Matthew Bradley
@machination.org
NY->NM->DC. Dad, product-minded technologist & mgr, photog. Veteran of DC machinations. I care about climate, civil liberties, pluralism. Previously: Indymedia/WPFW/FSRN/Accuracy, WPNI, Nader, AARP, Grassroots.com, Edelman, Polaris/NHTRC/NHTH, DBT.
Over by A. Litteri in Union Market.
November 12, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Over by A. Litteri in Union Market.
"“The more you push me, the more I’m not going to do what you want,” said the New York governor, Kathy Hochul, in response to a public outcry to tax the rich."
Hochul can go, just like Jeffries and Schumer and Gillibrand.
Hochul can go, just like Jeffries and Schumer and Gillibrand.
November 11, 2025 at 7:06 PM
"“The more you push me, the more I’m not going to do what you want,” said the New York governor, Kathy Hochul, in response to a public outcry to tax the rich."
Hochul can go, just like Jeffries and Schumer and Gillibrand.
Hochul can go, just like Jeffries and Schumer and Gillibrand.
The best way we can honor service members is to send the National Guard home: https://machination.org/2025/11/11/the-best-way-we-can.html
November 11, 2025 at 2:54 PM
The best way we can honor service members is to send the National Guard home: https://machination.org/2025/11/11/the-best-way-we-can.html
Reposted by Matthew Bradley
Interestingly, younger Americans are significantly more likely to dislike data centers than older ones
and dislike is bipartisan
This from a Heatmap story (paywalled): heatmap.news/energy/data-...
and dislike is bipartisan
This from a Heatmap story (paywalled): heatmap.news/energy/data-...
November 10, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Interestingly, younger Americans are significantly more likely to dislike data centers than older ones
and dislike is bipartisan
This from a Heatmap story (paywalled): heatmap.news/energy/data-...
and dislike is bipartisan
This from a Heatmap story (paywalled): heatmap.news/energy/data-...
Reposted by Matthew Bradley
After the 2016 election, I wrote this, about how Chuck Schumer was the worst possible Democratic leader at the worst possible time. He still is! theintercept.com/2016/11/14/c...
Chuck Schumer: The Worst Possible Democratic Leader at the Worst Possible Time
The soon-to-be top elected Democrat might as well have been grown in a lab to be exactly the wrong face for opposition to Donald Trump.
theintercept.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:01 AM
After the 2016 election, I wrote this, about how Chuck Schumer was the worst possible Democratic leader at the worst possible time. He still is! theintercept.com/2016/11/14/c...
Where is Senator Cornyn? Drinking Shiner at Trusty's/Union Pub/Tunnicliff's/Tune Inn/The Pug. Heck, the Raven? Stuck at the airport? Stuck in the toilet? Took a wrong turn in a Capitol sub-basement? Asleep in the cloakroom? Frozen with guilt, remembering he has grandkids, realizing what he's done?
November 10, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Where is Senator Cornyn? Drinking Shiner at Trusty's/Union Pub/Tunnicliff's/Tune Inn/The Pug. Heck, the Raven? Stuck at the airport? Stuck in the toilet? Took a wrong turn in a Capitol sub-basement? Asleep in the cloakroom? Frozen with guilt, remembering he has grandkids, realizing what he's done?
Reposted by Matthew Bradley
Finally we have an updated answer to the question "If you stand for nothing, what will you fall for?"
How about we shut down the government for this very popular and specific goal and then, hear me out, we hold out for like a month and a half and then, ok this part is important, after a watershed election where we ran the table, ONLY THEN, fold and don't get the one thing we said we wanted.
November 10, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Finally we have an updated answer to the question "If you stand for nothing, what will you fall for?"
Reposted by Matthew Bradley
Listening to these pathetic rationalizations from King, Hassan, Shaheen, whoever else they have queued up.
Disappointed that they're not having windup speech by Sen. Neville Chamberlain.
Disappointed that they're not having windup speech by Sen. Neville Chamberlain.
November 10, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Listening to these pathetic rationalizations from King, Hassan, Shaheen, whoever else they have queued up.
Disappointed that they're not having windup speech by Sen. Neville Chamberlain.
Disappointed that they're not having windup speech by Sen. Neville Chamberlain.
Reposted by Matthew Bradley
The original Dem demands were:
1) Permanent ACA subsidies
2) Medicaid funding restored
3) No more blank checks for the regime (rescission)
They dropped Medicaid immediately. Went silent on rescission. Cut back to 1 year of subsidies on Friday. And surrendered today.
