Nick Roberts

Journalist | Former: @washingtonpost, @ucbsoj

[Nick Roberts @nickabroberts]

I broke out of my sandbox to write about Emma Cline’s new book Switzy for the @LAReviewofBooks.

Cline’s not interested solely in telling the story of a one-percenter’s final days. There’s something else going on.

What do you think?

https://t.co/u3QI8ix3It

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Russia keeps violating European airspace.

Many experts believe Russia is trying to highlight the United States’ ambivalence to international defense, particularly at a time when President Trump is cracking down on domestic political opponents.

#trump
#russia
#NATO
#drones

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Trump is going after political opponents like no US President before him.

Here are three recent examples of Trump’s double standards in targeting individuals.

#donaldtrump
#DOJ
#kashpatel
#jamescomey
#departmentofjustice

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8,100.

That’s the number of people the United States has deported to countries they didn’t come from since the second Trump administration.

And that number is probably a significant undercount.

#donaldtrump
#ICE
#migration
#deportation

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France today joined the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia and Portugal in formally recognizing Palestine as an independent state at the United Nations General Assembly in New York.

Here are four things to keep in mind.

#Palestine
#Israel
#Gaza
#twostatesolution
#donaldtrump

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Men account for 98 percent of mass shootings.

And yet, right-wing figures are trying to pin a rise in violence in the United States at least partially on trans people.

When you hear people blaming the transgender community for violence, here are five statistics to remember:

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Four things to know about the Jimmy Kimmel situation:

#donaldtrump
#jimmykimmel
#freespeech
#FCC
#ABC

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Three acts of right-wing violence Donald Trump won’t talk about since Charlie Kirk’s assassination.

#donaldtrump
#charliekirk
#politicalviolence
#rightwing
#leftwing

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The threat of far-right political violence.

#DonaldTrump
#CharlieKirk
#TurningPointUSA

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The problem with Trump’s examples of “radical left political violence.”

#donaldtrump
#charliekirk
#politicalviolence

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Here are the top four stories for Sept. 9, 2025.

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The Trump administration has made it way harder to track and control infectious disease across the globe. 

#trump
#worldhealthorganization
#CDC
#USAID
#infectiousdisease

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Here are the top three news stories for Monday, September 8, 2025.

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Is the U.S. economy slowing down? 

That’s what experts are seeing in the United States’ most recent jobs numbers, which show the country added only 22,000 jobs in August.

That’s far lower than the 75,000 jobs that were anticipated.

#trump
#economy
#jobs

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Is Donald Trump an authoritarian?

And are we living under authoritarianism?

There’s actually a theory that describes this strange time in our history.

It’s called the dual state theory.

#donaldtrump
#authoritarianism
#ICE
#undocumented

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The President wants to control our elections.

The thing is – the Constitution doesn’t give him that authority. 

But that hasn’t stopped him from trying.

#trump
#redistricting
#elections

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1918-1978 – HISTORY OF BARRIERS AT THE U.S.-MEXICO BORDER

#usborder #usmexicoborder #borderwall
#history #ushistory #unitedstates
#california #texas #arizona #trump

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1846-EARLY 1900S – HISTORY OF BARRIERS AT THE U.S.-MEXICO BORDER

#usborder #usmexicoborder #borderwall
#history #ushistory #unitedstates
#california #texas #arizona #trump

[Jason Paladino @jason_paladino]

The transcript has been posted here already, but you’ve got to listen to this exchange between @NPRMichel and @DHSgov Deputy Secretary Troy Edgar, who is unwilling to answer a simple question.

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New article published last week in The Post!

https://t.co/iSrZmlfuaU