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Mark Wheatley

@markwou92.bsky.social
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Computer Scientist, Star Trek fan, likes road trips and cats and discussing politics in a civil manner.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Reagan Myth #3,097 Reagan liked to think of himself as a "small government" president. He even had cute little sayings mocking the government. And this is how most Republicans still remember him. But there were more federal employees when he left office than when he was inaugurated.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
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𝕊𝕜𝕖𝕝𝕖𝕥𝕠𝕟𝕂𝕖𝕪 @skeletonkey.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 06/09/2026
I haven’t been indicted yet.
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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Stephen Miller just warned voters what will happen if Democrats retake Congress in November: “It’s game over. They’re going to get rid of ICE.”
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Bruce McMicking🇨🇦 @zarkingfardwards.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Donald Trump isn't taking the RNC's defeat in the Supreme Court very well. I agree it was a "tremendous loss" for him and the GOP. I am always happy to oblige in delivering him court defeats.😂 Thankfully, it was a great victory for voters and free and fair elections!
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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 26/06/2026
The District of Columbia has settled a lawsuit by a protester who said he was detained and handcuffed for following National Guard troops around the city while playing Darth Vader’s theme song from “Star Wars.”
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The Force is with him: D.C. settles with man who protested National Guard using Darth Vader’s theme song
Sam O’Hara said he was detained and handcuffed after a guardsman complained to police.
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Vampo Marks @vampomarks.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Apparently John Williams music is too dangerous for the National Guard. They were intimidated by a guy playing Star Wars music on his phone at a moderate volume near them. Embarrassed much, guys?
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Steve Woodsmall, PhD @drstevew.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Where is the fucking accountability? This is bullshit.
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Ray Pride @raypride.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
Take a minute.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
WATCH: “Where’s the evidence? You’ve never presented any evidence.” Unhinged, lying Trump has a MELTDOWN and WALKS OFF when Welker refuses to let him get away with lying about rigged elections. Finally some pushback.
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OKC405 @okc405.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Jan. 6 Police Officers Sue to Block Trump’s $1.8 Billion Fund. www.nytimes.com/live/2026/05...
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Trump Administration Live Updates: Jan. 6 Police Officers Sue to Block $1.8 Billion Fund
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Drew Abides @drewabides.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
My thought on the moment is that he’s just a useful idiot being kept around, his information carefully curated, his health and cognitive decline managed by teams of professionals, in order to make obscene amounts of money for the world’s worst people, the human consequences be damned.
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Mark Wheatley @markwou92.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Well said.
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Matt Browner Hamlin @mattbh.com · 14/02/2026
This is so spot on
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The high trust neighborhoods that MAGA yearns for exist all over America, and they're all like D+40
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An extraordinary paragraph. buff.ly/uH5ykhX
The secret fear of the morally depraved is that virtue is actually common, and that they're the ones who are alone. In Minnesota, all of the ideological cornerstones of MAGA have been proved false at once. Minnesotans, not the armed thugs of ICE and the Border Patrol, are brave. Minnesotans have shown that their community is socially cohesivebecause of its diversity and not in spite of it. Minnesotans have found and loved one another in a world atomized by social media, where empty men have tried to fill their lonely soul with lies about their own inherent superiority. Minnesotans have preserved everything worthwhile about "Western civilization," while armed brutes try to tear it down by force.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14/02/2026
Kristi Noem: "When it gets to Election Day, we've been proactive to make sure we have the right people voting, electing the right leaders to lead this country."
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
The U.S. Department of Defense has barred military personnel from enrolling in courses at many of the nation’s top universities, including Harvard, Yale, MIT, and Johns Hopkins. A leaked email is said to contain the full list of affected schools. Shared by MeidasTouch.
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
In a moment that calls for courage, we get this:
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Spooky Sasquatch @nerdysasquatch.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
If these MFers actually wanted to "protect kids", they would: Pass gun control Stop demonizing vaccines Fund education and healthcare Punish every single creep in the Epstein files Censoring the internet does nothing to actually help kids. It only makes them ignorant.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
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Utah voter roll review finds no evidence of noncitizens casting a ballot, Lt. Gov. says
An ongoing Utah review of 2.1 million voter registration records has found one noncitizen who registered to vote and zero examples of any noncitizens actually voting.
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OKC405 @okc405.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
Good God! Massey & Khanna reported that Jeffrey Epstein had a nine-year-old victim and she was associated with a current top foreign government official. A nine-year-old!!! The only right thing to do here is to out that foreign govt official. A nine-year-old!!! A 4th grader!!!! Holy Hell!
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Yarwanaw @yarwanaw.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
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MAKS 26 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
📰🇪🇺 Fears grow in Europe that Putin could attack within a year — WP Previously, Berlin and other capitals believed that Russia could threaten NATO’s eastern flank by 2029. Now, the consensus is growing that it could happen much sooner — before Europe can build up its own military power.
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✨Cramer©️ @cramer-1.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
#epsteinfiles
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Dave Hutchinson @hutchinsondave.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
News from Poland. Apparently the Americans have started circulating form letters nominating Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize - all the nation in question has to do is sign it. The Speaker of the Sejm told them to fuck off and the US Ambassador has had a meltdown.
