Jeff Fuhrman
@fuhr72.bsky.social
Writer. Tax Director & Teacher. Aspiring diplomat. Iowan. Deep experience w/ former Soviet countries and emerging markets. GenX, Gay; Blessedly Married. Uncle^13. Champion for Smart DEIB. Principal author, The Cherokee Project.
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Does anyone have any tips or tricks for making a successful complaint with your phone carrier (or other service provider) for spending your money on 47's graft and corruption?
Legislation to require donors to gov't "projects" to have a (staffed) call-in line seems like it should be a lay-up, too.
Legislation to require donors to gov't "projects" to have a (staffed) call-in line seems like it should be a lay-up, too.
November 17, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Does anyone have any tips or tricks for making a successful complaint with your phone carrier (or other service provider) for spending your money on 47's graft and corruption?
Legislation to require donors to gov't "projects" to have a (staffed) call-in line seems like it should be a lay-up, too.
Legislation to require donors to gov't "projects" to have a (staffed) call-in line seems like it should be a lay-up, too.
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Pritzker: "Stephen Miller is clearly ordering people to break the law. So he should know that yeah, it may be three years from now that he is held accountable, but I think it's important for them to know that whatever they do now, it's not like we're going to forget."
October 17, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Pritzker: "Stephen Miller is clearly ordering people to break the law. So he should know that yeah, it may be three years from now that he is held accountable, but I think it's important for them to know that whatever they do now, it's not like we're going to forget."
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It’s my opinion that humanitarian and musical genius Dolly Parton (as well as Chef José Andrés) deserves the Nobel Peace Prize. tucson.com/life-enterta...
2,000-plus Pima County kids get free books through Dolly Parton's program
Even her biggest fans have trouble choosing Dolly Parton’s greatest hit.
tucson.com
August 23, 2025 at 4:33 PM
It’s my opinion that humanitarian and musical genius Dolly Parton (as well as Chef José Andrés) deserves the Nobel Peace Prize. tucson.com/life-enterta...
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This is appalling. Civilized countries look at us and are rightly horrified that this idiocy and cruelty is sanctioned by--encouraged by--our government.
(I originally wrote "Other civilized countries look at us..." But do we any longer count in their ranks?)
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
(I originally wrote "Other civilized countries look at us..." But do we any longer count in their ranks?)
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
New Zealand woman and six-year-old son detained for three weeks by Ice in US enduring ‘terrifying’ ordeal
Sarah Shaw, who has a US visa and lives in Washington state, was detained after attempting to re-enter US from Canada
www.theguardian.com
August 13, 2025 at 11:55 AM
This is appalling. Civilized countries look at us and are rightly horrified that this idiocy and cruelty is sanctioned by--encouraged by--our government.
(I originally wrote "Other civilized countries look at us..." But do we any longer count in their ranks?)
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
(I originally wrote "Other civilized countries look at us..." But do we any longer count in their ranks?)
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
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Jessica: Before this deal, we essentially were paying 1% on imports with the EU. 15% is more than 1%. I wish Gasparino was sitting here to explain to Jesse how tariffs work because it is a tax on the consumer.
July 29, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Jessica: Before this deal, we essentially were paying 1% on imports with the EU. 15% is more than 1%. I wish Gasparino was sitting here to explain to Jesse how tariffs work because it is a tax on the consumer.
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Kilmeade getting a reality check from Fox’s own expert on tariffs.
July 28, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Kilmeade getting a reality check from Fox’s own expert on tariffs.
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JACKSONVILLE — TW ⚠️: Unarmed Black driver has his window smashed + face punched by a sheriff’s deputy after being pulled over for not having his headlights on… during the day. 🤔
Sheriff TK Waters says they’ve launched an “internal investigation”: www.firstcoastnews.com/article/news...
Sheriff TK Waters says they’ve launched an “internal investigation”: www.firstcoastnews.com/article/news...
July 21, 2025 at 3:43 AM
JACKSONVILLE — TW ⚠️: Unarmed Black driver has his window smashed + face punched by a sheriff’s deputy after being pulled over for not having his headlights on… during the day. 🤔
Sheriff TK Waters says they’ve launched an “internal investigation”: www.firstcoastnews.com/article/news...
Sheriff TK Waters says they’ve launched an “internal investigation”: www.firstcoastnews.com/article/news...
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This is why we criminalized targeted hate.
July 9, 2025 at 6:49 AM
This is why we criminalized targeted hate.
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Michael Pham fled Vietnam at the age of 13. He was named bishop of San Diego a month ago.
Today, he stood watch at a courthouse: ICE agents were “standing there covered with masks as we walked toward the courtroom. Eventually the agents scattered and went away”
timesofsandiego.com/life/2025/06...
Today, he stood watch at a courthouse: ICE agents were “standing there covered with masks as we walked toward the courtroom. Eventually the agents scattered and went away”
timesofsandiego.com/life/2025/06...
ICE agents scatter as SD Bishop Pham, other clergy visit immigration court
"Our presence made a difference," one priest said, quoting an immigration lawyer saying their client was given more time to prepare for another hearing.
timesofsandiego.com
June 20, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Michael Pham fled Vietnam at the age of 13. He was named bishop of San Diego a month ago.
Today, he stood watch at a courthouse: ICE agents were “standing there covered with masks as we walked toward the courtroom. Eventually the agents scattered and went away”
timesofsandiego.com/life/2025/06...
