Karen “Will not Toady” Robertson
@karenrobz.bsky.social
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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NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
Millionaire Tax That Inspired Mamdani Fuels $5.7 Billion Haul in Massachusetts
A millionaire levy in Massachusetts that New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani holds up as a model for taxing the rich has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing...
www.bloomberg.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:01 PM
NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
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Best of The Far Side, ❤️
November 14, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Best of The Far Side, ❤️
Best of The Far Side, ❤️
November 14, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Best of The Far Side, ❤️
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when your example of 'barely legal' is just literally illegal
Megyn Kelly: "I know somebody very close to this case…Jeffrey Epstein, in this person's view, was not a pedophile…He was into the barely legal type, like he liked 15 year old girls…He wasn't into like 8 year olds…There's a difference between a 15 year old and a 5 year old."
November 13, 2025 at 7:27 PM
when your example of 'barely legal' is just literally illegal
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Predictable but still amazing to watch people who spent literally years accusing every librarian, teacher, and trans person they could find of sexually grooming children suddenly throw themselves in with "actually it's ephebophilia"
Megyn Kelly: "I know somebody very close to this case…Jeffrey Epstein, in this person's view, was not a pedophile…He was into the barely legal type, like he liked 15 year old girls…He wasn't into like 8 year olds…There's a difference between a 15 year old and a 5 year old."
November 13, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Predictable but still amazing to watch people who spent literally years accusing every librarian, teacher, and trans person they could find of sexually grooming children suddenly throw themselves in with "actually it's ephebophilia"
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An interesting tidbit in the joint status report filed in the Broadview ICE facility case today:
ICE says video from inside the facility "between October 19, 2025, and October 31, 2025, has been irretrievably destroyed" and can't be produced in discovery.
www.courtlistener.com/docket/71832...
ICE says video from inside the facility "between October 19, 2025, and October 31, 2025, has been irretrievably destroyed" and can't be produced in discovery.
www.courtlistener.com/docket/71832...
November 13, 2025 at 6:39 PM
An interesting tidbit in the joint status report filed in the Broadview ICE facility case today:
ICE says video from inside the facility "between October 19, 2025, and October 31, 2025, has been irretrievably destroyed" and can't be produced in discovery.
www.courtlistener.com/docket/71832...
ICE says video from inside the facility "between October 19, 2025, and October 31, 2025, has been irretrievably destroyed" and can't be produced in discovery.
www.courtlistener.com/docket/71832...
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(living in a country where the most successful people are obscenely rich and shameless perverts and psychopaths) Time to teach my children to be honest and study hard in school
December 26, 2024 at 8:45 PM
(living in a country where the most successful people are obscenely rich and shameless perverts and psychopaths) Time to teach my children to be honest and study hard in school
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His name is Zac Segal. Remember this vicious piece of work, and what a danger he will continue to be to everyone around him.
According to the car wash owner, agents arrested employees before they could obtain their documentation from their work lockers. So many were likely here legally.
Here's hoping this article on Zac boasting about how he ruined some immigrants' lives follows him around for a very long time.
Here's hoping this article on Zac boasting about how he ruined some immigrants' lives follows him around for a very long time.
BU College Republicans president says he called ICE to ‘detain these criminals’ at Allston Car Wash
The president of Boston University College Republicans wrote on X he called the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement requesting it detain employees at Allston Car Wash, the site of a Nov. 4 raid w...
dailyfreepress.com
November 13, 2025 at 7:02 PM
His name is Zac Segal. Remember this vicious piece of work, and what a danger he will continue to be to everyone around him.
The Magus, by John Fowles. That it was assigned by my 80+ English teacher blew my mind.
performative reading, lack of reading skills, nobody's reading anymore -- NO!
tell me about a book that changed you
for me? the *extremely* ahistorical novel, THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY which I read at 13 and was like, "Oh, art can be *everything* to a maker, for good and bad"
tell me about a book that changed you
for me? the *extremely* ahistorical novel, THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY which I read at 13 and was like, "Oh, art can be *everything* to a maker, for good and bad"
November 12, 2025 at 5:23 AM
The Magus, by John Fowles. That it was assigned by my 80+ English teacher blew my mind.
Someone left a note on my car in a Trader Joe's parking lot saying I'd "parked like a pisshead." I mean, it was a poor parking job but jeez -- pisshead?
November 11, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Someone left a note on my car in a Trader Joe's parking lot saying I'd "parked like a pisshead." I mean, it was a poor parking job but jeez -- pisshead?
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Why is his ear so wet
November 8, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Why is his ear so wet
*tan* gratificante
NEW: Aurora City Councilwoman Danielle Jurinsky has conceded. A stunning defeat for a MAGA media fixture who built a national profile on claims of a "complete gang takeover" of Aurora that led President Trump to visit and falsely proclaim the city "conquered" by an immigrant gang
November 6, 2025 at 1:22 AM
*tan* gratificante
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This broken woman caused intense and widespread suffering through her hate and everyone should celebrate her loss.
NEW: Aurora City Councilwoman Danielle Jurinsky has conceded. A stunning defeat for a MAGA media fixture who built a national profile on claims of a "complete gang takeover" of Aurora that led President Trump to visit and falsely proclaim the city "conquered" by an immigrant gang
November 6, 2025 at 12:55 AM
This broken woman caused intense and widespread suffering through her hate and everyone should celebrate her loss.
