Empress Matilda
@empressmatilda.bsky.social
Crushing it since 1142.
Decency matters.
Decency matters.
Pinned
Celebration of the murder or jokes about how hot the alleged UHC CEO assassin earn an automatic block.
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just an ongoing embarrassment that this barely sentient meathead is secretary of defense
Hegseth: "Maximum lethality -- not tepid legality. Violent effect, not politically correct. We're gonna raise up warriors. Not just defenders."
September 5, 2025 at 9:00 PM
just an ongoing embarrassment that this barely sentient meathead is secretary of defense
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i am watching clips from the kennedy hearing and one thing that comes across is his petulance at being challenged. he is like an overgrown baby (if that baby were a hot dog you grilled too long)
September 5, 2025 at 2:02 AM
i am watching clips from the kennedy hearing and one thing that comes across is his petulance at being challenged. he is like an overgrown baby (if that baby were a hot dog you grilled too long)
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One of the definitive days of this admin imo was the WSJ identifying racist posts from a DOGE staffer - the kind of stuff that would be read out loud to you as HR explains why you're not getting severance - and Vance saying no, we won't let the media cancel people anymore.
Vance follows a coterie of online Nazis on X, has described Curtis Yarvin as a major intellectual influence, and openly attacks immigrants in blood and soil terms. The response of most of the political press? "Doesn't look like anything to me."
For the last couple of years much of the media has had the most incredible unwillingness to learn literally anything about JD Vance. Never seen anything like it. Active resistance to learning anything about his ideas.
September 2, 2025 at 5:44 PM
One of the definitive days of this admin imo was the WSJ identifying racist posts from a DOGE staffer - the kind of stuff that would be read out loud to you as HR explains why you're not getting severance - and Vance saying no, we won't let the media cancel people anymore.
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That was one of the most batshit press conferences of Trump's public life. He brandished a photo of Putin and promised to deploy the US military to occupy Chicago, New York, and San Francisco. A sane country would be moving toward impeachment and removal right now.
August 22, 2025 at 5:57 PM
That was one of the most batshit press conferences of Trump's public life. He brandished a photo of Putin and promised to deploy the US military to occupy Chicago, New York, and San Francisco. A sane country would be moving toward impeachment and removal right now.
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well she did not consider pedophilia inappropriate so what does this even mean
August 23, 2025 at 1:13 AM
well she did not consider pedophilia inappropriate so what does this even mean
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Shot and chaser…..the President of the United States believes an autocratic, war criminal dictator MORE than his own Attorney General. #mailinvoting #trump #putin #election2020
August 18, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Shot and chaser…..the President of the United States believes an autocratic, war criminal dictator MORE than his own Attorney General. #mailinvoting #trump #putin #election2020
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You can't teach U.S. history without "divisive" narratives. Slavery wasn't "unifying." The Japanese incarceration wasn't "unifying." The anti-immigrant Operation Wetback (real name) wasn't "unifying."
It's history's job to tell the truth, not cover up past racism to pave the way for future racism.
It's history's job to tell the truth, not cover up past racism to pave the way for future racism.
White House Announces Comprehensive Review of Smithsonian Exhibitions
www.nytimes.com
August 12, 2025 at 10:21 PM
You can't teach U.S. history without "divisive" narratives. Slavery wasn't "unifying." The Japanese incarceration wasn't "unifying." The anti-immigrant Operation Wetback (real name) wasn't "unifying."
It's history's job to tell the truth, not cover up past racism to pave the way for future racism.
It's history's job to tell the truth, not cover up past racism to pave the way for future racism.
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A new report from the CSIS Defense and Security Department examines existing research on high-altitude nuclear explosion (HANE) effects to dispel misconceptions and clarify the potential consequences of such a scenario.
Read here: www.csis.org/analysis/hig...
Read here: www.csis.org/analysis/hig...
July 18, 2025 at 1:00 PM
A new report from the CSIS Defense and Security Department examines existing research on high-altitude nuclear explosion (HANE) effects to dispel misconceptions and clarify the potential consequences of such a scenario.
Read here: www.csis.org/analysis/hig...
Read here: www.csis.org/analysis/hig...
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not sure this is the bipartisanship issue america should strive towards but
lol
lmao even
lol
lmao even
"Should the government release all documents it has about the Jeffrey Epstein case"
Yes: 79%
No: 4%
Yes Among:
Democrats: 85%
Independents: 76%
Republicans: 75%
YouGov / July 14, 2025
Yes: 79%
No: 4%
Yes Among:
Democrats: 85%
Independents: 76%
Republicans: 75%
YouGov / July 14, 2025
July 16, 2025 at 12:23 AM
not sure this is the bipartisanship issue america should strive towards but
lol
lmao even
lol
lmao even
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I for one think it was cool and good that nothing was done in the last four years of Democratic control to rein in the Supreme Court, I'm glad the norm respecters won out and we're all living in a rich norm-filled paradise today.
July 14, 2025 at 7:50 PM
I for one think it was cool and good that nothing was done in the last four years of Democratic control to rein in the Supreme Court, I'm glad the norm respecters won out and we're all living in a rich norm-filled paradise today.
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I was skeptical that the MAGA majority on the Supreme Court would ever rule that Trump could run for president again but after today’s ruling I think they’d probably roll over and do that too.
July 14, 2025 at 7:52 PM
I was skeptical that the MAGA majority on the Supreme Court would ever rule that Trump could run for president again but after today’s ruling I think they’d probably roll over and do that too.
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Thou shalt not let people be murdered at home for their political beliefs and just “move on.”
Thou shalt not let children be murdered at school for trying to learn and just “move on.”
