Matt Wood
@mattfieldwood.bsky.social
VP of Policy at @freepress.bsky.social.
Opinions on the rest are mine, all mine!
Opinions on the rest are mine, all mine!
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Seems clear that Pulte 1) broke the law while going on fishing expeditions for baseless mortgage fraud claims 2) immediately removed everyone who tried to investigate that wrong-doing.
Exclusive | Fannie Mae Watchdogs Probed How Pulte Obtained Mortgage Records of Key Democrats
FHFA’s acting inspector general handed probe report to U.S. attorney office that had indicted New York Attorney General Letitia James
www.wsj.com
November 11, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Seems clear that Pulte 1) broke the law while going on fishing expeditions for baseless mortgage fraud claims 2) immediately removed everyone who tried to investigate that wrong-doing.
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UPDATE: The Senate votes 53-47 to shoot down the Baldwin amendment to extend ACA funds for 1 year. A party-line vote with every Republican rejecting it.
An important vote in this series: Tammy Baldwin’s proposal to extend ACA expiring funds for 1 year. It’s structured as a motion to table (i.e. scrap it from the amendment tree). But it’ll show the appetite (or lack thereof) in the Senate to address this issue.
November 11, 2025 at 12:38 AM
UPDATE: The Senate votes 53-47 to shoot down the Baldwin amendment to extend ACA funds for 1 year. A party-line vote with every Republican rejecting it.
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SCOOP: Alexander Smirnov, the FBI informant convicted of lying about a fake bribery scheme involving the Bidens has been quietly released from prison just months into a six-year sentence—raising concern he could be pardoned by Trump any moment.
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FBI Informant Who Lied About Bidens Quietly Released From Jail Sparking Trump Pardon Fears
Alexander Smirnov was quietly furloughed from prison months ago.
jacquelinesweet.substack.com
November 7, 2025 at 4:38 PM
SCOOP: Alexander Smirnov, the FBI informant convicted of lying about a fake bribery scheme involving the Bidens has been quietly released from prison just months into a six-year sentence—raising concern he could be pardoned by Trump any moment.
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we talk too much about the male loneliness crisis and not enough about the male suckerfication crisis maxread.substack.com/p/prediction...
November 7, 2025 at 5:40 PM
we talk too much about the male loneliness crisis and not enough about the male suckerfication crisis maxread.substack.com/p/prediction...
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Attacks on press freedom are devastating newsrooms and leaving communities without reliable local news.
Join @freepress.bsky.social on 11/13 for a conversation with FCC Commissioner @agomezfcc.bsky.social about the barriers to free speech and local news NJ residents are facing.
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Join @freepress.bsky.social on 11/13 for a conversation with FCC Commissioner @agomezfcc.bsky.social about the barriers to free speech and local news NJ residents are facing.
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A Critical Crossroads for Free Speech and Local News
Local news and freedom of speech across the country are under threat. Due to federal funding cuts, NPR and PBS affiliates of all sizes have announced that they will need to lay off staff, reduce progr...
streamyard.com
November 7, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Attacks on press freedom are devastating newsrooms and leaving communities without reliable local news.
Join @freepress.bsky.social on 11/13 for a conversation with FCC Commissioner @agomezfcc.bsky.social about the barriers to free speech and local news NJ residents are facing.
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Join @freepress.bsky.social on 11/13 for a conversation with FCC Commissioner @agomezfcc.bsky.social about the barriers to free speech and local news NJ residents are facing.
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"Yesterday, after seven hours of deliberation, a D.C. jury acquitted Dunn. He’s a free man again—at least until the next time he bumps into federal agents outside a Subway."
Turns out the federal case against “Sandwich Guy” just didn’t cut the mustard www.thebulwark.com/p/let-them-e...
November 7, 2025 at 5:04 PM
"Yesterday, after seven hours of deliberation, a D.C. jury acquitted Dunn. He’s a free man again—at least until the next time he bumps into federal agents outside a Subway."
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I’m gonna go out on a limb and say the new FIFA Peace Award being given at the draw in DC next month will go to Greta Thunberg
November 7, 2025 at 12:24 PM
I’m gonna go out on a limb and say the new FIFA Peace Award being given at the draw in DC next month will go to Greta Thunberg
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FIFA making up a Peace Prize to award Donald Trump is the most on brand thing they’ve done this year.
