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T.J. Ferguson @thatprivacyguy.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

TFW you try to keep your peoples informed on harrowing current events, like bombing an elementary school, and you get the below response. *deep sigh* This is part of the problem. Ppl don’t want to know what they voted for. They prefer to live in blind ignorance, even those who now regret said vote

Text message reading as follows:

Trump is damned if he does and damned if he doesn't. So regardless off the bs obviously the government knows more than any of us civilians and if they deemed to bomb a place that has been oppressed and over run since at least 1989 when this Iran leader took over.
He did what in his opinion was for the greater good. Now do I agree with how he does things, if he asks permission, or anything really. I just wish that every time the man breathes we didn't need to be updated.

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T.J. Ferguson @thatprivacyguy.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

Started: "Only I can end the war in Ukraine...I will end it in 24 hours." to "Ukraine’s fault, they have no cards, they should take this deal." to "I just got up to speed on Ukraine (literally 9 mo in office)...I don't think Putin is being honest with me." Going: "start testing nukes again!" 🤦‍♂️

From CriticalMineralStocks community on Reddit

Post by Donald J. Trump
@realDonaldTrump on Truth Social:

The United States has more Nuclear Weapons than any other country. This was accomplished, including a complete update and renovation of existing weapons, during my First Term in office. Because of the tremendous destructive power, I HATED to do it, but had no choice! Russia is second, and China is a distant third, but will be even within 5 years. Because of other countries testing programs, I have instructed the Department of War to start testing our Nuclear Weapons on an equal basis. That process will begin immediately. Thank you for your attent this matter! PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP

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T.J. Ferguson @thatprivacyguy.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

Orangeman in Chief clearly has his priorities in order and associated with only the best people.

Grouping of 8 images in 2 columns with 4 pictures in each. On the left, the 3 top images of Donald J Trump are captioned with the words “Nast Woman” and pointing at, in order top to bottom, former Secretary of State Hilary Clinton, Senator Elizabeth Warren, and former Vice President Kamala Harris.

The 4th image on the left shows Trump holding his thumb up and smiling with the caption “I wish her well!”. The 4th image on the right shows convicted child groomer Gisilaine Maxwell.

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T.J. Ferguson @thatprivacyguy.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

Second 1/2 of email. Join me in ringing the congressmen’s office to ask when Congress changed the law extending the Medicaid/Medicare services to unlawfully present purposes. After all, Tom does request your call: call my office at 517-993-0510

Social Security

All people who currently receive Social Security benefits and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) will continue to receive payments on time. Local offices will remain open to the public. However, reduced services will be provided and you may experience a delay in the processing of any outstanding benefit verifications or disability claims.

Social Security Guidance
Medicare and Medicaid

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services programs will continue to operate as normal throughout the duration of the shutdown. Your access to coverage will not be impacted.

CMS Guidance
Veterans Benefits

All VA Medical Centers, Outpatient Clinics, and Vet Centers will be open as usual and providing all services. Additionally, VA benefits will continue to be processed and delivered, including compensation, pension, education, and housing benefits.

The Board of Veterans’ Appeals will continue making decisions on veterans’ cases. The VA Contact Center will remain open and can be reached at 1-800-MyVA411. Help is also available 24/7 for any veteran in crisis by dialing 988.

VA Guidance
Mail Delivery

The U.S. Postal Service will continue to deliver mail uninterrupted. All Post Offices will remain open for business as usual.

Airport Security

The Transportation Security Administration will continue to operate. There may, however, be longer than usual waits to go through security at the airport. If you have a flight planned, arriving at the airport earlier is recommended to ensure you get through security in a timely manner.

For more information on what services and benefits are available to you and your family during the government shutdown, please visit my website or call my office at 517-993-0510. My team and I are here to assist you and will keep you updated as more information becomes available.

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Sincerely,

Tom Barrett

Congressman for Michigan’s 7th District

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T.J. Ferguson @thatprivacyguy.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

This is the kind of messaging boils my blood. Barrett isn’t devoid of brain cells, and yet, he insists in partisan messaging that the MINORITY party (Democrats) in both House and Senate are the culprits. When your party holds majority across all 3 branches and a measure fails IT IS B/C YOU FAILED.