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Courage is contagious. Let’s keep going.
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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 05/02/2026
BREAKING: Over 680 members of the National Academy of Sciences, Medicine, and Engineering have endorsed articles of impeachment against RFK Jr. (1/2 🧵)
Top of the photo in white text reads: "BREAKING OVER 680 NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES MEMBERS, INCLUDING 10 NOBEL PRIZE LAUREATES, ENDORSE IMPEACHING RFK JR." Below that in black text is a statement reading: "We, the undersigned Members of the National Academy of Medicine, the National Academy of Sciences, and the National Academy of Engineering, writing in our private capacities, endorse the Articles of Impeachment introduced in the House of Representatives on Dec 10, 2025 by Representative Haley Stevens." Below that is the red "STAND UP FOR SCIENCE " logo. Below that is a link in white text reading: "standupforscience.net/impeach-rfkjr".
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OKC405 @okc405.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
OK Gov Stitt is going after higher ed now. His EO calls for a study of 90-hour accelerated bachelor’s degrees. He wants to cut the humanities. GOP don't want undergrads exposed to anything in liberal arts. Dang, they might learn some critical thinking, creativity, or cultural understanding.
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Terre-Strial @terre-strial.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
We kissed the American middle class goodbye when we believed the lie that we’re ALL better off when the RICH get richer and the POOR get poorer. What if more companies and corporations (including newspapers), were cooperatively owned by the employees…
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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Corporatist fascism, plain and simple. DHS is trying to get tech companies to hand over data on Trump critics. This is unconstitutional, and Congress must shut it down, before we turn into East Germany. techcrunch.com/2026/02/03/h...
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Homeland Security is trying to force tech companies to hand over data about Trump critics | TechCrunch
The use of administrative subpoenas, which are not subject to judicial oversight, are used to demand a wealth of information from tech companies, including the owners of anonymous online accounts docu...
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Same-sex marriage is under attack again. The Christian nationalist right has launched a new campaign, and, unsurprisingly, it’s using children’s safety as a pretext to roll back equality.
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The Right Is Coming For Same-Sex Marriage With An Insidious New Campaign
The anti-LGBTQ “Greater Than” campaign is leveraging children to attack the rights of same-sex married couples
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Omg. WTF is Happening? @lalahaenzy.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again. #Pinks #ProudBlue
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
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Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 05/02/2026
If Jeff Bezos could afford to spend $75 million on the Melania movie & $500 million for a yacht to sail off to his $55 million wedding to give his wife a $5 million ring, please don't tell me he needed to fire one-third of the Washington Post staff. Democracy dies in oligarchy.
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James B. Emmett @jamesbemmett.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
It's cool to see the GOP going anti-gun. All it took was for a federal government-sanctioned force killing a white male nurse who had a gun, but didn't draw it, to decide that citizens should not have the right to bear arms at certain times...I'm sure this will end well.
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OKC405 @okc405.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
Response from Lankford to my email regarding ICE Violence: "ICE officers & other immigration enforcement personnel continue to face regular harassment & physical assault while carrying out their duties." Me: WHY WEREN'T YOU AT THE SHADOW HEARING? ARE YOU EMBARRASSED OR TOO AFRAID TO HEAR THE TRUTH?
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
Fulton County officials asked a federal court to return 2020 election ballots that the FBI seized last week. The county is also requesting that the court unseal the affidavit the administration used to obtain approval for the search.
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Brian Phillips @brianphillips.lol · 04/02/2026
Bezos isn't destroying the Washington Post because it isn't profitable. He's destroying the Washington Post because he's calculated that a robust free press threatens the ability of his class to warp society around their interests
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OKC405 @okc405.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
Okay, I haven't pulled the JC card before, but Jesus--- Trump installing statue of 'hero' Christopher Columbus outside the White House.
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OKC405 @okc405.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
OK Leaders: "Devon Energy is a hometown institution. This hurts." They never learn from every past oil bust when they lay off landmen & all the wildcatters: Oil Barons Don't Care!!!
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
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Low Quality Facts @lowqualityfacts.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
I know that Stephen Miller gets a lot of hate on here, but hear me out. I think we could hate him more. We have the capacity, we all just need to put in a little more effort.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 29/01/2026
Summer Boismier, a high school English teacher in Oklahoma, lost her teaching license after she protested a book ban. Now she is fighting to return to the classroom. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/29/u...
An individual with short hair and glasses stands outdoors wearing a dark grey sweatshirt with an illustration of a tiger wearing a headband that reads "FIGHT ON." They have a neutral expression and hands clasped. Tall, dried grass is in the background. A headline reads: "She Fought a Book Ban. She May Never Teach Again." Photo by Nick Oxford for The New York Times.
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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
"The idea, for the former ICE director, that Alex Pretti, this VA nurse who was brandishing a cell phone - even after he had six full-grown men on top of him - that the threat had to be eliminated by unloading his clip into him?"
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WomenRiseUp2026 @womenriseup2026.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
#Epstein #EpsteinFiles
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
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Travis Kemp @kemptravis.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
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The Critic Was Right Too Soon | Why 90s TV Wasn’t Ready for Media Criticism
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