Ian Roberts
@irober02.bsky.social
I'll think about some things to write after I've finished my trumpet practice, get back from my bike ride and trashed my daily quota of fascists. I re-post a lot because someone's usually already said it.
created November 12, 2024
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Soraya Nadia McDonald (@sorayanadiamcdonald.com) reposted
surely we can come up with something better for 7 billion people than being lorded over by a bunch of plundering elderly murder and torture enthusiasts who whisper to each other about printing spare organs so they can immiserate others in perpetuity
Asher Wolf (@asherwolf.bsky.social) reposted
As an activist who helped lead the campaign against Robodebt, I can only think back to the days when legal scholars told us we had no chance of winning in court, and how I thought, fuck it, we’ll keep fighting anyway The Robodebt class action payout is now the largest *ever* in Australian history
Ian Roberts (@irober02.bsky.social) reply parent
Maybe an app that then runs the no-vax timeline forwards and indicates which of their offspring die or never exist.
Libby (@libbystigaard.bsky.social) reposted
Going to repeat myself here. One of my old lady opinions is that every anti-vaxxer should be required to sit down and do 100-150 years of their personal genealogy, so they can see a couple generations worth of children's deaths due to preventative childhood diseases.
Joyce White Vance (@joycewhitevance.bsky.social) reposted
It's Time to Release the Epstein Files. People who fight this hard to hide something have something to hide. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
Ian Roberts (@irober02.bsky.social) reply parent
"Tax" is an alternative and easier spelling for "tariff".
Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) reposted
Rand Paul: "The reason we have trials & we don't automatically assume guilt is what if we make a mistake and they happen to be people fleeing the Venezuelan dictator? ... off our coast it isn't our policy just to blow people up ... even the worst people in our country, they still get a trial."
George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 (@gtconway.bsky.social) reposted
Rep. Robert Garcia: "The Attorney General herself has said that President Trump is in the Epstein files."
Ian Roberts (@irober02.bsky.social) reply parent
also on steroids. Sorry Barb, Trump's blown you out of the water.
Kevin M. Kruse (@kevinmkruse.bsky.social) reposted
No one did more to make the Epstein scandal a central political issue than Donald Trump. But as soon as his minions opened them and confirmed — as AG Bondi did — that Trump’s name is in them, he did a 180 to insist it’s all irrelevant.
Jeff Tiedrich (@jefftiedrich.bsky.social) reposted
"DEGENERATE DONALD" TRUMP (GROSS PREDATOR!) HAS A DEAD PEDO BESTIE PROBLEM THAT ISN'T GOING AWAY. TOO BAD FOR YOU, DONALD! (SAD!) MANY PEOPLE SAY TO READ JEFF TIEDRICH'S LATEST POST IN WHICH HE EXPLAINS THE WHOLE "REAP-SOW" THING. LINK IS HERE: bit.ly/4lTXjx3 THANK YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER
Jeff Tiedrich (@jefftiedrich.bsky.social) reposted
here's today's post: "undead president desperate to change the subject from his dead pedo bestie" — Massie and Khanna want to force a vote to release the full Epstein files. thanks for reading, and please sign up for my daily newsletter to keep getting the good stuff —
Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) reposted
Massie: "The Speaker of the House just offered a fig leaf to my colleagues. They're gonna vote on a non-binding resolution today that does absolutely nothing ... they're allowing the DOJ to curate all of the information that the DOJ is giving them ... the perpetrators are being protected"
Ron Filipkowski (@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social) reposted
The overall takeaway from the Epstein survivors’ press conference is that they are united and are no longer going to allow rich and powerful men to victimize, silence and intimidate them. Including the ones in Congress and the perp in the Oval Office.
Krassensteins (@krassenstein.bsky.social) reposted
MASSIVE BREAKING: Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi just revealed that an attorney told them today that an Epstein bodyguard was an intermediary between Epstein and the CIA in 2009. Release the Epstein files now !
Ron Filipkowski (@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social) reposted
Probably not a great month to go out fishing in the Gulf now. The US military might be your judge, jury and executioner.
Acyn (@acyn.bsky.social) reposted
AOC: If anybody says “this isn’t fair, I'm gonna have to divest all my stocks if I run for congress” maybe you should stay home.
Ian Roberts (@irober02.bsky.social) reply parent
Traditional ceremonies when armed forces were awarded the Keys to the City or Freedom of the City are starting to hit differently these days. Also (Julius Caesar) crossing the Rubicon.
