Matthew
@matthewhm.bsky.social
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created November 14, 2024
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Matthew (@matthewhm.bsky.social)
Trump wrote that "if [the ruling that his tariffs order is unconstitutional] is allowed to stand, this Decision would literally destroy the United States of America. " He's literally blackmailing SCOTUS. It'll probably work.
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Not educated white women
Matthew (@matthewhm.bsky.social) reply parent
Boo-hoo. She's making millions and the USTA has made her the face of U.S. tennis. Stop crying.
Matthew (@matthewhm.bsky.social) reply parent
No different than Iran's mullahs.
Matthew (@matthewhm.bsky.social)
Just another MAGA piece of shit.
Matthew (@matthewhm.bsky.social) reply parent
That's bullshit. Women are pissed about Bernie and assholes like Susan Sarandon.
Matthew (@matthewhm.bsky.social)
"expanding executive authority" is a mild euphemism for dictatorship.
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That's idiotic. The major causes of kidney disease are diabetes, obesity, smoking, alcohol use and other NON congenital issues. That's why family members are often candidates for live donation. Organ donation saves lives.
Matthew (@matthewhm.bsky.social) reply parent
What kind of machines does he object to? The new fax-style ones? The old-school one? I don't even know what he's talking about.
Matthew (@matthewhm.bsky.social) reply parent
Ok, fine. Then you don't get a life-saving organ when you need one. I saw a lot of black people getting dialysis when I was; tell them to restrict the supply of kidneys.
Matthew (@matthewhm.bsky.social)
So Trump is essentially ending NATO.
Matthew (@matthewhm.bsky.social) reply parent
This is bullshit. Transplantation saves thousands of lives, including mine.
Matthew (@matthewhm.bsky.social)
Just two despots figuring out how to enrich each other.
Matthew (@matthewhm.bsky.social) reply parent
Ridiculous. She's taking a spot from a young American woman, perhaps a young black woman who needs a chance to be the next Venus Williams.
Matthew (@matthewhm.bsky.social) reply parent
What would they do if they saw an actual crime, shoot them?
Matthew (@matthewhm.bsky.social)
Excellent analysis
Matthew (@matthewhm.bsky.social)
Can someone explain what the National Guard will do if they see "crime?". Will they just shoot people?
Matthew (@matthewhm.bsky.social)
So what is there to do when the President truly acts dictatorial? Is there a response on the individual level to this?
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Which in turn, come from the prophets: Amos, Hosea, Ezra, etc.
Matthew (@matthewhm.bsky.social)
Good short & sweet explanation of Trump's bullshit "trade deals."
Tuck The Frumpers (@realtuckfrumper.bsky.social) reposted
Cartoon: The Four Freedoms 2025 https://twp.ai/4ip0GT
Matthew (@matthewhm.bsky.social) reply parent
I kinda agree. I think TNG tried so hard to be "cerebral" that it was somewhat dull.
Matthew (@matthewhm.bsky.social) reply parent
He was my congressman. He scammed his constituents.
Matthew (@matthewhm.bsky.social)
Countdown to Maxwell's Trump pardon starts....
Deadly Headley (@deadlyheadley.bsky.social) reposted
God bless South Park
Matthew (@matthewhm.bsky.social)
I'm starting to think that Trump is using the "Epstein files" story as its own distraction from tragedies like this.
Matthew (@matthewhm.bsky.social)
Sorry fuckhead, but you need to shut up now. Your fucked up life caused your father a ton of problems that helped Trump get elected. Go away now.
Matthew (@matthewhm.bsky.social)
This is obvious as fuck: Trump will pardon Maxwell in exchange for her testimony that Trump had nothing to do with Epstein.
Matthew (@matthewhm.bsky.social) reply parent
Screw that guy. Ran off to Florida from his hometown Long Island because the multi millionaire doesn't want to pay taxes.
Matthew (@matthewhm.bsky.social) reply parent
So the Japanese, who face a major labor shortage, are now anti-immigrant? That makes sense.
Matthew (@matthewhm.bsky.social) reply parent
I've recommended many times that we should get our own dedicated line. If no one's using it, then other non-executives are perfectly welcome to it, but we should have our own.
Black Unity Over Disagreement (he/him) (@audubonballroom.bsky.social) reposted
Tim Onion (@bencollins.bsky.social) reposted
Colbert will be all right, maybe even better off. The world's his oyster and I'm sure MSNBC and Netflix will come calling. He could stand up the biggest late night YouTube channel in days. But they are just torching the Late Show, an institution, solely to appease a dictator. And that fucking sucks.
