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Dave Wiltse

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Professor of Political Science at South Dakota State & HMFIC of The SD Polling Project, mostly public health research these days... Summers in West Maka Ska. “The Jimmy McNulty of SDSU.”

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That’s a blind spot larger than the base of the Democratic Party.

06.03.2026 20:08 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I’d say this is some first-rate turd polishing, but nothing in this administration is first-rate.

06.03.2026 14:34 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I’m glad they’re leaving, but I’m mad that they are going somewhere.

28.02.2026 23:13 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I’m no IR scholar, but it seems to me that if we want the Iranian people to topple the regime, we might not want to kill schoolgirls…

28.02.2026 20:08 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

The mother of all caveats…

27.02.2026 21:55 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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This big galoot turns 11 today. Happy birthday Skylab!

27.02.2026 21:45 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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US hockey player Brady Tkachuk slams White House TikTok as 'clearly fake' after anti-Canada slur U.S. hockey player Brady Tkachuk says a White House TikTok video falsely paints him as insulting Canadians. Tkachuk calls the clip clearly fake.

When one of the dirtiest players in the NHL complains about dirty play…

apnews.com/article/olym...

27.02.2026 14:07 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

We tried playing a similar card once. In return, the major with a 1:2 student faculty ratio got another line and ours stayed at 1:30.

26.02.2026 17:31 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Yeah, I was depressed after answering this wave…

21.02.2026 18:53 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I’m not holding my breath on this…

21.02.2026 16:36 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

He couldn’t have found a better deterrent for impeachment.

21.02.2026 13:31 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
19.02.2026 19:19 👍 30 🔁 12 💬 0 📌 0

They ain’t ever gonna break us…

newrepublic.com/article/2066...

19.02.2026 00:07 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Reservoir Muppets

19.02.2026 00:05 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Apocalypse Muppet

19.02.2026 00:03 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Virtually all of her takes age like potato salad in the July sun…

18.02.2026 23:59 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

If you see this post a Star Trek

17.02.2026 03:17 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

“False herring”?

You’d think you’d think a rep from a state full of Norwegians would know his herring better.

17.02.2026 03:10 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Happy President’s Day!

16.02.2026 17:26 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Nicks in Brookings is trash, but not as trash as this AI rendering of it that popped up on Facebook.

14.02.2026 14:39 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Congratulations for not leaving one of your daughters or nannies in the hands of a pederast. What moral fortitude you displayed…

10.02.2026 18:53 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

There might be some semi-decent development leagues there too. Those can be fun environments to watch in. Kind of like minor league baseball…

07.02.2026 17:13 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

So I just figured out that Funkhouser is Puddy, 25 years later. I’m slow…

06.02.2026 02:43 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

It’s only a matter of time before another one of my neighbors is murdered by ICE.

03.02.2026 17:08 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

A TV show you love with three seasons or less.

02.02.2026 05:12 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Aren’t you glad the swamp was drained?

01.02.2026 17:24 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Yes, we are “reordering the world order.” We’re losing allies and trade partners in an inexplicable attempt of hegemonic suicide.

01.02.2026 17:04 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

This is who runs this account

01.02.2026 17:01 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I’ve never really cared for Chomsky. Turns out that was a good call.

01.02.2026 14:32 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
A fresh coat of snow covers everything in sight from my townhome’s view of Bde Maka Ska. In the foreground are a pair of Adirondack chairs and two evergreen trees, behind them a city park, with Lake Maka Ska in the background.

A fresh coat of snow covers everything in sight from my townhome’s view of Bde Maka Ska. In the foreground are a pair of Adirondack chairs and two evergreen trees, behind them a city park, with Lake Maka Ska in the background.

Good morning Minneapolis, let’s make this a better month than the last one…

01.02.2026 14:13 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0