♥️♠️Pam♦️♣️ (@pamrichmond1.bsky.social) reposted
🦋 Carmen G., PhD (🪖"Prima" to One)🌻 (@tcrg2012.bsky.social) reposted
🟪🟦🟩🟨🟧🟥 #ONEV1 #Pinks 🌸 #Voices4Victory
pissed-off-g.bsky.social (@pissed-off-g.bsky.social) reposted
Ian Roberts (@irober02.bsky.social)
@mollyjongfast.bsky.social shocking scandal: Molly didn't ask @justinwolfers.bsky.social whether he'd come back! Too hot to handle?😉
The Tennessee Holler (@thetnholler.bsky.social) reposted
So our military just bombed a boat in international waters and extrajudicially killed suspected drug traffickers without so much as a conversation, let alone a trial? Then posted it on social media? And we’re all supposed to just trust their account?
Ian Roberts (@irober02.bsky.social) reply parent
Making the most of the little has has left.
Jeff Tiedrich (@jefftiedrich.bsky.social) reposted
BIG DUMB DONALD TRUMP (OLD LOSER!) "DETERIORATES" BEFORE OUR VERY EYES AND THEN DISAPPEARS FOR AN ENTIRE WEEK — AND OUR WORTHLESS SHITHOLE PRESS CAN'T BE BOTHERED TO ASK ONE QUESTION ABOUT IT. FORTUNATELY, YOUR FAVORITE WRITER JEFF TIEDRICH DOES ASK THE QUESTIONS, IN TODAY'S POST: bit.ly/4g47SfF
Jeff Tiedrich (@jefftiedrich.bsky.social) reposted
ROTTING OLD DONALD TRUMP (SAD DEMENTO!) DISAPPEARS FOR A WEEK AND HIS HANDLERS TRIED TO COVER IT UP WITH STAGED PHOTOS AND FAKE SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS!!! MANY PEOPLE ARE THANKING JEFF TIEDRICH FOR HIS ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER IN TODAY'S POST WHICH YOU CAN READ HERE: bit.ly/4g47SfF
Jeff Tiedrich (@jefftiedrich.bsky.social) reposted
have they tried unplugging Trump and plugging him back in? no, wait. have they tried unplugging Trump and leaving him that way
Jeff Tiedrich (@jefftiedrich.bsky.social) reposted
here's today's post: "bring out your dead!" — the press continues to ignore Dear Leader’s obvious decline. thanks for reading, and please sign up for my daily newsletter so you never miss a post —
Mueller, She Wrote (@muellershewrote.com) reposted
Senate Democrats: DO NOT FUND the government when the current continuing resolution expires at the end of the month. SHUT IT DOWN unless DC is funded, the troops are withdrawn from our cities, elections are protected, the Epstein files are released in full... SHUT IT DOWN.
Mother Jones (@motherjones.com) reposted
As part of his administration’s war on “woke,” Donald Trump has asked the American public to report anything “negative” about Americans in US national parks. But, the public has largely refused to support a worldview without inconvenient historical facts. From our friends at @theguardian.com:
Santiago Mayer (@santiagomayer.com) reposted
Hey @jaketapper.bsky.social, what’s the timeline for the book on how the President went missing like a week after he had weird bruising on his hands?
Rosemary Joyce (@rajoyce.bsky.social) reposted
I remember 2020 and the deaths. The US never locked down; ask anyone from Italy or Spain what that looked like. Closing schools was necessary to protect teachers and staff, as well as children. The US failed by not being organized to improve air filtering in schools. Protecting people wasn’t wrong.
Rob Reiner Fan (@rob-reiner-fan.bsky.social) reposted
JFC, Atlantic Monthly. Michelle Obama wanted kids to eat healthy and exercise. She wasn't bent on destroying our federal health agencies.
Mueller, She Wrote (@muellershewrote.com) reposted
I love this guy
Mueller, She Wrote (@muellershewrote.com) reposted
NEW: Nadler will not seek re-election, citing the need for a new generation of leaders. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/n...
Ian Roberts (@irober02.bsky.social) reply parent
Maybe just float it and let it find its own level.
