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Robert Whetsell

@robertw-okst.bsky.social
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Lover of #OkState since a long time ago. #LUFC is my futbol version of OSU. Hater of inanimate stuff and rank stupidity. I'm here for the laughs... Twitter/RobertW_OkSt Threads/rwhetsell62

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Robert Whetsell @robertw-okst.bsky.social · 1h
Oh #WVU.
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Robert Whetsell @robertw-okst.bsky.social · 2h
What a turn around...#WVU and #Houston are very alive.
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Robert Whetsell @robertw-okst.bsky.social · 2h
#Houston shows signs of life.
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Robert Whetsell @robertw-okst.bsky.social · 2h
That was MASSIVE for #WVU
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Robert Whetsell @robertw-okst.bsky.social · 2h
#UCF looking like a handful.
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Robert Whetsell @robertw-okst.bsky.social · 2h
What is it about playing at Iowa State? Hawkins looks like he's running in mud. Last week he was "quicker than we thought." Also...If Hawkins is going to throw a pass on target you really should be catching it. #Cyclones about to run them out of Ames.
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Lawfare @lawfaremedia.org · 7h
The second chapter of Deportation Inc. follows migrants as they are shuffled through a nationwide network of flights and facility transfers. Deportation, Inc. Chapter 2 is produced with @situ-research.bsky.social and @theintercept.com. youtu.be/OmUjt0ezisY
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 18h
@crampell.bsky.social and @jvl.bsky.social react to Trump suggesting inflation could help wipe away the national debt, and what that reveals about why he wants control over the Federal Reserve. “This is an interesting little aside here that should terrify people.”
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Jenn Budd @jennbudd.bsky.social · 18h
DHS is simply buying local cops’ support with our tax dollars. Like I’ve been saying, they own a lot of these cops. www.wsj.com/us-news/immi...
Even if Boring's deputies don't take any others into custody, his department is eligible for a payment equal to more than a quarter of its annual budget. Those are the terms of a Department of Homeland Security task force program that enlists local police as paid partners in the Trump administration's immigration crackdown.
Jurisdictions similar to Doddridge County-sparsely populated with few immigrants-make up the majority of new recruits to the
DHS task force program, which has become a cash cow for state and local law enforcement agencies nationwide. After turning over a single deportable immigrant, departments qualify to receive $60,000 a year for each deputized officer, regardless of additional arrests.The Venice Police Department in Venice, Fla., tallied one federal immigration detention in September 2025 and has since requested a total of $895,000. The department can continue collecting funds every quarter as long as it remains on the task force.
The program is most profitable for large departments. The Miami-Dade Sheriff's Office in Florida signed up more than 970 deputies, making it eligible for roughly $14.5 million in DHS funds from April to June, state records show. That pencils out to more than $2 million for each of its seven immigration arrests in that quarter.
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Vicki L (miaocherie) @miaocherie.bsky.social · 23h
Thanks @jimacosta.bsky.social and @walshfreedom.bsky.social for this info...
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lpoynton16 @lpoynton16.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
ALL of this. Perfectly captures the sheer rage we are feeling.
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John Collins @logicallyjc.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Definitely read it. We remain in the dumbest timeline.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 01/10/2026
@slotkin.senate.gov: “We need a new generation of leaders across the board…Everyone's saying the…same two things. We want a new generation of leadership, and we want big and bold ideas."
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NPR @npr.org · 30/09/2026
In most states, people with Medicaid coverage will have to prove they're working, volunteering or studying, starting Jan. 1. But Montana is starting that early, and it's sowing confusion and anxiety. n.pr/3VXrvzM
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Montana starts enforcing Medicaid work requirements on Oct 1. Patients are confused
In most states, people with Medicaid coverage will have to prove they're working, volunteering or studying, starting Jan. 1. But Montana is starting that early, and it's sowing confusion and anxiety.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 30/09/2026
Want to know where Hegseth got this hypermasculine and toxic ethos? Look no further than Doug Wilson, the self-proclaimed Christian nationalist and spiritual advisor to the Secretary of Defense.
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Pete Hegseth dreams of holy war. Meet his spiritual adviser.
Doug Wilson preaches iron discipline and male dominance. One of his disciples runs the Pentagon.
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Robert Whetsell @robertw-okst.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
static.klipy.com
Sheldon Cooper's Face Palm in Big Bang Theory
ALT: Sheldon Cooper's Face Palm in Big Bang Theory
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Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
This is a pretty stunning thing to admit
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
*chef’s kiss* 💋 perfection
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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This. It has always been this. A sitting American president did this. And because he did this, he should have been convicted and put behind bars. And the fact that we never held him accountable for these crimes will forever stain this country. And we may never recover from it.👇
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 29/09/2026
OMG: Republican Senator Schmitt accused Jack Smith of being in ATL to conspire with Fani Willis b/c he got a text from JP Cooney about a “Hawks” game (Falcons?). Schmitt had a big visual aid but didn’t keep it up long. BUT smith was at an IOWA HAWKEYES game to see Caitlin Clark in Maryland HAHAHA
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The Washington Sun Metro @washsunmetro.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Three arcade-game cabinets surrounding a plaque mocking President Donald Trump’s Greenland ambitions sprang up on the National Mall on Monday morning, allowing visitors a chance to play “Operation Epic Furious: Nuuk ’Em All.”
