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Mike Exinger IS Buxton Manning!

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Retired, loudmouth, progressive, Oregonian (born elsewhere, don't judge me). 💙📚 Author of adult novels, YA novels, and five gambling how-to books. See it all: www.BuxtonManning.com No DMs

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1 CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1 CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 325-to-1 Trickle-down economics was always a sham. Nothing has ever trickled down.
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Mike Exinger IS Buxton Manning! @mikeexinger.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Not the best week to tell someone you’re from Ann Arbor, but… mikeexinger.substack.com/p/the-cozy-m...
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The Cozy Mystery Road Trip Travels to the Mitten (Michigan)
The YooPee (Upper Peninsula), too.
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Anne Smith @smishy61.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Fucking rapists.🔥
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ShannonB @shannonbuz.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Don't have the raw data, but sounds about right.
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Mike Exinger IS Buxton Manning! @mikeexinger.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
This is why I shop here.
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Mike Exinger IS Buxton Manning! @mikeexinger.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Yes, Orange Man bad. mikeexinger.substack.com/p/its-not-ju...
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It’s Not Just About the Press Pool
Trump is showing us exactly who he is. He HAS been all along. Be afraid.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Incredible. First Secretary Mullin claimed that DHS had identified 15,903 noncitizens on Nevada’s voter roll. Then DHS officials told a skeptical Nevada, no no no, that’s just people we flagged. Here are the names of 185 people we KNOW aren’t citizens. All 185 were citizens. DHS got 100% wrong.
When the Department of Homeland Security sent Nevada a list of 185 names last month that it claimed identified noncitizens who had been improperly allowed to register to vote, state election officials got to work.
On Tuesday, the state sent a strongly worded rebuke to the federal government: Every single person on the list was a lawful citizen.
"As for the 185 individuals, our records indicate that they were citizens," Greg D. Ott, a deputy attorney general in Nevada, wrote, according to a copy of a letter sent to Department of Homeland Security officials obtained through open records requests.
"You have provided nothing of substance to suggest otherwise."Following the meeting, Ms. Vogt sent a clarifying email to Nevada officials. "I also wanted to be sure I clarified that we did not reduce the 15,903 to 185," she wrote. "We've manually reviewed some of the 15,903 and confirmed 185 are not U.S. Citizens."
Now, Nevada officials are saying even that 185 number is wrong. They also took issue with a letter D.H.S. sent them in early September, in which the agency reiterated its initial claims about nearly 16,000 noncitizens on the rolls and pressured state officials to review each case in a letter to Nevada officials in early September.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
CEO pay is up 1,316% since 1978, while typical worker pay is up just 28%. CEOs are now paid 325 TIMES as much as the typical worker in their industry, according to @epi.org Why do we always hear "we can't afford to pay our workers more" but never "we can't afford to pay our CEO more"?
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CHOPPER - Woke Boomer @unclechopperrip.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
BEWARE The website Vote Safe. org is operated by America PAC, backed by billionaire Elon Musk for - Data Harvesting - Selling and Sharing Info - Creating Inaccurate Records
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Mike Exinger IS Buxton Manning! @mikeexinger.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Because we’re practically neighbors, after all. #cozymysteryroadtrip mikeexinger.substack.com/p/the-cozy-m...
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The Cozy Mystery Road Trip Travels to North Dakota
From Beavers to Bison?
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Mike Exinger IS Buxton Manning! @mikeexinger.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
It’s on the up and up…and up…and up… mikeexinger.substack.com/p/501-and-ni...
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$5.01 and nine-tenths
Filling up just took another downturn.
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Mike Exinger IS Buxton Manning! @mikeexinger.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Part Two of our literary travels through the Beaver State… #CozyMysteryRoadTrip mikeexinger.substack.com/p/cozy-myste...
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Cozy Mystery Road Trip – Oregon Edition, Part Two
We continue our literary travels through the Beaver State…
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Tasha @toshyou.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
In America you can get arrested for giving water to people waiting in line to vote but the president is offering you $5k to vote for his party. - Too old for this shit
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Mike Exinger IS Buxton Manning! @mikeexinger.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Hit the road (with a book), Jack! #cozymysteryroadtrip mikeexinger.substack.com/p/cozy-myste...
