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Robert X Bastidas

@robertxbastidas.bsky.social

38 years old, bisexual he/him , aspiring political figure and politican. Proud member of the DSA as a social democrat on the conservative/moderate end of the party. Coalition builder and pragmatist. Has background in intelligence and criminal justice.

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ProPublica@propublica.org · 2d ago

NEW: Renewable energy developer Avangrid has pulled a long-standing and controversial solar project on Washington’s Badger Mountain, a site sacred to Indigenous nations, following years of delays and tribal objections. With @highcountrynews.org

Solar Developer Cancels Washington State Project on Sacred Indigenous Land

The company, Avangrid, pulled its long-standing and controversial project following years of delays, as well as tribal objections spurred in part by High Country News and ProPublica reporting.

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Marcie Lipsitt@mlipsitt.bsky.social · 2d ago

08/03/26 AM: Did YOU have Breakfast? 14,000,000 children are starving in America! 770,000 more lost SNAP benefits! 1 in 4 around the world wakeup hungry! You can mute/block me. I don't care. I'll not stop! Will YOU Be Voting for Children to eat in 11/26 & giving to or working in a local food bank?

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Robert X Bastidas@robertxbastidas.bsky.social · 2d ago

So we as a country should be penalizing manufacturers and service industries for outsourcing. Outsourcing is often accompanied by economic slavery in the form of a lack of labor regulations and sweatshop conditions where workers earn often pennies on the dollar.

Robert X Bastidas@robertxbastidas.bsky.social · 2d ago

Raise the stock repurchase tax by 15% add tax exemptions or cuts for reinvesting capital in to manufacturing infrastructure and infrastructure co-ops. Add graduated incentives for every five dollars over fifteen dollars an hour, traditional pension plans , and add in a market capitalization tax.

Americans for Tax Fairness@4taxfairness.bsky.social · 3d ago

Apple workers could have gotten $4 MILLION each over 8 years. Instead, Apple spent $650 BILLION on stock buybacks. Shareholders got rich. Workers got nothing. This isn't investment. It's theft. Tax the rich.

James Talarico@jamestalarico.bsky.social · 5d ago

The Big Ugly Bill took food out of the mouths of hungry children — all so billionaires could get another tax break. But when politicians fail us, Texans show up for each other. Our campaign volunteered at a food pantry in West Dallas — because that’s what Texans do.

The Guardian@theguardian.com · 5d ago

Ukraine war briefing: Missile attack on Kyiv kills at least four as Zelenskyy pushes to use Starlink for attacks in Russia

Ukraine war briefing: Missile attack on Kyiv kills at least four as Zelenskyy pushes to use Starlink for attacks in Russia

