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Ragnar Ragnarsson @ragnardp.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Is there an elder abuse hotline in DC or KY? Shouldn't someone be making a call about Mitch McConnell?

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Ragnar Ragnarsson @ragnardp.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Senator Eric Schmitt - I think we found a senator even dumber than Tommy Tuberville

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Ragnar Ragnarsson @ragnardp.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Does the Pittsburgh secondary not believe in covering receivers?

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Headquarters @headquartersnews.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Republican New Hampshire Senate candidate John Sununu says he supports a work requirement for seniors on Medicare: "I certainly support a work requirement for able-bodied Medicare recipients."

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Ragnar Ragnarsson @ragnardp.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

High boot should have been a red

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Ragnar Ragnarsson @ragnardp.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

There seems to be an awful lot of penalties in this Bears game

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Ragnar Ragnarsson @ragnardp.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

When is this Wisconsin punter available to transfer.

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The_Lady_Red @theladyred.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Over four weeks this summer, at least three men murdered their families. Together, the three men killed 17 people, 12 of them children. And within a day or two, each story had vanished from the national news. 1/2

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Over four weeks this summer, at least three men murdered their families, killing 12 children among them.

On July 24, in Michigan, Kristopher Karolkiewicz shot his wife and their six children and set the house on fire.

On July 31, in Wisconsin, Jeffrey Manke killed his two daughters, 11 and 16.

On August 23, in Montana, Alan Smith gunned down eight of his relatives -- his parents, his grandmother, his sister, and four children -- at a Sunday dinner.

Together, the three men killed 17 people, 12 of them children. And within a day or two, each story had vanished from the national news.

Compare this to the coverage of the Lindsay Clancy case. For weeks, the trial of the Massachusetts mother, who killed her three children in 2023, has been a media fixation.

Cable networks have carried it live. CNN, NBC, the Boston Globe, and others have run day-by-day live blogs. Reporters have packed the courthouse by the dozen, some sitting on the floor for lack of room. And the trial is only the latest chapter: the case has been dissected in the national press and on true-crime podcasts for years.

A mother killing her children becomes a national obsession; a father doing the same quickly becomes yesterday's news.

The obvious explanation for the discrepancy is timing: Clancy is on trial, while these three men killed themselves and left no one to prosecute.

But it doesn't hold up. Men who murder their families do stand trial -- and their cases almost never command this kind of sustained, wall-to-wall attention.

The true-crime sagas that grip the nation for years overwhelmingly feature women who kill. The gender of the killer, it turns out, matters more than the crime.

The numbers tell a different story than the headlines. Family annihilation in America is neither rare nor evenly distributed.

According to a 2023 investigation by the Indianapolis Star, drawing on data from the Gun Violence Archive, someone in this country murders their own family roughly once every five days.

And the people who do it are almost always men -- by expert estimates, some 91 percent of the time. A gun is used in about nine of ten cases. The victims, disproportionately, are children.

The silence has a dangerous cost. Violence by men has become so normalized that even its most extreme form -- a man murdering his own family -- barely registers. And that silence compounds itself: because these killings rarely break through the noise, most people have no idea how common they are, or how overwhelmingly they are committed by men. The pattern disappears into the background, one fleeting headline at a time.

None of this diminishes the horror of a mother who kills. It only raises the question: why does that horror seize our full attention, while the far more common version -- committed by fathers, husbands, sons -- slips past us in a day?

--> If you or someone you know is experiencing domestic violence, the National Domestic Violence Hotline is available 24/7 at 1-800-799-7233, or text START to 88788.

--> The Danger Assessment, developed by Dr. Jacquelyn Campbell, is a free tool that helps a woman gauge her risk of being killed by an abusive partner --

https://www.dangerassessment.org/DA.aspx

For a potentially life-saving book for older teens and adults about the early warning signs of abusive relationships, myths about abusive personalities, and how to get help, we highly recommend "Why Does He Do That?: Inside the Minds of Angry and Controlling Men" at

https://www.amightygirl.com/why-does-he-do-that

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Phil Nobile Jr. @philnobilejr.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Google is run by bootlicking cowards.

A screenshot of Google Maps showing Lake Ontario labeled as Lake America

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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Thomas Jefferson said that keeping this constitutional republic going depended upon an informed, educated citizenry. We don’t have that right now. Which is why we’re in trouble. Here’s just one example from 2 days ago.👇 socialcontractwithjoewalsh.substack.com/p/we-do-not-...

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We Do Not Have An Informed Citizenry: Example #78,972

Joe's Midweek Meltdown

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 26/07/2026

"I challenge anyone to defend it: a war built on lies told by a White House utterly absent figures of integrity to dissuade the president from his delusions" -- Jon Ossoff's entire address today at the Barean Christian Church is worth watching

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Jon Ossoff on the spiritual rot of Trumpism

YouTube video by Aaron Rupar

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Keith Edwards @keithedwards.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

NBC's kristen welker was caught laughing it up with Stephen Miller. Stephen Miller who architected the family separation policy. Stephen Miller who pushed the Muslim travel ban. Stephen Miller who oversaw the killing of Americans by ICE agents. This is why independent media is crucial.

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Professa Murray @kalimurray.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

The fact that VP JD Vance and Richard Grenell went to Romania—on behalf of the Trump Administration— to advocate for Andrew and Tristan Tate, who by all accounts, were rapists running a coercive sex ring, then permitted them to come to Florida, should be a crazy, crazy scandal.

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Crystal Voted 4 Harris @crystal4mvpharris.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

I want you to meet Kshama Sawant, from Seattle, who led the uncommitted crew against Kamala Harris and was instrumental in getting Trump elected and getting this Big ugly bill passed today. Let’s reward her by re-electing Adam Smith to WA-09.

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Ragnar Ragnarsson @ragnardp.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

This is the second trip in a row that United transmits a notification of a lengthy flight delay while I'm waiting in the TSA line. Don't they realize that people can make other arrangements if properly informed? This long time United customer is closing faith.

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Ragnar Ragnarsson @ragnardp.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Not impressed with United Airlines' late notification of a lengthy delay it could have told us about hours before. Now waiting in the airport when we could have stayed home.

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Ragnar Ragnarsson @ragnardp.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

USMNT embarrassed. Thanks Trump

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Marisa Ingemi @mingemi.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

pausa de hidratación

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Ragnar Ragnarsson @ragnardp.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Paraguay are thugs and this ref sucks

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Henry @henrythedog.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

there was one chance to really defend Voting Rights, her name was Hillary Clinton, and everyone mocked her stressing of the Court.

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Sean Casten @seancasten.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

At the Equal Justice Museum in Montgomery AL.

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D. Earl Stephens @dearlstephens.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

📌Pope Leo XIV TODAY: “The world is being ravaged by a handful of tyrants. Blessed are the peacemakers, but woe to those who manipulate religion and the name of God for their own military, economic and political gain, dragging that which is sacred into darkness and filth.” He is NOT backing down.

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