Greg Newton
@gregnewton.bsky.social
Two wheels > four wheel cages. Fan of #Crew96, Ohio Bobcat and Chicago Blackhawk hockey, music, craft beer, bourbon, BBQ, and college radio. Ohio U faculty and admin who sometimes writes about media and higher ed stuff.
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Assuming every boat Trump and Hegseth blew up contained the amount of drugs they claim, Hernandez was responsible for bringing more drugs into the US than every one of them had combined. By far. And yet, Trump murders 80+ people and counting while pardoning the narco kingpin.
November 29, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Assuming every boat Trump and Hegseth blew up contained the amount of drugs they claim, Hernandez was responsible for bringing more drugs into the US than every one of them had combined. By far. And yet, Trump murders 80+ people and counting while pardoning the narco kingpin.
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You've heard of the Friday night news dump. Here's the Friday night of Thanksgiving wknd dump. For special circumstances, like when the faculty assembly votes 595-4 against paying to end a shakedown and you do it anyway. Link to agreement here: bulkmail.northwestern.edu/trk/click?re...
BREAKING: Northwestern University has agreed to pay the U.S. Treasury $75 million, over the course of three years as part of an agreement with the federal government to restore funding and end investigations into the university
Full statement from NU below:
Full statement from NU below:
November 29, 2025 at 12:34 AM
You've heard of the Friday night news dump. Here's the Friday night of Thanksgiving wknd dump. For special circumstances, like when the faculty assembly votes 595-4 against paying to end a shakedown and you do it anyway. Link to agreement here: bulkmail.northwestern.edu/trk/click?re...
And from three alma maters that I was proud to have degrees from, regularly donated to, talked up to potential students...I'm down to one.
Northwestern University has agreed to pay $75 million as a part of a deal with the Trump administration to restore hundreds of millions in federal funding www.justice.gov/opa/pr/unite...
November 29, 2025 at 1:16 AM
And from three alma maters that I was proud to have degrees from, regularly donated to, talked up to potential students...I'm down to one.
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Nice blog post by @northwesternlaw.bsky.social alum @howardwasserman.bsky.social decrying any potential acquiescence by Northwestern to a Trump admin. shakedown:
prawfsblawg.com/northwestern...
prawfsblawg.com/northwestern...
Northwestern about to cave???
Writing about Cornell caving to the Trump Administration, I told Northwestern that if it planned to cave to please do so by December 31 so I can save money. Unfortunately, I may have gotten my wish…
prawfsblawg.com
November 28, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Nice blog post by @northwesternlaw.bsky.social alum @howardwasserman.bsky.social decrying any potential acquiescence by Northwestern to a Trump admin. shakedown:
prawfsblawg.com/northwestern...
prawfsblawg.com/northwestern...
Happy Black Friday Record Store Day to all who celebrate. And thanks Republic Of Athens Records for having three of my top choices 🙂
November 28, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Happy Black Friday Record Store Day to all who celebrate. And thanks Republic Of Athens Records for having three of my top choices 🙂
All of this
A reminder: Trump 1.0 ordered the Afghanistan withdrawal, and Trump 2.0 granted the shooter asylum this past April. Trump 2.0 also dismantled the joint terrorism task force, and gutted our national security apparatus.
CIA statement about the Afghan man identified as the gunman who shot two National Guardsmen in Washington
November 27, 2025 at 7:57 PM
All of this
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On this day in 1942, Jimi Hendrix was born. His guitar spoke, cried, and set the world on fire. Rock music changed forever, and we are still catching up.
November 27, 2025 at 7:45 PM
On this day in 1942, Jimi Hendrix was born. His guitar spoke, cried, and set the world on fire. Rock music changed forever, and we are still catching up.
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Jack White wrote the preeminent 21st century sports anthem ... and I think this is the first time he's ever played it at a sporting event.
Great halftime show.
Great halftime show.
November 27, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Jack White wrote the preeminent 21st century sports anthem ... and I think this is the first time he's ever played it at a sporting event.
Great halftime show.
