Russ Walker
@russwalker.bsky.social
Cooley 2028
LancasterOnline journalist | Husband to Kim | Backstory: KY->TN->DC->VA->WA->PA
The night the practice room caught fire /
There were rumors of a dragon headed straight for Muscle Shoals
LancasterOnline journalist | Husband to Kim | Backstory: KY->TN->DC->VA->WA->PA
The night the practice room caught fire /
There were rumors of a dragon headed straight for Muscle Shoals
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New Interview: www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a...
January 3, 2026 at 9:42 PM
New Interview: www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a...
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If she makes it on the ballot, Karen Dalton will be Scott Perry’s first primary opponent since 2012 – the year he first won the seat.
A retired staff attorney for the Pennsylvania House GOP, she's anti-Trump and running a solo campaign operation out of her living room.
A retired staff attorney for the Pennsylvania House GOP, she's anti-Trump and running a solo campaign operation out of her living room.
Karen Dalton, who plans to challenge Scott Perry in the GOP primary, has her own definition of RINO
U.S. Rep. Scott Perry's first primary challenger could be a lawyer campaigning out of her Carlisle living room named Karen Dalton, who has many views that align with Democrats.
www.inquirer.com
January 2, 2026 at 2:56 PM
If she makes it on the ballot, Karen Dalton will be Scott Perry’s first primary opponent since 2012 – the year he first won the seat.
A retired staff attorney for the Pennsylvania House GOP, she's anti-Trump and running a solo campaign operation out of her living room.
A retired staff attorney for the Pennsylvania House GOP, she's anti-Trump and running a solo campaign operation out of her living room.
The refs showed their hand with the non-call on the facemask when Miss had the ball
January 2, 2026 at 4:33 AM
The refs showed their hand with the non-call on the facemask when Miss had the ball
You love news and have a few bucks extra to give away before midnight?
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Here are some great orgs that I give to:
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December 31, 2025 at 10:32 PM
You love news and have a few bucks extra to give away before midnight?
Here are some great orgs that I give to:
1) SpotlightPA -- spotlightpa.donorsupport.co/page/donate-...
Here are some great orgs that I give to:
1) SpotlightPA -- spotlightpa.donorsupport.co/page/donate-...
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EXCLUSIVE: @laurenweberhp.bsky.social & I have spent the last year collecting school+county-level vaccination data from across the US and found that only about 28% of counties now have herd immunity for kindergartners from measles—that leaves about 5.2mn kids unprotected.
Gift link: wapo.st/49zDc43
Gift link: wapo.st/49zDc43
U.S. vaccination rates are plunging. Look up where your school stands.
Take a look to see what the kindergarten measles vaccination rates are in your area.
wapo.st
December 31, 2025 at 2:29 PM
EXCLUSIVE: @laurenweberhp.bsky.social & I have spent the last year collecting school+county-level vaccination data from across the US and found that only about 28% of counties now have herd immunity for kindergartners from measles—that leaves about 5.2mn kids unprotected.
Gift link: wapo.st/49zDc43
Gift link: wapo.st/49zDc43
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New: We got an internal ICE document revealing its $100 million ad plan to bring in 14,000 new hires: deals with "tactical" influencers; ads to gun & military buffs; and geo-targeting phones around NASCAR races and gun shows.
A "wartime recruitment" mode with paramilitary branding: wapo.st/44QrP5j
A "wartime recruitment" mode with paramilitary branding: wapo.st/44QrP5j
ICE plans $100 million ‘wartime recruitment’ push targeting gun shows, military fans for hires
An internal ICE document shared among immigration officials details plans to use influencers and geo-targeted ads to rapidly hire thousands of deportation officers.
wapo.st
December 31, 2025 at 12:09 PM
New: We got an internal ICE document revealing its $100 million ad plan to bring in 14,000 new hires: deals with "tactical" influencers; ads to gun & military buffs; and geo-targeting phones around NASCAR races and gun shows.
