Robin Martin
@martinrca.bsky.social
Researcher by day, world traveller, trekker, runner for life. Staying curious and striving to be fearless.
Trump & the GOP have gutted education, science, research, social safeguards for Americans…to waste taxpayer dollars on this nonsense.
November 25, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Trump & the GOP have gutted education, science, research, social safeguards for Americans…to waste taxpayer dollars on this nonsense.
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The EPA is starting to allow the use of pesticides containing PFAS on food.
The move is part of an effort to roll back the regulation of what are called "forever chemicals" because they don't break down easily in the environment.
November 24, 2025 at 11:35 PM
The EPA is starting to allow the use of pesticides containing PFAS on food.
The move is part of an effort to roll back the regulation of what are called "forever chemicals" because they don't break down easily in the environment.
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This is not a peace plan. It is a proposal that weakens Ukraine and divides America from Europe, preparing the way for a larger war in the future. In the meantime, it benefits unnamed Russian and American investors, at the expense of everyone else.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Trump Has a Recipe for War and Corruption, Not Peace
Who would benefit from the White House’s 28-point proposal for Ukraine?
www.theatlantic.com
November 22, 2025 at 11:11 AM
This is not a peace plan. It is a proposal that weakens Ukraine and divides America from Europe, preparing the way for a larger war in the future. In the meantime, it benefits unnamed Russian and American investors, at the expense of everyone else.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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DOGE is officially disbanding 8 months ahead of schedule, right as MTG, chair of DOGE oversight, announced her resignation. DOGE cost taxpayers hundreds of billions of dollars & is estimated to have caused the deaths of 300k children. Who’s going to answer for this?
November 23, 2025 at 5:45 PM
DOGE is officially disbanding 8 months ahead of schedule, right as MTG, chair of DOGE oversight, announced her resignation. DOGE cost taxpayers hundreds of billions of dollars & is estimated to have caused the deaths of 300k children. Who’s going to answer for this?
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NEWS: I spent the past 24 hours going through major MAGA accounts on Twitter, and a bombshell development has become clear: most of the right-wing ecosphere is being fed propaganda from foreign actors.
This impacts elections. This impacts discourse. This is major. Subscribe to support my work:
This impacts elections. This impacts discourse. This is major. Subscribe to support my work:
NEWS: Major MAGA Accounts on Twitter Exposed as Foreign Actors
A stunning development over the past 24 hours.
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November 23, 2025 at 7:38 PM
NEWS: I spent the past 24 hours going through major MAGA accounts on Twitter, and a bombshell development has become clear: most of the right-wing ecosphere is being fed propaganda from foreign actors.
This impacts elections. This impacts discourse. This is major. Subscribe to support my work:
This impacts elections. This impacts discourse. This is major. Subscribe to support my work:
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Trump’s bill strips nursing, teachers, and other vital fields of professional status, cutting students off funding and threatening care while protecting tax breaks for the wealthy.
POLITICO Pro: Trump administration launches plan to dismantle Education Department
The department will shift responsibility for several of its core functions to other federal agencies.
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November 23, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Trump’s bill strips nursing, teachers, and other vital fields of professional status, cutting students off funding and threatening care while protecting tax breaks for the wealthy.
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Results from our annual State Supreme Court Diversity report:
- No Black justices in 24 states
- No Latino/a justices in 39 states & DC
- No Asian American justices in 42 states
- No Native American justices in 47 states & DC
Read more: bit.ly/3JW6lN6
- No Black justices in 24 states
- No Latino/a justices in 39 states & DC
- No Asian American justices in 42 states
- No Native American justices in 47 states & DC
Read more: bit.ly/3JW6lN6
State Supreme Court Diversity - November 2025 Update
Many state supreme courts lack diversity in terms of their justices’ race, ethnicity, gender, and professional background.
www.brennancenter.org
November 23, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Results from our annual State Supreme Court Diversity report:
- No Black justices in 24 states
- No Latino/a justices in 39 states & DC
- No Asian American justices in 42 states
- No Native American justices in 47 states & DC
Read more: bit.ly/3JW6lN6
- No Black justices in 24 states
- No Latino/a justices in 39 states & DC
- No Asian American justices in 42 states
- No Native American justices in 47 states & DC
Read more: bit.ly/3JW6lN6
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A stomach-churning, but important read.
A depraved and decadent Trump WH dinner for MBS was a stunning low for an American ruling class that's stopped pretending to carry a moral compass
It was really a celebration of death - of democracy, of an overheating planet, and ultimately themselves. My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/ceos...
It was really a celebration of death - of democracy, of an overheating planet, and ultimately themselves. My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/ceos...
