Reposted by Rob McCorkleSarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social · 30/08/2026I warned of it *on her show* a decade ago! It was wildly controversial at the time, though it obviously should not have been. Shameful it took people so long to catch on: many lives could have been spared. 11304123
Reposted by Rob McCorkleRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 16/08/2026The cyclospora outbreak has reached 13,895 cases across 47 states. The FDA has recalled 1.6 million eggs due to salmonella contamination. Screwworm cases continue to rise. And we’ve just surpassed 2,500 measles cases — breaking 2025’s record. “Make America Healthy Again.” 862210317937
Reposted by Rob McCorkleWajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 04/08/2026If we weren't so broken, divided and led by corrupt rapists, this would be the biggest story of the week. But barely a blip. apnews.com/article/trum...apnews.comTrump accounts were closed in 2021 due to concerns over possible money laundering, Capital One saysCapital One closed President Donald Trump’s accounts in mid-2021 after flagging financial activity that resembled money laundering. 10728671063
Reposted by Rob McCorkleKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 30/05/2026Pablo makes a really important point here -- the people who are the real "threats to capitalism" are the billionaires who are showing everyone that the game is rigged. 27702191
Reposted by Rob McCorkleAcyn @acyn.bsky.social · 13/05/2026Beshear: The president finally said something that was true. He said he does not care about the financial situation of the American people. And you know what? The way he governs shows it. The Trump economy is a failure. The only failure that rivals the Trump economy is Trump’s foreign policy. 683072870
Reposted by Rob McCorkleDave Weigel @daveweigel.bsky.social · 16/07/2025Been on trail w Andy Beshear, thought this riff on why inclusive language can be unhelpful was interesting 56601111
Rob McCorkle @robmccorkle.bsky.social · 30/05/2025www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...theguardian.com‘Flooding could end southern Appalachia’: the scientists on an urgent mission to save livesGeologists race to collect perishable data as Kentucky residents ‘scared to death’ over floods amid Trump cuts 010
Reposted by Rob McCorkleJacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · 23/05/2025They blame pollution but cut the EPA and clean air and water regulations. They blame poor nutrition but cut SNAP and programs to bring local produce to schools. They blame increased screen time while destroying public infrastructure that connects people. All while they take millions off healthcare. 16076172792
Reposted by Rob McCorkleCharlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 14/05/2025While Gavin Newsom, governor of a state Trump lost by 20 points, is throwing marginalized communities under the bus to pander for an ill-fated presidential bid, Andy Beshear, governor of a state Trump won by 30 points, is going out of his way to defend marginalized communities as a moral imperative. 562537471
Reposted by Rob McCorkleLinda Blackford @lblackford.bsky.social · 06/03/2025Ky Poet Laureate @silashouse.bsky.social has some wise words about protecting our water from the ever-rapacious coal industry and their political shills www.kentucky.com/opinion/op-e...kentucky.comKY Poet Laureate Silas House: ‘We all know that water is holy.’ SB 89 will hurt us | OpinionOpEd: Our lakes, rivers, creeks, and springs are part of who we are as a people, literally and figuratively. And we all drink water every day. 0115
Reposted by Rob McCorkleSarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social · 17/02/2025"I was going to make a noose, but instead I made a basket." sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/the-crafts... 3655349
Reposted by Rob McCorkleGeorge Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 13/02/2025A nice op-ed attacking Trump by some guy named Mitch McC— … wait what??courier-journal.comMitch McConnell: Kentuckians can't afford the high cost of Trump's tariffsTrump administration tariffs could have long-term consequences for Kentucky farmers, bourbon companies, the auto industry and consumer prices. 107772681529
Reposted by Rob McCorkleAdam Cohen (My Personal Views Only) @axidentaliberal.bsky.social · 08/02/2025“This abrupt change..will have devastating consequences on medical science. Many people will lose jobs, clinical trials will halt, and this will slow down progress toward cures for cancer and effective prevention of illness” “A sane government would never do this” apple.news/AuphtalGfSpy...apple.newsNIH cuts billions of dollars in biomedical funding, effective immediately — The Washington PostResearchers say it would hurt facilities that work on medical issues such as cancer research and heart disease. Elon Musk contends the old policy was ‘a ripoff.’ 1071964928
Reposted by Rob McCorklesinestorian @sinestor.bsky.social · 03/02/2025“They want you to cheer your own demise, mistaking it for someone else’s.” 117151
Rob McCorkle @robmccorkle.bsky.social · 21/12/2024www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...theguardian.comHe’s anti-democracy and pro-Trump: the obscure ‘dark enlightenment’ blogger influencing the next US administrationKey figures in the incoming administration follow Curtis Yarvin, who’s pushing for an autocratic takeover of the US 020
Reposted by Rob McCorkleSarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social · 22/11/2024Full article here: sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/the-afterm...sarahkendzior.substack.comThe Aftermath PeopleThe killers of democracy don’t get to declare that it’s dead. 29660240
Reposted by Rob McCorkleSarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social · 15/11/2024sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/the-end-of... 11668208