Jeff Tiedrich (@jefftiedrich.bsky.social) reposted
"WEAK LOSER" DONALD TRUMP (CRAPPY HAIR!) IS A BROKEN-INSIDE MANCHILD. (SAD!) HIS TYRANT FATHER (KKK!) DESTROYED HIM AND NOW WE ALL MUST SUFFER AS A RESULT. YOUR FAVORITE WRITER (ME!) EXPLAINS THIS IN A GREAT POST THAT MANY ARE SAYING IS THE GREATEST POST EVER. READ IT HERE: bit.ly/3HD7AQd
Jeff Tiedrich (@jefftiedrich.bsky.social) reposted
I've had the measles, because I was born seven years before the vaccine became commercially available in the United States. having the measles fucking sucked. WHY WOULD ANYONE WANT TO RETURN TO THAT, VOLUNTARILY. we really do live in the shittiest possible timeline
Jeff Tiedrich (@jefftiedrich.bsky.social) reposted
here's today's post: "Illinois governor, hero. puppy assassin, zero." — a tale of two TV appearances. thanks for reading, and please sign up for my daily newsletter to keep getting the good stuff —
Rachel Maddow (@maddow.msnbc.com) reposted
"That's an 11-point increase in respondents who strongly disapprove of the president from the beginning of his term to recent weeks... A 9-point drop in respondents who say they strongly approve..." www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...?
𝕄𝕚𝕔𝕙𝕖𝕝𝕝𝕖 𝕊𝕞𝕚𝕥𝕙 (@michelle65sj.bsky.social) reposted
“Don’t blame a clown for acting like a clown. Ask yourself why you keep going to the circus.” #trump #agentkrasnov #felon
Robert Reich (@rbreich.bsky.social) reposted
Wages of unionized workers are 13% higher than their nonunion counterparts. But unions also set a higher pay standard that all workers enjoy. In high-union-density states, median household income is $12,000 higher than in low-union-density states. This is why unions are vital.
Jeff Tiedrich (@jefftiedrich.bsky.social) reposted
THE CORPORATE "MEDIA" SEEMS UNCONCERNED THAT DING-DONG-DEMENTO DONALD TRUMP (IS HE ALIVE?) HAS BEEN HIDING FROM THEM FOR FIVE DAYS. WHY DOES THE COUCHFUCKER KEEP TELLING US HE'S READY TO TAKE OVER? NO ONE ASKED YOU, BRO. YOUR FAVORITE WRITER (ME!) EXPLORES THIS IN HIS LATEST POST —> bit.ly/4lTj5kq
Jeff Tiedrich (@jefftiedrich.bsky.social) reposted
SO SAD! CHICAGO'S "HERO" MAYOR JOHNSON JUST TOLD DONNY FASCISTPANTS TO STICK HIS POLICE STATE WHERE THE SUN "DON'T SHINE"! JOHNSON WON'T COMPLY WITH SMELLY DICTATOR DONNY. BOO HOO HOO! MANY ARE THANKING YOUR FAVORITE WRITER, JEFF TIEDRICH (ME!) FOR HIS POST ABOUT IT, WHICH IS HERE —> bit.ly/4lTj5kq
Jeff Tiedrich (@jefftiedrich.bsky.social) reposted
here's today's post: "Chicago cordially invites the Mad King to go fuck himself" — Chicago will not comply with Donny’s police state fascism. thanks for reading, and please sign up for my daily newsletter so you never miss a post —
Marc Elias (@marcelias.bsky.social) reposted
🚨BREAKING: President Donald Trump said in a weekend social media post he plans to issue an executive order to impose voter ID requirements. And he reiterated his desire to ban mail voting. The president lacks the authority to take either step. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Ian Roberts (@irober02.bsky.social) reply parent
Romans, Danes, Saxons, Normans, where to start?
MeidasTouch (@meidastouch.com) reposted
He won’t let the press anywhere near him. This is getting weirder and weirder.
Mueller, She Wrote (@muellershewrote.com) reposted
There's only one way to stop the rumors about Donald Trump's health: a press conference. Why won't he talk to the press, and why isn't the media doggedly demanding it?
Rolling Stone (@rollingstone.com) reposted
A judge dismissed the case, finding no probable cause after Florida police arrested a man as part of Ron DeSantis’ crackdown over rainbow chalk ark memorializing the victims of the Pulse nightclub shooting in Orlando. More: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Climate Dad (@climatedad.bsky.social) reposted
The last 3 years have been the hottest in around 125,000 years. CO2 levels are their highest in MILLIONS of years. But most people have no idea this is happening, let alone what it means for our kids’ futures. Our politics & media have failed our children. We should be furious.
Artologica aka Michele Banks (@artologica.net) reposted
New plan: we get Obama to demand the death certificate
Nicholas Grossman (@nicholasgrossman.bsky.social) reposted
Question: Why did US put big tariffs on India despite major national interest in cultivating a strategic counterweight to China and trying to isolate Russia? Answer: Because the US president lied that he fixed India-Pakistan and India wouldn’t go along with the lie. (Seriously, that’s the answer)
Jenny Frecklington-Jones #IStandWithPalestiniansAndIranians🇵🇸🇮🇷 (@joneshowdareyou.bsky.social) reposted
"Australians have been offered no explanation about what Iran has to gain from attacking Jewish Australians or premises by remote control. Instead, Netanyahu revels in the credit for Australia’s—expulsion of the Iranian ambassador, sudden and unnecessary as it is." johnmenadue.com/post/2025/08...
