Robin King
@robinnf.bsky.social
DC now, formerly Bangalore, Austin, Mexico City, Niagara Falls NY. Teach political economy of cities at Georgetown U; Researcher at World Resources Institute Ross Center for Sustainable Cities but views here are my own.
We all need some ice skating in our lives in the winter. Here are some places in the DC area. Although small, skating in the Sculpture Garden and looking up at the National Archives building is pretty spectacular, and a great break or end of the work day downtown. www.axios.com/local/washin...
Where to go ice skating around D.C. this winter
Winter olympics, here we come!
www.axios.com
November 30, 2025 at 7:50 PM
We all need some ice skating in our lives in the winter. Here are some places in the DC area. Although small, skating in the Sculpture Garden and looking up at the National Archives building is pretty spectacular, and a great break or end of the work day downtown. www.axios.com/local/washin...
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November 30, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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I like these suggestions from @michellegoldberg.bsky.social for Giving Tuesday - immigrants rights organizations -
*Immigrant Defenders Law Center
*National Day Laborer Organizing Network
Out of gift articles for the month - if someone can post a gift link in replies, grateful 🙏
*Immigrant Defenders Law Center
*National Day Laborer Organizing Network
Out of gift articles for the month - if someone can post a gift link in replies, grateful 🙏
Opinion | Give to Groups Defending Immigrants From ICE
www.nytimes.com
November 28, 2025 at 8:13 PM
I like these suggestions from @michellegoldberg.bsky.social for Giving Tuesday - immigrants rights organizations -
*Immigrant Defenders Law Center
*National Day Laborer Organizing Network
Out of gift articles for the month - if someone can post a gift link in replies, grateful 🙏
*Immigrant Defenders Law Center
*National Day Laborer Organizing Network
Out of gift articles for the month - if someone can post a gift link in replies, grateful 🙏
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Carolers raise their voices in a Home Depot parking lot in song. Their message to stop deportations gets attention, hits hard, & gets support.
If you are like me and can’t sing, join me in boycotting Home Depot & let them know helping ICE will cost them money. #WeAintBuyingIt
If you are like me and can’t sing, join me in boycotting Home Depot & let them know helping ICE will cost them money. #WeAintBuyingIt
November 29, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Carolers raise their voices in a Home Depot parking lot in song. Their message to stop deportations gets attention, hits hard, & gets support.
If you are like me and can’t sing, join me in boycotting Home Depot & let them know helping ICE will cost them money. #WeAintBuyingIt
If you are like me and can’t sing, join me in boycotting Home Depot & let them know helping ICE will cost them money. #WeAintBuyingIt
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America, It's Not You, It's...
November 28, 2025 at 7:11 PM
America, It's Not You, It's...
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Make Uber aware and if they don’t do anything, add them to the boycott list
ICE is using Uber stickers in order to disguise themselves and kidnap people. Spread this for awareness!
November 29, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Make Uber aware and if they don’t do anything, add them to the boycott list
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“The National Guard is stranded somewhere on this battlefield of partisan politics. They are not ready for this arena, and we should never have asked them to be. Politics is not a military mission.” @juliettekayyem.bsky.social
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
A Terrible and Avoidable Tragedy in D.C.
Trump was warned that members of the military could be attacked.
www.theatlantic.com
November 28, 2025 at 2:39 PM
“The National Guard is stranded somewhere on this battlefield of partisan politics. They are not ready for this arena, and we should never have asked them to be. Politics is not a military mission.” @juliettekayyem.bsky.social
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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🔥POWERFUL AD ABOUT ICE AGENTS: “What will you say when your kids ask you about your day? A mask can’t hide you from your neighbors, your family, God… you can walk away, but the shame will follow you home.”
November 27, 2025 at 9:43 PM
🔥POWERFUL AD ABOUT ICE AGENTS: “What will you say when your kids ask you about your day? A mask can’t hide you from your neighbors, your family, God… you can walk away, but the shame will follow you home.”
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💥Day 205 was a big one!
Thanks to all of our partners that made everyone's vision of Remove the Regime possible!
@50501dc.bsky.social was invaluable in organizing this march! (And a million other things 11.20-11.22.)
