Steven L. Robinson

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[Politics & Poll Tracker 📡 @PollTracker2024]

RCP: Bill Maher endorses Graham Platner for US Senate in Maine

Maher on Platner: “I would still urge the folks in Maine to vote for him, for two reasons.”

“One, we need to restore balance in our government, and a Democratic Senate would help a lot with that.”

“And two, get used to it, America is a country filled with a lot of broken, horribly educated, phone addicted, sort of nutty people, and as long as we live in a representative democracy, we are always electing our reflection in the mirror.”

Link to article: https://t.co/qBZy6klPZr

[Steven L. Robinson @SlrRobinson]

@DougHenwood I always enjoy reading Henwood's posts but why on earth would the mindless algorithm put this "cannot connect to Facebook" post with my notifications? Perhaps Doug is right and it is civilization collapse.

[David Wallace-Wells @dwallacewells]

People have also been making the facile comparison for a long time, since before Brexit and Nigel Farage and much else to which the supposed decline is attributed.

[David Wallace-Wells @dwallacewells]

A generation ago, Giuliani and then Bloomberg set a template for city governance and urban revival that spread through the US and around the globe, lasting for decades. We may be seeing the arrival of a new paradigm—America's biggest cities turning left. https://t.co/koxnhKf8ws

[Steven L. Robinson @SlrRobinson]

@DavidAllen909 Thanks for your work!

[Bernie Sanders @BernieSanders]

What the U.S. Senate campaign in Maine is all about.

[Don McIntosh @nwlaborpress]

Dark Horse Comics is going union. Why? Workers at the popular comics publisher say prestige doesn’t pay. https://t.co/Skt9HOJCGl

[David Allen @DavidAllen909]

Food stall in Redlands offering frozen custard, a rare treat in the IE, closed last week. I went in for one last cup. Also: a few thoughts on the local election results, including a comeback in Pomona and an Uplander who got 260,000 votes. (gift link) https://t.co/QikDcKrJ5f

[Steven L. Robinson @SlrRobinson]

@DougHenwood Better question; Will it end?

[Steven L. Robinson @SlrRobinson]

@shouq_al90149 Tomasina, from the Disney TV series.

[Graham Platner for Senate @grahamformaine]

I would not be here, we would not be here, without Bernie Sanders and his long, often lonely fight.

We are fighting the wealthiest people in human history, fighting the billionaire class for our right to live in dignity.

The tide is turning. Right now, right here, in Maine.

[Fox News @FoxNews]

Anti-Israel agitators. Climate activists. Communist groups.

Experts warn a growing activist network united by anti-American sentiment — and in some cases China-linked funding networks — is now targeting America’s AI infrastructure and industrial power.

Fox News Digital found many of the same movements protesting side-by-side across the country, including groups opposing new AI data centers over energy and environmental concerns.

“What all of these protests have in common ... is that anti-American trend within them,” Hudson Institute fellow Zineb Riboua told Fox News Digital.

[Doug Henwood @DougHenwood]

Uh oh

[Ryan Grim @ryangrim]

Pretty impressive run for Mamdani here

[Sara Mary ⭐❤️ @saniyafatma1278]

I brought my baby home from the shelter the other day. Meet Peanut.. She was sitting quietly in her kennel when I first saw her—tiny, wide-eyed, and trying to be brave. When the volunteer placed her in my arms, she tucked her little head under my chin like she had finally found somewhere safe to rest. That was it. I was hers. The ride home was soft purrs and curious glances out of the carrier. By the time we walked through the front door, she stepped out like she already owned the place.

[David Sirota @davidsirota]

AFL-CIO endorsement of @grahamformaine on May Day

[David Wallace-Wells @dwallacewells]

At least 70 percent of the energy produced by burning gasoline is wasted by cars in the form of heat. Across the entire fossil fuel system, about two thirds of the energy produced is simply wasted.

[Alex Callinicos @alexcallinicos.bsky.social @alex_callinicos]

https://t.co/ceTn88sJXX

[Ryan Grim @ryangrim]

Honestly all of these people have gone insane

[Ryan Grim @ryangrim]

HUGE: J Street now backs blocking all aid to Israel, including for “defensive” weapons like iron dome.

Just weeks ago this was a controversial position for Democrats, now J Street is backing it. A few years ago a Democrat could get censured for holding this position. @AOC moving on this moved the field.