Matt Cable
@curiousstranger.bsky.social
YIMBY in Denver. FKA w0zz
Happy 100th to my OG Internet namesake. IYKYK
After 100 Years, an Operatic Masterpiece Keeps Shocking Us
www.nytimes.com
December 14, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Happy 100th to my OG Internet namesake. IYKYK
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“Commercial breaks were largely filled with spots from direct-response advertisers, including the dietary supplement SuperBeets.
“Viewers of of the telecast on WCBS, the CBS flagship in New York, saw a commercial for Chia Pet, the terra-cotta figure that sprouts plant life after a few weeks.”
“Viewers of of the telecast on WCBS, the CBS flagship in New York, saw a commercial for Chia Pet, the terra-cotta figure that sprouts plant life after a few weeks.”
Major advertisers appeared to sit out a new CBS News town hall telecast Saturday, moderated by Bari Weiss and featuring an interview with Erika Kirk.
Lack of Madison Avenue support could challenge the viability of the format, which Weiss wants to expand
variety.com/2025/tv/news...
Lack of Madison Avenue support could challenge the viability of the format, which Weiss wants to expand
variety.com/2025/tv/news...
Big Advertisers Appear Wary of CBS News’ Bari Weiss Town Hall Format
Many major advertisers appeared to sit out a new CBS News town hall format moderated by Bari Weiss and featuring a conversation with Erika Kirk
variety.com
December 14, 2025 at 3:22 AM
“Commercial breaks were largely filled with spots from direct-response advertisers, including the dietary supplement SuperBeets.
“Viewers of of the telecast on WCBS, the CBS flagship in New York, saw a commercial for Chia Pet, the terra-cotta figure that sprouts plant life after a few weeks.”
“Viewers of of the telecast on WCBS, the CBS flagship in New York, saw a commercial for Chia Pet, the terra-cotta figure that sprouts plant life after a few weeks.”
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This is really solid investigative reporting from the Sun-Times. And a brutal expose of Greg Bovino, the cosplaying tough guy who has terrorized so many immigrants in Chicago. Read it all. chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdog...
Greg Bovino’s the star of Trump’s deportation show. We trace his roots.
As a boy, the Hollywood movie “The Border" set the course for his life. He couldn’t believe the Border Patrol agents in the movie were the bad guys. Now that he’s in charge of deportation efforts caus...
chicago.suntimes.com
December 13, 2025 at 3:48 PM
This is really solid investigative reporting from the Sun-Times. And a brutal expose of Greg Bovino, the cosplaying tough guy who has terrorized so many immigrants in Chicago. Read it all. chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdog...
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US building codes requiring two stairs in multifamily buildings: not only worse living environments, but also more dangerous in fires! What a combination.
Consultants contracted by Minnesota found that an eight-story single-stair building with 6,000 sq. ft. per floor (building 4) has dramatically lower fire risk than a same-height code-compliant two-stair building with a larger floor plate (building 1) www.dli.mn.gov/sites/defaul...
December 12, 2025 at 10:58 PM
US building codes requiring two stairs in multifamily buildings: not only worse living environments, but also more dangerous in fires! What a combination.
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this is a general warrant and it's specifically the kind of warrant the framers passed the 4th amendment to outlaw
WOW. @haleaziz.bsky.social with a new scoop: ICE now gets a running list of every person who is going to be taking a domestic flight inside the United States from the TSA and runs it through their database looking for targets. This explains the Babson College student's arrest.