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Cozy Mystery Road Trip – Oregon Edition, Part One
There’s no place like home, so why not start there?
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Mike Exinger IS Buxton Manning! @mikeexinger.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
New post for your Labor Day weekend follies! mikeexinger.substack.com/p/fixed?r=4y...
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FIXED!
No, I’m not talking about the Michigan/Western Michigan football debacle (though the word still fits).
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Jen Fifield @jenafifield.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
1/ Just in: An anonymous federal worker has filed a whistleblower disclosure warning that the U.S. Postal Service's attempt to create a system to regulate mail voting for the midterms has been "rushed, chaotic, and fundamentally flawed." @propublica.org has the details 👇
Screenshot of the top of a whistleblower disclosure titled "USPS Rushed Implementation of New and Untested IT Systems Threatens U.S. Ballot Mail Delivery." Addressed to Senator Blumenthal, the first point details how the whistleblower has "significant concerns about the USPS's secretive, rushed, chaotic, and fundamentally flawed process for the creation and implementation of an entirely new and untested set of IT systems" intended for the 2026 midterms.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Seems like this should be a bigger deal. 🤷🏼 www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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Mike Exinger IS Buxton Manning! @mikeexinger.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
No need to pack a bag…we’re goin’ travelin’! #CozyMysteryRoadTrip mikeexinger.substack.com/p/road-trip?...
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ROAD TRIP!
Because it’s that time of year. For me, at least.
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Mike Exinger IS Buxton Manning! @mikeexinger.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
New post, written 100% by a human! #AIsucks mikeexinger.substack.com/p/ai-will-be...
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AI Will Be the Death of All of Us, Part 5,714
The good news: I found a secret way to speak to a live human.
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SiriusXM Urban View @urbanviewradio.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
10 years ago today, former NFL QB Colin Kaepernick refused to stand for the national anthem, explaining that he was protesting against police violence in America. #UrbanViewMornings
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Mike Exinger IS Buxton Manning! @mikeexinger.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
New post about Canada and Don the Con. mikeexinger.substack.com/p/two-countr...
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“Two Countries Sharing One Heart”
Joe Biden said that about Canada. Too bad Donald Trump thinks otherwise.
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Mike Exinger IS Buxton Manning! @mikeexinger.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Maybe it should be “Moronic gas prices?” #gas #gasprices mikeexinger.substack.com/p/more-on-ga...
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More on Gas Prices
Or should that be: Moron! Gas Prices!
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Mike Exinger IS Buxton Manning! @mikeexinger.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Yup, it’s on the rise again. #gas mikeexinger.substack.com/p/why-should...
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Why Should I Care About the Price of Gas?
Because everyone else does.
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Mike Exinger IS Buxton Manning! @mikeexinger.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
I know which America I want to live in. mikeexinger.substack.com/p/two-differ...
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Two Different “America’s”
Indeed…but not how he thinks.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 09/08/2026
No notes. Not one.
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Elizabeth @lizard714.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
All of this should have been instituted long ago.
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Mike Exinger IS Buxton Manning! @mikeexinger.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
G-g-g-g-good news, good news! #goodnews mikeexinger.substack.com/p/the-end-of...
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The End of a Very Good Day
Lots of good things happened yesterday…it’s been a while since I could say that.
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Senator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 04/08/2026
Bombshell new report out from my investigators this morning spanning our four year investigation into Jeffrey Epstein’s financial records. This report shows exactly how Wall Street protected Epstein and enabled his sex trafficking for decades. Mega thread following with some key points:
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Deutsche Bank, JPMorgan, BofA Enabled Epstein, Wyden Report Says
Democrat Ron Wyden cited nonpublic documents held by the US Treasury in a report that says banks delayed reporting suspicious financial transactions and calls for tougher anti-money-laundering rules, ...
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Mike Exinger IS Buxton Manning! @mikeexinger.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Former bank auditor here, and yes, I’m angry. open.substack.com/pub/mikeexin...
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What’s...er... Who's in Your Wallet?
Trump’s fraud knows no bounds.
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Mike Exinger IS Buxton Manning! @mikeexinger.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
I haven’t poked fun at the folks at Fox in a while…no time like the present… open.substack.com/pub/mikeexin...