The night America’s doomed ruling class gorged on lamb, blood, and oil
For America’s deeply corrupt billionaires, time heals all wounds — even from a murderous Saudi prince’s bone saw.
www.inquirer.com
November 23, 2025 at 7:01 PM
A stomach-churning, but important read.
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„Quiet, Piggy!“ Just think about that for a minute, and what it means to live in a time when a President can assault a woman in public like that without any consequences.
It‘s quite a testimony to the age of regression we live in.
It‘s quite a testimony to the age of regression we live in.
November 23, 2025 at 6:09 PM
„Quiet, Piggy!“ Just think about that for a minute, and what it means to live in a time when a President can assault a woman in public like that without any consequences.
It‘s quite a testimony to the age of regression we live in.
It‘s quite a testimony to the age of regression we live in.
“The 119th MAGA Congress is a sewer. It is a moral abomination. It is a late-stage cancer for the American republic. It is the sum of the founders’ fears come to life. The president has become speaker of the House, the US Senate has become a Politburo. There are no checks and balances.”
Well said.
Well said.
MTG’s justification for quitting seems to be her rupture with Trump. It's important to remember that the only oath MTG took was to the Constitution of the United States of America against all enemies foreign and domestic -- not one to Donald Trump.
steveschmidt.substack.com/p/no-bigger-...
steveschmidt.substack.com/p/no-bigger-...
No bigger sewer rat than MTG
PLUS: I'll be joining MS NOW's 'Velshi' at 12 pm ET TODAY -- hope you'll tune in!
steveschmidt.substack.com
November 23, 2025 at 6:20 PM
“The 119th MAGA Congress is a sewer. It is a moral abomination. It is a late-stage cancer for the American republic. It is the sum of the founders’ fears come to life. The president has become speaker of the House, the US Senate has become a Politburo. There are no checks and balances.”
Well said.
Well said.
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NEWS: Congressman faces retaliation for demanding the release of a "shocking" phone call between Trump and Saudi Arabia.
Thousands march to call for Trump's impeachment.
War in Venezuela seems imminent.
I also received a threat to my personal text messages... Subscribe to support my work:
Thousands march to call for Trump's impeachment.
War in Venezuela seems imminent.
I also received a threat to my personal text messages... Subscribe to support my work:
Important Evening News Update
Congressman faces retaliation for demanding the release of a "shocking" phone call between Trump and Saudi Arabia, thousands march for Trump's impeachment, war in Venezuela is imminent
open.substack.com
November 22, 2025 at 10:59 PM
NEWS: Congressman faces retaliation for demanding the release of a "shocking" phone call between Trump and Saudi Arabia.
Thousands march to call for Trump's impeachment.
War in Venezuela seems imminent.
I also received a threat to my personal text messages... Subscribe to support my work:
Thousands march to call for Trump's impeachment.
War in Venezuela seems imminent.
I also received a threat to my personal text messages... Subscribe to support my work:
Billions of dollars now flow into Trump family private equity firms.
"Really good friends": Trump embraces Saudi crown prince determined by US intelligence to have ordered the murder of a US resident, hosting a lavish White House visit even as his own family business negotiates lucrative deal with the Saudis @katierogersnyt.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/u...
Trump Lauds Saudi Prince in Lavish Visit, Brushing Off Journalist’s Killing
www.nytimes.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Billions of dollars now flow into Trump family private equity firms.
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Coast Guard allows Swastikas, nooses, and confederate flags.
The U.S. military accidentally conducts incursion into Mexico.
Senator Slotkin joins me to talk about intelligence agencies conducting operations on American soil and to respond to Trump's calls to execute her.
A major news update:
The U.S. military accidentally conducts incursion into Mexico.
Senator Slotkin joins me to talk about intelligence agencies conducting operations on American soil and to respond to Trump's calls to execute her.
A major news update:
Urgent Evening News Update
Coast Guard allows Swastikas, nooses, and confederate flags, U.S. military accidentally conducts incursion into Mexico, Senator Slotkin blasts Trump's calls to execute her, and much more.
open.substack.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Coast Guard allows Swastikas, nooses, and confederate flags.
The U.S. military accidentally conducts incursion into Mexico.
Senator Slotkin joins me to talk about intelligence agencies conducting operations on American soil and to respond to Trump's calls to execute her.
A major news update:
The U.S. military accidentally conducts incursion into Mexico.
Senator Slotkin joins me to talk about intelligence agencies conducting operations on American soil and to respond to Trump's calls to execute her.
A major news update:
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This should alarm everyone.