Immigration Agents Are Using Air Passenger Data for Deportation Effort
www.nytimes.com
December 12, 2025 at 10:35 PM
this is a general warrant and it's specifically the kind of warrant the framers passed the 4th amendment to outlaw
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CNN’s @kaitlancollins.bsky.social : “If the economy is as strong as Trump says, why is he telling parents 2 weeks before Christmas they should only buy 2 or 3 dolls?” 😕🎄
LEAVITT: *insists the economy is great, lashes out at Collins, admits this is why he wants new leadership censoring CNN*
LEAVITT: *insists the economy is great, lashes out at Collins, admits this is why he wants new leadership censoring CNN*
December 11, 2025 at 8:14 PM
CNN’s @kaitlancollins.bsky.social : “If the economy is as strong as Trump says, why is he telling parents 2 weeks before Christmas they should only buy 2 or 3 dolls?” 😕🎄
LEAVITT: *insists the economy is great, lashes out at Collins, admits this is why he wants new leadership censoring CNN*
LEAVITT: *insists the economy is great, lashes out at Collins, admits this is why he wants new leadership censoring CNN*
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Insane story about Jack Posobiec threatening a reporter over a Pentagon official's cuckolding books on Goodreads. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
I asked the Pentagon about Pete Hegseth's mentor. Then the threats started.
Journalism in the second Trump administration gets personal.
www.motherjones.com
December 11, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Insane story about Jack Posobiec threatening a reporter over a Pentagon official's cuckolding books on Goodreads. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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“The power Trump and allies are seeking is real — but so much of the power they claim to already have is imagined.”
Today at Law Dork: www.lawdork.com/p/abrego-gar...
Today at Law Dork: www.lawdork.com/p/abrego-gar...
December 12, 2025 at 12:55 AM
“The power Trump and allies are seeking is real — but so much of the power they claim to already have is imagined.”
Today at Law Dork: www.lawdork.com/p/abrego-gar...
Today at Law Dork: www.lawdork.com/p/abrego-gar...
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It's the end of 2027. Americans struggle through stagflation, Silicon Valley pleads for bail outs from the AI bubble bursting, unbought crops rot in the fields and the Venezuela War drags on.
The White House tells the press that Trump is laser focused on the 33rd attempt to indict Letita James.
The White House tells the press that Trump is laser focused on the 33rd attempt to indict Letita James.
GRAND JURY DECLINES INDICTMENT AGAINST NEW YORK ATTORNEY GENERAL JAMES FOR SECOND TIME-SOURCES
December 11, 2025 at 8:36 PM
It's the end of 2027. Americans struggle through stagflation, Silicon Valley pleads for bail outs from the AI bubble bursting, unbought crops rot in the fields and the Venezuela War drags on.
The White House tells the press that Trump is laser focused on the 33rd attempt to indict Letita James.
The White House tells the press that Trump is laser focused on the 33rd attempt to indict Letita James.
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Good thing Chuck and his gang of chuckleheads got a vote in exchange for reopening the government just as Trump and the GOP were starting to get desperate
BREAKING: The Senate rejected legislation to extend Affordable Care Act tax credits, as costs are set to rise for millions of Americans in 2026.
Senate rejects extension of health care subsidies as costs are set to rise for millions of Americans
The Senate has rejected legislation to extend Affordable Care Act tax credits, essentially guaranteeing that millions of Americans will see a steep rise in costs at the beginning of the year.
bit.ly
December 11, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Good thing Chuck and his gang of chuckleheads got a vote in exchange for reopening the government just as Trump and the GOP were starting to get desperate
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“I want to be a crappy parent but I want the court to force my kid to love me anyway,” the divorced conservative dad story
You might think from the headline that this is a story about a trans kid suffering medical consequences from a large drug dose but nope! It is just an interview with an estranged father who is angry that his child happily transitioned.
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December 10, 2025 at 10:07 PM
“I want to be a crappy parent but I want the court to force my kid to love me anyway,” the divorced conservative dad story
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It’s not surprising that Trump is bribe-able but it is a little shocking at how cheap it is to bribe him
Days after FIFA awarded Trump a fake peace prize, DOJ moves to drop charges in FIFA corruption case www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/n...
U.S. Moves to Drop Charges in International Soccer Corruption Case
www.nytimes.com
December 11, 2025 at 1:31 PM
It’s not surprising that Trump is bribe-able but it is a little shocking at how cheap it is to bribe him
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The solution to this situation, in which the 6 Robed Wizards have decided that they are an omniscient super-legislature, requires Congress not merely to legislate on policy issue X (see the 🧵 on why this won't work), but to legislate away SCOTUS' runaway chutzpah:
bsky.app/profile/mcop...
