Robby Bob

Robby Bob

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Fav Directors: Gilliam, Kubrick, Anderson Fav Authors: Palahnuik, Thompson, Heinlein I'm a middle-aged man searching for meaning in other people's interpretation of the Truth. All I've gotten in return is an inability to truly believe in Anything.

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Votes are in, from a 48-hour “X” poll. While we can surely agree we want to Make America Great Again. To achieve that goal, looks like we need to Make America Smart. But first, we need to Make Lying Wrong Again.

Anybody else notice and concerned about the repetition of the phrase "American voters have given this administration a MANDATE" troubling. I've heard the word mandate repeatedly used by various members of Trump's administration and heard Tulsi repeatedly use it during her confirmation hearing.

Mark My Words: The US government will drive out our migrant labor force, wait for Americans to be so desperate that they'll select ANY solution, then replace migrant labor with prison labor.

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Trump's inaugural fund is on track to rake in over $200M in donations by January 20th. Some of the biggest donors are corporations facing federal investigations — including Amazon, Meta, and Goldman Sachs. This is what legalized corruption looks like.

commondreams.orgResearch Exposes Trump Inaugural Committee as 'Cesspool of Special Interest Financing' | Common DreamsWith Inauguration Day less than a week away, a watchdog group on Tuesday published research shining light on the unprecedented level of financial support President-elect Donald Trump's inaugural fund…

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While we're talking national defense, reminder that the US military budget is larger than the military spending of the next nine largest countries combined. Over half goes to private defense contractors. This is the military-industrial complex Eisenhower warned of — on steroids

The crazy thing about billionaires is that they never seem satisfied just being BILLIONAIRES! They're always trying 2 b something in addition to that. Trying to be cool or tough. Trying to change things to suit their sensibilities. If I had just a few Million dollars, you'd never hear from me again.

I love The West Wing and The Newsroom, but they break my heart. It shows me what politics and news coverage could have/should have been like if the parties involved had any integrity left.

It's curious to me that the anti-trans movement never kept that same sort of energy for "Trophy Parents." The parents that will literally overwork, underfeed or overfeed, and abuse their kids in the hopes that they'll someday be great at sports.