Attack comes as Trump appears to retreat further from commitment to allow Ukraine to manufacture its own Patriot air defense interceptors. What we know on day 1,620 Kyiv was once again under attack by ballistic missiles early on Saturday as Donald Trump retreated further from a promise to let Ukraine manufacture its own Patriot air defence interceptors. At least four people were ⁠killed, Kyiv’s military administration said, while the city’s mayor, Vitali Klitschko, said more than a dozen were wounded in the ⁠Russian ​attack. More than a ‌dozen explosions reverberated through the city, and residents were warned to stay in shelters. The attack comes as Volodymyr Zelenskyy urges Trump and other US officials to help Ukraine gain permission from tech titan Elon Musk to use satellite internet service Starlink for guiding strikes inside Russia. Zelenskyy made the request directly to Trump during an Oval Office meeting this week, according to one person familiar with the matter. He also reportedly told lawmakers later on Capitol Hill that he wanted Starlink’s help. Trump did not commit to Zelenskyy’s request. Musk allows Starlink use within Ukraine, including Russian-occupied areas, but restricts it inside Russia. During a cabinet meeting at Camp David, Trump told reporters that handing over the underlying Patriot technology was “a hard thing” to do. Ukraine’s Zelensky had met Trump earlier this week and said Trump had agreed to license the production of Patriot missiles to Ukraine. Asked whether he was ready to grant Kyiv a licence to build Patriots domestically – something he had suggested at a Nato summit in Turkey just this month – Trump said: “We have not agreed to that. We’re talking about it, but it’s a hard thing to give away that kind of technology.” Giving away the weapons carried its own risks, he added: “People that you give that technology [to], they can some day turn on you. You know that is possible.” Several thousand Ukrainians rallied in central Kyiv on Friday, angry about Zelenskyy’s decision to ⁠oust the defence minister, Mykhailo Fedorov. Fedorov is ​widely credited with driving military innovation during Ukraine’s war with Russia. But having taken charge of the wartime ministry in January, he was dismissed in a surprise government reshuffle ⁠in mid-July. Since then, Ukrainians have been gathering next to the presidential office, pushing for Fedorov to be reinstated as he refused to accept another government post. Russia’s main grain lobby group warned on Friday that Ukrainian drone attacks on Russian ships and ports could shut down grain exports via the Black Sea, pushing up ⁠prices and causing hunger in ⁠Africa and the Middle East. Russia, the ​world’s largest wheat exporter, and Ukraine, also a large agricultural exporter, have been attacking each other’s facilities and vessels in the Black Sea area in recent weeks, driving wheat prices higher. The disruption to shipping in the Black Sea ⁠caused by Ukrainian attacks “poses a direct threat to global food security”, Russia’s Union of Grain Exporters and Producers told Reuters. Ukrainian drone attacks on Russian online retailer Wildberries amount to “acts ⁠of terrorism” against civilians, affecting millions of people in Russia and other countries, the company’s founder ⁠and CEO, Tatyana ⁠Kim, ​complained on Friday. Ukraine has attacked more than a dozen Wildberries sites since 18 July in ⁠a bid to disrupt the operations of the company, a vendor to the Russian war effort and linchpin of Russia’s consumer economy. Continue reading...

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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani@mayor.nyc.gov · 5d ago

Now this is the kind of trash talk we can get behind. We’re containerizing neighborhoods by taking trash off our sidewalks and allowing mid-size buildings to trade in their wheelie bins for a bigger, better, cleaner alternative: Empire Bins. It’s time to put a lid on it, New York.

United Farm Workers@ufw.bsky.social · 7d ago

A tomato dumper in Mendota CA shifting his platform to a new trailer so the work doesn't stop. With about 14 pickers on a side averaging 170 buckets each, a single dumper is lifting and dumping roughly 2,380 25lb buckets a day in CAs Central Valley heat. #WeFeedYou

Robert X Bastidas@robertxbastidas.bsky.social · 7d ago

Audit the hell out of ICE and if necessary cut funding and dissolve it. I want to know where the hell we went wrong . That agency must be held accountable for its actions . Law enforcement personel know better and most of the time are trained to de-escalate situations before resorting to force.

Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani@mayor.nyc.gov · 7d ago

Uber Eats and DoorDash hid tip buttons and set default tips below 10%. As a result, tips for delivery workers fell 79%.  In January, we made these corporations change their apps — and in the past six months, we've put $104 million back in delivery workers' pockets.  This is only the beginning.

Senator Patty Murray@murray.senate.gov · last wk.

ICE agents threatened to beat up a Seattle small business owner, married to a citizen, with NO criminal record unless he signed a "voluntary" departure. I'm told there were cameras in the room. I'm demanding any video and that Eduardo be brought home immediately.

Senator Patty Murray@murray.senate.gov · last wk.

On Thursday, ICE needlessly detained Eduardo Aguirre Esparza, a local Seattle small business owner with no criminal history. This is a man who is married to an American citizen and with deep ties to our local community who was working hard to pursue a legal pathway to lawful permanent residence.

Robert X Bastidas@robertxbastidas.bsky.social · 7d ago

I wonder how often cargo aircraft are inspected at JFK or Newark airport. As someone with a security background I have to be cognizant of possible threats to security. Such as packing an aircraft full of High explosive like RDX or composition C4 and detonateding it near awarehouse at an airport.