Jesse Ferguson
@jessefferguson.bsky.social
Democratic strategist, consultant and consigliere for causes and candidates. Writes his thoughts & shares his feelings.
🚨🚨🚨"In a message obtained by Congress, the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein wrote that Donald J. Trump spent hours at his house with one of Mr. Epstein’s victims."
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Epstein Alleged in Emails That Trump Knew of His Conduct
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November 12, 2025 at 2:12 PM
🚨🚨🚨"In a message obtained by Congress, the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein wrote that Donald J. Trump spent hours at his house with one of Mr. Epstein’s victims."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/u...
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GOV'T FUNDING/SHUTDOWN
Republicans are trying to shutdown the gov't unless they're able to take away tax credits for ppls health insurance
That would raise costs by as much as 75% for working ppl who buy health insurance on their own
Democrats are fighting it. 9/30 deadline.
Republicans are trying to shutdown the gov't unless they're able to take away tax credits for ppls health insurance
That would raise costs by as much as 75% for working ppl who buy health insurance on their own
Democrats are fighting it. 9/30 deadline.
September 7, 2025 at 2:25 PM
GOV'T FUNDING/SHUTDOWN
Republicans are trying to shutdown the gov't unless they're able to take away tax credits for ppls health insurance
That would raise costs by as much as 75% for working ppl who buy health insurance on their own
Democrats are fighting it. 9/30 deadline.
Republicans are trying to shutdown the gov't unless they're able to take away tax credits for ppls health insurance
That would raise costs by as much as 75% for working ppl who buy health insurance on their own
Democrats are fighting it. 9/30 deadline.
Trump pretends to care abt American flag, but:
-He has auctioned it off to the Chinese & Saudi's
-He thinks ppl who protect America in the military are suckers/losers
-He deletes parts of the constitution if he doesn't like them
-He only believes elections count if he wins
-He has auctioned it off to the Chinese & Saudi's
-He thinks ppl who protect America in the military are suckers/losers
-He deletes parts of the constitution if he doesn't like them
-He only believes elections count if he wins
August 25, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Trump pretends to care abt American flag, but:
-He has auctioned it off to the Chinese & Saudi's
-He thinks ppl who protect America in the military are suckers/losers
-He deletes parts of the constitution if he doesn't like them
-He only believes elections count if he wins
-He has auctioned it off to the Chinese & Saudi's
-He thinks ppl who protect America in the military are suckers/losers
-He deletes parts of the constitution if he doesn't like them
-He only believes elections count if he wins
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This is very astute advice from @jessefferguson.bsky.social about how Dems should talk about what they've delivered for voters. time.com/7306863/demo...
August 1, 2025 at 3:50 PM
This is very astute advice from @jessefferguson.bsky.social about how Dems should talk about what they've delivered for voters. time.com/7306863/demo...
"It marks a notable shift in the administration’s position from one that had downplayed the threat of global warming to one that essentially flatly denies the overwhelming scientific evidence of climate change."
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/29/c...
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/29/c...
In Game-Changing Climate Rollback, E.P.A. Aims to Kill a Bedrock Scientific Finding
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July 30, 2025 at 2:16 AM
"It marks a notable shift in the administration’s position from one that had downplayed the threat of global warming to one that essentially flatly denies the overwhelming scientific evidence of climate change."
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/29/c...
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/29/c...
🚨🚨"The Trump administration is blocking all funding that flows to outside health researchers—billions of dollars in funding that would have gone to study diabetes, cancer and more."
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Trump Administration Puts New Chokehold on Billions in Health-Research Funding
The National Institutes of Health can’t award grants to outside researchers under a new White House restriction.
www.wsj.com
July 30, 2025 at 1:32 AM
🚨🚨"The Trump administration is blocking all funding that flows to outside health researchers—billions of dollars in funding that would have gone to study diabetes, cancer and more."
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"The trade deal between the U.S. and the European Union could hit the pharmaceutical industry with billions in new costs and ultimately drive up prices and limit access."
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Drug prices likely to rise with tariffs on EU
Drugmakers have been heavily reliant on foreign countries' manufacturing and raw materials, most of it duty-free.
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July 29, 2025 at 12:21 PM
"The trade deal between the U.S. and the European Union could hit the pharmaceutical industry with billions in new costs and ultimately drive up prices and limit access."
www.axios.com/2025/07/29/d...
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Trump's Epstein coverup is just a continuation of the GOP agenda.
They defend the powerful while ripping the rug out from working families.
They defend the powerful while ripping the rug out from working families.
July 28, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Trump's Epstein coverup is just a continuation of the GOP agenda.
They defend the powerful while ripping the rug out from working families.
They defend the powerful while ripping the rug out from working families.
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MCGOVERN: “.. It is extraordinary that they’re so scared shitless over these Epstein files, that they’ve done something that I’ve never seen happen before. I mean, basically they just shut down for the week.”
