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Wendy Riker Purnell

@trypluralism.bsky.social

Brash, outrageous, and free. Dedicated to the free movement of goods, people, and ideas.

25 Followers  |  58 Following  |  18 Posts  |  Joined: 27.06.2025  |  1.6567

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Rewriting history the wrong way: forcibly erasing history in an attempt to prop up feeble-minded men with perverse notions of what should be.

The right way: speculative history that explores β€œwhat if” scenarios that showcase what could be if we appeal to our better angels.

10.08.2025 16:17 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Letter to the editor: For Montana girl, rainbow Pride flag represents core American value Recently, at a Bozeman City Commission meeting, I was reminded that there are still folks who fail to comprehend the rainbow flag as a symbol of the full spectrum of

A conservative perspective includes the traditional values of a community. In the Rocky Mountain West, that means the β€œlive and let live” and β€œlove thy neighbor” principles the rainbow flag represents.

www.bozemandailychronicle.com/opinions/let...

03.08.2025 16:12 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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A Misunderstood Masterpiece: Inside the Making of "Natural Born Killers" 30 years after its release, Robert Downey Jr., Woody Harrelson, Juliette Lewis, and more recall the set of Oliver Stone's explosive film.

β€œOn the set, Stone achieved a purposeful chaos, somehow knowing just how wild to let things get while exercising what had become his signature gruff authority. β€˜It was like a precision-executed three-ring circus ballet,’ Downey says”

www.esquire.com/entertainmen...

01.08.2025 11:08 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Ichiro's return to Seattle won't resolve the battle raging within him How five days in February reveal what Seattle's signing of Ichiro cannot. The future Hall of Famer is haunted by the life he can't escape.

β€œJapanese culture in general -- and Ichiro in particular -- remains influenced by remnants of bushido, the code of honor and ethics governing the samurai warrior class.”

www.espn.com/espn/feature...

30.07.2025 03:50 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It’s almost like we should return to being a nation of laws, not of men.

29.07.2025 16:08 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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This is such extraordinarily trashy behavior.

28.07.2025 03:44 β€” πŸ‘ 107    πŸ” 29    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 1

People who grew up after the rise of algorithmic platforms I really think just have no grasp of how different, and in many ways better, the internet used to be. The new incentives led to the rise of the genericized "content creator" and a turn to selling out not as a pejorative but an aspiration.

28.07.2025 14:25 β€” πŸ‘ 46    πŸ” 14    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1

Hey, Siri.

In the past few months, have you noticed an uptick in people wanting to look up the Nuremberg Trials?

28.07.2025 22:47 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Tonight I was reminded that some folks fail to apprehend this flag as a symbol of enlightenment, of our growing understanding of the full spectrum of humanity, and of our ever-expanding ability to embrace pluralism. This flag represents the best of us. Love all, serve all.

16.07.2025 07:28 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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When you look at a $2 bill or the Declaration of Independence, remember how these brave men battled tyranny: w/ their words & the courage of their convictions as they functionally signed their own death warrant, standing fast & true in principled opposition to a merciless despot.

04.07.2025 16:31 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

No standing armies!

04.07.2025 02:42 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

ICE now has 3x more funding than the United States Marine Corps. Our hard-earned taxpayer money. Over $170+ billion handed over, and for what?

To rip families apart. To instill fear. To dismantle the very virtues by which this country was built. To help the rich get richer.

03.07.2025 21:43 β€” πŸ‘ 4825    πŸ” 1920    πŸ’¬ 277    πŸ“Œ 118
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"Whenever the people are well-informed, they can be trusted with their own government” and whenever things get so far wrong β€œthey may be relied on to set them to rights."

Thomas Jefferson expressing his faith in Americans and America’s revolutionary ideals in a letter to Richard Price Jan. 8. 1789

03.07.2025 09:59 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Yes, and I embrace this with one caveat. I think it is incumbent upon us to make sure they are informed (thereby fully consenting) supporters.

03.07.2025 01:24 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Rediscovering Order in an Age of Populism An existential identity crisis now grips the American right. Long rooted in the principles of limited constitutional government, moral order, and tradition, it now too often defines itself simply by o...

Mike Pence & Ed Feulner (founder, Heritage Foundation) remind us what a respectable & respectful conservatism looks like.

The conservative movement must remember its roots & reclaim its commitment to the moral & cultural foundations of a free society.

nationalaffairs.com/publications...

30.06.2025 12:37 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Nobody wants to sound like a broken record, but omgaga.

29.06.2025 02:02 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Is there enough whiskey in the world for all of us to drink ourselves to sleep in the year of our decline 2025?

Anecdotal evidence I have gathered in the wee hours suggests not.

28.06.2025 08:08 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Thanks, coach. Running Ducks are forever. πŸ’›πŸ•ŠοΈ

28.06.2025 02:16 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Becoming Nations Again | A Book Forum Featuring Adam Crepelle
YouTube video by Competitive Enterprise Institute Becoming Nations Again | A Book Forum Featuring Adam Crepelle

My goal has always been to try to smuggle freedom back to the U.S. through the Rez.”
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@acesschool.bsky.social co-founder Adam Crepelle talking about Becoming Nations Again at CEI book talk last week:

youtu.be/Gu0nBiEArkc?...

27.06.2025 07:04 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Ghoul Stephen Miller warns NYC is what happens when a society β€œfails to control migration”

Ghoul Stephen Miller warns NYC is what happens when a society β€œfails to control migration”

Careful guys, if you don’t control migration you might turn out like <checks notes> the greatest, wealthiest city in the world.

25.06.2025 15:01 β€” πŸ‘ 6982    πŸ” 1272    πŸ’¬ 192    πŸ“Œ 114

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