Mathew Foresta
@mathewforesta.bsky.social
Writer and journalist. Words in HuffPost, USA Today, The Guardian, LAist, The Daily Beast, etc. Please subscribe. https://bettergracesandliberations.substack.com/
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Mathew Foresta
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· Nov 17
The Dodgers Must Refuse An Invitation To The White House
"Now is the time for the team to take a moral stand," writes Mathew Foresta, publisher of Better Graces and Liberations.
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Please check out my latest on Sports Politika. Thank you to @karimzidan.com for publishing me. The Dodgers must take a stand and refuse an invitation to the White House.
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We abolish billionaires and empire, stop funding genocide and apartheid, abolish the prison-industrial complex, and have an actual democracy, run by the people, with free, universal healthcare. There's plenty of money for all to live a good life if we stop supporting hoarding and opression.
I'm here willing to read anything someone puts together that details how we can get from here to there
I'm all for universal healthcare. Tell me how we get there.
I'm all for universal healthcare. Tell me how we get there.
December 26, 2025 at 1:26 AM
We abolish billionaires and empire, stop funding genocide and apartheid, abolish the prison-industrial complex, and have an actual democracy, run by the people, with free, universal healthcare. There's plenty of money for all to live a good life if we stop supporting hoarding and opression.
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They’re throwing out all the vape stuff I forgot I had in my bag. That’s $150 of stuff accumulated over more than a year.
December 25, 2025 at 8:54 PM
They’re throwing out all the vape stuff I forgot I had in my bag. That’s $150 of stuff accumulated over more than a year.
Indeed, the ideological pivot. This is a major reason why the LDP has ran Japanese politics since the war. So much U.S. malevolence and historical amnesia is based in anti-Communism.
I think that the need to make Japan our ally in the war against communism was a major factor. It would’ve been pretty awkward to be talking about the horrible things Japan had done in China when we were using bases in Japan to fight the proxy wars in Korea and Vietnam.
December 25, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Indeed, the ideological pivot. This is a major reason why the LDP has ran Japanese politics since the war. So much U.S. malevolence and historical amnesia is based in anti-Communism.
This is true, I've never heard of the modern pharmacy part, but I know the U.S. bioweapons program was built on Unit 731 data. The Soviets gave mild punishments, but all were freed by the mid 50's in a sweetheart deal, likely a similar bargain. I wish more Americans knew about this.
the worst part is most people involved unit 731 never got any consequences and japan got away with it by handing research data to the US. most of modern pharmacy and medical science is on the backs of unit 731 experimenting on chinese ppl and stealing from chinese medicine
December 25, 2025 at 3:35 PM
This is true, I've never heard of the modern pharmacy part, but I know the U.S. bioweapons program was built on Unit 731 data. The Soviets gave mild punishments, but all were freed by the mid 50's in a sweetheart deal, likely a similar bargain. I wish more Americans knew about this.
People don't appreciate the fact that the crimes of the Japanese fascists are on par with those of the Nazis. I think people overlook this because of white supremacy, they don't see the lives of Asians as equal to those of Europeans.
I'm watching a documentary about the Japanese war crimes of WW2.
Getting educated in horrible history.
All I got for Christmas was traumatized.
Getting educated in horrible history.
All I got for Christmas was traumatized.
December 25, 2025 at 6:14 AM
People don't appreciate the fact that the crimes of the Japanese fascists are on par with those of the Nazis. I think people overlook this because of white supremacy, they don't see the lives of Asians as equal to those of Europeans.
Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, and fuck fascism.
a group of people are waving red and black flags in front of a building
ALT: a group of people are waving red and black flags in front of a building
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December 25, 2025 at 6:09 AM
Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, and fuck fascism.
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And like I’m unrelenting because let’s be CLEAR
LET US BE CLEAR
we can giggle all we want
But Bari Weiss suppressed of Humans
rights violations
Olivia Nuzzi helped facilitate the resurrection of multiple disease so they could be the pretty princesses
And people think it’s a JOKEN
LET US BE CLEAR
we can giggle all we want
But Bari Weiss suppressed of Humans
rights violations
Olivia Nuzzi helped facilitate the resurrection of multiple disease so they could be the pretty princesses
And people think it’s a JOKEN
December 25, 2025 at 1:00 AM
And like I’m unrelenting because let’s be CLEAR
LET US BE CLEAR
we can giggle all we want
But Bari Weiss suppressed of Humans
rights violations
Olivia Nuzzi helped facilitate the resurrection of multiple disease so they could be the pretty princesses
And people think it’s a JOKEN
LET US BE CLEAR
we can giggle all we want
But Bari Weiss suppressed of Humans
rights violations
Olivia Nuzzi helped facilitate the resurrection of multiple disease so they could be the pretty princesses
And people think it’s a JOKEN
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Bari Weiss to the CBS News staff:
This Christmas Eve, I’m making sure to put the “ban” in “the banality of evil”
This Christmas Eve, I’m making sure to put the “ban” in “the banality of evil”
Bari Weiss just sent this Christmas Eve email to the CBS News staff about "building trust," which includes her tripling down on spiking the CECOT piece "to make sure it's comprehensive and fair."
