Matthew Bradley
@machination.org
Dad, product-minded tech & mgr, photog. Veteran of DC machinations. I care about climate, civil liberties, pluralism.
Helping on a thing; Previously: Indymedia/WPFW/FSRN/Accuracy, WPNI, Nader, AARP, Grassroots.com, Edelman, Polaris/NHTRC/NHTH, DBT.
Helping on a thing; Previously: Indymedia/WPFW/FSRN/Accuracy, WPNI, Nader, AARP, Grassroots.com, Edelman, Polaris/NHTRC/NHTH, DBT.
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This is just insane. It’s only a matter of time before DHS kills another innocent person here.
(clip via MPR and @davidjbier.bsky.social on X)
(clip via MPR and @davidjbier.bsky.social on X)
January 31, 2026 at 6:13 PM
This is just insane. It’s only a matter of time before DHS kills another innocent person here.
(clip via MPR and @davidjbier.bsky.social on X)
(clip via MPR and @davidjbier.bsky.social on X)
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I walked around the corner of the school to see where student drop-off and pick-up happen -- and where ICE shows up every day to hunt for brown and Black kids -- and noticed the signs lining the classroom windows. Kinda broke me tbh.
“TODOS SON BEINVENIDOS AQUI.” (“All are welcome here.”)
“TODOS SON BEINVENIDOS AQUI.” (“All are welcome here.”)
January 31, 2026 at 2:13 PM
I walked around the corner of the school to see where student drop-off and pick-up happen -- and where ICE shows up every day to hunt for brown and Black kids -- and noticed the signs lining the classroom windows. Kinda broke me tbh.
“TODOS SON BEINVENIDOS AQUI.” (“All are welcome here.”)
“TODOS SON BEINVENIDOS AQUI.” (“All are welcome here.”)
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Seems like one of those issues that should greatly concern everyone regardless of their politics.
January 29, 2026 at 11:43 PM
Seems like one of those issues that should greatly concern everyone regardless of their politics.
@mayorbowser.dc.gov I understand prioritizing important thoroughfares. But why do some city streets sometimes get zero treatment (no salt, no plowing, heck for our block, zero leaf collection many years)?
January 27, 2026 at 12:24 PM
@mayorbowser.dc.gov I understand prioritizing important thoroughfares. But why do some city streets sometimes get zero treatment (no salt, no plowing, heck for our block, zero leaf collection many years)?
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don’t take moral instruction from people who sign their names with a collective noun
January 27, 2026 at 7:33 AM
don’t take moral instruction from people who sign their names with a collective noun
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Republicans cut funding for health care to pay for Trump's lawless militia. Giving more money to use 5-year-olds as bait and shoot unarmed mothers is unacceptable. I will not vote to give more money to ICE until there is accountability and an end to these abuses.
January 23, 2026 at 6:53 PM
Republicans cut funding for health care to pay for Trump's lawless militia. Giving more money to use 5-year-olds as bait and shoot unarmed mothers is unacceptable. I will not vote to give more money to ICE until there is accountability and an end to these abuses.
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This video shows Donald Trump’s lawless federal agents again out of control. The Senate cannot vote to keep funding this. Every single agent complicit in these horrors should be put on trial at the state level for real accountability.
Update: The man shot by federal agents in Minneapolis has died, according to Police Chief Brian O'Hara.
Breaking: Federal agents shot and killed a man in Minneapolis this morning
Agents shot the man several times after wrestling him to the ground.
www.motherjones.com
January 24, 2026 at 5:57 PM
This video shows Donald Trump’s lawless federal agents again out of control. The Senate cannot vote to keep funding this. Every single agent complicit in these horrors should be put on trial at the state level for real accountability.
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Imagine going to this screening on a night like this one. The blood of an American civilian runs on a Minneapolis street. These people have no shame.
On tonight’s White House agenda:
Trump and guests will get a private screening of MELANIA, the documentary about the First Lady, @thr.com reports.
Attendees include Apple CEO Tim Cook, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy, Mike Tyson, per the article.
Trump and guests will get a private screening of MELANIA, the documentary about the First Lady, @thr.com reports.
Attendees include Apple CEO Tim Cook, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy, Mike Tyson, per the article.
January 25, 2026 at 2:13 AM
Imagine going to this screening on a night like this one. The blood of an American civilian runs on a Minneapolis street. These people have no shame.
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"Terrible things are happening outside ... poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart; men, women and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared." — Anne Frank (Jan 13, 1943)
January 13, 2026 at 6:33 PM
"Terrible things are happening outside ... poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart; men, women and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared." — Anne Frank (Jan 13, 1943)
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No one should vote to fund this or say that it can be improved with proper training. At this point, "Abolish ICE" is the moderate position.
This guy went to work today, put a mask on, kidnapped a 5 year old child, and then used him as bait so both he and his father could be sent behind bars
January 22, 2026 at 2:16 AM
No one should vote to fund this or say that it can be improved with proper training. At this point, "Abolish ICE" is the moderate position.
