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David Roberts

@volts.wtf

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I run a newsletter/podcast called Volts about clean energy & politics. Subscribe & join the community at http://volts.wtf!

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David Roberts·Sep 9

The US president trafficked & raped underage girls, the evidence is overwhelming, everyone knows it, and this country's elites & institutions are so broken, so insular, so decadent that we can't even bring ourselves to state it clearly, much less do anything about it. Contemptible & pathetic.

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David Roberts·Sep 15

Feel free to continue arguing over the shooter's motives, but please understand that *it doesn't matter*. There's a organized political movement that plans to suppress, arrest, or kill its political opposition. It it seeking pretexts. Anything will do. If it's not this, it'll be something else.

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David Roberts·Sep 16

Far as I can tell, Robert Redford was: * successful at everything he tried * genuinely intelligent & insightful * desired by women * envied by men * an absolute mensch to everyone he dealt with * a tireless, lifelong philanthropist ... and he died peacefully in his sleep. 10/10 life. No notes.

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OMFG I listened to this and wanted to tear my f'ing face off.

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"Imagine if Biden insulted the Pope and compared himself to Christ." The exercise becomes absurd after a while, does it not?

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David Roberts·3h

"Pope Leo is weak on crime." 🤦‍♂️

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David Roberts·7h

All of this X 100.

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David Roberts·9h

One dipshit loser wannabe dictator down ...

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David Roberts·10h

Later today I'm taking the dogs out to one of these "sniffspots" -- ie, a big chunk of land that you can basically rent for an hour so your dogs can be alone. (Great for reactive dogs.) Pretty excited. Will report back!

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David Roberts·10h

Still on pace: one death roughly every six days in ICE custody. Reminder: gov't thugs are plucking innocent migrants -- often legal ones! -- off the street, kidnapping them, putting them in concentration camps, & allowing many of them to die. On our watch, in our names, with our money.

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David Roberts·11h

This is a really great piece. I gotta say, though, at the end of the day, this is just *embarrassing*. We have united all the country's worst, dumbest, most internet-poisoned dipshits into one organization & they are genuinely just embarrassing to contemplate.

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Don't really have anything to say on Swalwell other than to add my incredulity to the pile: how on earth do dudes like this imagine that they are going to get through a high-profile political campaign without this coming out? How many layers of compartmentalization & denial are we dealing with?

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David Roberts·11h

"We are now in a world war that isn’t going to end anytime soon. ... These indicators suggest that we are in a transition stage from the pre-fighting stage to the fighting stage, which is roughly analogous to the 1913-14 and the 1938-39 periods." 🫠

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