Matthew Sachs
@mattsachs.bsky.social
Infrequent music maker, occasional dreamer of dreams
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Chotiner shot that man right in the face with his own gun and he never heard the *click*.
February 2, 2026 at 12:02 AM
Chotiner shot that man right in the face with his own gun and he never heard the *click*.
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me, emotionally writing an essay on the use of force by federal agents: ok but what if i packaged this in the most insane way possible www.theverge.com/policy/86857...
Best gas masks
“How did these people go out and get gas masks?” AG Bondi asked.
www.theverge.com
January 29, 2026 at 2:25 PM
me, emotionally writing an essay on the use of force by federal agents: ok but what if i packaged this in the most insane way possible www.theverge.com/policy/86857...
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I am. But there are three things at play here regarding ICE collecting private data. Quick rundown on the issue, why you should be paying attention, and what I'm doing about it:
So which politician is calling for the dismantling of the probably illegal database that ice & this government is collecting biometric data of protesters?
January 27, 2026 at 9:28 PM
I am. But there are three things at play here regarding ICE collecting private data. Quick rundown on the issue, why you should be paying attention, and what I'm doing about it:
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Don't let up. Please contact Reps, Senators and leaders in Congress. My Rep went from no position, this morning, to issuing a statement strongly against funding DHS and supporting impeachment of Noem. I sent him a note of thanks for taking a strong position.
can't help but worry that the fury of Washington lawmakers will fade with Bovino getting sent to the back office at the Christmas Adventurers Club, but as of this evening there was no movement
www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
No off-ramp in sight for DHS-fueled shutdown
Republicans are dangling options that would avoid having to change a massive spending bill. Democrats aren’t biting.
www.politico.com
January 27, 2026 at 5:31 AM
Don't let up. Please contact Reps, Senators and leaders in Congress. My Rep went from no position, this morning, to issuing a statement strongly against funding DHS and supporting impeachment of Noem. I sent him a note of thanks for taking a strong position.
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extremely good advice, this is peak positive reinforcement time
Don't let up. Please contact Reps, Senators and leaders in Congress. My Rep went from no position, this morning, to issuing a statement strongly against funding DHS and supporting impeachment of Noem. I sent him a note of thanks for taking a strong position.
can't help but worry that the fury of Washington lawmakers will fade with Bovino getting sent to the back office at the Christmas Adventurers Club, but as of this evening there was no movement
www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
January 27, 2026 at 5:34 AM
extremely good advice, this is peak positive reinforcement time
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Being a journalist is sick: I just contacted a pre-eminent jaguar conservationist in Argentine with a question that has been weighing on me for ages and he wrote back right away with an informed answer.
January 25, 2026 at 11:13 PM
Being a journalist is sick: I just contacted a pre-eminent jaguar conservationist in Argentine with a question that has been weighing on me for ages and he wrote back right away with an informed answer.
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Every serious DC political journalist should be constantly asking the 23 Republicans in Congress, along with the Speaker of the House & the Senate Majority Leader, when they are going to stop violating their oaths & end the lawless authoritarianism.
Focus. Please.
bsky.app/profile/mcop...
Focus. Please.
bsky.app/profile/mcop...
The people who have power to end this are Republicans in Congress.
Reminder: All it would take to end the murder of American citizens by an untrained government goon squad is 16 Republicans in Congress voting with Dems to defund ICE (or 23 to impeach and remove Trump — 3 in House & 20 in Senate). That’s it. 23 Americans can vote for the public and end all of this.
January 24, 2026 at 8:23 PM
Every serious DC political journalist should be constantly asking the 23 Republicans in Congress, along with the Speaker of the House & the Senate Majority Leader, when they are going to stop violating their oaths & end the lawless authoritarianism.
Focus. Please.
bsky.app/profile/mcop...
Focus. Please.
bsky.app/profile/mcop...
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in trying to understand what makes ICE and CBP so dangerous right now, it is tempting to imagine some new lack of training or experience or professionalism—and not grapple with the truth that a white nationalist movement has put more power and force behind their existing mission
January 24, 2026 at 5:30 PM
in trying to understand what makes ICE and CBP so dangerous right now, it is tempting to imagine some new lack of training or experience or professionalism—and not grapple with the truth that a white nationalist movement has put more power and force behind their existing mission
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This sure seems more like the tyranny the Constitution is supposed to protect against than forgiving student loans.
January 24, 2026 at 5:02 PM
This sure seems more like the tyranny the Constitution is supposed to protect against than forgiving student loans.
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Everyone who seriously, genuinely considers themselves left of center in any capacity should be actively asking themselves and their immediate colleagues and comrades: "what would a constitutional and political state of affairs look like where these events are made functionally impossible"?
The largest socialist organization in the US (which, notably, does have a council-level presence in the Twin Cities) really ought to return to the kinds of discussions it was earnestly having during Trump's 1st term: constitutional overhaul. How can we be the parliamentary agitators for new law?
January 24, 2026 at 5:53 PM
Everyone who seriously, genuinely considers themselves left of center in any capacity should be actively asking themselves and their immediate colleagues and comrades: "what would a constitutional and political state of affairs look like where these events are made functionally impossible"?
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Public Works Administration but it's all forensic accountants, security engineers and attorneys.
October 19, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Public Works Administration but it's all forensic accountants, security engineers and attorneys.
