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Karen “Will not Toady” Robertson

@karenrobz.bsky.social
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23-year veteran of US Courts/recovering attorney, Rocky Mountain enthusiast, teaching ESL to adult immigrants & refugees in Aurora CO, ally, wife & mother of good men, all are welcome at my house.

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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 29/09/2026
Norway has solution to this actually, stay at home parents can get their share of the public daycare subsidy as cash, that way parents are not pushed one way or the other. the problem of course is virtually no one on the center or right actually gives a shit about parents
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Karen “Will not Toady” Robertson @karenrobz.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
And vice versa
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Matthew Hoppock @hoppock.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
EOIR quietly issued a new 5-page policy on public observation of immigration court hearings this week. It contains some significant new limitations, most notably for people trying to observe hearings remotely on WebEx. Here are the changes I've noticed. www.justice.gov/eoir/media/1...
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Fact Sheet September 2026 | United States Department of Justice
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Thor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
This is a good response to Tammy Duckworth's infuriating comments
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What should Democrats do if they win?
YouTube video by Takes™ by Jamelle Bouie
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Ghostly Bree @mostlybree.kitrocha.com · 25/09/2026
Work every answer around to somehow insulting James Carville.
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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Sometimes i google Ally McBeal — that 90s legal drama where all the bathrooms were unisex and nobody cared except to think it was so cosmopolitan and cool — just to make sure i didn’t make all that up.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Support Thomas if you can!
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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Why ben thei so numerous The songes about rainbowes And what ys on the othir syde? "Rainbowes are visiounes Yet onlye illusiounes, And rainbowes have no thynge to hyde."
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ray808.bsky.social @ray808.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I can’t stop laughing 🤣
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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 19/09/2026
Okay, this got me.
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Thor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Democratic strategists: Ahhh! What's the right message!!?? Where do we moderate!?!? Jon Ossoff: This administration is horrible. I hate these people. We should put them in jail. I'm pissed Voters: This guy is cool Strategists: I can't figure it out!!!!!
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The Mighty OCD @mightyocd.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
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Karen “Will not Toady” Robertson @karenrobz.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
It's a new day ...
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Citizen K | Long Live The King 👑 @citizenkryptik.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
This whole thing just gets the incentives behind boycotts backwards too. Like, boycotts of private companies and entities work because you can opt out of their purview by simply refusing to be a customer. You can't do that with govt, refusing to vote doesn't remove you from a jurisdiction's purview
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Ben Siemon @benjaminjs.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
You can tell we're a country of idiots by how easily we're convinced to debate the 1% of trans people who want the right to live their lives authentically and safely and don't negatively impact our lives instead of the billionaires who spend every day making our lives genuinely tangibly worse.
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🗽LOLGOP🗽 @lolgop.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Haitians Live in a Dual State in Ohio Right Now One of the greatest tragedies of our time: a pogrom launched by the sitting vice president of the United States that will displace hundreds of thousands and kill hundres if not thousands.
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Haitians Live in a Dual State in Ohio Right Now
YouTube video by WNYC
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David Cavlovic🇨🇦🍁 @davidcavlovic.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
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Karen “Will not Toady” Robertson @karenrobz.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
This is so spot on.
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Karen “Will not Toady” Robertson @karenrobz.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Everyone should know these stories...
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Karen “Will not Toady” Robertson @karenrobz.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
There will be hell to pay…
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Tom Coates @tomcoates.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
I mean, no offense, but Abdul is far hotter than Vance. By a mile.
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Karen “Will not Toady” Robertson @karenrobz.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Hilarious they sent them to Wyoming, although there are some awesome blue dots there. Assume they were just practicing and thought it was safe. Good on the governor.
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 28/08/2026
It isn’t a coincidence that many rich countries are accelerating policies to reduce immigration at the same time we are witnessing more natural disasters supercharged by climate change.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
We are a broken nation. Hundreds of thousands of Haitians were living and working legally, paying taxes, and contributing. Haiti remains wholly unsafe. But Trump hates Haitians, and the White House wanted videos of Black people in chains, so they stripped them of status and turned on the cameras.
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Haiti TPS has been TERMINATED.
Those with terminated TPS are in our nation Illegally. They have two options: LEAVE IMMEDIATELY or be DEPORTED.
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Underneath is a screenshot of a video showing two Haitian men in chains being led to the aircraft. I didn’t post the video, but it’s vile.
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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
A reporter should hold up a map of the Great Lakes with numbers on them and ask Trump which one he's just purported to rename.
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Rodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Remember if you’ve ever heard a Republican claim they’re actually ok with immigration but just want all the immigrants to do it legally, they were lying
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Karen “Will not Toady” Robertson @karenrobz.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
She was most definitely not neutral. Maybe the fact the right didn't mock/reject/cancel her for it means more grace is possible. . .
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Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
“She had a way of treating social justice like down-home common sense.”
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Liz Renzetti @lizrenzetti.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
"In private, people who understand how good this stuff is, and how much better it’s getting, they’re very worried." Bill Gates is scared af about unchecked, unregulated AI development. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/26/t...
