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Rob McQuilkin

@rrmcq.bsky.social
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Literary agent at Massie & McQuilkin Literary Agents, avid gardener, devoted chicken keeper. Holding out hope for some recognizable continuation of this American experiment in democracy…

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Sarah Burnes @sarahburnes.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
"He was just walking around the street, and then Trump's people came up and asked him, "hey, do you want to come up and have food at the best restaurant in town?", says Steffen Kretz."
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
Here's the way I think of Cannon's intervention. First, it makes it more likely 11th C will rule against her. Nauta and DeOliveira REALLY do have a legal claim here. But no one in 11th C has a legal claim on the DC case. And I also think it more likely it'll be resolved in more interesting ways.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 07/01/2025
are any of the “we support trump because he will keep us out of the wars” people talking about these plans to seize territory by force?
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David Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · 03/01/2025
So, if the top advisor to the US president says this, we have to assume this is the position of the incoming government.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 26/12/2024
America has 815 billionaires as of this year. Collectively they have a record $6.7 trillion in wealth. The bottom 50% of Americans control $3.7 trillion in wealth. When 815 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 22/12/2024
AOC: “Oh, I don’t think we’re witnessing the START of an oligarchy. I think we are fully here.” 🇺🇸
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Joe Katz @joekatz45.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
That Daniel Penny and Daniel Perry and Kyle Rittenhouse and George Zimmerman are all walking around free in the most carceral nation in the world is something that demands a reckoning.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
According to the CBO, extending Trump's tax cuts for the rich would shrink the economy over the long run. Extending the cuts would also increase the deficit by $4.6 trillion and be used by Republicans as an excuse to gut programs millions rely on. It's reverse Robin Hood.
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Extending Trump’s Tax Cuts for the Wealthy Will Shrink the Economy, CBO Finds | U.S. Senate Committee On The Budget
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Rob McQuilkin @rrmcq.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
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Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield reverses decision to put a time limit on anesthesia — The San Diego Union-Tribune
One of the country’s largest health insurers reversed a change in policy Thursday after widespread outcry, saying it would not tie payments in some states to the length of time a patient went under an...
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Rob McQuilkin @rrmcq.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
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Ex-Tulsi Gabbard Aides Say She Was a Devout Consumer of Kremlin Propaganda Network — The Daily Beast
“There certainly isn’t any guarantee to Putin that we won’t try to overthrow Russia’s government,” Gabbard wrote in a 2017 memo to staff, obtained by ABC News.
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Rob McQuilkin @rrmcq.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
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Tesla suspends Cybertruck production. Who could have predicted this? — Mashable
Elon Musk's controversial electric truck may have dug its own box-shaped grave.
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Robin Jurczak @robinaj.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
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Amy Siskind @amysiskind.com · 30/11/2024
More pushback: Trump's pledge to kill Biden's signature climate law the IRA is running into the reality that many Republican lawmakers want to keep it, setting up a high-stakes showdown, per WSJ.
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Rob McQuilkin @rrmcq.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
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Pete Hegseth's Mom Calls Him 'Abuser of Women' in Released Email — Rolling Stone
Penelope Hegseth wrote that Donald Trump’s selection for secretary of defense “belittles, lies, cheats, sleeps around, and uses women for his own power and ego”
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Jami Reed @jamireed.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
If you don’t have a sexual assault allegation, are you even conservative?
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David Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Trump is systematically seeking to minimize the crime of sex abuse by nominating so many associated with sexual abuse to top jobs. He is seeking to further institutionalize the core mantra of MAGA "men," "Your body, my choice." The nominations are themselves therefore a form of sex abuse.
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Ebony M @ebonyabsolutely.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
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John Pavlovitz @johnpavlovitz.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
This election result isn't about Dem messaging. Kamala Harris and Tim Walz formed a balanced ticket filled with character, intellect, and genuine love for this country, and they delivered their vision beautifully and eloquently. johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/no-the-dem...
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No, the Democratic Party Can't "Message Better" to Racism, Misogyny, and Ignorance
Let's stop pretending
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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
Team Jill Stein checks out for 4 years.
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Charles Johnson @charles.littlegreenfootballs.com · 17/11/2024
It’s the weekend after an amazing period of explosive growth, so the chuds are showing up tonight in droves. Remember the Bluesky way: They want you to react. Do not engage. Block and move on.
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
This is chilling. In September, as Elon Musk began buying Trump a presidency after Trump promised him a federal department he could use to destroy his enemies, Trump agents at the Heritage Foundation began filing FOIA requests to find anyone in government who had ever mentioned Musk in any document.
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In mid-September, as tech billionaire Elon Musk intensified his efforts to elect Donald Trump as president, a wave of letters arrived at the Department of Transportation, asking the agency to turn ove...
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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
I stand by it. In fact, I think I said “best case” scenario is she’s just a Putin cheerleader. There is a “worst case” scenario as well.👇 www.mediaite.com/tv/joe-walsh...
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Joe Walsh Flames Tulsi Gabbard As ‘Putin Cheerleader’ Who Wants to Seek ‘Revenge For Russia’
Former Republican lawmaker Joe Walsh called Tulsi Gabbard "a Putin cheerleader" who claiming she would seek "revenge for Russia."
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Each of Trump's proposed appointments is a surprise. It is comforting to think that he is simply a vengeful old man, lashing out. This is unlikely. He and Musk and Putin have been talking for years. And the whole idea was that this time he had a plan. snyder.substack.com/p/decapitati...
