Matthew Downhour
@matthewdownhour.bsky.social
Liberal, Montanan. Subscribe to Paine-Wollstonecraft-Douglass-George thought, Bolivar-Juarez-Nkomo-Zelenskyy praxis
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The Bellicose Stance of the State
The incoming "America First" coalition is likely to put the United States in greater, not less, risk of conflict.
www.liberalcurrents.com
Listen I try not to be too boastful but now that 2025 is in our rearview mirror I think I can reasonably say I called it pretty well with this one
Epstein’s white supremacy shouldn’t really be surprising I guess but it’s well worth pointing out because it shows how reactionary identity politics existed top to bottom in the hierarchy - it’s not a distraction they invented to distract us, it’s their real ideology
I am not surprised Epstein had a racial bias to whom he chose to associate with and whom he chose to abuse
He was a eugenics/scientific bigotry enthusiast, and while that sometimes loops around into a cuckholding kink, he already had a preferred way to transgress
He was a eugenics/scientific bigotry enthusiast, and while that sometimes loops around into a cuckholding kink, he already had a preferred way to transgress
February 13, 2026 at 5:10 PM
Epstein’s white supremacy shouldn’t really be surprising I guess but it’s well worth pointing out because it shows how reactionary identity politics existed top to bottom in the hierarchy - it’s not a distraction they invented to distract us, it’s their real ideology
The artist got jealous and receded his hairline (relatable tbh)
February 13, 2026 at 5:04 PM
The artist got jealous and receded his hairline (relatable tbh)
If you wanted to know what Jasmine Crockett would look like in the original release of Mass Effect (2007), TNR has you covered
February 13, 2026 at 3:59 PM
If you wanted to know what Jasmine Crockett would look like in the original release of Mass Effect (2007), TNR has you covered
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Unbelievable that there is a virus called Epstein-Barr and also that Bill Barr is responsible for Jeffrey Epstein’s death. Like what are the chances
February 13, 2026 at 3:35 AM
Unbelievable that there is a virus called Epstein-Barr and also that Bill Barr is responsible for Jeffrey Epstein’s death. Like what are the chances
Sure only the tattoo but also
Platner has yet to *run* in a race as big as the one Mamdani already won. The privileging of white faces as the ‘real American’ ones continues
Platner has yet to *run* in a race as big as the one Mamdani already won. The privileging of white faces as the ‘real American’ ones continues
A base that has long made pragmatic, sober decisions appears increasingly attracted to charismatic outsiders who promise to break from the party’s failures of the last decade. They see their party’s leaders as feckless and inept.
It’s the Democratic Tea Party, with a twist. trib.al/mC5cBDA
It’s the Democratic Tea Party, with a twist. trib.al/mC5cBDA
February 13, 2026 at 7:50 AM
Sure only the tattoo but also
Platner has yet to *run* in a race as big as the one Mamdani already won. The privileging of white faces as the ‘real American’ ones continues
Platner has yet to *run* in a race as big as the one Mamdani already won. The privileging of white faces as the ‘real American’ ones continues
Remember - the only reason she has a job is because she enthusiastically pretended the emperor was wearing clothes when he malfunctioned on national TV, & most of the ‘Biden Old!’ media horde ignored it
February 13, 2026 at 7:34 AM
Remember - the only reason she has a job is because she enthusiastically pretended the emperor was wearing clothes when he malfunctioned on national TV, & most of the ‘Biden Old!’ media horde ignored it
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Among many themes, IMO this was Mamdani's most important national narrative win. He's a mayor who loves his city.
The era of city leaders swept to power in a wave of resentment was awful. It's a self reinforcing doom cycle. A city has serious problems and then elects people who sh*t on the city.
The era of city leaders swept to power in a wave of resentment was awful. It's a self reinforcing doom cycle. A city has serious problems and then elects people who sh*t on the city.
There were a couple themes of the 2024 election but one was a declaration of war on American cities by American rural/exurban voters
He’s also doing this in Memphis…no one is reporting on it
February 13, 2026 at 7:11 AM
Among many themes, IMO this was Mamdani's most important national narrative win. He's a mayor who loves his city.
The era of city leaders swept to power in a wave of resentment was awful. It's a self reinforcing doom cycle. A city has serious problems and then elects people who sh*t on the city.
The era of city leaders swept to power in a wave of resentment was awful. It's a self reinforcing doom cycle. A city has serious problems and then elects people who sh*t on the city.
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Imagine how much stupider the Mukden Incident could have been if Kwantung army officers could insider trade on the conflict they were about to start
February 13, 2026 at 2:12 AM
Imagine how much stupider the Mukden Incident could have been if Kwantung army officers could insider trade on the conflict they were about to start
Oh yeah the populists are moving forward on the ‘tax deductible boat loans’ issue I hear the working class constantly clamoring for
Notarizona has been lobbying congresswoman crazypants?
February 13, 2026 at 4:27 AM
Oh yeah the populists are moving forward on the ‘tax deductible boat loans’ issue I hear the working class constantly clamoring for
That’s what I call frontier tough
The details of the Kristi Noem blanket incident are just fucking perfect
February 13, 2026 at 3:40 AM
That’s what I call frontier tough
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Hasan going on a paid Chinese propaganda tour and then coming home to say that Democrats—one of if not *the* most pro-trans political party in the world—would shoot trans people for votes is beyond absurd
people like this should be heckled, bullied, and shamed every time they open their mouths
people like this should be heckled, bullied, and shamed every time they open their mouths
February 13, 2026 at 12:17 AM
Hasan going on a paid Chinese propaganda tour and then coming home to say that Democrats—one of if not *the* most pro-trans political party in the world—would shoot trans people for votes is beyond absurd
people like this should be heckled, bullied, and shamed every time they open their mouths
people like this should be heckled, bullied, and shamed every time they open their mouths
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I can respect leaking military secrets to win a forum argument but to do it for profit is just unseemly.