Matthew (@matthewhm.bsky.social) reply parent
Is "Gutfield" his original family name? My ancestor modified his Russian name a bit too.
Matthew (@matthewhm.bsky.social) reply parent
Did anyone actually watch the movie? Kurt Russell is a buffoon-ish character. The real heroes are Dennis Dun (Wen Chi) and Victor Wong. (Egg) Plus all the Chinatown fighters behind them. Jeez.
Matthew (@matthewhm.bsky.social)
Officials Feared Flood Risk to Youth Camps but Rejected Warning System Sadly, these grieving families will surely continue to vote for Abbot, Trump, etc.
Matthew (@matthewhm.bsky.social)
Sacrificing children at the altar of lower taxes for the upper classes.
Matthew (@matthewhm.bsky.social) reply parent
Separate out men and women please
Matthew (@matthewhm.bsky.social) reply parent
I'm sure these detainees will be treated far worse than Al Capone.
Matthew (@matthewhm.bsky.social) reply parent
Ok. Good to hear.
Matthew (@matthewhm.bsky.social) reply parent
"Urban development?" The CBE destroyed entire communities, such as Tremont. It caused the shit show that led to the "Bronx is burning" 1970s. Pretty heartless game....
Matthew (@matthewhm.bsky.social)
"Obliterated" is "mission accomplished" to the Nth degree.
Matthew (@matthewhm.bsky.social)
At least in 2003 the U.S. entered a stupid war based on faulty American intelligence. Now, we entered a war based on untrustworthy intelligence from a foreign country, led by a man desperate to maintain power at any cost.
πβ€οΈπMiaπβ€οΈπ (@mommamia.bsky.social) reposted
Nailed it.
Matthew (@matthewhm.bsky.social) reply parent
OK. Let's see which holidays make the cut.
Matthew (@matthewhm.bsky.social) reply parent
Maybe Iran should buy this meme coins.
Matthew (@matthewhm.bsky.social) reply parent
Big loss for Netanyahu. Without the U.S., Netanyahu really has no way to guarantee the destruction of Iran's nuclear capacity.
Matthew (@matthewhm.bsky.social) reply parent
Let's be clear, the subtext of Carlson's anti-foreign intervention is "let's not the Jews drag us into another war." So in this case, the enemy of my enemy is still my enemy.
Matthew (@matthewhm.bsky.social) reply parent
That sounds right.
Matthew (@matthewhm.bsky.social) reply parent
www.foreignaffairs.com/iran/israels...
Brian Tyler Cohen (@briantylercohen.bsky.social) reposted
Always.
Matthew (@matthewhm.bsky.social) reply parent
That's what you got out of the monologue?
Matthew (@matthewhm.bsky.social)
What's the endgame here?
Ryan Schwartz (@ryanschwartz.tv) reposted
when no one attends your shitty dictator parade
Matthew (@matthewhm.bsky.social)
I've never bought the Israeli notion that an Iranian a-bomb was an "existential" threat. Ever heard of MADD? Secondly, this attack is about regime change, not just prevention, and that's illegal and immoral, no matter what. Didn't we learn about regime change in 2003?
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There was a political movement that combined state control with entrepreneurship. It was called National Socialism
Matthew (@matthewhm.bsky.social)
This is part of the negotiations: do what we say or Israel will bomb you
Matthew (@matthewhm.bsky.social) reply parent
No way a white Senator gets pulled to the ground
Matthew (@matthewhm.bsky.social) reply parent
Does Castro deserve to be on this list? He brought health care and education to a lot of poor Cubans. Not sure if he's the same level of authoritarian as Hitler, Mao, Stalin, etc.
Raider (@iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social) reposted
It can happen here. It is happening here.
Matthew (@matthewhm.bsky.social) reply parent
It's old man Witherspoon
Matthew (@matthewhm.bsky.social) reply parent
I called you coy?
Matthew (@matthewhm.bsky.social) reply parent
I'm well aware of the value of immigrants, documented or otherwise. My point is that waving a Mexican flag only hurts their cause.
Matthew (@matthewhm.bsky.social) reply parent
The American Right co-opted the American flag after 9/11, but they don't own it. The flag stands for the fights against totalitarianism, injustice, oppression, inequity, etc. We should all be waving the American flag; it's all of ours.
Matthew (@matthewhm.bsky.social) reply parent
Right now it doesn't, but it should. That's the idea: immigrants should celebrate the flag for what it should represent.
