Matt Matros
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Matt Matros
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· Dec 17
Twenty-four No Limit Hold 'Em Tournament Hands from 2024: A Year of Daring Bluffs and Nitty Folds
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Is the Overton window within the Overton window?
September 19, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Is the Overton window within the Overton window?
These bodega guys will straight up put a cup of coffee in a paper bag, and somehow increase its portability.
May 5, 2025 at 12:48 PM
These bodega guys will straight up put a cup of coffee in a paper bag, and somehow increase its portability.
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it's been years upon years of labored "campus culture" op-eds from salaried writers hectoring students about free speech, and now the state is kidnapping students for their speech in broad daylight
March 26, 2025 at 8:00 PM
it's been years upon years of labored "campus culture" op-eds from salaried writers hectoring students about free speech, and now the state is kidnapping students for their speech in broad daylight
The IDF is just beyond parody.
Oscar-winning Palestinian director is attacked by Israeli settlers and detained by the army
Israeli settlers have beaten up one of the Palestinian co-directors of the Oscar-winning documentary film “No Other Land."
apnews.com
March 25, 2025 at 2:50 AM
The IDF is just beyond parody.
400 dead "raised the prospect" of war, maybe. The Times is unreal.
March 18, 2025 at 12:34 PM
400 dead "raised the prospect" of war, maybe. The Times is unreal.
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The institutional Democratic Party is guided by an almost pathological level of conflict avoidance in almost every direction. “What can we do to make the least number of people mad?” is just a bankrupt way to operate.
March 13, 2025 at 10:23 PM
The institutional Democratic Party is guided by an almost pathological level of conflict avoidance in almost every direction. “What can we do to make the least number of people mad?” is just a bankrupt way to operate.
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Jewish students at Columbia university today organized a demonstration in solidarity with anti-war student organizer Mahmoud Khalil and to denounce Trump's attacks on public education and protest. Photo via @/Columbia_psc
March 11, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Jewish students at Columbia university today organized a demonstration in solidarity with anti-war student organizer Mahmoud Khalil and to denounce Trump's attacks on public education and protest. Photo via @/Columbia_psc
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A few years back, centrist Democrats & the Very Serious People mocked & dismissed the slogan ‘abolish ICE’.
Today’s actions are a reminder of how ICE is a rogue, lawless agency that is easily weaponized by an authoritarian administration & that it very much should be abolished.
Today’s actions are a reminder of how ICE is a rogue, lawless agency that is easily weaponized by an authoritarian administration & that it very much should be abolished.
March 10, 2025 at 2:17 AM
A few years back, centrist Democrats & the Very Serious People mocked & dismissed the slogan ‘abolish ICE’.
Today’s actions are a reminder of how ICE is a rogue, lawless agency that is easily weaponized by an authoritarian administration & that it very much should be abolished.
Today’s actions are a reminder of how ICE is a rogue, lawless agency that is easily weaponized by an authoritarian administration & that it very much should be abolished.
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UPDATE: Mahmoud Khalil is being held by ICE in the Jena/LaSalle Detention Facility in Louisiana, per ICE detainee tracker
Khalil was detained Saturday night from his New York apartment building
Khalil was detained Saturday night from his New York apartment building
NEWS: Last night, the Department of Homeland Security detained a Palestinian who helped lead the Columbia encampment.
Agents told him his visa was revoked. He said he had a green card. They were confused—then said that was revoked too.
His attorney demanded a warrant. Agents hung up instead.
Agents told him his visa was revoked. He said he had a green card. They were confused—then said that was revoked too.
His attorney demanded a warrant. Agents hung up instead.
BREAKING: DHS Detains Palestinian Student from Columbia Encampment, Says Advocates
Agents told him his student visa was revoked. But he had a green card. Agents then said that was revoked too.
zeteo.com
March 10, 2025 at 12:38 PM
UPDATE: Mahmoud Khalil is being held by ICE in the Jena/LaSalle Detention Facility in Louisiana, per ICE detainee tracker
Khalil was detained Saturday night from his New York apartment building
Khalil was detained Saturday night from his New York apartment building
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This is the ultimate dick boss move from Musk - except he isn’t even the boss, he’s just a dick.
February 23, 2025 at 12:41 AM
This is the ultimate dick boss move from Musk - except he isn’t even the boss, he’s just a dick.
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It’s been a long fucking day, I’m tired, and I misspoke. Let me rephrase it in a more correct way.
Fuck Hakeem Jeffries and almost every other elected Democratic official for forcing me to be the one to get arrested instead of them doing their goddamn job and being leaders.