Video credit: @burningriverbrigad.bsky.social
#FuelTheFLARE #YouCantScareFLARE
Thanks to all of our partners that made everyone's vision of Remove the Regime possible!
@50501dc.bsky.social was invaluable in organizing this march! (And a million other things 11.20-11.22.)
Video credit: @burningriverbrigad.bsky.social
#FuelTheFLARE #YouCantScareFLARE
November 27, 2025 at 5:51 PM
💥Day 205 was a big one!
Thanks to all of our partners that made everyone's vision of Remove the Regime possible!
@50501dc.bsky.social was invaluable in organizing this march! (And a million other things 11.20-11.22.)
Video credit: @burningriverbrigad.bsky.social
#FuelTheFLARE #YouCantScareFLARE
Thanks to all of our partners that made everyone's vision of Remove the Regime possible!
@50501dc.bsky.social was invaluable in organizing this march! (And a million other things 11.20-11.22.)
Video credit: @burningriverbrigad.bsky.social
#FuelTheFLARE #YouCantScareFLARE
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It’s getting real for Home Depot. The flash mob is only the warm up, the nationwide boycott hits on November 27th.
Chant: “Tax the rich tax, the motherf*cking rich.”
Chant: “Tax the rich tax, the motherf*cking rich.”
November 26, 2025 at 6:01 PM
It’s getting real for Home Depot. The flash mob is only the warm up, the nationwide boycott hits on November 27th.
Chant: “Tax the rich tax, the motherf*cking rich.”
Chant: “Tax the rich tax, the motherf*cking rich.”
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FYI: the “disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan” was negotiated and begun by…. Donald Trump
November 27, 2025 at 3:12 PM
FYI: the “disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan” was negotiated and begun by…. Donald Trump
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Bowser on injured National Guard members: "These young people should be at home in West Virginia with their families"
November 27, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Bowser on injured National Guard members: "These young people should be at home in West Virginia with their families"
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SCOOP—In August, nearly 200 current/former FEMA staffers published the Katrina Declaration, a whistleblower letter detailing all the dangers posed by current leadership.
All current employees were put on indefinite leave, and now I've learned one has been fired in violation of federal protections:
All current employees were put on indefinite leave, and now I've learned one has been fired in violation of federal protections:
FEMA employee terminated for signing whistleblower letter
It appears to be a major violation of federal whistleblower protections and constitutional rights.
www.thehandbasket.co
November 26, 2025 at 7:58 PM
SCOOP—In August, nearly 200 current/former FEMA staffers published the Katrina Declaration, a whistleblower letter detailing all the dangers posed by current leadership.
All current employees were put on indefinite leave, and now I've learned one has been fired in violation of federal protections:
All current employees were put on indefinite leave, and now I've learned one has been fired in violation of federal protections:
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Trump doesn't care that his deployment of the National Guard is dangerous — but the governors deploying these Guard members should.
We're calling on Governors Ivey, Kemp, Landry, Reeves, DeWine, Lee, and Morrisey to recall their Guard members from DC. Email all seven: bit.ly/seven-governors
We're calling on Governors Ivey, Kemp, Landry, Reeves, DeWine, Lee, and Morrisey to recall their Guard members from DC. Email all seven: bit.ly/seven-governors
November 27, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Trump doesn't care that his deployment of the National Guard is dangerous — but the governors deploying these Guard members should.
We're calling on Governors Ivey, Kemp, Landry, Reeves, DeWine, Lee, and Morrisey to recall their Guard members from DC. Email all seven: bit.ly/seven-governors
We're calling on Governors Ivey, Kemp, Landry, Reeves, DeWine, Lee, and Morrisey to recall their Guard members from DC. Email all seven: bit.ly/seven-governors
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This is a really big story that should not be missed. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
DOJ Says Noem Made Final Decision on El Salvador Removals in Breach of Court Order
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
November 27, 2025 at 12:38 AM
This is a really big story that should not be missed. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Awful. Trump admin is deporting a 23-year-old NC woman who came here at the age of 14 as an unaccompanied minor. Her father was murdered and mother died of cancer. All she has are two traffic citations, per this report from Charlotte Observer's Dan Kane:
www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politic...
www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politic...
