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robdamnit.bsky.social
artist, poet, tabletop RPG player, con-going fanboy, amateur thanatologist, and queer elder Gen-Xer (he/him)
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A federal judge has ruled that Trump illegally fired NLRB member Gwynne Wilcox and ordered her reinstatement. This is a huge win for workers and unions — and a crucial reminder that Trump is not all-powerful. Keep up the fight.

submitted 2 days ago • 102 comments

There is no "center" between decency and indecency, between democracy and authoritarianism, between a government of billionaires and a government of the people. If Democrats move to "the center", they will pave the way for the next Trump.

submitted 2 days ago • 36 comments

New Philosophy Tube coming next week - “Was Nietzsche MAGA?” Patrons can see it right now right here! www.patreon.com/posts/was-ni...

submitted 2 days ago • 10 comments

It’s borderline criminal.

submitted 1 day ago • 2989 comments

Don't trust the Collaborators. 10 House Democrats voted with the GOP to censure Rep. Al Green: Ami Bera (CA), Ed Case (HI), Jim Costa (CA), Laura Gillen (NY), Jim Himes (CT), Chrissy Houlahan (PA), Marcy Kaptur (OH), Jared Moskowitz (FL), Marie Glusenkamp Perez (WA), and Tom Suozzi (NY).

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One of the few heroes in the House.

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Another SpaceX oopsy seems like a good occasion to share this @propublica.org piece from a few weeks back

submitted 3 days ago • 32 comments

AOC: It's really because Republicans— they’re very thin skinned and they're very sensitive, and their feelings are very easily hurt. And so they have to vote on censure resolutions.

submitted 3 days ago • 655 comments

I'm a proud mother. Whether I'm walking my son to school or reading him a bedtime story, I do everything to make sure he grows up loved and cared for. And for the sponsor of the drag ban to say that my existence is a fetish is false & cruel. I'm glad we were able to defeat this hateful bill today.

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This is true. I remember. Trickle-down economics has been a scam from the get-go.

submitted 2 days ago • 0 comments

Is it just me or is this serving Fright Night?

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

Happy Free Borsht Day to all who celebrate!

submitted 5 days ago • 12 comments

Pastor Jamal Bryant of Atlanta's New Birth Baptist Church calls for giving up Target for Lent (March 3 - April 19), as a response to their abandoning DEI policies. Got to keep track of where these boycott calls are coming from...

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Extending the Trump tax cuts for the next 10 years would add roughly $4 trillion to the deficit. Remember this the next time Republicans try paying for them with cuts to Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid.  The "party of fiscal responsibility" is full of it.

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I continue to speak out against every bill that attempts to remove trans people from public life. And I will continue to do so for as long as I draw breath. I hope one day the government will leave my people alone.

submitted 7 days ago • 64 comments

1. Montana’s House has passed an indecent exposure bill that applies only to trans people. It sets out one standard for cis people that requires intent, and another for trans people that does not. Trans Rep. Zephyr delivered scathing remarks. Subscribe to support our journalism.

submitted 8 days ago • 66 comments

This scrum of pot-bellied, sunken-chested betas trying to bully an all-black clad badass Eastern European wasteland survivor while dressed like Men’s Wearhouse mannequins is peak cinema.

submitted 9 days ago • 3409 comments

Hundreds of workers at the CDC. More than 1,000 at the NIH. Scores of staffers at the FDA. Trump’s purge of federal employees includes those doing lifesaving work. Many of them expressed fear at what would happen to the projects they left behind. By @anniewaldman.bsky.social & @deldeib.bsky.social

submitted 8 days ago • 39 comments

Sincere apologies to President Zelenskyy and the people of Ukraine. Our government has been seized by dangerous petulant children.

submitted 9 days ago • 0 comments

Keep this in mind as House Republicans vote for a budget framework that would gut Medicaid (relied on by 72 million) and food stamp programs (relied on by 42 million people).

submitted 12 days ago • 72 comments

Well, that is something.

submitted 12 days ago • 125 comments

Of course, never do this. Explicitly avoid doing this, using this very diagram.