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Decapitation Strike
Preserving America from Trump's Appointments
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MTMcGurk @mtmcgurk.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
abcnews.go.com/Health/measl... This is all preventable. The vaccines work and are effective. Long term, an Army cannot fight when it is sick. Disease and illness killed millions outside of the battlefield. Needless deaths and preventable.
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Measles cases surge worldwide, infecting 10.3 million people in 2023: WHO
There were an estimated 10.3 million cases of measles in 2023 globally -- an increase of 20% from the previous year, according to a new WHO report.
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scha·den·freu·de @blisterpearl.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
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Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Better political and health and science reporting than anywhere else at the @washingtonpost.com and @nytimes.com. Alexandra Petri for the win. No sugar coating. Straight up. I didn't know whether to laugh or cry. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
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Opinion | RFK Jr. to head newly formed Department of Disease Efficiency
We mistakenly thought that finding a dead mouse in your frozen ravioli dinner was a failure.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 15/11/2024
Former Vice President Mike Pence has called on Republican senators to reject President-elect Donald Trump’s nomination of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to be secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, citing his record in support of abortion rights.
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Pence Urges Republicans Not to Confirm RFK Jr., Citing His Support of Abortion Rights
Former Vice President Mike Pence described Mr. Kennedy, who does not support a federal abortion ban, as a choice unlike any in the modern era of the G.O.P.
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Will Carless, USA TODAY @willcarless.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
4 years ago: Because so many Jan 6 insurrectionists had military ties, Defense Secretary announces a plan to root out extremism in the military. Today: His successor was one of 12 National Guardsmen removed from Biden's inauguration for possible extremist ties. www.democracynow.org/2024/11/14/h...
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Trump’s Pick to Lead U.S. Military Has Tattoos Linked to White Supremacists and Nazis
Concerns are mounting over Trump’s pick to lead the Pentagon, Fox News host and military veteran Pete Hegseth. CBS News reports that Hegseth was one of 12 National Guard members who were removed as gu...
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Rob McQuilkin @rrmcq.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
As astute, this piece, as it is discouraging. apple.news/AGrm2TzRtRA6...
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The Resistance Is Not Coming to Save You. It’s Tuning Out. — POLITICO
The first Trump administration sparked waves of public activism and aggressive media coverage. This time, not so much.
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Elizabeth Kolbert @elizkolbert.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
and so it begins... www.cjr.org/the_trump_re...
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Trump Threatens New York Times, Penguin Random House over Critical Coverage
Legal letter follows complaints aimed at CBS News, the Washington Post, and the Daily Beast.
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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
The United States has oligarchs now. Not merely rich people with more personal influence on politics than poorer people have, but a few extremely rich people closely connected to the national leader who act in government-like roles despite never being elected or nominated to any official position.
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Rob McQuilkin @rrmcq.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
(h/t Liz Logan)
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
The party that is obsessed with child sex offenders, & is close to a cult that claims child sex offenders run the government, just nominated a guy once investigated for allegedly sex-trafficking a 17 year old girl to be in charge of the country’s legal system. Beyond parody.
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 14/11/2024
Germany, France, Belgium and the EU should release the $300 billion in frozen Russian assets and give it to Ukraine, now. Don't wait. www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
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Putin Isn’t Fighting for Land in Ukraine
And Biden has mere weeks to give the Ukrainians the resources they need to fight.
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Christina Y @tigermetal.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
Totally sus.
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Eleanor Hanold @ehanold1.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
“Gabbard has every right to her personal views, however inscrutable they may be ... But as a security risk, Gabbard is a walking Christmas tree of warning lights," Radio Free Tom writes.”
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Tulsi Gabbard’s Nomination Is a National-Security Risk
The Senate can stop her.
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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
*Now* we know why Gaetz resigned from Congress.
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Rob McQuilkin @rrmcq.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
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Why the Guardian is no longer posting on X
We will stop posting from our official editorial accounts on the platform, but X users can still share our articles
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Susan Simerson @solotravelinspire.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
FAFO! 👇👇
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 12/11/2024
Trump has drafted an executive order that could result in a purge of generals www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
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Exclusive | Trump Draft Executive Order Would Create Board to Purge Generals
The panel could upend the military review process and raise concerns about the politicization of the military.
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 12/11/2024
Good news: Twitter is collapsing. And this chart doesn't even show the last two weeks—which have seen the largest exodus in site history. There are reports from Newsweek and others that Twitter may merge with Truth Social. If that happens, the last collapse of Twitter may happen almost overnight.
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Frame Change @framechange.bsky.social · 12/11/2024
Okay, this is ALSO important -- I've already called out lies, but here it's more "purposeful exaggeration" which is still just as harmful. Trump won, but it wasn't a landslide or historic, and it doesn't give him the mandate that a huge victory confers either.
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Supreme Court rejects Mark Meadows's push to move Georgia election case to federal court — The Hill
The Supreme Court refused Tuesday to hear former Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows’s appeal seeking to move to federal court his Georgia criminal charges related to efforts to overturn the...
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Rob McQuilkin @rrmcq.bsky.social · 12/11/2024
Excited to see Sam Sax’s YR DEAD (McSweeney’s) on Kirkus’s Best Fiction of 2024 list! www.kirkusreviews.com/best-of/2024...
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