Robbie Medwed
@rjmedwed.bsky.social
Bible and Jewish law teacher. I sometimes write articles about food, cocktails, and other stuff. I like to be outside a lot and also ride bicycles. 🏳️🌈 He/Him
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it’s so interesting how every trans person, even children, are “activists” for defending their basic humanity and dignity, whereas people who devote countless hours attacking trans people and their legal rights obsessively are never “anti-trans activists.” somehow all trans people are agender too.
Graham Linehan cleared of harassment but guilty of criminal damage to trans activist's phone
Graham Linehan cleared of harassment but guilty of criminal damage to trans activist's phone
Father Ted creator Graham Linehan has been found guilty of criminal damage to the phone of a trans activist but not guilty of harassment.
news.sky.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:30 PM
it’s so interesting how every trans person, even children, are “activists” for defending their basic humanity and dignity, whereas people who devote countless hours attacking trans people and their legal rights obsessively are never “anti-trans activists.” somehow all trans people are agender too.
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reminder to cis male writers:
If you publish words in the public square (that's what "publish" means)
they are public
and no longer yours to control
nobody owes tagging you or talking to you privately if they're gonna critique what you said
that is the inherent risk of making things
welcome
If you publish words in the public square (that's what "publish" means)
they are public
and no longer yours to control
nobody owes tagging you or talking to you privately if they're gonna critique what you said
that is the inherent risk of making things
welcome
November 24, 2025 at 6:41 PM
reminder to cis male writers:
If you publish words in the public square (that's what "publish" means)
they are public
and no longer yours to control
nobody owes tagging you or talking to you privately if they're gonna critique what you said
that is the inherent risk of making things
welcome
If you publish words in the public square (that's what "publish" means)
they are public
and no longer yours to control
nobody owes tagging you or talking to you privately if they're gonna critique what you said
that is the inherent risk of making things
welcome
Well, this would be fun
Doug Jones to enter 2026 Alabama governor’s race, sources say
Details are very limited at this time, but a source close to Jones confirmed he would be, “filing the necessary paperwork” to run for the governor’s seat.
www.wsfa.com
November 24, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Well, this would be fun
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"I'm a non-Christian and it has never occurred to me that [thing Christians invented for their Christian holiday about Christ] has anything at all to do with religion"
This is basically the CCA (culturally Christian atheist) motto
This is basically the CCA (culturally Christian atheist) motto
November 23, 2025 at 1:21 PM
"I'm a non-Christian and it has never occurred to me that [thing Christians invented for their Christian holiday about Christ] has anything at all to do with religion"
This is basically the CCA (culturally Christian atheist) motto
This is basically the CCA (culturally Christian atheist) motto
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“American conservative Christians stop being so fucking weird about Jews” challenge 2025.
Difficult level: impossible apparently.
Difficult level: impossible apparently.
Mike Pence wrote an opinion piece for Fox News. Reading the headline, I was like, "Okay, seems like a normal take."
Then I read the subheadline and... bro, what?
Then I read the subheadline and... bro, what?
November 21, 2025 at 3:52 PM
“American conservative Christians stop being so fucking weird about Jews” challenge 2025.
Difficult level: impossible apparently.
Difficult level: impossible apparently.
In fiarness, Josh Mckoon and the Georgia GOP also have a history of xenophobia and hate, too, so I'm sure he'll fit right in.
#gapol
#gapol
A Republican activist recently tapped as a “special adviser” to Georgia GOP Chair Josh McKoon to help the party leverage technology to reach new voters has a history of xenophobic and hateful social media posts, according to an @ajc.com review. #gapol
www.ajc.com/politics/202...
www.ajc.com/politics/202...
Georgia GOP’s new adviser echoed far-right themes online
Brad Barnes, a Republican activist recently tapped as a “special adviser” to Georgia GOP Chair Josh McKoon, has a history of xenophobic and hateful social media posts.
www.ajc.com
November 20, 2025 at 10:12 PM
In fiarness, Josh Mckoon and the Georgia GOP also have a history of xenophobia and hate, too, so I'm sure he'll fit right in.
#gapol
#gapol
Making this the front page headline, today, with everything else going on and the unconfirmed rumors about ICE in Atlanta?
That's certainly a choice. Almost feels like an invitation, really.
That's certainly a choice. Almost feels like an invitation, really.
Georgia now has the nation’s sixth largest population of unauthorized immigrants, according to the Migration Policy Institute. #gapol www.ajc.com/news/2025/11...
Report: Georgia unauthorized immigrant population reaches nearly 500,000
Georgia now has the nation’s sixth largest population of unauthorized immigrants, according to the Migration Policy Institute.
www.ajc.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Making this the front page headline, today, with everything else going on and the unconfirmed rumors about ICE in Atlanta?
