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Robin LaVoie

@robinklavoie.bsky.social
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Researcher, essayist, mom, caregiver, reader, fidgety meditator. Fan of bad puns, good storytelling, & random kindnesses. Itslikethis.Substack.com

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Robin LaVoie @robinklavoie.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Moms Vote! MILLIONS & MILLIONS of moms, over the last several years, have received a handwritten postcard from a MomsRising mom, urging them to vote. Please join our free 2026 mom-to-mom postcard program. Let @momsrising know and help us plan for 2026. #MomsVote action.momsrising.org/sign/postcar...
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Join our FREE 2026 mom-to-mom postcard program?
MILLIONS AND MILLIONS of moms, over the last several years, have received a handwritten postcard from a MomsRising mom, urging them to vote. Our powerful mom-to-mom postcard program has been running (...
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Robin LaVoie @robinklavoie.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
This one is going to stay with me. The Black House flashfictionmagazine.com/blog/2026/06...
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The Black House
I was still quite young when Mother first sent me to the black house with the shards of a shattered plate. She had inherited the dish from her mother, who had, in turn, received it from hers. I’d b…
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Kevin Hearne @kevinhearne.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
Are people in NY who will be attending Game 3 of the finals getting manicures to flip impeccable birds at a certain orange dude who will be in attendance I imagine the opportunity to do so would be worth the ticket price alone Also there will be a basketball game
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Robin LaVoie @robinklavoie.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Incredible flash essay by Ceridwen Hall via @short-reads.org. This line hit me: “it’s a strange, raw thing to honor a mother by not becoming one—to accept the slippery weight of the freedom you’ve been handed.” www.short-reads.org/the-lemon/
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The Lemon
by Ceridwen Hall | Cooking lessons.
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Robin LaVoie @robinklavoie.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
If I had to pick one thing I would change about myself, I would say it's either my inability to make a decision or that I care too much about other people’s opinions. But I don’t know…what do you think?
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#HandsOffAZ @kyratangren.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
Feeling like a blue dot in a sea of red? No Kings 3 on 3/28/26 saw 82 events across AZ, in giant Phoenix & Tucson and tiny Patagonia & Arivaca. From Quartzsite to Window Rock, Kayenta to Douglas, more than 100,000 Arizonans showed up to declare: No kings in the US! 🚫👑 #NoKings #NoKingsAZ #AZProtests
Map of photos of events across Arizona for No Kings III on March 28, 2026
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Robin LaVoie @robinklavoie.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
fhtimes.com/stories/foun... #NoKings #HandsoffAZ
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Fountain Hills turns out for No Kings protest - Fountain Hills Times
Fountain Park was the site of a large No Kings protest Saturday morning, March 28, as local political groups, churches, clubs and individuals showed up to take part in a demonstration being organized ...
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Robin LaVoie @robinklavoie.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
#handsoffAZ proud of my town for showing up today
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
Well done. #NoKings
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Robin LaVoie @robinklavoie.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
Ready in Fountain Hills #Arizona #NoKings
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Arizona Indivisible 🇺🇸🌵💪 ❌👑 @azindivisible.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
Rest up, everybody, tomorrow is a big day. #NoKings
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Robin LaVoie @robinklavoie.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
What a gorgeous flash essay by Beverley Stevens via @short-reads.org. www.short-reads.org/out-the-fron...
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Out the Front Door
by Beverley Stevens | Making a fuss.
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Violet Blue® @violetblue.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
Live webcams at #Waikiki Beach (Oahu, Honolulu) #Hawaii #earthquake #Tsunami Hilton: www.hilton.com/en/hotels/hn... Hilton: www.hilton.com/en/hotels/hn... Sheraton: www.ozolio.com/explore/HCOU...
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GenderWild Press @genderwildpress.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
They’re trying to silence us. They are trying to erase us. They are targeting our children. They are criminalizing our medical care. So what do we do about it? Get loud, get proud, and keep showing up as our gorgeous, beautiful selves. genderwildpress.com #queerstories #transstories #trans 1/3
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GenderWild Press
stories with queer roots
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Robin LaVoie @robinklavoie.bsky.social · 27/07/2025
Oh yay! A beach ball launched itself from the pickup truck ahead of me. It giggled & soared into the next lane. I passed it as it bounced back the way they had come. Oh no! My side mirror showed its fun-filled freedom curtly crushed under the wheel of a semi-truck. I could almost hear the pop. 😩
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Robin LaVoie @robinklavoie.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
I’ve been creating audio voiceovers for my Substack posts for quite awhile, but I finally went back and added all of the voiceovers to a podcast RSS feed. Instant 40+ episode podcast! 😆🎙️😎 podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...
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It's Like This Podcast
Personal Journals Podcast · Life around here? It’s like this. Caregiving, autism, advocacy, midlife. Storytelling, essays, humor, and short fiction. A selected voice-over of my Substack publication. ...