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NEW: Aurora City Councilwoman Danielle Jurinsky has conceded. A stunning defeat for a MAGA media fixture who built a national profile on claims of a "complete gang takeover" of Aurora that led President Trump to visit and falsely proclaim the city "conquered" by an immigrant gang
November 6, 2025 at 12:57 AM
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Congrats to Colorado for showing the rest of the country how to establish a basic baseline of decency.
Colorado voters approve boost to free school meals program | Colorado Newsline
Two ballot measures to fund Colorado's universal school meals program, Propositions LL and MM, led in early results Tuesday night.
coloradonewsline.com
November 5, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Congrats to Colorado for showing the rest of the country how to establish a basic baseline of decency.
Brandi Carlisle is 🔥
November 4, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Brandi Carlisle is 🔥
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If you need this, I hope it helps
#Food #FoodFinder #FoodPantry #FoodResouces
For those affected by SNAP being cut off or anyone needing food, here are some resources that can help you!
Pls repost/share !!
links:
findhelp.org
foodpantries.org
foodfinder.us
fridgefinder.app
littlefreepantry.org
feedingamerica.org/find-your-lo...
For those affected by SNAP being cut off or anyone needing food, here are some resources that can help you!
Pls repost/share !!
links:
findhelp.org
foodpantries.org
foodfinder.us
fridgefinder.app
littlefreepantry.org
feedingamerica.org/find-your-lo...
findhelp.org by findhelp - Search and Connect to Social Care
Search and connect to support. Find financial assistance, food pantries, medical care, and other free or reduced-cost help in your area, anywhere in the US.
findhelp.org
November 3, 2025 at 2:32 PM
If you need this, I hope it helps
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As always, @stevevladeck.bsky.social explains everything clearly and clear-eyed
November 3, 2025 at 2:25 PM
As always, @stevevladeck.bsky.social explains everything clearly and clear-eyed
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There are more complicated answers to this but one clear answer is, “Those good jobs are in the government that the GOP shot and drowned in that bathtub.”
aaarrggghhh, where are good-paying honest jobs for people without college degrees? don't make them feel like getting a handout, treat them with dignity!
It doesn’t matter what I think. Also, none of this would ever happen. But if I had a zillion dollars:
1. Run a “we do hard things” campaign across southern and rust belt states. Invest heavily in local, state and regional social infrastructure. Sponser later hours at a library, build a skate park…
1. Run a “we do hard things” campaign across southern and rust belt states. Invest heavily in local, state and regional social infrastructure. Sponser later hours at a library, build a skate park…
November 3, 2025 at 3:07 AM
There are more complicated answers to this but one clear answer is, “Those good jobs are in the government that the GOP shot and drowned in that bathtub.”
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October 31, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Love Joe Neguse.
October 31, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Love Joe Neguse.
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What a hell of a story. This reporter moved mountains in this one. 70+ sources, threats from officials, and more but he just kept on it
NEW: Paul Newby, a born-again Christian, has turned his perch atop North Carolina’s Supreme Court into an instrument of political power.
Over two decades, he’s driven changes that have reverberated well beyond the borders of his state.
By @dougbockclark.bsky.social
Over two decades, he’s driven changes that have reverberated well beyond the borders of his state.
By @dougbockclark.bsky.social
“Biblical Justice, Equal Justice, for All”: How North Carolina’s Chief Justice Transformed His State and America
Paul Newby, a born-again Christian, has turned his perch atop North Carolina’s Supreme Court into an instrument of political power. Over two decades, he’s driven changes that have reverberated well be...
www.propublica.org
October 31, 2025 at 2:38 AM
What a hell of a story. This reporter moved mountains in this one. 70+ sources, threats from officials, and more but he just kept on it
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Whenever I hear someone say Trump and Musk had a "falling out," I ask if the federal government has ended any contracts with Musk companies, or at least isn't granting billions of dollars in new ones.
Exclusive: SpaceX is set to receive $2 billion to develop satellites that can track missiles and aircraft under President Trump’s Golden Dome project.
Elon Musk’s SpaceX Set to Win $2 Billion Pentagon Satellite Deal
The funding would support the development of satellites for President Trump’s Golden Dome project.
on.wsj.com
October 31, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Whenever I hear someone say Trump and Musk had a "falling out," I ask if the federal government has ended any contracts with Musk companies, or at least isn't granting billions of dollars in new ones.
Please help. Check your local news to see where you can.
SNAP help in Denver: How the city is preparing denverite.com/2025/10/30/s...
SNAP help in Denver: How the city is preparing denverite.com/2025/10/30/s...
SNAP help in Denver: How the city is preparing
Where to get food or help others in need as benefits could expire.
denverite.com
October 31, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Please help. Check your local news to see where you can.
SNAP help in Denver: How the city is preparing denverite.com/2025/10/30/s...
SNAP help in Denver: How the city is preparing denverite.com/2025/10/30/s...
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I’ve said this before but white guilt is useless. I don’t want people to feel guilty for things they had no part in, and guilt easily curdles into resentment. But everyone regardless should feel an obligation to correct injustice, especially if you somehow benefit. bsky.app/profile/mich...
I found this piece sad too, but mostly because it is part of a years-long effort by progressives to understand what "really" animates Trump voters.
We already know! It is racism, misogyny and misinformation. I know that sounds condescending or whatever but it's simply what all evidence suggests.
We already know! It is racism, misogyny and misinformation. I know that sounds condescending or whatever but it's simply what all evidence suggests.
October 31, 2025 at 11:12 AM
I’ve said this before but white guilt is useless. I don’t want people to feel guilty for things they had no part in, and guilt easily curdles into resentment. But everyone regardless should feel an obligation to correct injustice, especially if you somehow benefit. bsky.app/profile/mich...