Bob

Bob

@bobmueller.bsky.social

Writer of 3. Father of 8, grandfather to 5. Agnostic-atheist husband to a female evangelical pastor. Veteran. Genealogist. Political orphan. Occasional pedant & windmill tilter. Fountain pen user. #Oklahoma

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What do I talk about here? What are my Voice issues? * Police and official misconduct * Wrongful convictions * Human trafficking * Justice reform I also follow genealogy, veteran's issues, history, and a variety of other topics. It's that whole "Writer Unfocused" concept.

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Okla City Free Press
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NEW - The DOJ notified the OK State Election Board that it will be sending monitors to polls in Oklahoma, Tulsa, and Muskogee counties for November's Midterms | Barbara Hoberock reports for Oklahoma Voice:

freepressokc.comDOJ sending election monitors to Oklahoma County, 2 other countiesThe DOJ notified the OK State Election Board that it will be sending monitors to polls in Oklahoma, Tulsa, and Muskogee counties for November's Midterms
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Muskogee, Tulsa, and Oklahoma counties, take note. #Oklahoma

Okla City Free Press@freepressokc.bsky.social

NEW - The DOJ notified the OK State Election Board that it will be sending monitors to polls in Oklahoma, Tulsa, and Muskogee counties for November's Midterms | Barbara Hoberock reports for Oklahoma Voice:

freepressokc.comDOJ sending election monitors to Oklahoma County, 2 other countiesThe DOJ notified the OK State Election Board that it will be sending monitors to polls in Oklahoma, Tulsa, and Muskogee counties for November's Midterms
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Oh, fan-freaking-tastic Fake polls. #Election2026 www.rawstory.com/polling-firm...

rawstory.comPollster scrambles amid looming investigation exposing their whole operation: reportA supposed upstart polling company has now revealed their entire operation was fake, and are claiming they did it all as a social experiment — but some election observers aren't buying.On Tuesday evening, the account for Wedgewood Polls, an outlet that has purported to release surveys on key races a...
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Oh, look: a vanity publisher behaving badly. And make no mistake. $6k flowing from the author to the publisher makes them a vanity house, even if they call it a "temporary loan." writerbeware.blog/2026/10/16/a...

writerbeware.blogAuthor Complaints at Starfish Bay Publishing - Writer BewareI first heard of Australian children’s publisher Starfish Bay Publishing (SBP) in 2024, thanks to a question from an author about the advisability of investing in SBP’s Author Supported Traditional Publishing Programme. Implemented, SBP’s website explained, because of “the severe effect the pandemic had on our publishing business”, this program–despite using the word traditional–required authorsRead More
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Powerful message from the Council of Bishops of The United Methodist Church on the proposed public aspect of the Hasan execution. www.unitedmethodistbishops.org/newsdetail/c...

unitedmethodistbishops.orgUMC Bishops condemn proposed plan for livestreamed executionWe write about an event in one nation because it holds up a mirror to all of us. Every society, on every continent where our church lives, is tempted to answer violence with spectacle, to bless national power with the name of God, and to make a whole people pay for the crime of one. What is happening in the United States is a local test of a global faithfulness.
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This piece at NPR dovetails nicely with this week's blog post about capital punishment. Why are states so secretive about the process? Why doesn't the public force better transparency? www.npr.org/2026/10/07/n...

npr.orgDrugs in jars, bags of cash: Tennessee ignored warnings from Arizona's botched executionsChrista Pike's botched execution in Tennessee was not the first to go wrong on Frank Strada's watch. Before he took charge of Tennessee's prisons, Strada oversaw three botched executions in Arizona.
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The death penalty is wrong even when the person on death row has committed a heinous crime. Justice shouldn't depend on how much we despise the person being punished. In the name of justice, end the death penalty. www.bobmuellerwriter.com/is-the-death...

bobmuellerwriter.comIs The Death Penalty About Vengeance Or Justice? – Bob MuellerIs the death penalty about vengeance or justice? Wrongful convictions, unequal sentencing, and the risk of executing innocents make the case for ending capital punishment.
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#Genealogy isn't really about collecting names and dates for me. I want to know the people behind the facts. Why they left. What they hoped for. What they feared. Then I realized my own family's journey to Oklahoma wasn't so different from theirs. www.bobmuellerwriter.com/putting-fles...

