Jim Roberts (nycjim.bsky.social) (@nycjim) 's Twitter Profile
Jim Roberts (nycjim.bsky.social)

@nycjim

Full-time student of the news & long-time follower of the Grateful Dead. Contributing Ed. @the74. Priors: Cheddar, Mashable, NYT. Listen to the thunder shout.

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Scoop: FBI's Dan Bongino clashed with AG Bondi in tense White House meeting over handling of Epstein files axios.com/2025/07/11/eps…

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The Trump administration is conducting an harassment campaign against the Federal Reserver Chariman, Jerome Powell. cnbc.com/2025/07/11/tru…

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ALERT: Emil Bove declines to rule out 3rd Trump term or denounce Jan. 6 rioters in Senate questionnaire, as he seeks lifetime appointment to federal court Just filed ====> cbsnews.com/news/emil-bove…

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Kash Patel and Tulsi Gabbard are turning America’s spy apparatus on its own employees, @radiofreetom argues. theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…

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A close friend was one of the US diplomats expelled from Russia in 2017 in retaliation for US sanctions. He’s also one of the over 1300 laid off from the State Dept. on Friday. He told me, “Putin gave me five days to leave. Rubio gave me five hours.” nbcnews.com/politics/trump…

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Authoritarian leaders routinely “winning” sporting events is a well-established thing. See Putin & hockey, Kim Jung Il’s multiple holes in 1 in his 1st ever round of golf, & Turkmenistan’s Berdymukhamedov falling off his horse after a race “win”. It’s part of the strongman MO.

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Buried in Trump's budget bill is a fund that makes $3.5 billion available to “eligible states” for immigration purposes, like the “temporary detention of aliens.” This can be tapped for states to build their own versions of "Alligator Alcatraz." 3/ newrepublic.com/article/197899…

Buried in Trump's budget bill is a fund that makes $3.5 billion available to “eligible states” for immigration purposes, like the “temporary detention of aliens.”

This can be tapped for states to build their own versions of "Alligator Alcatraz." 3/

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Jim Roberts (nycjim.bsky.social) (@nycjim) 's Twitter Profile Photo

This is a good analysis that tries to make sense of the preliminary report into what caused the crash of Air India Flight 171. bbc.com/news/articles/…

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"He got played by Putin." Fox News Star Hits Trump With A Cold Truth About His Relationship With Vladimir Putin huffpost.com/entry/fox-news…

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Yesterday, Trump said inflation was "dead." Fact check... 👇👇 U.S. Inflation Accelerated in June as Trump’s Tariffs Pushed Up Prices nytimes.com/2025/07/15/bus…

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This court is an embarrassment to history. 👇👇 Supreme Court Keeps Ruling in Trump’s Favor, but Doesn’t Say Why nytimes.com/2025/07/16/us/…