W.B. McConnel
@wbrucemcconnel.bsky.social
…itinerant wanderer, father, husband, occasional mariner, bibliophile, nature photog,Yankee refugee thriving in the Old Dominion — most alive in wild outdoor spaces.
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Not a political consultant but I’m not sure “standing up to trump doesn’t work” is the best midterm message, even if if accurately represents senate dems position. Not much point in putting you in power then bsky.app/profile/atru...
November 10, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Not a political consultant but I’m not sure “standing up to trump doesn’t work” is the best midterm message, even if if accurately represents senate dems position. Not much point in putting you in power then bsky.app/profile/atru...
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Dems. Snatching defeat from the jaws of victory
November 10, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Dems. Snatching defeat from the jaws of victory
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“The story of this country is the story of patience in tribulation, and hope in the face of fear,” Nancy Pelosi argues. “What we choose to do in this hour of our history will determine the shape of America and the world for decades.”
America Is Great When America Is Good
Those who believe in liberty and dignity must never give in to the forces arrayed against the things we hold dearest.
bit.ly
November 7, 2025 at 12:15 PM
“The story of this country is the story of patience in tribulation, and hope in the face of fear,” Nancy Pelosi argues. “What we choose to do in this hour of our history will determine the shape of America and the world for decades.”
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Lovely speech by Gov.-elect Spanberger.
November 5, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Lovely speech by Gov.-elect Spanberger.
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Once you see this chart, you will never unsee it.
Republicans may lie about what's in their budget bill but the numbers sure don't.
June 29, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Once you see this chart, you will never unsee it.
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A U.S. Marine veteran and son of a man whose violent arrest went viral, said his father always prioritized he and his two Marine brothers' well-being so that they could "give back to this country."
U.S. Marine veteran says father's violent arrest by immigration agents was 'inhumane'
A U.S. Marine veteran and son of a man whose violent arrest went viral, said his father always prioritized he and his two Marine brothers' well-being so that they could "give back to this country."
n.pr
June 29, 2025 at 1:13 PM
A U.S. Marine veteran and son of a man whose violent arrest went viral, said his father always prioritized he and his two Marine brothers' well-being so that they could "give back to this country."
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If that’s what they do to a United States Senator with a question, imagine what they can do to any American that dares to speak up. We will hold this administration accountable.
June 12, 2025 at 9:15 PM
If that’s what they do to a United States Senator with a question, imagine what they can do to any American that dares to speak up. We will hold this administration accountable.
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Trump seems to be under the impression that if he just keeps posting about accepting a $400 million plane from a foreign country to fly around our most sensitive people and assets, it will start to sound less ridiculous. But it just sounds more transparently ridiculous!
May 14, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Trump seems to be under the impression that if he just keeps posting about accepting a $400 million plane from a foreign country to fly around our most sensitive people and assets, it will start to sound less ridiculous. But it just sounds more transparently ridiculous!
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‘White Horses’, 2017.
May 7, 2025 at 8:43 AM
‘White Horses’, 2017.
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Please highlight this story.
ICE stormed into the wrong house, trashed the place, and made women/girls stand outside in the rain in their underwear. ICE also stole phones, laptops, and cash savings from the family, who moved to OKC two weeks ago.
kfor.com/news/local/w...
ICE stormed into the wrong house, trashed the place, and made women/girls stand outside in the rain in their underwear. ICE also stole phones, laptops, and cash savings from the family, who moved to OKC two weeks ago.
kfor.com/news/local/w...
'We're citizens!': Oklahoma City family traumatized after ICE raids home, but they weren't suspects
A woman says her family’s fresh start in Oklahoma turned into a nightmare after federal immigration agents raided their home, taking their phones, laptops, and life savings – even though they were …
kfor.com
April 29, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Please highlight this story.
ICE stormed into the wrong house, trashed the place, and made women/girls stand outside in the rain in their underwear. ICE also stole phones, laptops, and cash savings from the family, who moved to OKC two weeks ago.
kfor.com/news/local/w...