Screenshot of an email from Michigan congressional representative Tom Barrett:

Government Shutdown Resources

Dear Tj,

Despite my vote to keep it open, the federal government shut down overnight after Senate Democrats blocked bipartisan legislation that would fund the government until November 21. Now, rather than pass this straightforward solution that will pay American troops and federal employees, Democrats are proposing a different plan that could provide free taxpayer-funded health care for illegal immigrants and eliminate $50 billion in funding for rural hospitals.

I want to know what you think. Do you support shutting down the federal government over these unrelated policies?
Yes, this is worth shutting down the government.
No, the Senate should pass the bipartisan bill to open the government.
Unsure or undecided.
Submit

Click here to take Survey
Please know I am encouraging my colleagues to do the right thing and put an end to this shutdown. In the meantime, my team and I remain available to assist you. Here are a few important updates about government operations during this lapse in funding.

My Offices

My offices in Lansing and Washington, D.C., will remain open and operational for the duration of the shutdown. If you need help with a government agency or want to share your opinion, please contact my office by calling 517-993-0510 or filling out my online help form.

Unfortunately, responses from federal agencies may be delayed until normal operations resume. Please know my staff and I are doing everything we can to help get the answers you deserve. Additionally, we regret that we are unable to accept White House or U.S. Capitol tour requests while the government is closed. However, if you are planning to travel to Washington at this time, my office will be open to visitors.

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T.J. Ferguson @thatprivacyguy.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

This pretty much sums it up. And the answer is probably a mixture of American exceptionalism and the continued degradation of US education + the weaponization of social media to spread misinformation/disinformation.

Screenshot of a post from Pete Wharmby (hiatus) @commaficionado:

Post text reads as follows:
Why did we bother educating everyone for the last 75 years about nazism and fascism if the next time it appears so many of us look it squarely in the face and decide it can’t possibly be what it obviously is.

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T.J. Ferguson @thatprivacyguy.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

Folks, watch this type of rhetoric. It’s not a far jump to officially trying to classify the opposition party as enemies of the State. Keep your eyes open and your protection polished. More rocky waters ahead.

Screenshot of a post on X by @FoxNews who posted an image of Stephen Miller (Deputy Chief of Staff to President Trump) with the following caption: Stephen Miller on @seanhannity: “The Democrat Party is not a political party. It is a domestic extremist organization.”

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T.J. Ferguson @thatprivacyguy.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

All hail the savior of the #Markets! No one else could have saved the Markets from the devastating impacts of the 47 admin’s #tariffpolicy but the person who established the devastating tariffs in the first place! Praise be for #TACO

Screenshot of a Truth Social post by Donald J. Trump, retrieved from the r/stocks Reddit community:

@realDonald Trump
The Wall Street Journal ran a typically untruthful story today by saying that Secretary of the Treasury, Scott Bessent, explained to me that firing Jerome "Too Late" Powell, the Worst Federal Reserve Chairman in History, would be bad for the Market. Nobody had to explain that to me. I know better than anybody what's good for the Market, and what's good for the U.S.A. If it weren't for me, the Market wouldn't be at Record Highs right now, it probably would have CRASHED! So, get your information CORRECT. People don't explain to me, l explain to them!

225 ReTruths 808 Likes
7/20/25, 12:37 PM

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T.J. Ferguson @thatprivacyguy.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

👇 Russel Vought and the #Project2025 squad aren’t trying to better America. They are actively working to push the US 250 years into the past, back to a theocracy. When theology reins, science is attacked.

Science literacy is a vaccine against the charlatans of the world that would exploit your ignorance.

Neil deGrasse Tyson

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T.J. Ferguson @thatprivacyguy.bsky.social · 05/07/2025

🎯 Many ppl dream of making history…be careful what you wish for. If you have ever taken a walk through any of the WW2 concentration camps, you should fail to see the humor in the admin’s stupid ass name for this #concentrationcamp in the Everglades. #NeverForget

Quote from Andrea Pitzer’s MSNBC Opinion article titled Don’t call it ‘Alligator Alcatraz.’ Call it a concentration camp.