On Thursday, Florida, by unanimous vote, became the first state in the country to adopt “The Phoenix Declaration: An American Vision for Education.”
It was written by the Heritage Foundation, the same group behind Project 2025.
THIS IS INDOCTRINATION
On Thursday, Florida, by unanimous vote, became the first state in the country to adopt “The Phoenix Declaration: An American Vision for Education.”
It was written by the Heritage Foundation, the same group behind Project 2025.
THIS IS INDOCTRINATION
November 17, 2025 at 12:21 AM
This should alarm everyone.
On Thursday, Florida, by unanimous vote, became the first state in the country to adopt “The Phoenix Declaration: An American Vision for Education.”
It was written by the Heritage Foundation, the same group behind Project 2025.
THIS IS INDOCTRINATION
On Thursday, Florida, by unanimous vote, became the first state in the country to adopt “The Phoenix Declaration: An American Vision for Education.”
It was written by the Heritage Foundation, the same group behind Project 2025.
THIS IS INDOCTRINATION
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“Under the guise of getting the federal government out of education and parental rights, Trump’s plan . . . creates needless opportunities for the further enrichment of the wealthy, and drastically cuts support for public education.”
www.thebulwark.com/p/the-republ...
www.thebulwark.com/p/the-republ...
The Republican Attack on Public Education
Dismantling the Department of Education and pouring taxpayer dollars into private schools.
www.thebulwark.com
November 17, 2025 at 12:24 PM
“Under the guise of getting the federal government out of education and parental rights, Trump’s plan . . . creates needless opportunities for the further enrichment of the wealthy, and drastically cuts support for public education.”
www.thebulwark.com/p/the-republ...
www.thebulwark.com/p/the-republ...
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I mean, look, I'm not a reporter, so who am I to talk?
But on a day where the president both just called a woman reporter "Piggy" and is celebrating someone who had people bone saw apart one of my colleagues, I might just be a little ready to defend my colleagues and profession.
But that's just me
But on a day where the president both just called a woman reporter "Piggy" and is celebrating someone who had people bone saw apart one of my colleagues, I might just be a little ready to defend my colleagues and profession.
But that's just me
November 18, 2025 at 5:26 PM
I mean, look, I'm not a reporter, so who am I to talk?
But on a day where the president both just called a woman reporter "Piggy" and is celebrating someone who had people bone saw apart one of my colleagues, I might just be a little ready to defend my colleagues and profession.
But that's just me
But on a day where the president both just called a woman reporter "Piggy" and is celebrating someone who had people bone saw apart one of my colleagues, I might just be a little ready to defend my colleagues and profession.
But that's just me
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By 2026, 23,500 Guard troops will drill in crowd control. Trump once praised China’s deadly “strength.” History now asks what happens when that version of "strength" turns inward.
theintellectualistofficial.substack.com/p/pentagon-o...
theintellectualistofficial.substack.com/p/pentagon-o...
November 19, 2025 at 2:00 AM
By 2026, 23,500 Guard troops will drill in crowd control. Trump once praised China’s deadly “strength.” History now asks what happens when that version of "strength" turns inward.
theintellectualistofficial.substack.com/p/pentagon-o...
theintellectualistofficial.substack.com/p/pentagon-o...
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A reminder: Tariffs are a regressive tax. The anti-Robin Hood.
Trump's current tariff settings effectively impose a tax rate on low-income households that's roughly TRIPLE that on high-income folks. That's not the way taxes are supposed to work.
[source: budgetlab.yale.edu/research/sta...
Trump's current tariff settings effectively impose a tax rate on low-income households that's roughly TRIPLE that on high-income folks. That's not the way taxes are supposed to work.
[source: budgetlab.yale.edu/research/sta...
November 18, 2025 at 11:59 PM
A reminder: Tariffs are a regressive tax. The anti-Robin Hood.
Trump's current tariff settings effectively impose a tax rate on low-income households that's roughly TRIPLE that on high-income folks. That's not the way taxes are supposed to work.
[source: budgetlab.yale.edu/research/sta...
Trump's current tariff settings effectively impose a tax rate on low-income households that's roughly TRIPLE that on high-income folks. That's not the way taxes are supposed to work.
[source: budgetlab.yale.edu/research/sta...