Great halftime show.
Please help drive up the views on Arlo's very 1995 website arlo.net and reflect on the wonderfulness of Alice's Restaurant
It turns out, Arlo Guthrie has a website (Arlo.net) that he still updates himself. It still has a functioning daily view counter.
This week is the 50th anniversary of “Alice’s Restaurant.”
I think we can drive that view counter up a bit.
Can’t believe I’m saying this, but please post/reshare.
This week is the 50th anniversary of “Alice’s Restaurant.”
I think we can drive that view counter up a bit.
Can’t believe I’m saying this, but please post/reshare.
November 27, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Please help drive up the views on Arlo's very 1995 website arlo.net and reflect on the wonderfulness of Alice's Restaurant
We got halfway there (or maybe a little more) with social media. GenAI takes us the rest of the way.
The two work in tandem to create a terrible synergy: people will believe images/video they want to believe while disregarding those they don't.
Congratulations to humanity for building a cognitive bias confirmation machine. 🥳
Congratulations to humanity for building a cognitive bias confirmation machine. 🥳
sorta coming around to the view that the social danger of genAI images is less that they'll make people believe fabricated things are real and more that they'll make people believe real things are fabricated
November 27, 2025 at 6:50 PM
We got halfway there (or maybe a little more) with social media. GenAI takes us the rest of the way.
Usually right after it can be heard in the store mix at Kroger
All transgressive music eventually, with the passage of time, arrives at the same place: on a float in the Macy's Parade.
November 27, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Usually right after it can be heard in the store mix at Kroger
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Whatever you do, don't Google "[macys parade performer name] politics" #Heistgiving
November 27, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Whatever you do, don't Google "[macys parade performer name] politics" #Heistgiving
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Everyone (esp media) pay attention. In 2021 almost every Republican attacked the Biden administration and State dept for being too slow in approving Afghanistan special visas as Afghanistan fell.
Now they are attacking Biden for doing what they asked him to do.
Now they are attacking Biden for doing what they asked him to do.
November 27, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Everyone (esp media) pay attention. In 2021 almost every Republican attacked the Biden administration and State dept for being too slow in approving Afghanistan special visas as Afghanistan fell.
Now they are attacking Biden for doing what they asked him to do.
Now they are attacking Biden for doing what they asked him to do.
With a relatively small number of us these days having served, this is a useful ser of information in this moment.
What Americans Should Understand About the Military Disobeying Illegal Orders
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
What Americans Should Understand About the Military Disobeying Illegal Orders
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
What Americans Should Understand About the Military Disobeying Illegal Orders
And why it matters there are two military oaths.
open.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:51 AM
With a relatively small number of us these days having served, this is a useful ser of information in this moment.
What Americans Should Understand About the Military Disobeying Illegal Orders
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
What Americans Should Understand About the Military Disobeying Illegal Orders
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
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17 years ago today. 🥹
November 23, 2025 at 3:25 PM
17 years ago today. 🥹
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My first ICE cartoon
This is what they should be doing. But, nah, it’s much easier to gang tackle cleaning women and nannies
This is what they should be doing. But, nah, it’s much easier to gang tackle cleaning women and nannies
November 22, 2025 at 9:43 PM
My first ICE cartoon
This is what they should be doing. But, nah, it’s much easier to gang tackle cleaning women and nannies
This is what they should be doing. But, nah, it’s much easier to gang tackle cleaning women and nannies
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Autocorrect has become our worst enema.
November 19, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Autocorrect has become our worst enema.
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Hi, Jean. My friend is a Nigerian prince who needs to urgently retrieve $1,000,000 from an abandoned trust from his father.
If you can wire $5,000 today, you will be entitled to 35% of the trust. Please reply at your earliest convenience.
If you can wire $5,000 today, you will be entitled to 35% of the trust. Please reply at your earliest convenience.
