PNW Dog Mom - Robyn
@robynlihau.bsky.social
PNW Dog Mom, Pro-Democracy, former NPS Park Ranger, Global Change, PhD Landscape Ecologist Hawaii NASA's Earth System Science. Retired Resource Conservationist NRCS. Now Volunteer GIS specialist at Wild Orca. Believes in Hope, Kindness, Grace, Love. ❤🦓
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I was born an underdog. 21 surgeries by the age of 12 for spina bifida. A kid wearing goodwill hand-me-downs. I knew nothing would come easy, but I never doubted my right to the American dream.
Now, I'm running for the U.S. Senate to make sure all Iowans have a shot at theirs.
Now, I'm running for the U.S. Senate to make sure all Iowans have a shot at theirs.
August 12, 2025 at 11:06 AM
I was born an underdog. 21 surgeries by the age of 12 for spina bifida. A kid wearing goodwill hand-me-downs. I knew nothing would come easy, but I never doubted my right to the American dream.
Now, I'm running for the U.S. Senate to make sure all Iowans have a shot at theirs.
Now, I'm running for the U.S. Senate to make sure all Iowans have a shot at theirs.
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A reminder that the Epstein files aren't a distraction from the oligarchy. They're an integral part of it.
A reminder: The perpetrators in the Epstein files are Oligarchs, and so are the ones protecting them.
November 12, 2025 at 10:45 PM
A reminder that the Epstein files aren't a distraction from the oligarchy. They're an integral part of it.
Well this is fun - an AI Generated Song from The Resistance praising #HeatherCoxRichardson!
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Heather Cox Richardson Tells It Like It Is – A Smart, Funny Hip-Hop Tribute to Truth and History
YouTube video by The Resistance
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November 10, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Well this is fun - an AI Generated Song from The Resistance praising #HeatherCoxRichardson!
youtu.be/eHWWmMtVtQ0?...
youtu.be/eHWWmMtVtQ0?...
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Call your senators.
NOW.
NOW.
Sounds like the squishes in the senate caucus are ready to pull the plug with no ACA changes. This is real. If you want to register your opinion you shld call yr senator in the next hour. They not only want to reopen w/nothing. They want cover from their colleagues who still want to hold out.
November 9, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Call your senators.
NOW.
NOW.
This morning's new sign for my community's weekly rally.
November 9, 2025 at 10:30 PM
This morning's new sign for my community's weekly rally.
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Americans can’t afford this deal.
Democrats can fight AND win — just like we did in our budget battle in Michigan.
A promise isn’t a deal. Don’t settle.
Democrats can fight AND win — just like we did in our budget battle in Michigan.
A promise isn’t a deal. Don’t settle.
November 9, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Americans can’t afford this deal.
Democrats can fight AND win — just like we did in our budget battle in Michigan.
A promise isn’t a deal. Don’t settle.
Democrats can fight AND win — just like we did in our budget battle in Michigan.
A promise isn’t a deal. Don’t settle.
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Elections are a challenge to power. That’s their point. And if you think you should be in power for ever, you will not be a friend to free and fair elections.”
—Joanne Freeman, with Heather Cox Richardson,
“What the Heck Just Happened” 11/8/2025.
—Joanne Freeman, with Heather Cox Richardson,
“What the Heck Just Happened” 11/8/2025.
November 8, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Elections are a challenge to power. That’s their point. And if you think you should be in power for ever, you will not be a friend to free and fair elections.”
—Joanne Freeman, with Heather Cox Richardson,
“What the Heck Just Happened” 11/8/2025.
—Joanne Freeman, with Heather Cox Richardson,
“What the Heck Just Happened” 11/8/2025.
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This. @hcrichardson.bsky.social and @jbf1755.bsky.social do in a podcast what 20 years of Sunday morning shows have failed to do: discuss current events in an informed historic context and proposed actionable ways forward.
Well worth listening to.
And thank you, Professors.
Well worth listening to.
And thank you, Professors.
What the Heck Just Happened?
YouTube video by Heather Cox Richardson
www.youtube.com
November 9, 2025 at 4:47 PM
This. @hcrichardson.bsky.social and @jbf1755.bsky.social do in a podcast what 20 years of Sunday morning shows have failed to do: discuss current events in an informed historic context and proposed actionable ways forward.
Well worth listening to.
And thank you, Professors.
Well worth listening to.
And thank you, Professors.
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“But in fact, today voters resoundingly rejected Trump and Trumpism, and tomorrow, politics will be a whole different game.”
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
November 4, 2025 (Tuesday)
So much for obeying a court order, even if begrudgingly and with manufactured delay.
open.substack.com
November 5, 2025 at 6:21 PM
“But in fact, today voters resoundingly rejected Trump and Trumpism, and tomorrow, politics will be a whole different game.”
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
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Why do people buy pizza with EBT?
Because cauliflower is five dollars a head and you can buy five pizzas with the same money.
It’s not that folks don’t want to be healthy. They can’t afford to be healthy.
Because cauliflower is five dollars a head and you can buy five pizzas with the same money.
It’s not that folks don’t want to be healthy. They can’t afford to be healthy.
November 2, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Why do people buy pizza with EBT?
Because cauliflower is five dollars a head and you can buy five pizzas with the same money.
It’s not that folks don’t want to be healthy. They can’t afford to be healthy.
Because cauliflower is five dollars a head and you can buy five pizzas with the same money.
It’s not that folks don’t want to be healthy. They can’t afford to be healthy.
C'mon Blue Jays tie it up in the 11th!
