Jeff Beardsley
@jbeardsley.bsky.social
Husband & dad. Interests: sports, technology, history. Pastimes: golf, pickleball, fishing. Fandom: LSU/Capitals/Nationals/Virginia Tech. Job: Cloud Ops leader @NetSuite. Solidarity: Oxford commas, 0-based lists, Ukraine. Views are my own. 🇺🇸🇺🇦🌮
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Bunch of new people following recently, I guess another uptick in BSky users. To get you started, may I recommend @deck.blue to you. If you used Tweetdeck back in the day on Twitter, you'll feel right at home.
'WICH HUNT!!!
The guy who threw a sandwich at the Border Patrol agent.
November 6, 2025 at 8:00 PM
'WICH HUNT!!!
Per @wired.com, USDA data shows that :
* ~90% of SNAP recipients are American-born citizens. 1.1% of recipients are refugees, and 3.3% are other noncitizens.
* the majority who receive SNAP benefits are whites
* Deep-red states like AL, FL, MS, & LA are among the highest % of food stamp recipients
* ~90% of SNAP recipients are American-born citizens. 1.1% of recipients are refugees, and 3.3% are other noncitizens.
* the majority who receive SNAP benefits are whites
* Deep-red states like AL, FL, MS, & LA are among the highest % of food stamp recipients
October 31, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Per @wired.com, USDA data shows that :
* ~90% of SNAP recipients are American-born citizens. 1.1% of recipients are refugees, and 3.3% are other noncitizens.
* the majority who receive SNAP benefits are whites
* Deep-red states like AL, FL, MS, & LA are among the highest % of food stamp recipients
* ~90% of SNAP recipients are American-born citizens. 1.1% of recipients are refugees, and 3.3% are other noncitizens.
* the majority who receive SNAP benefits are whites
* Deep-red states like AL, FL, MS, & LA are among the highest % of food stamp recipients
Mike Johnson continues the months-long paid vacation at taxpayer expense for the House, all while shafting taxpayers by increasing heathcare costs, & forcing our military, ATC, TSA, & other workers to work for free. Meanwhile I'm giving money to my TSA-employed child so they can exist.
October 27, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Mike Johnson continues the months-long paid vacation at taxpayer expense for the House, all while shafting taxpayers by increasing heathcare costs, & forcing our military, ATC, TSA, & other workers to work for free. Meanwhile I'm giving money to my TSA-employed child so they can exist.
This whole article is 🔥 and worth your time to read. It truly sucks that people like @bedoyausa.bsky.social are not in the service of We The People any longer.
Former FTC Commissioner @bedoyausa.bsky.social's new piece in @newrepublic.com gives a glimpse of what’s at stake for Americans if SCOTUS allows the president the authority to fire FTC officers without cause.
How I Became a Populist
My time at the Federal Trade Commission—before Donald Trump fired me—totally changed the way I see our political divide.
newrepublic.com
October 16, 2025 at 11:09 AM
This whole article is 🔥 and worth your time to read. It truly sucks that people like @bedoyausa.bsky.social are not in the service of We The People any longer.
As a former print and online subscriber for 30 years, this is the direct result of Bezo's asskissing of the current administration. I seem to recall >250k subscribers left a year ago, and now they're under 100k? Wow.
www.forbes.com/sites/andyme...
www.forbes.com/sites/andyme...
October 15, 2025 at 10:38 AM
As a former print and online subscriber for 30 years, this is the direct result of Bezo's asskissing of the current administration. I seem to recall >250k subscribers left a year ago, and now they're under 100k? Wow.
www.forbes.com/sites/andyme...
www.forbes.com/sites/andyme...
My two favorite anitifa organizations.
October 9, 2025 at 10:14 AM
My two favorite anitifa organizations.
Every bit of news from late last year until this week about how the @washingtonpost.com is being run just further confirms that canceling my 30-year subscription was the correct move. Kathrine Graham would be ashamed.
October 8, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Every bit of news from late last year until this week about how the @washingtonpost.com is being run just further confirms that canceling my 30-year subscription was the correct move. Kathrine Graham would be ashamed.
If I'm one of these flag officers who left my command to travel around the world then forced to sit & listen to a drunk weekend news anchor & a senile old man ramble on about nothing of value, I'm SOOO pissed inside. But I''d sit there unmoving & unresponsive until it's over, then go back to my job.
September 30, 2025 at 1:40 PM
If I'm one of these flag officers who left my command to travel around the world then forced to sit & listen to a drunk weekend news anchor & a senile old man ramble on about nothing of value, I'm SOOO pissed inside. But I''d sit there unmoving & unresponsive until it's over, then go back to my job.
"Shambolic" is such a great word, and unfortunately applies widely to much of the world today, especially here in the US.
September 6, 2025 at 12:09 PM
"Shambolic" is such a great word, and unfortunately applies widely to much of the world today, especially here in the US.
Found a new critter outside today.
August 14, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Found a new critter outside today.