That's certainly a choice. Almost feels like an invitation, really.
That's certainly a choice. Almost feels like an invitation, really.
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We’re hearing helicopters and word is spreading of massive ICE raids tomorrow and Friday particularly in Gwinnett. These excessive raids put all of us in danger. Spread the word, look out for each other, and remember your rights.
November 20, 2025 at 2:53 AM
We’re hearing helicopters and word is spreading of massive ICE raids tomorrow and Friday particularly in Gwinnett. These excessive raids put all of us in danger. Spread the word, look out for each other, and remember your rights.
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How awful. This is outright health disinformation, lying to the American people. Not only is there massive evidence showing no link between vaccines & autism, there’s not even a plausible mechanism based on what we’ve learned about the genetics of autism, some environmental exposures in pregnancy
HEADS UP: CDC website now officially asserts that vaccines may cause autism.“Studies supporting a link have been ignored by health authorities.” Also says the “vaccines do not cause autism” header remains b/c of an agreement with Cassidy.
November 20, 2025 at 3:18 AM
How awful. This is outright health disinformation, lying to the American people. Not only is there massive evidence showing no link between vaccines & autism, there’s not even a plausible mechanism based on what we’ve learned about the genetics of autism, some environmental exposures in pregnancy
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If you think you know the puncher
NO YOU ABSOLUTELY DON’T
NO YOU ABSOLUTELY DON’T
J6er Jake Lang got punched yesterday in Dearborn, Michigan during his anti-Muslim march.
November 19, 2025 at 7:22 PM
If you think you know the puncher
NO YOU ABSOLUTELY DON’T
NO YOU ABSOLUTELY DON’T
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Detransitioning has been used as part of an anti-trans agenda in politics. But what is it really like? We explored that question in a new reporting series.
Join us for a Reddit AMA with @oriion.bsky.social where he’ll answer questions about his reporting and the series. https://bit.ly/4pnAV1e
Join us for a Reddit AMA with @oriion.bsky.social where he’ll answer questions about his reporting and the series. https://bit.ly/4pnAV1e
November 19, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Detransitioning has been used as part of an anti-trans agenda in politics. But what is it really like? We explored that question in a new reporting series.
Join us for a Reddit AMA with @oriion.bsky.social where he’ll answer questions about his reporting and the series. https://bit.ly/4pnAV1e
Join us for a Reddit AMA with @oriion.bsky.social where he’ll answer questions about his reporting and the series. https://bit.ly/4pnAV1e
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Republicans have spent months purging people from government and private sector jobs for failing to genuflect at the mention of Charlie Kirk.
Yesterday Trump stood in our White House with the despot who ordered the murder and dismemberment of journalist Jamal Khashoggi and said “things happen”.
Yesterday Trump stood in our White House with the despot who ordered the murder and dismemberment of journalist Jamal Khashoggi and said “things happen”.
November 19, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Republicans have spent months purging people from government and private sector jobs for failing to genuflect at the mention of Charlie Kirk.
Yesterday Trump stood in our White House with the despot who ordered the murder and dismemberment of journalist Jamal Khashoggi and said “things happen”.
Yesterday Trump stood in our White House with the despot who ordered the murder and dismemberment of journalist Jamal Khashoggi and said “things happen”.
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"A panel of 3 federal judges ruled to block Texas from using its new gerrymandered congressional map in the upcoming 2026 election — dealing a significant blow to Trump’s national effort to rig the 2026 election by creating more Republican congressional seats, at the expense of minority voters. "
November 18, 2025 at 6:03 PM
"A panel of 3 federal judges ruled to block Texas from using its new gerrymandered congressional map in the upcoming 2026 election — dealing a significant blow to Trump’s national effort to rig the 2026 election by creating more Republican congressional seats, at the expense of minority voters. "
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1. In a major update, the Trump administration has reversed course publicly, and now says "all passports" will remain valid until they expire for transgender people.
This comes after many outlets reported a message that indicated passports could be revoked.
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This comes after many outlets reported a message that indicated passports could be revoked.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
November 17, 2025 at 7:19 PM
1. In a major update, the Trump administration has reversed course publicly, and now says "all passports" will remain valid until they expire for transgender people.
This comes after many outlets reported a message that indicated passports could be revoked.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
This comes after many outlets reported a message that indicated passports could be revoked.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
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My thoughts on why the ADL's political shift hurts Jews in the Jerusalem Post today.
www.jpost.com/opinion/arti...
www.jpost.com/opinion/arti...
ADL’s ‘Zohran Mamdani Monitor’ marks a troubling shift | The Jerusalem Post
Today’s ADL has abdicated this responsibility, and the Jewish community will suffer the consequences.
www.jpost.com
November 17, 2025 at 5:45 PM
My thoughts on why the ADL's political shift hurts Jews in the Jerusalem Post today.
www.jpost.com/opinion/arti...
www.jpost.com/opinion/arti...
do people not know that there is lots and lots of space between "I don't wish ill will to her anymore" and "she is my bestest friend ever we're so close?" It doesn't have to be one or the other?
