Roberta Baskin
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CBS, PBS, ABC News investigative reporter alum. Think #climate justice in shopping, eating, voting & investing. In these cataclysmic times, embrace good trouble & the First Amendment. ☮️🍃🌎🌊
Why the Fourth Estate is crumbling under the weight of billionaire owners’ selfish motivations. Democracy dies in darkness. #TaxTheRich open.substack.com/pub/robertre...
A toxic combo: Trump, Billionaires, and the Media
What to do about it
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November 25, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Why the Fourth Estate is crumbling under the weight of billionaire owners’ selfish motivations. Democracy dies in darkness. #TaxTheRich open.substack.com/pub/robertre...
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Mark Kelly: "He's talked about sending troops into more cities, he's talked about invoking the Insurrection Act. You don't have to go too far back to his 1st administration when he went to his Sec Def & said, 'Can't we just shoot these protesters in the legs.' That is an example of an illegal order"
November 21, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Mark Kelly: "He's talked about sending troops into more cities, he's talked about invoking the Insurrection Act. You don't have to go too far back to his 1st administration when he went to his Sec Def & said, 'Can't we just shoot these protesters in the legs.' That is an example of an illegal order"
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Kavanaugh stop. Smashed the kid’s car windows and arrested him. He told them he was a U.S. citizen. The officer replied “I don’t care.”
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High school senior, a U.S. citizen, detained by ICE in Oregon
The 17-year-old was held more than five hours Friday in an ICE facility, his brother said.
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November 23, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Kavanaugh stop. Smashed the kid’s car windows and arrested him. He told them he was a U.S. citizen. The officer replied “I don’t care.”
www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
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"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little."
-FDR, 1937
-FDR, 1937
November 22, 2025 at 6:31 PM
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little."
-FDR, 1937
-FDR, 1937
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While millions of us are struggling to pay for groceries, energy bills & healthcare premiums, the First Lady posts this video showing how she's using our taxpayer money to wine & dine a murderous prince: fancy caligraphy, abundant forals, gilded tableware, gourmet food & white glove service
November 22, 2025 at 3:02 PM
While millions of us are struggling to pay for groceries, energy bills & healthcare premiums, the First Lady posts this video showing how she's using our taxpayer money to wine & dine a murderous prince: fancy caligraphy, abundant forals, gilded tableware, gourmet food & white glove service
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US to sever ties with civilization.
Marco Rubio 🤮
adjective
1. So weak, cruel, or pitiful that it provokes a sharp mix of disappointment and contempt.
adjective
1. So weak, cruel, or pitiful that it provokes a sharp mix of disappointment and contempt.
November 22, 2025 at 4:42 PM
US to sever ties with civilization.
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Once again, it’s about the grift
"US would take charge of $100 billion in frozen Russian assets and receive '50% of the profits from this venture.'
European taxpayers, who provide almost all of the military and humanitarian support to Ukraine, are expected to contribute $100 billion to its reconstruction."
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European taxpayers, who provide almost all of the military and humanitarian support to Ukraine, are expected to contribute $100 billion to its reconstruction."
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The Murky Plan That Ensures a Future War
Who will benefit from the White House’s 28-point proposal for Ukraine?
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November 22, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Once again, it’s about the grift
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Vicious inhuman monsters
On November 19 russian missile strike on a residential building in Ternopil killed Marichka Palahniuk, pharmacist, her 1.5‑year‑old son, Nazar, and her 5‑year‑old daughter, Kamila.
November 22, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Vicious inhuman monsters
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November 22, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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"I fired 5 rounds & she had 7 holes. Put that in your book, boys."
That's what the #ICE agent who rammed US Citizen, Miramar Martinez & shot her 5 times.
Then ICE lied & said she rammed them.
#ICELawlessness abounds.
If it can happen to them, it can happen to you!
So speak out & share!
Link⬇️
That's what the #ICE agent who rammed US Citizen, Miramar Martinez & shot her 5 times.
Then ICE lied & said she rammed them.
#ICELawlessness abounds.
If it can happen to them, it can happen to you!
So speak out & share!
Link⬇️
November 21, 2025 at 3:46 PM
"I fired 5 rounds & she had 7 holes. Put that in your book, boys."
That's what the #ICE agent who rammed US Citizen, Miramar Martinez & shot her 5 times.
Then ICE lied & said she rammed them.
#ICELawlessness abounds.
If it can happen to them, it can happen to you!
So speak out & share!
Link⬇️
That's what the #ICE agent who rammed US Citizen, Miramar Martinez & shot her 5 times.
Then ICE lied & said she rammed them.
#ICELawlessness abounds.
If it can happen to them, it can happen to you!
So speak out & share!
Link⬇️
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BREAKING: Marjorie Taylor Greene announces she is resigning from Congress. Her last day in office will be January 5, 2026.
November 22, 2025 at 1:23 AM
BREAKING: Marjorie Taylor Greene announces she is resigning from Congress. Her last day in office will be January 5, 2026.
This president is a malignant narcissist who hates smart women and is unable to keep his vulgar, mean-spirited thoughts to himself. #Trump #Piggy #Reporter substack.com/@reallyameri...
