Matt Randall
@mrandall.bsky.social
Formerly Data for Michigan House Democrats, stac labs, Warren for President, State Voices, Catalist, UMichigan, St Andrews, Georgetown
Pretty soon even the most committed MAGAists are going to realize that defying a historically unpopular Trump carries no electoral penalty. It's going to be like rats fleeing a sinking ship, with only people hoping for a pardon hanging on
Indiana Senate Republican Greg Walker “said he would have reported the alleged violation to federal authorities “if I thought that there was anyone of integrity in Washington that would follow through on my accusation ..”
@adamwren.bsky.social #redistrict
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@adamwren.bsky.social #redistrict
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November 30, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Pretty soon even the most committed MAGAists are going to realize that defying a historically unpopular Trump carries no electoral penalty. It's going to be like rats fleeing a sinking ship, with only people hoping for a pardon hanging on
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NEW on @indicator.media: A first *full-scale* comparison of Grokipedia v Wikipedia.
Last week the awesome @harold.bsky.social rocked up to my desk bearing gifts.
Hal had collected almost all 900K Grokipedia entries and compared them to their Wikipedia equivalents for text and citation similarity.
Last week the awesome @harold.bsky.social rocked up to my desk bearing gifts.
Hal had collected almost all 900K Grokipedia entries and compared them to their Wikipedia equivalents for text and citation similarity.
Grokipedia cites a Nazi forum and fringe conspiracy websites
A site-wide comparison with Wikipedia sheds light on what Elon Musk is trying to do
indicator.media
November 13, 2025 at 1:12 PM
NEW on @indicator.media: A first *full-scale* comparison of Grokipedia v Wikipedia.
Last week the awesome @harold.bsky.social rocked up to my desk bearing gifts.
Hal had collected almost all 900K Grokipedia entries and compared them to their Wikipedia equivalents for text and citation similarity.
Last week the awesome @harold.bsky.social rocked up to my desk bearing gifts.
Hal had collected almost all 900K Grokipedia entries and compared them to their Wikipedia equivalents for text and citation similarity.
Reposted by Matt Randall
Good statement from the US conference of Catholic Bishops
November 14, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Good statement from the US conference of Catholic Bishops
Local police need to get ID from anyone dressed up in tactical gear without a non-trivially copied verification. Briefly detaining them is not hardship according to Kavanaugh
New: The FBI is quietly urging ICE agents to properly ID themselves in the field.
In a bulletin to law enforcement last month, it warned of criminals posing as ICE to rob, rape, kidnap—a problem it says now demands national coordination to confront.
By me & @carolinehaskins.bsky.social:
In a bulletin to law enforcement last month, it warned of criminals posing as ICE to rob, rape, kidnap—a problem it says now demands national coordination to confront.
By me & @carolinehaskins.bsky.social:
FBI Warns of Criminals Posing as ICE, Urges Agents to ID Themselves
In a bulletin to law enforcement agencies, the FBI said criminal impersonators are exploiting ICE’s image and urged nationwide coordination to distinguish real operations from fakes.
www.wired.com
November 4, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Local police need to get ID from anyone dressed up in tactical gear without a non-trivially copied verification. Briefly detaining them is not hardship according to Kavanaugh
These affected counties should also request monitors from Canada and the EU. They can maybe ensure that Trump's goons don't intimidate voters.
apnews.com/article/doj-...
apnews.com/article/doj-...
DOJ prepares to send election monitors to California, New Jersey following requests from state GOPs
The Department of Justice is preparing to send federal election observers to California and New Jersey next month, targeting two Democratic states holding off-year elections following requests from th...
apnews.com
October 27, 2025 at 6:30 PM
These affected counties should also request monitors from Canada and the EU. They can maybe ensure that Trump's goons don't intimidate voters.
apnews.com/article/doj-...
apnews.com/article/doj-...
SNL needs to redo the Obama era "I'm just a bill" sketch but with a president in the throes of dementia playing with toy arches while his staff sign his name to illegal memos
Based on this coverage, I can confidently conclude that the memo process is slightly easier than the legislative and has the added benefit of automatically overriding the Constitution.
President Trump on Wednesday signed a memorandum expanding his administration’s authority to repurpose unspent federal funds to pay members of the military during the government shutdown, escalating his challenge to the authority of Congress on spending matters.
October 16, 2025 at 12:46 PM
SNL needs to redo the Obama era "I'm just a bill" sketch but with a president in the throes of dementia playing with toy arches while his staff sign his name to illegal memos
I hope some people are doing serious thought about how de-baathification will work under the next administration. Don't think truth and reconciliation commissions will be the right way forward after the violence of the Trump administration
NEW: Pentagon officials are forcing staff to watch Pete Hegseth's "Warrior" speech he forced generals to listen to.