FIFA to award new peace prize at World Cup draw in Washington
FIFA has announced the creation of a peace prize, which it plans to award for the first time at the World Cup draw on Dec. 5 in Washington.
www.pbs.org
November 7, 2025 at 12:35 PM
FIFA making up a Peace Prize to award Donald Trump is the most on brand thing they’ve done this year.
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ppl are like "can you believe fifa?" and its like, have you ever heard of fifa? they make Nestle look like Planned Parenthood.
November 7, 2025 at 12:54 PM
ppl are like "can you believe fifa?" and its like, have you ever heard of fifa? they make Nestle look like Planned Parenthood.
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This should spell the end of corrupt FIFA once and for all. And it may well do that, because everything Trump touches turns to shit.
#PlanetTaco
#PlanetTaco
Trump ally Infantino to award first Fifa peace prize at World Cup draw in DC
Fifa unveils a new peace prize to be awarded at the 2026 World Cup draw in Washington, citing a mission to honor efforts to end conflict
www.theguardian.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:24 PM
This should spell the end of corrupt FIFA once and for all. And it may well do that, because everything Trump touches turns to shit.
#PlanetTaco
#PlanetTaco
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People should be boycotting FIFA at this point.
November 7, 2025 at 5:09 PM
People should be boycotting FIFA at this point.
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I don't understand why they need a socialist solution when they could surely qualify for many loans with Silicon Valley Bank.
BREAKING: OpenAI is requesting US government support to help guarantee financing for the massive investments in AI chips and data centers it needs for expansion, per Bloomberg.
November 6, 2025 at 5:53 AM
I don't understand why they need a socialist solution when they could surely qualify for many loans with Silicon Valley Bank.
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Listen, there is very much to criticize about Pritzker, but the fact that we have reached a point in our politics where a sitting governor has told the president (and his cronies) to "fuck all the way off" is something.
We should not underestimate the power of symbols to galvanize resistance.
We should not underestimate the power of symbols to galvanize resistance.
November 6, 2025 at 5:19 AM
Listen, there is very much to criticize about Pritzker, but the fact that we have reached a point in our politics where a sitting governor has told the president (and his cronies) to "fuck all the way off" is something.
We should not underestimate the power of symbols to galvanize resistance.
We should not underestimate the power of symbols to galvanize resistance.
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When I was working for a Chinese government contractor in 2019, my mainland colleagues insisted that Trump was a fellow traveler who was just doing Chinese communism very badly, and would fail because of the US’ public’s independent streak.
FWIW, I think they’re completely correct now.
FWIW, I think they’re completely correct now.
So when are we allowed to do comparative politics between the CCP and the Republican party?
Trump: "I want my cabinet to behave like [Xi Jinping's staff]. I'm demanding that....I've never seen men so scared in their lives...JD doesn't behave like that. JD butts into conversations."
November 6, 2025 at 5:24 AM
When I was working for a Chinese government contractor in 2019, my mainland colleagues insisted that Trump was a fellow traveler who was just doing Chinese communism very badly, and would fail because of the US’ public’s independent streak.
FWIW, I think they’re completely correct now.
FWIW, I think they’re completely correct now.
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💣DUN DUN💣
VOICEOVER: in the criminal justice system, the people are represented by two separate, yet entirely opposite, groups: the police, who are afraid of sandwiches, and sandwich wielders, armed with food consisting of two pieces of bread filled with meat, cheese, and vegetables. these are their stories.
November 6, 2025 at 5:33 AM
💣DUN DUN💣
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Compares the incident to when an 8-year-old is “in the middle of a bedtime temper tantrum” and “takes that stuff animal with which he sleeps…and throws it at you. Are you offended?…Are you scared you might suffer bodily injury? No.”
November 5, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Compares the incident to when an 8-year-old is “in the middle of a bedtime temper tantrum” and “takes that stuff animal with which he sleeps…and throws it at you. Are you offended?…Are you scared you might suffer bodily injury? No.”
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Says assault requires a “reasonable fear of immediate bodily harm,” and none exists given agent’s long-sleeve shirt, long pants, boots, gloves and ballistic vest that is created to “keep you safe from military rifle fire” and so is “definitely going to keep you safe from a sandwich.”
