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James Freeman

@james-t-freeman.bsky.social
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A denizen of Omaha, by God, Nebraska, home of the beleaguered Blue Dot of the Electoral College. A native of Baton Rouge, Louisiana . . . which is just beleaguered. Proud graduate of Baton Rouge Magnet High School and LSU. This occurred many years ago.

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James Freeman @james-t-freeman.bsky.social · 6h
You know an entire society is deviant when the intolerable isn’t intolerable at all. It’s the norm, which the university and the athletic department find to be quite tolerable, indeed. Right, #LSU?
robertmann.substack.com
Something’s still very rotten at LSU
Another bungled rape allegation, and university officials are still unwilling to admit they mishandled it royally.
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James Freeman @james-t-freeman.bsky.social · 6h
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
October 2, 2026
Trump held a campaign rally tonight in Mobile, Alabama, the city where, as Shawn McCreesh of the New York Times recalled, his MAGA rallies really took off in August 2015, when more than 30,000 people ...
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James Freeman @james-t-freeman.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Only the best people. In law enforcement. Running for sheriff. In #Nebraska. Needless to say, he’s the #Republican in the race. And he’ll probably win.
journalstar.com
Ex-wife of Lancaster County sheriff candidate raises questions about fitness for office
Ben Houchin’s ex-wife has accused the Lancaster County sheriff candidate of physical and emotional abuse. Houchin denies the allegations.
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James Freeman @james-t-freeman.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
In what’s left of Trump’s mind, dementia and lunacy are running neck-and-neck in the Bat-Shit Derby. P.S.: We’re all going to die.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
October 1, 2026
John Hudson of the Washington Post reported this evening that the Trump administration is openly defying Congress, taking $52 million in military assistance lawmakers appropriated for European and Mid...
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James Freeman @james-t-freeman.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
What the hell is wrong with people? Why should anyone have to defend getting married at 21 while still in college? I got married at 22 before going back for my last three semesters. The horrible effect was . . . finally making the dean’s list. My wife and I have been married 43 years.
apple.news
Cooper Kupp’s Wife Anna Defends Marrying the NFL Star at Age 21 (Exclusive) — People
“I feel like it was something that we both wanted and knew... I know it’s not everybody’s path,” Anna Kupp says in the latest installment of PEOPLE’s ‘WAG World’ series
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James Freeman @james-t-freeman.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Trump will lose what little is left of his mind. I’m here for all of it.
deanblundell.substack.com
BREAKING: Canada’s Mark Carney Favoured To Win The Nobel Peace Prize.
Can. You. IMAGINE?? LOL.
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James Freeman @james-t-freeman.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
You know, I love college football. But at some point, the doom loop of cultural deviance swirling about it — one that’s both cause and effect — becomes too damned much. At #LSU, the doom loop is consuming the whole damn university, if not the whole state. For me, the past year has been “too much.”
nbcnews.com
LSU student says she was raped by a football player who is still on the team
“LSU does really protect their athletes, especially their football players,” says the woman, whose claims are being investigated by the local district attorney.
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
September 30, 2026
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
September 30, 2026
A Washington Post headline today read: “U.S.
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James Freeman @james-t-freeman.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
How stupid is #Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen? Well, at least as stupid as Trump. Here’s how export bans work: Allied countries will have severe shortages and rationing. Prices will soar here for diesel *and* gas, with eventual shortages. We have only so much storage capacity, which will fill up. 🧵 1/
nebraskaexaminer.com
Among top Nebraska officials, Gov. Jim Pillen is the only one pushing for a diesel export ban • Nebraska Examiner
Pillen seems to be pushing for a federal diesel export ban on his own, as members of the federal delegation oppose it or are hesitant.
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James Freeman @james-t-freeman.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
September 29, 2026
The scene that unfolded today at a hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee was a snapshot of politics in the U.S.