“Today in Florida, the U.S. is expanding on its own concentration camp legacy. We’re seeing other clues that police-state tactics are intensifying in America. Masked agents in unmarked cars or without warrants who refuse to show IDs are sweeping people off the street. Some who vanish reemerge; others have been effectively disappeared.

Meanwhile, the budget reconciliation bill would likely make Immigration and Customs Enforcement, in the words of the American Immigration Council, the “the largest investment in detention and deportation in U.S. history.” This expansion risks quickly making ICE the center of gravity for state overreach.”

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T.J. Ferguson @thatprivacyguy.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

As we consider our roots and the actions of the current president, and self-proclaimed king, to push the US towards #authoritarianism, I think back to the criticisms laid at King George by the Founders in the #DeclarationOfIndependence and how closely they resemble the actions of 47s administration:

Screenshot from the text of the Declatation of Independence with the last 4 lines highlighted:

He has obstructed the Administration of Justice, by refusing his Assent to Laws for establishing Judiciary powers.

He has made Judges dependent on his Will alone, for the tenure of their offices, and the amount and payment of their salaries.

He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harrass our people, and eat out their substance.

He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures.

He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil power.

He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution, and unacknowledged by our laws; giving his Assent to their Acts of pretended Legislation:

For Quartering large bodies of armed troops among us:

For protecting them, by a mock Trial, from punishment for any Murders which they should commit on the Inhabitants of these States:

For cutting off our Trade with all parts of the world:

For imposing Taxes on us without our Consent:

For depriving us in many cases, of the benefits of Trial by Jury:

For transporting us beyond Seas to be tried for pretended offences:

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T.J. Ferguson @thatprivacyguy.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

“For members of every generation, there comes a moment of complete & completely emptying disgust when it is revealed there is only a hollow. A completely malleable thing whose primary use is not the opposition of evil or administration of justice but the preservation of existing power.“ #OmarAkkad

Front cover of a book written by Omar El Akkad titled “One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This.”

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T.J. Ferguson @thatprivacyguy.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

The Digital Fourth Amendment: Privacy and Policing in Our Online World by @orinkerr.bsky.social What better time than now, as the creeping hands of the current govt Admin reach for our information, our money, and our rights. #PrivacyMatters #Privacy

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T.J. Ferguson @thatprivacyguy.bsky.social · 27/04/2025

How kind of these businesses to line up for me to avoid. If you’re like me, I like to poke around before jumping into a trend. But here, Don Jr sits on the board and the website connects you with pro-Trump biz and makes clear who they want as customers. Happy to not support fascism. #Democracy

The company also acknowledges its purpose of letting people use their dollars as political and cultural leverage. “PublicSquare is on a mission to restore the culture through the power of commerce,” its website says under a section called “Purpose with every purchase.” “This isn’t about boycotts, it’s about helping you switch to something better.”
As a consumer, PublicSquare’s website is easy to use. You just enter your ZIP code and it pulls up businesses near you that want to be publicly associated with Trump and his values. The company, which launched in 2022, has direct connections to Trump, too: Its board of directors includes Donald Trump Jr., who also is an investor.

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T.J. Ferguson @thatprivacyguy.bsky.social · 20/04/2025

@orinkerr.bsky.social it would seem the eldest twin finds your book interesting as well…but I think she has some critique on the lack of pictures…and #DadLearnsALesson about leaving his books out. 🫣🤣 So, I thought I’d share her “Riley v California” art: #TheDigital4thAmendment #OrinKerr #Privacy

Picture of a page from the book “The Digital Fourth Amendment: Privacy and Policing in Our Online World” by Orin Kerr. The right page has been colored on with a blue crayon in the shape of a 3 year old’s hand.

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T.J. Ferguson @thatprivacyguy.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

Still appreciating Judge Wilkinson’s small ray of sunshine in these stormy days of our democracy. The Trump-Bondi DOJ tried to slither away from the SCOTUS’ order, but CoA hit them with that English 101. #Lawyered

Screenshot of a judicial opinion. The image displays the following text: The Supreme Court’s decision does not, however, allow the government to do essentially nothing. It requires the government “to ‘facilitate’ Albrego Garcia’s release from custody in El Salvador and to ensure that his case is handled as it would have been had he not been improperly sent to El Salvador.” (The next sentence is highlighted in the image.)“Facilitate” is an active verb. It requires that steps be taken as the Supreme Court has made perfectly clear.

