Rob Dahl

Rob Dahl

@robthereader.bsky.social

Trying to figure out why people do the things that they do; I'm also known as RobTheReader; "A bad joke is better than no joke at all; a joke badly told is better than no joke at all; a joke you've heard before is better than no joke at all ; )

835 followers494 following475 posts

Rob Dahl reposted

The only way racism works is to utterly disregard the accomplishments of those you deem as "others"

The Bulwark@thebulwark.com

RFK: "There's five hundred million Arabs in the world. And yet they don't produce science. They don't win the Nobel Prize. They don't win the Fields Prize. They don't win the Wolf Prize. They don't produce literature."

Rob Dahl reposted

JD Vance: "Gas prices are too high ... they skyrocket every time some tinpot dictator decides to throw a tantrum"

Rob Dahl reposted

Rob Dahl reposted

Another stunning defeat for a Trump-aligned right-wing leader in Europe. Serbian students voted out their authoritarian leadership after months of protests against corruption, taking their fight from the streets to the ballot box and turning people power into political power.

Rob Dahl reposted

"[Democratic Senate candidate] Angie Nixon was the lead sponsor of a bill to let schools turn children, all of them, transgender without parental consent." - Donald Trump, setting some kind of record for the number of lies in a single sentence

Rob Dahl reposted

Replying to @markjacob.bsky.social

Treating them "equally" would be a MAJOR improvement as it is. They can start with coverage of trump's dementia to the same scale they covered Biden's.

Rob Dahl reposted

Replying to @markjacob.bsky.social

I suspect much of the NYT attitude comes from hiring lots of Ivy League graduates. For these people, institutions take priority over people. Conventions take priority over ethics. Status and merit become intertwined.

Rob Dahl reposted

Replying to @markjacob.bsky.social

I would argue that the NYT’s argument that they choose watered-down phrases like “challenging norms” and “pushing boundaries“ because they deem them “more precise” than “corrupt” and “lie” is something very different than a good faith attempt to bd nonpartisan.

Rob Dahl reposted

A major problem with political journalism is the perceived obligation to treat Republicans and Democrats equally, to be "nonpartisan." The NY Times editor in this video thinks this way. But as I explain, Dems vs. GOP is a simplistic focus. It should be decency vs. indecency, democracy vs. fascism.

nytimes.comVideo: A Reader on What He Thinks We Get Wrong About TrumpIn this first installment of “Sound Off,” Patrick Healy, assistant managing editor for The New York Times, speaks with Mark Jacob, former metro editor for The Chicago Tribune, who shares his criticism...

Rob Dahl reposted

When Trump urged Ramaswamy to keep running the vile attack ad featuring Amy Acton’s estranged mother, the message to survivors of sexual abuse was unmistakable. Her mother defended Acton’s stepfather after he was accused of raping her starting at 9 years old, and lost custody of Acton & her brother.

ms.nowOpinion | What Trump and Vance are really amplifying by praising Ramaswamy's attack adBy broadcasting Acton’s mother’s words, the ad risks reinforcing precisely the fear and misplaced guilt that doctors like me work so hard to heal.

Rob Dahl reposted

From April— “Conflict Coin: How the Trumps’ Billion-Dollar Crypto Stake Depends on a Company That Helped Iran Evade Sanctions”

citizen.orgConflict Coin: How the Trumps' Billion-Dollar Crypto Stake Depends on a Company That Helped Iran Evade Sanctions - Public CitizenTrumps’ World Liberty Financial is heavily dependent on Binance, a crypto exchange that pleaded guilty to helping Iran evade sanctions
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Dr Oz denounces "crypto thieves" who "back their truck up to the federal treasury, and dump cash out. And then they use that money to do really bad things."

Rob Dahl reposted

Joe Mitchell is the new superstar of the Iowa GOP. A Donald Trump-endorsed Republican congressional candidate in lowa, Mitchell, was filmed talking about his manhood, challenging his black friends into a measuring contest and making a series of confounding outbursts about black women. Watch it here

dailymail.comVideo reveals vulgar rant of MAGA star about 'black women'Iowa Republican Joe Mitchell, 29, is running in Iowa's highly competitive 2nd District with the backing of the president and Turning Point Action.

Rob Dahl reposted

Rob Dahl reposted

Unearthed footage of Vivek Ramaswamy mocking Amy Acton for being a survivor of childhood abuse: "She has no vision other than to complain about what someone else did to her"

Rob Dahl reposted

Last fall, the CEO of the country's largest "quartz" countertop manufacturer donated to FL Sen. Ashley Moody A few months later she introduced a bill that'd keep his company from being sued by workers who cut quartz & keep getting silicosis, a horrific lung disease newrepublic.com/article/2169...

newrepublic.comSilicosis Kills Workers. Ashley Moody Just Worries About the Lawsuits.As a virulent lung condition sickens workers dealing with artificial stone, the GOP senator from Florida is sponsoring legislation to protect manufacturers.

Rob Dahl reposted

Note that this "blessing" occurred moments after Trump expressed his vigorous support for Vivek Ramaswamy's ad attacking his opponent over being a 12-year-old rape victim. None of Their Eminences had anything to say about that, either. Disgraceful. bsky.app/profile/kyle...

Kyle Clark@kylec.bsky.social

NEW: Denver Archbishop James Golka leads a prayer for President Trump, alongside Trump’s faith advisor Paula White, who called the Black Lives Matter movement the anti-Christ and suggested Christians will have to answer to God if they don’t vote for Trump

Rob Dahl reposted

Replying to @carlquintanilla.bsky.social

But the six hours of Russian oil coming to United States the brilliant idea of our fucking moron President Trump isn’t that gonna lower the prices!! GOP is bankrupt on ideas and bankrupt on morality what a sick fucking party

Rob Dahl reposted

This cartoon of mine is shortlisted for the European Cartoon Award. I'm pretty happy with that. Not sure quite what the cartoons were judged on, but the fact it seems to be relevant EVERY SINGLE DAY must help.

Rob Dahl reposted

Replying to @factpostnews.bsky.social

Kids held hostage by sicko parents?? Everyday NEWS in the USA, page 12. If you haven’t experienced it, it must not really exsist. They can’t imagine a Mother choosing her dude over her kids. SMH.

Rob Dahl reposted

For the health crowd: Johnson & Johnson and Pfizer

Judd Legum@juddlegum.bsky.social

Ramaswamy has produced an attack ad weaponizing the rape of his opponent, Amy Acton, when she was 12 years old. It features Acton’s mother, who abandoned Acton after she was raped by her step-father, fleeing the state with her husband. Here is the corporate money helping fund that ad.