JWKropf
@jwkropf.bsky.social
Lawyer, author, lover of the fall and the Great Lakes. Most recent books: A Midwestern Heart: Poems, and Color Capital of the World. No coherent logic to posting — usually nonsense and wordplay. Always curious. Johnkropf.com.
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JWKropf
@jwkropf.bsky.social
· Nov 15
Sharing my first collection of poems, A Midwestern Heart by Bottom Dog Press.
A Midwestern Heart www.amazon.com/dp/194750444...
A Midwestern Heart www.amazon.com/dp/194750444...
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It was an extrajudicial execution. Anyone who defends this is defending a police state.
January 25, 2026 at 1:49 PM
It was an extrajudicial execution. Anyone who defends this is defending a police state.
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The Trump regime is smearing this man - Alex Pretti - as a “domestic terrorist.” We can’t let them get away with it.
Alex Pretti was a patriotic American - far more so than the ICE agent who murdered him on the streets of Minneapolis today. Far more so than Trump, Stephen Miller, or any of them.
Alex Pretti was a patriotic American - far more so than the ICE agent who murdered him on the streets of Minneapolis today. Far more so than Trump, Stephen Miller, or any of them.
A video of Alex Pretti reading out the final salute of an unnamed veteran he cared for until the end of his life in the ICU, posted to Facebook by his son.
January 25, 2026 at 1:54 AM
The Trump regime is smearing this man - Alex Pretti - as a “domestic terrorist.” We can’t let them get away with it.
Alex Pretti was a patriotic American - far more so than the ICE agent who murdered him on the streets of Minneapolis today. Far more so than Trump, Stephen Miller, or any of them.
Alex Pretti was a patriotic American - far more so than the ICE agent who murdered him on the streets of Minneapolis today. Far more so than Trump, Stephen Miller, or any of them.
For fun youtu.be/zn5bhJ5YX6U?...
Bernstein Conducts Overture to Candide, New York Philharmonic
YouTube video by John Randolph
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January 23, 2026 at 5:19 AM
For fun youtu.be/zn5bhJ5YX6U?...
I’m attempting yoga and I think I’ve invented a new category called yoga with yelling.
January 22, 2026 at 6:34 PM
I’m attempting yoga and I think I’ve invented a new category called yoga with yelling.
From Blacks Law Dictionary to indy band or microbrew compulsivelyaimless.blogspot.com/2026/01/indy...
Indy Band or Microbrew?
Another in my never ending series of pointless word games. This time it's repurposing legal terminology from Black's Law Dictionary (Abrid...
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January 22, 2026 at 2:44 PM
From Blacks Law Dictionary to indy band or microbrew compulsivelyaimless.blogspot.com/2026/01/indy...
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Mark Twain: "Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it,"
January 22, 2026 at 12:16 AM
Mark Twain: "Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it,"
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Exactly what we expected
In a remarkable court filing, DOJ also revealed that DOGE employees traded Social Security data on an unapproved third party server — Cloudflare — and may have sent private SSA info to a top DOGE adviser. www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
January 20, 2026 at 8:53 PM
Exactly what we expected
While the Revolution may it be televised turns out the apocalypse will.
January 20, 2026 at 3:04 PM
While the Revolution may it be televised turns out the apocalypse will.
A Look Back at the War That Is About to Begin by @gerardtbaker
January 20, 2026 at 2:47 PM
A Look Back at the War That Is About to Begin by @gerardtbaker
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We are watching one of the wildest things a nation-state has ever done: A superpower is committing suicide because the GOP Congress is too cowardly to stand up to the Mad King.
This is one of the wildest moments in all of geopolitics ever.
This is one of the wildest moments in all of geopolitics ever.
Footage shows Danish troops arriving in Greenland as part of a new military deployment. Among the personnel who landed on the island is Major General Peter H. Boysen, Chief of the Danish Army Command. #Greenland
January 19, 2026 at 10:59 PM
We are watching one of the wildest things a nation-state has ever done: A superpower is committing suicide because the GOP Congress is too cowardly to stand up to the Mad King.
This is one of the wildest moments in all of geopolitics ever.
This is one of the wildest moments in all of geopolitics ever.
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"Many presidents have pushed at the limits of their powers to achieve some particular goal.
What makes Mr. Trump’s claims to expanded executive authority unprecedented is not just his aggressiveness, but the sheer volume of the ways he is consolidating power."
What makes Mr. Trump’s claims to expanded executive authority unprecedented is not just his aggressiveness, but the sheer volume of the ways he is consolidating power."
January 19, 2026 at 12:31 PM
"Many presidents have pushed at the limits of their powers to achieve some particular goal.
What makes Mr. Trump’s claims to expanded executive authority unprecedented is not just his aggressiveness, but the sheer volume of the ways he is consolidating power."
What makes Mr. Trump’s claims to expanded executive authority unprecedented is not just his aggressiveness, but the sheer volume of the ways he is consolidating power."
January 17, 2026 at 1:43 PM
Eagle Harbor Michigan on Lake Superior
January 17, 2026 at 1:42 PM
Eagle Harbor Michigan on Lake Superior
With all the surveys of how’d we do? Should there be follow up surveys to find out how the surveys did?
January 16, 2026 at 2:34 PM
With all the surveys of how’d we do? Should there be follow up surveys to find out how the surveys did?
Should be easy to round up all the paid protestors from 2025 as they ought to be getting their W2s about now.
January 16, 2026 at 3:25 AM
Should be easy to round up all the paid protestors from 2025 as they ought to be getting their W2s about now.
The word weaponized has been weaponized
January 13, 2026 at 11:23 PM
The word weaponized has been weaponized
Was anyone else hoping maybe Sunday would truly be a day of rest instead of escalating levels of unimaginable insanity?
January 12, 2026 at 3:46 AM
Was anyone else hoping maybe Sunday would truly be a day of rest instead of escalating levels of unimaginable insanity?
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So much news … Thinking about this scene today
January 8, 2026 at 2:19 PM
So much news … Thinking about this scene today
Moongate Garden Smithsonian
January 11, 2026 at 9:09 PM
Moongate Garden Smithsonian
Hardhat in the Information Age ahttps://share.google/GTSeaHQD2AFBrJGd0e
Hard Hat in the Information Age
Originally posted March 2020; reposting as the link seems to have broken. I’m in my late 50s and in the last four years have lost both my ...
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January 10, 2026 at 1:40 PM
Hardhat in the Information Age ahttps://share.google/GTSeaHQD2AFBrJGd0e
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The paramilitary secret police just gunned down a young American mother and the administration is smearing her with accusations of "domestic terrorism."
Reposting this commentary from last spring on how the administration is repurposing the terrorism framing.
www.crisisgroup.org/united-state...
Reposting this commentary from last spring on how the administration is repurposing the terrorism framing.
www.crisisgroup.org/united-state...
The Trump Administration’s “Wars on Terror” – Old and New | International Crisis Group
The Trump White House is repurposing the potent framing of “terrorism” to go after a new set of enemies – drug cartels, migrants and domestic political opponents. Its words and deeds pose serious risk...
www.crisisgroup.org
January 8, 2026 at 12:11 AM
The paramilitary secret police just gunned down a young American mother and the administration is smearing her with accusations of "domestic terrorism."
Reposting this commentary from last spring on how the administration is repurposing the terrorism framing.
www.crisisgroup.org/united-state...
Reposting this commentary from last spring on how the administration is repurposing the terrorism framing.
www.crisisgroup.org/united-state...