Walter

Walter

@waltermarek.bsky.social

He/Him. Public Defender in Appalachia. Veteran, Dad, my name isn’t Walter. No laws only vibes…

594 followers1K following495 posts

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Replying to @sanho.bsky.social

Google’s data center brings wolves. “We had wolves coming into the village because all the wild animals moved out of the forest,” 53-year-old Otanmäki resident Anni Ranta told the Guardian. “They fled.”

futurism.comWolves Descend on Finnish Villages After Google Hacked Down 1,300 Acres of Habitat to Make Room for AI Data CentersGoogle's cut-first pay-later approach to Finland's boreal forests is leaving wild fauna without a place to call home.

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NEW: ICE is trying to deport a mother of 4 while her husband is at Fort Benning in Army basic training. When she went to pick up the family's military IDs, Navy personnel turned her over to ICE. She's been in the US since age six. With @nancyayoussef.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

theatlantic.comHe Joined the Military. They Reported His Wife to ICE.When a soldier’s wife went to pick up her military ID at a base in Texas, ICE officers showed up.

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Hundreds of protestors march from the site where an ICE agent shot a father in the Bronx on 10/8 to the hospital where he was being held. Defund and abolish ICE. Chinga la migra. 🧵 of photos...

Greg Pak@gregpak.net

Press conference in the Bronx after the ICE shooting - - @cndelarosa.bsky.social speaking

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He’s obviously removing all anti-trump leaders ahead of a ‘national emergency’ so they can halt elections and seize permanent control.

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Could we please at least bring back the food inspectors? "Nearly 170,000 Pounds of Raw Meat Recalled Nationwide Due to Fake USDA Labels" www.delish.com/food-news/a7...

delish.comNearly 170,000 Pounds Of Raw Meat Recalled Nationwide Due To Fake USDA LabelsHere’s what you need to know.
Social Media Lab@socialmedialab.ca

#ICYMI USDA Lost 18 Percent of Workforce in First Six Months of Trump Admin, OIG Reports. The cuts were widespread, with some coming from the USDA's Food Safety & Inspection Service (FSIS) & Animal & Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS). And here we are. www.food-safety.com/articles/110...

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Bloomberg reports that the Chinese government has taken possession of potentially sensitive parts for America’s F-35 stealth fighter after the components were inexplicably diverted to Hong Kong while being shipped from Australia to the United States.

I always feel it necessary to preface ever post I make (that isn’t a share of another post) with the understanding on my part that nobody may read this. But, I recently came across a VC page on IG that shows people leaning pet cemeteries. It’s the most heartwarming and heartbreaking thing .

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Nobody is going to want to hear this, but a real risk we face, no matter who is president next, is that they will see no need to restore the rights lost or the executive power stolen in the last 10 years.

Malevolent Maelstrom@chemicalchaos.bsky.social

Hey its fucking wierd more of the dems platform isnt "we will give you abortion rights back"

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U.S. soldiers, no one- not even the Iranian government- respects you less than your leaders.

Scott Horton@robertscotthorton.bsky.social

The Trump administration is now refusing payouts for US soldiers who died in the US-Israeli war against Iran "because it isn't a war." Libby Klinner, widow of 33-year-old Maj Alex Klinner, says the US Air Force deemed her ineligible for additional benefits following her husband's death because

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Texans check your voter registration, especially those in Dallas, Collin, Denton, and Tarrant counties. From the article: Suspended voter registrations span the whole state, but these Blue/Blue leaning counties are targets: Dallas: +129,000 Collin: 56,000 Denton: 56,000 Tarrant: + 73,000

newrepublic.comTexas Has Suspended More Than 1 Million Voters Ahead of Senate RaceIf you’re one of the people who had their voter registration suspended, there’s still time to fix it.

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DOJ election monitors reportedly tried to access voting machines in Wyoming last week. I’ve spent thousands of hours reporting on past efforts by Trump allies to access machines & copy data. Mark my words: State officials need to be ready for this to happen again. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/28/u...

nytimes.comWyoming Governor Objects to ‘Very Odd’ D.O.J. Election Monitoring (Gift Article)Governor Mark Gordon, a Republican, said he was concerned by the behavior of election observers who visited a polling station in Cheyenne.

