Reposted by Karen “Will not Toady” Robertsonryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 29/09/2026Norway 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 382470528
Reposted by Karen “Will not Toady” RobertsonMatthew Hoppock @hoppock.bsky.social · 27/09/2026EOIR 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...justice.govFact Sheet September 2026 | United States Department of Justice 14729
Reposted by Karen “Will not Toady” RobertsonThor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 25/09/2026This is a good response to Tammy Duckworth's infuriating commentsyoutube.comWhat should Democrats do if they win?YouTube video by Takes™ by Jamelle Bouie 76112
Reposted by Karen “Will not Toady” RobertsonGhostly Bree @mostlybree.kitrocha.com · 25/09/2026Work every answer around to somehow insulting James Carville. 826519
Reposted by Karen “Will not Toady” RobertsonTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Sometimes 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. 271310132
Reposted by Karen “Will not Toady” RobertsonKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Support Thomas if you can! 111538
Reposted by Karen “Will not Toady” RobertsonChaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Why 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." 632871
Reposted by Karen “Will not Toady” Robertsonray808.bsky.social @ray808.bsky.social · 24/09/2026I can’t stop laughing 🤣 091
Reposted by Karen “Will not Toady” Robertson𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 19/09/2026Okay, this got me. 650158963233
Reposted by Karen “Will not Toady” RobertsonThor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Democratic 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!!!!! 354169633026
Reposted by Karen “Will not Toady” RobertsonCitizen K | Long Live The King 👑 @citizenkryptik.bsky.social · 11/09/2026This 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 24910
Reposted by Karen “Will not Toady” RobertsonBen Siemon @benjaminjs.bsky.social · 12/09/2026You 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. 11029279
Reposted by Karen “Will not Toady” Robertson🗽LOLGOP🗽 @lolgop.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Haitians 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.youtube.comHaitians Live in a Dual State in Ohio Right NowYouTube video by WNYC 05614
Reposted by Karen “Will not Toady” RobertsonDavid Cavlovic🇨🇦🍁 @davidcavlovic.bsky.social · 12/09/2026 1052598242
Karen “Will not Toady” Robertson @karenrobz.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Everyone should know these stories... 010
Reposted by Karen “Will not Toady” RobertsonTom Coates @tomcoates.bsky.social · 31/08/2026I mean, no offense, but Abdul is far hotter than Vance. By a mile. 4631
Karen “Will not Toady” Robertson @karenrobz.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Hilarious 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. 010
Reposted by Karen “Will not Toady” RobertsonDr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 28/08/2026It 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. 16914290
Reposted by Karen “Will not Toady” RobertsonAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 28/08/2026We 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. 36099433827
Reposted by Karen “Will not Toady” RobertsonSteve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 27/08/2026A 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. 1064265796
Reposted by Karen “Will not Toady” RobertsonRodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Remember 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 162964741
Karen “Will not Toady” Robertson @karenrobz.bsky.social · 26/08/2026She was most definitely not neutral. Maybe the fact the right didn't mock/reject/cancel her for it means more grace is possible. . . 020
Reposted by Karen “Will not Toady” RobertsonDan 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.” 212323
Reposted by Karen “Will not Toady” RobertsonLiz 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...nytimes.comBill 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. 44399209
Reposted by Karen “Will not Toady” RobertsonGhostly Bree @mostlybree.kitrocha.com · 26/08/2026if 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 1032222
Reposted by Karen “Will not Toady” RobertsonIan Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 25/08/2026The 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. 1452964748
Reposted by Karen “Will not Toady” RobertsonLinda Holmes @lindaholmes.bsky.social · 25/08/2026So could a person in a car. What is this supposed to prove? 3351
Reposted by Karen “Will not Toady” RobertsonDoug Gordon @brooklynspoke.bsky.social · 23/08/2026I 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. 324661
Reposted by Karen “Will not Toady” RobertsonCandice Frederick @candicefrederick.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Wow. Good for her. I wonder if this could help set a precedent for many others. www.thewrap.com/media-platfo...thewrap.comWashington Post Ordered to Reinstate Karen Attiah After Firing Over Charlie Kirk PostsThe Washington Post was ordered to reinstate Karen Attiah and award her back pay after an arbitrator ruled it lacked cause to fire her. 1192
Reposted by Karen “Will not Toady” RobertsonMaybell Romero @maybell.bsky.social · 23/08/2026If 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!thisamericanlife.org124: Welcome to America - This American Life 1279
Reposted by Karen “Will not Toady” RobertsonJoe Stieb @joestieb.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Let’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. 816534
Reposted by Karen “Will not Toady” RobertsonBronco von Nugget @bronckielanche.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Jfc 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 1322
Reposted by Karen “Will not Toady” RobertsonDeva Woodly @devawo.bsky.social · 23/08/2026If, 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. 0698
Reposted by Karen “Will not Toady” RobertsonKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 23/08/2026According 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. 372247452
Reposted by Karen “Will not Toady” RobertsonAlex 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.” 😂 1215
Reposted by Karen “Will not Toady” RobertsonRandi Mayem Singer @rmayemsinger.bsky.social · 21/08/2026You just know there's a notebook with "Natalie Trump" written in cursive thousands of times. 942702328
Reposted by Karen “Will not Toady” RobertsonBolts @boltsmag.org · 21/08/2026Sarah 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.boltsmag.orgWith Latest Win, Progressive Vermont Prosecutor Looks to Double Down on Reforms - BoltsOver nearly a decade in office, Burlington’s chief prosecutor Sarah George has pursued a platform of restorative justice and dialing back low-level prosecutions. 29015
Reposted by Karen “Will not Toady” RobertsonJon B. Wolfsthal @jonatomic.bsky.social · 21/08/2026I 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. 2263
Reposted by Karen “Will not Toady” RobertsonAsawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 21/08/2026one 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 2233833
Reposted by Karen “Will not Toady” RobertsonA.L.P. In Geauga @alphawg.bsky.social · 20/08/2026*generational talent. Haven't finished caffeinating yet. 111
Reposted by Karen “Will not Toady” RobertsonCourtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 18/08/2026This 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." 7868175
Reposted by Karen “Will not Toady” RobertsonCarrie 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...nytimes.comOpinion | Trump’s Revenge (Gift Article)The lust for vengeance shapes the president’s priorities, drives his actions and structures the decisions of his government. 023
Karen “Will not Toady” Robertson @karenrobz.bsky.social · 17/08/2026As 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... 000
Reposted by Karen “Will not Toady” RobertsonAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 17/08/2026ICE 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? 1280102792575