ICE stormed into the wrong house, trashed the place, and made women/girls stand outside in the rain in their underwear. ICE also stole phones, laptops, and cash savings from the family, who moved to OKC two weeks ago.
kfor.com/news/local/w...
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‘I don’t want to give money to this America’: tourists’ fears of US travel under Trump
‘I don’t want to give money to this America’: tourists’ fears of US travel under Trump
With US visits down 11.6% in March compared with last year, people share their views and experiences on the US border
www.theguardian.com
April 18, 2025 at 11:33 AM
‘I don’t want to give money to this America’: tourists’ fears of US travel under Trump
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All day long yesterday, the MAGA dipshits on Elon Musk’s platform were screeching that the FSU shooter was a far-left LGBT Palestinian sympathizer antifa liberal prog.
Huh. Weird.
nypost.com/2025/04/18/u...
Huh. Weird.
nypost.com/2025/04/18/u...
Suspected FSU shooter promoted white supremacist views, spewed racist vitriol against black people: report
Florida State University shooter Phoenix Ikner touted vile white supremacist views that raised serious concerns among his classmates — including that “Rosa Parks was in the wrong”…
nypost.com
April 18, 2025 at 12:20 PM
All day long yesterday, the MAGA dipshits on Elon Musk’s platform were screeching that the FSU shooter was a far-left LGBT Palestinian sympathizer antifa liberal prog.
Huh. Weird.
nypost.com/2025/04/18/u...
Huh. Weird.
nypost.com/2025/04/18/u...
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One of the worst effects of successive govts' rhetoric on Higher Ed is that it's 'training for a job'. So 18yos get themselves (and are pressured) onto narrow technical courses. Yet employers are crying out for ppl who can read, think, write, speak! I've never met an employer who said different.
April 17, 2025 at 9:42 AM
One of the worst effects of successive govts' rhetoric on Higher Ed is that it's 'training for a job'. So 18yos get themselves (and are pressured) onto narrow technical courses. Yet employers are crying out for ppl who can read, think, write, speak! I've never met an employer who said different.
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Donald Trump’s executive orders targeting law firms are unconstitutional and threaten judicial independence. Firms should sue to stop them, Adam Unikowsky argues. https://theatln.tc/6TUvOzZU
April 16, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Donald Trump’s executive orders targeting law firms are unconstitutional and threaten judicial independence. Firms should sue to stop them, Adam Unikowsky argues. https://theatln.tc/6TUvOzZU
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I am disappointed that today I’m paying taxes to fund government efforts to stop preventing disease and starvation overseas rather than paying taxes to support government efforts to prevent disease and starvation overseas.
April 15, 2025 at 8:48 PM
I am disappointed that today I’m paying taxes to fund government efforts to stop preventing disease and starvation overseas rather than paying taxes to support government efforts to prevent disease and starvation overseas.
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DOGE are the tech bro mafia.
Oh dear you’re going to want to read this. Looks like DOGErs were caught exfiltrating NLRB data, likely on unions, for private (seemingly Elony) use. This is must read. What we’ve all suspected. But now details. www.npr.org/2025/04/15/n...
A whistleblower's disclosure details how DOGE may have taken sensitive labor data
A whistleblower tells Congress and NPR that DOGE may have taken sensitive labor data and hid its tracks. "None of that ... information should ever leave the agency," said a former NLRB official.
www.npr.org
April 15, 2025 at 1:44 PM
DOGE are the tech bro mafia.
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"Our challenge, beyond putting on an indelible show, was to find a way to make our dissension clear, with dignity and creativity," writes Guster's Ryan Miller:
Why I Played the Kennedy Center
How our band made the decision to perform—and why we probably won’t be welcomed back
bit.ly
April 12, 2025 at 10:15 AM
"Our challenge, beyond putting on an indelible show, was to find a way to make our dissension clear, with dignity and creativity," writes Guster's Ryan Miller:
Truth!
