Chris Wagnon
@wags1680.bsky.social
Bay Area resident, semi journalist, semi athlete, husband, girl dad, greyhound dad, 49ers fan, A's refugee, NM native, NMSU grad, grill master, liberal, Gen X and defender of democracy. 🫘 🚫MAGA 🚫Unsolicited DMs 🚫Crypto/bitcoin 🚫Porn
🔥 Dr. @abdulelsayed.bsky.social: “Mike Rogers served special interests in Congress. He made $14 million after leaving and moved to Florida to play golf… politics has changed. You have to stand for something. We look forward to sending him back to Florida to golf with his buddies.” ⛳️
Two Republican representatives under scrutiny for allegations against them have made different decisions over the last 24 hours.
Chuck Edwards Drops Reelection Bid Following Embarrassing Congressional Investigation
Chuck Edwards Gets Out, Max Miller Stays In Two Republican representatives under...
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My more in-depth, no spoiler review of "The Odyssey" #TheOdyssey
'The Odyssey’ is cinematic excellence
Few movies live up to the hype, but Nolan’s take on this Greek epic is a masterclass in film
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One of my favorite journalism professors just passed away. I remember how chilling of him having a viewing of “Triumph of the Will” in his Public Opinion/Propaganda class and how much I learned that sticks with me today. RIP Dr. Frank Thayer and thanks for the life lessons in critical thinking.
Chris Wagnon (@chriswagnon)
I’m really sorry to hear about Dr. Thayer’s passing. He was always very approachable and willing work through challenges with his students at NMSU. He was always very fair-minded with his students. I ...
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Tony Jetland, of Martinez. flies his manta ray kite at night at Radke Martinez Regional Shoreline Park on Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2026. #photography #bayarea #kite #fujix100vi
One of my favorite journalism professors just passed away. I remember how chilling of him having a viewing of “Triumph of the Will” in his Public Opinion/Propaganda class and how much I learned that sticks with me today. RIP Dr. Frank Thayer and thanks for the life lessons in critical thinking.
Chris Wagnon (@chriswagnon)
I’m really sorry to hear about Dr. Thayer’s passing. He was always very approachable and willing work through challenges with his students at NMSU. He was always very fair-minded with his students. I ...
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Happy National Night Out! It was wonderful to gather with community members, local law enforcement, and first responders at annual celebrations designed to build public trust and collaboration in Concord, Walnut Creek, Orinda, Lafayette, Martinez, Dublin, and Pleasant Hill.
Phang: "Capital One said, 'We don't want the business anymore of the 45th president of the United States, his businesses, his failed sons, and his revocable trust.' So you can imagine -- I am just hypothesizing... but it suggests whatever Capital One uncovered was pretty bad. Makes you wonder..."
We are deciding whether we want to be a country of ethnic cleansing and concentration camps.
Indivisible ❌👑@indivisible.org · 2d agoBREAKING — Another person died at Delaney Hall. The family of Edwin Lopez Cornejo (age 39) said he was not receiving the medications required to treat his diabetes, and blames his death on the lack of medical care (via USA Today). www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...
My more in-depth, no spoiler review of "The Odyssey" #TheOdyssey
'The Odyssey’ is cinematic excellence
Few movies live up to the hype, but Nolan’s take on this Greek epic is a masterclass in film
open.substack.com
What, you say serial harassers Donald Trump and Pete Hegseth are taking steps to encourage *more* harassment? How utterly not shocking.
Task & Purpose@taskandpurpose.com · yesterdayArmy ends anonymous reporting for harassment complaints trib.al/oQU93m2
Q: Epstein survivors said your yes vote on Todd Blanche would have a chilling effect on survivors of sexual assault, what is your response? Republican Senator Cornyn: I don't believe there is anything we can do to assuage them. That's one of those things that can't be remedied
One of Donald Trump's greatest crimes will be making me side with Jeanine Pirro.
Trump: Pirro ‘choked,’ ‘folded like an umbrella’ in Reflecting Pool case
President Trump said U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro “choked” in her decision to drop charges against U.S. Olympian David Hearn in the Reflecting Pool vandalism case, casting blame on the judge oversee…
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Whitehouse: "Today I think is a sad and embarrassing day for this committee as it looks like on a party-line vote we are going to advance out of this committee probably the most discreditable person ever to seek the office of attorney general. Let's start with the Epstein files ... "
Edwin Lopez Cornejo, a young man who was detained at Delaney Hall, died this weekend. He leaves behind a family and community who deserve answers.
This is so true. Texans you have to turn Texas back to blue. You have to want better.
How is Ken Paxton able to own at least 15 real estate properties worth around $9 million—including a $1 million property in Hawaii with an ocean view—on his government salary of $153,000 per year? Explain it to me like I’m five.
New at Fight the Fire: "Kennedy is not, as he portrays himself, an independent thinker positing theories as part of the scientific method. He’s more like a man who claims a medical degree after he reads a few back issues of the National Enquirer and Weekly World News." Free links/subscriptions.
That boy's a worm short of a full bait box
RFK Jr. dazzles us once more with the medical degree he doesn't have
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Aaron Rodgers and Pat McAfee…no more douchebags left at the douchebag store
A Texas city allegedly paid a family farm $10 in exchange for land meant to be used for a park and then sold the land to a data center developer for $10 million.The family is now suing for the deed to be honored and the park to be built.
That said, let us take a moment to thank our Bluesky Trans and Furry Elders for freaking out Jack Dorsey so much he bolted and left us this nice social media playground, taking most of his crypto chuds with him. We thank you for your service.
