Robert Walikis
@opentank.bsky.social
Writer. Seeker. Swimmer. Bard.
I make maps and tell stories.
Words in Post Road, Grist Journal, PRISM International, and elsewhere.
https://robertwalikis.com
I make maps and tell stories.
Words in Post Road, Grist Journal, PRISM International, and elsewhere.
https://robertwalikis.com
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Robert Walikis
@opentank.bsky.social
· Aug 17
2024 Archives
2024 Archives
www.postroadmag.com
I am so happy that my latest published creative nonfiction essay, “Fire Story,” appears in Issue 42 of Post Road Magazine, out of Boston College.
It’s not every day my words are print adjacent to new work by Pulitzer Prize for Poetry finalist Dorianne Laux.
www.postroadmag.com/2024/07/18/4...
It’s not every day my words are print adjacent to new work by Pulitzer Prize for Poetry finalist Dorianne Laux.
www.postroadmag.com/2024/07/18/4...
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In 1931 Dorothy Thompson interviewed Hitler, belittled him, & was subsequently kicked out of Germany when he became Chancellor
Ken's thread and an offhand comment from @bcdreyer.social inspired me to track down the book that came out of that interview, _"I Saw Hitler"!_
www.npr.org/2025/03/14/n...
Ken's thread and an offhand comment from @bcdreyer.social inspired me to track down the book that came out of that interview, _"I Saw Hitler"!_
www.npr.org/2025/03/14/n...
![hardback book, worn, burnt orange cover, stain on the front
title in black: "I SAW HITLER"!
[yes the quotation marks are in the title and the exclamation point is outside the quotation marks]
underneath that is a circled swastika which I have blurred out
beneath that: DOROTHY THOMPSON](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4sm4siwnvpkqssxdfj7em2j4/bafkreicaipz42qpkxkdp7trdkua2xfekc4oaqcigbvfvjcajzxw27v2ife@jpeg)
October 29, 2025 at 9:32 PM
In 1931 Dorothy Thompson interviewed Hitler, belittled him, & was subsequently kicked out of Germany when he became Chancellor
Ken's thread and an offhand comment from @bcdreyer.social inspired me to track down the book that came out of that interview, _"I Saw Hitler"!_
www.npr.org/2025/03/14/n...
Ken's thread and an offhand comment from @bcdreyer.social inspired me to track down the book that came out of that interview, _"I Saw Hitler"!_
www.npr.org/2025/03/14/n...
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The Republicans are used to burning their own people as leverage.
They are not used to the Democrats saying, “let them burn.”
www.editorialboard.com/the-republic...
They are not used to the Democrats saying, “let them burn.”
www.editorialboard.com/the-republic...
The Republicans are used to burning their own people as leverage
They are not used to the Democrats saying, “let them burn.”
www.editorialboard.com
October 27, 2025 at 10:04 PM
The Republicans are used to burning their own people as leverage.
They are not used to the Democrats saying, “let them burn.”
www.editorialboard.com/the-republic...
They are not used to the Democrats saying, “let them burn.”
www.editorialboard.com/the-republic...
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2) Republicans use polls to shape strategy, not to shape their positions.
Public opinion is malleable. Most people don't have firm opinions. Republicans shape the river. Democrats chase the currents--and it hasn't worked.
@anatosaurus.bsky.social has written on this also
Public opinion is malleable. Most people don't have firm opinions. Republicans shape the river. Democrats chase the currents--and it hasn't worked.
@anatosaurus.bsky.social has written on this also
Bringing a Survey to a Gun Fight
“Pollingism” Has Failed Democrats and Voters. Here’s Why, and What to Do Instead.
www.weekendreading.net
October 27, 2025 at 10:03 PM
2) Republicans use polls to shape strategy, not to shape their positions.
Public opinion is malleable. Most people don't have firm opinions. Republicans shape the river. Democrats chase the currents--and it hasn't worked.
@anatosaurus.bsky.social has written on this also
Public opinion is malleable. Most people don't have firm opinions. Republicans shape the river. Democrats chase the currents--and it hasn't worked.
@anatosaurus.bsky.social has written on this also
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NEW: After Russ Vought experienced the chaotic failures of Trump’s first term, he made it his mission to ensure that a reelected Trump would not “lose a moment of time having fights in the Oval Office about whether something is legal or doable or moral.”
By @andykroll.bsky.social
By @andykroll.bsky.social
Russell Vought, Trump’s Shadow President
From the wholesale gutting of federal agencies to the ongoing government shutdown, Russell Vought has drawn the road map for Trump’s second term. Vought has consolidated power to an extent that inside...
www.propublica.org
October 17, 2025 at 10:02 AM
NEW: After Russ Vought experienced the chaotic failures of Trump’s first term, he made it his mission to ensure that a reelected Trump would not “lose a moment of time having fights in the Oval Office about whether something is legal or doable or moral.”
By @andykroll.bsky.social
By @andykroll.bsky.social
Jonathan Lethem’s Mastery of the Sort-of-Science-Fiction Story
www.nytimes.com
October 5, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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NEW: ProPublica obtained records from the Department of Agriculture that detail the millions of pounds of food, down to the number of eggs, that never reached food banks because of the Trump administration’s cuts to an aid program.
Trump Canceled 94 Million Pounds of Food Aid. Here’s What Never Arrived.
ProPublica obtained records from the Department of Agriculture that detail the millions of pounds of food, down to the number of eggs, that never reached food banks because of the administration’s cut...
projects.propublica.org
October 3, 2025 at 12:15 PM
NEW: ProPublica obtained records from the Department of Agriculture that detail the millions of pounds of food, down to the number of eggs, that never reached food banks because of the Trump administration’s cuts to an aid program.
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We will hear about little else soon.
Let's make sure we always talk about how the Trumpists are aggressively sabotaging the cheapest, easiest, and fastest-to-build sources of electricity today: wind & solar
Let's make sure we always talk about how the Trumpists are aggressively sabotaging the cheapest, easiest, and fastest-to-build sources of electricity today: wind & solar
September 26, 2025 at 12:48 PM
We will hear about little else soon.
Let's make sure we always talk about how the Trumpists are aggressively sabotaging the cheapest, easiest, and fastest-to-build sources of electricity today: wind & solar
Let's make sure we always talk about how the Trumpists are aggressively sabotaging the cheapest, easiest, and fastest-to-build sources of electricity today: wind & solar
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I need you to read this thread to understand why so many historians are revolted by this regime's crimes against the past
Only an administration intent on committing war crimes in the present and future would stoop to calling Wounded Knee a "battle" rather than what it truly was: a massacre of over 250 Lakotas, mainly women, children, and the elderly. 1/
September 26, 2025 at 12:50 PM
I need you to read this thread to understand why so many historians are revolted by this regime's crimes against the past
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Morning walk
September 26, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Morning walk