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James Freeman @james-t-freeman.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Dear America, As Atticus Finch said, "You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view… until you climb into his skin and walk around in it." That goes for countries, too. #Canada
theamericanrefugee.substack.com
Canada Hasn't Closed Its Door on Americans
Why Canadians are boycotting Trump's America but still welcome individual tourists who leave the politics at home. #ElbowsUp #CanadaUS #Travel
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James Freeman @james-t-freeman.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
September 28, 2026
It has become routine for Trump to spend the weekend posting wildly on social media, and this weekend was no exception.
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James Freeman @james-t-freeman.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
#Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen Is an Idiot: Part 1,973 — “Overloaded.”
substack.com
Brains Matter (@brainsmatter)
Listen to this, please.
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James Freeman @james-t-freeman.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Dear #Canada: Let me put this in Dumb Trump terms. This, for you, is like You Know Who asking whether China might like to buy some American weapons. Only worse. This is like giving China a piece of the U.S. weapons industry, building weapons with Chinese parts, then selling them back to China. 🧵
thestarphoenix.com
Firm backed by Donald Trump Jr. invests in Saskatoon drone maker
Draganfly is having its day in the sun with Canadian and American interest in its defense capabilities
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Rollie 🤬 @architecturenerd.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Trump declares Morning Joe 'dead!' — and gets immediate blowback live on air www.rawstory.com/trump-mornin...
rawstory.com
Trump declares Morning Joe 'dead!' — and gets immediate blowback live on air
Within minutes of President Donald Trump attacking them on Truth Social, the co-hosts of MS NOW’s “Morning Joe” fired right back with derision, a fact check — and some life advice.Coming out of a comm...
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James Freeman @james-t-freeman.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I need to start drinking on Central European Time.
nytimes.com
Trump Offered to Sell Arms to China, U.S. Ambassador Says (Gift Article)
President Trump made the offer to Xi Jinping, China’s leader, said David Perdue, the ambassador to China. The White House later said the U.S. had no plans for such a sale.
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James Freeman @james-t-freeman.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Truth.
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Brains Matter (@brainsmatter)
The Last of U.S.
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James Freeman @james-t-freeman.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
September 26, 2026
Trump’s war on the free press is continuing.
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James Freeman @james-t-freeman.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Read this. There is a non-dismissible possibility that the United States will use disinformation and the Russian “little green men” strategy to seize #Alberta after the secession referendum next month. I will add another item to this analysis: 🧵 1/
brynntannehilll.substack.com
The Real Threat of the Albertan Secession Referendum
The October 19th referendum has the potential to serve as an excuse for annexation.
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James Freeman @james-t-freeman.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
You should know the kind of nerd you’re dealing with here. Stumbled across a vid about the UK and Ireland converting from shillings and pence to Base 10 currencies and got fascinated by the old £ s/d system that ended when I was 10. FYI: 1£ = 20s, 1s = 12d. Now the “Decimalization” song = earworm.
youtube.com
Decimal Day 1971
YouTube video by David Baldwin
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James Freeman @james-t-freeman.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Listen folks, Orange Julius Caesar is on a toot about furriners a-votin’ in ‘Murican elections (they don’t), and it’s not safe for any #Canadian here on a green card. Hell, it’s not safe for *anybody* with a green card, especially if you’re re-entering the United States. @guardtheleaf.com
youtu.be
Canadian citizen detained at U.S. border crossing, questioned for hours about voting
YouTube video by CBC News
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James Freeman @james-t-freeman.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Wait’ll you see the Trump Phone 2.0.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
For decades Americans in Republican counties have died sooner than those living in Democratic ones Now they’re dying faster than they’re being born These are policy choices
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James Freeman @james-t-freeman.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
He probably will rename it Marla. Ivana if he ends up jackhammering the whole damn thing and filling it in with dirt.
