Joseph Fedorko (call me Joe)
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Joseph Fedorko (call me Joe)
@jafedorko.bsky.social
Renaissance Man (depending on your definition of renaissance). I also have A Substack From A Guy Named Joe and produce a podcast (who doesn't?!) called DB COMEDY PRESENTS THE ELECTABLES. I was banned from Twitter for offending racists years ago ...
Not Just Trump is having No Good Very Bad Days - MAGA does, too! Luxuriate in it - from ACA to VF to WWE and last night's screech-fest - and think of it as a teaser for Epstein Files Day! While you're at it, like and subscribe/pay a subscription for this Substack - and TELL YOUR FRIENDS! (Thanks!!)
NATIONAL REGIFTING DAY UPDATES
Talk About Pre-Planning ...
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December 18, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Threads is reporting Johnson called the vote on the ACA petition and cut the vote off when he got enough votes to kill it even though at least two dozen Democrats were literally entering their vote when he did it - but I am not seeing any news reports confirming it.

What’s up?!
December 17, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Today's update includes a tribute and pile-on in connection to the Rob Reiner tragedy, plus negotiations updates, some delicious tea being spilled, and MAGA relationship notes (ew!). Plus the usuals! Like, Subscribe (free or paid), Tip, Recommend, Spread the Word! And thanks, always!
NATIONAL CHOCOLATE COVERED ANYTHING DAY UPDATES
Why, Sure - If You Insist!
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December 16, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Grab a warm beverage and give today's Update a read. This Substack features news on gun violence, teetering political parties, toddler Presidents, the latest on ACA subsides, Ukraine/Russia, and movies! Like, subscribe, leave a tip, pay for a subscription, tell your friends, and STAY WARM!
HALCYON DAY UPDATES
Sounds More Like the Name of an Album by a British Folk-Rock Outfit, But Sure …
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December 14, 2025 at 4:59 PM
After a technical glitch on Tuesday, the Substack is back today with documentation of the latest batch of lunacy - but plenty of other fun stuff, including holiday musical cheer! Like and subscribe, tip and recommend, and help me grow my Substack! (And SAVE YOUR WORK EARLY AND OFTEN.)
INTERNATIONAL MOUNTAIN DAY
Not Hills, Not Mole Hills, Not Valleys, Not Canyons - MOUNTAINS, Dammit!
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December 11, 2025 at 5:27 PM
A bit of a long weekend for me - but here's Today's update - including the ways our President is being treated in a Very Special Way (including drugs), Who Might Go, and more! Like, subscribe (free!), pay for a subscription or leave a tip, spread the word and thanks for reading as always!
NATIONAL LETTER WRITING DAY UPDATES
Emails and Texts and Substacks Count - but Actual Paper Letters Should Not Be Forgotten!
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December 8, 2025 at 1:14 AM
We wrap up what the TN special election means in the short and longer term, along with MAGA women, dozing leaders, court stuff, and a hi-LAR-ious bit of petty! That and more can be yours - click, like, subscribe, leave a tip, pay for a subscription, and tell your friends! (Thx as always!)
NATIONAL DICE DAY UPDATE
Boxcars! Boxcars! Boxcars!!!
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December 4, 2025 at 9:17 PM
We have an election in Tennessee, danger in the Caribbean, negotiations in and around Ukraine, the usual bonkers-ness from the President, and two Shout-Outs for today’s update! Give it all a read, then spread the word, subscribe, leave a tip, let your friends know! Thanks as always!!
NATIONAL BARTENDER DAY UPDATES
As a Former Professional Bartender (and Current Amateur Bartender) I Say, SALUT, Bartenders (and I’ll Have an Old Fashioned, No Rye – I Have A Complicated Relationship with Rye)
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December 2, 2025 at 8:02 PM
The long holiday weekend is almost over - so the Substack is back, tracking a very cranky old man and his even more lunatic posts ... plus updates on fleeing MAGAts and Ukraine, and a tribute to a hero. Like, subscribe, pay for a sub or leave a tip, KEEP SPREADING THE WORD about my Substack! Thanks
CYBER SAFETY SUNDAY UPDATES
You Can Stay Cyber-Safe By NOT Buying Stuff from Amazon or Target and Cancelling that Spotify Account - Indivisible Says So!
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November 30, 2025 at 4:07 PM
"I don't think writers are sacred, but words are. They deserve respect. If you get the right ones in the right order, you might nudge the world a little or make a poem that children will speak for you when you are dead."