One CBS staffer tells me: "She really has no idea how insulting she comes across."
One CBS staffer tells me: "She really has no idea how insulting she comes across."
December 25, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Bari Weiss to the CBS News staff:
This Christmas Eve, I’m making sure to put the “ban” in “the banality of evil”
This Christmas Eve, I’m making sure to put the “ban” in “the banality of evil”
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Probably the best Christmas Eve news I've ever reported:
The VA is legally required to build homes for unhoused veterans in Los Angeles — and homeless vets nationwide might be able to sue for shelter, too.
@longlead.com has been covering this story for 4 years — and we're not stopping here!
The VA is legally required to build homes for unhoused veterans in Los Angeles — and homeless vets nationwide might be able to sue for shelter, too.
@longlead.com has been covering this story for 4 years — and we're not stopping here!
The homeless veterans who sued the VA for access to housing in Los Angeles won their appeal against the government yesterday.
The decision was complex, but may be consequential in eliminating veteran homelessness across the country.
homeofthebrave.substack.com/p/homeless-v...
The decision was complex, but may be consequential in eliminating veteran homelessness across the country.
homeofthebrave.substack.com/p/homeless-v...
Appeals court upholds landmark ruling in homeless veterans lawsuit against the VA
A long-awaited ruling by the 9th Circuit reinforces an order for the VA to build thousands of housing units for vets — but with some unexpected caveats.
homeofthebrave.substack.com
December 24, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Probably the best Christmas Eve news I've ever reported:
The VA is legally required to build homes for unhoused veterans in Los Angeles — and homeless vets nationwide might be able to sue for shelter, too.
@longlead.com has been covering this story for 4 years — and we're not stopping here!
The VA is legally required to build homes for unhoused veterans in Los Angeles — and homeless vets nationwide might be able to sue for shelter, too.
@longlead.com has been covering this story for 4 years — and we're not stopping here!
If you are a member of the military, you not only have the right but the obligation to disobey illegal orders.
Invading another nation unprovoked and not in self-defense is an illegal order.
Invading another nation unprovoked and not in self-defense is an illegal order.
America First Guy wants to start a war with Venezuela, take over Greenland, make Canada into the 51st state, continue the disastrous economic trade war with allies, and keep supporting Israel's genocide.
Well done, MAGA.
Well done, MAGA.
December 24, 2025 at 3:33 AM
If you are a member of the military, you not only have the right but the obligation to disobey illegal orders.
Invading another nation unprovoked and not in self-defense is an illegal order.
Invading another nation unprovoked and not in self-defense is an illegal order.
It's not that deep folks, the fascist ruler wants to take land militarily so he can steal another country's resources.
the idea that invading venezuela would somehow be a distraction from the epstein files sort of falls apart when you realize invading venezuela may in fact be less popular than trump's handling of the epstein files.
74% of voters want Trump to get Congressional approval to invade Venezuela. Only 11% OK with him going alone. 11%!!!!!!!!
December 24, 2025 at 3:32 AM
It's not that deep folks, the fascist ruler wants to take land militarily so he can steal another country's resources.
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Yeah, this is the face of a guy who’s thinking “finally I can wrap this up”
December 21, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Yeah, this is the face of a guy who’s thinking “finally I can wrap this up”
Rick Steves is an American treasure and we stan him in this house.
legitimately love this guy.
It’s the “season of love and giving”…but this year, doesn’t it seem more like a “season of fear and taking”? Like many of you, I’ve been saddened by the human impact of draconian government budget cuts and how angry many housed Americans are at unhoused Americans.
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December 21, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Rick Steves is an American treasure and we stan him in this house.
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Outstanding news!
www.fastcompany.com/91461983/ind...
www.fastcompany.com/91461983/ind...
Indie bookstores are making a shocking, triumphant comeback
Since 2020, the number of independent bookstores in the U.S. grew by 70%.
www.fastcompany.com
December 20, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Outstanding news!
www.fastcompany.com/91461983/ind...
www.fastcompany.com/91461983/ind...
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Nazi down.
A member of the neo-Nazi white separatist group PNW Wolf Pack fell to his death trying to pick a mistletoe from a tree this holiday season 🎄❄
December 21, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Nazi down.
There is no longer a line between conservative and fascist. This kind of Groyper shit is mainstream in right-wing circles now.
Ross Douthat was the EIC of this publication when we were in college.
