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Marlonius Monk

@maestroramirez1010.bsky.social
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Orchestral conductor in exile, lover of films and hikes. Loyal Democrat and proud Californian.

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Marlonius Monk @maestroramirez1010.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
My 9 games that define me. Surprising what you leave out!
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Marlonius Monk @maestroramirez1010.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
People give Manchin and Cuellar a lot of crap, but they didn't do this
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Marlonius Monk @maestroramirez1010.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Same as it ever was, Babar. Same as it ever was.
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Marlonius Monk @maestroramirez1010.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
The End of Oak Street:
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Marlonius Monk @maestroramirez1010.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Fine, I will donate to him. This also makes me hate Platner's guts more. (did not know he took a swipe at My President.)
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Marlonius Monk @maestroramirez1010.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
@charlesgaba.com I know you've got some pages for state parties (southern state parties, battleground parties) but do you have a page where they're all listed?
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Marlonius Monk @maestroramirez1010.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Ari Aster's The Music Man
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Marlonius Monk @maestroramirez1010.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Not surprising if you know me.
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Marlonius Monk @maestroramirez1010.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Toy Story - What does it mean to BE a toy? Toy Story 2 - What do kids mean to their toys? Toy Story 3 - What does time mean to a toy? Toy Story 4 - What does a toy mean without a kid? Toy Story 5 - What do toys mean to their kids?
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Marlonius Monk @maestroramirez1010.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Leaving Twitter but still having to see this kind of junk is violence. Kidding aside, anyone making this their focus is a clown and can eat a bowl of farts.
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Marlonius Monk @maestroramirez1010.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Amen!
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Marlonius Monk @maestroramirez1010.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Also wild to think that whoever would've been endorsed wouldn't have gotten throttled because of inflation. And also, much of the actual base still likes Biden.
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Marlonius Monk @maestroramirez1010.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Not my favorite Spielberg but very profound and some amazing stuff on screen. John Williams does it again. Emily Blunt, we're getting you that Oscar
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Marlonius Monk @maestroramirez1010.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
Hell yeah
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Marlonius Monk @maestroramirez1010.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Thanks to Aaron for catching this and Carl for making Cramer writhe like Wormtongue
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Marlonius Monk @maestroramirez1010.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
So has Mother Jones always been bad and I never noticed, or did they recently lose the plot?
motherjones.com
Jared Polis did the right thing
Election denier Tina Peters committed serious crimes, but her prison sentence was too harsh.
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Marlonius Monk @maestroramirez1010.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
The Voting Rights Act is one of the best and most consequential laws ever and it is discouraging to see it shredded. But the VRA, unlike the South, will rise again. So better get out there and vote because if it didn't matter, they wouldn't be rushing to eliminate these districts in the 1st place
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Marlonius Monk @maestroramirez1010.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
I guess it wouldn't be a Trump administration without some global health disaster
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Marlonius Monk @maestroramirez1010.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
May the Fourth be with you. www.youtube.com/watch?v=0u2H...
youtube.com
Top 10 Speeches and Monologues from Andor (S1 + S2)
YouTube video by Flip
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Marlonius Monk @maestroramirez1010.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Senate wise: I'm focusing my donations to NC, GA, AK for now. May invest in IA, TX, OH if it looks reasonable in a month or so
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Marlonius Monk @maestroramirez1010.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Re: the VRA decision from SCOTUS today - you're going to hear a lot of people talking about expanding the court and so on, but that wouldn't be necessary if people had taken the 2014-2016 elections seriously. Reaping, sowing, etc
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Marlonius Monk @maestroramirez1010.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
What's funny about this is that R support is at 26%, which would be the lowest support for an R in CA at the gubernatorial level ever.
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Marlonius Monk @maestroramirez1010.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
Film you've watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Star Trek, Star Wars, LOTR, DC, Marvel, Disney, Pixar, Spielberg, Cameron, Wachowskis, or Ghibli.
media.tenor.com
a group of men are standing on a stage and one of them is saying " you do martha graham "
ALT: a group of men are standing on a stage and one of them is saying " you do martha graham "
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Marlonius Monk @maestroramirez1010.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Suddenly becoming more likely!
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Marlonius Monk @maestroramirez1010.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
It's probably unlikely but the best case scenario for CA gov would be Becerra and Steyer making the ballot. I would be fine knowing either of them had won
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Marlonius Monk @maestroramirez1010.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Sí se puede not just a slogan!
