Robin
@mizrobin.bsky.social
Editor, writer, sworn enemy of dangling modifiers, music nerd, fan of kitties, swimming pools, and the color blue. Left of the dial. She/her
Electric Light Orchestra - Ma-Ma-Ma Belle (Official Video)
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November 11, 2025 at 12:56 PM
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Fun fact: Gordon Lightfoot wrote the song first, and then sank the Edmund Fitzgerald himself in what has come to be recognized as one of the first viral marketing stunts
November 11, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Fun fact: Gordon Lightfoot wrote the song first, and then sank the Edmund Fitzgerald himself in what has come to be recognized as one of the first viral marketing stunts
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NOTE:
(1/3) This handshake deal is for a Continuing Resolution (CR) that would extend government funding only through 1/30/26, with a "minibus" of three full-year appropriations bills that would fund specific programs/agencies, including SNAP benefits, through 9/30/26.
(1/3) This handshake deal is for a Continuing Resolution (CR) that would extend government funding only through 1/30/26, with a "minibus" of three full-year appropriations bills that would fund specific programs/agencies, including SNAP benefits, through 9/30/26.
November 10, 2025 at 10:53 PM
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I’m in New York, where there are closed primaries. As a registered Dem, I can participate. I was independent for years. Didn’t register as a Dem until the 2000s.
You have no idea how important primaries are.
You have no idea how important primaries are.
Right, the answer isn't to abandon the party to these weasels.
The answer is to flood the party with people who will take it over and transform it.
The answer is to flood the party with people who will take it over and transform it.
Hey, a lot of people are talking about changing affiliation from Democratic to Independent.
Let me tell you why you shouldn’t do that in Colorado.
One of the main ways to get a primary challenge candidate on a ballot is to caucus for your party. You need to be registered as a Dem to caucus.
Let me tell you why you shouldn’t do that in Colorado.
One of the main ways to get a primary challenge candidate on a ballot is to caucus for your party. You need to be registered as a Dem to caucus.
November 11, 2025 at 4:15 AM
I’m in New York, where there are closed primaries. As a registered Dem, I can participate. I was independent for years. Didn’t register as a Dem until the 2000s.
You have no idea how important primaries are.
You have no idea how important primaries are.
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NEW: Dems easily flipped the sheriff's office in Pennsylvania's Bucks County, a big swing county in the Philly suburbs.
So? The incumbent GOP sheriff had contracted with ICE. His Dem challenger promised to end the contract.
Now he wants other swing-state Dems to look at his victory as a lesson:
So? The incumbent GOP sheriff had contracted with ICE. His Dem challenger promised to end the contract.
Now he wants other swing-state Dems to look at his victory as a lesson:
Voters Ousted This Pennsylvania Sheriff After He Signed Up to Collaborate With ICE - Bolts
A populous, swing county replaced its GOP sheriff on Tuesday after months of controversy over his joining ICE’s 287(g) program. The Democratic winner promises he’ll end the contract.
boltsmag.org
November 10, 2025 at 7:12 PM
NEW: Dems easily flipped the sheriff's office in Pennsylvania's Bucks County, a big swing county in the Philly suburbs.
So? The incumbent GOP sheriff had contracted with ICE. His Dem challenger promised to end the contract.
Now he wants other swing-state Dems to look at his victory as a lesson:
So? The incumbent GOP sheriff had contracted with ICE. His Dem challenger promised to end the contract.
Now he wants other swing-state Dems to look at his victory as a lesson:
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The thing about winning is that if you wanna win the policies you want you have to actually win elections. We lost elections in 24. So now we don’t get to win policies. Lots of folks seem to struggle with that. Gotta elect majorities.
November 10, 2025 at 7:38 PM
The thing about winning is that if you wanna win the policies you want you have to actually win elections. We lost elections in 24. So now we don’t get to win policies. Lots of folks seem to struggle with that. Gotta elect majorities.
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I need everyone to take the time today to learn about incremental change and then consider how much incremental change was flushed down the toilet last November. It took DECADES TO GET WHERE WE WERE.
This is wtf we were trying to tell the whites!!!!! So now the goal is to what? Forget that?
This is wtf we were trying to tell the whites!!!!! So now the goal is to what? Forget that?
November 10, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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Josh phrases this a bit more gently than I would, but I think the core of this is right. We're fighting to change the Democratic Party, and we've still got a long way to go. But the fight is ongoing, and the party's center has already shifted dramatically in our direction.
A Quick Take on Team Cave’s Big Win
I have what I suspect is a somewhat counterintuitive take on the...
talkingpointsmemo.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Josh phrases this a bit more gently than I would, but I think the core of this is right. We're fighting to change the Democratic Party, and we've still got a long way to go. But the fight is ongoing, and the party's center has already shifted dramatically in our direction.
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Yes!
#BREAKING: Over no public dissents, #SCOTUS denies Kim Davis's petition asking the justices to overturn Obergefell v. Hodges (which recognized federal constitutional protections for same-sex marriage):
www.supremecourt.gov/orders/court...
www.supremecourt.gov/orders/court...
www.supremecourt.gov
November 10, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Yes!