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MARCH 28
We're just seconds away from learning the date that the full 2 Line will finally cross Lake Washington with riders aboard.
January 23, 2026 at 6:26 PM
MARCH 28
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This studio awards-season email is really matching the current mood in a way I’m not sure they intended.
December 19, 2025 at 11:36 PM
This studio awards-season email is really matching the current mood in a way I’m not sure they intended.
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Look, I’m not the world’s best pollster, but if you can’t stand up against kidnapping children to use as bait, you don’t belong in professional politics.
If you don’t understand the rage, if you tell people to do anything other than protect their children, you don’t deserve public office.
If you don’t understand the rage, if you tell people to do anything other than protect their children, you don’t deserve public office.
The Columbia Heights school district says ICE detained four of its students, including a 5-year-old boy, as "bait" to draw out family members.
ICE detains 5-year old Minnesota boy; lawyer says agents used him as ‘bait’
The Columbia Heights school district says federal agents have detained four children in their district. School officials and a lawyer for the family say agents used 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramo as “bai...
www.mprnews.org
January 22, 2026 at 5:49 AM
Look, I’m not the world’s best pollster, but if you can’t stand up against kidnapping children to use as bait, you don’t belong in professional politics.
If you don’t understand the rage, if you tell people to do anything other than protect their children, you don’t deserve public office.
If you don’t understand the rage, if you tell people to do anything other than protect their children, you don’t deserve public office.
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Abolish ICE.
Six Seattle Schools Sheltered-in-Place After Unconfirmed ICE Activity
Six Seattle Schools Sheltered-in-Place After Unconfirmed ICE Activity
At least six schools sheltered-in-place after these unconfirmed reports.
www.thestranger.com
January 21, 2026 at 5:15 AM
Abolish ICE.
LET'S GO BURGER! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
LET'S GO BURGER! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
LET'S GO BURGER! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
January 21, 2026 at 5:44 AM
LET'S GO BURGER! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
LET'S GO BURGER! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
LET'S GO BURGER! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
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Independents are +12 on abolishing ICE
January 21, 2026 at 12:05 AM
Independents are +12 on abolishing ICE
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This is not a rational person. And this is deeply disturbing coming from an American President. NATO is not our enemy—they are unequivocally our closest friends and allies.
At this point, how can you not call into question the mental fitness of this President?
At this point, how can you not call into question the mental fitness of this President?
January 20, 2026 at 8:10 PM
This is not a rational person. And this is deeply disturbing coming from an American President. NATO is not our enemy—they are unequivocally our closest friends and allies.
At this point, how can you not call into question the mental fitness of this President?
At this point, how can you not call into question the mental fitness of this President?
"There's a hierarchy here: the anti-riot command in the national police, the Basij, the IRGC. One of the interesting things about this series of protests, an indicator of how strained the security forces were, was the *need* to use the IRGC." -- @restisclassified.bsky.social on Iran
January 19, 2026 at 9:24 PM
"There's a hierarchy here: the anti-riot command in the national police, the Basij, the IRGC. One of the interesting things about this series of protests, an indicator of how strained the security forces were, was the *need* to use the IRGC." -- @restisclassified.bsky.social on Iran
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"I wish Donald Trump were 'pining for the fjords'"
*monkey paw finger curls*
*monkey paw finger curls*
January 19, 2026 at 4:58 PM
"I wish Donald Trump were 'pining for the fjords'"
*monkey paw finger curls*
*monkey paw finger curls*
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Trump’s post is truly deranged and, in a rational environment, would be enough on its own to prompt consideration of invocation of the 25th Amendment and/or initiation of the impeachment and removal process.
I cut the post into two sections and removed night mode so it can be read more clearly:
I cut the post into two sections and removed night mode so it can be read more clearly:
![Nick Schifrin @nickschifrin
X.com
NEW: @potus letter to @jonasgahrstore links @NobelPrize to Greenland, reiterates threats, and is forwarded by the NSC staff to multiple European ambassadors in Washington. I obtained the text from multiple officials:
Dear Ambassador:
President Trump has asked that the following message, shared with Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store, be forwarded to your [named head of government/state]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:gvda6fem6r7selm4gzjjww4a/bafkreicijzyj4ytcawblag4lhw3oiunvd2pnaevkckc5yw3ft4g6ltvl3e@jpeg)
January 19, 2026 at 5:58 AM
Trump’s post is truly deranged and, in a rational environment, would be enough on its own to prompt consideration of invocation of the 25th Amendment and/or initiation of the impeachment and removal process.
I cut the post into two sections and removed night mode so it can be read more clearly:
I cut the post into two sections and removed night mode so it can be read more clearly:
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1/ Something which I don't think gets articulated clearly often enough is that a system where countries generally respect international sovereignty and territorial integrity is not pure charity or morality by the United States, but in its direct interests.
Despite it being the strongest bear.
Despite it being the strongest bear.
January 17, 2026 at 10:24 AM
1/ Something which I don't think gets articulated clearly often enough is that a system where countries generally respect international sovereignty and territorial integrity is not pure charity or morality by the United States, but in its direct interests.
Despite it being the strongest bear.
Despite it being the strongest bear.
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We have unlimited money for paramilitary forces that kidnap people off the streets but also have something called "school lunch debt" what are we doing here
January 18, 2026 at 4:03 AM
We have unlimited money for paramilitary forces that kidnap people off the streets but also have something called "school lunch debt" what are we doing here