LMatasar
@lmatasar.bsky.social
Portland, OR. Criminal defense lawyer.
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"what do you expect dems, who have NO POWER, to do???" and then they do this 8 times a month
On the first day back following the kidnapping of Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro & first lady Cilia Flores, 6 Senate Democrats vote yea to confirm Keith Bass as an Assistant Secretary of Defense by a vote of 50-35.
January 5, 2026 at 11:55 PM
"what do you expect dems, who have NO POWER, to do???" and then they do this 8 times a month
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Last year I wrote about how strange it is that Apple rates Grok as appropriate for kids 12+ in the App Store. I checked this morning in the wake of Grok's CSAM/nudification scandals and can report that ... Apple now rates Grok as appropriate for kids 13+.
January 5, 2026 at 7:00 PM
Last year I wrote about how strange it is that Apple rates Grok as appropriate for kids 12+ in the App Store. I checked this morning in the wake of Grok's CSAM/nudification scandals and can report that ... Apple now rates Grok as appropriate for kids 13+.
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I told you everything would get dumber
January 5, 2026 at 5:18 PM
I told you everything would get dumber
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What in the Gestapo is going on in Grand Rapids?
Watch this activist get arrested *mid-interview* for speaking out against U.S. action in Venezuela.
Watch this activist get arrested *mid-interview* for speaking out against U.S. action in Venezuela.
January 5, 2026 at 4:12 PM
What in the Gestapo is going on in Grand Rapids?
Watch this activist get arrested *mid-interview* for speaking out against U.S. action in Venezuela.
Watch this activist get arrested *mid-interview* for speaking out against U.S. action in Venezuela.
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the 6% is the WaPo editorial board
One of the most lopsided results you'll ever see in a poll, from our weekend Washington Post poll www.washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
January 5, 2026 at 3:47 PM
the 6% is the WaPo editorial board
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Every time you think you have an understanding of the depth of Trump's pathos, you find out you're wrong--and it goes deeper.
WH sources say Venezuela's opposition leader committed the "ultimate sin": She accepted the Nobel Peace prize.
“If she had turned it down and said, ‘I can’t accept it because it’s Donald Trump’s,’ she’d be the president of Venezuela today,” one said.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
“If she had turned it down and said, ‘I can’t accept it because it’s Donald Trump’s,’ she’d be the president of Venezuela today,” one said.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
January 5, 2026 at 3:32 AM
Every time you think you have an understanding of the depth of Trump's pathos, you find out you're wrong--and it goes deeper.
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Debbie Wasserman Schultz called Maduro's capture "welcome news" but criticized Trump for "apparently failing to notify Congress beforehand".
This is the neoliberal position in a nutshell: Substantively fine with regime change and imperial power projection, just mad about process.
This is the neoliberal position in a nutshell: Substantively fine with regime change and imperial power projection, just mad about process.
House Democrat calls Trump's Maduro capture 'welcome news' as left labels it 'illegal'
Most Democrats are blasting the Trump administration after the U.S. conducted an operation to capture Venezuela's leader, Nicolás Maduro.
www.foxnews.com
January 4, 2026 at 4:35 PM
Debbie Wasserman Schultz called Maduro's capture "welcome news" but criticized Trump for "apparently failing to notify Congress beforehand".
This is the neoliberal position in a nutshell: Substantively fine with regime change and imperial power projection, just mad about process.
This is the neoliberal position in a nutshell: Substantively fine with regime change and imperial power projection, just mad about process.
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Maduro Requests Lindsay Halligan to Prosecute Him
January 3, 2026 at 10:00 PM
Maduro Requests Lindsay Halligan to Prosecute Him
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Trump posts footage of the Maduro raid set to "Fortunate Son" -- a protest song about the Vietnam War draft
January 3, 2026 at 4:18 PM
Trump posts footage of the Maduro raid set to "Fortunate Son" -- a protest song about the Vietnam War draft
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“What appears to be a newly created account appeared to invest $30,000 Friday in Maduro's exit. After Maduro went into custody Saturday morning, that same investor netted $436,759.61.”
Someone made $400K by predicting Maduro's capture. Here's what happened
The winnings come as the rules governing prediction markets are still evolving.
www.axios.com
January 3, 2026 at 7:29 PM
“What appears to be a newly created account appeared to invest $30,000 Friday in Maduro's exit. After Maduro went into custody Saturday morning, that same investor netted $436,759.61.”
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You don't have to listen to these professional liars who are barely trying. 9 months ago they were saying they were powerless to return a man they illegally sent to an El Salvador gulag because it would violate that country's national sovereignty
Vance pushes back and says this was not illegal, arguing "Maduro has multiple indictments in the United States for narcoterrorism. You don't get to avoid justice for drug trafficking in the United States because you live in a palace in Caracas."
January 3, 2026 at 3:19 PM
You don't have to listen to these professional liars who are barely trying. 9 months ago they were saying they were powerless to return a man they illegally sent to an El Salvador gulag because it would violate that country's national sovereignty
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A college sophomore at an Occupy rally could not have generated such a grotesque outsized caricature of US imperialism
Trump: "We're going to have our very large United States oil companies go in, spend billions of dollars, fix the badly broken infrastructure and start making money for the country. And we are ready to stage a second and much larger attack if we need to do so."