November 26, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Awful. Trump admin is deporting a 23-year-old NC woman who came here at the age of 14 as an unaccompanied minor. Her father was murdered and mother died of cancer. All she has are two traffic citations, per this report from Charlotte Observer's Dan Kane:
www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politic...
www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politic...
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🚨🚨🚨 An explosive new House Judiciary Committee report exposes the Trump family’s multi-billion-dollar crypto empire, fueled by self-dealing and corrupt foreign interests, the dismantling of anti-corruption safeguards, and pardons for corporate cronies.
These Crypto Giants Sent Trump Money. His Administration Let Them Off Easy
It took more than fame for Trump and his sons to build a crypto empire. They also got a lot of help from industry insiders, many of whom happened to need a hand from the president.
www.forbes.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:36 PM
🚨🚨🚨 An explosive new House Judiciary Committee report exposes the Trump family’s multi-billion-dollar crypto empire, fueled by self-dealing and corrupt foreign interests, the dismantling of anti-corruption safeguards, and pardons for corporate cronies.
Thank you, Brazil, for showing us how it’s done . Obrigada! www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Jair Bolsonaro ordered to start 27-year prison term for plotting Brazil coup
Ex-president to start serving term in 12 sq metre bedroom in police base in Brasília after time for appeals elapses
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Thank you, Brazil, for showing us how it’s done . Obrigada! www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
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ICYMI: with the strike of a pen, nursing no longer considered a professional degree by Trump administration along with other health care professions.
Why is this regime defunding and demoting credentialed professional healthcare??!!
www.wpr.org/news/nursing...
Why is this regime defunding and demoting credentialed professional healthcare??!!
www.wpr.org/news/nursing...
November 24, 2025 at 3:00 AM
ICYMI: with the strike of a pen, nursing no longer considered a professional degree by Trump administration along with other health care professions.
Why is this regime defunding and demoting credentialed professional healthcare??!!
www.wpr.org/news/nursing...
Why is this regime defunding and demoting credentialed professional healthcare??!!
www.wpr.org/news/nursing...
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THIS
the economic success of the U.S. is significantly built on the land grant universities and in particular their excellent agricultural science tradition.
Really important to stress that the Crown Jewels of the US higher education system were never the Ivies or elite SLACs (other countries have equivalents of these) but the well-funded, large, cheap, and excellently staffed public state university systems bringing high quality education to the masses.
November 24, 2025 at 3:05 AM
THIS
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Americans are largely opposed to attacking Venezuela.
November 24, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Americans are largely opposed to attacking Venezuela.
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ICE is on the ground in New Orleans. Proud of my city for standing up for the constitution, due process and human rights.
We have a large Latino population. Tonight, the streets here are EMPTY. People are afraid. #StopICE
#USDemocracy #Voices4Victory
We have a large Latino population. Tonight, the streets here are EMPTY. People are afraid. #StopICE
#USDemocracy #Voices4Victory
November 23, 2025 at 3:30 AM
ICE is on the ground in New Orleans. Proud of my city for standing up for the constitution, due process and human rights.
We have a large Latino population. Tonight, the streets here are EMPTY. People are afraid. #StopICE
#USDemocracy #Voices4Victory
We have a large Latino population. Tonight, the streets here are EMPTY. People are afraid. #StopICE
#USDemocracy #Voices4Victory
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In Monrovia, California, protesters are purchasing 17¢ ICE scrapers from Home Depot and immediately returning them to create long lines and slow down the entire store. Their aim is to disrupt sales and convey a message opposing ICE raids occurring in their neighborhood.
November 23, 2025 at 11:37 AM
In Monrovia, California, protesters are purchasing 17¢ ICE scrapers from Home Depot and immediately returning them to create long lines and slow down the entire store. Their aim is to disrupt sales and convey a message opposing ICE raids occurring in their neighborhood.
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Please note.
Brazil’s federal police on Saturday arrested former president Jair Bolsonaro over suspicion he was plotting to escape and avoid starting a 27-year prison sentence for leading a coup attempt.
Brazil's ex-president Bolsonaro arrested over alleged plot to escape and avoid 27-year prison term
Brazil’s Supreme Court has ordered the arrest of former President Jair Bolsonaro over claims he was planning to escape before starting his 27-year prison sentence for leading a coup attempt.
apnews.com
November 23, 2025 at 3:40 AM
Please note.