Officials are even "testing" staff to see if they watched — and are threatening consequences if they lie about watching it or if they mock it, sources tell @swin24.bsky.social and I.
Officials are even "testing" staff to see if they watched — and are threatening consequences if they lie about watching it or if they mock it, sources tell @swin24.bsky.social and I.
The Pentagon Is Ordering Staff to Watch Hegseth’s ‘MAGA Garbage’ Speech… Or Else
Defense Department sources tell Zeteo that staff have been warned that if they don’t watch or read the speech, or if they speak negatively of it, they could face severe consequences.
zeteo.com
October 15, 2025 at 2:40 AM
I hope some people are doing serious thought about how de-baathification will work under the next administration. Don't think truth and reconciliation commissions will be the right way forward after the violence of the Trump administration
The people saying this was used in Chile and Egypt are obviously missing the fact that what happened in those countries was almost civil war. The pop equivalent of injured protesters in Chile would be over 181K in the US. And we have 10 times the number of guns per capita. And Chile was less violent
This is such an astoundingly bad idea that I kinda think it’s a false flag or an op of some sort
Merits aside, it is insanely easy to be caught if you do this and the punishment for doing this is much more severe than you’d guess.
(@faineg.bsky.social often writes on stuff like this)
Merits aside, it is insanely easy to be caught if you do this and the punishment for doing this is much more severe than you’d guess.
(@faineg.bsky.social often writes on stuff like this)
October 13, 2025 at 3:19 AM
The people saying this was used in Chile and Egypt are obviously missing the fact that what happened in those countries was almost civil war. The pop equivalent of injured protesters in Chile would be over 181K in the US. And we have 10 times the number of guns per capita. And Chile was less violent
Improving clearance rates for violent crimes is a really underrated policy. We know long sentences don't meaningfully impact crime, but clearance rates do. That requires a major focus and investment, but will provide huge benefits long term. Police need to prioritize felonies not traffic stops
huge st. paul w www.mprnews.org/story/2025/1...
St. Paul solved more crimes, had drastically fewer homicides in 2025
A remarkable shift is under way in St. Paul. The city is on track for a 70 percent drop in homicides by the end of 2025. And they’re solving more than 70 percent of crimes.
www.mprnews.org
October 11, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Improving clearance rates for violent crimes is a really underrated policy. We know long sentences don't meaningfully impact crime, but clearance rates do. That requires a major focus and investment, but will provide huge benefits long term. Police need to prioritize felonies not traffic stops
The writers this season are leaning way too hard into the metaphor that Trump is Pontius Pilate and ICE is the Roman soldiers who crucified Jesus.
Gonna be thinking about this lede for a minute.
October 8, 2025 at 4:08 AM
The writers this season are leaning way too hard into the metaphor that Trump is Pontius Pilate and ICE is the Roman soldiers who crucified Jesus.
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I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.
October 7, 2025 at 11:29 PM
I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.
Really useful read that reminds us that Hegseth wants to make a military that could win infantry battles of the 18th century, but isn't prepared to win war as it's fought today:
www.wbur.org/cognoscenti/2025/10/06/pete-hegseth-combat-readiness-department-of-war-laura-mctaggart
www.wbur.org/cognoscenti/2025/10/06/pete-hegseth-combat-readiness-department-of-war-laura-mctaggart
Pete Hegseth's one-dimensional view of combat readiness
I served on the Navy’s first combatant ship to have women permanently assigned, and all of us on the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower were completely qualified for our jobs, writes Laura McTaggart. No combat ...
www.wbur.org
October 7, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Really useful read that reminds us that Hegseth wants to make a military that could win infantry battles of the 18th century, but isn't prepared to win war as it's fought today:
www.wbur.org/cognoscenti/2025/10/06/pete-hegseth-combat-readiness-department-of-war-laura-mctaggart
www.wbur.org/cognoscenti/2025/10/06/pete-hegseth-combat-readiness-department-of-war-laura-mctaggart
Found a giant puffball in the yard today. Kids helped cook it, so hopefully they'll enjoy eating it
October 5, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Found a giant puffball in the yard today. Kids helped cook it, so hopefully they'll enjoy eating it
It would be a horrible shame if other places had to go to the extent France has. When I was living down the street from Synagogue de Nazareth, I always knew the high holy days were coming up when police in full riot gear would shut down the street with barricades and check the ID of everyone
Terrible news that two people were killed in Manchester attending their place of worship at the synagogue in Manchester, with others seriously injured.
