Brian Lokker
@brianlokker.bsky.social
Writer and publisher of AnnikalaReview.com. Retired lawyer, web designer, and adjunct university instructor. Lifelong Mets fan. Duke, Michigan, and Rutgers Law alum. Ignorance is not a virtue. No DMs or chats.
Strands #634
“With gratitude”
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Holiday-appropriate puzzle today. Happy Thanksgiving!
“With gratitude”
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Holiday-appropriate puzzle today. Happy Thanksgiving!
November 27, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Strands #634
“With gratitude”
🟡🔵🔵🔵
🔵🔵🔵🔵
Holiday-appropriate puzzle today. Happy Thanksgiving!
“With gratitude”
🟡🔵🔵🔵
🔵🔵🔵🔵
Holiday-appropriate puzzle today. Happy Thanksgiving!
Reposted by Brian Lokker
He’s not the problem…
November 19, 2025 at 2:03 AM
He’s not the problem…
‘It’s a Culture Now of Fear’: A Year of Chaos Inside the Justice Department www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
60 Attorneys on the Year of Chaos Inside Trump’s Justice Department (Gift Article)
Sixty former staffers describe an environment of suspicion and intimidation within the nation’s most powerful law enforcement agency.
www.nytimes.com
November 17, 2025 at 6:21 PM
‘It’s a Culture Now of Fear’: A Year of Chaos Inside the Justice Department www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Reposted by Brian Lokker
This is Brilliant! Please repost.
October 23, 2025 at 11:29 PM
This is Brilliant! Please repost.
I have yet to hear Mike Johnson admit to knowing anything about anything. How is it possible that I, just an ordinary citizen, am better informed than the Speaker of the House?
October 20, 2025 at 3:12 AM
I have yet to hear Mike Johnson admit to knowing anything about anything. How is it possible that I, just an ordinary citizen, am better informed than the Speaker of the House?
Tired of the sycophantic AG Pam Bondi? I’ve got a better Bondi for you: the talented, Oscar-nominated character actress Beulah Bondi, who played James Stewart’s mother in four classic movies. annikalareview.com/beulah-bondi...
Beulah Bondi & James Stewart 4 Classic Mother-Son Film Duos
Discover the enduring bond that Beulah Bondi and James Stewart created as mother and son in 4 classic Hollywood films.
annikalareview.com
October 10, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Tired of the sycophantic AG Pam Bondi? I’ve got a better Bondi for you: the talented, Oscar-nominated character actress Beulah Bondi, who played James Stewart’s mother in four classic movies. annikalareview.com/beulah-bondi...
Who in their right mind would buy a prescription from a website called "TrumpRx"?
October 4, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Who in their right mind would buy a prescription from a website called "TrumpRx"?
What’s the ETA for the Rapture? Running out of time here on the East Coast.
September 24, 2025 at 12:29 AM
What’s the ETA for the Rapture? Running out of time here on the East Coast.
September 20, 2025 at 12:42 AM
I don’t think I can watch this #Mets game much longer. Manaea looks bad and the hitters look worse. No hits and 9 strikeouts in 4 innings? That’s not going to cut it, guys.
September 9, 2025 at 11:48 PM
I don’t think I can watch this #Mets game much longer. Manaea looks bad and the hitters look worse. No hits and 9 strikeouts in 4 innings? That’s not going to cut it, guys.
Excellent essay (gift article) about baseball and gambling. In my opinion, the ubiquity of gambling is the scourge of baseball.
Much of the blame lies with right-wing Justice Samuel Alito—who, appropriately, is a Phillies fan.
And Mets fans, be sure to read the last paragraph.
#LGM #MetSky
Much of the blame lies with right-wing Justice Samuel Alito—who, appropriately, is a Phillies fan.
And Mets fans, be sure to read the last paragraph.
#LGM #MetSky
Opinion | Bettor Up
www.nytimes.com
September 6, 2025 at 2:04 PM
"Contrary to what top US officials, including Vice President JD Vance, have suggested as major concessions, Lokker says that there is little evidence that Russia’s stance has changed following Trump’s separate talks with Putin, Zelenskyy, and other European leaders."
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bit.ly/467qszZ
Did Putin outplay Trump at Alaska summit? What Russia’s response to peace proposals tells us
As Russia continues to press for its demands to be met for next stage of peace talks while the US looks impatient for Ukraine truce, geopolitics experts say that the post-Alaska summit developments in...
www.firstpost.com
August 26, 2025 at 2:15 AM
August 21, 2025 at 8:11 PM
I picked the right game to begin watching the #Mets again. Great start by Nolan McLean, Alonso with his 100th RBI, another multi-hit game by Lindor as he becomes the first 20-20 shortstop in Major League history. And even the bullpen looked good. Let's keep it going! #LGM
August 16, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Three things the Narcissist-in-Chief has said he wants: a Purple Heart, a Nobel Prize, and a Kennedy Center Honor. All so richly deserved (in his mind)!
August 13, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Three things the Narcissist-in-Chief has said he wants: a Purple Heart, a Nobel Prize, and a Kennedy Center Honor. All so richly deserved (in his mind)!
After enduring years of Soviet domination, Estonians have no love for Vladimir Putin and his war in Ukraine. These posters outside the Russian Embassy include one calling Putin a psychopath like Stalin and urging Russians to wake up and stop feeding their children to Putin’s “War Meat Grinder.”
August 4, 2025 at 2:36 PM
After enduring years of Soviet domination, Estonians have no love for Vladimir Putin and his war in Ukraine. These posters outside the Russian Embassy include one calling Putin a psychopath like Stalin and urging Russians to wake up and stop feeding their children to Putin’s “War Meat Grinder.”
Reposted by Brian Lokker
"Russia’s Presidential Directorate for Public Projects quickly circulated a short set of talking points for state-run and pro-government media and bloggers. The document instructs them to frame the U.S.-E.U. deal as 'questionable for Europe' — or even 'a defeat for the E.U.'"
bit.ly/45aoIEr
bit.ly/45aoIEr
‘Maybe it will distract people from rising prices’ What the Kremlin’s latest propaganda guide tells state media to say about Trump’s E.U. trade deal — Meduza
The Kremlin’s latest set of talking points for pro-government media focuses on the new trade deal between Washington and Brussels, which Moscow hopes to cast as a “defeat” for Europe. The guide instru...
meduza.io
July 30, 2025 at 8:40 PM
"Russia’s Presidential Directorate for Public Projects quickly circulated a short set of talking points for state-run and pro-government media and bloggers. The document instructs them to frame the U.S.-E.U. deal as 'questionable for Europe' — or even 'a defeat for the E.U.'"
bit.ly/45aoIEr
bit.ly/45aoIEr