Erik Wallenius
@erikwallenius.bsky.social
Eagle Scout, Army vet, @BarackObama ‘08 alum. Interests include data/tech, board games, feminism. Don’t mistake my kindness for weakness. ✶ ✶ ✶ ✶ he/him
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I feel like the fractures we are seeing in the MAGA coalition have some people hoping the status quo will simply make a roaring comeback, and judicial consequences will simply engulf all of the bad guys. There's really no precedent that supports that expectation.
November 29, 2025 at 1:55 AM
I feel like the fractures we are seeing in the MAGA coalition have some people hoping the status quo will simply make a roaring comeback, and judicial consequences will simply engulf all of the bad guys. There's really no precedent that supports that expectation.
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I’m firing my wife tonight before she can do this to me
November 27, 2025 at 9:43 PM
I’m firing my wife tonight before she can do this to me
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as always, transphobia consumes your entire personality until there is nothing left but deeply offputting garbage
November 27, 2025 at 9:28 PM
as always, transphobia consumes your entire personality until there is nothing left but deeply offputting garbage
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Thanksgiving Guests Freeze In Disbelief After Teenager Informs Them Of Native American Genocide https://theonion.com/thanksgiving-guests-freeze-in-disbelief-after-teenager-1848076742/
November 27, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Thanksgiving Guests Freeze In Disbelief After Teenager Informs Them Of Native American Genocide https://theonion.com/thanksgiving-guests-freeze-in-disbelief-after-teenager-1848076742/
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I'm thankful for the humble potato
November 27, 2025 at 10:25 PM
I'm thankful for the humble potato
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It's true. I gave my cousin one single marijuana and he turned into a bat and flew away:(
November 27, 2025 at 10:32 PM
It's true. I gave my cousin one single marijuana and he turned into a bat and flew away:(
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Not wanting to disappoint you so much that it lies is the last quality I want in a computer.
November 28, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Not wanting to disappoint you so much that it lies is the last quality I want in a computer.
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They shouldn't even have been there!
A sad irony in Washington, D.C., where West Virginia National Guardsmen were shot today. Six days ago, a court ruled their deployment was illegal, but stayed the order pending appeal. My heart goes out to these public servants and their families. oag.dc.gov/sites/defaul...
November 28, 2025 at 12:03 AM
They shouldn't even have been there!
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hi that's racist
TRUMP: If you look at Somalia, they are taking over Minnesota.
REPORTER: What do the Somalians have to do with this Afghan guy who shot the National Guard members?
TRUMP: Ah, nothing. But Somalians have caused a lot of trouble. They're ripping us off.
REPORTER: What do the Somalians have to do with this Afghan guy who shot the National Guard members?
TRUMP: Ah, nothing. But Somalians have caused a lot of trouble. They're ripping us off.
November 28, 2025 at 12:51 AM
hi that's racist
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One of the greatest tricks the Devil ever pulled was convincing the world the New York Times is left-leaning.
“Biden Asylum Cases” is NYT’s framing for a story pegged to a man who got asylum 3 months into the Trump administration
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/u...
November 28, 2025 at 1:18 AM
One of the greatest tricks the Devil ever pulled was convincing the world the New York Times is left-leaning.
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People are making fun of this insane approach to cooking a turkey but that's super offensive to Kat's culture of twentysomethings, this kind of cooking is sacred to them
broke: overnight brine, roasting a turkey for hours, obsessively basting
woke: shove the bird in a 500 degree oven for an hour and a half
woke: shove the bird in a 500 degree oven for an hour and a half
November 28, 2025 at 1:07 AM
People are making fun of this insane approach to cooking a turkey but that's super offensive to Kat's culture of twentysomethings, this kind of cooking is sacred to them
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today, both Americas come together
November 28, 2025 at 1:09 AM
today, both Americas come together
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Thankful for every single thing I do not currently know about Nuzzi/Lizza and doing my best to carry those blessings into the future
November 27, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Thankful for every single thing I do not currently know about Nuzzi/Lizza and doing my best to carry those blessings into the future
Parenting is like this, but if you take a teeny little edible, then parenting is like this
November 27, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Parenting is like this, but if you take a teeny little edible, then parenting is like this
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Feds Repeatedly Lied And Misled The Public During Chicago Immigration Crackdown, Federal Judge Rules blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/25/f... In some way this isn't news, but it's a key story, and links to the whole judgment. Some light reading over the holiday . . .