Today, he stood watch at a courthouse: ICE agents were “standing there covered with masks as we walked toward the courtroom. Eventually the agents scattered and went away”
timesofsandiego.com/life/2025/06...
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Juneteenth calls us to understand the realities of our past, celebrate the resilience and achievements of Black Americans, and align the course of our country toward its founding creed of liberty and justice for all. Wishing everyone a meaningful Juneteenth!
June 19, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Juneteenth calls us to understand the realities of our past, celebrate the resilience and achievements of Black Americans, and align the course of our country toward its founding creed of liberty and justice for all. Wishing everyone a meaningful Juneteenth!
Oh, gee, I'm shocked. Shocked! to learn the Trump administration didn't really value the needs of the Ag community! One could even say he was lying and disingenuous!
Goodness me. (Feigns fainting like a southern belle.)
www.msn.com/en-us/news/n...
Goodness me. (Feigns fainting like a southern belle.)
www.msn.com/en-us/news/n...
MSN
www.msn.com
June 17, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Oh, gee, I'm shocked. Shocked! to learn the Trump administration didn't really value the needs of the Ag community! One could even say he was lying and disingenuous!
Goodness me. (Feigns fainting like a southern belle.)
www.msn.com/en-us/news/n...
Goodness me. (Feigns fainting like a southern belle.)
www.msn.com/en-us/news/n...
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Jonathan Joss--voice actor of John Redcorn from King of the Hill, and Ken Hotate from Parks and Rec--was killed in a homophobic hate crime today.
I'm so angry.
I'm so angry.
June 2, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Jonathan Joss--voice actor of John Redcorn from King of the Hill, and Ken Hotate from Parks and Rec--was killed in a homophobic hate crime today.
I'm so angry.
I'm so angry.
Great timing! 13 nieces and nephews, and I'm all outta Dad Jokes.
I'll take any you've got; one-liners go to the front of the line.
Thanks!
I'll take any you've got; one-liners go to the front of the line.
Thanks!
you know what we need? lowstakes prompt bluesky. We need space to make jokes and tell embarrassing stories and argue about late 1990s dad action movies. the sort of stuff that made microblogging fun once upon a time. Bring me the One Gotta Gos.
the vibes on here really aren't great!!
May 28, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Great timing! 13 nieces and nephews, and I'm all outta Dad Jokes.
I'll take any you've got; one-liners go to the front of the line.
Thanks!
I'll take any you've got; one-liners go to the front of the line.
Thanks!
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Column: This week, the bond market sent a gentle warning that the path of the national debt is a problem. But Congress is not known for heeding gentle warnings, writes our economics correspondent Victoria Guida.
Investors Are Sending a Warning to Congress. Will Washington Listen?
If lawmakers don’t absorb a gentle message from the bond markets, they may get an even more unpleasant one.
www.politico.com
May 23, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Column: This week, the bond market sent a gentle warning that the path of the national debt is a problem. But Congress is not known for heeding gentle warnings, writes our economics correspondent Victoria Guida.
This is really bad news for the economy, and was entirely avoidable.
And so it begins ... brace for a recession.
Breaking news: The US has been stripped of its top-notch triple-a credit rating by Moody’s on concerns about rising levels of government debt www.ft.com/content/e456...
May 16, 2025 at 9:31 PM
This is really bad news for the economy, and was entirely avoidable.
@drjessicaknurick.bsky.social
Sorry for the cross-post, but these short 'reels' are easy to digest. (Must be the Riboflavin?)
Anyway,
THANK YOU.
www.facebook.com/share/r/1AGM...
Sorry for the cross-post, but these short 'reels' are easy to digest. (Must be the Riboflavin?)
Anyway,
THANK YOU.
www.facebook.com/share/r/1AGM...
Redirecting...
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May 12, 2025 at 2:13 PM
@drjessicaknurick.bsky.social
Sorry for the cross-post, but these short 'reels' are easy to digest. (Must be the Riboflavin?)
Anyway,
THANK YOU.
www.facebook.com/share/r/1AGM...
Sorry for the cross-post, but these short 'reels' are easy to digest. (Must be the Riboflavin?)
Anyway,
THANK YOU.
www.facebook.com/share/r/1AGM...
I truly don't care what your religion is, nor am I interested in debating whether to believe what created us was a deity or Mother Nature or explosive dirt.
It's useful for the discussion at hand to review what _5 Millenia_ of our best advice to ourselves says:
saintmarks.org/justice/rene...
It's useful for the discussion at hand to review what _5 Millenia_ of our best advice to ourselves says:
saintmarks.org/justice/rene...
What does the Bible say about immigrants and refugees? - Saint Mark's Episcopal Cathedral
What does the Bible say about immigrants and refugees? Love Refugees As Yourself When a foreigner resides among you in your land, do not mistreat them. The foreigner residing among you must be treated...
saintmarks.org
May 10, 2025 at 3:24 AM
I truly don't care what your religion is, nor am I interested in debating whether to believe what created us was a deity or Mother Nature or explosive dirt.
It's useful for the discussion at hand to review what _5 Millenia_ of our best advice to ourselves says:
saintmarks.org/justice/rene...
It's useful for the discussion at hand to review what _5 Millenia_ of our best advice to ourselves says:
saintmarks.org/justice/rene...
Shocking.
I didn’t submit the homework that was due last week and I have no idea when I’ll finish it either. I’ll get it to you as soon as I’m done 🤦♂️
May 10, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Shocking.