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Tom W. Ferguson

@pinestump.bsky.social
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Old man. Harumph. Used to play newspaper. Still play horses and piano. Honorary radical left thug.

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Tom W. Ferguson @pinestump.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
IT'S LIKE WE DID GET Chauncey Gardiner for president, except for the malevolence, the grift, and the megalomania.
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Tom W. Ferguson @pinestump.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
THE REAL PROOF that music makes you feel good is that 96% of Big Pharma TV commercials show the happy pill poppers playing musical instruments.
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Tom W. Ferguson @pinestump.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
#7. Barstool #7. 😉
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Tom W. Ferguson @pinestump.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
TODAY'S ANSWER TO "WHAT IS THE LEAST Important Thing You Have Learned by Being Plugged In for the Last 48 Hours?" Shedeur Sanders's first name.
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Tom W. Ferguson @pinestump.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
WHATEVER YOU THINK of downsizing the federal government, and "running government like a business," two facts: 1. Restructuring is a specialized game that requires expertise. 2. Elon Musk doesn't have any. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/24/u...
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Tom W. Ferguson @pinestump.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
HEGSETH'S CHIEF OF STAFF, 13 weeks in, had been discussing his exit "for weeks," and is, as Sean Hannity for years referred to anyone who called his radio program, "a great American." Pictured: An organization with better cohesion, clarity of mission, and happy hour.
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Tom W. Ferguson @pinestump.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
ATTENTION NEWS DESKS: Whether the story was "Gazillions Turn Out for Protests" or "Nobody Turns Out for Protests" it was a story. Where the hell is it? Several million of us got out of bed this morning looking for it.
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Tom W. Ferguson @pinestump.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
THINK OF THE WORST SALOON you've ever been in. Not in terms of a toilet you don't want to sit on, but in terms of ignorant, misanthropic assholes sitting at the bar. Update: They're gone. They're all in Washington as part of Donald J. Trump's government. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/20/u...
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Trump Draft Order Would Drastically Overhaul U.S. State Department
The draft executive order to be signed by President Trump would eliminate Africa operations and shut down bureaus working on democracy, human rights and refugee issues.
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Tom W. Ferguson @pinestump.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
JUST WHAT DEMOCRATS NEED: A 25-year-old vice-chair of their own party marking elderly office holders for removal, like old trees. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/15/u...
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David Hogg, Parkland Survivor and D.N.C. Vice Chair, Hopes to Unseat Democratic Incumbents
David Hogg, a young liberal activist and now a vice chair of the Democratic National Committee, is leading an effort to unseat the party’s older lawmakers in primaries.
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Tom W. Ferguson @pinestump.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
THE GOLD SUBSTANDARD We've all noticed Trump's gilt. Half of us have commented on it. I can't shake the images. All around the White House I see Russia.
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Tom W. Ferguson @pinestump.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Less than 3/48ths of Trump 2.0 have passed and the chainsaw artist has been exposed as a bar-soap whittler. (I realize it's not much of an expose when anyone able to sit up and take nourishment knew the DOGE promise was nonsensical.)
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Tom W. Ferguson @pinestump.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
ON MONDAY MR. MADOFF assured investors they would receive 46% annual interest on their investments, plus a complementary Mercedes and chauffeur. On Friday he said his clients were on pace for 0.5%, unlimited e-bike usage, and free trash pickup for two weeks.
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Tom W. Ferguson @pinestump.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
GRASSLEY FED BEEFS The caucus was raucous and Chuck was dumbstruck. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/15/u...
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Grassley Draws Jeers From Constituents at Raucous Town Hall (Gift Article)
The Iowa Republican was pressed on President Trump’s policies, including the case of a Salvadoran immigrant who his administration has admitted it mistakenly sent to a prison in El Salvador.
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Tom W. Ferguson @pinestump.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
TODAY'S RAY of genius, soul, and respite from the tone-deaf authoritarianism we inflicted upon ourselves. youtu.be/oF6j-U2X1iM?...
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Ray Charles - Ain't that Love
YouTube video by Goczek
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Tom W. Ferguson @pinestump.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
IF TRUMP RUNS SCARED over blowback on his other tariffs and just keeps playing chicken with Xi Jinping, by July it will be cheaper to shop at TIffany's than Walmart.
