James Wigderson
@jwigderson.bsky.social
Writer: Wigderson Library & Pub
https://jameswigderson.substack.com/
Former editor RightWisconsin. Former Waukesha Freeman columnist. World Traveler. Brewers fan. Constitutional conservative. Movie buff.
https://jameswigderson.substack.com/
Former editor RightWisconsin. Former Waukesha Freeman columnist. World Traveler. Brewers fan. Constitutional conservative. Movie buff.
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James Wigderson
@jwigderson.bsky.social
· Feb 22
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Not only did the United States announce a change in sides in the conflict, our country did it after engaging in terrible extortion.
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It will take generations of American leaders to undo the damage and restore our reputation.
Remember, it's not officially Thanksgiving until you hear the splut of the cranberry sauce cylinder leaving the can.
a can of cranberry sauce is being poured into a white plate
ALT: a can of cranberry sauce is being poured into a white plate
media.tenor.com
November 27, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Remember, it's not officially Thanksgiving until you hear the splut of the cranberry sauce cylinder leaving the can.
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Fleetwood Mac 's "Silver Springs" is a trending sound right now at least on Insta, and people are using it for ... their wedding videos and getting brunch with friends.
they hear "you won't forget me" and go "awww 🥹"
🫠 You don't even need to know the background, just actually listen to the song
they hear "you won't forget me" and go "awww 🥹"
🫠 You don't even need to know the background, just actually listen to the song
November 26, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Fleetwood Mac 's "Silver Springs" is a trending sound right now at least on Insta, and people are using it for ... their wedding videos and getting brunch with friends.
they hear "you won't forget me" and go "awww 🥹"
🫠 You don't even need to know the background, just actually listen to the song
they hear "you won't forget me" and go "awww 🥹"
🫠 You don't even need to know the background, just actually listen to the song
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NEWS --> Anna Gomez, the lone Dem on the FCC, tells me the Trump admin's pressure to oust Jimmy Kimmel may be unlawful as well as unconstitutional. FCC chair Brendan Carr may be committing censorship in violation of federal law.
That and much more in my new piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2006...
That and much more in my new piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2006...
Trump’s Ouster of Jimmy Kimmel Is Much Worse than You Think It Is
Anna Gomez, the FCC’s lone Democratic commissioner, tells TNR that her boss’ move violates both the First Amendment and the Communications Act. Democrats must extract consequences.
newrepublic.com
September 18, 2025 at 5:34 PM
NEWS --> Anna Gomez, the lone Dem on the FCC, tells me the Trump admin's pressure to oust Jimmy Kimmel may be unlawful as well as unconstitutional. FCC chair Brendan Carr may be committing censorship in violation of federal law.
That and much more in my new piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2006...
That and much more in my new piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2006...
The Art Student leaves her empty nest parents behind.
jameswigderson.substack.com/p/back-to-sc...
jameswigderson.substack.com/p/back-to-sc...
Back to School
“We’ve been going through some changes at my house.
jameswigderson.substack.com
August 31, 2025 at 8:26 PM
The Art Student leaves her empty nest parents behind.
jameswigderson.substack.com/p/back-to-sc...
jameswigderson.substack.com/p/back-to-sc...
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This is definitely going to end up with someone shooting a DC resident.
BREAKING: National Guard troops in D.C. to begin carrying weapons tonight, including rifles, a Defense Department official said.
National Guard troops in DC to begin carrying firearms
A majority of the National Guard troops deployed to DC as part of President Trump's crime crackdown will now carry M17 pistols.
nbcnews.to
August 25, 2025 at 1:11 AM
This is definitely going to end up with someone shooting a DC resident.
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Remember when this pic started a nationwide scandal?
August 10, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Remember when this pic started a nationwide scandal?
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The dog whistles from DHS are blaring foghorns at this point
August 10, 2025 at 10:14 PM
The dog whistles from DHS are blaring foghorns at this point
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The latest fascist video posted by DHS.
(I'm sure the typeface at the end there isn't meant to invoke anything Nazi-like)
x.com/dhsgov/statu...
(I'm sure the typeface at the end there isn't meant to invoke anything Nazi-like)
x.com/dhsgov/statu...
August 10, 2025 at 10:12 PM
The latest fascist video posted by DHS.
(I'm sure the typeface at the end there isn't meant to invoke anything Nazi-like)
x.com/dhsgov/statu...
(I'm sure the typeface at the end there isn't meant to invoke anything Nazi-like)
x.com/dhsgov/statu...
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This was not considered Woke in 1949:
August 10, 2025 at 11:53 PM
This was not considered Woke in 1949:
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This is why the whole campaign might have been better focused from beginning to end—by any opponent—about his pathological lying on anything and everything.
August 4, 2025 at 1:30 AM
This is why the whole campaign might have been better focused from beginning to end—by any opponent—about his pathological lying on anything and everything.
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And now, Ryan Walters, the Oklahoma school superintendent who (among other morality-boosting moves) wanted to put Trump bibles into every classroom. But he failed, apparently, to close an, erm, browser window during a board meeting
kfor.com/video/invest...
kfor.com/video/invest...
Investigation inquiry underway after reports of naked women on Ryan Walters office TV
Investigation inquiry underway after reports of naked women on Ryan Walters office TV
kfor.com
July 26, 2025 at 2:30 PM
And now, Ryan Walters, the Oklahoma school superintendent who (among other morality-boosting moves) wanted to put Trump bibles into every classroom. But he failed, apparently, to close an, erm, browser window during a board meeting
kfor.com/video/invest...
kfor.com/video/invest...