Community Security Trust @cstuk.bsky.social who do so much to keep Jewish people safe at faith and community spaces have issued this advice.
Community Security Trust @cstuk.bsky.social who do so much to keep Jewish people safe at faith and community spaces have issued this advice.
October 2, 2025 at 1:11 PM
It would be a horrible shame if other places had to go to the extent France has. When I was living down the street from Synagogue de Nazareth, I always knew the high holy days were coming up when police in full riot gear would shut down the street with barricades and check the ID of everyone
For those in the back, the Arabic word for submit is Islam, from the same root as peace, Salam (and both linguistically related to shalom)
US Envoy to Syria Tom Barrack:
Peace is an illusion. There has never been peace.
There will probably never be peace.
Somebody wants dominance, which means somebody has to submit. There is no Arabic word for submit. They can't wrap their head around submit.
Peace is an illusion. There has never been peace.
There will probably never be peace.
Somebody wants dominance, which means somebody has to submit. There is no Arabic word for submit. They can't wrap their head around submit.
September 24, 2025 at 12:48 AM
For those in the back, the Arabic word for submit is Islam, from the same root as peace, Salam (and both linguistically related to shalom)
Trump is such a grass
Trump threatens a nation after a journalist from that nation asks a valid question that NO US journo dare ask.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...
'You're hurting Australia': Trump hits out at ABC journalist, flags Albanese meeting
Donald Trump takes aim at the ABC's Americas editor during an extraordinary exchange at the White House, as the president suggests he will meet Prime Minister Anthony Albanese "very soon".
www.abc.net.au
September 17, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Trump is such a grass
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This is a bleak forecast but fits with what we know about mass shooters. They are looking for notoriety to alleviate a sense of powerlessness and lack of recognition. The amount of attention that Charlie Kirk's shooter is getting, especially compared to school shootings, is going to inspire copycats
September 12, 2025 at 6:02 PM
This is a bleak forecast but fits with what we know about mass shooters. They are looking for notoriety to alleviate a sense of powerlessness and lack of recognition. The amount of attention that Charlie Kirk's shooter is getting, especially compared to school shootings, is going to inspire copycats
The no bid contract to Hegseth's mistress to control H and change defense to war on all pentagon websites is going to have an eye watering price tag
Pentagon officials fume over Trump's Department of War rebrand.
Pentagon officials fume over Trump's Department of War rebrand
Employees could find themselves changing Defense Department seals on more than 700,000 facilities around the world.
www.politico.com
September 7, 2025 at 4:55 PM
The no bid contract to Hegseth's mistress to control H and change defense to war on all pentagon websites is going to have an eye watering price tag
Really proud of citizens for standing up to authoritarianism in DC and around the country. This is (part of) what we need to preserve democracy
www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
D.C. grand jury declines to indict another defendant amid Trump's crime crackdown
Grand juries have declined to indict at least six times in recent weeks as part of President Donald Trump's federal policing in Washington.
www.nbcnews.com
September 2, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Really proud of citizens for standing up to authoritarianism in DC and around the country. This is (part of) what we need to preserve democracy
www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
Perfect scent to enjoy as you contemplate America's backsliding into an authoritarian regime. Notes of cypress.
August 24, 2025 at 3:53 AM
Perfect scent to enjoy as you contemplate America's backsliding into an authoritarian regime. Notes of cypress.
Civ-mil types must be simultaneously excited that the public is paying attention to their area, and utterly terrified that the attention is absolutely warranted. These moves are horrible for a professional military.
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Pentagon fires heads of Navy Reserve, Naval Special Warfare Command
Vice Adm. Nancy Lacore and Rear Adm. Milton “Jamie” Sands were relieved of command, in the latest firing of senior military officials.
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August 23, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Civ-mil types must be simultaneously excited that the public is paying attention to their area, and utterly terrified that the attention is absolutely warranted. These moves are horrible for a professional military.
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Sometimes the senile museum docents forget they don't need to take you through the gift shop as well.
August 19, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Sometimes the senile museum docents forget they don't need to take you through the gift shop as well.
There needs to be a serious reckoning, with real legal consequences, for people who have sworn to uphold the law but instead violate the Constitution while hiding behind a mask every day.
NEW: Video shared with me from a bystander in DC shows multiple masked federal agents (at least one of whom appears to have an ICE badge) violently attacking and handcuffing a delivery worker in the street outside Bluestone Lane cafe near Logan Circle this morning.
Please take care when watching.
Please take care when watching.
August 18, 2025 at 3:22 AM
There needs to be a serious reckoning, with real legal consequences, for people who have sworn to uphold the law but instead violate the Constitution while hiding behind a mask every day.