He/him. Atheist, antifascist science nerd and beer aficionado. Jack of all trades and master of business administration. Some people call me Matt. Abolish ICE.
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Think about it. "Dems were too zealous in trying to prevent the spread of the virus" is, in US politics, a greater disadvantage, a bigger problem, than "Republican lies got hundreds of thousands of Americans killed for no reason." Just a pathetic fucking country. Pathetic.
RFK Jr: “If you’ve ever compared an unvaccinated kid to a vaccinated kid… you see the bright eyes, the engagement, the social interactions, the curiosity. And you compare them to the child who even had one or two vaccines, and they’re completely different.“ This man is an existential threat.
A reminder on this Labor Day: Slavery still exists in the form of incarcerated labor. It’s long overdue to end forced labor in prisons.
This is going overboard now. Obvious using abject tragedy as political campaigning. Frey is just that cynical to use tragedy to elevate his campaign, he has history doing this. they are so opportunist they couldn't resist overindulging in this. just gross www.startribune.com/jacob-frey-a...
not just that he has no constitutional authority, there isn't even any particular legal or institutional mechanism by which the president can make anyone treat this as anything other than a weird advisory opinion.
Trump/RFK are decapitating our public health system, a pillar of American greatness. So Dem Govs should scour every corner of the law for creative new ways to defend their people from this madness. Dems should polarize this debate to the max. Thoughts on this here: newrepublic.com/article/1998...
Ethnic cleansing.
Life for Palestinians in Gaza has gotten worse under Trump, not better. So where are Jill Stein and Cornel West now? They aren’t leading protests in DC outside the White House, no rallies. Almost like the whole 2024 thing was just performative.
This is literally someone playing an RTS and hearing “you must construct additional pylons” and then they start killing off workers while facerolling the keyboard
In this Ohio diner, cancer research is what astrologers do for people born in late June and July. But they do know this: President Trump's landslide 49% of the vote gives him a clear mandate to defund America's scientists.
there is no question in my mind that rfk jr is the most dangerous person in this administration and that his eugenicist ideology threatens the lives of millions of people www.advocate.com/politics/dem...
RFK Jr. says you shouldn’t get a Covid vaccine. All doctors and research results say you should. For busy Americans, it can be hard to know who to trust.
The first pic is definitely an album cover for a parkcore band.
More on that
Outside the CDC, people are chanting “USA, not RFK.” They are fed up with having one unqualified person dictate the nation’s health. #USANotRFK
The depravity from those who know better while charged to uphold the rule of law: Restitutions for those who stormed the Capitol.
Trump reportedly owns more than $600,000 in shares of Nvidia and Apple. Both companies have financially benefited from special concessions Trump made to them while in office. The president is profiting off the policies he sets. This is corruption in its rawest form.
House Democrats could force a vote on impeaching RFK any time they want. Of course it would fail. But do you want to make an issue of it or not?
He should never have been nominated in the first place. It was like putting a Flat Earther in charge of NASA. He's completely unfit for anything other than licking doorknobs and eating strange meats.
Two innocent children are dead and the far right are racing to use it as pretext to further eradicate trans people. This mass shooting had nothing to do with the shooter being trans and everything to do with them being radicalized online by a nihilistic murder cult that worships mass shooters.
We’re being governed by monsters. Just absolute monsters.
This isn’t bad luck or coincidence or predestination. This is our choice. To live in a nation where our leaders teach hate, and military style guns are everywhere.
He's not going to heaven. One day, his brain functions will cease and his body will begin to decay. It will continue to decay after burial, or his remains will be cremated. Either way, I will ensure that whatever memorial is erected for him becomes a urinal.
I always reply that I collect spores, molds, and fungus.
We are quickly approaching a time when we will have no choice but to take to the streets or go into hiding for years. It's best to be prepared for the former in order to avoid the latter. #FightFascism
CDC is no longer surveilling outbreaks caused by campylobacter, cyclospora, listeria, shigella, vibrio and Yersinia. What could go wrong?
My current favorite bit of right-wing Christian hypocrisy is Ken Paxton, a man whose wife is divorcing him for adultery, forcing Texas schools to unconstitutionally post "Thou Shalt Not Commit Adultery." www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...