“variations of a racial slur used casually in a group chat of members; an unpublished issue featuring a call for mass executions; and draft versions…that included two images of swastikas and a Nazi slogan in the subtitle.“
“variations of a racial slur used casually in a group chat of members; an unpublished issue featuring a call for mass executions; and draft versions…that included two images of swastikas and a Nazi slogan in the subtitle.“
Racial Slurs and Nazi Symbols: Inside the Complaint That Shut Down The Harvard Salient | News | The Harvard Crimson
Screenshots and message logs obtained by The Crimson appear to show Salient leaders casually using racial slurs, defending extremist rhetoric, and dismissing internal concerns — conversations that lat...
www.thecrimson.com
December 21, 2025 at 4:54 AM
There is no longer a line between conservative and fascist. This kind of Groyper shit is mainstream in right-wing circles now.
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i’ll admit, living in sf i don’t think about power outages a lot—let alone plan for them—but here are just a few things giving me big pause tonight:
1. robot cars adding to problems and/or creating new ones in already tenuous situations
see these many examples: bsky.app/profile/anic...
1. robot cars adding to problems and/or creating new ones in already tenuous situations
see these many examples: bsky.app/profile/anic...
At least five FUBARed Waymo robots:
Market & Guerrero, SF
One is a problem, two a mistake, five a major ops screw up. Waymo has never fixed their cascading failure problem. Maybe they don't know how.
Fundamentally unfit for service at scale until they do, IMO.
OP: tiktok.brahmsstan
Market & Guerrero, SF
One is a problem, two a mistake, five a major ops screw up. Waymo has never fixed their cascading failure problem. Maybe they don't know how.
Fundamentally unfit for service at scale until they do, IMO.
OP: tiktok.brahmsstan
December 21, 2025 at 4:07 AM
i’ll admit, living in sf i don’t think about power outages a lot—let alone plan for them—but here are just a few things giving me big pause tonight:
1. robot cars adding to problems and/or creating new ones in already tenuous situations
see these many examples: bsky.app/profile/anic...
1. robot cars adding to problems and/or creating new ones in already tenuous situations
see these many examples: bsky.app/profile/anic...
Many children will end up dying via suicide because the New York Times and Atlantic wanted to burnish their reputation as "unbiased" by supporting the far-right on Trans issues.
The extreme attack on transgender youth we are witnessing from a governmental stage was enabled by The Atlantic and The New York Times.
December 20, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Many children will end up dying via suicide because the New York Times and Atlantic wanted to burnish their reputation as "unbiased" by supporting the far-right on Trans issues.
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“The Supreme Court decided not to have a Christmas party for 12 straight years because the justices couldn’t agree on whether to invite the Court’s Black employees” is about as tidy an encapsulation of the Supreme Court’s whole deal as I can think of
The Alarmingly Racist History of the Supreme Court’s Canceled 1947 Christmas Party
The Court held its first-ever office Christmas party in 1946. The following year, the clerks suggested inviting Black employees. It did not go over well.
ballsandstrikes.substack.com
December 20, 2025 at 9:06 PM
“The Supreme Court decided not to have a Christmas party for 12 straight years because the justices couldn’t agree on whether to invite the Court’s Black employees” is about as tidy an encapsulation of the Supreme Court’s whole deal as I can think of
This was rigged as fuck and you will never convince me Anthony Joshua was not paid to carry a scared and flopping Jake Paul to the 6th round.
December 20, 2025 at 1:53 PM
This was rigged as fuck and you will never convince me Anthony Joshua was not paid to carry a scared and flopping Jake Paul to the 6th round.
Amateur is much safer, and the best pros are getting massive paydays. Problem is, you need to grind for nothing for a long time to get there, and accumulate shitloads of head trauma. That said I don't find it to be worse than football.
Boxing is incredibly destructive and exploitative and also I love watching it so much, I feel like a Roman pleb losing my mind at the games
December 20, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Amateur is much safer, and the best pros are getting massive paydays. Problem is, you need to grind for nothing for a long time to get there, and accumulate shitloads of head trauma. That said I don't find it to be worse than football.
Debt should not exist.
Medical debt should not exist.
Tom Mimis, 86, still wakes up at 3 a.m. every morning to work at the Piggly Wiggly, needing the income after immense medical debt.
December 20, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Debt should not exist.
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Rob Reiner, the writer, director, producer, actor and political activist whose Hollywood career spanned more than six decades and included some of the most iconic titles in movie history, was found dead alongside his wife in their home Sunday.
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December 15, 2025 at 5:48 AM
Rob Reiner, the writer, director, producer, actor and political activist whose Hollywood career spanned more than six decades and included some of the most iconic titles in movie history, was found dead alongside his wife in their home Sunday.
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