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Matt Rittle
@mrittle.bsky.social
· Jan 27
Nothing wrong with post-venting -- I post-vent sometimes -- but if someone could doom scroll, just on your timline, then you need to mix it up more. Decompress; get off line; have other interests.
#MarathonNotSprint
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Hey everyone, I have a new story out showing how the sausage got made in the new NYT podcast on youth gender-affirming care.
It's pretty ugly - my source refused to participate in the podcast so reporters used audio of her captured in public against her will.
It's pretty ugly - my source refused to participate in the podcast so reporters used audio of her captured in public against her will.
The New York Times is back at it again (derogatory).
An upcoming New York Times podcast on trans youth healthcare used audio from the mother of a trans girl against her will, after producers caught a vulnerable moment on tape.
An upcoming New York Times podcast on trans youth healthcare used audio from the mother of a trans girl against her will, after producers caught a vulnerable moment on tape.
‘Who Can I Talk to That Has a Human Heart?’: New York Times doubles down on harming trans people — Assigned
The mom of a trans girl pleaded with a New York Times producer not to use audio captured in a vulnerable moment. Against her will, the company is slated to use the clip for its new podcast.
www.assignedmedia.org
June 5, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Hey everyone, I have a new story out showing how the sausage got made in the new NYT podcast on youth gender-affirming care.
It's pretty ugly - my source refused to participate in the podcast so reporters used audio of her captured in public against her will.
It's pretty ugly - my source refused to participate in the podcast so reporters used audio of her captured in public against her will.
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HAWLEY: Let's see the Trump chart. You don't think it's a little bit anomalous that Trump has so many more nationwide injunctions against him?
KATE SHAW: A very plausible explanation you have to consider is that he's engaged in much more lawless activity than other presidents
KATE SHAW: A very plausible explanation you have to consider is that he's engaged in much more lawless activity than other presidents
June 3, 2025 at 8:27 PM
HAWLEY: Let's see the Trump chart. You don't think it's a little bit anomalous that Trump has so many more nationwide injunctions against him?
KATE SHAW: A very plausible explanation you have to consider is that he's engaged in much more lawless activity than other presidents
KATE SHAW: A very plausible explanation you have to consider is that he's engaged in much more lawless activity than other presidents
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RFK Jr.’s comments about Autism have deeply shaken our community. Many are feeling fearful about what the future holds. We continue to affirm to every Autistic individual that they are valuable and we all have an important place in our world.
Thank you @autisticadvocacy.org
Thank you @autisticadvocacy.org
ASAN’s Executive Director Colin Killick went on ABC News Live today to discuss how RFK Jr.’s comments about autism impact the autistic community. abcnews.go.com/US/video/aut...
Video Autism advocate on RFK Jr.’s promised autism study
Colin Killick, executive director of the Autism Self Advocacy Network, joins ABC News Live to discuss how HHS Secretary RFK Jr.’s comments about autistic people impact the community.
abcnews.go.com
April 18, 2025 at 9:43 AM
RFK Jr.’s comments about Autism have deeply shaken our community. Many are feeling fearful about what the future holds. We continue to affirm to every Autistic individual that they are valuable and we all have an important place in our world.
Thank you @autisticadvocacy.org
Thank you @autisticadvocacy.org
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I will keep beating this drum until the tide turns:
Obama's DNC speech got him rock-star attention, but the key reason he became a viable presidential primary candidate was his opposition to the Iraq War back when many elected Dems--especially Hillary Clinton--supported it.
Obama's DNC speech got him rock-star attention, but the key reason he became a viable presidential primary candidate was his opposition to the Iraq War back when many elected Dems--especially Hillary Clinton--supported it.