Ian Roberts (@irober02.bsky.social) reply parent
Trump's grappling is mostly confined to women's change rooms but his grappling days are over.
Ian Roberts (@irober02.bsky.social)
It seems like the ferals can't cope with a weekend without AFL.
Ian Roberts (@irober02.bsky.social) reply parent
Alternatively, write some new chants. How hard can that be? Also maybe more radical street bands that can play suitable catchy, lefty campaign songs.
Nikita Gill (@nikitagill.bsky.social) reposted
Look if people insist on electing 80 year olds with bad McDonalds habits as President, we will all have to play the very silly game of “dead or not dead” on the regular.
Kent Parkstreet, Laird of Doofus (@kentparkskeet.bsky.social) reposted
Genocide Julian? Julian is “incandescent with rage” because he believes we should condone genocide. Australians can discern the difference between Australian Jews and Israel, we don’t need Julian to oversee us. #AusPol
Kate from Kharkiv (@kateinkharkiv.bsky.social) reposted
Dear Americans, welcome to the thrilling game of ‘Did this dictator die or just disappear for a day?’ We’ve been playing it with Putin and Lukashenko for decades. Enjoy the suspense.
Khashoggi's Ghost (@urocklive1.bsky.social) reposted
Oh ffs. Apparently Trump admin officials are now blaming Europe for the war in Ukraine, even going as far as to allege European leaders want the war to continue and are refusing to accept that "it takes two to tango." Anything to avoid blaming Russia. www.rawstory.com/ukraine-2673...
Marc Elias (@marcelias.bsky.social) reposted
If Missouri Republicans mid-cycle redistrict and break the law, they will be sued. That is a promise and I don't bluff. Just ask Texas. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
JoonyMoon (@junefaver.bsky.social) reposted
Reluctant Antagonist (KJ Colt) (@moistenedtart.bsky.social) reposted
Fucking disgusting to see so many racist Aussies turn out to make every person who doesn’t fit some stupid ideal in their mind feel extremely uncomfortable living here. Fuck you! Honestly. Crawl back under your rocks.
Thomas Fortenberry (@thomasfortenberry.bsky.social) reposted
This should break their brains.
Ian Roberts (@irober02.bsky.social) reply parent
Good to see them tearing themselves apart though.
Ian Roberts (@irober02.bsky.social) reply parent
I wish people would ditch the wedding industry.
Sandy Horne (@sandyhorne.bsky.social) reposted
Protesters dribbling nonsense. Patriot? That's a word borrowed from the US. And the guy smearing Vegemite on his face like war paint. LOL! Idiots and thugs.
3wombats (@3wombats.bsky.social) reposted
theaimn.net/no-place-for...
Prof Sam Illingworth (@samillingworth.com) reposted
💉 Shingles vaccine and heart health A global review found the shingles jab was linked to an 18% lower risk of heart attack or stroke, with protective effects seen even in younger adults. 🔗 www.theguardian.com/society/2025... #SciComm #HeartHealth #Vaccines 🧪
Ian Roberts (@irober02.bsky.social)
Good to see racist f#ckwits ruining their own shindigs around Australia today.
Joe Kassel (@joekassel.bsky.social) reposted
Krassensteins (@krassenstein.bsky.social) reposted
Marc Elias (@marcelias.bsky.social) reposted
👀 apnews.com/article/paxt...
Ron Filipkowski (@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social) reposted
Release the Epstein files.
Christopher Webb (@cwebbonline.com) reposted
“ILLEGALS” MY ASS! Green card holder Rami Othmane speaks out after being snatched off the street by ICE while driving to the grocery store. He’s a documented immigrant and the husband of Dr Wafaa Alrashid, chief of staff at a local hospital. He was locked in detention for 13 days.
Jon Cooper (@joncooper-us.bsky.social) reposted
This is never going away, is it?
Mueller, She Wrote (@muellershewrote.com) reposted
Media should hound him at least half as much as they hounded Biden. But they won’t.