Matthew (@matthewhm.bsky.social) reply parent
Not sure I understand raising a Mexican flag. The American flag stands for due process, justice, etc. Raising a foreign flag plays right into the hands of those claiming that this is an invasion.
Matthew (@matthewhm.bsky.social)
Blueprint for ending elections.
Matthew (@matthewhm.bsky.social) reply parent
He looks like a Neanderthal. Plus, the constant mugging for the crowd is just gross already. Sinner is all class.
Matthew (@matthewhm.bsky.social) reply parent
He does it all the time. It's so unappealing.
Matthew (@matthewhm.bsky.social) reply parent
Thug
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Looks like Greenblatt has gone all-in on the Trump train. Using antisemitism to bludgeon the "Left "
Matthew (@matthewhm.bsky.social) reply parent
See, we can agree on stuff!
Matthew (@matthewhm.bsky.social)
Just nasty, spiteful, weak people.
β¨ A Goddess has NO KING β¨ (@the-goddess-speaks.bsky.social) reposted
A Florida weatherman telling his viewers he can no longer be confident in his forecasts due to cuts to atmospheric science is the kind of resistance content Iβm here for. Kudos, Sir.π¦οΈ
Matthew (@matthewhm.bsky.social) reply parent
I am American, first and foremost. My mother's ancestors fought in America's wars from the Revolution through Vietnam. My father's family came here from Russia for opportunity ad freedom, not Palestine. I am not Israeli, not only by ancestry but as a Reform Jew, they don't want me. 'Nuff said.
Matthew (@matthewhm.bsky.social)
It's Netanyahu's Israel and this American Jew wants nothing to do with it.
Matthew (@matthewhm.bsky.social)
We are heading back to the Middle Ages, when the Church declared what was "science" and what was heretical. I guess that whole Enlightenment thing had its day.
Matthew (@matthewhm.bsky.social)
I am an ardent opponent of the death penalty. So if not the death penalty, murderers, particularly heinous ones, must face life in prison with no chance of parole, or else there's no deterrent.
NBC News (@nbcnews.com) reposted
Harvard president receives standing ovation during commencement.
Matthew (@matthewhm.bsky.social) reply parent
These programs were created by Nixon & Reagan, respectively, those two stalwarts of civil rights.
Matthew (@matthewhm.bsky.social) reply parent
She didn't "fight" or "lead" anyone. She was a 15th century motivational speaker who probably had severe mental illness.
Matthew (@matthewhm.bsky.social) reply parent
Trump pardoned three criminals today. Is that spectacle?
Matthew (@matthewhm.bsky.social)
This senseless and horrible murder of two Israelis in Washington will allow Trump to attack and shutter any and all criticism of Israel and Netanyahu. Forget any nuance; he's going to wave the "antisemitism" flag over the carcass of the left.
Mehdi Hasan (@mehdirhasan.bsky.social) reposted
If this person sat next to you on a bus or train and started ranting about Bruce Springsteen in this way, you would get up and move to a different seat. In the United States, we have him the nuclear codes.
Matthew (@matthewhm.bsky.social)
Wow! Good for Episcopalians.
The Tennessee Holler (@thetnholler.bsky.social) reposted
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American brownshirts
Matthew (@matthewhm.bsky.social)
youtu.be/EwZWCk1ytPU?...
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Doing Israel's bidding.
Matthew (@matthewhm.bsky.social) reply parent
Sorry, but your history is wrong. The Electoral College was originally meant to prevent some demagogue like Trump. Only the rise of the party system caused it to go awry. Read the Federalist Papers. Plus, Washington turned down multiple attempts to give him more power.
Matthew (@matthewhm.bsky.social) reply parent
Exactly what happened in his first term. All the money from tariffs went to farmers.
Matthew (@matthewhm.bsky.social) reply parent
Why waste time going on Bill Maher? He's old news.
Matthew (@matthewhm.bsky.social)
This is what Trump is about; enriching himself and vengeance.
Matthew (@matthewhm.bsky.social) reply parent
It was a very informative story, but it's hard to be sympathetic when she clearly voted for Trump.
Matthew (@matthewhm.bsky.social) reply parent
A nice Jewish guy who wanted people to be nice to each other and follow the rules
Matthew (@matthewhm.bsky.social) reply parent
Very Christ-like
Matthew (@matthewhm.bsky.social) reply parent
It's not, it's autocracy.
Ken Jennings (@kenjennings.bsky.social) reposted
This is really unfair to everyone who just voted for him for the racism.
Matthew (@matthewhm.bsky.social)
This is all about power: the world will come begging to Mar-a-lago for lower tariffs, giving Trump whatever he desires.