Feds Repeatedly Lied And Misled The Public During Chicago Immigration Crackdown, Federal Judge Rules
In a scathing opinion, U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis highlighted lies and distortions by Border Patrol boss Greg Bovino and immigration agents in press releases, social media posts and their own inte...
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November 25, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Feds Repeatedly Lied And Misled The Public During Chicago Immigration Crackdown, Federal Judge Rules blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/25/f... In some way this isn't news, but it's a key story, and links to the whole judgment. Some light reading over the holiday . . .
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One only needs to look at donation records to see that Pat Hynes is a shill for the commercial real estate industry.
But if that isn’t enough for you, he also spent years working for the corrupt former Assessor Joe Berrios and only left because he couldn’t handle working for a reformer in Fritz.
But if that isn’t enough for you, he also spent years working for the corrupt former Assessor Joe Berrios and only left because he couldn’t handle working for a reformer in Fritz.
The Pat Hynes campaign is out here misspelling the office he seeks
November 19, 2025 at 10:15 PM
One only needs to look at donation records to see that Pat Hynes is a shill for the commercial real estate industry.
But if that isn’t enough for you, he also spent years working for the corrupt former Assessor Joe Berrios and only left because he couldn’t handle working for a reformer in Fritz.
But if that isn’t enough for you, he also spent years working for the corrupt former Assessor Joe Berrios and only left because he couldn’t handle working for a reformer in Fritz.
Do we think Seth Rogen is aware of this? Can someone here text it to him? www.darkmattercoffee.com/products/chr...
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CHRONIKKAH- THE FESTIVAL OF LIGHTNING UP! Each year Chronikkah highlights a barrel-aged component that makes this coffee a bit juicier and fruit-forward. The majority of the blend is a coffee from San...
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November 22, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Do we think Seth Rogen is aware of this? Can someone here text it to him? www.darkmattercoffee.com/products/chr...
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Call me old fashioned, I really feel like the President and Speaker of the House calling for members of the opposition party to be hanged to death should carry some kind of political or legal consequences!
November 21, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Call me old fashioned, I really feel like the President and Speaker of the House calling for members of the opposition party to be hanged to death should carry some kind of political or legal consequences!
On the other hand, Illinois is admired nationwide for how well-funded our various Mosquito Abatement Districts are…!
fundamentally the problem Chicago has is that it creates a massive amount of economic value for the region but cannot capture it with proper taxes due to municipal fragmentation (and the entire reason suburbs exist is to deprive cities of this revenue)
low property taxes in a desirable area are a handout to banks bc people purchase property based on the maximum monthly payment they can afford, and so low property taxes drive up property values and in turn banks make more money from mortgages
November 20, 2025 at 6:32 PM
On the other hand, Illinois is admired nationwide for how well-funded our various Mosquito Abatement Districts are…!
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Imagine looking around America in 2025 and thinking, "What we need less of is morality."
November 18, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Imagine looking around America in 2025 and thinking, "What we need less of is morality."
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The best thing we can do when we see articles about Rahm Emanuel is to not click on them. Show no interest at all. The Atlantic actually paid to promote this article on IG.
November 19, 2025 at 3:42 PM
The best thing we can do when we see articles about Rahm Emanuel is to not click on them. Show no interest at all. The Atlantic actually paid to promote this article on IG.
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Amnesty for our neighbors, accountability for the stormtroopers, this is the only way forward and the Dems aren't asking for it. We must demand the end of this system.
Astonishing to stop and realize that, at any given moment, bands of masked men armed to the teeth are storming churches and daycares, terrorizing entire communities—and that most of the country's political establishment barely blinks.
November 19, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Amnesty for our neighbors, accountability for the stormtroopers, this is the only way forward and the Dems aren't asking for it. We must demand the end of this system.