November 5, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Says assault requires a “reasonable fear of immediate bodily harm,” and none exists given agent’s long-sleeve shirt, long pants, boots, gloves and ballistic vest that is created to “keep you safe from military rifle fire” and so is “definitely going to keep you safe from a sandwich.”
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While the government prosecutes this case “in some purported effort to keep law enforcement safe and free from food fights,” CBP employees “are joking about it.” The gov, she says, is trying to turn a “gag-gift worthy moment into a federal criminal offense. We ask you not to allow them to do that.”
November 5, 2025 at 7:08 PM
While the government prosecutes this case “in some purported effort to keep law enforcement safe and free from food fights,” CBP employees “are joking about it.” The gov, she says, is trying to turn a “gag-gift worthy moment into a federal criminal offense. We ask you not to allow them to do that.”
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Asks, “Would a man genuinely injured, genuinely offended by having a sandwich thrown at him proudly, happily, joyfully” keep a plush sandwich on his shelf and a “Felony Footlong” patch on — yes! — his lunchbox?
November 5, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Asks, “Would a man genuinely injured, genuinely offended by having a sandwich thrown at him proudly, happily, joyfully” keep a plush sandwich on his shelf and a “Felony Footlong” patch on — yes! — his lunchbox?
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Defense begins, “This case, ladies and gentlemen, is about a sandwich. A sandwich that according to Agent Lairmore somehow both exploded on his chest in a spray of mustard and onions but also landed intact on the ground still in its Subway wrapper.”
November 5, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Defense begins, “This case, ladies and gentlemen, is about a sandwich. A sandwich that according to Agent Lairmore somehow both exploded on his chest in a spray of mustard and onions but also landed intact on the ground still in its Subway wrapper.”
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How far has former NY governor Andrew Cuomo fallen? Cuomo has been endorsed by two of the most loathed people in the world, Trump and Elon Musk — as well as a person many consider to be a full-blown Nazi, Stephen Miller. Zohran Mamdani is going to be New York City's next mayor.
November 4, 2025 at 7:21 PM
How far has former NY governor Andrew Cuomo fallen? Cuomo has been endorsed by two of the most loathed people in the world, Trump and Elon Musk — as well as a person many consider to be a full-blown Nazi, Stephen Miller. Zohran Mamdani is going to be New York City's next mayor.
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I wont be seeing a penny of this, but anything that puts a crimp in OpenAI's day makes me feel all toasty warm.
OpenAI pirated large numbers of books and used them to train models.
OpenAI then deleted the dataset with the pirated books, and employees sent each other messages about doing so.
A lawsuit could now force the company to pay $150,000 per book, adding up to billions in damages.
OpenAI then deleted the dataset with the pirated books, and employees sent each other messages about doing so.
A lawsuit could now force the company to pay $150,000 per book, adding up to billions in damages.
November 4, 2025 at 5:05 PM
I wont be seeing a penny of this, but anything that puts a crimp in OpenAI's day makes me feel all toasty warm.
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From SpongeBob memes to AI “Hitler comedy trailers,” OpenAI’s Sora 2 is being exploited to distort history, glorify genocide, and normalize hate, exposing serious gaps in the company’s content moderation policies.
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OpenAI’s Sora 2 Used To Spread Holocaust Denial and Glorify Hitler
OpenAI’s Sora 2, launched on September 30, faced backlash for generating controversial videos, including antisemitic and misogynistic content.
globalextremism.org
November 4, 2025 at 7:39 PM
From SpongeBob memes to AI “Hitler comedy trailers,” OpenAI’s Sora 2 is being exploited to distort history, glorify genocide, and normalize hate, exposing serious gaps in the company’s content moderation policies.
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"The support for the more aggressive options is coming from Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who is also the acting national security adviser, and Stephen Miller, Mr. Trump’s deputy chief of staff and homeland security adviser."
Trump Weighs Options, and Risks, for Attacks on Venezuela
www.nytimes.com
November 4, 2025 at 7:30 PM
"The support for the more aggressive options is coming from Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who is also the acting national security adviser, and Stephen Miller, Mr. Trump’s deputy chief of staff and homeland security adviser."