Joel Mathis
@joelmathis.bsky.social
Opinion at @kansascity.com and @kansas.com. Was in Philly once upon a time. Journalism will never love you back. Occasionally deactivate my account for a day or so to clear my head.
https://joelmmathis.substack.com/
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Joel Mathis
@joelmathis.bsky.social
· Aug 14
I'll try to make this the last time I tout my little project, but I wrote about our "Crockpot & Criterion" for the @kansascity.com opinion newsletter:
You've just opened up a star trek-themed restaurant
what are you calling it?
THE PRIME (RIB) DIRECTIVE
what are you calling it?
THE PRIME (RIB) DIRECTIVE
You've just opened up a star trek-themed restaurant
what are you calling it?
"IDIC"
(it's a buffet)
what are you calling it?
"IDIC"
(it's a buffet)
you've just opened up a star trek-themed restaurant
what are you calling it?
THE READY ROOM
what are you calling it?
THE READY ROOM
December 27, 2025 at 11:41 AM
You've just opened up a star trek-themed restaurant
what are you calling it?
THE PRIME (RIB) DIRECTIVE
what are you calling it?
THE PRIME (RIB) DIRECTIVE
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RIP First Amendment
December 26, 2025 at 5:30 PM
RIP First Amendment
For Christmas, I am giving you the absence of me from your feeds.
December 24, 2025 at 5:48 PM
For Christmas, I am giving you the absence of me from your feeds.
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Father Coughlin woulda tore it up on the spotify top podcasts list
December 24, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Father Coughlin woulda tore it up on the spotify top podcasts list
Movie 249. #filmsky boxd.it/ccp6av
A ★★★★ review of Remember the Night (1940)
Implausible premise. Deeply flawed. Sentimental hogwash. I love it so. I love Barbara Stanwyck’s trembling chin when Fred MacMurray invites her to drive to Indiana. I love Willy singing “Perfect Day...
boxd.it
December 24, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Movie 249. #filmsky boxd.it/ccp6av
Checking in with Claremont, lustily rooting for the United States to exploit countries whose people we now officially despise. x.com/WilliamThibe...
December 24, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Checking in with Claremont, lustily rooting for the United States to exploit countries whose people we now officially despise. x.com/WilliamThibe...
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Can’t help but think some people would love for this to all be about journalism standards and best practices and not, say, the rendition of human beings to some medieval dungeon without due process.
December 23, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Can’t help but think some people would love for this to all be about journalism standards and best practices and not, say, the rendition of human beings to some medieval dungeon without due process.
Books read list for 2025 is updated. 34 books completed for the year. #booksky simp.ly/p/MkzC5d
Books read 2025:
simp.ly
December 23, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Books read list for 2025 is updated. 34 books completed for the year. #booksky simp.ly/p/MkzC5d
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I know we know this, but every time he says this someone should stress that he is referring to his own grandparents
December 23, 2025 at 8:40 PM
I know we know this, but every time he says this someone should stress that he is referring to his own grandparents
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The dissolution of the Heritage Foundation and liquidation of its assets will be bloodless if the few remaining fascist swine allow it to be.
"More than a dozen Heritage Foundation staffers departed the [MAGA septic] tank and are set to join Advancing American Freedom, a conservative advocacy group founded by former Vice President Mike Pence." www.wsj.com/politics/ele...
Exclusive | Top Heritage Officials Flee to Mike Pence’s Nonprofit as Think Tank Fractures
The former vice president’s political group is poaching top officials from the foundation amid growing ideological fights within the conservative movement.
www.wsj.com
December 23, 2025 at 8:53 PM
The dissolution of the Heritage Foundation and liquidation of its assets will be bloodless if the few remaining fascist swine allow it to be.
Checking in on The Blaze and hoo boy who could have seen that coming? www.theblaze.com/columns/opin...
December 23, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Checking in on The Blaze and hoo boy who could have seen that coming? www.theblaze.com/columns/opin...
Pewpew.
Trump Class battleship illustration, as released by the White House.
December 22, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Pewpew.
It is December 22.
Temperature outside: 55 degrees.
My neighbor is … mowing his lawn.
Temperature outside: 55 degrees.
My neighbor is … mowing his lawn.
December 22, 2025 at 11:39 PM
It is December 22.
Temperature outside: 55 degrees.
My neighbor is … mowing his lawn.
Temperature outside: 55 degrees.
My neighbor is … mowing his lawn.
Home insurance is going up because climate change is making weather disasters far more likely.
Trump: "We're also going meet with other insurance companies because under Biden the insurance rates have gone through the roof. Auto insurance, home insurance -- I mean, insurance companies are making far may than they are entitled to make. So we're gonna be doing that."
December 22, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Home insurance is going up because climate change is making weather disasters far more likely.
My latest (sorry, gift links aren't working): The Chiefs are moving from Missouri to Kansas. Clark Hunt is going to make more money and Kansas might shed some of its inferiority complex, but for fans: Nothing important is changing. #ksleg #mogov www.kansascity.com/opinion/read...