Shaheen: "We've heard from a number of our colleagues on the other side of the aisle that they're willing to come to the table, they're willing to work with us once the govt is open to get this done. We've heard the same thing from the White House. So now we'll see if they're really gonna work w/us"
November 11, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Hi, Jean. My friend is a Nigerian prince who needs to urgently retrieve $1,000,000 from an abandoned trust from his father.
If you can wire $5,000 today, you will be entitled to 35% of the trust. Please reply at your earliest convenience.
If you can wire $5,000 today, you will be entitled to 35% of the trust. Please reply at your earliest convenience.
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Columbus Crew’s elimination means Darlington Nagbe has played his final game.
Salute to a certified legend.
Salute to a certified legend.
November 9, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Columbus Crew’s elimination means Darlington Nagbe has played his final game.
Salute to a certified legend.
Salute to a certified legend.
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Salute to Darlington Nagbe, who's always done it his own way, including and especially the manner of his conclusion.
The most skillful, composed, press-resistant player I've ever seen from this country, and a solid dude as well. A true North American soccer unicorn.
The most skillful, composed, press-resistant player I've ever seen from this country, and a solid dude as well. A true North American soccer unicorn.
November 9, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Salute to Darlington Nagbe, who's always done it his own way, including and especially the manner of his conclusion.
The most skillful, composed, press-resistant player I've ever seen from this country, and a solid dude as well. A true North American soccer unicorn.
The most skillful, composed, press-resistant player I've ever seen from this country, and a solid dude as well. A true North American soccer unicorn.
Farewell to Darlington Nagbe. Thanks, good luck, and God bless. Have a long and happy retirement with your family.
November 9, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Farewell to Darlington Nagbe. Thanks, good luck, and God bless. Have a long and happy retirement with your family.
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Remember, historically judges will almost always take gov't claims at face value. It's an astounding fact that judges are now increasingly realizing that this administration just flat out lies to them constantly. And it's good to see them calling it out (in this case with a Trump-appointed judge).
A long and comprehensive opinion, but this jumped out at me: The judge accused the Federal Protective Service—which was called in to suppress the protests—of lying under oath to slander the regular Portland police.😬
DOJ recently admitted that other FPS claims in this case were objectively false.
DOJ recently admitted that other FPS claims in this case were objectively false.
November 8, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Remember, historically judges will almost always take gov't claims at face value. It's an astounding fact that judges are now increasingly realizing that this administration just flat out lies to them constantly. And it's good to see them calling it out (in this case with a Trump-appointed judge).
Indeed. One of my most formative childhood memories was my family's church taking care of a refugee family.
All Republican leadership claiming to be Christian seems to have somehow missed how we are repeatedly told to treat travelers and strangers in the Bible.
All Republican leadership claiming to be Christian seems to have somehow missed how we are repeatedly told to treat travelers and strangers in the Bible.
I am once again asking people to understand that the religious left exists. The right-wingers running the government do not encompass the entirety of American religiosity, let alone American Christianity.
So I have a question. Are there any people out there who actually have a strong RELIGIOUS objection to all the stuff ICE is doing now? Not a philosophical one or a moral one, but something akin to the "deeply held religious beliefs" cited to avoid making cakes or websites.
October 31, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Indeed. One of my most formative childhood memories was my family's church taking care of a refugee family.
All Republican leadership claiming to be Christian seems to have somehow missed how we are repeatedly told to treat travelers and strangers in the Bible.
All Republican leadership claiming to be Christian seems to have somehow missed how we are repeatedly told to treat travelers and strangers in the Bible.
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President Trump could have spent the past year making hundreds of millions from crypto. Instead, he selflessly let his sons make hundreds of millions from crypto, limiting his own income to bribes, media shakedowns, and a free plane. Will the press acknowledge this sacrifice?
by Hugh Hewitt
by Hugh Hewitt
October 30, 2025 at 2:14 AM
President Trump could have spent the past year making hundreds of millions from crypto. Instead, he selflessly let his sons make hundreds of millions from crypto, limiting his own income to bribes, media shakedowns, and a free plane. Will the press acknowledge this sacrifice?
by Hugh Hewitt
by Hugh Hewitt