T.J. Ferguson

Trump presidencies in a nutshell

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Two things can be true:

1) The President has legal authority over the D.C. police and the D.C. National Guard that he doesn't have *anywhere else* in the country; &

2) Even if this doesn't set a legal precedent, it sets an ominous *political* precedent for pretextually overriding local government.

Someone forgot to take down this webpage:

www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/v...

We need a name for this new government revenue-sharing model. I propose that we call it: taxes.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/10/t...

Couldn’t have been my toddler. She is all over any sniff of corruption. What am I eating? What’s in my mouth? What am I doing on my phone? Can’t cover anything up in this B

Three screen caps from the movie Hackers with text. First screen cap: Protagonist Dade (Zero Cool) explains that “I’ve got a record. I was Zero Cool.” Second screen, his friends explain: Zero Cool crashed 1507 systems in one day. Biggest crash in history. Third screen, another friend says: Front page New York Times August 10, 1988

HACK THE PLANET!!! Happy Zero Cool Day to all who celebrate!

Consider Musk’s comments to world leaders when they spoke out against his comments around shutting off Ukraine access to #Starlink. Tech infrastructure is usually back of mind when people think about advancement, but DJT (and Musk) have forced countries to contemplate separating from US dominance.

“Ever since Trump retook office in Jan…rapid enshittification has become the organizing principle of US statecraft. This time around, Trumpworld understands that—in controlling the infrastructure layer of global finance, tech, and security—it has vast machineries of coercion at its disposal.”

The Enshittification of American Power First Google and Facebook, then the world. Under Trump 2.0, US statecraft is starting to mimic the worst tendencies of Big Tech.

If you find yourself curious of the impact to foreign reliance on US comm and defense technology, give this article a read.

What happens to the dominance of US technology companies as their customer base is reduced as nations lose trust in the US?

#Technology
#Wired
#enshittification

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In this episode of "The Professor Is In," economist Justin Wolfers tackles the battle over the jobs numbers—and why trustworthy economic data matters for everyone. 📊 Why do we need… Economic data. Where does it come from, what do we do with it, and why must politics stay out of it?

This week on #TheProfessorIsIn, we dig into official economic statistics. What are they? Why does the government provide them? Why there's a trade-off between accuracy, timeliness, and cost. And why it's so important that these numbers be produced free of political interference. youtu.be/oSbnv2drRkA

I wonder if the current policy environment is making life easier or harder for American exporters?

I have a chronic condition. I also have health insurance.

One treatment is $3500. My portion is $2000. If I weren’t insured, the cash price for the procedure would be $1000. But, since I have insurance, I don’t qualify for the cash price.

Health insurance is a fucking scam.

Kid: You put the grill together?

Me: I did

Kid: Didn’t it say on the box it takes two people?

Me: It did.

Kid: …

Me: But I did it alone.

Kid: So basically you’re proud of not following directions

Screenshot of a Tweet from X user @elmsbabyy dated 3:39AM Aug 9, 2025: Why was 2019 afraid of 2020? Because they had a fight and 2021 (lots of crying-laughing face emojis)

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a man is standing in front of a white board that says abc on it ALT: a man is standing in front of a white board that says abc on it

Where is the White House version of Greg

we do not need to live like this

The Supreme Court, in a furtive August ploy, revives a Louisiana case to eviscerate the Voting Rights Act, cynically deeming minority districts discriminatory against whites, unraveling multiracial democracy's fragile facade. #VotingRights

No, you did not give those of us who happened to look like the people who bombed Pearl Harbor any due process. And that was profoundly wrong. It destroyed our lives.

DJT: “Vote for me (in 2024) and you’ll never have to vote again.”

Well on our way towards the United States of #Autocracy.

47 and his cronies when they make the rounds:

-Best economy!
-lowest prices!
-lowest inflation ever
-lowest unemployment ever
-reducing Medicare coverage isn’t a cut
-people get free planes all the time
-Tariffs are paid by other nations not citizens
-the bad stuff is Obama/Biden’s fault

A defense to defamation is the truth

🚨 🔈 LOUDER FOR THE DUMB ASSES WEARING THE RED HATS IN THE BACK! 🔈 🚨

In 2016, Ghislaine Maxwell falsely stated, under oath, that she was not aware that Jeffrey Epstein recruited underage girls for sex (you know, the ones she was actually recruiting on his behalf). She was charged with two counts of perjury for this.

Remind me why we give a shit what she says now?

is nancy mace a reasonable likelihood for governor of south carolina. what i'm asking is should i be more sorry for south carolinians than i am happy to be rid of her on the national stage

They're still busy sewing the Epstein Strategy Dinner badges on their Authoritarian sashes.