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Marlonius Monk @maestroramirez1010.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Truly stunning that JD Vance, a man with the charisma of abandoned furniture in the rain, managed to flub the peace talks with Iran and cost Orban the election in Hungary. ....Vance 2028?
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Marlonius Monk @maestroramirez1010.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Longterm peace? Yeah, okay. He's a loser and a coward.
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Marlonius Monk @maestroramirez1010.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Gotta love the replies that say shouting on the steps is somehow effective.
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Marlonius Monk @maestroramirez1010.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
To everyone who couldn't pull the lever for Harris because they wanted stimulus checks and 2019 prices, or didn't get your student loans forgiven, or wanted to end the war in Gaza, or didn't want a president who 'fell asleep' in the Situation Room, way to go, you did it!
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Marlonius Monk @maestroramirez1010.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
If he claims we won but prices and gas remain high, isn't that technically worse for him?
politico.com
‘I came, I saw, I conquered:’ Trump set to claim victory in Iran at primetime address
The president’s attempt to spell out an endgame comes as an additional 2,500 Marines make their way to the Middle East.
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Marlonius Monk @maestroramirez1010.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
You're all dumb, you all screwed it up, and you can all go suck a lemon.
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Marlonius Monk @maestroramirez1010.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Correct!
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Marlonius Monk @maestroramirez1010.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
I, for one, think it's great the economy is starting to skid and we're starting military engagements in unstable regions with a president who looks like he drank from the wrong chalice at the end of the Last Crusade.
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Marlonius Monk @maestroramirez1010.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
My rebuttal to the SOTU:
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Democrats @democrats.org · 21/02/2026
On his birthday, we honor the legacy of John Lewis.
Image of John Lewis with white text reading, "Do not get lost in a sea of despair. Be hopeful, be optimistic. Our struggle is not the struggle of a day, a week, a month, or a year, it is the struggle of a lifetime."
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Marlonius Monk @maestroramirez1010.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Way to go, folks. Some of us were saying this since 2024.
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Marlonius Monk @maestroramirez1010.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
Thermostatic voters:
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Marlonius Monk @maestroramirez1010.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
Never mind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took in college: 1. Study of Orchestration 2. Marine Life and Oceanography 3. Prose Poetry and Flash Fiction 4. The Art of Writing for Film and Stage 5. Advanced American Politics
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Marlonius Monk @maestroramirez1010.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Someone said they were gonna "Leroy Jenkins" it, and they sure did!
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Marlonius Monk @maestroramirez1010.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Guillermo Del Toro's Hobbit Peter Jackson's Pinocchio
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Marlonius Monk @maestroramirez1010.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
As seen one someone else's post. The economy is still humming along, though bumpier. Wait until it gets worse and it's not just vibes!
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Marlonius Monk @maestroramirez1010.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Those people clamoring for Dems to impeach Noem and abolish ICE, please explain how 47 is greater than 53. And how we can get to 67 seats in November of this year?
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Marlonius Monk @maestroramirez1010.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
It's such a cliche but they wouldn't pass new restrictions and gerrymander if it didn't matter!
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Marlonius Monk @maestroramirez1010.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
All the anti-Dem posters are in full force this morning I see. Here is my response: www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXvK...
youtube.com
I have not passed through fire and death to bandy crooked words with a..
YouTube video by michaelSprung
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Marlonius Monk @maestroramirez1010.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
I said in 2020 I would crawl across broken glass without a face mask to vote out that melted candle looking ass. Do you think 'because they might mess with elections' would stop me this year?
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Marlonius Monk @maestroramirez1010.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Make good trouble!
standwithminnesota.com
Stand With Minnesota Donation Directory
Stand With Minnesota is a hub for supporting, learning, and taking action to support Minnesotans impacted by ICE and federal enforcement.
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Charles Gaba ✡️ @charlesgaba.com · 20/01/2026
📣 ANNOUNCEMENT: Last fall, in addition to my usual fundraising page to raise money VA Dems running in *competitive* state legislative districts, @90for90.bsky.social approached me with an idea to create a *second* page *specifically* to raise money for the REDDEST, LEAST competitive seats. 1/
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Marlonius Monk @maestroramirez1010.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
I think some of this is good but to say this is the Dem's fault is stupid. We're not in the majority! And some of the comments, woo boy, I tell you what. Not good, very bad. People love to post but not to think critically. And this is me agreeing that this was not a good deal!
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Marlonius Monk @maestroramirez1010.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
Fallout from tariffs, correcting for overhiring/overspending during the pandemic, over-embracing AI capabilities, general contraction of consumer spending, and a highly speculative bubble in the stock market all at the same time. Sounds great!
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