The good news is that standing up to Trump is something the Democratic base will reward you for. WHICH IS WHY ITS BAFFLING MORE DEMOCRATS ARENT DOING IT
i have no doubt that senator van hollen was genuinely concerned for the safety and welfare of abrego garcia BUT ALSO this is what i'm talking about when i say POLITICAL AMBITION. van hollen may well make himself a household name and nationally recognized political figure with this move
April 18, 2025 at 11:13 AM
I will keep beating this drum until the tide turns:
Obama's DNC speech got him rock-star attention, but the key reason he became a viable presidential primary candidate was his opposition to the Iraq War back when many elected Dems--especially Hillary Clinton--supported it.
Obama's DNC speech got him rock-star attention, but the key reason he became a viable presidential primary candidate was his opposition to the Iraq War back when many elected Dems--especially Hillary Clinton--supported it.
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Today in weird statistical coincidences
Thirty-eight of 43 experts cut last month from the boards that review the science and research that happens in laboratories at the National Institutes of Health are female, Black or Hispanic, according to an analysis by the chairs of a dozen of the boards.
Women, minorities fired in purge of NIH science review boards
Scientists, with expertise in fields that include mental health, cancer and infectious disease, typically serve five-year terms and were not given a reason for their dismissal.
www.washingtonpost.com
April 17, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Today in weird statistical coincidences
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Hi, I’m autistic and I’m the mayor of my city.
RFK Jr. wants to eradicate autistic people and also has no idea what an autistic person is
April 17, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Hi, I’m autistic and I’m the mayor of my city.
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I look at close to 100 stories a week and even more outside of work. I’ve done this ten years.
This is among the most horrific things I’ve ever read — testimony from dying children whose access to medicine has been cut off by the Trump administration.
www.npr.org/sections/goa...
This is among the most horrific things I’ve ever read — testimony from dying children whose access to medicine has been cut off by the Trump administration.
www.npr.org/sections/goa...
Haunted by hopelessness: 12 Zambians share their stories as HIV drugs run out
Mothers and children, husbands and wives, doctors, truck drivers and religious leaders are all grappling with the fallout from the sudden U.S. cuts in aid.
www.npr.org
April 17, 2025 at 1:58 AM
I look at close to 100 stories a week and even more outside of work. I’ve done this ten years.
This is among the most horrific things I’ve ever read — testimony from dying children whose access to medicine has been cut off by the Trump administration.
www.npr.org/sections/goa...
This is among the most horrific things I’ve ever read — testimony from dying children whose access to medicine has been cut off by the Trump administration.
www.npr.org/sections/goa...
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2/4. The entire practice of the Holocaust of the Jews involved zones of statelessness. It is easier to move people away from law than it is to remove law from people. Almost all of the killing took place in artificially created stateless zones.
April 15, 2025 at 1:13 AM
2/4. The entire practice of the Holocaust of the Jews involved zones of statelessness. It is easier to move people away from law than it is to remove law from people. Almost all of the killing took place in artificially created stateless zones.
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Pro-natalists: you need to have at least 10 kids
Normal people: why, are you expecting half of them to die before puberty due to lack of modern health and sanitation?
Pro-natalists: you're never gonna believe what we also advocate
Normal people: why, are you expecting half of them to die before puberty due to lack of modern health and sanitation?
Pro-natalists: you're never gonna believe what we also advocate
April 14, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Pro-natalists: you need to have at least 10 kids
Normal people: why, are you expecting half of them to die before puberty due to lack of modern health and sanitation?
Pro-natalists: you're never gonna believe what we also advocate
Normal people: why, are you expecting half of them to die before puberty due to lack of modern health and sanitation?
Pro-natalists: you're never gonna believe what we also advocate
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One of hundreds of people abducted by ICE and sold to slavery in El Salvador was a 19 year old with no criminal record in the US or Venezuela and no tattoos of any kind.
An ICE kidnapper who grabbed him outside his house said, "He's not the one."
The other said, "Take him anyway."
So they did.
An ICE kidnapper who grabbed him outside his house said, "He's not the one."
The other said, "Take him anyway."
So they did.
