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Rob MacKnight

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4 kids, four grandsons, decades of baseball, still seeking peace, love, and a perfect game.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
When I said three years ago that egg companies were using the avian flu as cover to price-gouge, Fox News called me crazy. But new documents from a major federal investigation reveal the truth. Watch. youtu.be/aGa7YNNC1R0
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Fox News Mocked Me For Being Right
When I said three years ago that egg companies were using the avian flu as cover to price-gouge, Fox News called me craz
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Gas prices hit $4.46 a gallon today — a gain of 17 cents over the previous week and $1.26 higher than the same point last year. Diesel prices are up more than $2.74 from a year ago. Families, farmers, and truckers are all getting squeezed. Meanwhile...
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
I remember when polio put my friends into iron lungs. We lined up at school to get vaccinated. We eradicated the disease. We protected the common good and saved lives. Now, two MORE unvaccinated people have died from measles. What RFK Jr. is doing to public health in America is a disgrace.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
You’re probably going to hear a lot of fearmongering from Trump and Republicans about “socialism” over the next two days. But what are they really afraid of?
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Uber just announced it will lay off 10% of its workforce, or around 3,300 workers. Last year, Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi made $35M — 360 times his median employee's pay — and announced a $20B stock buyback program to further enrich shareholders and himself. Textbook corporate greed.
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Rob MacKnight @robmacknight.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
No calm world with Putin around: Putin Pledges Increased Strikes in Ukraine and Support for Iran www.nytimes.com/2026/09/01/w...
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Putin Pledges Increased Strikes in Ukraine and Support for Iran
The Russian president promised continued retaliation against the Ukrainians and “full solidarity” with Iran.
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Jen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Homeland Security Made a Big Claim About Noncitizen Voting. Now It Can’t Prove It. ... no shit www.nytimes.com/2026/08/20/u...
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Homeland Security Made a Big Claim About Noncitizen Voting. Now It Can’t Prove It.
The Department of Homeland Security told Nevada election officials that it identified 185 “potential” noncitizens on the state’s voter rolls, not the nearly 16,000 it claimed last month.
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Rob MacKnight @robmacknight.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Trump’s heartless legacy. But, yeah, let’s double the Defense Budget…
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jb592353.bsky.social @jb592353.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Corruption from top down through the whole family! FDT and the whole Trump Family! Next president better seize all money they grifted!
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
🚨BREAKING: The American Postal Workers Union (APWU) says it is “deeply alarmed” about the United States Postal Service’s (USPS) new rule created to carry out President Donald Trump’s plans for restricting mail-in voting. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Postal workers lash out against new USPS rule that helps Trump’s attack on mail-in voting
The American Postal Workers Union says it “rejects the premise” that the USPS needed to comply with Trump’s anti-mail voting order.
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Rob MacKnight @robmacknight.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
😂 This clown is the President of the USA. How collectively DUMB is the USA?
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Rob MacKnight @robmacknight.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
We give them billions, back them politically, and they… Pentagon Sees Growing Espionage Threat From Israel www.nytimes.com/2026/06/06/u...
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Pentagon Sees Growing Espionage Threat From Israel
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Rob MacKnight @robmacknight.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Anthony Head, Buffy’s Watcher and a ‘Ted Lasso’ Heel, Dies at 72 www.nytimes.com/2026/06/05/a...
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Anthony Head, Buffy’s Watcher and a ‘Ted Lasso’ Heel, Dies at 72
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Rob MacKnight @robmacknight.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Why are the affluent too often favored? Trump Keeps Immunity from I.R.S., a Victory in a Long-Running Feud www.nytimes.com/2026/06/05/u...
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Trump Keeps Immunity from I.R.S., a Victory in a Long-Running Feud
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Rob MacKnight @robmacknight.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Science! One-and-Done Heart Disease Prevention? Scientists Show It May Be Possible. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/25/h...
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One-and-Done Heart Disease Prevention? Scientists Show It May Be Possible.
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The Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Paxton wants Texans to believe Talarico is some kind of godless liberal. Here's what he talked about with Colbert three months ago.
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Rob MacKnight @robmacknight.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
‘60 Minutes’ Journalist Who Accused CBS of Political Meddling Loses Her Deal www.nytimes.com/2026/05/27/b...
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‘60 Minutes’ Journalist Who Accused CBS of Political Meddling Loses Her Deal
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
Meidas Touch: Tina Peters went to prison for illegally letting a Mike Lindell associate copy sensitive Dominion voting machine data in her Colorado county to chase fake 2020 fraud claims, causing passwords and secrets to leak online. Not for her "strange beliefs."
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Rob MacKnight @robmacknight.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Shell Reports Nearly $7 Billion Profit Amid ‘Unprecedented Disruption’ www.nytimes.com/2026/05/07/b...
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Shell Reports Nearly $7 Billion Profit Amid ‘Unprecedented Disruption’
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
"Right now, our industry is afraid of the wrong things. We’re afraid of offending power. We’re afraid of losing access. We’re afraid of another baseless lawsuit... "There is a fine line between being a team player and being an accomplice...” www.theguardian.com/media/2026/a...
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Rob MacKnight @robmacknight.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
😂 Smog in Phoenix and Salt Lake City? The E.P.A. Is Blaming Asia. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/30/c...