Jeff Tiedrich (@jefftiedrich.bsky.social) reposted
PEOPLE ARE SAYING "THIS WEEK IN STUPID" (WRITTEN BY ME!) IS THE GREATEST POST EVER. DING-DONG BOBBY BRAINWORMS THINKS HE HAS MAGIC HEALING POWERS, JESSE WATTERS (LOSER!) IS MAD BECAUSE HE CAN'T DO A RACISM, AND SEAN HANNITY (PLANKHEAD!) IS SAD BECAUSE NEW YORK HATES HIM. READ IT HERE: bit.ly/4lVkU0h
Jeff Tiedrich (@jefftiedrich.bsky.social) reposted
HERE IS ANOTHER EXCERPT FROM THE POST THAT PEOPLE ARE LITERALLY LOSING THEIR MINDS OVER BECAUSE OF HOW BRILLIANT A WRITER JEFF TIEDRICH (ME!) IS. MANY PEOPLE ARE SAYING "SIR! SIR! HOW DO YOU PUT ALL THE WORDS IN THE RIGHT ORDER? SIR!" READ MY POST AND FIND OUT, THANK YOU: bit.ly/4lVkU0h
Jeff Tiedrich (@jefftiedrich.bsky.social) reposted
it's Saturday, and it's time for "this week in stupid: August 30 edition" — Bobby sees it, Hannity flees it, and so much more... thanks for reading, and please sign up for my daily newsletter to keep getting the good stuff —
Amy Klobuchar (@amyklobuchar.com) reposted
Huge news - appeals court rules that a majority of the President’s tariffs are illegal. The President is wreaking havoc on our economy, and he is breaking the law to do it. We must right this ship. We need sane trade policy again.
Ian Roberts (@irober02.bsky.social) reply parent
Couldn't they be at least a tiny bit brave on their way out the door?
Ian Roberts (@irober02.bsky.social) reply parent
Clinging on to life.
Jeff Tiedrich (@jefftiedrich.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
(not gonna mimic Trumpian bluster on a post about dead schoolchildren. that seems kinda ghoulish)
Jeff Tiedrich (@jefftiedrich.bsky.social) reposted
here's today's post: "shove your thoughts and prayers" — we’ve been thinking and praying since Columbine — and it hasn’t done shit. thanks for reading, and please sign up for my daily newsletter so you never miss a post —
Warren Wells, AICP (@warrenjwells.bsky.social) reposted
Once again, a piddling little fix for my wife's car (the O2 sensor) will cost us more than we have spent on maintenance for our bikes in the last 3 years combined.
Trae Crowder (@thetraecrowder.bsky.social) reposted
On the way the Right has responded to the shooting in Minnesota (and all of them really)
Ian Roberts (@irober02.bsky.social) reply parent
Better call it the Church of the Daily Bean. For tax-exemption you might need to make that the Church of the Holy Bean.
Mueller, She Wrote (@muellershewrote.com) reposted
What if we established a tax-exempt Church of Democracy and sued the government for infringing on our religious freedoms when it does authoritarian stuff?
Mrs. Betty Bowers (@mrsbettybowers.bsky.social) reposted
NRA: “Guns don’t kill people.” ME: “They certainly seem to help.”
Matthew Facciani (@matthewfacciani.bsky.social) reposted
Outside the CDC, people are chanting “USA, not RFK.” They are fed up with having one unqualified person dictate the nation’s health. #USANotRFK
Ian Roberts (@irober02.bsky.social) reply parent
It's mystifying to me how these liars do it.
Caleb Crain (@calebcrain.bsky.social) reposted
We are one hurricane, one epidemic, and/or one economic-bubble pop away from near-total societal collapse, as far as I can tell.
Mel🏳️🌈 she/they universal healthcare now (@knownforms.bsky.social) reposted
They are getting paid with tax $$ to erase a memorial to victims of a terrible mass shooting/death event. Because the victims were lgbtqia+
Ian Roberts (@irober02.bsky.social) reply parent
Top leader? I think that's Stephen Miller. Trump's as bad as Nosferatu but is way to lazy to dream up and implement the evil plans.
Ian Roberts (@irober02.bsky.social) reply parent
Pray but tie up your camel. Alternatively, just tie up your camel.
Kent Parkstreet, Laird of Doofus (@kentparkskeet.bsky.social) reposted
I framed this incorrectly. It’s not about us ceasing to be US allies, it’s about accepting that the US has ceased to be allies with anyone. The US has abandoned any normal international relationships, we need to adjust to this reality. And cancel AUKUS. #CancelAUKUS #AusPol
Ian Roberts (@irober02.bsky.social) reply parent
He seems kinda touchy about something innocuous.
Ian Roberts (@irober02.bsky.social) reply parent
Acetaldehyde is a bummer.