AileenGronewold
@aileengronewold.bsky.social
Writer and cowgirl wannabe. Lover of Jesus, dogs, and wild places. Award-winning author of "Walking Mama Home: A Caregiver's Journey." https://amzn.to/3WBKpdL
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Newly arrived from Twitter. Let me introduce myself. I'm a writer, retired from a corporate career and 14 years in ministry. Love Jesus, books, dogs, and Wyoming. Took care of my mama for 6 years and wrote a book about caregiving, Walking Mama Home. Find me at comeonaileenblog.com. Let's connect!
It's not a hoax if you work this hard to cover it up. Duh.
November 13, 2025 at 3:14 PM
It's not a hoax if you work this hard to cover it up. Duh.
Fun fact: Dick Cheney and I share the same high school alma mater. Twenty years apart, so no, we didn't hang out.
November 5, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Fun fact: Dick Cheney and I share the same high school alma mater. Twenty years apart, so no, we didn't hang out.
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Today, Mike Johnson will keep the House adjourned for the 85th day out of the last 97.
12 days of work in over 3 months.
With full pay and benefits.
The senate has been working, so this is not about the shutdown.
It is about avoiding a vote to release the Epstein files.
12 days of work in over 3 months.
With full pay and benefits.
The senate has been working, so this is not about the shutdown.
It is about avoiding a vote to release the Epstein files.
October 28, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Today, Mike Johnson will keep the House adjourned for the 85th day out of the last 97.
12 days of work in over 3 months.
With full pay and benefits.
The senate has been working, so this is not about the shutdown.
It is about avoiding a vote to release the Epstein files.
12 days of work in over 3 months.
With full pay and benefits.
The senate has been working, so this is not about the shutdown.
It is about avoiding a vote to release the Epstein files.
Dang. If only I'd had the foresight to invest in inflatable costumes two months ago. Opportunity missed!
October 20, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Dang. If only I'd had the foresight to invest in inflatable costumes two months ago. Opportunity missed!
Why are we bailing out Argentina? An extra
$20 billion on top of the first $20 billion?? Can someone explain how this benefits American taxpayers?
$20 billion on top of the first $20 billion?? Can someone explain how this benefits American taxpayers?
October 15, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Why are we bailing out Argentina? An extra
$20 billion on top of the first $20 billion?? Can someone explain how this benefits American taxpayers?
$20 billion on top of the first $20 billion?? Can someone explain how this benefits American taxpayers?
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-ABC fired Terry Moran for calling Stephen Miller a world class hater.
-MSNBC fired Matthew Dowd for saying that hateful thoughts lead to hateful words, which leads to hateful actions.
-While @ FOX, Brian Kilmeade calls for exterminating the homeless. He still has a job!
-ABC fired Terry Moran for calling Stephen Miller a world class hater.
-MSNBC fired Matthew Dowd for saying that hateful thoughts lead to hateful words, which leads to hateful actions.
-While @ FOX, Brian Kilmeade calls for exterminating the homeless. He still has a job!
September 14, 2025 at 12:18 PM
substack.com/@ymbfkm/note...
-ABC fired Terry Moran for calling Stephen Miller a world class hater.
-MSNBC fired Matthew Dowd for saying that hateful thoughts lead to hateful words, which leads to hateful actions.
-While @ FOX, Brian Kilmeade calls for exterminating the homeless. He still has a job!
-ABC fired Terry Moran for calling Stephen Miller a world class hater.
-MSNBC fired Matthew Dowd for saying that hateful thoughts lead to hateful words, which leads to hateful actions.
-While @ FOX, Brian Kilmeade calls for exterminating the homeless. He still has a job!
Sunset behind Mount Moran in Grand Teton National Park. Your moment of zen.
September 5, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Sunset behind Mount Moran in Grand Teton National Park. Your moment of zen.
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LEFT: Where our government incarcerates a person who has a tattoo in honor of a family member.
RIGHT: Where our government incarcerates a person who has facilitated and/or engaged in the sexual assault of over a thousand children.
RIGHT: Where our government incarcerates a person who has facilitated and/or engaged in the sexual assault of over a thousand children.
August 9, 2025 at 5:46 PM
LEFT: Where our government incarcerates a person who has a tattoo in honor of a family member.
RIGHT: Where our government incarcerates a person who has facilitated and/or engaged in the sexual assault of over a thousand children.
RIGHT: Where our government incarcerates a person who has facilitated and/or engaged in the sexual assault of over a thousand children.
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If you’re an immigrant with legal status who’s committed 0 crimes you can be sent to a torture prison where you’ll be raped and dehumanized.
If you’re old pals with Trump and ran a pedophile ring you get sent to a cushy minimum security prison despite being ineligible because you’re a sex offender.
If you’re old pals with Trump and ran a pedophile ring you get sent to a cushy minimum security prison despite being ineligible because you’re a sex offender.