Raskin: We are a big tent. We must be a huge, vast tent. I say this is a party that’s got room for Marjorie Taylor Greene if she wants to come over.
November 17, 2025 at 5:37 PM
do people not know that there is lots and lots of space between "I don't wish ill will to her anymore" and "she is my bestest friend ever we're so close?" It doesn't have to be one or the other?
but I was told that Trump was the greatest friend to Jews we've ever had
Surely my man Stephen Miller, principled defender of the Jewish people, will take a bold stand against this
November 17, 2025 at 2:18 PM
but I was told that Trump was the greatest friend to Jews we've ever had
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Conservatives accused journalists of being biased liberals (w/o evidence), repeated it so often it became an unspoken (untrue) truth. Outlets hired more conservative writers & editors to stem the criticism (it didn't work - the criticism was bad faith) until the outlets became majority conservative.
November 17, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Conservatives accused journalists of being biased liberals (w/o evidence), repeated it so often it became an unspoken (untrue) truth. Outlets hired more conservative writers & editors to stem the criticism (it didn't work - the criticism was bad faith) until the outlets became majority conservative.
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Teenagers are old enough to have sex with middle aged men. They are not old enough to be trans.
by Megyn Kelly
by Megyn Kelly
November 16, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Teenagers are old enough to have sex with middle aged men. They are not old enough to be trans.
by Megyn Kelly
by Megyn Kelly
Y'all hunted Nazis so well you gave one a microphone and defended him. Great job!
Literally the most unhinged thing anyone has ever said about me.
My cohost is a literal Nazi-hunter.
My cohost is a literal Nazi-hunter.
You could start by ceasing to be a Nazi sympathizer. Because, at this moment, Tim Fullerton is a Nazi sympathizer. See if you can make any headway with Tim Fullerton cessation of being a man that openly sympathizes with Nazis.
That will fix a single man. Start with that sympathizer, first.
That will fix a single man. Start with that sympathizer, first.
November 14, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Y'all hunted Nazis so well you gave one a microphone and defended him. Great job!
Please, God, let me never be the kind of guy who thinks it's important to redeem Nazis. Please, let me never be the kind of guy who thinks those who once supported Nazis now deserve a national platform.
In order to move men, we have to welcome folks who have done things in the past we abhor. We have to allow folks to redeem themselves.
It’s sometimes uncomfortable, but it’s the only way we can win moving forward.
The math doesn’t math without more men.
It’s sometimes uncomfortable, but it’s the only way we can win moving forward.
The math doesn’t math without more men.
November 14, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Please, God, let me never be the kind of guy who thinks it's important to redeem Nazis. Please, let me never be the kind of guy who thinks those who once supported Nazis now deserve a national platform.
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Vice President of the United States literally out here using Nazi-era lebensraum rhetoric.
JD Vance: "A lot of young people are saying housing is way too expensive. Why is that? Because we flooded the country with 30 million illegal immigrants who were taking houses that ought by right go to American citizens."
November 13, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Vice President of the United States literally out here using Nazi-era lebensraum rhetoric.
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This is Batya Ungar-Sargon, noted former journalist with The Forward, just nodding along as Megyn Kelly blithely excuses sexual assault of underage women by powerful and wealthy men.
Megyn Kelly: "I know somebody very close to this case…Jeffrey Epstein, in this person's view, was not a pedophile…He was into the barely legal type, like he liked 15 year old girls…He wasn't into like 8 year olds…There's a difference between a 15 year old and a 5 year old."
November 13, 2025 at 6:31 PM
This is Batya Ungar-Sargon, noted former journalist with The Forward, just nodding along as Megyn Kelly blithely excuses sexual assault of underage women by powerful and wealthy men.
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once again, the smart thing to do and the morally correct thing to do are both identical and straightforward
Nazi tattoos are a hard line. fail. next candidate
Nazi tattoos are a hard line. fail. next candidate
This is a yikes too. He gets dogwalked by Susan Collins even though Generic Dem has a 9 pt margin.
What I find funny is that the median Maine voter sees his tattoo and comments about sexual assault as a non-starter but we had how many people defending that shit here on Bluesky?
What I find funny is that the median Maine voter sees his tattoo and comments about sexual assault as a non-starter but we had how many people defending that shit here on Bluesky?
November 12, 2025 at 8:59 PM
once again, the smart thing to do and the morally correct thing to do are both identical and straightforward
Nazi tattoos are a hard line. fail. next candidate
Nazi tattoos are a hard line. fail. next candidate