Gregory Humphrey
@gregoryhumphrey.bsky.social
Book author, "Walking Up The Ramp", Podcaster "Doty Land", Political Blogger "Caffeinated Politics", Historian, Fmr radio broadcaster, Fmr Admin. Asst. WI State Assembly, Gay American.
My take. If Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth disregards international law, how can the United States credibly demand accountability from adversaries who commit atrocities? open.substack.com/pub/gregoryh...
Pete Hegseth Must Be Fired As Defense Secretary
Pete Hegseth Must Be Fired As Defense Secretary
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December 2, 2025 at 2:00 PM
My take. If Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth disregards international law, how can the United States credibly demand accountability from adversaries who commit atrocities? open.substack.com/pub/gregoryh...
My new podcast. From Hancock, Wisconsin, and the days of the Depression during Christmastime. New Doty Land Podcast: Christmastime In Hancock During Depression Years 1929-1932 caffeinatedpolitics.com/2025/11/29/n...
New Doty Land Podcast: Christmastime In Hancock During Depression Years 1929-1932
A fire that destroys a large portion of Hancock’s Main Street, the career of Stanley Hamilton, the 33-year tailoring job of Gus Lowandowski who builds a house on S. Lake Street, the tragic death of…
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November 29, 2025 at 9:48 PM
My new podcast. From Hancock, Wisconsin, and the days of the Depression during Christmastime. New Doty Land Podcast: Christmastime In Hancock During Depression Years 1929-1932 caffeinatedpolitics.com/2025/11/29/n...
My podcast. The world's longest-running radio show turns 100 years old on November 28, 2025—the Grand Ole Opry. From memories of Loretta Lynn, Porter Wagoner, Dolly Parton, WSM radio announcer Grant Turner, and others, this tribute looks at classic country music. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/h...
Happy 100th Birthday Grand Ole Opry!
Podcast Episode · Doty Land · 11/28/2025 · 18m
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November 28, 2025 at 2:08 AM
My podcast. The world's longest-running radio show turns 100 years old on November 28, 2025—the Grand Ole Opry. From memories of Loretta Lynn, Porter Wagoner, Dolly Parton, WSM radio announcer Grant Turner, and others, this tribute looks at classic country music. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/h...
Trump cannot threaten Congress with death and remain in the White House. caffeinatedpolitics.com/2025/11/20/t...
Trump’s Angry White Male Rage Vs. American Democracy
I have long thought that Ron Ziegler, the press secretary to President Richard Nixon, had the toughest job in that role of any I have watched over the course of my life. Every day, there were quest…
caffeinatedpolitics.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:56 AM
Trump cannot threaten Congress with death and remain in the White House. caffeinatedpolitics.com/2025/11/20/t...
Standing Up To Donald Trump's Bullying caffeinatedpolitics.com/2025/11/18/s...
Standing Up To Donald Trump’s Bullying
When it comes to being bullied, there is only one way to react. By being determined. In the opening days of my high school years, I found myself sprawled on the cafeteria floor with my tray and foo…
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November 19, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Standing Up To Donald Trump's Bullying caffeinatedpolitics.com/2025/11/18/s...
The point the Chicago City Treasurer is making is that if taxpayer dollars can be used to underwrite racist federal enforcement tactics, why shouldn’t they also be used to defend community values? open.substack.com/pub/gregoryh...
Standing Up To Donald Trump’s Bullying
When it comes to being bullied, there is only one way to react.
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November 19, 2025 at 1:34 AM
The point the Chicago City Treasurer is making is that if taxpayer dollars can be used to underwrite racist federal enforcement tactics, why shouldn’t they also be used to defend community values? open.substack.com/pub/gregoryh...
Congress will not work on ACA premiums, but the House and Senate in 1 day can pass the Trump/Epstein pedo files measure, send to the WH.
a gauge that says irony at the top
ALT: a gauge that says irony at the top
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November 18, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Congress will not work on ACA premiums, but the House and Senate in 1 day can pass the Trump/Epstein pedo files measure, send to the WH.
Headline about my column concerning underhanded Senator Ron Johnson. caffeinatedpolitics.com/2025/11/16/s...
November 18, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Headline about my column concerning underhanded Senator Ron Johnson. caffeinatedpolitics.com/2025/11/16/s...
Headline in Cap Times about my column. If Ron Johnson or any other elected official feared entanglement in these investigations, the solution was simple: do not engage in actions that violate the laws of the land. Especially those governing the election of the President of the United States!
November 18, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Headline in Cap Times about my column. If Ron Johnson or any other elected official feared entanglement in these investigations, the solution was simple: do not engage in actions that violate the laws of the land. Especially those governing the election of the President of the United States!
If Ron Johnson or any other elected official feared entanglement in these investigations, the solution was simple: do not engage in actions that violate the laws of the land. Especially those governing the election of the President of the United States! caffeinatedpolitics.com/2025/11/16/s...
Senator Ron Johnson Should Not Collect $500,000 For His January 6th Actions
There were many reasons to follow the way the federal government shutdown ended. From healthcare to SNAP to the treatment of federal workers upon the government reopening. But one of the more odd a…
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November 17, 2025 at 2:03 AM
If Ron Johnson or any other elected official feared entanglement in these investigations, the solution was simple: do not engage in actions that violate the laws of the land. Especially those governing the election of the President of the United States! caffeinatedpolitics.com/2025/11/16/s...
How to replace child sex crimes as headlines? Trump weighs Venezuela strikes as U.S. forces prepare for attack order
November 14, 2025 at 9:38 PM
How to replace child sex crimes as headlines? Trump weighs Venezuela strikes as U.S. forces prepare for attack order
Letter From Home: "Conversations" 11/13/25 caffeinatedpolitics.com/2025/11/13/l...
