Gregory Humphrey

It is absolutely beautiful outside in Madison on Saturday night. Or is that Sunday morning? There is a soft, gentle frosting of snow on almost all of the surfaces, an absolutely artistic creation by Mother Nature. Welcome winter to our seasonal turn around.

Doty Land Podcast: Calvin Coolidge Had To Take Oath Of Office Twice Without doubt, the most unique swearing-in of any of our American presidents occurs in Vermont with the administration of the oath of office to Calvin Coolidge. Former radio broadcaster Gregory Hum…

As a former radio broadcaster with a recording studio in my home and a deep love of history, I offer my latest podcast. 6 minutes long, I suspect listeners did not learn this in high school. Doty Land Podcast: Calvin Coolidge Had To Take Oath Of Office Twice caffeinatedpolitics.com/2025/11/07/d...

The Old Farmer’s Almanac Still Shapes Us For all the chaos and turbulence that blast their way into our lives, some constant mainstays continually comfort us and remind us that not everything needs to be upended.

In simple terms, I suggest The Old Farmer's Almanac gives us now, as readers found a hundred years ago, and regardless of how advanced we consider ourselves to be, a dose of humility. After all, Mother Nature will have the final word. open.substack.com/pub/gregoryh...

The New Yorker said election results should serve as a "five-alarm fire" for GOP, urged them to come to negotiating table to end the record-long shutdown. "What are these election results? They're a bolt of lightning and a wakeup call to Donald Trump to start working with us to end this crisis.'

There was a massive shift back for Latino voters on Tuesday at 68% of their vote went to the Democratic candidate in New Jersey a huge 22% swing from 2024. Brown people just don’t like to see other Brown people demonized

In Virginia 67% of the Latino voters cast of ballot for the Democratic gubernatorial candidate. A massive swing from the way they cast ballots statewide in 2024.

Democrats picked up legislative seats in New Jersey and Virginia, in numbers that they did not anticipate. Deep dissatisfaction with overreach and mean racist policies from Washington created an electorate demanding change.

Fox News/right-wing media not in our channel lineup, don’t know how nuts
are talking about election results. They should talk about the demographic seismic shift of men, Latinos, walking away from the 2024 voting.

After Election Night!

Red Flag Law Makes For Another Election Night Success It felt really good on Election Night to see determined voters and concerned citizens take a stand.

The vote shows that even in rural, gun-friendly regions, Americans are ready to embrace policies that save lives. It sends a message to other states: this is not about politics, but about protecting neighbors, families, and children. open.substack.com/pub/gregoryh...

Very interesting and telling exit polling data shows that Tuesday men under the age of 30 cast ballots in huge numbers for Democratic candidates in New Jersey, Virginia, and New York City. 

The Penny Is Proof Process Of Governing Matters Be it how your local neighborhood association conducts its business or how the federal movement operates for all, one thing links them both.

Bypassing an ordered process erodes democratic accountability. When major decisions are made by Trump's whims, citizens lose their voice. Congress, which represents the people, was sidelined until after the fact. open.substack.com/pub/gregoryh...

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Multiple federal courts have ruled that Trump’s moves to install untested federal prosecutors — who are now bringing cases against his well-established political foes — violated the law and could lead to U.S. Attorney Lindsey Halligan’s disqualification.

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Good news as reports of early voting turnout were positive for Democrats in NJ and VA., with numbers rivaling Harris’ lead in those states. In the New York City mayoral race, young voters were surging to the ballot box in support of Mamdani.

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Wonder why Trump can claim to win wars but needs three wives...

I can't believe he has a girlfriend. The FBI forced out a senior official overseeing aviation shortly after Director Kash Patel grew outraged about revelations of his publicly available jet logs indicating he’d flown to see his musician girlfriend perform.

“It’s one of the most thorough legal rebukes in recent memory,” Politico reports. “More than 100 federal judges have now ruled at least 200 times that the Trump administration’s effort to systematically detain immigrants facing possible deportation appeared to violate the Constitution."

Trump Is the Democrats’ Best Campaigner GOP candidates for Tuesday’s elections are trapped between Trump’s demands for fealty and voters who want independence.

“The most revealing element of next week’s election is that President Donald Trump is all but ensuring defeat for Republicans, and his party is doing next to nothing about it.” www.politico.com/news/magazin...

White House Renovations Under Donald Trump

The GOP’s top think tank just defended an open Nazi Reasonable people can disagree about whether Hitler was good, says the Heritage Foundation.

Kevin Roberts' defense of Nick Fuentes is a watershed moment: the right has officially declared open, unabashed Hitlerism to be an acceptable position in their coalition

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A winner. A new Quinnipiac poll in New Jersey finds Mikie Sherrill (D) leading Jack Ciattarelli (R) in the governor’s race, 51% to 43%.

GOOD!! A new Marist Poll in New York City finds Zohran Mamdani leading the mayor’s race with 48%, followed by Andrew Cuomo at 32% and Curtis Sliwa at 16%. Even if Sliwa were to drop out of the contest, Mamdani would lead 51% to 44%.

Taxpayers will bail out farmers with initial payment of $12 billion for farmers hurt by Trump's tariffs. Anyone with a basic economics class knows tariffs are an economic nightmare. Voters need to be educated. Now the nation will pay for the actions of low-IQ voters in 2024, once again.

A candidate with a strong, consistent message and a spine for political courage will win the New York mayor's race. A new Fox News poll finds Zohran Mamdani with a 16-point lead over Andrew Cuomo for New York City mayor, 47% to 31%, with Curtis Sliwa trailing at 15%.

Beware the grand headlines before the hard work is done. Who will disarm Hamas? And who will persuade Israel to withdraw from the part of the Gaza Strip that it continues to hold?

Profiles In Courage As Americans Stand Up For Constitutional Norms Yesterday, I wrote feeling quite sad about the upending of a Halloween parade for children in some Chicago neighborhoods. I find that each day there are increasing reasons to be troubled and deeply…

Both the Cap Times in Madison and WisPolitics picked up my columns today about two Illinois National Guard members who have refused to deploy to Chicago as ordered by Donald Trump. They are heroes for standing up to what is illegal in the first place. caffeinatedpolitics.com/2025/10/29/p...

New Low In Washington, Senate Intelligence Briefing Included Only Republicans This news story did not make the headlines it deserved.

By excluding Democrats, the Trump administration risks further turning intelligence into a partisan tool—one that could distort public understanding and weaken institutional checks on executive power. OH WAIT! THAT IS the desired endgame. Foolish me. open.substack.com/pub/gregoryh...

New Low In Washington, Senate Intelligence Briefing Included Only Republicans This news story did not make the headlines it deserved. There is more to what you are about to read than just a briefing about U.S. military strikes near Venezuela. More deeply disturbing is the wi…

What’s at stake here is more than just one briefing. It’s the integrity of a system that has historically relied on bipartisan trust to navigate the murky waters of international conflict. caffeinatedpolitics.com/2025/10/30/n...