A "wartime recruitment" mode with paramilitary branding: wapo.st/44QrP5j
A "wartime recruitment" mode with paramilitary branding: wapo.st/44QrP5j
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EXCLUSIVE: A year after Tenet Media was busted for funneling Russian money to MAGA pundits like Benny Johnson, a Trump administration effort involving State and the FBI has welcomed Tenet's founders back into the US. Read @willsommer.bsky.social's latest:
Trump Admin Scores Visa for Founder of Russian Propaganda Outlet
Tenet Media’s Lauren Chen is back—even though the illegal-influence and money-laundering investigation remains open.
lnk.thebulwark.com
December 30, 2025 at 1:41 PM
EXCLUSIVE: A year after Tenet Media was busted for funneling Russian money to MAGA pundits like Benny Johnson, a Trump administration effort involving State and the FBI has welcomed Tenet's founders back into the US. Read @willsommer.bsky.social's latest:
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Unvaccinated citizens in the 50s
August 30, 2025 at 4:39 AM
Unvaccinated citizens in the 50s
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For @rollingstone.com I wrote about the mass national movement to ban chemtrails...which don't exist. The movement is one of the ways in which MAHA is taking over the country.
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Chemtrails Aren't Real. So Why Are Politicians Passing Laws About Them?
The history and politics of so-called weather weapons.
www.rollingstone.com
December 26, 2025 at 2:13 PM
For @rollingstone.com I wrote about the mass national movement to ban chemtrails...which don't exist. The movement is one of the ways in which MAHA is taking over the country.
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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Emergency Medicaid accounts for less than 1% of total #Medicaid spending, even in states with large undocumented populations.
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December 26, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Emergency Medicaid accounts for less than 1% of total #Medicaid spending, even in states with large undocumented populations.
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The next crash is gonna make 2008 look like nuthin special...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/24/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/24/b...
Investors Warn of ‘Rot in Private Equity’ as Funds Strike Circular Deals
www.nytimes.com
December 26, 2025 at 3:56 PM
The next crash is gonna make 2008 look like nuthin special...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/24/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/24/b...
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Big news out of Montana: Dr. Thomas Weiner has lost his license and will never practice medicine there again as the medical board finally responds to reports that he hurt and mistreated people. They noted Scott Warwick, who got 10 years of chemo etc, died from it, but never had cancer. Context 👇
Let me tell you a story – one of the more haunting I’ve seen in 20 years of journalism. It’s about greed, death and denial. It took two years to unravel one doctor’s myth, a hospital’s complicity in creating it, and a documented trail of suspicious deaths…🧵
December 20, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Big news out of Montana: Dr. Thomas Weiner has lost his license and will never practice medicine there again as the medical board finally responds to reports that he hurt and mistreated people. They noted Scott Warwick, who got 10 years of chemo etc, died from it, but never had cancer. Context 👇
No surprise and essentially announced on Monday -- but U.S. Rep. Lloyd Smucker of PA's 11th District is officially seeking at sixth term: www.facebook.com/SmuckerforCo...
Lloyd Smucker
Smucker Announces 2026 Re-election Campaign
Lancaster, PA — Congressman Lloyd Smucker (PA-11) today announced his candidacy for re-election to continue representing Pennsylvania’s 11th Congressional....
www.facebook.com
December 23, 2025 at 9:00 PM
No surprise and essentially announced on Monday -- but U.S. Rep. Lloyd Smucker of PA's 11th District is officially seeking at sixth term: www.facebook.com/SmuckerforCo...
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Former Seattle Sonic Shawn Kemp talks about his arrest and newfound focus on improving mental, physical health
Photography by @tkjohnsonimages
komonews.com/news/local/s...
Photography by @tkjohnsonimages
komonews.com/news/local/s...
Shawn Kemp talks about his arrest, and newfound focus on improving mental, physical health
The Reign Man now likes to walk in the rain.
komonews.com
December 23, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Former Seattle Sonic Shawn Kemp talks about his arrest and newfound focus on improving mental, physical health
Photography by @tkjohnsonimages
komonews.com/news/local/s...
