Matthew Ebert (Metric)
@metricnv.bsky.social
MPP Goldman School, Berkeley. BA Philosophy UNR. Steward of the Black Rock Desert. Explorer, history aficionado, occasional artist. Satisfactory!
Some things Turnip says make more sense when heard in their original Russian context.
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
Trump’s Ukraine Peace Deal Appears to Be Translated From Russian
Certain phrases in Trump’s proposed deal seem to be using Russian language.
www.yahoo.com
November 23, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Some things Turnip says make more sense when heard in their original Russian context.
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
"This is the only form a fascist project could take in the America of this century, Entirely phony and aspirational, assembled from bits of popular culture and popular pyschology. With no mass following committed to it in any real way."
www.rawstory.com/trump-speech...
www.rawstory.com/trump-speech...
Bizarre Trump ramble to military seen as 'truly significant turning point' in presidency
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth sparked concerns with his unusual order summoning hundreds of military commanders to Virginia for an all-hands meeting — but it the speech by President Donald Trump that...
www.rawstory.com
October 1, 2025 at 4:04 AM
"This is the only form a fascist project could take in the America of this century, Entirely phony and aspirational, assembled from bits of popular culture and popular pyschology. With no mass following committed to it in any real way."
www.rawstory.com/trump-speech...
www.rawstory.com/trump-speech...
My sentiments exactly.
September 25, 2025 at 11:04 PM
My sentiments exactly.
Epsteinaminophen makes Republican Congresscritters break out in hives.
September 25, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Epsteinaminophen makes Republican Congresscritters break out in hives.
"of the 31 politically motivated attacks and assassinations since 2018, only one was done by a “leftist”; all 30 others were committed by confirmed rightwingers, the majority openly Trump supporters"
www.alternet.org/supreme-cour...
www.alternet.org/supreme-cour...
The real reason the Supreme Court is terrified
Are they afraid Trump will get them killed?Ninety years ago, President Franklin D. Roosevelt fired William E. Humphrey from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). Humphrey sued to the Supreme Court, whic...
www.alternet.org
September 25, 2025 at 5:39 PM
"of the 31 politically motivated attacks and assassinations since 2018, only one was done by a “leftist”; all 30 others were committed by confirmed rightwingers, the majority openly Trump supporters"
www.alternet.org/supreme-cour...
www.alternet.org/supreme-cour...
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I agree with Justice Ketanji Brown, the smartest Justice on the bench.
www.cnn.com/2025/07/09/p...
www.cnn.com/2025/07/09/p...
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson emerges as a leading dissenter in an era of Trump | CNN Politics
Two trends have emerged at the Supreme Court in recent weeks: President Donald Trump is on a winning streak and Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, the court’s junior-most justice, is having none of it.
www.cnn.com
July 10, 2025 at 1:56 PM
I agree with Justice Ketanji Brown, the smartest Justice on the bench.
www.cnn.com/2025/07/09/p...
www.cnn.com/2025/07/09/p...
I'm not terribly active here but appreciate the platform all the same. Aside from some irritating effects of aging, my life is going very well. Don't let all the politics drive you crazy.
July 10, 2025 at 1:52 PM
I'm not terribly active here but appreciate the platform all the same. Aside from some irritating effects of aging, my life is going very well. Don't let all the politics drive you crazy.
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Apologies, the previous chart was incorrect. I missed that SCOTUS granted emergency relief in Murthy v. Missouri after the appellate court's stay. I also missed FDA v. Alliance.
The updated rate of lifted injunctions for the Biden admin is 10% (2 of 21), not 0%.
The updated rate of lifted injunctions for the Biden admin is 10% (2 of 21), not 0%.
July 9, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Apologies, the previous chart was incorrect. I missed that SCOTUS granted emergency relief in Murthy v. Missouri after the appellate court's stay. I also missed FDA v. Alliance.
The updated rate of lifted injunctions for the Biden admin is 10% (2 of 21), not 0%.
The updated rate of lifted injunctions for the Biden admin is 10% (2 of 21), not 0%.
We have the fuel... time for launch!
July 3, 2025 at 2:42 PM
We have the fuel... time for launch!
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"Roberts’s immunity ruling not only gutted Smith’s case against Trump, it also sent a clear message: If Trump won the election, he could freely engage in even more egregious crimes. As later events would demonstrate, Trump got the message loud and clear." — @davidrlurie.bsky.social
John Roberts created a monster. It's about to eat him.
The Supreme Court faces an existential dilemma of its own creation.
www.publicnotice.co
March 31, 2025 at 9:20 PM
"Roberts’s immunity ruling not only gutted Smith’s case against Trump, it also sent a clear message: If Trump won the election, he could freely engage in even more egregious crimes. As later events would demonstrate, Trump got the message loud and clear." — @davidrlurie.bsky.social
"If you do not recognize that mass destruction of fundamental concepts of democracy and the US Constitution happening right now, you are either willfully ignorant or just plain stupid. I can’t put it any clearer than that."
www.techdirt.com/2025/03/04/w...
www.techdirt.com/2025/03/04/w...
Why Techdirt Is Now A Democracy Blog (Whether We Like It Or Not)
While political reporters are still doing their view-from-nowhere “Democrats say this, Republicans say that” dance, tech and legal journalists have been watching an unfortunately recogn…
www.techdirt.com
March 5, 2025 at 3:07 PM
"If you do not recognize that mass destruction of fundamental concepts of democracy and the US Constitution happening right now, you are either willfully ignorant or just plain stupid. I can’t put it any clearer than that."
www.techdirt.com/2025/03/04/w...
www.techdirt.com/2025/03/04/w...
