Ryan Charles
@wrywhisky.bsky.social
Writer-poet, person-adjacent, bonfire-enthusiast. Analog in the extreme. Religion and spirituality are my areas of interest here, and how they intersect with politics.
What exactly makes America great? What can I get here that I can’t get the same or better somewhere else?
July 18, 2025 at 12:15 AM
What exactly makes America great? What can I get here that I can’t get the same or better somewhere else?
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Imagine a citizen said
“Donald Trump should shoot himself. He deserves the death penalty.”
A preacher tells LGBTQ+ people to kill themselves & walks free, protected by ‘religious liberty’.
A citizen would face immediate investigation.
It’s sheer injustice & weaponised religious privilege!
“Donald Trump should shoot himself. He deserves the death penalty.”
A preacher tells LGBTQ+ people to kill themselves & walks free, protected by ‘religious liberty’.
A citizen would face immediate investigation.
It’s sheer injustice & weaponised religious privilege!
July 9, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Imagine a citizen said
“Donald Trump should shoot himself. He deserves the death penalty.”
A preacher tells LGBTQ+ people to kill themselves & walks free, protected by ‘religious liberty’.
A citizen would face immediate investigation.
It’s sheer injustice & weaponised religious privilege!
“Donald Trump should shoot himself. He deserves the death penalty.”
A preacher tells LGBTQ+ people to kill themselves & walks free, protected by ‘religious liberty’.
A citizen would face immediate investigation.
It’s sheer injustice & weaponised religious privilege!
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I heard the Betsy Ross museum has started letting people fuck the flag. Thank you President Trump!!’
July 5, 2025 at 8:01 AM
I heard the Betsy Ross museum has started letting people fuck the flag. Thank you President Trump!!’
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What, exactly, are we celebrating tomorrow?
Our cutting off healthcare to the needy to enrich the greedy?
Our new concentration camps?
Our dying economy?
Our ditching due process?
Our corruption?
Our broken legislature?
Our corrupt SCOTUS?
Our ridiculous buffoon president? #FourthOfJuly
Our cutting off healthcare to the needy to enrich the greedy?
Our new concentration camps?
Our dying economy?
Our ditching due process?
Our corruption?
Our broken legislature?
Our corrupt SCOTUS?
Our ridiculous buffoon president? #FourthOfJuly
July 3, 2025 at 4:05 PM
What, exactly, are we celebrating tomorrow?
Our cutting off healthcare to the needy to enrich the greedy?
Our new concentration camps?
Our dying economy?
Our ditching due process?
Our corruption?
Our broken legislature?
Our corrupt SCOTUS?
Our ridiculous buffoon president? #FourthOfJuly
Our cutting off healthcare to the needy to enrich the greedy?
Our new concentration camps?
Our dying economy?
Our ditching due process?
Our corruption?
Our broken legislature?
Our corrupt SCOTUS?
Our ridiculous buffoon president? #FourthOfJuly
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A medicine which cost me nothing is now going to cost me $60 a week.
Fuck this country.
Fuck this country.
June 20, 2025 at 6:45 PM
A medicine which cost me nothing is now going to cost me $60 a week.
Fuck this country.
Fuck this country.
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Four Democratic members of Congress from Illinois, Jesús “Chuy” García, Danny Davis, Delia Ramirez, and Jonathan Jackson, were denied entry to an ICE facility in Broadview, just outside Chicago, despite federal policy allowing them access without prior notice.
June 18, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Four Democratic members of Congress from Illinois, Jesús “Chuy” García, Danny Davis, Delia Ramirez, and Jonathan Jackson, were denied entry to an ICE facility in Broadview, just outside Chicago, despite federal policy allowing them access without prior notice.
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In just 130 days, Elon...
-Secured even more contracts
-Derailed at least 40 fed investigations of his corporations
-Gutted agencies that regulate his business
-Installed loyalists throughout the government
Elon has fallen out with Trump, but he got exactly what he wanted.
-Secured even more contracts
-Derailed at least 40 fed investigations of his corporations
-Gutted agencies that regulate his business
-Installed loyalists throughout the government
Elon has fallen out with Trump, but he got exactly what he wanted.
June 6, 2025 at 9:00 PM
In just 130 days, Elon...
-Secured even more contracts
-Derailed at least 40 fed investigations of his corporations
-Gutted agencies that regulate his business
-Installed loyalists throughout the government
Elon has fallen out with Trump, but he got exactly what he wanted.
-Secured even more contracts
-Derailed at least 40 fed investigations of his corporations
-Gutted agencies that regulate his business
-Installed loyalists throughout the government
Elon has fallen out with Trump, but he got exactly what he wanted.