Thou shalt never stop fighting to make these horrors end.
Thou shalt not let children be murdered at school for trying to learn and just “move on.”
Thou shalt never stop fighting to make these horrors end.
June 28, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Thou shalt not let people be murdered at home for their political beliefs and just “move on.”
Thou shalt not let children be murdered at school for trying to learn and just “move on.”
Thou shalt never stop fighting to make these horrors end.
Thou shalt not let children be murdered at school for trying to learn and just “move on.”
Thou shalt never stop fighting to make these horrors end.
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so we are freeing and giving a visa to a guy with an actual criminal history of being a danger to those around him so he can testify against a dude with no record who got picked up kinda by mistake
The Trump admin has freed Jose Hernandez Reyes because he can testify against Abrego Garcia.
Hernandez, who has been deported 5 times, has also been arrested for:
—DUI w/ a handgun;
—cocaine possession;
—illegally transporting migrants; and
—drunkenly firing a gun.
Free link: wapo.st/40i4Ttt
Hernandez, who has been deported 5 times, has also been arrested for:
—DUI w/ a handgun;
—cocaine possession;
—illegally transporting migrants; and
—drunkenly firing a gun.
Free link: wapo.st/40i4Ttt
Star witness against Kilmar Abrego García was due to be deported. Now he’s being freed.
Jose Ramon Hernandez Reyes is a three-time felon released early from federal prison to a halfway house in exchange for testifying against Kilmar Abrego García.
wapo.st
June 29, 2025 at 3:54 AM
so we are freeing and giving a visa to a guy with an actual criminal history of being a danger to those around him so he can testify against a dude with no record who got picked up kinda by mistake
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We’ve bombed Iran. And dismantled our joint terrorism task force. And sent a third of the FBI to help ICE. And gutted the National Security Council. And a drunk guy is in charge at the pentagon. And our intelligence allies probably won’t share intel with us. Because people couldn’t vote for a woman.
June 22, 2025 at 12:24 AM
We’ve bombed Iran. And dismantled our joint terrorism task force. And sent a third of the FBI to help ICE. And gutted the National Security Council. And a drunk guy is in charge at the pentagon. And our intelligence allies probably won’t share intel with us. Because people couldn’t vote for a woman.
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Apple researchers' recent paper, The Illusion of Thinking, challenges the hype around AI, revealing its limitations in solving complex problems.
BUSINESS REFLECTION: Crossed Wires: Artificial Intelligence reality check – not as smart as it thinks it is
www.dailymaverick.co.za
June 16, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Apple researchers' recent paper, The Illusion of Thinking, challenges the hype around AI, revealing its limitations in solving complex problems.
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Elon Musk and his allies systematically built a false narrative of widespread fraud at the Social Security Administration based on misinterpreted data, using their claims to justify an aggressive effort to access millions of Americans' personal information, a New York Times investigation has found.
Inside DOGE’s Chaotic Takeover of Social Security
The drama offers a case study in how Elon Musk’s team sought to run a critical government agency through misinformation and social media blasts — and how longtime employees responded.
trib.al
June 16, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Elon Musk and his allies systematically built a false narrative of widespread fraud at the Social Security Administration based on misinterpreted data, using their claims to justify an aggressive effort to access millions of Americans' personal information, a New York Times investigation has found.
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In 1337 a priest was killed on the streets of London. Seven centuries later, a Cambridge criminology professor believes he has uncovered the motive ⬇️
After 700 years, has a brutal medieval murder finally been solved?
www.thetimes.com
June 6, 2025 at 8:31 AM
In 1337 a priest was killed on the streets of London. Seven centuries later, a Cambridge criminology professor believes he has uncovered the motive ⬇️
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Donald Trump is delusional babbling about his tariffs again.
April 27, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Donald Trump is delusional babbling about his tariffs again.
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All I’m saying is that President Harris wouldn’t have us looking at the futures market on a Sunday night.
April 6, 2025 at 11:12 PM
All I’m saying is that President Harris wouldn’t have us looking at the futures market on a Sunday night.
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Breaking on MSNBC:
Dow Jones Industrial average futures fell 1,531 points, or 4% Sunday evening, pointing to another brutal session ahead on Monday. S&P 500 futures shed 4%. Nasdaq-100 futures lost 4%.
Dow Jones Industrial average futures fell 1,531 points, or 4% Sunday evening, pointing to another brutal session ahead on Monday. S&P 500 futures shed 4%. Nasdaq-100 futures lost 4%.
April 6, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Breaking on MSNBC:
Dow Jones Industrial average futures fell 1,531 points, or 4% Sunday evening, pointing to another brutal session ahead on Monday. S&P 500 futures shed 4%. Nasdaq-100 futures lost 4%.
Dow Jones Industrial average futures fell 1,531 points, or 4% Sunday evening, pointing to another brutal session ahead on Monday. S&P 500 futures shed 4%. Nasdaq-100 futures lost 4%.
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Swalwell: To Trump I say: Get your ass off the golf course and face the people
April 5, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Swalwell: To Trump I say: Get your ass off the golf course and face the people
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Can’t check whether Trump outlasts lettuce because lettuce is too expensive
Definitely entering the Truss stage of his presidency
April 6, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Can’t check whether Trump outlasts lettuce because lettuce is too expensive
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SpaceX gets up to $5.9 billion in new DOD launch contracts...more than it's competitors, United Launch alliance and Blue Origin.
April 4, 2025 at 10:07 PM
SpaceX gets up to $5.9 billion in new DOD launch contracts...more than it's competitors, United Launch alliance and Blue Origin.