WalkingGal
@walkinggal.bsky.social
I’m retired as a freelance writer but love telling stories as a volunteer. Love my dog, family, good walks, engaging conversation and great books.
Keeping it simple….
Last night, the Trump Administration sent a letter suggesting Wisconsin should return our FoodShare payments.
My response ⬇️
My response ⬇️
November 10, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Keeping it simple….
I’m appalled by the softball publicity given to the administration when the announcers interviewed the president today at the Washington/Lions game. Did the NFL just pick a side?
November 9, 2025 at 11:42 PM
I’m appalled by the softball publicity given to the administration when the announcers interviewed the president today at the Washington/Lions game. Did the NFL just pick a side?
This is infuriating. One by one, this administration is taking away the consumer protections and tools that help people save money and protect their financial health.
November 7, 2025 at 12:46 PM
This is infuriating. One by one, this administration is taking away the consumer protections and tools that help people save money and protect their financial health.
Worth pondering
REV. BLACK (who was shot in the head with a pepper ball): “If this is what they’re doing to pastors, journalists, teachers, mothers, and the elderly gathered to sing and pray outside ICE facilities… what might they be doing to our neighbors who are behind those walls?”
October 31, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Worth pondering
This woman pauses on her daily walk to let chickadees eat peanuts from her hand. I walked with her this weekend and was amazed by how much these lovely little birds trust her.
October 30, 2025 at 12:19 PM
This woman pauses on her daily walk to let chickadees eat peanuts from her hand. I walked with her this weekend and was amazed by how much these lovely little birds trust her.
“Nuclear weapons should not be entrusted to anyone pleased by Trump’s school of interior design.” - George F. Will.
October 30, 2025 at 12:14 PM
“Nuclear weapons should not be entrusted to anyone pleased by Trump’s school of interior design.” - George F. Will.
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Crowd estimate was around 1200 ppl! Thanks for making that happen!
Looking forward to it!
Janesville, WI's No Kings Day is hosted by the Town Hall Coalition! You can choose to go to Court & Main streets anytime during 9am-Noon where the Roth Pavilion is located in Courthouse Park. DJ music begins at 10 am.
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October 24, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Crowd estimate was around 1200 ppl! Thanks for making that happen!
Looking forward to it!
Janesville, WI's No Kings Day is hosted by the Town Hall Coalition! You can choose to go to Court & Main streets anytime during 9am-Noon where the Roth Pavilion is located in Courthouse Park. DJ music begins at 10 am.
@wiscofan17.bsky.social @waloliviabucky.bsky.social @rockriverdsa.bsky.social
@wiscofan17.bsky.social @waloliviabucky.bsky.social @rockriverdsa.bsky.social
October 18, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Looking forward to it!
I love autumn light, especially as the sun is coming up.
October 13, 2025 at 11:33 AM
I love autumn light, especially as the sun is coming up.
WI Gov. Evers is pretty cool, but I admit IL Gov. Pritzker is even cooler.
October 12, 2025 at 7:57 PM
WI Gov. Evers is pretty cool, but I admit IL Gov. Pritzker is even cooler.
I shared Dr. Travis Melin’s statements about working at Nasser Hospital in Gaza this summer. Now he’s co-signed a letter to the Washington Post about it… www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Opinion | We worked in Gaza. The level of violence and starvation surprised us.
Post readers on Gaza, polling and more.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 9, 2025 at 11:08 AM
I shared Dr. Travis Melin’s statements about working at Nasser Hospital in Gaza this summer. Now he’s co-signed a letter to the Washington Post about it… www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
The problem with “defining righteousness by obedience” is that it lets people justify atrocities. Hence the struggle…
A Shift from Compassion to Obedience
Many Americans are struggling to reconcile Christian teachings of love and mercy with the harsh rhetoric and punitive policies promoted by MAGA-aligned Christianity.
bit.ly/3KCmeIq
Many Americans are struggling to reconcile Christian teachings of love and mercy with the harsh rhetoric and punitive policies promoted by MAGA-aligned Christianity.
bit.ly/3KCmeIq
October 7, 2025 at 11:23 AM
The problem with “defining righteousness by obedience” is that it lets people justify atrocities. Hence the struggle…
Kavanaugh stops are despicable.
My god.
“Watson said she saw agents dragging residents, including kids, out of the building without any clothes on and into U-Haul vans. Kids were separated from their mothers…’It was heartbreaking to watch…seeing kids coming out buck naked and taken from their mothers, it was horrible.’”
“Watson said she saw agents dragging residents, including kids, out of the building without any clothes on and into U-Haul vans. Kids were separated from their mothers…’It was heartbreaking to watch…seeing kids coming out buck naked and taken from their mothers, it was horrible.’”
Massive immigration raid on Chicago apartment building leaves residents reeling: 'I feel defeated'
The Department of Homeland Security said federal agents with Border Patrol, the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives arrested 37 people in the raid.
chicago.suntimes.com
October 2, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Kavanaugh stops are despicable.