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This is amazing. Yesterday Trump claimed he talked to his uncle about how brilliant the Unabomber was when the Unabomber was a student of his at MIT.
The Unabomber never went to MIT, he was identified in 1996, and his uncle died in 1985.
The Unabomber never went to MIT, he was identified in 1996, and his uncle died in 1985.
you genuinely have to admire his brain. getting hammered 24/7 on Epstein? better fabricate a personal link to the Unabomber, specifically mentioning one of the prestigious universities where Epstein peddled his influence
July 16, 2025 at 2:24 AM
This is amazing. Yesterday Trump claimed he talked to his uncle about how brilliant the Unabomber was when the Unabomber was a student of his at MIT.
The Unabomber never went to MIT, he was identified in 1996, and his uncle died in 1985.
The Unabomber never went to MIT, he was identified in 1996, and his uncle died in 1985.
Who else was there?
July 16, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Who else was there?
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A reminder of the value of freedom and democracy - must-read:
An Independence Day hope for my children
open.substack.com/pub/jameswig...
open.substack.com/pub/jameswig...
open.substack.com
July 8, 2025 at 6:23 PM
A reminder of the value of freedom and democracy - must-read:
An Independence Day hope for my children
open.substack.com/pub/jameswig...
open.substack.com/pub/jameswig...
open.substack.com
July 5, 2025 at 11:25 PM
An Independence Day hope for my children
open.substack.com/pub/jameswig...
open.substack.com/pub/jameswig...
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Just to underscore--the president is attending the opening of an immigrant tent city that was purposely built (in one week) on an abandoned airfield in the middle of the Florida Everglades because it's surrounded by alligators and pythons to deter people from fleeing, or kill them if they do.
Uhh...last week NYT reported construction on "Alligator Alcatraz" would start today. Now NBC News reports it's *opening* tomorrow with Trump likely in attendance "set up quickly — in roughly one week — by the DeSantis administration."
Trump expected to visit the 'Alligator Alcatraz' detention facility this week
The immigration detention facility in the Florida Everglades has drawn protests and faces a lawsuit.
www.nbcnews.com
June 30, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Just to underscore--the president is attending the opening of an immigrant tent city that was purposely built (in one week) on an abandoned airfield in the middle of the Florida Everglades because it's surrounded by alligators and pythons to deter people from fleeing, or kill them if they do.
Correction: she is a former soft porn lesbian photo shoot model.
We traded the style, grace and class of Jackie Kennedy for the garish, gaudy, ascetic vulgarity of a lounge lizard. bsky.app/profile/patr...
Wow. The White House Rose Garden is tore up.
June 29, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Correction: she is a former soft porn lesbian photo shoot model.
When you're filling the inflatable hot tub, is it supposed to sound like lake ice cracking?
June 28, 2025 at 11:23 PM
When you're filling the inflatable hot tub, is it supposed to sound like lake ice cracking?
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When the Cardinals clubhouse opened tonight, this is what some of the starters were talking about.
June 21, 2025 at 3:24 AM
When the Cardinals clubhouse opened tonight, this is what some of the starters were talking about.
About to go to lunch with my grown children. open.substack.com/pub/jameswig...
June 15, 2025 at 5:12 PM
About to go to lunch with my grown children. open.substack.com/pub/jameswig...
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BTW, this is now my go-to response to folks insisting that X is just a distraction from the Only Thing That Matters, which is Y, and anyone talking about anything other than Y is being unserious.
Do not let anything at all distract you from the inevitable heat death of the universe! Anything else you think about is but a distraction compared to the coming end of all that is and has ever been! Be serious.
June 5, 2025 at 9:04 PM
BTW, this is now my go-to response to folks insisting that X is just a distraction from the Only Thing That Matters, which is Y, and anyone talking about anything other than Y is being unserious.
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From @nytopinion.nytimes.com
“Too many Christians are transforming Christianity into a vertical faith, one that focuses on your personal relationship with God at the expense of the horizontal relationship you have with your neighbors,” writes our columnist David French.
“Too many Christians are transforming Christianity into a vertical faith, one that focuses on your personal relationship with God at the expense of the horizontal relationship you have with your neighbors,” writes our columnist David French.
Opinion | Selfishness Is Not a Virtue
Evangelical Christianity has taken a wrong turn.
www.nytimes.com
June 5, 2025 at 9:14 PM
From @nytopinion.nytimes.com
“Too many Christians are transforming Christianity into a vertical faith, one that focuses on your personal relationship with God at the expense of the horizontal relationship you have with your neighbors,” writes our columnist David French.
“Too many Christians are transforming Christianity into a vertical faith, one that focuses on your personal relationship with God at the expense of the horizontal relationship you have with your neighbors,” writes our columnist David French.
Lest anyone think this is only about Harvard, the Trump Administration made it very clear that Harvard is only the precedent that’s being set for other institutions of higher learning. open.substack.com/pub/jameswig...
Keeping the foreign students out
The Art Student Returns Home with News
open.substack.com
May 23, 2025 at 4:46 AM
Lest anyone think this is only about Harvard, the Trump Administration made it very clear that Harvard is only the precedent that’s being set for other institutions of higher learning. open.substack.com/pub/jameswig...