Olivia Robinson
@ovrobinson.bsky.social
Working in politics and government in the PNW for longer than I care to note. Also theatre
Correction - Tony Schwartz wrote Art of the Deal
Kevin Hassett on Greenland: "The president is the person who wrote 'The Art of the Deal' because he's so good at dealmaking, so I think right now it's a good time for cooler heads to prevail and for us to disregard the rhetoric and get to the table."
January 18, 2026 at 4:40 PM
Correction - Tony Schwartz wrote Art of the Deal
New idea - maybe the Pacific Northwest could offer ourselves as a trade for Greenland? That said, i wouldn't do that to the people of Greenland.
Trump: "Starting Feb 1, all above mentioned Countries (Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, UK, Netherlands, & Finland), will be charged a 10% Tariff. On June 1, it will be increased to 25%. It will be due until such time as a Deal is reached for the Complete and Total purchase of Greenland."
January 17, 2026 at 6:24 PM
New idea - maybe the Pacific Northwest could offer ourselves as a trade for Greenland? That said, i wouldn't do that to the people of Greenland.
Isn't avoiding that why Trump used to support abortion?
Dr Oz: "One of the areas we use most favored nation drug prices is fertility drugs. That's why we're going to have so many Trump babies."
January 16, 2026 at 5:26 PM
Isn't avoiding that why Trump used to support abortion?
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Cripes a’mighty people, Steven Miller is not staging a militarized ethnic cleansing and sending the border cops to murder people in the street to distract from the Epstein files. He’s doing it because he and Trump (and Vance and Homan and Noem etc) really really want to.
January 15, 2026 at 2:39 AM
Cripes a’mighty people, Steven Miller is not staging a militarized ethnic cleansing and sending the border cops to murder people in the street to distract from the Epstein files. He’s doing it because he and Trump (and Vance and Homan and Noem etc) really really want to.
As a regular gym goer, I hate the gym in January. And it is not the new people getting started.
January 11, 2026 at 5:31 PM
As a regular gym goer, I hate the gym in January. And it is not the new people getting started.
What the actual fuck
Noem: "Every single thing I've said has been factual about what's been going on in Mpls, in Minnesota...we've surged HSI there to focus on sex trafficking & child trafficking. It's so prevalent in MN. It's horrific...we're gonna keep hundreds of HSI officers there to continue to protect those kids."
January 11, 2026 at 3:27 PM
What the actual fuck
I will say it again, this is not like a punch card at the coffee shop. You don't get a Nobel Peace Prize after 10 stamps - and even if it was, you don't get to forge the stamps
Trump: "You should get the Nobel Prize for every war you stop. These were major wars. These were wars that nobody thought could be stopped. President Putin called me and he said about two of the wars he's been trying to stop them for 10 years, he wasn't able to do it."
January 9, 2026 at 10:46 PM
I will say it again, this is not like a punch card at the coffee shop. You don't get a Nobel Peace Prize after 10 stamps - and even if it was, you don't get to forge the stamps
Woo hoo!!
Montana State beats Illinois State 35-34 in overtime for its first FCS title since 1984.
Montana State beats Illinois State in OT for 1st national title since 1984
Myles Sansted kicked the extra point in overtime as Montana State won its first national championship since 1984, beating Illinois State 35-34 Monday night in the Football Championship Subdivision title game.
bit.ly
January 6, 2026 at 4:45 AM
Woo hoo!!
We just made up the term narcoterrorism last year. How can we charge someone with something we just made up?
January 3, 2026 at 8:19 PM
We just made up the term narcoterrorism last year. How can we charge someone with something we just made up?
My great-grandfather, Robert Samuel Robinson, arrived at Ellis Island from Co. Donegal, Ireland, for the second and final time in 1910. He first arrived in 1906, but returned to care for his mother. He moved to Bozeman, MT, and eventually opened a grocery store. Immigrants make America better.
January 2, 2026 at 4:51 AM
My great-grandfather, Robert Samuel Robinson, arrived at Ellis Island from Co. Donegal, Ireland, for the second and final time in 1910. He first arrived in 1906, but returned to care for his mother. He moved to Bozeman, MT, and eventually opened a grocery store. Immigrants make America better.
Immigration is 0% of the reason that I cannot afford to buy a house in Seattle.
Turner: "When you look at Biden administration & the weak immigration policies, tens of millions of illegal immigrants came across unchecked & that caused housing supply to go down & costs to go up. With secure borders & our fiscal house getting in order, this is a step toward housing affordability"
December 28, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Immigration is 0% of the reason that I cannot afford to buy a house in Seattle.
*cough cough* the Phillipines, Hawaii, the American West
Greenland Envoy Gov. Jeff Landry: "Look, the United States has always been a welcoming party. We don't go in there trying to conquer anybody and trying to take over anybody's country. We say, 'Listen. We represent liberty. We represented economic strength. We represent protection.'"
December 25, 2025 at 7:55 AM
*cough cough* the Phillipines, Hawaii, the American West
I feel like every other month we all collectively sigh deeply and mutter, "'is he really still trying to take over Greeland."
Trump: "We need Greenland for national protection. They have a very small population. They say Denmark, but Denmark has spent no money. They have no military protection. They say Denmark was there 300 years ago or something with a boat. Well, we were there with boats too I'm sure."