I detest that in just one week this story is gone from the media cycle. An Israeli citizen & report of Netanyahu was charged & arrested for attempting to rape a 14-year-old child. He was bailed out & flew back to Israel, despite an Aug 27 court date. WHY??? www.qasimrashid.com/p/netanyahu-...
He also believes long-debunked theories of disease
It goes without saying, but this is against everything this country was founded on
Had to stop by this sign outside the Moshannon Valley Detention Center. The GEO Group donated $1M+ to Trump’s campaign. Now they’re profiting off of locking up kids using our taxpayer dollars. The corruption is clear. Thank you to the local residents, clergy, & advocates for standing against this.
He makes Don Quixote look sane in comparison.
Worth reading this www.creditslips.org/creditslips/...
McConnell had worse a couple years ago and that asshole is still around, unfortunately.
Personally, *I* want someone who is fight-y and not obsessed with bipartisanship. Bipartisanship is dead and acquiescing will not work.
This is me running to the store to buy an American flag for the express purpose of burning it.
To the white people saying the Black History museum has an “overemphasis” on slavery…here’s an idea.
Donald Trump plans military invasion of the 3rd largest city in the US.
reposted this today because the inverse is also true: if you abandon trans people right now, you are abandoning civil rights period. if you can't stand up for trans people when it matters, no one should, or will, ever trust you when the bullseye moves to the next target.
Yeah let's use stronger words. Do say "Abolish ICE" Do say "Stop Republican Panty-Sniffers from Inspecting Kids' Genitals" Do say "No Weapons for Genocide" Do say "Big Bullshit Bill" Do say "Fuck A.i." Do say "Protect Trans Kids" Do say "Hands off our Immigrant Neighbors You Fascist Assholes"
511, I see what you did there. 👍
Having him run up and down the pitch a few times will definitely result in his heart exploding.
Interactions from the last few days show ICE officers running their mouths at witnesses of their lawlessness. Now they’re directing violence at them, too.
One of the most offensive and tone deaf statements ever from the DFL party chair. He talks about broadening the coalition when he just kicked so many of us out of it by caving to the donors and insiders who have been pressuring him over the people who actually show up. dfl.org/cbrc_decision/
I, for one, am shocked that giving people money when they don’t have money solves the problems caused by them not having money
The only thing I can say about this paragraph is read it. Sit with it. Read it again. @michaelharriot.bsky.social
Here, fixed it.
This is eliminationist language and a threat of violence by a known Nazi. Charlie Kirk is a Nazi and this is openly a call for violence against the population. The fascists are amp up their rhetoric and their violent theater because they want to kill American citizens in mass.
And unlike a "supermoon", you can't even see it!
When someone awful dies, it is in fact the right time to speak ill of them. James Dobson is gone but the evil he did lives on. www.wonkette.com/p/james-dobs...
Good morning! The churls are fighting!
Trump says “politics is over” if Republicans gerrymander and ban mail voting before the midterms
To my 10th grade English teacher, who said, “Make the conclusion count.”
Paul’s right, it’s unreal how little traction this story has gotten. www.mediaite.com/crime/israel...
Every Nazi has a Backpfeifengesicht, example #3436628
If Republicans are going to act this way, Democrats should break quorum again in protest.
I’m kind of speechless with this one. I can’t imagine the kind of person who continues to make the argument that it doesn’t count as real starvation if the kids were already sick.
Putin told Trump that mail-in voting is bad, and that’s why he’s doing this now. I’m not making this up.
Going on vacation tomorrow so spent Saturday night making maps of all the places in Ohio, West Virginia and South Carolina with higher violent crime and murder rates than D.C. Perhaps better places for those governors to focus resources! www.pbump.net/o/more-peopl...
Four things can happen when a tariff hits: 1) Foreign firms cut prices 2) Retail margins get squeezed 3) Retailers pass it on to you 4) Some imports just stop Latest data: #1 didn’t happen, #2 a lot at first, #3 a bit so far, and #4 in spots. Bottom line: Americans (#2, #3) are paying the tariffs.
She will die someday, an inevitable fact. Karma would dictate that when that day finally arrives, it will be as unpleasant as possible.
Not if my trans and unhoused neighbors are going to be thrown under that bus.