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July 22, 2025 at 2:17 PM
MCGOVERN: “.. It is extraordinary that they’re so scared shitless over these Epstein files, that they’ve done something that I’ve never seen happen before. I mean, basically they just shut down for the week.”
@politico.com
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This is what it looks like to run a cover-up operation for the elite and powerful.
You cancel Congress rather than having to vote for disclosure.
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You cancel Congress rather than having to vote for disclosure.
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Epstein crisis forces House GOP to scrap votes
Republicans will not to tee up a series of bills this week because Democrats are continuing to force votes over releasing the Jeffrey Epstein files.
www.politico.com
July 22, 2025 at 3:07 AM
This is what it looks like to run a cover-up operation for the elite and powerful.
You cancel Congress rather than having to vote for disclosure.
www.politico.com/live-updates...
You cancel Congress rather than having to vote for disclosure.
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"Orange juice prices could rise by 20% to 25%, according to Johanna Foods, a small U.S. business..."
"Johanna Foods, which says it supplies nearly 75% of all private label 'not from concentrate' orange juice to the US"
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"Johanna Foods, which says it supplies nearly 75% of all private label 'not from concentrate' orange juice to the US"
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Orange juice importer says Brazil tariffs will raise prices for American consumers
“The Brazil Tariff will result in a significant, and perhaps prohibitive, price increase in a staple American breakfast food," one U.S. small business says in a lawsuit.
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July 22, 2025 at 12:14 AM
"Orange juice prices could rise by 20% to 25%, according to Johanna Foods, a small U.S. business..."
"Johanna Foods, which says it supplies nearly 75% of all private label 'not from concentrate' orange juice to the US"
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"Johanna Foods, which says it supplies nearly 75% of all private label 'not from concentrate' orange juice to the US"
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NEW: In the new CBS/YG poll
Trump's policies are making you:
- Financially better off: 18% 👀
- Financially worse off: 50%
- Same: 32%
Trump's policies are making price of food/groceries:
- Go up: 62% 👀
- Go down: 16%
- No change: 22%
Trump's policies are making you:
- Financially better off: 18% 👀
- Financially worse off: 50%
- Same: 32%
Trump's policies are making price of food/groceries:
- Go up: 62% 👀
- Go down: 16%
- No change: 22%
July 21, 2025 at 9:33 PM
NEW: In the new CBS/YG poll
Trump's policies are making you:
- Financially better off: 18% 👀
- Financially worse off: 50%
- Same: 32%
Trump's policies are making price of food/groceries:
- Go up: 62% 👀
- Go down: 16%
- No change: 22%
Trump's policies are making you:
- Financially better off: 18% 👀
- Financially worse off: 50%
- Same: 32%
Trump's policies are making price of food/groceries:
- Go up: 62% 👀
- Go down: 16%
- No change: 22%
Hmm. Wonder why?
"Dogged for weeks over his administration’s refusal to release the Epstein files, President Trump spent the weekend posting on social media about, well, anything else."
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/21/u...
"Dogged for weeks over his administration’s refusal to release the Epstein files, President Trump spent the weekend posting on social media about, well, anything else."
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/21/u...
Trump Talks About Anything but Epstein on His Social Media Account
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July 21, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Hmm. Wonder why?
"Dogged for weeks over his administration’s refusal to release the Epstein files, President Trump spent the weekend posting on social media about, well, anything else."
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/21/u...
"Dogged for weeks over his administration’s refusal to release the Epstein files, President Trump spent the weekend posting on social media about, well, anything else."
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/21/u...
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“We’ve had a number of years now where the core of the Democratic Party has been focused inside the Beltway. That’s not where the solutions are going to lie in this moment,” says @jessefferguson.bsky.social.
Opinion | Governors Should Be the Face of the Democratic Party
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July 14, 2025 at 5:56 PM
“We’ve had a number of years now where the core of the Democratic Party has been focused inside the Beltway. That’s not where the solutions are going to lie in this moment,” says @jessefferguson.bsky.social.
NEW AD: VA Gov
Abigail Spanberger "went into law enforcement...She worked drug cases and helped take child predators off the street. Then she joined the CIA to keep our country safe."
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Abigail Spanberger "went into law enforcement...She worked drug cases and helped take child predators off the street. Then she joined the CIA to keep our country safe."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jV75...
“Dad”
YouTube video by Abigail Spanberger for Governor
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July 15, 2025 at 12:24 PM
NEW AD: VA Gov
Abigail Spanberger "went into law enforcement...She worked drug cases and helped take child predators off the street. Then she joined the CIA to keep our country safe."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jV75...
Abigail Spanberger "went into law enforcement...She worked drug cases and helped take child predators off the street. Then she joined the CIA to keep our country safe."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jV75...
WALL STREET JOURNAL
"Millions of people will lose health-insurance coverage, & struggling hospitals across the country may have to close, lay off staff or shut down some services, they say"
"It is th biggest cut to federal healthcare spending—and to Medicaid—in history"
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"Millions of people will lose health-insurance coverage, & struggling hospitals across the country may have to close, lay off staff or shut down some services, they say"
"It is th biggest cut to federal healthcare spending—and to Medicaid—in history"
www.wsj.com/health/healt...