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Tom W. Ferguson @pinestump.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
THE GOOD NEWS: Marjorie Taylor Greene is not as abysmally stupid as I thought. THE BAD NEWS: She is even more shamelessly corrupt, hypocritical, and unfit for office than I thought.
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Tom W. Ferguson @pinestump.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
WHEN I SEE cabinet members pledging allegiance to the Mendacious Moron and his unequaled wonderfulness I think of workers & workplaces familiar to me & I puke realizing those at highest levels of government kiss more ass in 30 seconds than I or any colleague I respected kissed in our entire careers.
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Tom W. Ferguson @pinestump.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
ONE FUN THING about living in the Trump era is that honest hyperbole is impossible. Just let 'er rip. If it's about the awfulness of this megalomaniacal moron, chances are good it's true.
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Tom W. Ferguson @pinestump.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
SHARING -- AND POSTING my occasional reminder that Gaza -- all of it, every city and neighborhood and potential Trumpist beachfront condo ... the entire strip -- is exactly the size of the city of Detroit. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/09/w...
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Israeli Airstrike in Gaza City Leaves Many Dead, Health Officials There Say (Gift Article)
The strike on a home left other bodies buried under the rubble, according to the Gazan authorities. The Israeli military said it had been targeting a Hamas operative.
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Tom W. Ferguson @pinestump.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
GOOD NEWS: Trump MIGHT be punching himself out & the Rope-a-Dope MIGHT be working. BAD NEWS: He is less than 3/48ths through his constitutionally prescribed time in the ring, and he gets to stagger, crawl, and flail away for another 45/48ths of four years.
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Tom W. Ferguson @pinestump.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
A small headline or a sentence referring to a story inside the paper. Any time an editor got carried away with it, we called it reefer madness. Funny thing is, in the Digital Age much of the Times front IS reefer madness.
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Tom W. Ferguson @pinestump.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
NO OFFENSE INTENDED (really), but I follow people on social media to read their posts of interest. If the only thing (sic) I see on your timeline is posts touting your books, I will not be following you.
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Tom W. Ferguson @pinestump.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
NY TIMES NEWS JUDGMENT ALERT: I didn't watch one minute of the NCAA tournament. But I woulda read a reefer headline telling me who won. Your online "Page One," which DID include a recipe for a peanut butter & jelly crumble & news that Elton John and Madonna have ended their feud, shoulda done that.
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Tom W. Ferguson @pinestump.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
I'M 83, SO I REMEMBER Joe McCarthy, the Comics Code Authority, and all kinda crazy shit. That is NOT the part of the '50s I am nostalgic for. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/07/h...
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Kennedy Calls for States to Ban Fluoridated Drinking Water (Gift Article)
The health secretary’s announcement came on the first day of a tour through the Southwest to showcase nutrition legislation and other priorities.
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Tom W. Ferguson @pinestump.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
The bench is so bad you almost want to go with the drunk at the plate.
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Tom W. Ferguson @pinestump.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
AS THE MENDACIOUS MORON plays "Oops -- just kidding!" while tanking the world's money markets, we can only hope he doesn't get around to playing the same game with nuclear weaponry. He's neither stable nor genius, and he's on schedule to become the oldest president in history. So don't bank on it.
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Tom W. Ferguson @pinestump.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
WHEN MATT DRUDGE HAS BETTER NEWS JUDGMENT than the New York Times I almost want to join the masses and just read opinion, movie reviews, sports, the crossword, and tire ads.
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Tom W. Ferguson @pinestump.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
LEGENDS IN THEIR OWN MINDS Elected yesterday to the It's Good to Be the King Sports Hall of Fame, both before the first ballot.
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Tom W. Ferguson @pinestump.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
It's definitely the "young" part that's fascinating and troubling -- and accurate. Nowhere near "half of American men" have an online account. I've been an active gambler for 60 years. I miss bookies and racetracks. 😉
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Tom W. Ferguson @pinestump.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
Bad headline. Make it "Almost Half of American YOUNG Men."
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Tom W. Ferguson @pinestump.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
A friend this morning labeled him this way: "an empowered malevolent pissant." I rather like that.
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Tom W. Ferguson @pinestump.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
ONE (1) MAN HAS THE POWER to crash the world (sic) economy. By himself. Without advice and consent of a legislative body. We are witnessing the Madness of King Don. While pretending to be a democracy.
