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Dr Robin

@robinindfw.bsky.social

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Retired, avid reader, mom, owned by 3 dogs, center left, happily married, secular, very anti-Leon and anti-tariff. Was on that Twitter thing. I follow back. Let’s enjoy social communities again. I support Ukraine 100%. Let truth prevail.

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Dr Robin @robinindfw.bsky.social · 10d

Trump is a provocateur. He is purposely deploying troops to American cities to deliberately provoke incidents that could lead to a broader manufactured crisis of HIS own making. It is purposely designed to normalize his authoritarian rule. This is to intimidate the political opposition. Call it out!

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Dr Robin @robinindfw.bsky.social · 1h

I hope not.

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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 1h

California is the first state to define ultra-processed foods and phase them out of school meals.

DC politicians can talk all day about "Making America Healthy Again," but we've been walking the walk on boosting nutrition and removing toxic additives and dyes for decades.

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 2h

Argentina-Puerto Rico soccer game moved from Chicago to Florida amid unrest
The friendly match was supposed to be played on Oct. 13 at Soldier Field in Chicago but will be moved to Chase Stadium in Fort Lauderdale.

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Dr Robin @robinindfw.bsky.social · 2h

I don’t think it matters if the judges rule that he can’t put the national guard in the cities because the power hungry slug will just declare an insurrection.

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Barbra Streisand @barbrastreisand.bsky.social · 3h

Pam Bondi’s testimony in front of the Senate was both contemptuous and dismissive. She is supposed to work for the country not just the President.

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 3h

We aren't on the verge of an authoritarian takeover. We are in the middle of it.

But I worry people don't see the whole scheme. They just pay attention to each new daily outrage. So I went to the Senate floor to explain Trump's plan.

Here's a 🧵of the speech. It's important.

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Dr Robin @robinindfw.bsky.social · 2h

Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 3h

Federal officers are firing so much tear gas at protesters outside an ICE facility in Broadview, Illinois, that some nearby community members who aren’t even protesting are struggling to breathe when they leave their homes to run errands.

ICE is hounding Chicago area locals with excessive chemical munitions

Agents are firing tear gas and pepper balls on lawful protesters, lawsuits say, sickening even uninvolved residents.

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 2h

Donald Trump is breaching the Constitution and breaking the law.

A show of force so he can militarize our cities because of the 2026 elections.

We need to stand up together and speak up.

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Josh Gerstein @joshgerstein.bsky.social · 6h

JUST IN: Feds say they are incapable of moving Kilmar Abrego Garcia from PA to TN for court session Friday in his criminal case. A week lead time isn't enough, prosecutors say, plus there's a hearing on one of his civil suits Friday in Maryland. Doc: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

storage.courtlistener.com

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 2h

Oh this is not great

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Dr Robin @robinindfw.bsky.social · 2h

He’s so smarmy and his voice is so oleaginous and condescending. You can tell he is lying, yet he thinks he’s convincing.

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 2h

Senator Ruben Gallego calls Speaker Mike Johnson a "Pedo Protector" to his face for not swearing in Adelita Grijalva.

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Dr Robin @robinindfw.bsky.social · 2h

1. There is a clear video. We can judge for ourselves.
2. She wasn’t there. And she is part of an administration that lies over and over again.

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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 3h

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Jacob Soboroff @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social · 4h

just talked to Gov. Pritzker who dared President Trump to “come and get me” after POTUS threatened him with arrest. But Pritzker said he thinks Trump will chicken out.

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Dr Robin @robinindfw.bsky.social · 3h

Nah, the trajectory of this case isn’t uncertain. There is no way he will be convicted because it’s a vindictive selective prosecution. I can say that and I’m not a Comey fan.

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Senate Judiciary Democrats 🇺🇸 @judiciarydems.senate.gov · 4h

Well, darn. Couldn’t say it better ourselves.

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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 7h

Wondering who’s at fault for the shutdown dragging on?

Take a look at who’s in DC and who’s not.

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Dr Robin @robinindfw.bsky.social · 3h

I’ve already boycotted CBS

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 3h

WATCH— @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social : “You’re doing this for clout. You’re not gonna talk over me. You voted for the big ugly bill that cut $1 Trillion from Medicaid & gave tax cuts to your billionaire donors.”

@repmikelawler tried to ambush Jeffries, who didn’t back down

(From DC examiner)

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Dr Robin @robinindfw.bsky.social · 3h

It was her canned lines to deflect from all the questions.

Dr Robin @robinindfw.bsky.social · 3h

If you’re black or a woman and he doesn’t like you, you’re automatically low IQ. It’s his go to insult.

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Senate Judiciary Democrats 🇺🇸 @judiciarydems.senate.gov · 3h

Kristi Noem sang a pretty different tune on the National Guard last year.

“He actually was going to take control of our South Dakota National Guard and actually activate them.”

ZERO PRINCIPLE.

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Elizabeth Sofia 💙🐈🐶🇺🇸🇨🇦🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈 @skippjon1.bsky.social · 18h

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🧛‍♀️🎃~Bindi~🎃🧛‍♀️ @bindiatthebeach.bsky.social · 6h

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