Trump struggled to walk in a straight line as he went to greet Putin
Not only is this fucking embarrassing, I can’t imagine how much counterintelligence work is going to be required after this trip. Having a hostile head of state in the presidential limo is *insane*
Kinda' like when Noem said "WE'RE SENDING THE NATIONAL GUARD TO OVERTHROW THE ELECTED SOCIALIST WOKEMONSTERS," and four days later the Ninth Circuit was like, "We are persuaded by the administration's argument that this is a limited mission justified by important constitutional federal functions."
On a panel last night at #LibCon2025, I referred to Trump as "the avatar of mediocre men." This is a good example. These police are absolutely pathetic, bullying losers. But Trump has enabled them to feel powerful by expanding the scope of their bullying.
The U.S. has never lived up to its stated commitment to human rights, but this is an embarrassment. Germany is not less free than El Salvador. Our assessment of a country's human rights record now turns on Trump's relationship with that country. We are the baddies.
In case you were wondering whether it's a permanent police state in the US, why, yes, it is! #fascism
Quick! Someone call in the 501st Sandwich Brigade!
We should endeavor to make sandwiches the next fentanyl. It would be hilarious to see a cop have a panic attack at the sight of a po' boy.
A salami in the wrong hands could be a deadly weapon. And what if the cop got mayonnaise in his eye? He could be blinded for seconds!
“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.” It costs a lot less to house people.
Russia First.
I will vote for anyone who runs on a platform of putting every person in this administration in front of a firing squad (after a short, but fair trial, of course).
Russia First
U.S. taxpayers have spent $24 billion on Netanyahu's horrific war in Gaza. Instead of starving children, that money could pay for: 700,000 public housing units 500,000 low-income kids receiving health care 500,000 veterans receiving VA care 600,000 kids in Head Start Combined.
Buried in the regime's political takeover letter of the Smithsonian is the worst bit. Unlike exhibits, which are non-destructive towards primary materials, temporary in nature, and reversible, the foundational collections are irreplacable. They want to be able to throw stuff out.
The Washington Post has literally become the mouthpiece of the regime. Fox News in print, powered by Jeff Bezos.
No exaggeration whatsoever: these people will be remembered among history's great monsters — fellow travelers with Trofim Lysenko.
Cis people: "You know what would totally make women super safe? If we policed appearance like fuck & subjected anyone who didn't conform to stereotypes to physical inspection of their boobs and genitals." Trans ppl: "We would strongly suggest no." Cis ppl: "Only rapists oppose gender policing."
#ReleaseTheCuomoList
Trusting an idiot is a recipe for disaster.
I tested AI chatbots with history facts. They spewed a lot of bullshit.
A central tenet of the conservative movement is going on TV to tell the world you’re an giant baby.
And here you go. I honestly do not understand the moral cowardice that leads some of our fellow citizens to not speak out against what's going on.
Absofuckinlutely
Of course Trump picked the absolute worst
If you look up "Backpfeifengesicht" in some dictionaries, you'll find his picture next to the definition.
Run him the fuck out of town. Now.
“Earned”? Did Nazi Germany “earn” Poland and France back in the day Mr. Whitaker?
Another reason why i hate the digital pivot to video is people will send you like 20 videos and expect for you to watch all of them. Like, no.
"PhD-level experts in your back pocket" is a completely nonsensical description of AI but a pretty good description of social media if you follow the right people
The New York Times uses the word “maximalist” because it’s afraid to use the word “dictatorship.”
Trump shows weakness, permitting Putin (who is under indictment) in the US and traveling to the meeting in Alaska. And what's being reported-giving Russia all of eastern Ukraine - is precisely what Russia was proposing in 2016 with Paul Manafort and others, and would reward its illegal war effort.
JD Vance and other pedophile protection party officials are holding an emergency meeting tonight over their strategy on the Epstein files. This cover-up is a disgrace to Epstein’s victims. The American people deserve transparency and accountability. Release the Epstein files.
AI. What can I tell you. Every single *possible* positive use case I’ve heard about has felt vastly outweighed by the extremely negative. But even allowing for me just being poorly informed - AI / LLM being sold and promoted by some of the worst sleazebags walking the Earth does not help!