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Smog in Phoenix and Salt Lake City? The E.P.A. Is Blaming Asia.
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Cannot stress enough that what's happening now and will accelerate over next few weeks is a big spike in fuel costs paid for by every American that will flow *directly* into insane, unprecedented profits for American oil companies. They're going to be the big winners of this.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
"I don't think people are sufficiently prepared notwithstanding what happened in 2021, for the possibility that he will try to fuck with this election. And he will. He's already basically telling us that's what he's going to do, just the same way he told us he would do that in 2020."
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Rob MacKnight @robmacknight.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
If there is a Hell…
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
DOJ demanded voter files from all 50 states. DOJ sued 31 states for refusing their demand. My law firm intervened to protect voters in those cases. DOJ is now 0-5. My firm is 5-0. Lesson: When we fight we win.
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Rob MacKnight @robmacknight.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17/04/2026
Stevens to RFK Jr: "To top it off, Mr Secretary, I got a copy of HR-944. You know what it is? It's your impeachment articles, sir. You have abused your office, you have gutted America's public health! You should be ashamed."
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 05/04/2026
New Attorney General Todd Blanche has officially closed the Epstein files. Peculiar timing for Pam Bondi's departure. Check out this and more from my Weekend Video on Substack. Link in reply.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
Reminder that as a corporate lobbyist, Pam Bondi represented scores of clients facing federal regulatory scrutiny — including Amazon, Uber, and GM. She also represented the government of Qatar and ICE contractor GEO Group. She was a walking, talking conflict of interest at the DOJ.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 02/04/2026
Raskin: "It doesn't give me a lot of comfort that Todd Blanche is now the acting AG. This is the guy who transferred Ghislaine Maxwell from the higher security prison to the low security prison camp in Texas."
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Rob MacKnight @robmacknight.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
Easy path to being an historically unpopular President:
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Rob MacKnight @robmacknight.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Fewer profits in being kind. War is good for business. Eisenhower warned us about getting sucked into relying on the Military Industrial Complex, but the dark side of Capitalism has won out, so it’s constantly with us.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
Donald Trump just started a war and is plotting to steal the 2026 election. Meanwhile, his buddy David Ellison just won control of CNN. Democracy Docket is fiercely independent and pro-democracy. No corporate investors. It will never back down. Support it by subscribing now. bit.ly/4qmEiFz
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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
The President has launched our nation and our great military into a war of choice, risking American lives and resources, ignoring American law, and endangering our allies and partners. It does nothing to help with the urgent problems here at home that Americans face every day.
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Joaquin Castro @joaquincastrotx.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
An ICE agent shot and killed Ruben Ray Martinez, a US citizen and San Antonio resident, in March 2025. Then ICE and the Texas Department of Public Safety covered it up. He was 23 years old. I am calling for a full investigation into this shooting, including why there was an 8-month cover up.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 20/02/2026
Neal Katyal: "In America, the chief justice said only Congress can impose taxes on the American people, and that's what tariffs are. Tariffs are taxes."
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Rob MacKnight @robmacknight.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
In 2025, Trade Deficit in Goods Reached Record High www.nytimes.com/2026/02/19/b...
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In 2025, Trade Deficit in Goods Reached Record High
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Brymo @brymo.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Who needs to see a Stargazer Lily today? (Lilium 'Stargazer') #photography #art #flowers #bloomscroll
Macro photograph of a pink stargazer Lily
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Rob MacKnight @robmacknight.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Good!
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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Republicans are still trying to pass the SAVE Act—a bill that would make it harder to vote and disenfranchise millions of Americans. Join @redistrictingaction.org and tell your member of Congress to vote no: act.redistrictingaction.org/a/natl-saveact-cte
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
DHS should be abolished. Visiting high schools where people vote has nothing to do with its mandate.Suppressing the vote improves the security of no one. www.daytondailynews.com/local/homela...
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Homeland Security responds with statement after agents visited Ponitz high school
Three officials with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security visited Ponitz Career Technology High School Monday to investigate allegations of voter fraud, said David Lawrence, Dayton Public Schools ...
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
The Washington Post laid off one-third of its staff, despite being owned by the fourth-richest man on the planet. Billionaire control of the media is a threat to the free press.
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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 05/02/2026
Jeff Bezos’s wealth has increased an average of $70 million every day of 2026, meaning that he could have offset The Post’s losses with what he’s made since Monday.
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Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 05/02/2026
If Jeff Bezos could afford to spend $75 million on the Melania movie & $500 million for a yacht to sail off to his $55 million wedding to give his wife a $5 million ring, please don't tell me he needed to fire one-third of the Washington Post staff. Democracy dies in oligarchy.
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Jacob Redman @jacob-redman.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
On January 25, 1961, President John F. Kennedy held the first live televised presidential news conference from the State Department auditorium, drawing a total viewership of more than 60 million.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
I guess he just got lucky.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Chief Justice John Roberts turns 71 today. Two decades ago, I warned the Senate that confirming Roberts to the Supreme Court would be a disaster for working people. I'm sad to say I was proven right. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ir5kmPdRJLw
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How SCOTUS shapes economic rights for the little guy with Robert Reich
My testimony at John Roberts’ confirmation hearing.
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Rob MacKnight @robmacknight.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Anyone happy?
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Rob MacKnight @robmacknight.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
No question this is true:
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