April 14, 2025 at 4:34 PM
One of hundreds of people abducted by ICE and sold to slavery in El Salvador was a 19 year old with no criminal record in the US or Venezuela and no tattoos of any kind.
An ICE kidnapper who grabbed him outside his house said, "He's not the one."
The other said, "Take him anyway."
So they did.
An ICE kidnapper who grabbed him outside his house said, "He's not the one."
The other said, "Take him anyway."
So they did.
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It’s surreal how fast the United States has fallen into a dictatorial regime.
Checks and balances are gone, the president disappears innocent people into foreign prison camps, words get banned, and the Overton window shifts at light speed.
I honestly wonder these days when they will come for me.
Checks and balances are gone, the president disappears innocent people into foreign prison camps, words get banned, and the Overton window shifts at light speed.
I honestly wonder these days when they will come for me.
April 12, 2025 at 12:24 PM
It’s surreal how fast the United States has fallen into a dictatorial regime.
Checks and balances are gone, the president disappears innocent people into foreign prison camps, words get banned, and the Overton window shifts at light speed.
I honestly wonder these days when they will come for me.
Checks and balances are gone, the president disappears innocent people into foreign prison camps, words get banned, and the Overton window shifts at light speed.
I honestly wonder these days when they will come for me.
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weird, what could explain this
Adolf Hitler's “Mein Kampf” is still on U.S. Naval Academy shelves. “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” and “Memorializing the Holocaust” are not.
An order by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s office led to a purge of books that are critical of racism — but preserved volumes defending white power.
An order by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s office led to a purge of books that are critical of racism — but preserved volumes defending white power.
Who’s In and Who’s Out at the Naval Academy’s Library?
An order by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s office resulted in a purge of books critical of racism but preserved volumes defending white power.
www.nytimes.com
April 11, 2025 at 7:09 PM
weird, what could explain this
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So this is just some nice curious timing.
On the same day that a judge ruled that Newsmax defamed Dominion Voting Systems, setting them up for a massive loss in jury trial (or huge settlement), Trump targeted the law firm that is representing Dominion.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
On the same day that a judge ruled that Newsmax defamed Dominion Voting Systems, setting them up for a massive loss in jury trial (or huge settlement), Trump targeted the law firm that is representing Dominion.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Trump targets Dominion lawyers on same day judge finds Newsmax defamed voting company
Susman Godfrey, which is representing Dominion in its election defamation case against Newsmax, helped the voting software firm obtain a record-setting $787.5 million settlement from Fox News in a sim...
www.independent.co.uk
April 10, 2025 at 1:59 PM
So this is just some nice curious timing.
On the same day that a judge ruled that Newsmax defamed Dominion Voting Systems, setting them up for a massive loss in jury trial (or huge settlement), Trump targeted the law firm that is representing Dominion.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
On the same day that a judge ruled that Newsmax defamed Dominion Voting Systems, setting them up for a massive loss in jury trial (or huge settlement), Trump targeted the law firm that is representing Dominion.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
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How long before the administration demands these US cities change their name to “Straight”?
Gay, West Virginia
Gay, Oklahoma
Gay, North Carolina
Gay, Michigan
Gay, Idaho
Gay, Georgia
Gay, West Virginia
Gay, Oklahoma
Gay, North Carolina
Gay, Michigan
Gay, Idaho
Gay, Georgia
March 7, 2025 at 2:59 AM
How long before the administration demands these US cities change their name to “Straight”?
Gay, West Virginia
Gay, Oklahoma
Gay, North Carolina
Gay, Michigan
Gay, Idaho
Gay, Georgia
Gay, West Virginia
Gay, Oklahoma
Gay, North Carolina
Gay, Michigan
Gay, Idaho
Gay, Georgia
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How soon before the Department of Transportation is renamed the Department of Cisportation?
March 7, 2025 at 2:31 AM
How soon before the Department of Transportation is renamed the Department of Cisportation?