November 2, 2025 at 4:11 AM
C'mon Blue Jays tie it up in the 11th!
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I’ve been thinking a lot about a new kind of polling I’d like to see. We have polling that measures public opinion, which is obviously important, but I’d love to see a little more empirical work on public knowledge: what do voters know about politics and policy?
October 29, 2025 at 5:45 PM
I’ve been thinking a lot about a new kind of polling I’d like to see. We have polling that measures public opinion, which is obviously important, but I’d love to see a little more empirical work on public knowledge: what do voters know about politics and policy?
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Pennsylvania has an important Supreme Court race coming up on Tuesday, November 4. If you live in the Keystone State, or know someone who does, vote YES to retain three justices who will protect your fundamental rights and freedoms.
October 29, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Pennsylvania has an important Supreme Court race coming up on Tuesday, November 4. If you live in the Keystone State, or know someone who does, vote YES to retain three justices who will protect your fundamental rights and freedoms.
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Three men — Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, and Jeff Bezos — now own more wealth than 165 million Americans combined.
They own the media.
They own the algorithms.
They own politicians in both parties.
The system is rigged — but We the People can take it back.
They own the media.
They own the algorithms.
They own politicians in both parties.
The system is rigged — but We the People can take it back.
October 27, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Three men — Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, and Jeff Bezos — now own more wealth than 165 million Americans combined.
They own the media.
They own the algorithms.
They own politicians in both parties.
The system is rigged — but We the People can take it back.
They own the media.
They own the algorithms.
They own politicians in both parties.
The system is rigged — but We the People can take it back.
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Newsom: The New Testament and Old Testament have one dominant thing in common—Matthew, Isaiah, Luke, Proverbs, go down the list—it’s about food, about serving those who are hungry. It’s not a suggestion; it’s core and essential to what it means to align with God’s will.
October 28, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Newsom: The New Testament and Old Testament have one dominant thing in common—Matthew, Isaiah, Luke, Proverbs, go down the list—it’s about food, about serving those who are hungry. It’s not a suggestion; it’s core and essential to what it means to align with God’s will.
This is important Pennsylvania - VOTE to retain the judges.
This will be decided by voter turnout!
This will be decided by voter turnout!
If you’re a PA voter, pay attention to your Supreme Court elections coming up. The voters in NC did not see the threat clearly, the state high court flipped, and Dems got gerrymandered out of representation. Here’s a primer on why you should vote to RETAIN the three justices next Tuesday.
October 29, 2025 at 3:22 AM
This is important Pennsylvania - VOTE to retain the judges.
This will be decided by voter turnout!
This will be decided by voter turnout!
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Don’t Republicans control the House, Senate, and White House? Asking for a friend.
Mike Johnson: "Democrats are required to open the government. They keep saying, 'Republicans are in charge of government.' We aren't!"
October 27, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Don’t Republicans control the House, Senate, and White House? Asking for a friend.
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More than 180 critical elections are less than 2 weeks away across the country including crucial referenda on a range of issues.
Check your registration and see what's on the ballot in your community at Vote411.org. Then, make a plan to vote and encourage your loved ones to do the same!
Check your registration and see what's on the ballot in your community at Vote411.org. Then, make a plan to vote and encourage your loved ones to do the same!
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October 27, 2025 at 5:04 PM
More than 180 critical elections are less than 2 weeks away across the country including crucial referenda on a range of issues.
Check your registration and see what's on the ballot in your community at Vote411.org. Then, make a plan to vote and encourage your loved ones to do the same!
Check your registration and see what's on the ballot in your community at Vote411.org. Then, make a plan to vote and encourage your loved ones to do the same!
Please help!
Do you want a Congress that gives us checks and balances again? Me too. Here’s how we get it.
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October 26, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Please help!
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This.
Once again, the main day of Tea Party protests had about 300,000 nationwide, but saw endless coverage.
The No Kings protests had about 7,000,000 nationwide, and many media outlets reacted with a yawn.
No Kings was nearly 25x as big as the Tea Party but the Tea Party got 25x the attention.
The No Kings protests had about 7,000,000 nationwide, and many media outlets reacted with a yawn.
No Kings was nearly 25x as big as the Tea Party but the Tea Party got 25x the attention.
Ask yourself this: How would the New York Times have covered the protests if it had been seven million MAGA supporters flooding the streets? We don’t even have to guess: We know how they and other mainstream outlets covered the Tea Party protests during Obama’s first term.
October 26, 2025 at 9:52 PM
This.
Posted on Trump’s Dept of Labor website. Remind you of anything? (Click through)
October 26, 2025 at 7:16 PM
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PRECISELY.
He is tearing our government down now in full view.
He is tearing our government down now in full view.
Chris Murphy: "There's a lot of history that has taken place in the East Wing & it was just destroyed without any conversation in the public, without any consent of Congress. It's absolutely illegal. That visual is powerful b/c you're watching destruction of the rule of law as those walls come down"
October 22, 2025 at 9:52 PM
PRECISELY.
He is tearing our government down now in full view.
He is tearing our government down now in full view.
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Absolutely agree—>
a functional press would, every single day, repeatedly, across numerous paragraphs in every story about him, make it clear that this is indisputably the most corrupt President in U.S. history
Trump: "It's awfully strange to make a decision where I'm paying myself. But I was damaged very greatly and any money I would get I would give to charity."
October 22, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Absolutely agree—>
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Even bin Laden didn’t target the White House
October 20, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Even bin Laden didn’t target the White House