We’re getting a Dem version of the Tea Party or Gingrich’s Contract with America after this Sunday. I’m calling it.
November 10, 2025 at 3:31 PM
We’re getting a Dem version of the Tea Party or Gingrich’s Contract with America after this Sunday. I’m calling it.
Okay, I am taking a break now. I need to touch grass. I know it is a scary time. I am just happy we have a new mayor.
November 10, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Okay, I am taking a break now. I need to touch grass. I know it is a scary time. I am just happy we have a new mayor.
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While you were freaking out on social media about the shutdown, Trump was booed by normies. Just blame everything on him. That's all you need to do.
#GVerse #BreakingNews #Shit4Brains was just viciously BOOED at the Washington Commanders - Detroit Lions game.
Incredible, Holy Cow!
Incredible, Holy Cow!
November 10, 2025 at 2:38 AM
While you were freaking out on social media about the shutdown, Trump was booed by normies. Just blame everything on him. That's all you need to do.
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Virginia's Democratic Senate Majority Leader told Bolts after Tuesday's elections that his party will move forward with redistricting in early 2026, saying, “I don’t see many Republican states pumping the brakes, because they all seem to be falling in line behind their dear leader.”
Five Ways Tuesday’s Results Will Affect Voting Rules and Democracy - Bolts
From felony disenfranchisement and mail-voting to mid-decade gerrymanders, Tuesday delivered verdicts on election law across these five states.
boltsmag.org
November 9, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Virginia's Democratic Senate Majority Leader told Bolts after Tuesday's elections that his party will move forward with redistricting in early 2026, saying, “I don’t see many Republican states pumping the brakes, because they all seem to be falling in line behind their dear leader.”
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No one better at this than @amandalitman.bsky.social and her team.
Tap into the anger and run for office. Build the bench to replace the spineless fucks who betrayed us tonight.
Tap into the anger and run for office. Build the bench to replace the spineless fucks who betrayed us tonight.
Want a party that actually fights back? Run for office. We’ll help you. runforwhat.net
Run for Something
Find offices you can run for
runforwhat.net
November 10, 2025 at 2:50 AM
No one better at this than @amandalitman.bsky.social and her team.
Tap into the anger and run for office. Build the bench to replace the spineless fucks who betrayed us tonight.
Tap into the anger and run for office. Build the bench to replace the spineless fucks who betrayed us tonight.
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Black Music Sunday: Ella Jenkins, 'the first lady of children’s music'
www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
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Black Music Sunday: Ella Jenkins, 'the first lady of children’s music'
� Black Music Sunday is a weekly series highlighting all things Black music, with over 285 stories covering performers, genres, history, and more, each featuring its own vibrant soundtrack. I hope ...
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November 9, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Black Music Sunday: Ella Jenkins, 'the first lady of children’s music'
www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
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Wish people with any kind of audience would please focus on this shitshow still actually being Republican’s fault entirely
November 10, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Wish people with any kind of audience would please focus on this shitshow still actually being Republican’s fault entirely
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Might you have missed some of the depth of Tuesday's results, beyond the big headline races?
I'd been watching roughly 200 races heading into Election Day, so here's a thread of some of what you don't want to skip over!
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I'd been watching roughly 200 races heading into Election Day, so here's a thread of some of what you don't want to skip over!
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November 10, 2025 at 1:45 AM
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If the 1920s were the Roaring Twenties, the 2020s should be called the Whining Twenties. Why? Because the people dominating national discourse, at least in the first half of the decade, have been a bunch of whiners, cry bullies, and tantrum throwers.
November 8, 2025 at 7:13 PM
If the 1920s were the Roaring Twenties, the 2020s should be called the Whining Twenties. Why? Because the people dominating national discourse, at least in the first half of the decade, have been a bunch of whiners, cry bullies, and tantrum throwers.
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sinking realization about how many of the fascists and silicon valley creeps are just what happened to the sneering ironic hipsters of my college years when they grew up.
November 8, 2025 at 6:18 PM
sinking realization about how many of the fascists and silicon valley creeps are just what happened to the sneering ironic hipsters of my college years when they grew up.
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Been rewatching DS9 and my main takeaway is that I would listen to Avery Brooks read car maintenance instructions for hours.
Also, if the Dominion invaded that planet where everyone is holographic, they coulda titled that episode "Jem'Hadar and the Holograms"
Also, if the Dominion invaded that planet where everyone is holographic, they coulda titled that episode "Jem'Hadar and the Holograms"
November 8, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Been rewatching DS9 and my main takeaway is that I would listen to Avery Brooks read car maintenance instructions for hours.
Also, if the Dominion invaded that planet where everyone is holographic, they coulda titled that episode "Jem'Hadar and the Holograms"
Also, if the Dominion invaded that planet where everyone is holographic, they coulda titled that episode "Jem'Hadar and the Holograms"
What happened to his plan to move to Florida?
Great, let him get his ass kicked again by someone who actually lives in the district and has connections to it. He can keep wasting Bill Ackman’s money.
November 8, 2025 at 4:59 PM
What happened to his plan to move to Florida?