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Tom W. Ferguson @pinestump.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
I'm 83. I began playing music of '20s and '30s with guys 15 or 20 years older than me. No one sang but singers, and not very often. Fast forward to no instrumental music being played except as sound-bite intros to broadcast shows. That was decades ago. Everybody sings. "Music" means "words." Sad.
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Tom W. Ferguson @pinestump.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
BERNIE IS RIGHT ABOUT THIS. Problem: In the Digital Age, without a shared news media experience, the populace is free to embrace pseudo facts. Pseudo democracy is no surprise. Find a way around that and you could save democracy. Good luck. www.cbsnews.com/news/bernie-...
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Bernie Sanders warns the U.S. is now a "pseudo-democracy"
Preview: In an interview to air on "CBS Sunday Morning" April 6, the Vermont Senator decries the influence of billionaires such as Elon Musk on the political process.
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Tom W. Ferguson @pinestump.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
I think it would be great. Get Trump into Montmorency County awful ice storm situation there. He can tell his constituents (voted 72% for Trump in 2024) what FEMA is doing for them. Maybe as a big 2nd Amendment guy he can demonstrate a little target prowess while in town.
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Tom W. Ferguson @pinestump.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
We've had no glitches ever since power returned. I'd knock on wood, but wood coming down is what caused all this. Numerous people still without juice in town, but surrounding rural is REALLY hurting.
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Tom W. Ferguson @pinestump.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
SPENT THE NIGHT in a warm house. It was fantastic. Occasional deprivation is life's continuing education class. Knowing the difference between needs & wants is foundational to leading a good life. Also helps separate Trumpists from normies.
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Tom W. Ferguson @pinestump.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
Nah. All is fine. Very tired. Lotta work to do, but none will be done today.
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Tom W. Ferguson @pinestump.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
Since Saturday. Three brutal nights. But got power this morning.
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Tom W. Ferguson @pinestump.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
Where is he. I thought he was in D.C.
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Tom W. Ferguson @pinestump.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
And about to be April. Crazy.
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Tom W. Ferguson @pinestump.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
THE YALE HILLBILLY & the Mendacious Moron himself must sit around dreaming up ways to image the New Ugly American. Example: Send the VP to foreign land you insist you are going to grab & do photo ops not with locals but with U.S. flags & American troops already on the ground, you know, just in case.
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Tom W. Ferguson @pinestump.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
THE 1929 RUN ON BANKS was nothing. Trump is ginning up a full-bore run on trust in **everything**. Vaccines. Education (K through grad school). The courts. News media. The arts. Government itself. HE is the false flag. America will either wise up or implode. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/28/h...
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Top F.D.A. Vaccine Official Resigns, Citing Kennedy’s ‘Misinformation and Lies’
Dr. Peter Marks, a veteran of the agency, wrote that undermining confidence in vaccines is irresponsible and a danger to public health.
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Tom W. Ferguson @pinestump.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
WELL, THERE WAS NO ONE left at Fox News to hire. www.defensenews.com/pentagon/202...
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Hegseth’s younger brother is serving in a key role inside the Pentagon
Phil Hegseth’s publicly available resume includes founding his own podcast production company and working on social media and podcasts.
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Tom W. Ferguson @pinestump.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
NO TWO THINGS -- not even ham and eggs -- go together like tyranny of the majority and the Digital Age.
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Tom W. Ferguson @pinestump.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
Recommend the Yale Hillbilly read this chart, with emphasis on the righthand column.
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Tom W. Ferguson @pinestump.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
I'll give it a 13/16. You can Bulgarian Bulge to it. Beyond comprehension.
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Tom W. Ferguson @pinestump.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
HEY! I'VE GOT an idea! Let's elect an insane moron president so we can have masked cops arresting people, tell a treaty ally we're gonna march into Greenland like it's Sudetenland, and order the Smithsonian to stop exhibiting stuff we don't like. Just for this afternoon's trifecta.
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Tom W. Ferguson @pinestump.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
There's that. (Really.) And then there's the Digital Age, which I think makes prospects even dimmer. In fact, the only way I see it turning around is if I have been dead-nuts wrong about that.
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Tom W. Ferguson @pinestump.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
IT'S A WHICH HUNT. Hypocrites and liars beyond compare. The whole damned lot. We will be extraordinarily lucky if we survive them. www.nbcnews.com/politics/rcn...
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