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James Freeman @james-t-freeman.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I wanted to get a bottle of #Canadian rye before the orange boil on the ass of life puts his ban into effect on Tuesday. Bulk shipments bottled here aren’t affected, so I wanted something that’d be contraband. Got a small-batch rye that fills the bill — Lot No. 40, distilled and bottled in Windsor.
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James Freeman @james-t-freeman.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The United States government, freely elected by Americans, is profoundly evil. And every Catholic who voted for quite obvious evil, and that would be a majority of white Catholics, need to repent of that and mend their ways or quit pretending to be Christian. They’re stinking up the joint.
open.substack.com
Six Young People With Down Syndrome Will Serve Pope Leo XIV’s Mass in Paris While Trump Revives the R-Word
François Vauraut told CNews on Wednesday what Saturday’s Mass at the Concorde means to him. The same week, Washington is drafting a cut to SSI for disabled adults who live at home — and the president ...
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James Freeman @james-t-freeman.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Best ad I’ve seen for the midterms. Period.
substack.com
Meaghan Wilson Anastasios (@meaghanwilsonanastasios)
This. Is. Brilliant. Crying with laughter here. An independant candidate for the US Senate just released the campaign ad to end all campaign ads. I….. no words. Perfection, Todd Achilles. You dese...
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James Freeman @james-t-freeman.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
rossboulton1.substack.com
An American Standing Up For Canada
Concerning a tariff, a treaty, and our neighbors to the north
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James Freeman @james-t-freeman.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
open.substack.com
Pope Leo XIV Calls War “the Most Terrible of Human Works,” Backs CNN on Trump’s Press Ban
A day after a judge restored CNN’s White House credentials, the pope told its Vatican correspondent that good coverage belongs to everyone. Then, in Paris, the longest English address of his papacy.
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James Freeman @james-t-freeman.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Bob Pettit, basketball legend and fellow Baton Rouge High alumnus, RIP. Ninety-three years ain’t a bad run.
nytimes.com
Bob Pettit, N.B.A. Great for the Hawks, Dies at 93 (Gift Article)
A prolific scorer and rebounder, in 1958 he delivered one of the most remarkable performances in playoff history.
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James Freeman @james-t-freeman.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Idiote.
youtube.com
Why Trump's Plan to Lower Fuel Prices Makes No Sense
YouTube video by Platypus Economics with Justin Wolfers
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James Freeman @james-t-freeman.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Now the White House is ignoring court orders.
apple.news
CNN, Politico, MS NOW journalists barred from White House after judge blocks Trump’s ban — The Washington Post
U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly ordered the White House to temporarily restore the journalists' credentials and said the ban was probably unconstitutional.
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James Freeman @james-t-freeman.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
When Trump turns up a much paler shade of orange, and at room temperature to boot, the American oil companies will say it was a foreign intelligence service what done it, and every other goddamn country on earth will pin it on the American oil companies. I’d just say give ‘em all a medal.
ifloz.substack.com
TRUMP'S ABOUT TO THROW AUSTRALIA UNDER A BURNING FUCKING BUS
With Mates like this cunt, who needs enemies. A 90-day export ban on the table, and diesel rationing within weeks if it lands. Eighty years of somebody else holding the mop, and now it's ours.
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James Freeman @james-t-freeman.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Fellow Americans, are you mortified yet? Horrified yet? Are you, at long last, *ashamed* yet? This country is not great, not anymore. We are pitiable, to phrase it politely. And I don’t know why I’m being polite. I probably should have said “pathetic” or — maybe — “evil.”
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James Freeman @james-t-freeman.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
September 23, 2026
Yesterday, William Turton, Avi Asher-Schapiro, Molly Redden, and Kirsten Berg of ProPublica published a blockbuster story reporting that the anti-corruption group of the Federal Bureau of Investigatio...
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James Freeman @james-t-freeman.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
September 22, 2026
In 1945, still reeling from World War II, representatives from 50 nations reached back to the U.S.
