Richard Wilcox
@mudlakefarms.bsky.social
Quaker Preacher, Birder Historian, Financial Planner, Genealogist, Science-Lover, Fluent in Sarcasm, Author of "Searching for James Gibson." Named favorite sibling 48 years in a row because my sister refuses to participate in the nomination process.
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The Trump administration believes that the rich and powerful should be pardoned for their crimes, even after judges and juries determined their guilt.
But if you’re a non-white guy in a fishing boat, there’s no need for a trial or even an arrest. Murder from above, no questions asked.
But if you’re a non-white guy in a fishing boat, there’s no need for a trial or even an arrest. Murder from above, no questions asked.
When this criminal was jailed, the judge told David Gentile and America: ‘This is a warning to would-be fraudsters that seeking to get rich by taking advantage of investors gets you only a one-way ticket to jail.’ I guess not
November 30, 2025 at 5:23 PM
The Trump administration believes that the rich and powerful should be pardoned for their crimes, even after judges and juries determined their guilt.
But if you’re a non-white guy in a fishing boat, there’s no need for a trial or even an arrest. Murder from above, no questions asked.
But if you’re a non-white guy in a fishing boat, there’s no need for a trial or even an arrest. Murder from above, no questions asked.
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One reason you can’t win over authoritarians with appeals to America’s best traditions is that they hate America’s best traditions.
November 28, 2025 at 10:47 PM
One reason you can’t win over authoritarians with appeals to America’s best traditions is that they hate America’s best traditions.
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Steve Bannon: If we lose the midterms and we lose 2028, some in this room are going to prison, myself included.
November 6, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Steve Bannon: If we lose the midterms and we lose 2028, some in this room are going to prison, myself included.
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WOW. 81% of women 18-29 voted for Mamdani, 80% for Sherril, and 78% for Spanberger.
Gen Z women aren't playing around.
Gen Z women aren't playing around.
November 5, 2025 at 4:07 AM
WOW. 81% of women 18-29 voted for Mamdani, 80% for Sherril, and 78% for Spanberger.
Gen Z women aren't playing around.
Gen Z women aren't playing around.
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Looks like the Dems will pick up 12 seats in the VA House of Delegates, which will go from 51-49 to 63-37 D-R. That's an honestly shocking result.
November 5, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Looks like the Dems will pick up 12 seats in the VA House of Delegates, which will go from 51-49 to 63-37 D-R. That's an honestly shocking result.
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The Trump administration is offering $60K in student loan forgiveness as a recruitment tool for ICE, which just proves fighting Biden on student loan relief was never about the loans or “paying your own debt.” It was about who was offering it and who it would’ve helped.
October 10, 2025 at 2:06 AM
The Trump administration is offering $60K in student loan forgiveness as a recruitment tool for ICE, which just proves fighting Biden on student loan relief was never about the loans or “paying your own debt.” It was about who was offering it and who it would’ve helped.
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They keep losing in court because everything they’re doing is illegal
September 3, 2025 at 9:01 PM
They keep losing in court because everything they’re doing is illegal
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i beat the devil in a fiddle contest behind a chili’s. here’s why the changes to the sizzlin’ fajita menu are a travesty,
MAGA with its finger on the pulse of what truly matters to Americans:
August 21, 2025 at 6:04 PM
i beat the devil in a fiddle contest behind a chili’s. here’s why the changes to the sizzlin’ fajita menu are a travesty,
Walked in Chippokes State Park in Surry County, Virginia, and discovered this colonial beauty.
August 10, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Walked in Chippokes State Park in Surry County, Virginia, and discovered this colonial beauty.
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the USA built a system of higher education so good that smart/rich people from across the world came here, spending billions to learn here, subsidizing education for Americans while spending money to live in our cities and towns. our government arbitrarily decided we should stop doing that
The US could see a 30-40% decline in new international student enrollment, resulting in nearly $7 billion in lost revenue and more than 60,000 fewer American jobs. https://www.nafsa.org/fall-2025-international-student-enrollment-outlook-and-economic-impact
August 3, 2025 at 3:39 PM
the USA built a system of higher education so good that smart/rich people from across the world came here, spending billions to learn here, subsidizing education for Americans while spending money to live in our cities and towns. our government arbitrarily decided we should stop doing that
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Rep. Randy Fine cheered a report saying that 15 Palestinians in Gaza, including four children, had died from famine in a single day.