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Bill Gates Is Warning That A.I. Is More Dangerous Than Big Tech Will Admit (Gift Article)
In an hourlong interview, he said his industry was downplaying the risks, which he believes include mass unemployment and bioterrorism.
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Ghostly Bree @mostlybree.kitrocha.com · 26/08/2026
if I ever became famous & rich this is exactly what I would want to do with both: quietly give money to people who need it, and write letters with gently unhinged enthusiasm to cheer on everyone I possibly could
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
The depressing thing about the US isn't Trump really. He's just a grotesque. It's the complete failure of all the things liberals believe in: Congress, the judiciary, the press, voters themselves, all persistently unwilling or unable to stop him. It's the failure of an entire society.
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Linda Holmes @lindaholmes.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
So could a person in a car. What is this supposed to prove?
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Doug Gordon @brooklynspoke.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
I don't think there's a more important issue right now than standing up for the rights of trans people. It's essential to do and correct on its face and it's also a proxy for so many other fights we face today. This is one of the best statements on that importance I've seen. This is the way.
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Candice Frederick @candicefrederick.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Wow. Good for her. I wonder if this could help set a precedent for many others. www.thewrap.com/media-platfo...
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Washington Post Ordered to Reinstate Karen Attiah After Firing Over Charlie Kirk Posts
The Washington Post was ordered to reinstate Karen Attiah and award her back pay after an arbitrator ruled it lacked cause to fire her.
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Maybell Romero @maybell.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
If you were born in the United States and have never been to a naturalization ceremony, go if you have the chance. It's moving and beautiful. Here's a taste of one as the intro to an old episode of This American Life: www.thisamericanlife.org/124/transcript. Congrats, @linmeneguin.bsky.social!
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124: Welcome to America - This American Life
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Joe Stieb @joestieb.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Let’s be real. The right hates women’s sports because it involves lots of queer people and women being generally out of their lane. They are doing this not only to mock trans people but to discredit women’s sports in general, which they hate. And they invented this situation from whole cloth.
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Bronco von Nugget @bronckielanche.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Jfc the countries that “serve as financial arteries” are Russia, North Korea, and China and we all know he’s not going to do fucking shit to them. Yall can’t be this fucking naive
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Deva Woodly @devawo.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
If, after years of Black folks& queer folks& anti war folks being chased out of academia, their subject areas banned, *this* is the first place you want to plant an academic freedom flag, it’s not an academic freedom flag.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
According to the right, if you teach that racism is an actual problem that needs to be studied and addressed, that is a bad thing. But if you teach that racism is an actual *solution* that needs to be taught and encouraged, well, that is a good thing, a very good thing indeed.
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Alex A. Pagliuca @alexpagliuca.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
“Academic freedom” is a canard where racism is concerned, 100%. As I’ve been saying, no one is running around claiming “Gold can be made from lead” or “The universe revolves around the sun” are “viewpoints” that need protection in academia. But “Non-white people are inferior”? That’s “freedom.” 😂
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Randi Mayem Singer @rmayemsinger.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
You just know there's a notebook with "Natalie Trump" written in cursive thousands of times.
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Bolts @boltsmag.org · 21/08/2026
Sarah George, a reform prosecutor in Vermont, ordered her staff prosecutors to visit a prison, hoping it would make them think twice before seeking a long sentence. She won her primary this month to serve another term.
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With Latest Win, Progressive Vermont Prosecutor Looks to Double Down on Reforms - Bolts
Over nearly a decade in office, Burlington’s chief prosecutor Sarah George has pursued a platform of restorative justice and dialing back low-level prosecutions.
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Jon B. Wolfsthal @jonatomic.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
I was part of the Obama Admin that put in place the sanctions that brought about the 2015 Iran nuclear deal. It took years, a full and capable team, and cooperation from Russia, China, India and allies like Japan and ROK who trusted US. Trump has none of these tools.
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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
one of many ways you can tell the anti-trans “boys in girls sports” hysteria, from the trump WH on down, is absolute bullshit is they never bring up girls in boys sports
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A.L.P. In Geauga @alphawg.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
*generational talent. Haven't finished caffeinating yet.
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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 18/08/2026
This is part of my "minimum standards" requirement. None of this "the past is behind us, let's move forward" shit. More of the "this country will never do this again, and I'm going to make sure of it."
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Carrie Brown @brizzyc.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
"Revenge shapes the president’s priorities, drives his actions and structures the decisions of his government" www.nytimes.com/2026/08/19/o...
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Opinion | Trump’s Revenge (Gift Article)
The lust for vengeance shapes the president’s priorities, drives his actions and structures the decisions of his government.
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Karen “Will not Toady” Robertson @karenrobz.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
THIS MUST STOP
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Karen “Will not Toady” Robertson @karenrobz.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
As always, don't miss an essay by @thomaszimmer.bsky.social. He speaks to me because I grew up overseas, mostly in Germany, & am similarly steeped in 2 cultures, but he pans out re current US culture like no other. This one esp speaks to those of us with "clean"-obsessed young people in our lives...
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 17/08/2026
ICE can’t be reformed. What voters are we courting by being weak on this issue? Do we have some massive Dem donor that owns concentration camps or something?
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