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Robin LaVoie @robinklavoie.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
Add your name to the petition demanding Congress pass legislation requiring all immigration agents to clearly display their agency and name or badge number—just like other local law enforcement are required to do. sign.moveon.org/petitions/un...
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Tell Congress: Unmask ICE!
Add your name to the petition demanding Congress pass legislation requiring all immigration agents to clearly display their agency and name or badge number—just like other local law enforcement are re...
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Robin LaVoie @robinklavoie.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
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Robin LaVoie on Substack
After that disastrous bill passed yesterday, I learned that my story, my son’s story, and our plea to save Medicaid, is now part of the Congressional record. Hakeem Jeffries read it (thanks to The Arc...
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Charles Gaba ✡️ @charlesgaba.com · 02/07/2025
#AZ01 Dave Schweikert (R): Trump won by just 3.1%! ✅ ~48,000 #ACA exchange enrollees are at risk ~39,000 Medicaid expansion* enrollees are at risk *(aka "AHCCCS" or "Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System" which is perhaps the most awkward name for a Medicaid program I've seen)
#AZ01 Dave Schweikert (R): Trump won by just 3.1%! ✅

~48,000 #ACA exchange enrollees are at risk
~39,000 Medicaid expansion* enrollees are at risk

*(aka "AHCCCS" or "Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System" which is perhaps the most awkward name for a Medicaid program I've seen)
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Robin LaVoie @robinklavoie.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
For all those fighting the good fight against the rising oligarchy, and for those like me whose families care very personally about Medicaid (oh, yes, and all the rest)
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A Waiting Game
May the odds be ever in your favor
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Robin LaVoie @robinklavoie.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
Sign our letter telling your U.S. Senators to VOTE NO on the Republican Big Bad Betrayal Bill and instead prioritize families and our economy over billionaires. #MomsSky action.momsrising.org/sign/SenateR...
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Speak out against the harmful Republican budget & tax bill.
Sign our letter telling your U.S. Senators to VOTE NO on the Republican Big Bad Betrayal Bill and instead prioritize families and our economy over billionaires.
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AZ Attorney General Kris Mayes @azagmayes.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
The Supreme Court's ruling today in the Skrmetti case affirms government overreach at its worst and is a direct attack on the rights of parents. It is a cruel decision that will only harm vulnerable children and their families. thehill.com/regulation/c...
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Robin LaVoie @robinklavoie.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
A Show of Resistance - a phenomenal art show open during #nokings in Phoenix— 11:30-3pm at First Studio Gallery www.facebook.com/reel/7401353...
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23 reactions | 📢 A Show of Resistance Art as a catalyst for change. Join us for A Show of Resistance, a powerful exhibition spotlighting artists across the U.S. who use their work to challenge the sta...
📢 A Show of Resistance Art as a catalyst for change. Join us for A Show of Resistance, a powerful exhibition spotlighting artists across the U.S. who use their work to challenge the status quo and...
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Robin LaVoie @robinklavoie.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
@azindivisible.bsky.social @standindivisible.bsky.social Great patriotic turnout at Schweikert’s office this morning! #nokings
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Robin LaVoie @robinklavoie.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
Getting ready….! #nokings
Protest signs, red white & blue, “we want Medicaid, not fascist parades” and “we believe in the Constitution. Do you?”
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Robin LaVoie @robinklavoie.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
First Studio Gallery in Phoenix - Res!st : A Show of Resistance. First Friday artist reception 6/6/25 and 8/1/25 5-9 p.m.
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Robin LaVoie @robinklavoie.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
I'm attending No Kings's event, “NO KINGS Scottsdale” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
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NO KINGS Scottsdale · No Kings
**In America, we don’t put up with would-be kings.** NO KINGS is a national day of action and mass mobilization in response to increasing authoritarian excesses and corruption from Trump and his allie...
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Robin LaVoie @robinklavoie.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
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American Bridge 21st Century on X: ""They didn't need me." David Schweikert shows zero remorse for sleeping through this morning's vote on a bill that threatens health care that 71,700 Arizonans in his own district rely on. FIRE THIS GUY. #AZ01 https://t.co/KyqryTDcXQ" / X
"They didn't need me." David Schweikert shows zero remorse for sleeping through this morning's vote on a bill that threatens health care that 71,700 Arizonans in his own district rely on. FIRE THIS GUY. #AZ01 https://t.co/KyqryTDcXQ
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Ann in Arizona @annemmaperrault.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
@kyratangren.bsky.social On Monday, May 12th, Avelo Airlines will begin deportation flights out of Mesa Gateway Airport Arizona. We’ll be protesting from 9-11am to let them know we don’t want these cruel, often illegal flights happening in our community. Details at www.gilbertgoodtrouble.com
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Robin LaVoie @robinklavoie.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
I love my small but mighty community in my Trump-leaning town - we will overcome! In Fountain Hills, AZ!!