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James Freeman @james-t-freeman.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I second that emotion. The default for Americans ought to be mortification right now. Humiliation. Oh, and self-soiling terror.
substack.com
I Fucking Love Australia (@ifloz)
I have no words for what I cannot unsee.
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James Freeman @james-t-freeman.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
September 21, 2026
On September 18, while White House chief of staff Susie Wiles was out of town, Trump suddenly announced he was banning CNN, MS NOW, and Politico from the White House.
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James Freeman @james-t-freeman.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Crooked crooks crook in Congress. Call Susan #Collins “concerned,” because she’s one of them.
propublica.org
The FBI Anti-Corruption Squad Was Circling Susan Collins — Until Trump Got in the Way
After the FBI caught a defense contractor’s CEO making illegal campaign contributions, it sought to launch a sweeping political bribery probe involving Collins and others. Then the second Trump admini...
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James Freeman @james-t-freeman.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The president of the United States is a genodical lunatic, and if Congress won’t dispatch #Trump and his regime before he burns down the world, the American people ought to. We’re too decadent, disorganized and imbecilic to actually do that, but that’s what a sane people would do. 🧵 1/2
nytimes.com
U.N. Live Updates: ‘Annihilate’ Iran or Strike a Deal, Trump Says to General Assembly (Gift Article)
President Trump said that Iran had been “the bully of the Middle East, but they are the bully no longer.” Earlier, António Guterres, the U.N. secretary general, called on the General Assembly to end c...
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James Freeman @james-t-freeman.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
This is gold.
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Trita Parsi (@tritaparsi)
LOL! Best Hitler-bunker-scene rendition so far! “You didn’t tell me these were the same Persians that defeated the Romans.” "Have Bari Weiss write why high oil prices are actually a good thing..."
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James Freeman @james-t-freeman.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Major truth here.
substack.com
Ross Boulton (@rossboulton1)
It was the only true thing either of them said all morning, and Buck said it to be funny. Two men at a bait shop in Livingston Parish explain Canada to each other. The fifty-first state. The big fauc...
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James Freeman @james-t-freeman.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
September 20, 2026
Thousands of people gathered outside the John F.
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
The mainstream media’s motto: “Let’s bend over backward to be fair to the criminal who is destroying our country and our profession.” For short, that’s “Let’s bend over.”
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James Freeman @james-t-freeman.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
This is what we’ve done. We are the worst of people, guilty of what consigns souls to the inner circle of the inferno. We are the baddies. Vileness is our brand. I say “we,” even though I *always* saw Donald #Trump as an abomination. When your country is shit, the world doesn’t make distinctions.
rufusgifford1.substack.com
Stabbed in the back
A Danish man I met last night asked me to please send a message to any American that would listen.
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James Freeman @james-t-freeman.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
American exceptionalism, my ass. We are a barely functioning society, beset by the same demons we’ve had since our founding. Maybe, just maybe, we’d make *some* progress if we just quit lying to ourselves and choosing self-satisfaction over self-examination.
nytimes.com
In Fighting for Every Black Child, Did I Betray My Own? (Gift Article)
A decade ago, I made a decision about my daughter’s education that I hoped would challenge New York City’s separate and unequal school system. Now 16, she thinks I made the wrong choice.
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James Freeman @james-t-freeman.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
September 19, 2026
On September 19, 1676, three hundred and fifty years ago today, Nathaniel Bacon and his followers burned Jamestown, the capital of the Virginia Colony.
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James Freeman @james-t-freeman.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
ifloz.substack.com
WE'VE GOT YOUR FUCKING BACK AMERICA. YOU’VE STILL GOT MATES
A promise from the shed to the porch: to the 75 million who fought it, and the 90 million we need off the fence.
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James Freeman @james-t-freeman.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
September 18, 2026
According to the American Automobile Association, diesel hit its highest recorded average price today at just above $6.44 per gallon.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18/09/2026
Trump says he's "banning the free press"
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