Letter From Home: “Conversations” 11/13/25
It was a beautiful night in Madison. Clear skies and the temperature was 46 degrees. For November at 9 PM, I call that a win. As such. I put the top down on the convertible and set off to pick my b…
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November 14, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Letter From Home: "Conversations" 11/13/25 caffeinatedpolitics.com/2025/11/13/l...
My column about the latest antics in Washington landed on WisOpinion this morning. “Republicans, however, are hardly in a position to gloat from the wimpy actions of some Senate Democrats. Election night was a gut-punch." caffeinatedpolitics.com/2025/11/11/f...
November 13, 2025 at 9:23 PM
My column about the latest antics in Washington landed on WisOpinion this morning. “Republicans, however, are hardly in a position to gloat from the wimpy actions of some Senate Democrats. Election night was a gut-punch." caffeinatedpolitics.com/2025/11/11/f...
It is moral and just to pull back the curtain on the abuse of girls at the hands of wealthy, well-connected individuals who have not paid consequences for rape.
November 13, 2025 at 9:21 PM
It is moral and just to pull back the curtain on the abuse of girls at the hands of wealthy, well-connected individuals who have not paid consequences for rape.
What Katherine “Kat” Abughazaleh is making clear to see is the serious threat to our democracy. Running for Congress while facing federal charges is a bold-faced declaration that, at this moment in our national narrative, politics must be rooted in moral courage. open.substack.com/pub/gregoryh...
Moral Courage In Face Of Trump's Autocracy
Congressional candidate Katherine “Kat” Abughazaleh is embraced by a supporter following a hearing for indicted Broadview immigration protesters at the Dirksen U.S.
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November 13, 2025 at 2:19 AM
What Katherine “Kat” Abughazaleh is making clear to see is the serious threat to our democracy. Running for Congress while facing federal charges is a bold-faced declaration that, at this moment in our national narrative, politics must be rooted in moral courage. open.substack.com/pub/gregoryh...
Message obtained by Congress, convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein wrote that Donald J. Trump spent hours at his house with one of Mr. Epstein’s victims. Evangelicals will purport this to be nothing more than the laying on of hands! 
a sign that says enough is enough with a trump head in the background
ALT: a sign that says enough is enough with a trump head in the background
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November 12, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Message obtained by Congress, convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein wrote that Donald J. Trump spent hours at his house with one of Mr. Epstein’s victims. Evangelicals will purport this to be nothing more than the laying on of hands! 
Over the coming decade if all the tariffs remain in place there will be an income generated of $2.4 trillion. Yesterday in the Oval Office, Donald Trump said there is already $18 trillion ready to be used in one fashion or another. Clearly somebody’s pulling numbers out of their cankles.
November 12, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Over the coming decade if all the tariffs remain in place there will be an income generated of $2.4 trillion. Yesterday in the Oval Office, Donald Trump said there is already $18 trillion ready to be used in one fashion or another. Clearly somebody’s pulling numbers out of their cankles.
The reduced oil flow from Russian ports is coinciding with lower prices, reducing revenue to fund Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. But Putin is still a war criminal pressing for more carnage in Ukraine
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ALT: a blue and yellow flag with a white s1 on it
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November 11, 2025 at 6:06 PM
The reduced oil flow from Russian ports is coinciding with lower prices, reducing revenue to fund Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. But Putin is still a war criminal pressing for more carnage in Ukraine
Good News! Russia’s seaborne crude shipments fell to lowest in 2 months with declining volumes compounding lower prices to potentially deplete the Kremlin’s war funding. The country shipped 3.45 million barrels a day in the 4 weeks to Nov. 9, down by about 130,000 from the same timespan to Nov. 2.
November 11, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Good News! Russia’s seaborne crude shipments fell to lowest in 2 months with declining volumes compounding lower prices to potentially deplete the Kremlin’s war funding. The country shipped 3.45 million barrels a day in the 4 weeks to Nov. 9, down by about 130,000 from the same timespan to Nov. 2.
Kim Davis’s anti-gay marriage crusade is galling. She has been married multiple times, 4 to 3 different men. Do the odd math! Yet, with her family tree, she presumes to define what constitutes the “sanctity” of my gay marriage in my home!! How dare she! open.substack.com/pub/gregoryh...
Supreme Court Rejects Revisiting Gay Marriage, Homophobe Loses Decade-Long Hate-Filled Journey
I admit to having felt part relief and part disbelief with the news headline that splashed on my newsfeed today.
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November 11, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Kim Davis’s anti-gay marriage crusade is galling. She has been married multiple times, 4 to 3 different men. Do the odd math! Yet, with her family tree, she presumes to define what constitutes the “sanctity” of my gay marriage in my home!! How dare she! open.substack.com/pub/gregoryh...
How would tax-prep industry reap profits from taxpayers if there were a governmental program that benefited the general pubic? Trump scrapped Direct File, a deliberate rollback of progress, one that leaves ordinary taxpayers like your home and mine holding the bill. open.substack.com/pub/gregoryh...
Another Trump Gift to Big Business, Blow To Ordinary Americans
One of the many reasons people approved of President Joe Biden was due to the much-needed Direct File program run by the IRS.
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November 10, 2025 at 9:05 AM
How would tax-prep industry reap profits from taxpayers if there were a governmental program that benefited the general pubic? Trump scrapped Direct File, a deliberate rollback of progress, one that leaves ordinary taxpayers like your home and mine holding the bill. open.substack.com/pub/gregoryh...
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.
November 9, 2025 at 6:42 AM
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.
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...
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…
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November 8, 2025 at 2:32 AM
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...
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 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.
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November 7, 2025 at 10:22 PM
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.'
November 6, 2025 at 12:17 AM
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.'