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There's a lot about this that's fucked up, but moving children's education to the Labor Department underscores such a warped idea of what education is actually for www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
Trump administration launches plan to dismantle Education Department
The department will shift responsibility for several of its core functions to other federal agencies.
www.politico.com
November 18, 2025 at 8:50 PM
There's a lot about this that's fucked up, but moving children's education to the Labor Department underscores such a warped idea of what education is actually for www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
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Some of the responsibilities the administration aims to move were explicitly assigned to the U.S. Education Department by Congress, raising questions about the legality of these changes. n.pr/47KSHp6
Trump administration shares new moves to dismantle more of the Education Department
Some of the responsibilities the administration aims to move were explicitly assigned to the U.S. Education Department by Congress, raising questions about the legality of these changes.
n.pr
November 18, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Some of the responsibilities the administration aims to move were explicitly assigned to the U.S. Education Department by Congress, raising questions about the legality of these changes. n.pr/47KSHp6
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Trump & McMahon are lawlessly trying to abolish the Department of Education & tear down public education in America.
They know how unpopular this plan is—that's why despite Republican majorities in Congress, they're choosing to do this ILLEGALLY.
They know how unpopular this plan is—that's why despite Republican majorities in Congress, they're choosing to do this ILLEGALLY.
Senator Murray Statement on Trump’s Latest Steps to Keep Illegally Dismantling the Department of Education—Abandoning Students Nationwide - Senator Patty Murray
Washington, D.C. — Today, Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Vice Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee and a senior member and former chair of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and P...
www.murray.senate.gov
November 18, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Trump & McMahon are lawlessly trying to abolish the Department of Education & tear down public education in America.
They know how unpopular this plan is—that's why despite Republican majorities in Congress, they're choosing to do this ILLEGALLY.
They know how unpopular this plan is—that's why despite Republican majorities in Congress, they're choosing to do this ILLEGALLY.
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Trump says he will sell our most advanced fighter jets to the Saudis, who US intelligence says killed journalist Jamal Khashoggi in 2018. Looks like Saudi Arabia’s billion-dollar business deals with the Trump family are paying off. This is outrageous.
November 17, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Trump says he will sell our most advanced fighter jets to the Saudis, who US intelligence says killed journalist Jamal Khashoggi in 2018. Looks like Saudi Arabia’s billion-dollar business deals with the Trump family are paying off. This is outrageous.
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I will not be buying any World Cup tickets or merchandise due to FIFA’s collaboration with the Trump regime.
Gianni Infantino has a dictator fetish. It’s grotesque.
Gianni Infantino has a dictator fetish. It’s grotesque.
Fifa agrees World Cup matches can be moved at Trump’s request
The president has been warning host cities under Democratic control that he will call on Fifa’s president to switch venues if he deems there is a problem
www.thetimes.com
November 18, 2025 at 1:06 PM
I will not be buying any World Cup tickets or merchandise due to FIFA’s collaboration with the Trump regime.
Gianni Infantino has a dictator fetish. It’s grotesque.
Gianni Infantino has a dictator fetish. It’s grotesque.
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mr president sir theres a story coming about how you intervened to help a sex criminal. no sir, not that sex criminal you helped….no not that one either…sir, please stop guessing sex criminals that you helped. ill give you a hint sir, hes a trafficker. no sir, not that trafficker a different one
NEW: When Andrew Tate landed in the US, Customs & Border Protection seized his electronic devices. But @propublica.org found that a White House official told DHS to return the devices, emphasizing that the request came from the White House.
By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Schapiro
By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Schapiro
The White House Intervened on Behalf of Accused Sex Trafficker Andrew Tate During a Federal Investigation
Federal authorities were chided for seizing electronic devices from Tate and his brother, and told to return them, records and interviews show. Experts said the intervention was highly inappropriate.
www.propublica.org
November 18, 2025 at 1:10 PM
mr president sir theres a story coming about how you intervened to help a sex criminal. no sir, not that sex criminal you helped….no not that one either…sir, please stop guessing sex criminals that you helped. ill give you a hint sir, hes a trafficker. no sir, not that trafficker a different one
“The rise will be led by the West South Central region, which includes Texas, as electricity demand from data centers and cryptocurrency mining facilities in that region increases…
On Friday, Google announced plans to add $40 billion more of data centers in Texas through 2027.”
On Friday, Google announced plans to add $40 billion more of data centers in Texas through 2027.”
Data Centers, Crypto Mining To Push Electricity Costs Higher In 2026
Data Centers, Crypto Mining To Push Electricity Costs Higher In 2026
This week’s Current Climate newsletter also looks at Tesla’s engineering exodus and helping the electric truck market expand
www.forbes.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:55 AM
“The rise will be led by the West South Central region, which includes Texas, as electricity demand from data centers and cryptocurrency mining facilities in that region increases…
On Friday, Google announced plans to add $40 billion more of data centers in Texas through 2027.”
On Friday, Google announced plans to add $40 billion more of data centers in Texas through 2027.”