Colin
@kolyin.bsky.social
Professor, teaching about law, negotiation, business, and conspiracy theories.
'Pese a su facha de tipo rudo, Colin es un amor: un pacifista del escepticismo.'
Currently clean on OPSEC.
'Pese a su facha de tipo rudo, Colin es un amor: un pacifista del escepticismo.'
Currently clean on OPSEC.
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An interesting reform we're starting to push for is uncapping the House of Representatives, making each district roughly 500k people. (It's about 750k now, with some up to a million.)
February 16, 2026 at 10:00 PM
An interesting reform we're starting to push for is uncapping the House of Representatives, making each district roughly 500k people. (It's about 750k now, with some up to a million.)
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Yes it’s Valentine’s Day. But it’s also the chosen birthday of Frederick Douglass who was born in 1818 on a plantation in Talbot County, Maryland. He escaped from slavery & rose to become the most eloquent and forceful voice for the abolition of slavery & for Black voting rights in the U.S.
February 14, 2026 at 6:45 PM
Yes it’s Valentine’s Day. But it’s also the chosen birthday of Frederick Douglass who was born in 1818 on a plantation in Talbot County, Maryland. He escaped from slavery & rose to become the most eloquent and forceful voice for the abolition of slavery & for Black voting rights in the U.S.
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Getting the word out as a candidate: we can curb ICE violence by amending Section 1983, holding feds to the same standards as local cops.
www.cjonline.com/story/opinio...
www.cjonline.com/story/opinio...
Hold ICE to same standard as local police. Here's how | Opinion
For more than 150 years, a federal law called “Section 1983” has allowed victims to sue state and local authorities who violate their rights.
www.cjonline.com
February 4, 2026 at 6:23 AM
Getting the word out as a candidate: we can curb ICE violence by amending Section 1983, holding feds to the same standards as local cops.
www.cjonline.com/story/opinio...
www.cjonline.com/story/opinio...
I don't know that Twitter numbers mean much anymore, but I was sure surprised to see the CDC fall so flat in its defense of RFK.
Some of the replies are blowing up, but not even the MAGA/MAHA dead-enders are enthusiastic about this.
Some of the replies are blowing up, but not even the MAGA/MAHA dead-enders are enthusiastic about this.
February 3, 2026 at 5:13 PM
I don't know that Twitter numbers mean much anymore, but I was sure surprised to see the CDC fall so flat in its defense of RFK.
Some of the replies are blowing up, but not even the MAGA/MAHA dead-enders are enthusiastic about this.
Some of the replies are blowing up, but not even the MAGA/MAHA dead-enders are enthusiastic about this.
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February 1, 2026 at 5:44 PM
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Doing a TikTok town hall for my congressional campaign, and I'm pleased to report that the young people are sharp, observant, and unafraid to tell important truths.
February 1, 2026 at 9:28 PM
Doing a TikTok town hall for my congressional campaign, and I'm pleased to report that the young people are sharp, observant, and unafraid to tell important truths.
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Over 1,200 miles in the car this weekend, to and from the far corners of Kansas. Up by 5 and home after midnight, making every hour count: tabling with the party, meeting supporters, lecturing on negotiation strategy, and seeing a bald eagle strike.
God, I love Kansas.
God, I love Kansas.
February 1, 2026 at 9:26 PM
Over 1,200 miles in the car this weekend, to and from the far corners of Kansas. Up by 5 and home after midnight, making every hour count: tabling with the party, meeting supporters, lecturing on negotiation strategy, and seeing a bald eagle strike.
God, I love Kansas.
God, I love Kansas.
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Texas today, Kansas in November! @colinmcroberts.bsky.social
Former Texas Lege reporter here. A Dem hasn't held this seat since 1990. Tarrant is the safest of red suburban counties. There is no way the TX and national GOP aren't in panic mode right now.
JUST IN: Democrats flip a red seat in the Texas Senate.
Taylor Rehmet wins against Leigh Wambsganss, a conservative activist who helped lead right-wing efforts to take over TX school boards.
With all early vote, and 95% of precincts, in, Dem up 57/43.
Trump won this seat by 17% in Tarrant County.
Taylor Rehmet wins against Leigh Wambsganss, a conservative activist who helped lead right-wing efforts to take over TX school boards.
With all early vote, and 95% of precincts, in, Dem up 57/43.
Trump won this seat by 17% in Tarrant County.
February 1, 2026 at 1:34 PM
Texas today, Kansas in November! @colinmcroberts.bsky.social
I ran this question past an investigative reporter whose work I admire, and it turns out this is something journalists have been looking into with little success.
No one seems to know if accounts like @CMDROpAtLargeCA on X are monetized.
Think maybe Congress should make sure they aren't?
No one seems to know if accounts like @CMDROpAtLargeCA on X are monetized.
Think maybe Congress should make sure they aren't?
Question for people who know about social media business practices: is X paying public employees for engagement? My understanding is that private shit-stirrers can make significant money for posts that drive engagement. What about Bovino, Hegseth, etc.? Anyone know what X's practices are?
January 26, 2026 at 8:31 PM
I ran this question past an investigative reporter whose work I admire, and it turns out this is something journalists have been looking into with little success.
No one seems to know if accounts like @CMDROpAtLargeCA on X are monetized.