submitted 16 days ago • 15 comments

Even before Trump 2.0, the Social Security Administration’s staffing levels were at a 50-year low due to a decade of budget caps & cuts authored by GOP lawmakers. Further staff cuts and office closures can only make things worse for America's most vulnerable. New, @propublica.org

submitted 16 days ago • 21 comments

Mr. Hegseth has previously said that General Brown should be fired because of his “woke” focus on diversity, equity and inclusion programs in the military. Replaces a Black four-star fighter pilot with a white man who does not meet the statutory qualifications supposedly over DEI.

submitted 16 days ago • 57 comments

That’s how you write a headline, people.

submitted 19 days ago • 574 comments

Trump wants Congress to pass the House GOP's version of a budget reconciliation bill that includes massive cuts to Medicaid and SNAP to pay for tax cuts for the rich. The House is on recess, so now would be a great time to call your rep and share your thoughts. (202) 224-3121

submitted 18 days ago • 143 comments

Ex NFL player @chriswarcraft.bsky.social protesting the inclusion of a MAGA acronym in the Huntington Beach library plaque at last night’s council meeting. He was arrested and cited.

submitted 18 days ago • 235 comments

The Senate has confirmed Kash Patel, who has published an enemies list identical to Trump's, to serve a 10-year term as FBI Director. He will be a major cog in Trump's vengeance machine to silence and intimidate critics. Be warned. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/kash-patel-in-his-own-words

submitted 17 days ago • 220 comments

NEW: At least 200 Afghan Americans in the U.S. military have relatives who applied for refugee status only to be blocked by Trump’s refugee ban. “We serve this country because it protected us, but now it is abandoning my sister,” said one soldier. By @lomikriel.bsky.social

submitted 18 days ago • 39 comments

Marocco has leadership roles at both the State Dept. and USAID — two agencies that sidelined him during the first Trump administration after he was accused of undermining U.S. foreign policy. This time, he answers to few besides Trump himself. By @annamaria.bsky.social and Brett Murphy

submitted 17 days ago • 18 comments

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submitted 17 days ago • 764 comments

For every $1 the IRS spends auditing the top 1%, it can collect $13. For every $1 the IRS spends auditing the top 0.1%, it can collect $26. Laying off 7,000 IRS employees (during tax season) isn't about efficiency. It's about making it easier for the rich to evade taxes.

submitted 17 days ago • 249 comments

There are moments in these deportation fights when I can just FEEL how pissed off they are that I’m Puerto Rican 😂 they want to threaten me with it so bad 😂

submitted 17 days ago • 4218 comments

I’m George Takei and I approve of this message.

submitted 18 days ago • 2373 comments

NEW: Pregnancy became far more dangerous in Texas after the state banned abortion, according to ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis, which found the sepsis rate for women hospitalized as they miscarried in the 2nd trimester shot up by more than 50%. https://propub.li/43487Tj

submitted 18 days ago • 563 comments

Rest for a few seconds. Look at a cat.

submitted 20 days ago • 0 comments

So there's an "Easter" droid up for sale, and sure it has bunny ears but look at that. That's an openly trans R2 and should be celebrated as such. You can get one here: www.disneystore.com/r2-bne-star-...

submitted 20 days ago • 9 comments

JFC indeed.

submitted 21 days ago • 741 comments

#ICYMI: ProPublica has confirmed the names and roles of more than 30 Musk-affiliated staffers who are helping the world’s richest man dismantle or downsize federal agencies one by one.

submitted 21 days ago • 303 comments

This is what oligarchy looks like.

submitted 21 days ago • 1054 comments

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submitted 47 days ago • 4 comments

I am mortified that my country even offered such an insult.

submitted 21 days ago • 19 comments

Trump and DOGE accused federal civil servants of fraud (with no evidence). Meanwhile, they're halting enforcement of a foreign anti-bribery law, dropping criminal charges against Eric Adams, and pardoning a former governor who tried to sell Obama's Senate seat. Hello?

submitted 21 days ago • 167 comments

Letters went out to federal workers this morning stating they were fired due to poor performance. However, all employees had been rated as “exceptional” performers by their supervisors. Please keep these records and pursue wrongful termination claims. Let the lawsuits begin.

submitted 21 days ago • 988 comments

If any of my esteemed author colleagues thought that they were only gonna ban stuff with sex or LGBTQ themes…actually, if you thought that you probably don’t follow me anyway. Heh.

submitted 21 days ago • 23 comments