Pay attention!!!
I hope it's clear to everyone now that Trump really is going for it - he's trying to become a dictator. I don't know if he'll succeed, but he's working to install himself as an autocrat unaccountable to voters. And he's weaponizing the military against Americans who oppose him as part of that effort
October 1, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Pay attention!!!
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The president just gathered the highest ranking officers in the military to tell them that he may order them to kill American citizens -- and that they better follow his orders. All in response to a series of crises that have no basis in reality.
I don't know how to yell any louder.
I don't know how to yell any louder.
September 30, 2025 at 3:56 PM
The president just gathered the highest ranking officers in the military to tell them that he may order them to kill American citizens -- and that they better follow his orders. All in response to a series of crises that have no basis in reality.
I don't know how to yell any louder.
I don't know how to yell any louder.
10 butterflies, 4 bicyclists and 3 convertibles are an interesting combination to encounter on a quick 11-mile ride on the last day of September.
September 30, 2025 at 7:54 PM
10 butterflies, 4 bicyclists and 3 convertibles are an interesting combination to encounter on a quick 11-mile ride on the last day of September.
My Dad spent years predicting this. We used to think he was falling for conspiracies. Now we know he was recognizing patterns.
Five corporations control 90% of the US media market.
Airlines merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today.
Four giants control 80% of meat processing.
A handful of companies control the pharmaceutical industry.
The evidence of corporate concentration is everywhere.
Airlines merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today.
Four giants control 80% of meat processing.
A handful of companies control the pharmaceutical industry.
The evidence of corporate concentration is everywhere.
September 28, 2025 at 12:26 AM
My Dad spent years predicting this. We used to think he was falling for conspiracies. Now we know he was recognizing patterns.
We’re in the fight of our lives, I agree. escapeadulthood.com/blog/2025-09...
The Fight of Our Lives
escapeadulthood.com
September 21, 2025 at 11:19 AM
We’re in the fight of our lives, I agree. escapeadulthood.com/blog/2025-09...
Imagine if “Wide Awake” clubs had been designated as terrorists before the Civil War. The South would have continued to shut down free speech, Lincoln might not have been elected and slavery would have continued. Now you know why Trump wants to designate people on the left as terrorists.
September 18, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Imagine if “Wide Awake” clubs had been designated as terrorists before the Civil War. The South would have continued to shut down free speech, Lincoln might not have been elected and slavery would have continued. Now you know why Trump wants to designate people on the left as terrorists.
I love Jess Piper’s POV on almost anything, but especially on this.
September 18, 2025 at 11:10 AM
I love Jess Piper’s POV on almost anything, but especially on this.
With the U.S. prison population at its lowest level since 1992, it seems worth asking what role for-profit prison businesses are playing in the administration’s drive to label more people as criminals. Can there be a link? archive.md/R0Zvs
archive.md
September 5, 2025 at 11:04 AM
With the U.S. prison population at its lowest level since 1992, it seems worth asking what role for-profit prison businesses are playing in the administration’s drive to label more people as criminals. Can there be a link? archive.md/R0Zvs
A highlight of my recent North Dakota visit: Theodore Roosevelt National Park (North Unit).
September 1, 2025 at 6:28 PM
A highlight of my recent North Dakota visit: Theodore Roosevelt National Park (North Unit).
First-person witness account about the attack on Nasser Hospital in Gaza. I knew this dedicated doctor when he was a teenager in small-town Wisconsin. youtu.be/YLDDKo96EYI
Strike on Nasser Hospital: 'it's very clear this was no mistake', ICU doctor says • FRANCE 24
YouTube video by FRANCE 24 English
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August 26, 2025 at 10:24 PM
First-person witness account about the attack on Nasser Hospital in Gaza. I knew this dedicated doctor when he was a teenager in small-town Wisconsin. youtu.be/YLDDKo96EYI
I’m seeing the male fascination with football from a different angle now.
‘We don’t go to no damn football game to see MALE cheerleaders, we go to see super fit dudes in really tight pants kneel down & reach between each others legs, run & tackle until they collapse in a sweaty pile of man so we can get tipsy in the stands & admiringly call ‘em ‘units’
August 19, 2025 at 9:50 PM
I’m seeing the male fascination with football from a different angle now.
Exactly
The pretexts for these paramilitary takeovers don’t matter
They’re lies
Don’t buy into their narrative
They’re normalizing military takeovers
That should be the opposing narrative, not crime rates which let them steer the conversation
WE should steer it
What they’re doing is unacceptable
Period
They’re lies
Don’t buy into their narrative
They’re normalizing military takeovers
That should be the opposing narrative, not crime rates which let them steer the conversation
WE should steer it
What they’re doing is unacceptable
Period
August 17, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Exactly