The Senate Democrats!
1) Permanent ACA subsidies
2) Medicaid funding restored
3) No more blank checks for the regime (rescission)
They dropped Medicaid immediately. Went silent on rescission. Cut back to 1 year of subsidies on Friday. And surrendered today.
The Senate Democrats!
November 10, 2025 at 2:29 AM
The original Dem demands were:
1) Permanent ACA subsidies
2) Medicaid funding restored
3) No more blank checks for the regime (rescission)
They dropped Medicaid immediately. Went silent on rescission. Cut back to 1 year of subsidies on Friday. And surrendered today.
The Senate Democrats!
1) Permanent ACA subsidies
2) Medicaid funding restored
3) No more blank checks for the regime (rescission)
They dropped Medicaid immediately. Went silent on rescission. Cut back to 1 year of subsidies on Friday. And surrendered today.
The Senate Democrats!
Reposted by Matthew Bradley
How about we shut down the government for this very popular and specific goal and then, hear me out, we hold out for like a month and a half and then, ok this part is important, after a watershed election where we ran the table, ONLY THEN, fold and don't get the one thing we said we wanted.
November 10, 2025 at 2:31 AM
How about we shut down the government for this very popular and specific goal and then, hear me out, we hold out for like a month and a half and then, ok this part is important, after a watershed election where we ran the table, ONLY THEN, fold and don't get the one thing we said we wanted.
Reposted by Matthew Bradley
Sure we put you through a month of hell, but on the other hand we got nothing for it.
November 10, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Sure we put you through a month of hell, but on the other hand we got nothing for it.
Reposted by Matthew Bradley
I was asleep, are we back in a snatching-defeat-from-jaws-of-victory position again
November 10, 2025 at 12:51 AM
I was asleep, are we back in a snatching-defeat-from-jaws-of-victory position again
Reposted by Matthew Bradley
So: fund the government, vote no on the ACA in 30 days, then do a bunch of rescissions to destroy whatever else they might have agreed on or any regulatory authority to enforce anything. I’m so out of the Democratic Party.
November 10, 2025 at 1:20 AM
So: fund the government, vote no on the ACA in 30 days, then do a bunch of rescissions to destroy whatever else they might have agreed on or any regulatory authority to enforce anything. I’m so out of the Democratic Party.
Reposted by Matthew Bradley
There’s just no one better at snatching defeat from the jaws of victory.
November 10, 2025 at 1:56 AM
There’s just no one better at snatching defeat from the jaws of victory.
Reposted by Matthew Bradley
so much suffering and sacrifice only to to agree to terms that will beget more suffering and sacrifice.
November 10, 2025 at 12:29 AM
so much suffering and sacrifice only to to agree to terms that will beget more suffering and sacrifice.
Reposted by Matthew Bradley
i’m ready for something different than whatever the fuck this is
November 10, 2025 at 12:51 AM
i’m ready for something different than whatever the fuck this is
Reposted by Matthew Bradley
if they were going to cave anyway they should’ve done it a week ago to spare SNAP recipients the agony.
November 10, 2025 at 12:54 AM
if they were going to cave anyway they should’ve done it a week ago to spare SNAP recipients the agony.
Reposted by Matthew Bradley
This is key. The vote the Dems secured here is a fake nominal vote. Everyone knows this.
November 10, 2025 at 1:43 AM
This is key. The vote the Dems secured here is a fake nominal vote. Everyone knows this.
Reposted by Matthew Bradley
IF THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO DO, WHAT THE HELL WAS THE POINT OF THE SHUTDOWN @schumer.senate.gov
A "PROMISE OF A VOTE ON HEALTHCARE" MEANS THAT PEOPLE WILL LOSE THEIR HEALTHCARE
A "PROMISE OF A VOTE ON HEALTHCARE" MEANS THAT PEOPLE WILL LOSE THEIR HEALTHCARE
November 9, 2025 at 11:20 PM
IF THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO DO, WHAT THE HELL WAS THE POINT OF THE SHUTDOWN @schumer.senate.gov
A "PROMISE OF A VOTE ON HEALTHCARE" MEANS THAT PEOPLE WILL LOSE THEIR HEALTHCARE
A "PROMISE OF A VOTE ON HEALTHCARE" MEANS THAT PEOPLE WILL LOSE THEIR HEALTHCARE
Reposted by Matthew Bradley
Hear from FPF's Lauren Harper others at Public Knowledge's "The People’s Oversight Hearing," a panel event about Congress’s abdication of its oversight duties and more.