February 13, 2026 at 2:40 AM
I can respect leaking military secrets to win a forum argument but to do it for profit is just unseemly.
Unbelievable that there is a virus called Epstein-Barr and also that Bill Barr is responsible for Jeffrey Epstein’s death. Like what are the chances
February 13, 2026 at 3:35 AM
Unbelievable that there is a virus called Epstein-Barr and also that Bill Barr is responsible for Jeffrey Epstein’s death. Like what are the chances
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How bad do the facts have to be, how outrageous did the lies have to turn out to be, for a Trump-appointed US Attorney to say and do this?
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/u...
February 13, 2026 at 3:30 AM
How bad do the facts have to be, how outrageous did the lies have to turn out to be, for a Trump-appointed US Attorney to say and do this?
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/u...
While Hanania may have kept his ‘white supremacist past’ secret, his white suprematist present has been pretty much an open book
so i wrote the story NYT links to there, exposing how Hanania used pseudonym to write for Nazi sites, advocating eugenics & forced sterilization of "low IQ" people (who he argued were black) before he ditched the fake name to rise to prominence in academia/media... www.huffpost.com/entry/richar...
This Man Has The Ear Of Billionaires — And A White Supremacist Past He Kept A Secret
Hanania is championed by tech moguls and a U.S. senator, but HuffPost found he used a pen name to become an important figure in the “alt-right.”
www.huffpost.com
February 13, 2026 at 2:27 AM
While Hanania may have kept his ‘white supremacist past’ secret, his white suprematist present has been pretty much an open book
Gym Jordan knows a thing or two about how to cover up sexual abuse and he’s embarrassed that Bondi is screwing it up
Even the GOP understands that Bondi is toxic, and that any appearance of being chummy with or enabling a pedophile protector is electoral death.
February 13, 2026 at 2:25 AM
Gym Jordan knows a thing or two about how to cover up sexual abuse and he’s embarrassed that Bondi is screwing it up
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someone should make lying in an affidavit illegal
February 13, 2026 at 1:58 AM
someone should make lying in an affidavit illegal
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“Our affiant lied, of course, and we have now learned there’s video to contradict him.”
BREAKING: DOJ moves to drop criminal charges in alleged shovel/broom attack in Minneapolis that led ICE to open fire. "Newly discovered evidence in this matter is materially inconsistent with the allegations in the Complaint Affidavit," prosecutors say. www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
February 13, 2026 at 1:24 AM
“Our affiant lied, of course, and we have now learned there’s video to contradict him.”
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Most people don’t know this: Heat pumps REDUCE gas consumption even if running 100% on electricity from a gas fired power plant.
More here in my piece for @carbonbrief.org👇
interactive.carbonbrief.org/factcheck/he...
More here in my piece for @carbonbrief.org👇
interactive.carbonbrief.org/factcheck/he...
February 11, 2026 at 9:03 PM
Most people don’t know this: Heat pumps REDUCE gas consumption even if running 100% on electricity from a gas fired power plant.
More here in my piece for @carbonbrief.org👇
interactive.carbonbrief.org/factcheck/he...
More here in my piece for @carbonbrief.org👇
interactive.carbonbrief.org/factcheck/he...
Man who called it? Everyone literate who had glanced at the news?
BREAKING: DOJ moves to drop criminal charges in alleged shovel/broom attack in Minneapolis that led ICE to open fire. "Newly discovered evidence in this matter is materially inconsistent with the allegations in the Complaint Affidavit," prosecutors say. www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
February 13, 2026 at 1:20 AM
Man who called it? Everyone literate who had glanced at the news?
Why are conservatives to enamored with too-short pants?
February 13, 2026 at 12:34 AM
Why are conservatives to enamored with too-short pants?
Periodically I think about Geto Boys using “cocksuckin', pussy-eating prankstas” as an insult in ‘Damn it feels good to be a gangsta’, whereas today it would more insulting to suggest someone neither sucked cock nor ate pussy
February 12, 2026 at 11:57 PM
Periodically I think about Geto Boys using “cocksuckin', pussy-eating prankstas” as an insult in ‘Damn it feels good to be a gangsta’, whereas today it would more insulting to suggest someone neither sucked cock nor ate pussy
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"The most ominous political sign in the United States today is the growth of a sentiment which either doubts the existence of an honest man in public office or looks on him as a fool for not seizing his opportunities. That is to say, the people themselves are becoming corrupted." -Henry George
Most Americans think Trump did something illegal or unethical, poll finds
Most Americans also think the probes of Trump — which are ongoing at the local, state and federal levels — are fair, the poll results showed.
www.cnbc.com
February 12, 2026 at 8:16 PM
"The most ominous political sign in the United States today is the growth of a sentiment which either doubts the existence of an honest man in public office or looks on him as a fool for not seizing his opportunities. That is to say, the people themselves are becoming corrupted." -Henry George
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I feel like this story is really undercovered
Is the U.S. making any policy demands on the Cuban government or just asking it to cease existing?
February 12, 2026 at 10:01 PM
I feel like this story is really undercovered
Is the U.S. making any policy demands on the Cuban government or just asking it to cease existing?
February 12, 2026 at 9:51 PM
Is the U.S. making any policy demands on the Cuban government or just asking it to cease existing?