Photography by @tkjohnsonimages
komonews.com/news/local/s...
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Ok, I don't usually do this, but the Molly Worthen piece on Christian Nationalism in the NYT? Apologetics.
I'm on Xmas break and I don't feel like wasting my time breaking this down but let me just say this: WHO IS WE? Because some of us get Christian Nationalism, the NAR, and Dominionism.
I'm on Xmas break and I don't feel like wasting my time breaking this down but let me just say this: WHO IS WE? Because some of us get Christian Nationalism, the NAR, and Dominionism.
December 23, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Ok, I don't usually do this, but the Molly Worthen piece on Christian Nationalism in the NYT? Apologetics.
I'm on Xmas break and I don't feel like wasting my time breaking this down but let me just say this: WHO IS WE? Because some of us get Christian Nationalism, the NAR, and Dominionism.
I'm on Xmas break and I don't feel like wasting my time breaking this down but let me just say this: WHO IS WE? Because some of us get Christian Nationalism, the NAR, and Dominionism.
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A Berks County family attacked by a rabid cat fell through gaps in Pa.’s animal control system
https://www.spotlightpa.org/berks/2025/12/rabies-berks-animal-control-health/
https://www.spotlightpa.org/berks/2025/12/rabies-berks-animal-control-health/
December 22, 2025 at 9:15 PM
A Berks County family attacked by a rabid cat fell through gaps in Pa.’s animal control system
https://www.spotlightpa.org/berks/2025/12/rabies-berks-animal-control-health/
https://www.spotlightpa.org/berks/2025/12/rabies-berks-animal-control-health/
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Body camera footage from several Lancaster city police officers does not support claims made by the owner of a pit bull mix that bit two people last month that police taunted and hissed at the dog before shocking it with…
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Lancaster city police video at odds with woman's account of treatment of her dog after it bit 2 people
Body camera footage from several Lancaster city police officers does not support claims made by the owner of a pit bull mix that bit two people last month that police
lanc.news
December 22, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Body camera footage from several Lancaster city police officers does not support claims made by the owner of a pit bull mix that bit two people last month that police taunted and hissed at the dog before shocking it with…
lanc.news/49nrl97
lanc.news/49nrl97
Cutler was one of the state officials who received calls from close Trump associates in Dec. 2020 seeking his help in overturning Biden's victory in the state.
lancasteronline.com/news/politic...
lancasteronline.com/news/politic...
Bryan Cutler, former Pa. House speaker, tells Lancaster County GOP he won't run for reelection in 2026
State Rep. Bryan Cutler, a one-time speaker of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives and a 20-year veteran lawmaker who represents the southern half of Lancaster County, on Monday told party
lancasteronline.com
December 22, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Cutler was one of the state officials who received calls from close Trump associates in Dec. 2020 seeking his help in overturning Biden's victory in the state.
lancasteronline.com/news/politic...
lancasteronline.com/news/politic...
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Agree.
Sharyn Alfonsi is standing up.
People need to stand up with her and for her.
Sharyn Alfonsi is standing up.
People need to stand up with her and for her.
Via @liamjscott.bsky.social at the other site here’s the full email from 60 Minutes correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi. She’s putting her career on the line by fighting here. And she’s fighting for all of us.
December 22, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Agree.
Sharyn Alfonsi is standing up.
People need to stand up with her and for her.
Sharyn Alfonsi is standing up.
People need to stand up with her and for her.
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I think bigotry has become a kind of loyalty ritual among young republicans, it’s how you show you’re one of them www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
Racial Slurs and Nazi Symbols: Inside the Complaint That Shut Down The Harvard Salient | News | The Harvard Crimson
Screenshots and message logs obtained by The Crimson appear to show Salient leaders casually using racial slurs, defending extremist rhetoric, and dismissing internal concerns — conversations that lat...
www.thecrimson.com
December 21, 2025 at 12:44 PM
I think bigotry has become a kind of loyalty ritual among young republicans, it’s how you show you’re one of them www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...