The solution to this situation, in which the 6 Robed Wizards have decided that they are an omniscient super-legislature, requires Congress not merely to legislate on policy issue X (see the 🧵 on why this won't work), but to legislate away SCOTUS' runaway chutzpah:
bsky.app/profile/mcop...
1/ A few thoughts about @williambaude.bsky.social’s comment in yesterday’s NYT chat that, “It’s amazing how many of our problems today could be solved by a Congress that was willing and able to legislate in response to national problems.” www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/o...
Opinion | At the Supreme Court, Scenes From a Judicial Backlash
www.nytimes.com
December 10, 2025 at 11:55 AM
👇🎯🧵
The solution to this situation, in which the 6 Robed Wizards have decided that they are an omniscient super-legislature, requires Congress not merely to legislate on policy issue X (see the 🧵 on why this won't work), but to legislate away SCOTUS' runaway chutzpah:
bsky.app/profile/mcop...
The solution to this situation, in which the 6 Robed Wizards have decided that they are an omniscient super-legislature, requires Congress not merely to legislate on policy issue X (see the 🧵 on why this won't work), but to legislate away SCOTUS' runaway chutzpah:
bsky.app/profile/mcop...
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Genuinely impressed at how effective these guys are at finding Dumb Bullshit to make it look like they’re working
Marco Rubio ordered diplomats to return to using Times New Roman font in official communications, calling his predecessor's decision to adopt Calibri a “wasteful” diversity move
Rubio Stages Font Coup: Times New Roman Ousts Calibri
The secretary of state called it a "wasteful" diversity move, according to an internal department cable seen by Reuters.
www.huffpost.com
December 10, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Genuinely impressed at how effective these guys are at finding Dumb Bullshit to make it look like they’re working
Celebrating the free speech legacy of Charlie Kirk by punishing speech.
The decline of democracy in the US means you can’t visit the US if you commented on the decline of democracy in the US
December 10, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Celebrating the free speech legacy of Charlie Kirk by punishing speech.
“It is profoundly un-American to suggest that people peacefully exercising their fundamental right to protest constitute a risk justifying the federalization of military forces”
Judge Blocks Federalization of California National Guard, Saying It’s Become ‘National Police Force’
A federal judge enjoined the Trump administration’s federalization of the California National...
talkingpointsmemo.com
December 10, 2025 at 3:51 PM
“It is profoundly un-American to suggest that people peacefully exercising their fundamental right to protest constitute a risk justifying the federalization of military forces”
Kavanaugh Destruction Of Property
“Tincher has marks on her neck and wrist from where agents restrained her. Agents cut off her wedding ring and held her in leg shackles at Whipple Federal Building for about five hours, where she saw about seven other detainees.”
“Tincher has marks on her neck and wrist from where agents restrained her. Agents cut off her wedding ring and held her in leg shackles at Whipple Federal Building for about five hours, where she saw about seven other detainees.”
Federal agents are arresting American citizens.
This isn’t about public safety - it’s about stoking fear.
www.mprnews.org/story/2025/1...
This isn’t about public safety - it’s about stoking fear.
www.mprnews.org/story/2025/1...
Federal agents arrest citizen observer watching ICE detain neighbors on her north Minneapolis block
Susan Tincher, a 55-year-old American citizen, appears to be the first observer arrested by federal immigration enforcement officers since the agency launched an immigration surge in the Twin Cities l...
www.mprnews.org
December 10, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Kavanaugh Destruction Of Property
“Tincher has marks on her neck and wrist from where agents restrained her. Agents cut off her wedding ring and held her in leg shackles at Whipple Federal Building for about five hours, where she saw about seven other detainees.”
“Tincher has marks on her neck and wrist from where agents restrained her. Agents cut off her wedding ring and held her in leg shackles at Whipple Federal Building for about five hours, where she saw about seven other detainees.”
“After the Altadena wildfire in January, a Los Angeles Times investigation found that state hazard maps flagged only about 21 percent of the homes that burned. First Street’s models identified 94 percent.”
The Great Climate Insurance Collapse is coming. Silencing the fire alarms doesn’t save you from fire. Fossil fuel lies don’t change the truth. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/o...