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Dolly Parton, among a thousand other amazing things she did in her life, gifted over 330 million books to kids through her Imagination Library program. Her passing is a tremendous loss to the world, but you can support the program today to keep it going imaginationlibrary.com

imaginationlibrary.comDolly Parton's Imagination Library | USA, UK, IE, CA, AUDolly Parton’s Imagination Library is a book gifting program that mails free books to children from birth until they begin school in participating areas.

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nathan cofnas, the man who got jason arday killed, is an explicit white nationalist and race realist who has been cited endlessly in aporia, a propaganda network funded by the human diversity fund, rebranded from the pioneer fund started in the 1930s as an explicit nazi project

union person@junlper.beer

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The cyclospora outbreak has reached 13,895 cases across 47 states. The FDA has recalled 1.6 million eggs due to salmonella contamination. Screwworm cases continue to rise. And we’ve just surpassed 2,500 measles cases — breaking 2025’s record. “Make America Healthy Again.”

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A Missouri couple was found bound, gagged, and shot in a sugarcane field in Guatemala, after the husband was deported by ICE. Their 14-month-old daughter was alive and crying next to her mother's body. They have three surviving children.

pbs.orgMissouri couple murdered in Guatemala after husband was deportedA Missouri couple who had illegally immigrated to the United States was killed in Guatemala after the husband was deported and the wife self-deported. Now two communities in two countries are reeling ...

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Replying to @helldude.bsky.social

you can simply choose to stop this guy from being at liberty. you can use the levers of democratic governance to arrest him, jail him, strip him of his assets and his citizenship. you can extradite him to any nation you like, or put him under any jail you choose. cecot, gitmo, any one you like

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Police murdered a Black man in the street in Madison WI today. Shot point blank in the head while on the ground, tased, and surrounded by four cops. It looks like an execution. Multiple videos circulating online. Things are about to get very bad here.

Where the FUCK is Mitch McConnell?!

Opie or Victor@zoomarang.bsky.social

Kentucky gov Bashear ? If Mitch McConnell was governor and you were in his place , he’d have appointed a replacement and dared the republican led legislature to court . Stop dithering already . It’s annoying

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Mamdani’s right that NYC almost certainly can’t arrest Netanyahu for his crimes against humanity. However, any enterprising federal DA (who wants to be their state’s next Senator) could attempt to arrest him for calling drone strikes on humanitarian aid ships with American passengers on board

Benjamin Netanyahu is a war criminal.

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Uncle in Iran says the country’s south is being destroyed. Trump is following through on his “bridge and power plant day” threats but it’s simply not registering here the way that it should.

Truthout@truthout.org

The U.S. has struck more civilian infrastructure in southern Iran in its sixth consecutive day of attacks on Friday, including key bridges and a tower at a crucial port.

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Replying to @gingerspiced.bsky.social

this seems like it broke containment so please help save chaco canyon! Go comment on this!!!!

Daniel - Desert Apostate@hcexvangelical.bsky.social

The asshole administration is planning to remove the mining buffer around Chaco Canyon in New Mexico. This is being done without tribal or expert input and the public comment time is incredibly, and cowardly short. Please comment to help try and save Chaco. www.koat.com/article/chac...

He’s unpopular, he’s destroying the economy (the real one, not the stock markets) and he’s been embarrassed at every turn in his illicit war with Iran. The capitalists are starting to recognize he’s not going to be able to deliver.

Bryan Schott@schotthappens.com

BRAVO! ABC and NBC will not preempt Trump spewing misinformation about the 2020 election tonight. Per the New York Times: “The uncertainty is a direct result of the potential for Mr. Trump’s speech to become partisan or incendiary.”

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The Trump administration wants to soften one of the strongest legal protections American workers have over their retirement. “What they have done is lower the standard for everything,” said one former senior official at the Department of Labor.

propublica.orgWall Street Wants to Change the Rules for Your 401(k). It Could Put Your Retirement at Risk.Financial firms want a bigger piece of the $10 trillion in America’s 401(k) plans, and the Trump administration is planning a regulatory rollback to encourage  less-regulated — and often riskier — inv...

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One of the most mundane truths in the world is that the biggest threat to any person comes from their own government, as a simple function of proximity and opportunity, and begging them to protect you from The Foreigners is a great way to increase your vulnerability.