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Wm Statz

@wkstatz.bsky.social
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Retired military. Public Health, trail runner and occasional editor of fiction podcasts.

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 14h
Well, it’s a quick take, and no doubt data will come in, but it sure looks like based on today’s evidence that a lot of pro-Trump and pro-AfD bot work depends directly on Russian data centers.
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Wm Statz @wkstatz.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
In all fairness, Xi does have resting unimpressed face.
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Wm Statz @wkstatz.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Exactly. I do not wish him dead but, I would derive some satisfaction from knowing that he was aware and helpless while the ill gotten gains and liberty of his co-conspirators are stripped away.
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Wm Statz @wkstatz.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
The only reason to keep ICE in existence is if that structure under a new chain of command facilitates effective accountability and prosecution.
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Wm Statz @wkstatz.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Iran promises to release footage of Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei. The statement says that he’s been in a series of productive 20 minute meetings with Mitch McConnell.
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Wm Statz @wkstatz.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Republican voters confuse toxic masculinity with strength.
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Laura Packard @laurapackard.com · 03/08/2026
How Wellness Influencers Scam Patients with Jen Bordenick of @unbiasedscipod.bsky.social and me @healthcarevoices.org @mswmedia.com on #CareTalk live & @louisenorris.bsky.social @healthinsuranceorg.bsky.social Diane-Just Care answer your health insurance q’s
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Why Wellness Culture Is Dangerous #CareTalk
While public health faces enormous cuts, the global wellness economy reached a record 6 trillion dollars, and is projected to climb to nearly ten trillion by...
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Wm Statz @wkstatz.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
A competent, functional government, responsive to and serving the common citizen, is an existential threat to Republican power and grift.
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Wm Statz @wkstatz.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Mocking LePage doesn’t take a lot of effort.
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Wm Statz @wkstatz.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
The real shame is that he reproduced.
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Wm Statz @wkstatz.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
If they thought animal and human sacrifice would help them keep the house it would be under consideration.
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Wm Statz @wkstatz.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
The Troy Jackson campaign successfully gamed the hell out of the delegate selection process. Doesn’t mean he’s the wrong candidate.
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Wm Statz @wkstatz.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Sorry, this is not incompetence. It’s the willful destruction of our government’s checks and balances, for the gross enrichment of the few.
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Wm Statz @wkstatz.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
About says it all.
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Wm Statz @wkstatz.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
And then, re-establish the AGs independence.
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Wm Statz @wkstatz.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
He’s transitioned from having aides to having handlers. It’s sort of like when your parent moves from assisted living to memory care.
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Wm Statz @wkstatz.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
That’s a pretty reasonable list.
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ResJudicata22 @resjudicata22.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Cartoonist: Clay Bennett
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Wm Statz @wkstatz.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
There’s a hell of an opportunity for DC tour guides: The Trump Trail of Destruction Tour.
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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Markets create wealth. Competition makes them work.⁣ ⁣ Being pro-market isn't the same thing as being pro-business. The force that drives innovation and prosperity is the same force many businesses would rather avoid.⁣ ⁣ newsletter.platypuseconomics.com/p/…
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LisaTheLiberal 🦋 @lisatheliberal.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
What makes my heart heavy is that 13 servicemembers and a school full of girls died for no reason except to attempt to boost a sad old man’s ego
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Wm Statz @wkstatz.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
“Part of our culture “?
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Wm Statz @wkstatz.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
The two most dangerous periods: - directly after a Dem sweep in the midterms, when Trump and the lame duck congress will do anything to to solidify their agenda - post ‘28 election of Dem President when Trump attempts to go scorched earth with the backing of SCOTUS
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 01/06/2026
Staging these sites under the EOP & circumventing fedramp means we can’t see who’s doing what, who’s writing the code, etc - things required for govt sites. This is scary stuff. They could fabricate voter registration fraud and use it to throw out votes, for example, and we couldn’t check it. END/
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Wm Statz @wkstatz.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Don’t recall saying anything about Mills.
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Wm Statz @wkstatz.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
That’s a hell of a group photo. Has Paul Krugman always been the same age?
