Lari Robling

Lari Robling

@larirob.bsky.social

Recovering public radio producer and food writer. When not in the kitchen often seen in the company of bad dogs and obstreperous Phillies fans. James Beard nominee WSET2

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Excellent thread on Farm bill insanity!

Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social

I did a write-up of the recent farm bill passed by the House, as well as the floor votes leading up to its passage. It locks in deep cuts to SNAP and overturns state animal welfare laws. jonathancohn.medium.com/the-houses-n...

Congratulations to Donald Trump who after a sales pitch for Tesla has now installed giant flags on the White House grounds successfully achieving that used car lot look Sir have you no taste? #whitehouse #flagpole #Trump #flag

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The next president has to do two things: 1) right the wrongs of Trump and go after those who broke the law and were corrupt. 2). Then spend time divesting power from the presidency and building real guardrails and passing laws like, “the president is not immune” etc. And get the money out

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Why is this not receiving more attention, will there be hearings? Something went very wrong somewhere. Given the attention to military fatalities in other administrations you would think more would be scrutinized

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This is Marco Rubio explaining how the USA promised to defend Ukraine forever if they got rid of their nuclear arsenal left after the Soviet Union fell. This is why lil marco was sinking into the couch. He was hoping we wouldn’t find it…so don’t RT right now this very second.

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Per Dr Atul Gawande, ex USAID: “All malaria supplies protecting 53 million people, mostly children, including bed nets, diagnostics, preventive drugs, and treatments – terminated.” There are no words that sufficiently describe this level of cruelty and sadism.

Making apple hand pies as a distraction while my country dives into authoritarianism. Also contemplating whether I should do duo lingo Russian or Mandarin because who knows what we’ll become

When I was a kid this movie terrified me so much I don’t think I slept for a month. The only way I can comprehend how Congress is behaving and voting is they all have become pod people. And I’m not sleeping…

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Our team reviewed the entire DOGE website. Nothing they have identified constitutes evidence of fraud or corruption—both of which are crimes. Feel free to audit us. The funds were allotted by Congress, and OIGs regularly reviewed expenditures for fraud.

So much wrong here where 2 begin but nose picking must be driving germaphobe Trump to the brink Trump has tossed people out of the office for coughing. Not to mention who uses a 4 year old as a prop? For all the Maga talk about child abuse this feels very abusive. Did Elon shut down Lil X headstart?

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This is not just a musing from a dude with some various ideas. The next step is to hollow out the judiciary and also not follow their rulings, which have been against Musk’s efforts. This is a very obvious coup, for those not paying attention.

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Tesla earned $2.3 billion in the United States in 2024. You'd think it paid a lot in taxes, right? Well it paid precisely $0 in federal income taxes last year. You want waste and fraud? Look at what some big corporations and the rich are getting away with.

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American farmers will be hurt severely by shuttering USAID. Each year, more than $2 billion worth of food is purchased by USAID from American farmers, including surplus that would otherwise go to waste. #AmericaLast

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This is the system that works so well for the Supreme Court

Robert Reich@rbreich.bsky.social

The White House has said that any of Elon Musk's conflicts of interest regarding his work with DOGE will be monitored and addressed by....Elon Musk. He's determining which government contracts are "fraud" while he himself has billions in government contracts. Hello?

Can someone tell me where Susie Wiles is? Didn’t she say she was going to be the gatekeeper to the Whitehouse?

George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸@gtconway.bsky.social

“If the President says a hurricane’s in South Dakota and Sharpies it in on a map, we’re gonna make damn well sure there’s a hurricane there.”

Will someone please explain where Susie Wiles-you know the one who vowed to keep the trouble makers out of White House- disappeared to? She’s so crickets I fear for her safety

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Irony is dead in this moment along with common sense. Trump who squawked “but her emails” incessantly, let Musk (unelected/not a govt employee) send his crew of kids in to review classified information & plug devices of unknown origin into the government computer system, compromising everything.

You know the expression marry in haste repent at leisure ? I feel we are living in vote in haste for eggs and never be able to recover. #NIH #InspectorsGeneral #DEI #FEMA #RuleofLaw #votersuppression

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California pays more in federal taxes than it receives in return, while Mike Johnson’s Louisiana takes more than it gives.

Brian Tyler Cohen@briantylercohen.bsky.social

Mike Johnson just threatened to potentially extort California by adding “conditions” to wildfire disaster relief aid. He said Republicans might attach unrelated things to the funding, like Trump’s demand to raise the debt ceiling.