Robert Hood
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Robert Hood
@rghood.bsky.social
Oregon State University graduate, Oregonian who lived in San Francisco for 20 years. Australian Rules Football fan and St. Kilda tragic. Proud Democrat. Love of my life, Donna Hood.
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DHS employees entered our store this afternoon and served us a Notice of Inspection, demanding copies of I9 forms for each employee.

In 27 years as shopkeepers, we have never been subjected to this type of investigation.
January 17, 2026 at 12:23 AM
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21YEARS OLD …21 YEAR OLD
FOR THE REST OF HIS LIFE‼️
WHAT IF THIS WAS YOUR CHILD?
⁦‪@GOP‬⁩ ⁦‪@SenateGOP‬⁩ ⁦‪@HouseGOP‬⁩
January 17, 2026 at 12:50 AM
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He’s turned the presidency into the world’s largest ATM machine.
January 17, 2026 at 12:40 AM
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NEW: Despite major losses in California and Oregon, the Trump DOJ is doubling down — suing Virginia for refusing to hand over its voters’ personal data.

Virginia is now the 24th state targeted in a nationwide push that threatens voters and elections.
DOJ sues Virginia for access to voter rolls, as courts reject effort in other states
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
January 17, 2026 at 12:51 AM
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Why would you want Trump goons to extract your passwords and check your social media posts?

That's what happens to every person entering the USA. And if they don't like what they see, you get deported, with possibly a few nights in jail in between.
January 17, 2026 at 12:53 AM
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The Fragile State of American Democracy: Why Polls Won’t Save a Nation on the Brink

As disapproval for the current administration reaches historic highs, the focus shifts from election cycles to the chilling expansion of paramilitary forces

thelefthook.substack.com/p/the-fragil...
January 17, 2026 at 12:56 AM
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Today, Donald Trump--the president of the United States and a man with a history of election subversion--said: "We shouldn’t even have an election" in 2026.

While legacy media has largely ignored this story, Democracy Docket has covered it from multiple angles. Support its work. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0
January 16, 2026 at 2:36 AM
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"Donald Trump says Americans “don’t need” Canadian products, and that the Canada-U.S.-Mexico agreement on trade is irrelevant.

Trade and supply chain experts, industry groups and official data in both countries say the U.S. president is dead wrong." www.thestar.com/business/tru...
Trade experts explain why Trump is ‘dreaming in Technicolor’ if he thinks Americans ‘don’t need’ Canada
From crude oil to lumber and aluminum, 'you can’t reverse 60 years of integrated supply chains in a couple of months or years. It’s just not going to happen overnight.'
www.thestar.com
January 16, 2026 at 3:26 AM
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Oh wow. Trump got a hand-me-down Nobel Peace Prize! Did you know:

It would not be the first time a Nobel laureate has given his or her medal away: in 1943 Nobel Literature laureate Knut Hamsun gave his medal to Nazi propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels.
January 16, 2026 at 2:19 AM
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Marlins will enter the season with around a $60 million payroll, Dodgers' 6-hole hitter Kyle Tucker with be making $60 million dollars lol
January 16, 2026 at 3:30 AM
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The Trump regime's affordability plan has finally arrived
January 16, 2026 at 3:32 AM
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French President Macron hints at the possible air defense system that Greenland may be provided: ''The SAMP/T next generation is a largely French and European system, the best in the world. It is more effective than the [US] Patriot system.''
January 16, 2026 at 3:36 AM
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So the Senate GOP just Declared War. Thats how this should be reported and treated imo. Let’s not sugar coat it.
The Senate is now waiting on Vice President JD Vance to break the tie and deliver a victory to the GOP. Hawley R-MO and Young R-IN have switched sides after voting last week to advance this war powers plan on Venezuela to the Senate floor.
January 15, 2026 at 12:25 AM
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If a person in Minneapolis is caught protesting or simply turning down the wrong street while driving, they are likely to face a wall of masked and armed agents.
This is what ICE descending on Minneapolis looks like
Photos show the terror and resistance taking over Minnesota's largest city.
www.motherjones.com
January 14, 2026 at 9:30 PM
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Pentagon accused of 'participating in a strategic suicide pact' with Trump as war looms
Pentagon accused of 'participating in a strategic suicide pact' with Trump as war looms
While the focus of most Americans is on the invasion of Minnesota by lawless masked agents of the Department of Homeland Security who are grabbing U.S. citizens off the streets, former conservative campaign advisor Rick Wilson raised the alarm that the Pentagon appears to be going full steam ahead w...
bit.ly
January 14, 2026 at 9:30 PM
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The first numbers are in.