“Release the hostages. Until then, starve away,” Fine said. Using starvation as a military tactic and targeting civilians are war crimes.
“Release the hostages. Until then, starve away,” Fine said. Using starvation as a military tactic and targeting civilians are war crimes.
Republican Gets Seat on House Foreign Affairs Committee on the Same Day He Says of Gaza: “Starve Away”
Rep. Randy Fine cheered a report saying that Palestinian children had died of starvation.
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July 23, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Rep. Randy Fine cheered a report saying that 15 Palestinians in Gaza, including four children, had died from famine in a single day.
“Release the hostages. Until then, starve away,” Fine said. Using starvation as a military tactic and targeting civilians are war crimes.
“Release the hostages. Until then, starve away,” Fine said. Using starvation as a military tactic and targeting civilians are war crimes.
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Sick and tired of Republican Senators coming to me privately saying, “Mark, keep speaking up, you’re our conscience.”
I don’t want to be their damn conscience.
I want them to vote their conscience.
I don’t want to be their damn conscience.
I want them to vote their conscience.
July 1, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Sick and tired of Republican Senators coming to me privately saying, “Mark, keep speaking up, you’re our conscience.”
I don’t want to be their damn conscience.
I want them to vote their conscience.
I don’t want to be their damn conscience.
I want them to vote their conscience.
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Reminder: There are many factors that lead people to migrate - insecurity, desperation, the search for dignity, the climate crisis.
Powerful countries like the U.S. have played a disproportionate role in fueling conditions that drive forced displacement globally.
www.fcnl.org/updates/2020...
Powerful countries like the U.S. have played a disproportionate role in fueling conditions that drive forced displacement globally.
www.fcnl.org/updates/2020...
A Quaker Statement on Migration | Friends Committee On National Legislation
This statement was developed by American Friends Service Committee, Britain Yearly Meeting, Friends Committee for National Legislation, Quaker Council for European Affairs, and Quaker United Nations O...
www.fcnl.org
June 3, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Reminder: There are many factors that lead people to migrate - insecurity, desperation, the search for dignity, the climate crisis.
Powerful countries like the U.S. have played a disproportionate role in fueling conditions that drive forced displacement globally.
www.fcnl.org/updates/2020...
Powerful countries like the U.S. have played a disproportionate role in fueling conditions that drive forced displacement globally.
www.fcnl.org/updates/2020...
When my 3rd-great-grandfather purchased his farm in Minnesota in 1862, he did so with a 3-year note at 12% interest.
May 12, 2025 at 2:38 AM
When my 3rd-great-grandfather purchased his farm in Minnesota in 1862, he did so with a 3-year note at 12% interest.
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I just really need everybody to understand that everything that’s happening in and to the global economy now (and all the businesses and people in it) is the entirely predictable result of the intentional decisions of one guy who doesn’t understand how the global economy works.
May 10, 2025 at 2:53 PM
I just really need everybody to understand that everything that’s happening in and to the global economy now (and all the businesses and people in it) is the entirely predictable result of the intentional decisions of one guy who doesn’t understand how the global economy works.
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READ. THE. SUBHEAD.
May 9, 2025 at 9:38 PM
READ. THE. SUBHEAD.
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We spent the last ten years criticizing the American left for undermining free speech. Now that the America has a right-wing dictator, we plan to focus more on free speech issues in Europe.
May 9, 2025 at 4:24 PM
We spent the last ten years criticizing the American left for undermining free speech. Now that the America has a right-wing dictator, we plan to focus more on free speech issues in Europe.
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Institutions are a human necessity, but just as any ship can sink, any institution can fail, no matter how many times you reverently intone magic words like "checks and balances."
Do not sacralize institutions. Do not romanticize them.
Regard institutions as a necessary evil, and act accordingly
Do not sacralize institutions. Do not romanticize them.
Regard institutions as a necessary evil, and act accordingly
April 23, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Institutions are a human necessity, but just as any ship can sink, any institution can fail, no matter how many times you reverently intone magic words like "checks and balances."
Do not sacralize institutions. Do not romanticize them.
Regard institutions as a necessary evil, and act accordingly
Do not sacralize institutions. Do not romanticize them.
Regard institutions as a necessary evil, and act accordingly