JustRobin
@robbinbobbin.bsky.social
Printer. Not a dinosaur. Living in beautiful NM as a blue dot in a red corner. Been on this earth for a half century. Saddened that the things that were top issues when I was a child are becoming top issues again.
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Please know that this is one of my few legitimate areas of actual, high-level professional expertise: Kicking the healthiest people off of a health insurance program will bankrupt it.
Not 'could;' not 'might,' not 'probably," but absolutely will, with mathematical certainty.
Not 'could;' not 'might,' not 'probably," but absolutely will, with mathematical certainty.
Dr Oz says the Trump administration will kick more than a million people off health insurance because some of them have "never filed a claim"
September 22, 2026 at 4:39 PM
Please know that this is one of my few legitimate areas of actual, high-level professional expertise: Kicking the healthiest people off of a health insurance program will bankrupt it.
Not 'could;' not 'might,' not 'probably," but absolutely will, with mathematical certainty.
Not 'could;' not 'might,' not 'probably," but absolutely will, with mathematical certainty.
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ProPublica dropped the first story in a new series on corruption in Congress, and it starts with Sen. Susan Collins. A defense contractor illegally funneled $150,000 to a pro-Collins PAC. The company’s CEO later pleaded guilty to unlawful campaign contributions.
September 22, 2026 at 8:57 PM
ProPublica dropped the first story in a new series on corruption in Congress, and it starts with Sen. Susan Collins. A defense contractor illegally funneled $150,000 to a pro-Collins PAC. The company’s CEO later pleaded guilty to unlawful campaign contributions.
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Trump’s EPA let a massive corp write its own toxic rules. A MAGA sheriff seized 650,000 ballots. Trump's regime killed a $7 billion working-class solar program. The devastating court rulings, leaked emails, and felony traps just crushed all three plots:
Trump Picked This Judge. She Just Threw Out His $7 Billion Excuse.
Also: California makes grabbing ballots a felony, Trump’s people let Roundup’s maker pick its own weedkiller rules, and Kentucky erases $103 million in medical debt.
www.dworkinsubstack.com
September 22, 2026 at 10:26 PM
Trump’s EPA let a massive corp write its own toxic rules. A MAGA sheriff seized 650,000 ballots. Trump's regime killed a $7 billion working-class solar program. The devastating court rulings, leaked emails, and felony traps just crushed all three plots:
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Sen. Susan Collins helped steer millions in federal defense contracts to Navatek, whose CEO illegally funneled thousands of dollars to her campaign.
The FBI sought to launch a probe and was eyeing Collins and other lawmakers.
Then Trump gutted the unit in charge. THREAD 🧵
The FBI sought to launch a probe and was eyeing Collins and other lawmakers.
Then Trump gutted the unit in charge. THREAD 🧵
September 22, 2026 at 10:45 AM
Sen. Susan Collins helped steer millions in federal defense contracts to Navatek, whose CEO illegally funneled thousands of dollars to her campaign.
The FBI sought to launch a probe and was eyeing Collins and other lawmakers.
Then Trump gutted the unit in charge. THREAD 🧵
The FBI sought to launch a probe and was eyeing Collins and other lawmakers.
Then Trump gutted the unit in charge. THREAD 🧵
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Hurting. The world hurls towards more chaos. And yet the personal keeps happening on its own pace. I am not ready for any of this. I want there to be hope and turnaround. And so I find it so hard to accept or to give up.
September 20, 2026 at 1:12 AM
Hurting. The world hurls towards more chaos. And yet the personal keeps happening on its own pace. I am not ready for any of this. I want there to be hope and turnaround. And so I find it so hard to accept or to give up.
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cost was never a consideration
Dept of Government Efficiency’s (DOGE) program to shrink the federal work force, by paying people not to work, increased administrative leave costs by 435%, costing taxpayers $9.5 billion
“This was the most expensive way imaginable to make government worse"
- Senator Patty @murray.senate.gov
“This was the most expensive way imaginable to make government worse"
- Senator Patty @murray.senate.gov
Federal Employees Were Paid $9.5 Billion Not to Work in 2025 Under DOGE Effort (Gift Article)
As part of the Department of Government Efficiency’s program to shrink the federal work force, paid administrative leave costs rose by 435 percent.
www.nytimes.com
September 18, 2026 at 12:54 PM
cost was never a consideration
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Census Bureau tells staff not to talk publicly about its new rule, which would dramatically shift how the survey is conducted and redistribute political power from blue states to red ones.
Exclusive: Census Bureau Directs Staff to Keep Quiet During Comment Period for Controversial New Rule
Leadership at the Census Bureau has ordered staff to halt all external...
talkingpointsmemo.com
September 18, 2026 at 1:21 PM
Census Bureau tells staff not to talk publicly about its new rule, which would dramatically shift how the survey is conducted and redistribute political power from blue states to red ones.