Think maybe Congress should make sure they aren't?
No one seems to know if accounts like @CMDROpAtLargeCA on X are monetized.
Think maybe Congress should make sure they aren't?
Question for people who know about social media business practices: is X paying public employees for engagement? My understanding is that private shit-stirrers can make significant money for posts that drive engagement. What about Bovino, Hegseth, etc.? Anyone know what X's practices are?
January 26, 2026 at 6:59 PM
Question for people who know about social media business practices: is X paying public employees for engagement? My understanding is that private shit-stirrers can make significant money for posts that drive engagement. What about Bovino, Hegseth, etc.? Anyone know what X's practices are?
This could be incompetence or it could be malevolence but there is no universe where this is normal or a good idea.
Cops involved in justified shootings get support and time to recover. This wasn't that, but it shows how abnormally ICE is behaving.
They're acting like it's an active combat zone.
Cops involved in justified shootings get support and time to recover. This wasn't that, but it shows how abnormally ICE is behaving.
They're acting like it's an active combat zone.
CBP chief Bovino has confirmed that the officers who executed Alex Pretti in the street yesterday are not only *not on administrative leave,* they have all been reassigned to other jurisdictions and are all on the street today.
This is totally unheard of for any officer-involved shooting
This is totally unheard of for any officer-involved shooting
January 25, 2026 at 9:03 PM
This could be incompetence or it could be malevolence but there is no universe where this is normal or a good idea.
Cops involved in justified shootings get support and time to recover. This wasn't that, but it shows how abnormally ICE is behaving.
They're acting like it's an active combat zone.
Cops involved in justified shootings get support and time to recover. This wasn't that, but it shows how abnormally ICE is behaving.
They're acting like it's an active combat zone.
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The Farmers Union. Planting common sense and growing America for a hundred and twenty two years.
January 25, 2026 at 8:58 PM
The Farmers Union. Planting common sense and growing America for a hundred and twenty two years.
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man the stuff i am seeing on IG from
the most normie, i don’t really talk about politics accounts suggests something different
the most normie, i don’t really talk about politics accounts suggests something different
January 25, 2026 at 2:25 AM
man the stuff i am seeing on IG from
the most normie, i don’t really talk about politics accounts suggests something different
the most normie, i don’t really talk about politics accounts suggests something different
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Solidarity, particularly across race and class, is Kryptonite for authoritarian regimes. They can only thrive when their us v. them framing is adopted by society at large, and they join as active or passive collaborators with the regime. So the only response they have is to raise the cost of unity
They are telling us in unequivocal terms that if you show solidarity with immigrants who are in the literal crosshairs of Trump/MAGA, you're risking a death sentence.
newrepublic.com/article/2055...
newrepublic.com/article/2055...
January 24, 2026 at 11:57 PM
Solidarity, particularly across race and class, is Kryptonite for authoritarian regimes. They can only thrive when their us v. them framing is adopted by society at large, and they join as active or passive collaborators with the regime. So the only response they have is to raise the cost of unity
Not a goddamn word about the government using a man's exercise of his Second Amendment rights as a pretext for killing him in a protest.
January 25, 2026 at 12:26 AM
Not a goddamn word about the government using a man's exercise of his Second Amendment rights as a pretext for killing him in a protest.
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Beyond the obvious need for tribunals for the crimes Noem and others have committed and enabled, bringing shame back seems fundamental to the enterprise of rebuilding this country. No society can survive without a general understanding that this kind of shameless lying is unacceptable.
Noem lies shamelessly: "An individual approached order Patrol officers with a 9mm semi-automatic gun. The officers attempted to disarm this individual, but the armed suspect reacted violently. This looks like a situation where an individual arrived to inflict maximum damage and kill law enforcement"
January 24, 2026 at 11:19 PM
Beyond the obvious need for tribunals for the crimes Noem and others have committed and enabled, bringing shame back seems fundamental to the enterprise of rebuilding this country. No society can survive without a general understanding that this kind of shameless lying is unacceptable.
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January 25, 2026 at 12:18 AM
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Hard to see the people of Minneapolis suffering and not being able to do anything concrete to help. So I worked the phones today instead and campaigned.
I feel like that sounds selfish, but undermining a Midwestern MAGA incumbent means something right now--especially in a red district and state.
I feel like that sounds selfish, but undermining a Midwestern MAGA incumbent means something right now--especially in a red district and state.
January 25, 2026 at 12:07 AM
Hard to see the people of Minneapolis suffering and not being able to do anything concrete to help. So I worked the phones today instead and campaigned.
I feel like that sounds selfish, but undermining a Midwestern MAGA incumbent means something right now--especially in a red district and state.
I feel like that sounds selfish, but undermining a Midwestern MAGA incumbent means something right now--especially in a red district and state.
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Horses matter to my family, so it’s painful to see a smart Hutchinson program shut down. It reduced wild horse overpopulation, rehabilitated inmates with real skills, and provided affordable horses funded by its own auctions. Cutting this helps no one.
January 19, 2026 at 5:55 PM
Horses matter to my family, so it’s painful to see a smart Hutchinson program shut down. It reduced wild horse overpopulation, rehabilitated inmates with real skills, and provided affordable horses funded by its own auctions. Cutting this helps no one.