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Look. I don’t trust the Dems, or any party, to give us liberation.
But right now, we have to use every lever we can to stop ICE from surveilling snd terrorizing our communities.
If enough people speak out right now we have a real shot at getting House Dems to vote en masse against ICE funding
But right now, we have to use every lever we can to stop ICE from surveilling snd terrorizing our communities.
If enough people speak out right now we have a real shot at getting House Dems to vote en masse against ICE funding
January 22, 2026 at 2:19 AM
Look. I don’t trust the Dems, or any party, to give us liberation.
But right now, we have to use every lever we can to stop ICE from surveilling snd terrorizing our communities.
If enough people speak out right now we have a real shot at getting House Dems to vote en masse against ICE funding
But right now, we have to use every lever we can to stop ICE from surveilling snd terrorizing our communities.
If enough people speak out right now we have a real shot at getting House Dems to vote en masse against ICE funding
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This image was inescapable for most of 2000.
January 22, 2026 at 2:28 AM
This image was inescapable for most of 2000.
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ICE just detained a 5-year-old child.
Don’t tell us this is about “the worst of the worst.” That’s a lie.
Absolutely vile.
Don’t tell us this is about “the worst of the worst.” That’s a lie.
Absolutely vile.
5-year-old boy among four students detained by ICE, according to school leaders
School district leaders argue ICE agents are following students and their parents while driving to and from school.
www.kare11.com
January 22, 2026 at 2:29 AM
ICE just detained a 5-year-old child.
Don’t tell us this is about “the worst of the worst.” That’s a lie.
Absolutely vile.
Don’t tell us this is about “the worst of the worst.” That’s a lie.
Absolutely vile.
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if you can afford to spend 30 seconds chatting and trying to look nonchalant as you fumble with a gas canister, perhaps you are not in a scenario where chemical weapons are warranted
January 22, 2026 at 1:44 AM
if you can afford to spend 30 seconds chatting and trying to look nonchalant as you fumble with a gas canister, perhaps you are not in a scenario where chemical weapons are warranted
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Interestingly, the best thing from last weekend's SNL is this clip that was cut for time and posted on a Tuesday night: www.youtube.com/watch?v=uA8O...
Weekend Update: Tommy Brennan on Trump's ICE Deployments in Minnesota - SNL
YouTube video by Saturday Night Live
www.youtube.com
January 21, 2026 at 1:30 AM
Interestingly, the best thing from last weekend's SNL is this clip that was cut for time and posted on a Tuesday night: www.youtube.com/watch?v=uA8O...
Clippings for January 20, 2026: https://machination.org/2026/01/20/clippings-for-january/
January 21, 2026 at 12:26 AM
Clippings for January 20, 2026: https://machination.org/2026/01/20/clippings-for-january/
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DC: Can we have statehood?
The government: No, losers. But Greenland can & we're dragging the world into war over it.
The government: No, losers. But Greenland can & we're dragging the world into war over it.
DC can't even be a state & Greenland is supposed to be the 51st state? How about giving statehood to some folks who actually asked for it?
January 19, 2026 at 5:04 PM
DC: Can we have statehood?
The government: No, losers. But Greenland can & we're dragging the world into war over it.
The government: No, losers. But Greenland can & we're dragging the world into war over it.
Clippings for January 19, 2026: https://machination.org/2026/01/19/clippings-for-january/
January 19, 2026 at 2:17 PM
Clippings for January 19, 2026: https://machination.org/2026/01/19/clippings-for-january/
Clippings for January 18, 2026: https://machination.org/2026/01/18/clippings-for-january/
January 19, 2026 at 1:51 AM
Clippings for January 18, 2026: https://machination.org/2026/01/18/clippings-for-january/
Clippings for January 17, 2026: https://machination.org/2026/01/17/070000.html
January 18, 2026 at 12:31 AM
Clippings for January 17, 2026: https://machination.org/2026/01/17/070000.html
I've torn down the dev instances (I need more RAM), I've made a boulevardier, I've got a vindaloo and a chana masala incoming, and there's a cat purring. Made it.
January 16, 2026 at 11:54 PM
I've torn down the dev instances (I need more RAM), I've made a boulevardier, I've got a vindaloo and a chana masala incoming, and there's a cat purring. Made it.
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If calling a state secret police agent a murderer for committing murder will lead to more murder by the state secret police, it sure seems like the problem is with the secret police
Homan: "We gotta stop the hateful rhetoric. Saying this officer is a murderer is dangerous. It's just ridiculous. It's gonna infuriate people more which means there's gonna be more incidents like this."
January 11, 2026 at 5:08 PM
If calling a state secret police agent a murderer for committing murder will lead to more murder by the state secret police, it sure seems like the problem is with the secret police
The "Macintosh" screensaver Apple ships with Tahoe should come with a checkbox to enable Alanis Morissette's "Ironic" to play when it runs.
January 12, 2026 at 1:46 PM
The "Macintosh" screensaver Apple ships with Tahoe should come with a checkbox to enable Alanis Morissette's "Ironic" to play when it runs.