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The Smithsonian does not belong to the President, to the Administration, or to any politician. It belongs to the American people.
Period.
We’re here today to say Hands Off the Smithsonian!
Period.
We’re here today to say Hands Off the Smithsonian!
Reps. Stansbury, Jackson, and Mfume Introduce Bill to Defend the Smithsonian
YouTube video by Rep. Melanie Stansbury
youtu.be
September 18, 2026 at 12:55 PM
The Smithsonian does not belong to the President, to the Administration, or to any politician. It belongs to the American people.
Period.
We’re here today to say Hands Off the Smithsonian!
Period.
We’re here today to say Hands Off the Smithsonian!
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Update: ICE agent Christian Castro was taken into custody by agents with the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension in downtown Minneapolis and booked into the Hennepin County Jail on an outstanding arrest warrant.
September 17, 2026 at 6:40 PM
Update: ICE agent Christian Castro was taken into custody by agents with the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension in downtown Minneapolis and booked into the Hennepin County Jail on an outstanding arrest warrant.
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NEW: Hackers ripped down a Flock camera above a roadway, made a near-complete copy of the data stored inside it, and shared the files with 404 Media and @wired.com, revealing in new detail how exactly Flock Safety’s cameras track the movements of both vehicles and people.
Hackers Stole Flock’s Camera Software, Revealing How the Company Tracks Cars and People
While people around the U.S. are tearing down Flock cameras, one group of hackers went a step further: extracting the camera's software too.
www.404media.co
September 16, 2026 at 11:46 AM
NEW: Hackers ripped down a Flock camera above a roadway, made a near-complete copy of the data stored inside it, and shared the files with 404 Media and @wired.com, revealing in new detail how exactly Flock Safety’s cameras track the movements of both vehicles and people.
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BREAKING: We have updated the Court with the latest developments in Trump's apparent moves to demolish the Kennedy Center 
The EXISTING INJUNCTION prevents demolition
The Court has ordered the government to say what the hell it is doing by 10 AM
@repbeatty.bsky.social, DDA & WLG will fight this!
The EXISTING INJUNCTION prevents demolition
The Court has ordered the government to say what the hell it is doing by 10 AM
@repbeatty.bsky.social, DDA & WLG will fight this!
September 17, 2026 at 12:31 PM
BREAKING: We have updated the Court with the latest developments in Trump's apparent moves to demolish the Kennedy Center 
The EXISTING INJUNCTION prevents demolition
The Court has ordered the government to say what the hell it is doing by 10 AM
@repbeatty.bsky.social, DDA & WLG will fight this!
The EXISTING INJUNCTION prevents demolition
The Court has ordered the government to say what the hell it is doing by 10 AM
@repbeatty.bsky.social, DDA & WLG will fight this!
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Sweet Lord, is this getting bad...
$4.44 Unleaded.
$6.40 Diesel.
Where are all the republicans who were putting out daily
"Gas is too expensive" videos when it was $3.20 a gallon under Biden? gasprices.aaa.com
$4.44 Unleaded.
$6.40 Diesel.
Where are all the republicans who were putting out daily
"Gas is too expensive" videos when it was $3.20 a gallon under Biden? gasprices.aaa.com
AAA Fuel Prices
Today’s AAA National Average $4.4386
gasprices.aaa.com
September 17, 2026 at 12:28 PM
Sweet Lord, is this getting bad...
$4.44 Unleaded.
$6.40 Diesel.
Where are all the republicans who were putting out daily
"Gas is too expensive" videos when it was $3.20 a gallon under Biden? gasprices.aaa.com
$4.44 Unleaded.
$6.40 Diesel.
Where are all the republicans who were putting out daily
"Gas is too expensive" videos when it was $3.20 a gallon under Biden? gasprices.aaa.com
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This paragraph should be shouted from the hilltops:
September 17, 2026 at 11:27 AM
This paragraph should be shouted from the hilltops:
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This is super cool. @zacheverson.com is a journalist following Trump’s crypto corruption. For people who are having trouble understanding how it works, Zach made a game. I love this kind of innovation for helping us understand stuff….
New: Trump called crypto "thin air." Last year, he reported $1.4 billion in income from it.
Buyers of his crypto? They're an estimated $4.7 billion underwater.
I made an 8-bit game out of it—
📈 Play as Trump: you cannot lose money.
📉 Play as an investor: you cannot win.
Buyers of his crypto? They're an estimated $4.7 billion underwater.
I made an 8-bit game out of it—
📈 Play as Trump: you cannot lose money.
📉 Play as an investor: you cannot win.