@anneapplebaum.bsky.social: “This is what arbitrary, absolute power looks like. And this is why the men who wrote the Constitution never wanted anyone to have it.”
This Is Why Dictatorships Fail
The authors of the Constitution separated powers for a reason.
www.theatlantic.com
April 10, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Truth!
“It’s widely known that during his first term, the so-called adults in the room thwarted some of Trump’s most destructive whims. There have been far fewer such figures in the Trump sequel, resulting in the wholesale degradation of American governance.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/07/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/07/o...
Opinion | Why Did Wall Street Get Trump So Wrong? (Gift Article)
Wall Street mistook demagogy for wisdom.
www.nytimes.com
April 8, 2025 at 12:19 PM
“It’s widely known that during his first term, the so-called adults in the room thwarted some of Trump’s most destructive whims. There have been far fewer such figures in the Trump sequel, resulting in the wholesale degradation of American governance.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/07/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/07/o...
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Flanked by cuatros and congas, Bad Bunny wields the power of Puerto Rico in a joyous and defiant Tiny Desk.
Bad Bunny: Tiny Desk Concert
Flanked by cuatros and congas, Bad Bunny wields the power of Puerto Rico in a joyous and defiant Tiny Desk.
www.npr.org
April 7, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Flanked by cuatros and congas, Bad Bunny wields the power of Puerto Rico in a joyous and defiant Tiny Desk.
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To the thousands of people who came out to show Trump we won't stay quiet: Thank you. Stay in the fight. www.theatlantic.com/photo/2025/0...
Photos: Nationwide Protests Against Trump and Musk
Images from some of the hundreds of anti-Trump demonstrations across the country.
www.theatlantic.com
April 7, 2025 at 1:06 PM
To the thousands of people who came out to show Trump we won't stay quiet: Thank you. Stay in the fight. www.theatlantic.com/photo/2025/0...
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As seen on the national mall today, where over a hundred thousand people gathered today to stand up for democracy:
April 5, 2025 at 10:04 PM
As seen on the national mall today, where over a hundred thousand people gathered today to stand up for democracy:
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Friday SCOOP: DOGE is now at the Department of Veterans Affairs, where a DOGE operative appears to be trying to use an AI tool to write code for the agency's systems, among other proposals. If you're a gov/tech worker and want to talk, I'm on Signal at vittoria89.82
www.wired.com/story/doge-d...
www.wired.com/story/doge-d...
Inside DOGE’s AI Push at the Department of Veterans Affairs
A DOGE operative at the Department of Veterans Affairs appears to be trying to use an AI tool to write code for the agency’s systems, among other proposals.
www.wired.com
April 4, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Friday SCOOP: DOGE is now at the Department of Veterans Affairs, where a DOGE operative appears to be trying to use an AI tool to write code for the agency's systems, among other proposals. If you're a gov/tech worker and want to talk, I'm on Signal at vittoria89.82
www.wired.com/story/doge-d...
www.wired.com/story/doge-d...
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The question I've been asked most as we endure the legal dumpster fire that is the Trump Administration is, "What can we do about it when it's not election season?" @timothynoah.bsky.social has an outstanding essay in the @newrepublic.com addressing that question. newrepublic.com/article/1931...
Fighting Back: A Citizen’s Guide to Resistance
Ordinary people have more power than they know.
newrepublic.com
March 28, 2025 at 6:25 PM
The question I've been asked most as we endure the legal dumpster fire that is the Trump Administration is, "What can we do about it when it's not election season?" @timothynoah.bsky.social has an outstanding essay in the @newrepublic.com addressing that question. newrepublic.com/article/1931...
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We should all be terrified to live in an America where legal residents can be detained, held at gunpoint, or deported because of the color of their skin or because the President disagrees with their views.
March 28, 2025 at 2:16 PM
We should all be terrified to live in an America where legal residents can be detained, held at gunpoint, or deported because of the color of their skin or because the President disagrees with their views.