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Igor Bobic

@igorbobic.bsky.social
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Senior politics reporter / Senate basement dweller for HuffPost

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Arthur Delaney @delaneyrules.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
Moped delivery drivers disappearing from DC streets under Trump’s police takeover — which is looking more like an immigration crackdown than anything else www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
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Delivery Drivers ‘Targeted’ During Trump’s Militarized Takeover Of D.C. Police
Some of the highest-profile arrests during the D.C. “crime emergency” are of immigrants — especially delivery workers for companies like DoorDash.
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Igor Bobic @igorbobic.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
Threatening federal probes, banning media organizations, freezing funding — a month in and Trump’s revenge tour is in full swing. “Retribution for Donald Trump is like breathing for him,” one Dem senator said www.huffpost.com/entry/donald...
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Donald Trump’s Revenge Tour Is In Full Swing
The president is using the powers of the state to attack his political opponents, threaten federal investigations and ban media organizations.
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Igor Bobic @igorbobic.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
New: White House kicks out @huffpost.com reporter from press pool, breaking with decades of precedent www.huffpost.com/entry/white-...
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White House Kicks Out HuffPost Reporter From Press Pool
Breaking with decades of precedent, the Trump White House is insisting on the ability to choose which reporters cover the president.
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Citizen Cohn / Jonathan Cohn @citizencohn.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
More Republicans warning about Medicaid cuts This time it's the senators from West Virginia, which (not coincidentally) is among the states with the highest proportion of residents on Medicaid & CHIP Via @igorbobic.bsky.social & @delaneyrules.bsky.social www.huffpost.com/entry/medica...
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Proposed GOP Medicaid Cuts Could Hit These Red States Hardest
Republican lawmakers sound antsy about cutting a program that benefits many of their own constituents.
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Jen Bendery @jbendery.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
NEW: Elon Musk and his team have posted classified data on DOGE's new website www.huffpost.com/entry/elon-m...
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Elon Musk’s DOGE Posts Classified Data On Its New Website
“People are scrambling” to see if their sensitive information has been accessed by Musk’s programmers, said one federal intelligence employee.
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Igor Bobic @igorbobic.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
Bipartisan criticism for White House barring Associated Press reporters from events for 3rd day in a row today. Murkowski called it "pretty petty" while Murphy had a more blunt response “The freedom of the press is in the fucking Constitution," he said www.huffpost.com/entry/donald...
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Senators Slam White House For 'Petty' Decision To Bar Associated Press Reporters
“The freedom of the press is in the fucking Constitution," Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) said after AP reporters were excluded for the third day in a row.
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Arthur Delaney @delaneyrules.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Tim Walz weighing a Senate bid, source close to the gov tells me. Tina Smith vacating her seat in blue Minnesota. story w/ @igorbobic.bsky.social www.huffpost.com/entry/minnes...
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Democratic Sen. Tina Smith Won't Run For Reelection
The 66-year-old senator said she wanted to spend more time with her family.
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Igor Bobic @igorbobic.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Sen Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) says Trump is violating the law on firing agency watchdogs. Asked by HuffPost if he planned to alert Trump himself, Grassley said, “I just did, by talking to you.” www.huffpost.com/entry/donald...
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GOP Sen. Chuck Grassley Says Trump Isn't Following The Law
The Iowa Republican said the president needs to notify Congress before firing watchdogs in charge of rooting out waste, fraud and corruption.
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Igor Bobic @igorbobic.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
Scientists say NIH cuts are an "atomic bomb" on life-saving health research & many are afraid of reprisal for speaking out. “Virtually everyone I know has scrubbed their institutional information from all social media...It feels like a dark time is ahead," one said www.huffpost.com/entry/donald...
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Scientists Warn Trump's NIH Cuts Will Drop 'Atomic Bomb' On Health Research
“It feels like a dark time is ahead. We’re going to try to weather it, but we’re not optimistic that it’ll pass soon,“ lamented one biomedical researcher.
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Jen Bendery @jbendery.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Senate Republicans fold like little origami cranes to line up behind Trump's most disturbing cabinet picks www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-... w/ @igorbobic.bsky.social
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Republicans Fold Like Little Origami Cranes To Back Trump's Contentious Nominees
After flashes of resistance from a handful of GOP senators, all of Donald Trump’s cabinet picks are now sailing forward on a path to confirmation.
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Arthur Delaney @delaneyrules.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
Even some Republicans are a lil worried about DOGE. Story w/ @igorbobic.bsky.social www.huffpost.com/entry/elon-m...
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Even Some Republicans Are A Little Worried About DOGE
Two key senators said this week Elon Musk’s crusade against the federal bureaucracy has gone too far.
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Igor Bobic @igorbobic.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
Republicans are demolishing USAID as part of their quest to slash federal spending, but its $40 billion annual budget pales in comparison to their planned tax cut package that could total up to $11 trillion www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
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USAID Costs $40 Billion A Year. GOP Tax Cuts Could Total $11 Trillion Over A Decade.
Republicans readily admit the revenue loss from their tax proposals will be far larger than the spending cuts they’re envisioning.
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Igor Bobic @igorbobic.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
Trump issues freeze on federal spending for wide swath of government, could harm programs used by millions of Americans, including early childhood programs, and food and rent assistance.
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Trump Orders Freeze On All Federal Grants And Loans
Democrats warned that Trump’s latest order could harm programs used by millions of Americans, including early childhood programs, and food and rent assistance.
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Igor Bobic @igorbobic.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
“We believe in redemption. We believe in second chances,” Speaker Mike Johnson said this morning of people who assaulted police officers on Jan. 6 www.huffpost.com/entry/mike-j...
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'We Believe In Second Chances': Mike Johnson Defends Pardons For Cop Beaters
The House speaker also suggested that the mob riot at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, had been a peaceful protest.
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Igor Bobic @igorbobic.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
Normally, Congress passes a law and the administration then enforces it. Not in the case of TikTok, which is getting a pass from Trump and other one-time critics of the popular social media app.
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Congress Banned TikTok. What Happened Next Will (Not) Surprise You.
TikTok held firm and refused to be sold, Congress blinked, and now everyone is scrambling to avoid a backlash from its younger user base.
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Igor Bobic @igorbobic.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
A few lawmakers spoke out but most GOP senators give Trump a pass for pardoning violent offenders who assaulted police officers on Jan. 6, 2021. www.huffpost.com/entry/republ...
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Republicans Won't Denounce Trump's Pardons For Jan. 6 Rioters Who Beat Police Officers
A few lawmakers spoke out, but most GOP senators gave Trump a pass for pardoning violent offenders who assaulted police officers on Jan. 6, 2021.
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