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The US military has removed photos of the B-29 bomber “Enola Gay” — which dropped the first atomic bomb on Japan — apparently because it contains the word “gay,” which violates their new anti-DEI rules.
War heroes and military firsts are among 26,000 images flagged for removal in Pentagon's DEI purge
References to a World War II Medal of Honor recipient, the Enola Gay aircraft that dropped an atomic bomb on Japan and women and minorites are among the tens of thousands of photos and online posts ma...
apnews.com
March 7, 2025 at 2:08 AM
The US military has removed photos of the B-29 bomber “Enola Gay” — which dropped the first atomic bomb on Japan — apparently because it contains the word “gay,” which violates their new anti-DEI rules.
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Officials at the FAA have directed staff to identify tens of millions of dollars to fund a Starlink deal for upgrading air traffic control communications. Staff has been instructed to find the funds while minimizing documentation and avoiding a paper trail.
March 3, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Officials at the FAA have directed staff to identify tens of millions of dollars to fund a Starlink deal for upgrading air traffic control communications. Staff has been instructed to find the funds while minimizing documentation and avoiding a paper trail.
Wait i thought WaPo Opinion was only doing liberty and open market?
If you work at the Washington Post, now is the time to resign. You’re a part of this now.
March 3, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Wait i thought WaPo Opinion was only doing liberty and open market?
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If the market continues to trend down, and the Atlanta Fed turns out to be right, the midterms will be very interesting.
The battle between republican self preservation and MAGA will be intense
The battle between republican self preservation and MAGA will be intense
March 1, 2025 at 1:18 AM
If the market continues to trend down, and the Atlanta Fed turns out to be right, the midterms will be very interesting.
The battle between republican self preservation and MAGA will be intense
The battle between republican self preservation and MAGA will be intense
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Yes
March 1, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Yes
Attended a candlelight vigil at SCOTUS for USAID & its support of vulnerable people & places. Today, SCOTUS will discuss its future.
From one speaker: "Who has been receiving texts that say: 'Will my family die before they get more medicine?" <many hands raise up> "Because I know I have!"
From one speaker: "Who has been receiving texts that say: 'Will my family die before they get more medicine?" <many hands raise up> "Because I know I have!"
February 28, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Attended a candlelight vigil at SCOTUS for USAID & its support of vulnerable people & places. Today, SCOTUS will discuss its future.
From one speaker: "Who has been receiving texts that say: 'Will my family die before they get more medicine?" <many hands raise up> "Because I know I have!"
From one speaker: "Who has been receiving texts that say: 'Will my family die before they get more medicine?" <many hands raise up> "Because I know I have!"
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There's A LOT going on, but you need to be paying attention to this. Controlling books and ideas and words is key to seizing power and keeping it.
PEN America Responds to Relocation of 30,000 Young Adult Books in Louisiana Library: "What’s happening in Livingston Parish libraries shows the harrowing impact that vague legislation and a manufactured moral panic around obscenity can have on a community." pen.org/press-releas...
Relocation of 30,000 Young Adult Books in Louisiana Library Shows Harrowing Impact of Moral Panic Over Obscenity and Vague Laws that Lead to Book Censorship - PEN America
PEN America commented on the relocation of 30,000 books in Livingston Parish, LA public libraries while librarians read through young adult titles to decide which may contain unacceptable sexual conte...
pen.org
February 27, 2025 at 1:06 PM
There's A LOT going on, but you need to be paying attention to this. Controlling books and ideas and words is key to seizing power and keeping it.
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I saw this sign while I was out and thought maybe you might need to see it too. ❤️
February 27, 2025 at 7:38 PM
I saw this sign while I was out and thought maybe you might need to see it too. ❤️
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They just fired hundreds of FAA employees.
February 27, 2025 at 6:18 PM
They just fired hundreds of FAA employees.
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Ready Fire Aim is a lousy way to govern.
February 27, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Ready Fire Aim is a lousy way to govern.