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May 26, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Trump is now arresting Democratic members of congress— I bet the democrats are gonna write a letter about this, maybe make up some new chants.
May 20, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Trump is now arresting Democratic members of congress— I bet the democrats are gonna write a letter about this, maybe make up some new chants.
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They're arresting Members of Congress.
Perhaps a sternly-worded letter is in order.
Or, perhaps, it's time to play some damn hardball with the DOJ.
Perhaps a sternly-worded letter is in order.
Or, perhaps, it's time to play some damn hardball with the DOJ.
May 20, 2025 at 12:37 AM
They're arresting Members of Congress.
Perhaps a sternly-worded letter is in order.
Or, perhaps, it's time to play some damn hardball with the DOJ.
Perhaps a sternly-worded letter is in order.
Or, perhaps, it's time to play some damn hardball with the DOJ.
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BREAKING: The scene at the Rayburn Building is pure rebellion. Protesters are swarming in during live hearings on Medicaid cuts.
Security’s losing control. Because when the government wages war on the poor, the poor fight back.
Security’s losing control. Because when the government wages war on the poor, the poor fight back.
May 13, 2025 at 9:51 PM
BREAKING: The scene at the Rayburn Building is pure rebellion. Protesters are swarming in during live hearings on Medicaid cuts.
Security’s losing control. Because when the government wages war on the poor, the poor fight back.
Security’s losing control. Because when the government wages war on the poor, the poor fight back.
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AOC: If anyone is breaking the law in this situation, it’s not members of Congress — it’s DHS. It’s people like Tom Homan and Secretary Kristi Noem. You lay a finger on Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman or any of the Representatives that were there… we’re going to have a problem.
May 11, 2025 at 3:27 AM
AOC: If anyone is breaking the law in this situation, it’s not members of Congress — it’s DHS. It’s people like Tom Homan and Secretary Kristi Noem. You lay a finger on Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman or any of the Representatives that were there… we’re going to have a problem.
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Here it is. A timetable of 100 days of corruption.
Breathtaking. Heartbreaking.
We cannot let this stand.
Breathtaking. Heartbreaking.
We cannot let this stand.
May 1, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Here it is. A timetable of 100 days of corruption.
Breathtaking. Heartbreaking.
We cannot let this stand.
Breathtaking. Heartbreaking.
We cannot let this stand.
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Christians who demonize “empathy” end up not only repudiating Christlikeness but also cutting off the very means to confront sin:
www.christianitytoday.com/2025/04/hell...
www.christianitytoday.com/2025/04/hell...
Hellfire-and-Brimstone Empathy - Christianity Today
From Russell Moore: How the demonization of empathy will lead to a church that neglects repentance and coddles sin.
www.christianitytoday.com
May 1, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Christians who demonize “empathy” end up not only repudiating Christlikeness but also cutting off the very means to confront sin:
www.christianitytoday.com/2025/04/hell...
www.christianitytoday.com/2025/04/hell...
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This is what courage looks like. Kudos to the team at 60 Minutes.
April 29, 2025 at 2:43 AM
This is what courage looks like. Kudos to the team at 60 Minutes.
Life in 21st century America is bullshit and we live in a shithole country.
April 22, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Life in 21st century America is bullshit and we live in a shithole country.
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Happy Easter, EVERYONE!! 👇
Seemed. Appropriate. Today. 😎✨
Seemed. Appropriate. Today. 😎✨
April 20, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Happy Easter, EVERYONE!! 👇
Seemed. Appropriate. Today. 😎✨
Seemed. Appropriate. Today. 😎✨
What’s the point of the Democratic Party again? Like… what do you people *do* even?
Make signs and politely “protest,” right? I bet you all wear matching color shirts to show solidarity too.
Real A+ stuff. Super hardcore.
Make signs and politely “protest,” right? I bet you all wear matching color shirts to show solidarity too.
Real A+ stuff. Super hardcore.
April 14, 2025 at 5:54 PM
What’s the point of the Democratic Party again? Like… what do you people *do* even?
Make signs and politely “protest,” right? I bet you all wear matching color shirts to show solidarity too.
Real A+ stuff. Super hardcore.
Make signs and politely “protest,” right? I bet you all wear matching color shirts to show solidarity too.
Real A+ stuff. Super hardcore.
I wish Bernie and AOC would use these rallies to form a third party.
April 13, 2025 at 10:08 PM
I wish Bernie and AOC would use these rallies to form a third party.
We need to stop being nice, being good and doing good doesn’t mean niceness.
In fact, being nice can stop you from being good.
In fact, being nice can stop you from being good.
April 10, 2025 at 9:01 PM
We need to stop being nice, being good and doing good doesn’t mean niceness.
In fact, being nice can stop you from being good.
In fact, being nice can stop you from being good.