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T.J. Ferguson @thatprivacyguy.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

Shout out to @loloferg.bsky.social for surprising me with this after I nerded out about it this week! My inner privacy and criminal justice nerd is very excited! 🤓 Thanks to @judgedillard.bsky.social for sharing his post so it caught my attention!

Picture of a book titled “The Digital Fourth Amendment: Privacy and Policing in Our Digital World” by Orin Kerr. The book is laying on a light brown bamboo desk.

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T.J. Ferguson @thatprivacyguy.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

No no, he means straight lines like these:

Screenshot of a map of the eastern US, from Missouri, Arkansas, Louisiana on left of the image all the way to the east coast on right. FL is not depicted on bottom of the image. Top of image runs along the border of Indiana, Illinois, Ohio and Pennsylvania.

The borders of many of these states are very crookedly drawn.

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T.J. Ferguson @thatprivacyguy.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

This. Right here. @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social was on point when he pointed out we have an NPC problem. Non-Player Congress members have just given up any pretense at executing their jobs as *representatives* of American citizens, including defending the Constitution. The silence speaks volumes.

Screenshot of title 5 USC 3331 oath of office:

§3331. Oath of office
An individual, except the President, elected or appointed to an office of honor or profit in the civil service or uniformed services, shall take the following oath: "I, AB, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter. So help me God." This section does not affect other oaths required by law.
( Pub. L. 89–554, Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 424 .)

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T.J. Ferguson @thatprivacyguy.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

The added benefit is Libby will track how many books you’ve read/listened to, in case you’re trying to hit a certain personal goal:

Screenshot from the history tab of the Libby mobile application. The image is of the poster’s history timeline showing a chart of the books read in 2024 (46) and 2025 (4).

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T.J. Ferguson @thatprivacyguy.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

Thanks for helping preserve a little faith in humanity. My children’s Gramma Bear has taken quite a different stance. 😵‍💫

Text conversation:

Message 1: Is there really nothing you can see wrong with the actions taken by the current administration?

Nothing that raises a red flag for you?

Message 2: Not as much as the previous administration did

Message 3: God has a plan and undoubtedly it includes President Trump and Vice President Vance. I trust what God has planned.

Message 4: Because God famously never tested his followers.

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T.J. Ferguson @thatprivacyguy.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

Sometimes the internet provides a little ray of sunshine. 🤣🤣🤣

Image of Kendrick Lamar from the recent NFL Super Bowl halftime show wearing blue jeans, a blue and white jacket, a backwards baseball hat, and holding a microphone in his right hand. The photo is a still shot from a side-view of Kendrick mid-stride and he can be seen grinning around the microphone.

At the top of the image it has been used as a meme reference to Dungeons and Dragons stating: When the bard rolls a Nat20 and casts vicious mockery (Note, Nat20 is short hand for natural 20, which is the highest roll on a 20-sided die).

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T.J. Ferguson @thatprivacyguy.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

Did I miss the joke somewhere? When did Congress decide it wanted to rebrand as the irrelevant meme generator of America? People, please actually look at your representatives in Congress and consider whether their response to the first 4 weeks is helping or harming you and your communities. #STAND

Screenshot of Congress.gov showing summary of House Resolution 1161 introduced by Rep. Earl Carter (R-GA).

Text of summary reads: As of 02/11/2025 text has not been received for H.R.1161 - To authorize the President to enter into negotiations to acquire Greenland and to rename Greenland as "Red, White, and Blueland".

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T.J. Ferguson @thatprivacyguy.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

*Goes to Ivy League law school.* *Gets elected to Senate.* *Gets elected VP.* Still doesn’t understand (or, more likely, is intentionally misleading the populace on) how the Judiciary functions or the US system of checks and balances. Cases are absolutely thrown out for abuse of discretion. 🤦‍♂️

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