Opinion | What Zillow Won’t Tell You
www.nytimes.com
December 9, 2025 at 2:31 PM
“After the Altadena wildfire in January, a Los Angeles Times investigation found that state hazard maps flagged only about 21 percent of the homes that burned. First Street’s models identified 94 percent.”
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Young Republicans are looking for Trump to “be their Franco” but don’t you dare call them fascists.
December 9, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Young Republicans are looking for Trump to “be their Franco” but don’t you dare call them fascists.
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Trump's DOJ is never going to weigh the merits of a Paramount takeover of Warner Brothers objectively when the Saudis, his son in law, and billionaire donor is involved.
Yet you're going to read endless stories in the months to come that treat the review process as a completely normal one.
Yet you're going to read endless stories in the months to come that treat the review process as a completely normal one.
December 9, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Trump's DOJ is never going to weigh the merits of a Paramount takeover of Warner Brothers objectively when the Saudis, his son in law, and billionaire donor is involved.
Yet you're going to read endless stories in the months to come that treat the review process as a completely normal one.
Yet you're going to read endless stories in the months to come that treat the review process as a completely normal one.
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When the House and Senate marked up stablecoin legislation, we raised all of these concerns - their anonymity, their nearly perfect design for money laundering. All the barn doors were left wide open. It’s used for crime because that is its purpose. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/t...
How a Cryptocurrency Helps Criminals Launder Money and Evade Sanctions
www.nytimes.com
December 7, 2025 at 2:03 PM
When the House and Senate marked up stablecoin legislation, we raised all of these concerns - their anonymity, their nearly perfect design for money laundering. All the barn doors were left wide open. It’s used for crime because that is its purpose. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/t...
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'In Ukraine, the state itself is investigating the government, the cabinet, the president’s closest advisers. By contrast, it is impossible to imagine Kash Patel’s FBI investigating anyone in Trump’s White House. Any Russian who investigates Putin goes to jail"
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
Trumpian Corruption Is Worse Than Ukrainian Corruption
The people of Ukraine want an honest government, even as American and Russian kleptocrats circle their country.
www.theatlantic.com
December 8, 2025 at 10:59 AM
'In Ukraine, the state itself is investigating the government, the cabinet, the president’s closest advisers. By contrast, it is impossible to imagine Kash Patel’s FBI investigating anyone in Trump’s White House. Any Russian who investigates Putin goes to jail"
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
Every accusation a confession.
NEW: The Trump administration has argued that Fed board member Lisa Cook may have committed mortgage fraud by declaring more than one primary residence on her loans.
We found that Trump once did the very thing he claimed could be a crime.
We found that Trump once did the very thing he claimed could be a crime.
Trump’s Own Mortgages Match His Description of Mortgage Fraud, Records Reveal
The Trump administration has argued that Fed board member Lisa Cook may have committed mortgage fraud by declaring more than one primary residence on her loans. We found Trump once did the very thing he called “deceitful and potentially criminal.”
www.propublica.org
December 8, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Every accusation a confession.
Instead of the obvious explanation that Tom Cotton is furiously defending Pete Hegseth against the obvious because the Trump administration has enough dirt on him to make him act like an idiot on TV, I'm just going to go with he's actually an idiot.
WELKER: Lawmakers say the 2 men appeared to raise their arms potentially to surrender. Why did Admiral Bradley interpret these actions as anything other than them trying to survive?
TOM COTTON: They were sitting or standing on top of a capsized boat. They weren't floating helplessly in the water
TOM COTTON: They were sitting or standing on top of a capsized boat. They weren't floating helplessly in the water
December 7, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Instead of the obvious explanation that Tom Cotton is furiously defending Pete Hegseth against the obvious because the Trump administration has enough dirt on him to make him act like an idiot on TV, I'm just going to go with he's actually an idiot.
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This doesn’t add up. If the drugs were not heading to America, how could the people on the boat be a threat to America? www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...
December 7, 2025 at 2:07 AM
This doesn’t add up. If the drugs were not heading to America, how could the people on the boat be a threat to America? www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...