Color me shocked. SHOCKED, I say. 🙄
“Upon closer inspection, Trump’s trade deals aren’t nearly as impressive as they sound,” Rogé Karma argues. “In fact, they aren’t really trade deals in the traditional sense, and they might not benefit the U.S. at all”:
So, About Those Big Trade Deals
If you read the fine print, the “concessions” from America’s trade partners don’t add up to much.
bit.ly
August 8, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Color me shocked. SHOCKED, I say. 🙄
@washingtonpost.com - This photo, currently the top-center photo on your home page, is not "tanks positioned bla bla". It's clearly a wrecked tank storage or repair yard. The front tank is missing a tread, and workers on the right are laying out treads while a crane lifts parts in the background.
August 5, 2025 at 11:29 AM
@washingtonpost.com - This photo, currently the top-center photo on your home page, is not "tanks positioned bla bla". It's clearly a wrecked tank storage or repair yard. The front tank is missing a tread, and workers on the right are laying out treads while a crane lifts parts in the background.
Incredibly sad to think that all the childhood shows that we grew up on, our kids grew up on - all sacrificed & killed by the all-time worst administration in US history. Counting, the alphabet, kindness, Sesame Street, Electric Company, Mr Rogers, Cookie Monster, Big Bird, Schoolhouse Rock - gone.
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting said it will close following Congress’s decision to strip its current funding and foreclose on future appropriations.
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting announces shutdown following funding loss
Trump’s successful campaign to strip federal money to NPR and PBS effectively ended the public media middleman.
www.washingtonpost.com
August 1, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Incredibly sad to think that all the childhood shows that we grew up on, our kids grew up on - all sacrificed & killed by the all-time worst administration in US history. Counting, the alphabet, kindness, Sesame Street, Electric Company, Mr Rogers, Cookie Monster, Big Bird, Schoolhouse Rock - gone.
Reposted by Jeff Beardsley
A surprise revelation in the Trump administration’s release of thousands of FBI records on Martin Luther King Jr. is that the Trump administration could similarly release thousands of FBI records on Jeffrey Epstein.
July 21, 2025 at 8:54 PM
A surprise revelation in the Trump administration’s release of thousands of FBI records on Martin Luther King Jr. is that the Trump administration could similarly release thousands of FBI records on Jeffrey Epstein.
Same for the Fox queen, Pam.
July 21, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Same for the Fox queen, Pam.
I love a good pun
June 15, 2025 at 11:34 AM
I love a good pun
@smartereveryday.bsky.social Loved the recent grill scrubber video. I also sent the video around to family, the things you cover are so important for all of us. Glad you and John are being so persistent, and I'm happy to support your persistence! I just bought a scrubber for my new grill. 🔥
June 9, 2025 at 3:20 PM
@smartereveryday.bsky.social Loved the recent grill scrubber video. I also sent the video around to family, the things you cover are so important for all of us. Glad you and John are being so persistent, and I'm happy to support your persistence! I just bought a scrubber for my new grill. 🔥
81 years ago, many thousands of young men were reading this letter as they stepped off towards Continential Europe.
June 6, 2025 at 10:29 AM
81 years ago, many thousands of young men were reading this letter as they stepped off towards Continential Europe.
The only thing bigger than the Epstein files flame Elmo can drop is the thermonuclear one - how he enabled the Mango Mussolini to steal the last election. Come on Elmo, you can tell us, and finish him for good!
two men are standing next to each other and one of them is holding a boxing glove in his hand .
Alt: two men are standing next to each other and one of them is holding a boxing glove in his hand .
media.tenor.com
June 5, 2025 at 7:27 PM
The only thing bigger than the Epstein files flame Elmo can drop is the thermonuclear one - how he enabled the Mango Mussolini to steal the last election. Come on Elmo, you can tell us, and finish him for good!
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with a side of 🌮 and 🍌
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June 5, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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The word "shambolic" is such a perfect description of the current administration.
May 23, 2025 at 1:00 PM
The word "shambolic" is such a perfect description of the current administration.
Reposted by Jeff Beardsley
The current President is taking bribes from anyone who’ll offer them but I’m so glad Alex Thompson and Jake Tapper are not letting that distract them from the fact that the former President who just got diagnosed with cancer is also old.
May 19, 2025 at 9:28 AM
The current President is taking bribes from anyone who’ll offer them but I’m so glad Alex Thompson and Jake Tapper are not letting that distract them from the fact that the former President who just got diagnosed with cancer is also old.
This whole thing should be an instant "Uh, no", from a security perspective. It's akin to "Oh hey thanks Iran/Russia/China for building the USA an embassy complex. We'll move right in tomorrow."
Within the Secret Service, the potential gifting of a plane by a foreign government for presidential use is being viewed as a “security nightmare,” a law enforcement source said. “The (US Air Force) would have to tear it apart looking for surveillance equipment & inspect the integrity of the plane."
Trump says US government plans to accept luxury jet following reports of multimillion-dollar gift from Qatar | CNN Politics
President Donald Trump said Sunday night that the Defense Department plans to accept a Boeing 747-8 jet to replace Air Force One as a “GIFT, FREE OF CHARGE.”
www.cnn.com
May 12, 2025 at 11:26 AM
This whole thing should be an instant "Uh, no", from a security perspective. It's akin to "Oh hey thanks Iran/Russia/China for building the USA an embassy complex. We'll move right in tomorrow."