bobmuellerwriter.comPutting Flesh On The Bones – Bob MuellerGenealogy is more than names & dates. It’s about discovering the people behind the facts and putting flesh on their bones.
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Athena knows when she’s missing a treat. I learned that while also upgrading my genealogy site and dealing with a broken piece of Dad’s old 8mm film. Fortunately, the film broke at a splice—and I found a 3D-printed solution. www.bobmuellerwriter.com/counting-dog...

bobmuellerwriter.comCounting Dogs And Broken Films – Bob MuellerAthena counts her treats, I update my genealogy site, and a broken 8mm film sends me searching for a way to repair Dad’s old home movies.
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The home movies I’ve been digitizing have opened the memory vaults. Then a random search led me to my Uncle Ross’s witness statement about a B-24 lost over Germany in 1944. Genealogy has a funny way of turning one little lead into a much bigger story. www.bobmuellerwriter.com/familiarly-u...

bobmuellerwriter.comFamiliarly Unfamiliar – Bob MuellerDigitized home movies stir old memories, while a random genealogy search uncovers my uncle’s connection to a WWII B-24 bomber.
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"...not licensed to provide mental health treatment." This is my shocked face. I was surprised after reading this that no deaths were involved. I was not surprised to read the rest of it. www.readfrontier.org/an-oklahoma-...

readfrontier.orgAn Oklahoma boarding school promised help for troubled girls. Students say they got punishment instead.New Lifehouse Academy markets help for depressed” and “self-destructive” teens. Former students say they found punishment, isolation, and physical restraint instead of treatment.

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Marisa Kabas
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Help request—I received this image from a person filing for unemployment in Missouri. The ID verification asks "Are you of Haitian heritage?" I've been unable to confirm additional info w the state or find others who saw it. Any info, reach out: Signal: marisakabas.04 Email: marisa@thehandbasket.co

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Sometimes teh good guys win. #selfpublishing #WritingCommunity

Victoria Strauss@victoriastrauss.com

New #WriterBeware blog post: One writer sued their scammer...and won. The case provides a revealing window into the techniques scammers use to bleed their victims dry, and how they hide behind webs of corrupt businesses and forests of fake names, writerbeware.blog/2026/09/18/l...

writerbeware.blogLove v. Wiley Book Writers: A Publishing Scam Gets a Rare Comeuppance - Writer BewareRaymond Love just wanted to publish his children’s book with a trustworthy self-publishing company. Instead, he found a scam that took his money and delivered nothing of value. For most authors in thi...
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Meanwhile, because of police incompetence and junk science, Eugene Garner's killer is still out there and will likely escape justice.

The Innocence Project@innocenceproject.bsky.social

After 21 years of #wrongfulconviction, Sheila Denton has been exonerated! Last week, a Georgia judge signed off on the state’s decision to not retry her for a 2004 murder she did not commit. She had spent 15 years in prison before her release in April 2020. bit.ly/4xIHcZa

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Holy cow, pastor. Talk about being tone-deaf. Do you really think making comments like that is the best way to reach these people? Have you considered how The Church has historically treated indigenous peoples in this country? apnews.com/article/arap...

apnews.comA Christian pastor called Arapaho ceremonies 'idol worship.' Now the tribe wants her church goneIn the weeks since a Christian pastor on the Wind River Reservation likened Arapaho ceremonial ways to “idol worship,” the Sunday morning rhythm has become familiar.
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Denver PD is reopening at least 13 SA cases after the investigation into Missy Woods' work at the state crime lab. She's been sentenced to 10 years in prison for altering #DNA lab results. Roughly 10% of her caseload is suspect, some 1,045 cases. www.coloradopolitics.com/2026/09/11/d...

coloradopolitics.comDenver police reopen 13 sex assault cases after retesting Missy Woods’ CBI workThirteen previously closed Denver sexual assault cases have been reopened after the city’s crime lab retested DNA evidence once analyzed by former Colorado Bureau of Investigation forensic analyst Yvonne Woods. A police spokesperson told The Denver Gazette the once-closed cases are now being activ...

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As Christianity declines across Europe, thousands of churches are closing or being repurposed as bookstores, health centers, art spaces and more. A reminder that community, fellowship and belonging don’t require religion. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/05/a...

nytimes.comWhat to Do With Europe’s ‘Zombie Churches’? These Artists Have Some Ideas.As the continent’s ties to Christianity fade, churches are being abandoned. But some see a chance to transform them into communal spaces like care centers or venues for the arts.