The Chiefs are moving to Kansas, but it won't change fandom across KC | Opinion
The thing to remember from the Chiefs’ announcement: They’re just moving to a different part of the metro. | Opinion
www.kansascity.com
December 22, 2025 at 10:08 PM
My latest (sorry, gift links aren't working): The Chiefs are moving from Missouri to Kansas. Clark Hunt is going to make more money and Kansas might shed some of its inferiority complex, but for fans: Nothing important is changing. #ksleg #mogov www.kansascity.com/opinion/read...
Which, not incidentally, is pretty fascist!
“Trump has for years advocated for revamping America’s fleet of warships, which he has said are “terrible-looking” and covered in rust.”
Aesthetics are a through line in POTUS’s approach to the U.S. military from boat bombing to domestic troop deployments to the composition of the Navy.
Aesthetics are a through line in POTUS’s approach to the U.S. military from boat bombing to domestic troop deployments to the composition of the Navy.
December 22, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Which, not incidentally, is pretty fascist!
Reposted by Joel Mathis
“Trump has for years advocated for revamping America’s fleet of warships, which he has said are “terrible-looking” and covered in rust.”
Aesthetics are a through line in POTUS’s approach to the U.S. military from boat bombing to domestic troop deployments to the composition of the Navy.
Aesthetics are a through line in POTUS’s approach to the U.S. military from boat bombing to domestic troop deployments to the composition of the Navy.
December 22, 2025 at 9:33 PM
“Trump has for years advocated for revamping America’s fleet of warships, which he has said are “terrible-looking” and covered in rust.”
Aesthetics are a through line in POTUS’s approach to the U.S. military from boat bombing to domestic troop deployments to the composition of the Navy.
Aesthetics are a through line in POTUS’s approach to the U.S. military from boat bombing to domestic troop deployments to the composition of the Navy.
Oversized but with underpowered guns, with absolutely zero stealth capabilities. Sometimes, in the middle of a battle, they just appear to fall asleep for no reason.
December 22, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Oversized but with underpowered guns, with absolutely zero stealth capabilities. Sometimes, in the middle of a battle, they just appear to fall asleep for no reason.
Lol.
In America, no one is above the law, and the immunity that public officials need to do their jobs is not a get-out-of-jail-free card for their nonofficial acts.
That’s the lesson of Wisconsin Judge Hannah Dugan’s case. | Andrew McCarthy
https://ow.ly/FRS250XNmZV
That’s the lesson of Wisconsin Judge Hannah Dugan’s case. | Andrew McCarthy
https://ow.ly/FRS250XNmZV
The Lesson of Judge Dugan’s Obstruction Case | National Review
The immunity that public officials need to do their jobs is not a get-out-of-jail-free card for their nonofficial acts.
ow.ly
December 22, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Lol.
Why is battleship in scare quotes?
President Trump will announce on Monday a new type of large warship he is calling “battleships,” marking a step toward achieving the president’s vision for a new “Golden Fleet.”
Trump To Announce Navy Will Buy New ‘Battleship’
The new warship will be the latest in what the White House envisions as a “Golden Fleet.”
on.wsj.com
December 22, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Why is battleship in scare quotes?
If we depart from the obvious racism inherent in the "heritage American" designation, it's also the case that such folks want to celebrate their ancestors but never reflect on their shortcomings and there's something a bit sociopathic about that.
1. So I have a few thoughts on "heritage Americans," Nathanial Hawthorne, witch-hunting, Thomas Pynchon, Calvinism, strange feuds, the Daughters of the American Revolution, FDR, the moral responsibilities of nationalism & (I guess) Jack Kirby.
December 22, 2025 at 6:16 PM
If we depart from the obvious racism inherent in the "heritage American" designation, it's also the case that such folks want to celebrate their ancestors but never reflect on their shortcomings and there's something a bit sociopathic about that.
Big get.
EXCLUSIVE: As his first term comes to an end, Gov. Youngkin is proud of the “renaissance” the Republican party has led in Virginia. | Audrey Fahlberg
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/youngkin-reflects-on-end-of-term-sears-campaign-relationship-with-trump/
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/youngkin-reflects-on-end-of-term-sears-campaign-relationship-with-trump/
Youngkin Reflects on End of Term, Sears Campaign, Relationship with Trump | National Review
The outgoing governor sat down with NR for a wide-ranging interview on the ‘renaissance’ he’s led in Virginia.
www.nationalreview.com
December 22, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Big get.
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She has a point. The public knows about the prison abuse, which is why 60 Minutes instead ran a story last night about Mount Everest, which has never been covered before
NEW: Bari Weiss addresses her decision to hold last night's CECOT story on the CBS News morning editorial call: "Our viewers come first, not a listing schedule or anything else..."
December 22, 2025 at 3:46 PM
She has a point. The public knows about the prison abuse, which is why 60 Minutes instead ran a story last night about Mount Everest, which has never been covered before
That’s more than they want to give Americans in tariff rebate checks.
Kristi Noem makes an announcement on Fox & Friends: "We are saying that if you voluntarily want to go home now to your country, if you're in the US illegally, we'll give you $3,000 through the holidays to send you home. We'll buy you a ticket, give you $3,000 to go home."
December 22, 2025 at 3:47 PM
That’s more than they want to give Americans in tariff rebate checks.