‘THIN AIR,’ REAL MONEY — The Trump Crypto Game
An 8-bit game about real money. Play as Trump: you only make money. Play as an investor: you only lose. Every figure is drawn from Public Citizen's report and the sources it cites.
thinairrealmoney.com
September 17, 2026 at 1:24 PM
This is super cool. @zacheverson.com is a journalist following Trump’s crypto corruption. For people who are having trouble understanding how it works, Zach made a game. I love this kind of innovation for helping us understand stuff….
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Imagine a job where, faced with a difficult decision, you could just stop going to work www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
House to leave early, punting Hegseth impeachment vote until after November elections
House Republican leaders cancelled votes planned for Thursday. Members won’t return to Washington until Nov. 9.
www.nbcnews.com
September 16, 2026 at 4:54 PM
Imagine a job where, faced with a difficult decision, you could just stop going to work www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
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New — I wrote about this weird thing where people within the Republican party keep being exposed as Nazis and the party then tries to claim each one is an aberration. The facts, as I lay out here, indicate otherwise:
Republicans don’t have a Nazi problem—they are the Nazi problem
A spate of recent revelations have shown the ideologies and their adherents are one and the same.
www.thehandbasket.co
September 16, 2026 at 11:26 PM
New — I wrote about this weird thing where people within the Republican party keep being exposed as Nazis and the party then tries to claim each one is an aberration. The facts, as I lay out here, indicate otherwise:
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We had thought the “safety issues” at the Kennedy Center were caused by the Trump administration. It appears that might be the case. In a sworn declaration filed today, a legal observer said she witnessed a forklift carrying fencing drive to the north
September 17, 2026 at 2:16 AM
We had thought the “safety issues” at the Kennedy Center were caused by the Trump administration. It appears that might be the case. In a sworn declaration filed today, a legal observer said she witnessed a forklift carrying fencing drive to the north
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The Trump admin accused the Smithsonian, and specifically the American-history museum, of not being patriotic, but the museum’s leadership points to an abundance of such material on display inside, and maintains that telling the American story in its full complexity is a crucial part of its role.
September 16, 2026 at 10:15 PM
The Trump admin accused the Smithsonian, and specifically the American-history museum, of not being patriotic, but the museum’s leadership points to an abundance of such material on display inside, and maintains that telling the American story in its full complexity is a crucial part of its role.
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Held back by fear of mean tweets.
The Iran war, the mass deportation campaign, the trade war with Canada, the affordability crisis, the Kennedy Center, the Epstein mess, the measles, Jr.’s Russian wedding, the embrace of Putin—is there not one GOP leader who has the guts to say this ain’t working?
That’s a rhetorical question.
That’s a rhetorical question.
September 17, 2026 at 3:53 AM
Held back by fear of mean tweets.
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I agree with @jvl.bsky.social.
Dems would do well to conduct serial impeachments. First Heggy (if he is not convicted in Dec, after he IS impeached in House), then RFK. Then prioritize based on what will either gain support among Senate GOPers OR embarrass them.
www.thebulwark.com/p/impeach-th...
Dems would do well to conduct serial impeachments. First Heggy (if he is not convicted in Dec, after he IS impeached in House), then RFK. Then prioritize based on what will either gain support among Senate GOPers OR embarrass them.
www.thebulwark.com/p/impeach-th...
Impeach Them. All of Them.
Hegseth is only the beginning.
www.thebulwark.com
September 17, 2026 at 11:18 AM
I agree with @jvl.bsky.social.
Dems would do well to conduct serial impeachments. First Heggy (if he is not convicted in Dec, after he IS impeached in House), then RFK. Then prioritize based on what will either gain support among Senate GOPers OR embarrass them.
www.thebulwark.com/p/impeach-th...
Dems would do well to conduct serial impeachments. First Heggy (if he is not convicted in Dec, after he IS impeached in House), then RFK. Then prioritize based on what will either gain support among Senate GOPers OR embarrass them.
www.thebulwark.com/p/impeach-th...
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Mike Johnson is going to cancel voting until after November and delay debate on AI to sidestep Thomas Massie's articles of impeachment for Pete Hegseth. Apparently no Republican wants to defend him on the floor, but they're too afraid of Trump to vote against him.
www.rawstory.com/mike-johnson...
www.rawstory.com/mike-johnson...
Mike Johnson shuts down House in shock move as GOP rebel's impeachment bomb ticks
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) canceled Thursday's votes and will likely send members home until the November midterms, a move one Republican suggested was meant to sidestep a forced impeachment vo...
www.rawstory.com
September 16, 2026 at 7:35 PM
Mike Johnson is going to cancel voting until after November and delay debate on AI to sidestep Thomas Massie's articles of impeachment for Pete Hegseth. Apparently no Republican wants to defend him on the floor, but they're too afraid of Trump to vote against him.
www.rawstory.com/mike-johnson...
www.rawstory.com/mike-johnson...
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Once again, Marisa is doing The Work. Check it out.
September 16, 2026 at 11:12 PM
Once again, Marisa is doing The Work. Check it out.