Robin
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Robin
@robinreissitar.bsky.social
Searching for sanity in North Idaho.
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Andy likes his new kitty hamster wheel!
December 7, 2025 at 9:21 PM
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My law firm is currently litigating 65 voting and election cases in 30 states. We have plans for another dozen or so.

The 2026 midterm elections are shaping up to be a fight to protect free and fair election. I started Democracy Docket to keep you informed. Sign up now. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0
December 7, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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My new podcast "Burn Order" is about the decision to incarcerate tens of thousands of Japanese-American families during World War II, and the remarkable fight against it.

6 episodes in total -- Eps. 1 and 2 are posted now. 3 and 4 will post tomorrow, December 8:

podcasts.apple.com/me/podcast/r...
Rachel Maddow Presents: Burn Order
News Podcast · Series ·
podcasts.apple.com
December 7, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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It’s all so exhausting but stay engaged even when the news feels like a migraine wearing a trench coat. Authoritarianism counts on exhaustion. Democracy depends on very boring persistence.
December 8, 2025 at 1:19 AM
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The charmer is at it again.
December 6, 2025 at 9:53 PM
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You have to be fucking kidding me with this shit!

“Americans don’t realize how good they have it.” ~ Scott Bessent on affordability
December 7, 2025 at 7:53 PM
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Sign seen in Cleveland yesterday
December 8, 2025 at 12:54 AM
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Contrary to popular reports, DOGE has “burrowed into the agencies like ticks,” government sources tell WIRED.
DOGE Isn’t Dead. Here’s What Its Operatives Are Doing Now
Contrary to popular reports, DOGE has “burrowed into the agencies like ticks,” government sources tell WIRED.
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December 7, 2025 at 9:07 PM
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If the crewmen who survived the first strike on the boat Sept. 2 were in such good shape that they were still "in the fight," as Tom Cotton claims, let's see the damn video – all of it.
December 7, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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Yesterday, I held a music festival in my district to register voters and speak directly to young people who don’t usually attend political events. 4,500 tickets. Music + advocacy go hand in hand. Madsoul Festival 2025 was a success.
December 8, 2025 at 1:57 AM
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The stories of pregnant women in ICE detention — one shackled while miscarrying, another placed in solitary confinement with a high-risk pregnancy — are not one offs.

They're a clear pattern of neglect where ICE ignores its own rules. This cruelty must end.
Pregnant immigrants held for months in detention despite rules against it
With the immigration crackdown, more pregnant women are being detained. The ACLU alleges a woman was shackled while miscarrying and others were denied prenatal care.
www.latimes.com
December 8, 2025 at 12:45 AM
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"In all, the team removed more than 300 feet of rope from Division. Thompson said it was clear the gear wasn’t from the Southeast. That rope will be examined further to determine its exact origin."

thecurrentga.org/2025/12/06/i...
In two-day effort at sea, team partially frees whale of fishing gear off Georgia coast - The Current
A team from the Georgia Department of Natural Resources disentangled a four-year-old male North Atlantic right whale, nicknamed Division, from commercial fishing gear after two days of exhausting and ...
thecurrentga.org
December 7, 2025 at 12:45 PM
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“No human being is garbage, Mr. President, and shame on you for saying so,” said the Lutheran pastor.“In the name of Jesus, I rebuke those hateful words.The Somali community in Minnesota are our neighbors, brothers and sisters, children of God, fellow Americans.”

www.startribune.com/twin-cities-...
Twin Cities religious leaders unite to support Somali community and condemn Trump attacks
Religious leaders from churches, Jewish temples and mosques from across the state opposed remarks from President Donald Trump that included calling Somalis “garbage.”
www.startribune.com
December 7, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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December farmers market haul.

I love living in California. ❤️
December 7, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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Health insurers are jacking up premiums while raking in billions in profits.

Expiring ACA subsidies will saddle millions of Americans with massive monthly premium increases.

Is it any wonder that 63% of Americans now support Medicare for All?
December 8, 2025 at 12:04 AM
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All, we had another major ICE #atrocity here in my town. For some reason, we are on their radar for special abuse. The entire government of this city is wide awake and watching ICE's every move now. We had been GOP since Lincoln, but that has CHANGED.
December 8, 2025 at 12:16 AM
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Three more Russian Shahed drones in direction of Fastiv near Kyiv were reported .
You must be fckng kidding me.
December 6, 2025 at 10:03 PM
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Italy will donate large number of power generators to Ukraine to help the country manage power outages.

The generators, manufactured by Italian companies, are expected to arrive in the coming weeks.

In a phone call with Zelenskyy Meloni reaffirmed Italy's unwavering support.
December 8, 2025 at 1:02 AM
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Today we remember the thousands of Americans who died in the attack on Pearl Harbor 84 years ago. Nearly half of those lost were aboard the USS Arizona, and I remember what a moving experience it was when Gabby and I visited the memorial. We’ll never forget their sacrifice.
December 7, 2025 at 11:33 PM
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So did everyone collectively forget about demanding the Epstein files released, or was just acknowledging a vote was all everyone wanted, what's going on with that?
December 7, 2025 at 3:06 AM
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Congresswoman says she was shoved & pepper-sprayed after identifying herself during ICE operation. "‘When I presented myself as a member of Congress asking for more information, I was pushed aside and pepper sprayed.’" www.commondreams.org/news/adelita...
ICE Goons Pepper Spray Congresswoman Adelita Grijalva During Tucson Raid | Common Dreams
"If federal agents are brazen enough to fire pellets directly at a member of Congress, imagine how they behave when encountering defenseless members of our community," Grijalva said.
www.commondreams.org
December 8, 2025 at 12:39 AM
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We're bringing in trillions in foreign investments....

All to ourselves.
December 7, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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Last night something happened in the community chat that stopped me in the quiet way made me feel less alone for a second.
You Are Why I Do This
I love you too.
www.thegodpodcast.com
December 8, 2025 at 1:47 AM
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"As masked agents dragged the woman from her car, wrestled her to the ground and forced handcuffs on her, she yelled, 'I’m a US citizen. Please help me! This is unfair. Why are you doing this to me?'

She was wearing scrubs and appeared to be on her way to work."

www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
Woman forcefully detained in Keys was driving ‘illegal’ boyfriend’s car, feds say
The woman in medical scrubs, who was a U.S. citizen, was yanked from her car and wrestled to the ground by federal immigration agents in a Key Largo traffic stop Wednesday before she was released.
www.miamiherald.com
December 7, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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In case anyone thought that Marjorie Taylor Greene has changed...she hasn't.
December 8, 2025 at 12:30 AM