Really American (@reallyamerican)
Every woman needs to see this - montage of 19 clips showing Trump insulting, berating and attacking female reporters just for doing their jobs. This is how he treats women.
Share this - make it go v...
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November 19, 2025 at 10:14 PM
This president is a malignant narcissist who hates smart women and is unable to keep his vulgar, mean-spirited thoughts to himself. #Trump #Piggy #Reporter substack.com/@reallyameri...
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HAYES: “2 female reporters asking obviously totally newsworthy Q’s — one gets called ‘PIGGY’ the other gets called ‘INSUBORDINATE’ because she didn’t bow and scrape to the Saudi King.”
November 19, 2025 at 7:33 PM
HAYES: “2 female reporters asking obviously totally newsworthy Q’s — one gets called ‘PIGGY’ the other gets called ‘INSUBORDINATE’ because she didn’t bow and scrape to the Saudi King.”
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🚨BREAKING: Federal prosecutors admitted Wednesday that the grand jury handling the criminal case against former FBI Director James Comey never reviewed or voted on the final indictment used to charge him — a virtually unprecedented revelation that could topple the entire case.
In Stunning Admission, DOJ Says Grand Jury Never Saw Indictment Against Comey
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
November 19, 2025 at 6:23 PM
🚨BREAKING: Federal prosecutors admitted Wednesday that the grand jury handling the criminal case against former FBI Director James Comey never reviewed or voted on the final indictment used to charge him — a virtually unprecedented revelation that could topple the entire case.
The New Yorker's David Remnick accepted NYPR's Media Innovation Award. "We cannot kid ourselves about the era that we are living in. This is a test, a test you could say of the Emergency Broadcast System. This is a test of all of us in this room to stand up for what we say that we believe in..."
November 19, 2025 at 7:46 PM
The New Yorker's David Remnick accepted NYPR's Media Innovation Award. "We cannot kid ourselves about the era that we are living in. This is a test, a test you could say of the Emergency Broadcast System. This is a test of all of us in this room to stand up for what we say that we believe in..."
Banned Trump documentary from his younger huckster days in the ‘80s as the PT Barnum of business excesses #Trump open.substack.com/pub/theoffic...
Trump: What's the Deal? (Full 1991 BANNED Documentary)
The film was commissioned in 1988 by Leonard Stern. Donald threatened to sue any broadcaster or distributor that took on the film. It was screen only twice & subsequently suppressed.
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November 19, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Banned Trump documentary from his younger huckster days in the ‘80s as the PT Barnum of business excesses #Trump open.substack.com/pub/theoffic...
Last night Trump lavishly sucked up to Saudi Prince MBS who murdered a Wash Post journalist. Trump apologized that his gilded ballroom wasn’t ready for #MBS. All while 500 Russian drones & missiles savagely killed Ukrainians. Saudi Arabia is big business for #Trump while Ukrainians are abandoned. 🇺🇦
November 19, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Last night Trump lavishly sucked up to Saudi Prince MBS who murdered a Wash Post journalist. Trump apologized that his gilded ballroom wasn’t ready for #MBS. All while 500 Russian drones & missiles savagely killed Ukrainians. Saudi Arabia is big business for #Trump while Ukrainians are abandoned. 🇺🇦
Chilling video by some of the 1000+ Epstein survivors who’ve waited decades for justice www.instagram.com/reel/DRJDXiS...
November 19, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Chilling video by some of the 1000+ Epstein survivors who’ve waited decades for justice www.instagram.com/reel/DRJDXiS...
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I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered.
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
Opinion | Jamal Khashoggi: What the Arab world needs most is free expression
The Arab world needs a modern version of the old transnational media so citizens can be informed about global events.
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November 18, 2025 at 6:48 PM
I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered.
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
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Medicare for All would save $450B a year.
Every dollar spent on food stamps generates $1.50-$1.80 in economic activity.
Each dollar going to low-wage workers adds $1.20 to the economy overall.
It’s not about what this country can or can’t afford.
It’s about priorities.
Every dollar spent on food stamps generates $1.50-$1.80 in economic activity.
Each dollar going to low-wage workers adds $1.20 to the economy overall.
It’s not about what this country can or can’t afford.
It’s about priorities.
November 18, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Medicare for All would save $450B a year.
Every dollar spent on food stamps generates $1.50-$1.80 in economic activity.
Each dollar going to low-wage workers adds $1.20 to the economy overall.
It’s not about what this country can or can’t afford.
It’s about priorities.
Every dollar spent on food stamps generates $1.50-$1.80 in economic activity.
Each dollar going to low-wage workers adds $1.20 to the economy overall.
It’s not about what this country can or can’t afford.
It’s about priorities.
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Or just move them to a minimum security Club Fed and give them a puppy and yoga classes.
November 19, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Or just move them to a minimum security Club Fed and give them a puppy and yoga classes.
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John Oliver's episode about the administration's ongoing threats to public media is very much worth watching. www.youtube.com/watch?v=yknM...
Public Media: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
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November 18, 2025 at 2:49 PM
John Oliver's episode about the administration's ongoing threats to public media is very much worth watching. www.youtube.com/watch?v=yknM...