Fuck Hakeem Jeffries and almost every other elected Democratic official for forcing me to be the one to get arrested instead of them doing their goddamn job and being leaders.
February 21, 2025 at 6:12 AM
It’s been a long fucking day, I’m tired, and I misspoke. Let me rephrase it in a more correct way.
Fuck Hakeem Jeffries and almost every other elected Democratic official for forcing me to be the one to get arrested instead of them doing their goddamn job and being leaders.
Fuck Hakeem Jeffries and almost every other elected Democratic official for forcing me to be the one to get arrested instead of them doing their goddamn job and being leaders.
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This is fucking incredible.
![REYES: [The order] calls an entire category of people dishonest, dishonorable, undisciplined, immodest, who lack integrity, people who have taken an oath to defend this country, people who have been under fire, people who have received medals for taking fire for this country. I want to know from the government whether that language expresses 'animus.' Does that express animus? DOJ ATTORNEY: Not in any constitutional- REYES: In a commonsense way. This is a policy from the President of the United States affecting thousands of people ... to call an entire group of people, lying dishonest people who are undisciplined, immodest and have no integrity. How is that anything other than showing animus? DOJ ATTORNEY: I don't have an answer for you. REYES: You do have an answer, you just don't want to give it... People can make solid arguments as to why some or even most transgender people shouldn't be in the military We're dealing with unadulterated animus. We are dealing with the president of the United States dealing with a group of people serving their country... calling them liars. (Reyes then said she changed her courtroom orders to bar people who graduated from UVA law school from appearing before her because "they're all liars and lack integrity and are undisciplined and can't possibly meet the high rigors of benign a lawyer for the government" She made the DOJ lawyer sit down on that basis, then after he did, she called him back up and asked whether that was a display of animus.)](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:mmtjkssv6jeneahkgfdxuy7p/bafkreicmr3wybkn6acxmmdf4vuqnzxho2nk7kp3v7tx7vkclg2cjmwvixm@jpeg)
February 18, 2025 at 7:53 PM
This is fucking incredible.
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Okay what is going on here. Are the accounts at a private banking entity? Does the federal government have direct debit permission set up? So many questions as to how Treasury instructed this payment. (Via NY Post’s Craig McCarthy)
February 12, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Okay what is going on here. Are the accounts at a private banking entity? Does the federal government have direct debit permission set up? So many questions as to how Treasury instructed this payment. (Via NY Post’s Craig McCarthy)
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well it has certainly been an amusing prank to let the worst people alive take over the american government for a few weeks, but I think it's probably gone on long enough
February 12, 2025 at 10:09 PM
well it has certainly been an amusing prank to let the worst people alive take over the american government for a few weeks, but I think it's probably gone on long enough
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“You are directed … to dismiss the pending charges in United States v. Adams, No. 24 Cr. 556 (SDNY)…. The Justice Department has reached this conclusion without assessing the strength of the evidence or the legal theories on which the case is based”
![Memorandum from the Acting Deputy Attorney General
Dismissal Without Prejudice of Prosecution of Mayor Eric Adams
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Of The Federal Government. These actions and the underlying case have also improperly interfered with Mayor Adams' campaign in the 2025 mayoral election. See Justice Manual § 9-
85.500, entitled Actions that May Have an Impact on an Election.
Second, the pending prosecution has unduly restricted Mayor Adams' ability to devote full attention and resources to the illegal immigration and violent crime that escalated under the policies of the prior Administration. We are particularly concerned about the impact of the prosecution on Mayor Adams' ability to support critical, ongoing federal efforts "to protect the American people from the disastrous effects of unlawful mass migration and resettlement," as described in Executive Order 14165.' Accomplishing the immigration objectives established by President Trump and the Attorney General is every bit as important—if not more so as the objectives that the prior Administration pursued by releasing violent criminals such as Viktor Bout, the "Merchant of Death."? Accordingly, based on these additional concerns that are distinct from the weaponization problems, dismissal without prejudice is also necessary at this time.
' Your Office correctly noted in a February 3, 2025 memorandum, *as Mr. Bove clearly stated to defense counsel during our meeting [on January 31, 2025], the Government is not offering to exchange dismissal of a criminal case for Adams's assistance on immigration enforcement."
