Twalterickson
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Twalterickson
@twalterickson.bsky.social
Librarian, Michigan
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The four kids shot in Stockton, California were 8, 9, 14 and 21.

Why isn’t that a national tragedy?

Why doesn’t that provoke the outrage that we saw with Charlie Kirk or the National Guard shooting?

This country doesn’t care about children. They don’t care about gun violence.
November 30, 2025 at 9:50 PM
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All joking aside, parliamentary systems (in which there is a Prime Minister who is elected by the legislature) perform better on many metrics than presidential systems like ours.

If we were to rewrite the constitution today, we should have a Prime Minister, not a president.
Donald Trump has not just convinced me that I do not want a king—I'm not even sure about the president thing anymore.
November 30, 2025 at 10:51 PM
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I fixed your headline, New York Times! You’re welcome!
November 30, 2025 at 9:24 PM
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December 1, 2025 at 3:06 AM
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The leading historian of conflict says the atrocities in Ukraine are rooted in a uniquely brutal mindset that can be traced back centuries. And Pete Hegseth and Donald Trump appear fully to embrace the Soviet perspective on official cruelty. www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/11...
November 30, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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Congress and the supreme court gave their power away to Trump.
November 30, 2025 at 1:52 PM
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"The "trickle-down" theory: the principle that the poor, who must subsist on table scraps dropped by the rich, can best be served by giving the rich bigger meals." .. (quote William Blum) .. (Cartoon Jim Morin).. #politics #economy
November 29, 2025 at 11:27 PM
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Even the left seems to give Kushner a pass

They dont seem to realize that his rise made Epstein expendable

Or that hes pretty much taken over for Henry Kissinger as the Israeli President of the United States
July 22, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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If Russia wanted peace, they would stop killing Ukrainians.
If the US wanted peace, they would stop Russia.
November 30, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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I know I'm supposed to be grateful for everything I have, but where are those Epstein files.
November 30, 2025 at 4:55 AM
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“The only credible security guarantee for Ukraine today is the Ukrainian army.”

Business Ukraine editor Peter Dickinson joined Kyiv’s Телеканал Київ24 amid US-led peace talks to end Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
November 30, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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All the best people love Trump.
December 1, 2025 at 3:15 AM
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conservatives basically want to implement the caricature of affirmative action for conservative students. acceptance without meeting qualifications, good grades and degrees without having to do the work.
OU has put the professor here on administrative leave:
December 1, 2025 at 1:29 AM
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It’s never ok to use the R slur.

It’s never ok to discriminate against and berate disabled people.

It’s not an acceptable term to describe anyone, for any reason.

He’s emboldening his base.

They’re going to use it more often.

Please speak out. Help protect disabled lives.
December 1, 2025 at 2:15 AM
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An incel taken down by two teenagers.
November 30, 2025 at 10:41 PM
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Netanyahu not only knew about the Oct 7 attacks prior to them happening he helped facilitate them to keep himself out of prison.
November 30, 2025 at 10:18 PM
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The most fucked up thing that will come out of these criminal acts is Donald Trump will never be held accountable BUUUUT the ones doing his dirty work abso-freaking-lutely will 🤨 just sayin
November 30, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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I like books too...
But this ?👐
December 1, 2025 at 3:45 AM
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We cannot let this be normal. A sitting United States President has called for ‘death’ to sitting Members of Congress.

Those who he targets — veterans, intelligence community, federal workers — must stand up and fight.
November 30, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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Priorities from the dude pretending to be president. 🙄
November 30, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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I wish all figures of authority cared about moms and babies. But some don’t. Some even want you to hurt. And those are the people who cast doubt on the vaccination miracle that has allowed so many of us to live longer and better.
kentuckylantern.com/2025/11/25/t...
Third unvaccinated Kentucky baby dies of whooping cough • Kentucky Lantern
A third unvaccinated infant in Kentucky has died of pertussis as public health officials urge Kentuckians to get vaccinated against the disease.
kentuckylantern.com
November 30, 2025 at 11:39 PM
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Kylie Cheung at Abortion, Every Day writes about the future anti-abortion extremists want: "One in which we’re not just stripped of our most basic rights, but also deemed crazy for fighting back—even just for pointing out what’s being done to us."
The Anti-Abortion Movement Is Projecting
And their buzzwords give it away
jessica.substack.com
December 1, 2025 at 2:31 AM
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Will Donald Trump uphold NATO defense commitments when Russia invades the Baltics next? No, Trump will do nothing. Trump favors Putin and Russia.
November 30, 2025 at 2:38 AM
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This is Trump Projecting. He is unconsciously talking about himself in a desperate attempt to deflect his actions, his constant screw-ups, and his illegal and/or unethical activities onto others.

Trump is constantly Projecting.
November 30, 2025 at 4:39 AM
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Oxford University Press has chosen “rage bait” as its 2025 Word of the Year. The open-compound word, which beat out “biohack” and “aura farming,” goes back at least to 2002. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/a...
November 30, 2025 at 10:01 PM