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Rich Wanket

@richwanket.bsky.social

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Furniture maker. Live rural, vote liberal. Star Prairie, WI. Gay as a three dollar bill.

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Rich Wanket @richwanket.bsky.social · Feb 11

Just a note: If you follow me, I may not follow you back. If I follow you, I have no expectation that you will follow me back.
I follow people because I deem what they post important to me, or interesting to me. That’s. It.

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Dave Mclean Jr @davemcleanjr.bsky.social · 19m

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Rich Wanket @richwanket.bsky.social · 40m

You look like you’re in a happy place.

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Tom Bombeardil @rantipole.bsky.social · 4h

Beautiful day for a lunchtime walk in an arboretum. #DukeFarms

Selfie standing in front of a large and sprawling Japanese maple. The sun is bright in the background, showing more trees and shrubs. I'm smiling and wearing sunglasses and a zippered hoodie over a T-shirt.

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Rich Wanket @richwanket.bsky.social · 44m

Trying squats with a weighted vest today.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 3h

I was born in 1972. The replacement rate he's panicked about has been below 2.1% for almost every year of my life.

If you're really worried about the population falling, giving immigrants a path to citizenship is an obvious and easy solution.

Unless there's ... something about them you don't like?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3h

RFK Jr: "When my uncle was president, the fertility rate in this country was 3.5%. Today it is 1.6%. The replacement rate -- in other words the amount of fertility you need to keep your population even -- is 2.1%. We are below replacement. That is a national security threat to our country."

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Rich Wanket @richwanket.bsky.social · 4h

This is why we are friends.

On a side note, I have had way more conversations with straight co-workers about their dicks than I would have expected…that I didn’t initiate.

Conversation is probably a strong word.
It’s like because I’m gay, it’s more acceptable.

(And it absolutely is)

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Rich Wanket @richwanket.bsky.social · 4h

“Sometimes I stare, but I at least make an effort to look at all of them”

—he thinks to himself

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Rich Wanket @richwanket.bsky.social · 5h

Joe is pretty “built”, but he’s like a 3/4 version of a full size man.

Not really my type.

(The small man writes)

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Craig Harrington @craigipedia.bsky.social · 5h

Trump 2.0 is so much worse than 1.0 it’s hard to really grasp.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7h

Leavitt: "The Democrat Party's main constituency is made up of Hamas terrorists, illegal aliens, and violent criminals."

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Rich Wanket @richwanket.bsky.social · 5h

I think it’s unconscious, it’s not like he doesn’t know I’m a homo.

“Joe, stop that!”

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Luke O'Neil @lukeoneil47.bsky.social · 6h

You're writing this down right? Good. As I was saying my car sucked so bad my wife left me. Yes I can spell my name for you.

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Rich Wanket @richwanket.bsky.social · 6h

I’m not even as gay as Fuentes.

And I’m really really gay.

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Rich Wanket @richwanket.bsky.social · 6h

It’s the same logic that would say “We have all these women in office and in business now, so we clearly don’t need the 19th amendment anymore”.

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Rich Wanket @richwanket.bsky.social · 6h

On a t-shirt

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Jim @crazyjim.bsky.social · 8h

Racist ass Supreme Court “doesn’t see color”

Supreme Court seems inclined to limit race-based electoral districts under the Voting Rights Act
• On Wednesday, the U.S. Supreme Court seemed inclined to strike down a Black majority congressional district in Louisiana because it relied heavily on race as protesters gathered outside.
• After the legislature drew a new map to add a second majority-Black district, a group of white voters sued, and the court expanded the case with its June reargument request this year.
• Racially polarized voting in Louisiana exceeds 84%, which judges noted as central to Section 2 claims, while Chief Justice John Roberts described the snake district as stretching more than 200 miles.
• A quick ruling could allow Louisiana and other states time to redraw maps ahead of next year's congressional election, with Fair Fight and Black Voters Matter warning Republicans could gain 19 to 27 seats.
• If Section 2 is dismantled, removing limits would let Southern and GOP-controlled states redraw districts without federal constraints, enabling extreme partisan gerrymandering nationwide.
Insights by Ground News Al

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