2 According to an October 2024 Wall Street Journal article, Bout has already started to participate in arms deals again, including negotiations with representatives of Ansar Allah, also known as the Houthis. https://www.wsj.com/world/russia/putins-merchant-of-death-is-back-in-](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:on5oeywiqx32fh2zau473wz6/bafkreidtbdebawe7yluohx6ktbosdjqfdcf7ukryaemdjtgcpygzklaefe@jpeg)
February 11, 2025 at 12:24 AM
“You are directed … to dismiss the pending charges in United States v. Adams, No. 24 Cr. 556 (SDNY)…. The Justice Department has reached this conclusion without assessing the strength of the evidence or the legal theories on which the case is based”
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Secret Service: $7M to $10M.
Air Travel and Motorcade: $4M-5M.
Stadium Security Upgrades: Additional metal detectors, bomb sweeps, security checkpoints: $2M.
Local Law Enforcement: Overtime and personnel: $1M.
Trump's Super Bowl attendance: $15 to $20M. Where’s DOGE?
Air Travel and Motorcade: $4M-5M.
Stadium Security Upgrades: Additional metal detectors, bomb sweeps, security checkpoints: $2M.
Local Law Enforcement: Overtime and personnel: $1M.
Trump's Super Bowl attendance: $15 to $20M. Where’s DOGE?
February 9, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Secret Service: $7M to $10M.
Air Travel and Motorcade: $4M-5M.
Stadium Security Upgrades: Additional metal detectors, bomb sweeps, security checkpoints: $2M.
Local Law Enforcement: Overtime and personnel: $1M.
Trump's Super Bowl attendance: $15 to $20M. Where’s DOGE?
Air Travel and Motorcade: $4M-5M.
Stadium Security Upgrades: Additional metal detectors, bomb sweeps, security checkpoints: $2M.
Local Law Enforcement: Overtime and personnel: $1M.
Trump's Super Bowl attendance: $15 to $20M. Where’s DOGE?
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Damn it. I was going to do this one, but I thought it was too dumb.
February 8, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Damn it. I was going to do this one, but I thought it was too dumb.
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Asked a seasoned State Dept employee how Marco Rubio has been received so far.
"He has a minder, like a Trump campaign minder."
A what?
"Someone in his office, not of his choosing. [Like with Tillerson], they sent somebody over because he wasn't totally within the fold." 👀
"He has a minder, like a Trump campaign minder."
A what?
"Someone in his office, not of his choosing. [Like with Tillerson], they sent somebody over because he wasn't totally within the fold." 👀
February 5, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Asked a seasoned State Dept employee how Marco Rubio has been received so far.
"He has a minder, like a Trump campaign minder."
A what?
"Someone in his office, not of his choosing. [Like with Tillerson], they sent somebody over because he wasn't totally within the fold." 👀
"He has a minder, like a Trump campaign minder."
A what?
"Someone in his office, not of his choosing. [Like with Tillerson], they sent somebody over because he wasn't totally within the fold." 👀
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This is a really good demonstration of why Biden’s “soft-handed” genocide was actually FAR more destructive than Trumps bombastic approach.
Because everyone could simply look away.
Because everyone could simply look away.
Asked Sen. Lindsey Graham about President Trump’s calls to remove Palestinians from Gaza. Says he’s “been on the phone with Arabs all day,” and that the approach will be “very problematic.”
“The idea of Americans going in on the ground in Gaza is a non-starter for every Senator.”
Full quote:
“The idea of Americans going in on the ground in Gaza is a non-starter for every Senator.”
Full quote:
February 5, 2025 at 7:37 PM
This is a really good demonstration of why Biden’s “soft-handed” genocide was actually FAR more destructive than Trumps bombastic approach.
Because everyone could simply look away.
Because everyone could simply look away.
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NEW: NFL will remove 'End Racism' from the end zones ahead of Super Bowl.
The announcement comes the same day a White House official told NBC News that President Trump would be attending the game.
The announcement comes the same day a White House official told NBC News that President Trump would be attending the game.
NFL will remove 'End Racism' from the end zones ahead of Super Bowl
The announcement comes the same day a White House official told NBC News that President Donald Trump would be attending the game.
www.nbcnews.com
February 4, 2025 at 10:19 PM
NEW: NFL will remove 'End Racism' from the end zones ahead of Super Bowl.
The announcement comes the same day a White House official told NBC News that President Trump would be attending the game.
The announcement comes the same day a White House official told NBC News that President Trump would be attending the game.
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New podcast with Matt Matros! We talk about his new book and analyze every decision point of a triple barrel bluff:
www.thinkingpoker.net/2025/01/epis...
www.thinkingpoker.net/2025/01/epis...
January 20, 2025 at 9:09 PM
New podcast with Matt Matros! We talk about his new book and analyze every decision point of a triple barrel bluff:
www.thinkingpoker.net/2025/01/epis...
www.thinkingpoker.net/2025/01/epis...