December 22, 2025 at 11:56 PM
I feel like every other month we all collectively sigh deeply and mutter, "'is he really still trying to take over Greeland."
Because the average Trump voter chose to vote for him because of the bond narket
Scott Bessent rallies Trump supporters in Pennsylvania: "The bond market had its best year since 202,0 and if I have anything to say about it as your nation's top bond salesman, bonds will have another strong year in 2026 as we fight to bring treasury borrowing costs down."
December 9, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Because the average Trump voter chose to vote for him because of the bond narket
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Every legal story now is either
Ancient Circuit Judge Delivers Crystal Clear 100 Page Rebuke To Trumpist Overreach
or
In Unsigned Shadow Docket Decision, 6-3 Majority Declares Trump Can Hunt People For Sport
Ancient Circuit Judge Delivers Crystal Clear 100 Page Rebuke To Trumpist Overreach
or
In Unsigned Shadow Docket Decision, 6-3 Majority Declares Trump Can Hunt People For Sport
October 3, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Every legal story now is either
Ancient Circuit Judge Delivers Crystal Clear 100 Page Rebuke To Trumpist Overreach
or
In Unsigned Shadow Docket Decision, 6-3 Majority Declares Trump Can Hunt People For Sport
Ancient Circuit Judge Delivers Crystal Clear 100 Page Rebuke To Trumpist Overreach
or
In Unsigned Shadow Docket Decision, 6-3 Majority Declares Trump Can Hunt People For Sport
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i think to understand the meaning of the birthright citizenship clause to the framers of the 14th amendment, you have to understand significance of dred scott to the civil war republican party. dred scott wasn't just a bad ruling, it was understood as a rejection of the declaration itself.
December 6, 2025 at 6:03 PM
i think to understand the meaning of the birthright citizenship clause to the framers of the 14th amendment, you have to understand significance of dred scott to the civil war republican party. dred scott wasn't just a bad ruling, it was understood as a rejection of the declaration itself.
It is not like a punch card from a coffee shop
JD Vance: "He's fundamentally a humanitarian, and we've got 8 peace deals at this point. We're working on number 9 and number 10. And I think if he gets number 10, purely for mathematical harmony the Nobel Prize should be awarded to Donald J Trump."
November 20, 2025 at 6:10 PM
It is not like a punch card from a coffee shop
Don't send money to the insurance companies- send it to the people so they can send it to insurance companies
Trump: "THE ONLY HEALTHCARE I'LL SUPPORT OR APPROVE IS SENDING MONEY DIRECTLY BACK TO THE PEOPLE W/ NOTHING GOING TO THE BIG, FAT, RICH INSURANCE COMPANIES, WHO HAVE RIPPED OFF AMERICA LONG ENOUGH. THE PEOPLE WILL BE ALLOWED TO NEGOTIATE & BUY THEIR OWN, MUCH BETTER, INSURANCE. POWER TO THE PEOPLE!"
November 18, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Don't send money to the insurance companies- send it to the people so they can send it to insurance companies
But I don't want to negotiate my own insurance
Trump: "I want the money to go into an account for people where they buy their own health insurance. It's so good. The insurance will be better. It'll cost less. Everybody is gonna be happy. They're gonna feel like entrepreneurs. They're actually able to go out & negotiate their own insurance"
November 11, 2025 at 12:45 AM
But I don't want to negotiate my own insurance
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Whenever some sanctimonious Dem announces that America needs a functioning Republican Party, I always think “I’d settle for a functioning Democratic Party.”
November 10, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Whenever some sanctimonious Dem announces that America needs a functioning Republican Party, I always think “I’d settle for a functioning Democratic Party.”
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I have never seen an American President so desperate to force children and seniors to go hungry.
Donald Trump is appealing a federal court's order requiring him to pay the full SNAP benefits for this month.
This is as ugly and cruel as it gets.
Donald Trump is appealing a federal court's order requiring him to pay the full SNAP benefits for this month.
This is as ugly and cruel as it gets.
November 6, 2025 at 11:43 PM
I have never seen an American President so desperate to force children and seniors to go hungry.
Donald Trump is appealing a federal court's order requiring him to pay the full SNAP benefits for this month.
This is as ugly and cruel as it gets.
Donald Trump is appealing a federal court's order requiring him to pay the full SNAP benefits for this month.
This is as ugly and cruel as it gets.
So did someone slip her the blue pill recently?
Greene: "I will praise Nancy Pelosi. She had an incredible career for her party. I served under her speakership in my first term in Congress and I'm very impressed at her ability to get things done. I wish we could get things done for our party like Nancy Pelosi was able to deliver for her party."
November 6, 2025 at 4:43 PM
So did someone slip her the blue pill recently?
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Federal workers—including furloughed workers—are entitled to backpay after the shutdown ends. That is the LAW.
Trump and his administration of crooks saying anything otherwise are LYING to try and scare and intimidate federal workers.
Trump and his administration of crooks saying anything otherwise are LYING to try and scare and intimidate federal workers.
November 6, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Federal workers—including furloughed workers—are entitled to backpay after the shutdown ends. That is the LAW.
Trump and his administration of crooks saying anything otherwise are LYING to try and scare and intimidate federal workers.
Trump and his administration of crooks saying anything otherwise are LYING to try and scare and intimidate federal workers.