📍 1200 U Street Northwest, Washington D.C.
🕒 Wednesday, Nov. 12 at 9 a.m. EST
RSVP:
📍 1200 U Street Northwest, Washington D.C.
🕒 Wednesday, Nov. 12 at 9 a.m. EST
RSVP:
The People’s Oversight Hearing
All Day event
publicknowledge.org
November 10, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Hear from FPF's Lauren Harper others at Public Knowledge's "The People’s Oversight Hearing," a panel event about Congress’s abdication of its oversight duties and more.
📍 1200 U Street Northwest, Washington D.C.
🕒 Wednesday, Nov. 12 at 9 a.m. EST
RSVP:
📍 1200 U Street Northwest, Washington D.C.
🕒 Wednesday, Nov. 12 at 9 a.m. EST
RSVP:
Reposted by Matthew Bradley
So, listen, call Schumer’s office no matter where you live, no matter if you’re registered to vote. Leave a voicemail that says if Senate Dems cave without an ACA premiums fix, you will never vote for or donate to another Senate Democrat as long as he is Leader
Call them:
Schumer (NY)
202 224-6542
Booker (NJ)
202 224-3224
King (ME)
202 224-5344
Hassan (NH)
202 224-3324
Durbin (IL)
202 224-2152
Ossoff (GA)
202 224-3521
Shaheen (NH)
202 224-2841
Gillibrand (NY)
202 224-4451
Masto (NV)
202 224-3542
Warner (VA)
202 224-2023
Fetterman (PA)
No Point
Schumer (NY)
202 224-6542
Booker (NJ)
202 224-3224
King (ME)
202 224-5344
Hassan (NH)
202 224-3324
Durbin (IL)
202 224-2152
Ossoff (GA)
202 224-3521
Shaheen (NH)
202 224-2841
Gillibrand (NY)
202 224-4451
Masto (NV)
202 224-3542
Warner (VA)
202 224-2023
Fetterman (PA)
No Point
November 9, 2025 at 11:05 PM
So, listen, call Schumer’s office no matter where you live, no matter if you’re registered to vote. Leave a voicemail that says if Senate Dems cave without an ACA premiums fix, you will never vote for or donate to another Senate Democrat as long as he is Leader
I am pretty sure I know of at least one person involved in the fight for maintaining healthcare access who doesn't want to cave and get nothing.
If you're not so sure about your Senators (you have Senators? You lucky duck!), call them. If you're sure they're stalwart, yeah, call 'em still.
If you're not so sure about your Senators (you have Senators? You lucky duck!), call them. If you're sure they're stalwart, yeah, call 'em still.
November 9, 2025 at 10:58 PM
I am pretty sure I know of at least one person involved in the fight for maintaining healthcare access who doesn't want to cave and get nothing.
If you're not so sure about your Senators (you have Senators? You lucky duck!), call them. If you're sure they're stalwart, yeah, call 'em still.
If you're not so sure about your Senators (you have Senators? You lucky duck!), call them. If you're sure they're stalwart, yeah, call 'em still.
Sen. Sullivan on the floor right now, "there's nothing more American than paying people" for their work. Great, let's get his vote for a national living wage pinned to inflation and access to medical care for a worker and their dependents (that's compensation, baby)! Shutdown over!
November 7, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Sen. Sullivan on the floor right now, "there's nothing more American than paying people" for their work. Great, let's get his vote for a national living wage pinned to inflation and access to medical care for a worker and their dependents (that's compensation, baby)! Shutdown over!
Lindsay Graham is a regular @nader.org, that's for sure. 🙄
'Sen. Lindsey Graham … "Another year of insane profits at the expense of consumers and American taxpayers," he wrote.'
www.politico.com/live-updates...
'Sen. Lindsey Graham … "Another year of insane profits at the expense of consumers and American taxpayers," he wrote.'
www.politico.com/live-updates...
Senate Democrats propose 1-year Obamacare subsidies punt in new shutdown offer
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer made the offer in a Friday floor speech.
www.politico.com
November 7, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Lindsay Graham is a regular @nader.org, that's for sure. 🙄
'Sen. Lindsey Graham … "Another year of insane profits at the expense of consumers and American taxpayers," he wrote.'
www.politico.com/live-updates...
'Sen. Lindsey Graham … "Another year of insane profits at the expense of consumers and American taxpayers," he wrote.'
www.politico.com/live-updates...