Wendy Riker Purnell

I am not a socialist
I am not a communist
I am not a progressive
I am not a Democrat
I love free markets
I love free trade
I love the rule of law
I love America
And I have read our charter documents
That’s why I protested yesterday

US citizens across the country have been caught up in immigration raids, arrested, and detained.

How do they get justice when their constitutional rights have been violated?
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Pres Dumpster Fire,

Sorry you can’t put wood up. Don’t punish those who can. Let us dance in the street. We don’t wamt your hate, lies & violence. We want life, liberty & the pursuit of happiness!

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Fellow Americans,

Save the republic, dance in the street, show Ben Franklin we can keep it.

I’ve begun thinking of this administration as the insane clown posse: nihilistic, bad makeup, and asking “governance! How does it work?”

Oh-eee-oh
Yo-oh
#ICEmonkeys

Flavor on the Fly - YouTube In this series, we explore the confluence of food, fly fishing, and adventures had amidst the exploration of something greater than ourselves. Hosted by prof...

@evanrail.bsky.social at a new brewery in Three Forks, MT for a (posthumous) 100th birthday celebration for flyfishing legend Bud Lilly, it finally occurred to me to share this series. Come visit us!

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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 “what if” scenarios that showcase what could be if we appeal to our better angels.

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 “live and let live” and “love thy neighbor” principles the rainbow flag represents.

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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.

“On 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. ‘It was like a precision-executed three-ring circus ballet,’ Downey says”

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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.

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

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

This is such extraordinarily trashy behavior.

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.

Hey, Siri.

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

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.

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.

No standing armies!

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.

"Whenever the people are well-informed, they can be trusted with their own government” and whenever things get so far wrong “they 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

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.

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.

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Nobody wants to sound like a broken record, but omgaga.

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.

Thanks, coach. Running Ducks are forever. 💛🕊️

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:

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Ghoul Stephen Miller warns NYC is what happens when a society “fails 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.