an envelope with white powder was opened at an Andrews Air Force Base building.
What was it?
What was it?
Pakistan is blaming India-backed proxies from Afghanistan for their bombing. On the other hand, India is still calling their explosion an "explosion" rather than a bomb and I've seen nothing about who might be responsible?
aje.io/un6og5
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‘Utter pandemonium’: Witnesses recall chaos after Islamabad suicide bombing
At least 12 people died in the blast at a district court complex, whose impact is now reverberating across South Asia.
aje.io
November 12, 2025 at 5:31 AM
Pakistan is blaming India-backed proxies from Afghanistan for their bombing. On the other hand, India is still calling their explosion an "explosion" rather than a bomb and I've seen nothing about who might be responsible?
aje.io/un6og5
aje.io/un6og5
Incredible. Art on a leaf. ♥️
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From the CooLplanetWOW community on Reddit: Lito leaf is a leaf-cut artist, born in 1986 in Kanagawa, Japan.
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November 12, 2025 at 5:19 AM
Incredible. Art on a leaf. ♥️
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Jim Cramer first thing in the morning? Nah. 😵 <click>
November 11, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Jim Cramer first thing in the morning? Nah. 😵 <click>
What's going on?
apnews.com/article/pakk...
apnews.com/article/pakk...
A car bomb outside an Islamabad court kills at least 11 people, Pakistani security officials say
Pakistani security officials say that a powerful car bomb that exploded outside a sprawling district court in Islamabad killed at least 11 people.
apnews.com
November 11, 2025 at 9:55 AM
What's going on?
apnews.com/article/pakk...
apnews.com/article/pakk...
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Former Jan. 6 defendant who shot gun in air during Capitol riot charged with kidnapping and sexual assault
Former Jan. 6 defendant who shot gun in air during Capitol riot charged with kidnapping and sexual assault
The victim told investigators she thought she was "gonna die" during the horrific alleged attack.
nypost.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:34 AM
Former Jan. 6 defendant who shot gun in air during Capitol riot charged with kidnapping and sexual assault
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"There is a non-zero chance we repeat this all over again at the end of January when the funding deal will run out. There’s a reason you’re not supposed to negotiate with terrorists." www.thebulwark.com/p/dems-rewar...
Dems Reward the Hostage-Taker
Perhaps ending the shutdown was the responsible thing to do. But by caving, Democrats risk legitimizing Trump’s maximum-pain shutdown tactics.
www.thebulwark.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:00 AM
"There is a non-zero chance we repeat this all over again at the end of January when the funding deal will run out. There’s a reason you’re not supposed to negotiate with terrorists." www.thebulwark.com/p/dems-rewar...
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Homicide is the No. 1 way pregnant women die, research has showed, but a new study finds that they are even more vulnerable than other women of childbearing age when there’s a gun involved. https://cnn.it/49M5XLr
November 11, 2025 at 6:01 AM
Homicide is the No. 1 way pregnant women die, research has showed, but a new study finds that they are even more vulnerable than other women of childbearing age when there’s a gun involved. https://cnn.it/49M5XLr
Other sources report that the car that exploded had
3-4 passengers. That is unusual for a suicide bomber. Maybe bombers screwed up? We haven't heard speculation about who did it.
The explosion killed a pack of stray dogs who lived near the Red Fort, said the man fed them. aje.io/herov6
3-4 passengers. That is unusual for a suicide bomber. Maybe bombers screwed up? We haven't heard speculation about who did it.
The explosion killed a pack of stray dogs who lived near the Red Fort, said the man fed them. aje.io/herov6
‘Anti-terror’ law invoked after 9 killed in New Delhi car explosion
Police in the Indian capital territory of Delhi invoke an 'antiterror' law as they investigate a deadly car explosion.
aje.io
November 11, 2025 at 6:10 AM
Other sources report that the car that exploded had
3-4 passengers. That is unusual for a suicide bomber. Maybe bombers screwed up? We haven't heard speculation about who did it.
The explosion killed a pack of stray dogs who lived near the Red Fort, said the man fed them. aje.io/herov6
3-4 passengers. That is unusual for a suicide bomber. Maybe bombers screwed up? We haven't heard speculation about who did it.
The explosion killed a pack of stray dogs who lived near the Red Fort, said the man fed them. aje.io/herov6