January 3, 2026 at 5:20 PM
A college sophomore at an Occupy rally could not have generated such a grotesque outsized caricature of US imperialism
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This person went on a buying spree over the past 24 hours. Fresh wallet. Only existed since Dec 27th and has only bet on Venezuela-related markets.
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polymarket.com/@0x31a56e9E6...
January 3, 2026 at 7:49 AM
This person went on a buying spree over the past 24 hours. Fresh wallet. Only existed since Dec 27th and has only bet on Venezuela-related markets.
polymarket.com/@0x31a56e9E6...
polymarket.com/@0x31a56e9E6...
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Other donors to MAGA Inc in the 2nd half of 2025 were seeking or received nominations from Trump for themselves or their family members:
▶️Jared Isaacman (tapped as NASA head): $1m
▶️Benjamin Landa (tapped as ambassador to Hungary): $5m
▶️Elizabeth Brodie (son serving as ambassador to Hungary): $1m
🎁🔗
▶️Jared Isaacman (tapped as NASA head): $1m
▶️Benjamin Landa (tapped as ambassador to Hungary): $5m
▶️Elizabeth Brodie (son serving as ambassador to Hungary): $1m
🎁🔗
January 2, 2026 at 11:46 PM
Other donors to MAGA Inc in the 2nd half of 2025 were seeking or received nominations from Trump for themselves or their family members:
▶️Jared Isaacman (tapped as NASA head): $1m
▶️Benjamin Landa (tapped as ambassador to Hungary): $5m
▶️Elizabeth Brodie (son serving as ambassador to Hungary): $1m
🎁🔗
▶️Jared Isaacman (tapped as NASA head): $1m
▶️Benjamin Landa (tapped as ambassador to Hungary): $5m
▶️Elizabeth Brodie (son serving as ambassador to Hungary): $1m
🎁🔗
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In the early afternoon, ET, the Kennedy family announced that JFK’s granddaughter Tatiana Schlossberg had died from cancer.
A few hours later, President Trump re-posted some social media garbage attacking the Kennedy family.
A few hours later, President Trump re-posted some social media garbage attacking the Kennedy family.
December 31, 2025 at 4:59 AM
In the early afternoon, ET, the Kennedy family announced that JFK’s granddaughter Tatiana Schlossberg had died from cancer.
A few hours later, President Trump re-posted some social media garbage attacking the Kennedy family.
A few hours later, President Trump re-posted some social media garbage attacking the Kennedy family.
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2025 isn’t quite over yet, so you still have time if you hope to win the Absolutely Most Absurd Editorial of the Year.
But you’ll have to beat this banger, and good luck with that.
But you’ll have to beat this banger, and good luck with that.
December 30, 2025 at 2:00 AM
2025 isn’t quite over yet, so you still have time if you hope to win the Absolutely Most Absurd Editorial of the Year.
But you’ll have to beat this banger, and good luck with that.
But you’ll have to beat this banger, and good luck with that.
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Of all the dirty tricks: juking USPS rules so that the postmark of mail-in ballots won't reflect the date they were put in the hands of the Postal Service, creating a pretext to throw out the votes.
December 30, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Of all the dirty tricks: juking USPS rules so that the postmark of mail-in ballots won't reflect the date they were put in the hands of the Postal Service, creating a pretext to throw out the votes.
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reminder that caldwell’s most recent book argues that the civil rights act of 1964 was something akin to a constitutional abomination that produced a world of white subordination
This is how Christopher Caldwell begins his essay on Zohran Mamdani for the Claremont Review of Books.
Why are these people such freaks?
Why are these people such freaks?
December 29, 2025 at 11:13 PM
reminder that caldwell’s most recent book argues that the civil rights act of 1964 was something akin to a constitutional abomination that produced a world of white subordination
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Every single time Trump has a meeting with Zelensky, Putin calls Trump the day before and Trump’s position in the Zelensky meeting then mirrors the Russian position. The talking points are the same, with all the same lies. It’s a simple playbook for Putin and it works every time.
December 29, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Every single time Trump has a meeting with Zelensky, Putin calls Trump the day before and Trump’s position in the Zelensky meeting then mirrors the Russian position. The talking points are the same, with all the same lies. It’s a simple playbook for Putin and it works every time.
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whatever 2026 holds i don't think anything next year will be funnier than Chicago Pope. 2025 was overall a huge stinker but Chicago Pope was an all time great B-plot
December 28, 2025 at 3:11 PM
whatever 2026 holds i don't think anything next year will be funnier than Chicago Pope. 2025 was overall a huge stinker but Chicago Pope was an all time great B-plot
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Kelly Loeffler: "I don't think small business owners have ever been so excited to pay their taxes thanks to President Trump."
December 28, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Kelly Loeffler: "I don't think small business owners have ever been so excited to pay their taxes thanks to President Trump."