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Karyn Rybacki

@hawk1814.bsky.social

12K followers 14K following 2.5K posts

Iowa PhD Rhetorical Theory & Argumentation. Retired Prof, 43 years on the South Shore of the Big Lake they call Gitchigumie, now back in Iowa. Humanist, Wife, Hawkeye fan, Reader, Textbook author, Democrat, taught 1st Amend. Antifascist. Slava Ukraini 🐺🐅🏒

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Karyn Rybacki @hawk1814.bsky.social · 1h

Thanks for the follow. I have your book, excellent. Route 66 was unique.

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Karyn Rybacki @hawk1814.bsky.social · 4h

Definitely

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𝖣 𝖪 𝖡𝗈𝖽𝗁𝗂 @dkbohdi.bsky.social · 6h

I don't know JD, but I know the type.

He's the kid that would buy nickel bag from me under the bleachers and then pretend not to know me in the halls.

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Thesaurus Wrecks 🎃👻💀 @thesauruswrecks.bsky.social · 6h

Just gonna leave this totally unrelated yet gross NYT headline from February of this year right here…

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lelac.bsky.social @lelac.bsky.social · 6h

There’s a very interesting book by John W Dean (of Watergate) called “Conservatives without Conscious” published 2006. Really good stuff in there about conservatives and authoritarianism. His new book in 2020 is “Authoritarian Nightmare: Trump and his Followers”. Guess I’ll buy that one too.

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Karyn Rybacki @hawk1814.bsky.social · 5h

40+ years at 2 Big 10s and one large state regional university here. I confirm this.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 7h

By now, foreign governments must have put their least effective and competent spies on the job of spying on us. It's just too easy.

Jesse Dollemore @dollemore.com · 23h

Currently on a flight to Japan watching a Pentagon Assistant Press Secretary (Riley Podleski) work on a document in the open on her laptop. She spent the last hour copy and pasting headlines from articles critical of the Administration’s hostility toward the 1st amendment.

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Adelita for Congress @adelitaforcongress.bsky.social · 19h

Speaker Johnson, you ready to swear me in?

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Karyn Rybacki @hawk1814.bsky.social · 5h

I have been saying this for 3 decades. Legalize, tax, and provide safe spaces for those determined to use hard stuff. Archeological discovery proves humans have been using substances for relief, party time, religion, & more for at least 30K years. Just Acknowledge this and stop wasting $$$.

Tommy Jones Productions @tjpatlanta.bsky.social · 8h

The only way to deal with the "drug problem" is to legalize and regulate the drugs. Not only would that make the drugs themselves safer, it would remove the major funding component for violent gangs.

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 22h

Himes: You know, it's the Pete Hegseth insecurity that requires a constant marination in testosterone and fraternity-boy macho bullshit that, at the end of the day, would be funny if it weren't both lethal and counterproductive to actually dealing with the nation's drug problem.

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Karyn Rybacki @hawk1814.bsky.social · 5h

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CC @casaconnie.bsky.social · 6h

Not everybody is motivated by money or greed. A concept that they can’t wrap their head around.

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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 6h

King George III in early 1776

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6h

Bessent: "No kings equals no paychecks"

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vallirose.bsky.social @vallirose.bsky.social · 7h

HEY MAGA~~~~~

Doofus Donald played yo’ ass

Farmers how’s life?

How’s grocery shopping

Wait until you see new health insurance premiums & cuts to social programs.

The main financial slaughter will hit after the 2026 midterms so they can still get the Cult’s vote!

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Trump has MASSIVE PANIC as BAD NEWS Destroys Term #MeidasTouch #BenMeiselas #donaldtrump #Breakingnews #US #news

TikTok video by Ben’s News

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BluesterB @bluesterb.bsky.social · 6h

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BluesterB @bluesterb.bsky.social · 1d

Shocking, truly.

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Autism Draws CA 🇨🇦🦋🇺🇦💙🌈🦜🌻💪🏼🎨🇺🇸 @autismdrawscanada.bsky.social · 7h

We called all the young republicans dweebs & creeps because they invariably had these severe shellacked haircuts, they wanted to argue about abortion & submission & piss off all women, were dorm narcs because they never got invited to the cool parties & they smelled bad. Some things never change.

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Karyn Rybacki @hawk1814.bsky.social · 6h

Republicans celebrate & condone rape. Always remember, rape is about the subjugation of women, not sex.

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 18h

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nullifie @nullifie.bsky.social · 7h

A Message From The Frog Resistance.

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A Message From The Frog Resistance

YouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

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She/her @saintlyred88.bsky.social · 7h

One would need a heart ❤️ & lets face it they are heartless & soulless racists morons always are.

darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 8h

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Route60Plus @route60plus.bsky.social · 7h

And this…

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Free Speech For People @fsfp.bsky.social · 7h

➡️ Levying war against U.S. civilians
➡️ Targeting perceived political enemies
➡️ Treating the Oval Office like a profit-making enterprise

These are high crimes, not policy disputes. Congress must IMPEACH + REMOVE Donald Trump from office now.

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Karyn Rybacki @hawk1814.bsky.social · 6h

I laughed so hard I scared Mr. Sniffers. He jumped out of bed.

Karyn Rybacki @hawk1814.bsky.social · 6h

This is terrifying.