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Wm Statz @wkstatz.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Premature anointing by Sanders and Warren enabled the Platner campaign to suck the air out of the room. His core support on Reddit is pretty rabid, regardless of any news about his personal life.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Funny how the all the people ransacking the Capitol on January 6 were liberals, plants, and ANTIFA—until there was money to be made from it.
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
May 16, 2026
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May 16, 2026
Seventy-two years ago tomorrow, on May 17, 1954, the Supreme Court unanimously decided Brown v.
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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
These two Chinese spies 🕵️‍♀️ are on fast politics today podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/f...
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Charlie Sykes, Tom Steyer, Gabi Finlayson & Jackie Morgan
Podcast Episode · Fast Politics with Molly Jong-Fast · May 16 · 1h 6m
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Wm Statz @wkstatz.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Control of the House and Senate agendas and committees is the primary goal of the midterms (at the Federal level). That means voting D, even if they don’t align with all of your priorities. I’m not crazy about Platner. If he’s the nominee , I’ll be voting for him.
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Lindsay Beyerstein @beyerstein.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Braindead populism:
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Graham Platner calls to end gas and diesel tax
The Democratic Senate candidate's "Take back American Power" plan targets fossil fuel companies and the ultra-wealthy.
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Wm Statz @wkstatz.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
That’s the most generic meeting summary imaginable.
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Wm Statz @wkstatz.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
You can take the MAGA out of the Wackadoodle, but you’ll never get the Wackadoodle out of the MAGA .
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Wm Statz @wkstatz.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
All of this human cost. Add to this the loss of influence in these regions. Soft power give the US credibility and was our most cost effective form of international engagement.
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Wm Statz @wkstatz.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
She actually won an Emmy for her reporting…before she went to Fox.
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Dr. Todd Arrington @btarrington.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
On this day 70 years ago-May 1, 1956-the polio vaccine was first made widely available to the public. The vaccine’s developer, Dr. Jonas Salk, did not patent the vaccine so that it would remain available to as many people as possible in the US and internationally. Image: Harvey Georges/AP.
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Janet Mills @janetmillsforme.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
My statement suspending my candidacy for the U.S. Senate:
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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Exquisitely written. Important issues for U.S. public corruption. Solution oriented. "Lessons can be drawn from peers like Canada, Mexico, and France, which do not exempt their heads of state from conflict-of-interest rules." @abigailbellows.bsky.social, former NSC Director for Anti-Corruption
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How to Stop Modern Profiteering in Public Office
Analysis of presidential profiteering under Trump and a proposed solution to restore public trust in government.
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Kimberley Johnson @kimberleyjohnson.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
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Thomas Benner @thomasbenner.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
The Grifter
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Wm Statz @wkstatz.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
It’s a shame Astronaut Christina Koch had to stand there during his regularly scheduled lie torrent.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 26/04/2026
Former FBI agent Dan Brunner: From what we saw, the suspect wasn’t even close to breaching security. He still would have had to go down two flights of stairs and get through additional secured doors. He didn’t even reach the magnetometers before being stopped.
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Wm Statz @wkstatz.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
The political questions, regardless of party, are always; What are the optics? How can I leverage this?. This administration is just horribly unsubtle about it.
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Wm Statz @wkstatz.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
Elections are not a game of Risk.
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Wm Statz @wkstatz.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
It’s the the return of the Know Nothings, the America Party of the 1800s.
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danny @dabbs346.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
No nonsense. This is what happened. pressherald.com/2026/04/23/s... #mesen #mepolitics
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Senator Tim Kaine @kaine.senate.gov · 22/04/2026
This is dangerous. The Trump-Vance Administration’s vaccine fear-mongering agenda—and attempts to downplay the overwhelming evidence that they are safe and effective—puts Americans’ health and safety at risk, especially immunocompromised Americans. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/...
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CDC won’t publish report showing covid shots cut likelihood of hospital visits
The report, which had cleared the agency’s scientific-review process, had been delayed. It now won’t be published at all, people familiar with the decision told The Post.
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Jordan Wood @jordanwood.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Paul LePage said “the enemy” are “people of color or people of Hispanic origin.” His words. “You shoot at the enemy,” he said. If that’s integrity, Bobby, keep it. #mepolitics
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