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Fact-Free Journalism
A Quick (Satirical) Look Inside Fox News
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Mike Exinger IS Buxton Manning! @mikeexinger.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Channeling my inner Rufus (IYKYK) Tell me something good. Tell me that you like it, yeah. New post here: open.substack.com/pub/mikeexin...
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Tell Me Some Good News
Good news exists, but keeping it at the forefront is challenging.
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Mike Exinger IS Buxton Manning! @mikeexinger.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
No, NO, and HELL NO.
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Mike Exinger IS Buxton Manning! @mikeexinger.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
"My President, Lindsey probably has a heavenly version of Mar-a-Lago. It may even be a little bigger... Well, it would have to be bigger to hold all those stolen top-secret files of yours, eh? Wink-wink."
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Mike Exinger IS Buxton Manning! @mikeexinger.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Grazin' in the grass is a gas, baby, can you dig it? #humor open.substack.com/pub/mikeexin...
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We All Know the Sound of One Blade Flapping…
Half-a-mower, half-a-mower, half-a-mower—onward!
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Mike Exinger IS Buxton Manning! @mikeexinger.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Everyone else has detailed analysis…all I got is opinions. open.substack.com/pub/mikeexin...
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Trump and the so-called Stolen Election
As predicted, it was both a nothing burger and yet…it was still scary.
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Mike Exinger IS Buxton Manning! @mikeexinger.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Let’s get political, political. I wanna get political. Let's get into political…(apologies to Olivia). open.substack.com/pub/mikeexin...
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No Country for Old Men
Maybe, just maybe, we shouldn’t keep electing the elderly to important positions.
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Pops @pops131.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Mitch McConnell has consistently demonstrated questionable integrity. He is often referred to as "Moscow Mitch."
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Mike Exinger IS Buxton Manning! @mikeexinger.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Moderate soccer (football) fan here with a few words… open.substack.com/pub/mikeexin...
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It Ended As It Should Have
The USMNT made a nice run in the World Cup, but exited at the right time.
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Mike Exinger IS Buxton Manning! @mikeexinger.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
We only have four months to make sure we can celebrate next year, too. #vote open.substack.com/pub/mikeexin...
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The Part That Worries Me
On this Fourth of July, I reflect on an essay I wrote and realize there’s a piece missing. Is it you?
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Mike Exinger IS Buxton Manning! @mikeexinger.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
New post…a continuation of sorts from last week… open.substack.com/pub/mikeexin...
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More About (dis)Satisfaction
It’s not so much the service as it is the expectations.
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Mike Exinger IS Buxton Manning! @mikeexinger.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
You can hate one man and still love the country he (supposedly) leads. Also - free ebook offer (not mine, but I'm in it)! open.substack.com/pub/mikeexin...
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Why I Don’t Hate America
Political Commentary and a free book to celebrate the 4th!
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Mike Exinger IS Buxton Manning! @mikeexinger.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
It's almost like all the money invested went to Trump on purpose, huh?
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
One year ago.
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Mike Exinger IS Buxton Manning! @mikeexinger.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Where are you on the scale (the Likert Scale)? open.substack.com/pub/mikeexin...
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Half a Loaf
We’ve been taught that “it’s better than none.” But is it?
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Mike Exinger IS Buxton Manning! @mikeexinger.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
There is no free lunch, but there IS a free book (sort of). #book #writinglife open.substack.com/pub/mikeexin...
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New Release Tuesday
My new novel is available, and it’s free (kind of).
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Mike Exinger IS Buxton Manning! @mikeexinger.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Blue with envy? open.substack.com/pub/mikeexin...
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Presidential Metaphors
As a writer, I know a good one when I see one.
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Mike Exinger IS Buxton Manning! @mikeexinger.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Food for thought, thinking about food. #foodmood open.substack.com/pub/mikeexin...
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Garden of Earthly Delights
Even though it’s not “officially” summer, we are officially eating as if it is.
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Mike Exinger IS Buxton Manning! @mikeexinger.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
How can you not love Andres Cantor?
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Mike Exinger IS Buxton Manning! @mikeexinger.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
MORE LIKE THIS PLEASE.
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Morgan @larubia22.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Screwworms eradicated in the US in 1966. Measles eradicated in the US in 2000. Both are back because of this science denying administration.
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