Mission Accomplished, Mr. Stoppard. Godspeed, sir!
November 30, 2025 at 5:38 AM
WHERE’S THAT LOUDMOUTH INCEL BRUISE-AND-PISS WEARING DOUCHE DAVE PORTNOY?! CAN YOU SAY “I AM RYAN DAY’S BEE-YOTCH?” BECAUSE YOU ARE! #OhioState
November 29, 2025 at 8:41 PM
It's a grab-bag of an Update as the Trump machine starts springing bolts and screws all over the place. As many as can be accounted for are listed with snark - read, subscribe, recommend, tip, pay for a subscription, then gear up for Thanksgiving. Happy Day and THANKS to you for your audience!
NATIONAL PARFAIT DAY UPDATES
An Odd Holiday with all the Eating About to Start – but Fruit and/or Cake and/or Cream (Ice or not) Together in One Serving? LET’S GET A REBOOT HERE!
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November 25, 2025 at 7:33 PM
HEY - a Substack update that's NOT all about Epstein! Three items on the docket: Marge Greene's exit, the PutinGPT-authored "peace proposal" to Ukraine, and a possible reboot of THE ODD COUPLE featuring a fascist and a socialist! Those hijinks and MORE! Read, like, spread, subscribe, tip - THANKS!
NATIONAL ESPRESSO DAY UPDATES
With A Week Full of Cooking and Travel, Enjoy A Quick Caffeine Blast Today!
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November 23, 2025 at 5:56 PM
C'mon - BABY DON'T YOU WANNA GO
I said c'mon - BABY DON'T YOU WANNA GO
Back to that same old place - SING IT! ...
SWEET HOME CHICAGO!
I'm on the top of the world lookin' down on creation
And the only explanation I can find
Is the love that I've found, ever since you've been around
Your love's put me at the top of the world
November 23, 2025 at 6:47 AM
The Epstein Files saga enters a new phase - but how we got there includes an apology?! See it and catch up on other stuff in what you can now start calling the Lame Duck Presidency. Then spread the word and feed the algorithms and pay for a subscription or leave a tip. Always appreciated!
INTERNATIONAL HUG A RUNNER DAY UPDATES
I’d Be Happy To – IF THEY WOULD STOP RUNNING FOR A HOT SECOND …
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November 20, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Long day, which allowed for a Big Build on the Epstein vote in Congress - and it's all here in today's Update, along with other stories about another Trump "speech," BAD news on legal and gerrymandering for MAGA, and MORE! Read, like, subscribe (free or not), leave a tip, spread the word! Thanks!
INTERNATIONAL OCCULT DAY UPDATES
Seems More Appropriate for the Moment We’re In than Celebrating Mickey Mouse’s Birthday … or DOES It?!?!?!?!
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November 19, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Can’t find the right GIF, but “Sister Christian” by Night Ranger in BOOGIE NIGHTS …
Quote post with a song you can’t hear without thinking of a movie it was in

"Magic Carpet Ride" by Steppenwolf
November 18, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Ah, going with the you're-doing-it-so-let-me-get-in-front-of-it-like-I-thought-of-it-first gambit he always does ...
Trump: "House Republicans should vote to release the Epstein files, because we have nothing to hide."
November 17, 2025 at 2:29 AM
The story of concealing the Epstein Files now has a possible out-of-nowhere sorta-kinda heroine - and come read the epic story as it stands now, complete with BETRAYAL! HATEFUL VILLIANS! SHOCKING TWISTS! Even a laugh or two! Then like and subscribe and recommend and tip and THANKS!
NATIONAL CLARINET DAY
If You Want To Really Play The Saxophone, First Learn How To Play the Clarinet! (Then You Can Play Ragtime, Too - Win-Win!)
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November 16, 2025 at 5:29 PM
He's jealous he didn't do it with Bubba, isn't he?
Donald Trump, the Great Unifier.
November 16, 2025 at 4:35 AM
Bondi is incompetent. The attorney who volunteered to head her “investigation” is a Wall Street choad who has never prosecuted a traffic ticket. The political price to be paid by MAGAGOP is going to be more catastrophic by the day the longer they let it go …
November 15, 2025 at 1:29 PM
If you're looking for a new Democratic Senate Leader, you won't do much better than Chris Murphy ...
November 15, 2025 at 12:36 AM
When you can start an update by accurately quoting yourself and end it with a Bugs Bunny clip, you KNOW you got something YOU need to read - and all in the service of summarizing yesterday's Epstein Files MADNESS. So, enjoy and spread the word and subscribe and leave a tip or pay for a subscription!
NATIONAL DREAM DESTINATION DAY UPDATES
Mine is a Beach Property with Scuba Diving and Snorkeling Just Offshore and a Barbecue Pit – but Cool Restaurants Down the Road. Yours?
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November 13, 2025 at 7:46 PM
So Threads is now riven with rumors that Nancy Mace has withdrawn her signature on the petition for the Epstein Files. I wouldn't doubt this is more than possible and she would be a prime candidate to chicken out, but has anyone seen a reputable source to confirm?
November 12, 2025 at 12:07 AM
For all who follow me and have been waiting, here's my take on the Democrats, Schumer, ACA subsidies, where my anger is being placed, and what happens next. Plus, more mouth farts from we-know-who and all the regular stuff. Spread the word, leave a tip, subscribe one way or another - always, THANKS!
VETERANS DAY UPDATES
Honor and Respect to all Who Serve and Uphold the Oath to the Constitution
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November 11, 2025 at 7:26 PM