August 3, 2025 at 1:51 PM
If you’re an immigrant with legal status who’s committed 0 crimes you can be sent to a torture prison where you’ll be raped and dehumanized.
If you’re old pals with Trump and ran a pedophile ring you get sent to a cushy minimum security prison despite being ineligible because you’re a sex offender.
If you’re old pals with Trump and ran a pedophile ring you get sent to a cushy minimum security prison despite being ineligible because you’re a sex offender.
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Fox News live mentions today as of noon ET:
Biden: 46
Epstein: ZERO
Biden: 46
Epstein: ZERO
July 14, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Fox News live mentions today as of noon ET:
Biden: 46
Epstein: ZERO
Biden: 46
Epstein: ZERO
This is really powerful.
5 years ago, after doing some genealogy work where I discovered enslavement in my family’s past, I wrote this reflection on the Declaration of Independence that shaped the destiny of our nation and the wills that shaped the destiny of enslaved persons.
therodandstaff.com/2020/12/04/o...
therodandstaff.com/2020/12/04/o...
Owning Merica
Originally published at Real Clear Politics on July 24, 2020
I don’t know what I was looking for when I started researching my ancestry, but what I found was Merica.
Merica, short for America, w...
therodandstaff.com
July 5, 2025 at 3:13 PM
This is really powerful.
Pay attention, Folks. This is where he's always been headed. No one is safe in America.
Trump calls for deporting US citizens: "We also have a lot of bad people that have been here for a long time ... many of them were born in our country. I think we ought to get them the hell out of here too, if you want to know the truth. So maybe that'll be the next job."
July 1, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Pay attention, Folks. This is where he's always been headed. No one is safe in America.
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@alexharaus.bsky.social and @resistancerangers.bsky.social over on IG with some powerful boots-on-the-ground visual storytelling.
Keep speaking up, especially to those who are not yet educated in what our government intends to rip away from us.
#SavePublicLands
Keep speaking up, especially to those who are not yet educated in what our government intends to rip away from us.
#SavePublicLands
June 20, 2025 at 1:11 PM
@alexharaus.bsky.social and @resistancerangers.bsky.social over on IG with some powerful boots-on-the-ground visual storytelling.
Keep speaking up, especially to those who are not yet educated in what our government intends to rip away from us.
#SavePublicLands
Keep speaking up, especially to those who are not yet educated in what our government intends to rip away from us.
#SavePublicLands
I could not love this more.
June 14, 2025 at 9:01 PM
I could not love this more.
Birders unite!
Thanks to @lowcarbonkev.bsky.social for the excellent graphic.
There don’t seem to be that many of us, but, you know, it’s the birding community, so manage your expectations. 🤣
There don’t seem to be that many of us, but, you know, it’s the birding community, so manage your expectations. 🤣
June 13, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Birders unite!
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Spectacular pre-dawn moon from my back yard this morning.
June 10, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Spectacular pre-dawn moon from my back yard this morning.
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Healthcare for seniors is *not* waste, fraud, or abuse.
Food for hungry kids is *not* waste, fraud, or abuse.
A $45 military parade for a draft dodging felon *is* waste, fraud, and abuse.
Paying the National Guard to attack US citizens *is* waste, fraud, and abuse.
Food for hungry kids is *not* waste, fraud, or abuse.
A $45 military parade for a draft dodging felon *is* waste, fraud, and abuse.
Paying the National Guard to attack US citizens *is* waste, fraud, and abuse.
June 8, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Healthcare for seniors is *not* waste, fraud, or abuse.
Food for hungry kids is *not* waste, fraud, or abuse.
A $45 military parade for a draft dodging felon *is* waste, fraud, and abuse.
Paying the National Guard to attack US citizens *is* waste, fraud, and abuse.
Food for hungry kids is *not* waste, fraud, or abuse.
A $45 military parade for a draft dodging felon *is* waste, fraud, and abuse.
Paying the National Guard to attack US citizens *is* waste, fraud, and abuse.
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The military isn’t being employed to carry out an immigration policy.
The immigration policy, and especially the way the administration is choosing to carry it out, is an excuse to call out the military.
The immigration policy, and especially the way the administration is choosing to carry it out, is an excuse to call out the military.
June 8, 2025 at 3:00 AM
The military isn’t being employed to carry out an immigration policy.
The immigration policy, and especially the way the administration is choosing to carry it out, is an excuse to call out the military.
The immigration policy, and especially the way the administration is choosing to carry it out, is an excuse to call out the military.
Must-read analysis of our current danger.
The Emergency We Cannot Feel: On the Psychological Unreadiness for American Collapse
Why the most dangerous political crisis in modern American history is met with emotional denial, moral distortion, and cultural distraction.
open.substack.com
June 5, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Must-read analysis of our current danger.