Over 1 million fewer people have signed up for insurance on the ACA than at this time last year. This is Trump's premium hikes at work.

In the wealthiest nation on earth, millions are being forced to go without health care.

It's a moral tragedy.
January 13, 2026 at 10:42 PM
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I tried to pull together a list of the Democratic officials who’ve been targeted by Team Trump in recent months.

It took a while.

Tim Walz, Letitia James, Adam Schiff, Eric Swalwell, Elissa Slotkin, Mark Kelly, Jason Crow, and on and on. www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
Democrats’ Slotkin joins a growing target list for Trump’s weaponized administration
Just how many Democratic officials have been targeted in recent months? The answer reflects an administration in thrall to a personal vendetta.
www.ms.now
January 14, 2026 at 9:36 PM
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Just want to stress that this was a woman who was simply trying to get to a doctor's appointment.
We are so far past the Rubicon that it isn't worth having a discussion anymore as to whether Trump is acting as an authoritarian. The only question is whether we have the strength and courage to get back to the other side.
January 14, 2026 at 9:37 PM
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Federal investigators are looking into Renee Good’s possible activist connections, raising worries of a broader effort to tamp down on protest as the White House looks to deflect blame away from the ICE agent who shot and killed her last week in Minneapolis.
FBI’s ICE Shooting Inquiry Examines Renee Good’s Possible Ties to Activist Groups
Former department officials warned that such a broad inquiry raised the specter that forms of political protests could be criminalized.
nyti.ms
January 13, 2026 at 1:40 AM
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Breaking NYT:

Federal investigators assigned to the killing of Renee Good are looking into her possible connections to activist groups.

It's in line with the admin's strategy of deflecting blame toward opponents they describe as domestic terrorists — without providing evidence.
F.B.I. Inquiry Into ICE Shooting Is Examining Victim’s Possible Ties to Activist Groups
www.nytimes.com
January 13, 2026 at 1:40 AM
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Dollar wobbles as markets fret about threat to Fed independence reut.rs/4sIgcaQ
Dollar wobbles as markets fret about threat to Fed independence
The dollar held to its losses on Tuesday after the Trump administration opened a criminal investigation into Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, a move that threatens the central bank's independence and faith in U.S. assets.
reut.rs
January 13, 2026 at 1:40 AM
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In other words, she doesn't want to answer that very simple question because the truthful answer to it unravels the admin's entire preposterously false narrative that these shots were made by an officer in fear of his life.
January 11, 2026 at 4:06 PM
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As a reminder, here are texts Charles Exum wrote bragging abt shooting Marimar Martinez in Chicago on 10/4.

Exum yelled "Do something bitch" as he shot, first through windshield, then side window. ALSO a Greg Bovino deployment. ALSO a weapons instructor.

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
January 10, 2026 at 3:27 PM
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@kamalaharris.com told us exactly what would happen.
Kamala Harris at her closing campaign rally:

"Donald Trump intends to use the United States Military against American citizens who simply disagree with him."
January 10, 2026 at 3:29 PM
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"It's shameful that the government can come out and lie about what happened when there's video and witnesses who have all come out and disputed what the government is saying."

Warriors coach Steve Kerr was asked about the ICE shooting in Minneapolis. Here are his full comments:
January 10, 2026 at 1:45 AM