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Arcade-Game Display Mocking Trump’s Greenland Ambitions Pops Up in D.C.
Secret Handshake, the group behind the display, expects the installation to stay up at the National Mall for several days.
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Ruth Zakarin @ruthz.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
New Democratic candidate talking point just dropped.
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Robert Whetsell @robertw-okst.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Tell me you don't understand how learning works without telling me you don't understand how learning works.
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John Collins @logicallyjc.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
So… taking vacations and making a mess of literally everything.
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Sherrod Brown @sherrodbrownoh.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
NEW AD: Listen to this sh*t.
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Trump Crimes on Our Dime. "After six years of Trump’s flagrant corruption, it shouldn’t surprise us that he’s diverting public funds to boost himself and his party. It’s just another legal and moral line he thinks he can cross with impunity." www.thebulwark.com/p/congratula...
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Congratulations, You’re a Trump Campaign Donor
Your tax dollars are funding his TV ads. And the White House says you should be proud to pay.
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Cardinal Robert McElroy, archbishop of Washington: We have failed to live up to the command in Deuteronomy, “you shall not violate the rights of the alien or the orphan,” and to the words on the Statue of Liberty. And so “we are losing our soul as a nation.” www.thebulwark.com/p/we-are-los...
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‘We Are Losing Our Soul as a Nation’
What we saw in Springfield, Ohio.
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Jacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
There's no real point in arguing with his mouth noises, particularly not when preaching to the Bluesky choir, but this is *noteworthy* nonsense. If the revenue were real (it's not), then it would be revenue *of the United States government,* equally available to a Democratic Congress to spend.
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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Sure, the 2024 election was one too, but 2026 might be the clearest intelligence test ever presented to the American electorate. Taken at face value, he's saying he stole hundreds of billions from the gov't, hid it somewhere Congress can't reach, and he pinky swears he will give you a piece. Really.
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 28/09/2026
The United States is deporting parents without their children, leaving babies behind in America, @caitlindickerson.bsky.social reports. She spoke with the parents who don’t know if they’ll see their kids again, and the caretakers left to watch the children:
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The Babies Left Behind in America
The United States is deporting parents without their children, creating a whole new family-separation crisis.
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Robert Whetsell @robertw-okst.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
My goodness how much better Sunday feels after an #OkState win.
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Robert Whetsell @robertw-okst.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Last time #OkState was 1-0 in conference play was Oct 1, 2022.
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Robert Whetsell @robertw-okst.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
That was about what I expected.
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Robert Whetsell @robertw-okst.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I'm OK....but you can't keep trading TDs for FGs.
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Robert Whetsell @robertw-okst.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
WVU clearly the more physical team so far.
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Robert Whetsell @robertw-okst.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
How are you not ready for that?
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Robert Whetsell @robertw-okst.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
BAN ALL RUNNING QBs.
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Robert Whetsell @robertw-okst.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Set up shop at Elgin Park. #GoPokes
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Robert Whetsell @robertw-okst.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Had no wifi on the flight from Atlanta to Tulsa. Just landed and checked a few scores... 😬
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Robert Whetsell @robertw-okst.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Bad penalty? I'm thinking bad penalty.
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Robert Whetsell @robertw-okst.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
#armpunt
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Robert Whetsell @robertw-okst.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
En route to Tulsa. Traveling attire appropriately deployed. #OkState #GoPokes
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okpoke.bsky.social @okpoke.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
From my neocon father in law:
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 24/09/2026
So this story is WAY wilder than I thought The Trump post I flagged this morning because it includes Natalie Harp is actually based on the Getty photo you can see below. But there is one key difference -- MONICA CROWLEY'S FACE HAS BEEN EDITED TO LOOK LIKE NATALIE HARP'S WTF is going on here?
Getty pic of Xi and TrumpTrump TS post featuring the mentioned edit of Monica Crowley's faceoriginal pic image of MonicaTrump TS post which shows Natalie's face where Monica's is on the original. very weird
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Robert Whetsell @robertw-okst.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
This should not shock anyone.
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Marco Rubio: “Iranians are radical religious lunatics.” Also: Have you met Paula White, the White House faith advisor?
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Braden Serkas @portmanteauface.bsky.social · 01/08/2023
[jurassic park] ALAN GRANT: the t-rex can’t see you if you don’t move ME: *In The Air Tonight on my headphones gets to the drum solo part* fuck fuck fuck
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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
"Pick someone young or we'll let the fascists keep winning"
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Afra Kroon 🇳🇱 @afrakroon.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
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Robert Whetsell @robertw-okst.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
The O/U hasn't moved much but the money is definitely going to WVU. Line now -2.5.
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