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👇🏻👇🏻
Portuguese editorial cartoonist Zez Vaz reaches back to Tiananmen Square to call on American defiance.
February 15, 2025 at 7:26 PM
👇🏻👇🏻
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Great job by Ruben (@rubenbolling.bsky.social).
February 7, 2025 at 6:42 AM
Great job by Ruben (@rubenbolling.bsky.social).
Conservatives are less critical & fall for repeated misinformation. The Fox Formula.
Education alone doesn't help skepticism, but higher analytic skills does.
And, we all have self-serving bias.
phys.org/news/2025-02...
Education alone doesn't help skepticism, but higher analytic skills does.
And, we all have self-serving bias.
phys.org/news/2025-02...
Educated but easily fooled? Who falls for misinformation and why
Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development have identified who is most susceptible to online misinformation and why. Their meta-analysis reveals surprising patterns in how demograph...
phys.org
February 7, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Conservatives are less critical & fall for repeated misinformation. The Fox Formula.
Education alone doesn't help skepticism, but higher analytic skills does.
And, we all have self-serving bias.
phys.org/news/2025-02...
Education alone doesn't help skepticism, but higher analytic skills does.
And, we all have self-serving bias.
phys.org/news/2025-02...
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Donold’s supporters don’t care if they lose their jobs or their freedom as long as he is performatively ‘owning the libs.’ That’s how much they have been taught to hate you.
February 6, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Donold’s supporters don’t care if they lose their jobs or their freedom as long as he is performatively ‘owning the libs.’ That’s how much they have been taught to hate you.
Sometimes, you gotta call a Nazi a Nazi.
February 7, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Sometimes, you gotta call a Nazi a Nazi.
Out and about in the desert.
January 31, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Out and about in the desert.
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Halting spending approved by Congress.
Firing independent inspectors general from federal agencies.
Replacing civil servants with loyalists.
All plans pulled from Project 2025.
Remember when Trump denied knowing about the playbook and the media gave him a pass?
Firing independent inspectors general from federal agencies.
Replacing civil servants with loyalists.
All plans pulled from Project 2025.
Remember when Trump denied knowing about the playbook and the media gave him a pass?
January 28, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Halting spending approved by Congress.
Firing independent inspectors general from federal agencies.
Replacing civil servants with loyalists.
All plans pulled from Project 2025.
Remember when Trump denied knowing about the playbook and the media gave him a pass?
Firing independent inspectors general from federal agencies.
Replacing civil servants with loyalists.
All plans pulled from Project 2025.
Remember when Trump denied knowing about the playbook and the media gave him a pass?
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almost every single word that Sen. John Kennedy says about Dr. Fauci and covid in this clip is false. It's remarkable how Trumpers have concocted a completely fictional history of the pandemic.
January 27, 2025 at 2:52 PM
almost every single word that Sen. John Kennedy says about Dr. Fauci and covid in this clip is false. It's remarkable how Trumpers have concocted a completely fictional history of the pandemic.
Kids are born bad. They just want to do what feels good, not right. They have to be made good. What is needed in this kind of a world is a strong, strict father who can:
Protect the family in the dangerous world,
Support the family in the difficult world, and
Teach his children right from wrong.
Protect the family in the dangerous world,
Support the family in the difficult world, and
Teach his children right from wrong.
" The 'Daddy Trump' chorus isn't a quirk or a joke – it's a window into how millions of Americans process political reality."
- @gilduran.com
- @gilduran.com
Mel Gibson and Republicans call Trump a 'Daddy.' Here's why
Once you understand Strict Father Morality, you understand Republican politics
www.theframelab.org
January 27, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Kids are born bad. They just want to do what feels good, not right. They have to be made good. What is needed in this kind of a world is a strong, strict father who can:
Protect the family in the dangerous world,
Support the family in the difficult world, and
Teach his children right from wrong.
Protect the family in the dangerous world,
Support the family in the difficult world, and
Teach his children right from wrong.
Praise drag queens and lipstick lesbians, boys who are girls
and girls who are lions, butch women wearing tool belts,
and all the music theater nerds
who are even now building new passageways
mapping the next underground railroad....
(Thanks, @rbreich.bsky.social)
and girls who are lions, butch women wearing tool belts,
and all the music theater nerds
who are even now building new passageways
mapping the next underground railroad....
(Thanks, @rbreich.bsky.social)
Praise the weirdos because if anyone can save us
it will be us.
—Alison Luterman
it will be us.
—Alison Luterman
“Praise the Broken Promise of America” by Alison Luterman
Praise deep mineral veins under rich dirt, and fossilized remains of dinosaurs turning themselves into gas for our benefit. Praise the exhausted earth, miles and miles of subsidized corn and cattle…
www.rattle.com
January 27, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Praise drag queens and lipstick lesbians, boys who are girls
and girls who are lions, butch women wearing tool belts,
and all the music theater nerds
who are even now building new passageways
mapping the next underground railroad....
(Thanks, @rbreich.bsky.social)
and girls who are lions, butch women wearing tool belts,
and all the music theater nerds
who are even now building new passageways
mapping the next underground railroad....
(Thanks, @rbreich.bsky.social)
Caught my eye
January 24, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Caught my eye
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here's today's post: "hero Bishop lectures Dear Leader, and Republicans lose their shit" — three cheers for the Right Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde.
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hero Bishop lectures Dear Leader, and Republicans lose their shit
three cheers for the Right Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde
bit.ly
January 22, 2025 at 4:08 PM
here's today's post: "hero Bishop lectures Dear Leader, and Republicans lose their shit" — three cheers for the Right Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde.
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