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Robin LaVoie @robinklavoie.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
Sorry, no time to respond to RFK, Jr.’s misguided priorities & damaging rhetoric—I’m too busy fighting for the Medicaid services & educational access that allow my 25-yr-old autistic son & others like him (1 / 2)
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Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
Should add that while RFK Jr. is talking about how autism destroys families, the Trump administration sent Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the father of an #ActuallyAutistic child to El Salvador and says without evidence that he's a member of MS-13.
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Robin LaVoie @robinklavoie.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
If you’re in AZ, families like mine who rely on Medicaid waiver services could use your help. Click to read the Weekly and contact your reps please.
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Robin LaVoie @robinklavoie.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
The restorative relief I feel after having two quiet, creative flow hours to work on personal writing is worth it even if I never get this piece done enough to publish. I’ll remind myself of this next week when my brain tells me how much time I’ve “wasted.” 💙📚📝
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Kamala Harris @kamalaharris.com · 07/04/2025
Fear has a way of being contagious. But courage is also contagious.
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Robin LaVoie @robinklavoie.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
I can’t possibly fit all my anger on one sign…how can there be SO many things I care about that they are tearing apart?
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Robin LaVoie @robinklavoie.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
On sidewalk outside Schweikert's office 9-10am AZ time on Saturday 4/5! www.mobilize.us/handsoff/eve...
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Hands Off! Scottsdale Fights Back · Hands Off
**Donald Trump and Elon Musk think this country belongs to them.** We are fighting back! They're taking everything they can get their hands on—our health care, our data, our jobs, our services—and da...
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Robin LaVoie @robinklavoie.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
For World Autism Awareness Day (today), I think I’ll contact my congressman (again) to make him aware that Medicaid, SSI, and access to public education matters. For this guy and so many like him:
A smiling young man in a purple Phoenix Suns t-shirt holding green fidget beads in his hands.
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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
The lives of American troops - and every American life - depends on the people in charge of our government taking their responsibilities seriously. But again and again, including with the incompetence that came to light today, they are demonstrating the opposite. My full interview here:
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Pete Responds Live to Trump Admin’s Major Security Failure
YouTube video by Pete Buttigieg
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Robin LaVoie @robinklavoie.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
I don’t seek out songs that make me cry, but they have a way of finding me. Sometimes they sneak up on me—to give me just what I need. open.substack.com/pub/itsliket...
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7. Silly Love Songs
May 25, 2021
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Robin LaVoie @robinklavoie.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
What’s a book you remember reading as a child? #booksky The Girl with the Silver Eyes — ooh, I wanted to BE this girl and spent many hours staring at objects to make them move…didn’t work (yet)
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Robin LaVoie @robinklavoie.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
📚💙 A fantastic novel serialized in Substack. Ben is leaving his epic Departures open for one more month before it goes behind a paywall. Read (or better yet, listen!!) A great read #booksky open.substack.com/pub/benwakem...
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Table of Contents
Start here to read the serial novel "Departures," a supernatural thriller and love story.
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Robin LaVoie @robinklavoie.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
Thank you, @captmarkkelly.bsky.social !!
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Robin LaVoie @robinklavoie.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
Here's a quick, easy and important way to support trans rights - submit public comment to protect passport applicants from ridiculous and harmful proposed regulations. Follow this link for simple steps to submit your comments.
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Robin LaVoie @robinklavoie.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
@gallego.senate.gov @captmarkkelly.bsky.social Please oppose this resolution!!
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AZ Attorney General Kris Mayes @azagmayes.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
Sen. Mark Kelly is a patriot who has dedicated his life to serving our country. Attacking a veteran like Mark tells you everything you need to know about Elon Musk—a billionaire who will never understand service over self-interest. www.azcentral.com/story/news/p...
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Sen. Mark Kelly draws insult from Musk as he blasts Trump policy, Russia
"It's not 'America First' to pull the rug out from under an ally and leave their people to die," Sen. Mark Kelly said after his visit to Ukraine.
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Robin LaVoie @robinklavoie.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
Trump and Musk’s Plan to Destroy Social Security Started Tuesday Night newrepublic.com/article/1924... via @newrepublic.com
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Trump and Musk’s Plan to Destroy Social Security Started Tuesday Night
It starts with cutting staff at the Social Security Administration. That will sow confusion. Then it builds from there.
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Robin LaVoie @robinklavoie.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
Also ready to swarm with my murder of crows/crones.
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Robin LaVoie @robinklavoie.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
Vital workers for our families are at risk. Which puts all of us at risk. www.nytimes.com/video/us/100...
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Video: How the Immigration Crackdown Threatens Elderly Care
The U.S. relies heavily on immigrant workers to care for its aging population, with nearly 30 percent of direct care workers coming from other countries. As the demand for caregivers grows, President ...
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