How Healthcare Cuts in the ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’ Will Affect Americans
Hospitals’ uncompensated work will increase and insurers will lose big business
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July 6, 2025 at 8:42 PM
WALL STREET JOURNAL
"Millions of people will lose health-insurance coverage, & struggling hospitals across the country may have to close, lay off staff or shut down some services, they say"
"It is th biggest cut to federal healthcare spending—and to Medicaid—in history"
www.wsj.com/health/healt...
"Millions of people will lose health-insurance coverage, & struggling hospitals across the country may have to close, lay off staff or shut down some services, they say"
"It is th biggest cut to federal healthcare spending—and to Medicaid—in history"
www.wsj.com/health/healt...
"GOP lawmakers are warning that slashing spending on Medicaid and food assistance will cost the party seats in the midterms — threatening their razor-thin House majority — by kicking millions of Americans off safety-net programs."
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Republicans just cut Medicaid. Will it cost them control of Congress?
Republicans’ vote to cut health care programs by more than $1 trillion could hurt them next year.
www.politico.com
July 6, 2025 at 4:05 PM
"GOP lawmakers are warning that slashing spending on Medicaid and food assistance will cost the party seats in the midterms — threatening their razor-thin House majority — by kicking millions of Americans off safety-net programs."
www.politico.com/news/2025/07...
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Who could have seen this coming? Abortion bans force doctors to question, delay, or deny standard care during miscarriages – which can be deadly.
A “Striking” Trend: After Texas Banned Abortion, More Women Nearly Bled to Death During Miscarriage
A new ProPublica data analysis adds to the mounting evidence that abortion bans have made the common experience of first-trimester miscarriage far more dangerous.
www.propublica.org
July 6, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Who could have seen this coming? Abortion bans force doctors to question, delay, or deny standard care during miscarriages – which can be deadly.
From @steverattner.bsky.social
"How Bad Is This Bill? The Answer in 10 Charts"
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"How Bad Is This Bill? The Answer in 10 Charts"
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Opinion | How Bad Is This Bill? The Answer in 10 Charts.
Steven Rattner reveals the ugly reality lurking within the “big, beautiful bill.”
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July 6, 2025 at 3:45 PM
From @steverattner.bsky.social
"How Bad Is This Bill? The Answer in 10 Charts"
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"How Bad Is This Bill? The Answer in 10 Charts"
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🚨"The legislation allows more medications to be exempt from Medicare’s price negotiation program, which was created to lower the government’s drug spending. Now, manufacturers will be able to keep those prices higher."
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/03/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/03/h...
Drugmakers Notch a $5 Billion Win in Republicans’ Policy Bill
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July 4, 2025 at 3:53 PM
🚨"The legislation allows more medications to be exempt from Medicare’s price negotiation program, which was created to lower the government’s drug spending. Now, manufacturers will be able to keep those prices higher."
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/03/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/03/h...
"Rural hospitals brace for financial hits or even closure under Republicans’ $1 trillion Medicaid cut"
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Rural hospitals brace for financial hits or even closure under Republicans' $1 trillion Medicaid cut
States and rural health advocacy groups are sounding the alarm that Congress’ slashing of Medicaid will devastate already financially fragile rural hospitals.
apnews.com
July 5, 2025 at 2:07 PM
"Rural hospitals brace for financial hits or even closure under Republicans’ $1 trillion Medicaid cut"
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Trumps "Megabill" is the largest cut to Medicaid in American history.
July 5, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Trumps "Megabill" is the largest cut to Medicaid in American history.
"Special tax breaks for venture capitalists, Alaskan fisheries, spaceports, private schools, rum makers and others — together costing tens of billions of dollars — quietly caught a ride on Republicans’ sprawling domestic policy megabill."
www.politico.com/news/2025/07...
www.politico.com/news/2025/07...
GOP megabill littered with special tax breaks
GOP lawmakers said the provisions provided needed economic relief for some industries, while they took fire from deficit hawks.
www.politico.com
July 4, 2025 at 6:06 PM
"Special tax breaks for venture capitalists, Alaskan fisheries, spaceports, private schools, rum makers and others — together costing tens of billions of dollars — quietly caught a ride on Republicans’ sprawling domestic policy megabill."
www.politico.com/news/2025/07...
www.politico.com/news/2025/07...
🚨"The legislation allows more medications to be exempt from Medicare’s price negotiation program, which was created to lower the government’s drug spending. Now, manufacturers will be able to keep those prices higher."
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/03/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/03/h...
Drugmakers Notch a $5 Billion Win in Republicans’ Policy Bill
www.nytimes.com
July 4, 2025 at 3:53 PM
🚨"The legislation allows more medications to be exempt from Medicare’s price negotiation program, which was created to lower the government’s drug spending. Now, manufacturers will be able to keep those prices higher."
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/03/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/03/h...