Matt Seyfang
@mseyfang.bsky.social
Recovering lawyer, old campaign hand, anti-Trump and fascism, pro-democracy, Ukraine and NATO. 33-year HIV survivor, cancer survivor. Still a Kamala Harris fan.
Some grudges are righteous and worth keeping. We can't fix things if we allow those responsible to escape consequences.
As a kid, I was abandoned and a lot of people asked me for forgiveness and granted that because I can't hold grudges long. I move on because life goes on. However....
The folks who have contributed to this shit we are in now, I am going to have a hard time turning the cheek and may never do that.
The folks who have contributed to this shit we are in now, I am going to have a hard time turning the cheek and may never do that.
January 6, 2026 at 5:26 AM
Some grudges are righteous and worth keeping. We can't fix things if we allow those responsible to escape consequences.
This is a slam dunk decision. Kelly's a genuine hero and deserves our support. Giving him access to the list is not just right, it's damn good politics.
Looks like VP Harris gave Mark Kelly access to her email list with a Fight For the People PAC fundraising email offering split donations. Same language as the Kelly/DNC split email that went out a few hours ago. He’s not up for reelection again until 2028 but it’s good to see the support.
January 6, 2026 at 5:21 AM
This is a slam dunk decision. Kelly's a genuine hero and deserves our support. Giving him access to the list is not just right, it's damn good politics.
Setting up rules to protect ourselves from our worst human impulses is what makes it civilization. These people are monsters who seek to destroy rather than build. We got better over time (but with still a long way to go) because we chose it and worked toward it. Progress is a choice.
Gangster morality is an inexhaustible round of triumph and revenge, defeat and resentment.
- Albert Camus (tr. Anthony Bower)
- Albert Camus (tr. Anthony Bower)
January 6, 2026 at 5:17 AM
Setting up rules to protect ourselves from our worst human impulses is what makes it civilization. These people are monsters who seek to destroy rather than build. We got better over time (but with still a long way to go) because we chose it and worked toward it. Progress is a choice.
Good to know!
Again. From 1985 to 2015, only 7 discharge petitions were successful in the House of Representatives.
Since 2023, 7 discharge petitions have been successful.
With Hakeem Jeffries as MINORITY Leader & Mike Johnson as Speaker, it has been FAR more successful than it historically has been.
Since 2023, 7 discharge petitions have been successful.
With Hakeem Jeffries as MINORITY Leader & Mike Johnson as Speaker, it has been FAR more successful than it historically has been.
January 6, 2026 at 5:10 AM
Good to know!
I look forward to his trial for conspiring to wage aggressive war.
Stephen Miller greatly overestimates his charm. Hell, *I* would fight him over Greenland just to wipe that stupid smirk off his face.
No desire to run the place or mineral rights or anything. Ugh.
No desire to run the place or mineral rights or anything. Ugh.
TAPPER: Can you rule out the US is going to take Greenland by force?
MILLER: Greenland should be part of the US. By what right does Denmark assert control over Greenland? The US is the power of NATO
T: So force is on the table?
M: Nobody is gonna fight the US militarily over future of Greenland
MILLER: Greenland should be part of the US. By what right does Denmark assert control over Greenland? The US is the power of NATO
T: So force is on the table?
M: Nobody is gonna fight the US militarily over future of Greenland
January 6, 2026 at 2:48 AM
I look forward to his trial for conspiring to wage aggressive war.
His wisdom in retiring only grows with the passage of time. Enjoy that martini and cigarette in Florida...
Big “retired John Boehner” energy
John Dickerson watches in silence, evening cocktail in hand.
January 6, 2026 at 2:42 AM
His wisdom in retiring only grows with the passage of time. Enjoy that martini and cigarette in Florida...
The point of having power and strength is to not have to use it recklessly. These are very juvenile and dangerous views to have.
Here is the Trump Doctrine, as articulated by Stephen Miller in his truly frightening interview with Jake Tapper this afternoon. It is very much like the doctrine of the dictators we fought and defeated in World War II and of Putin today. It is un-American at its very core.
January 6, 2026 at 2:34 AM
The point of having power and strength is to not have to use it recklessly. These are very juvenile and dangerous views to have.
This is an excellent piece.
"I doubt Senator Kelly will see this blog, and if he does see it, I imagine he will not be pleased with it. He’ll probably find it embarrassing. His humility likely makes him bristle at stuff like this. Well, that’s just too damn bad, Senator."
The Extraordinary Military Career of Mark Kelly
Good lord, has this man done a lot.
charlotteclymer.substack.com
January 6, 2026 at 2:30 AM
This is an excellent piece.
Hegseth isn't even a tenth of the man Mark Kelly is. Shameful.
The Pentagon will cut the military retirement pay of Sen. Mark Kelly for what Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth called the Arizona Democrat’s “seditious” statements on a video telling service members they have the right to refuse to execute illegal orders.
Read more: cnb.cx/495FHLo
Read more: cnb.cx/495FHLo
January 5, 2026 at 10:19 PM
Hegseth isn't even a tenth of the man Mark Kelly is. Shameful.
Financial markets people are some of the worst political observers out there. They seem systematically unable to assess geopolitical risk.
Financial markets seem to think we rule the world now, and Trump is just going to carve it up and hand out pieces to whoever he likes.
January 5, 2026 at 9:16 PM
Financial markets people are some of the worst political observers out there. They seem systematically unable to assess geopolitical risk.
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Tomorrow the House Democrats will host a hearing with witness accounts from January 6th 2021.
Watch here www.youtube.com/live/EUEmzBY...
Watch here www.youtube.com/live/EUEmzBY...
January 5, 2026 at 8:30 PM
Tomorrow the House Democrats will host a hearing with witness accounts from January 6th 2021.
Watch here www.youtube.com/live/EUEmzBY...
Watch here www.youtube.com/live/EUEmzBY...
All this does is make people needlessly ill. It's the modern equivalent of the Tuskeegee experiments and is wholly unethical.
This nonsense about placebo-controlled, randomized trials on already-tested vaccines from CDC is absolutely immoral.
And the reason trust in public health has declined is because of relentless disinformation from vaccine and public health deniers.
And the reason trust in public health has declined is because of relentless disinformation from vaccine and public health deniers.
January 5, 2026 at 8:34 PM
All this does is make people needlessly ill. It's the modern equivalent of the Tuskeegee experiments and is wholly unethical.
We are forgetting all of the lessons from the first half of the 20th century which were so dearly paid for in human blood and suffering. War comes at a great cost, as those of us who had WW2-era grandparents well know.
When the strong dominate the weak, the weak try to become strong. That can mean alliances w/ enemies, global rearmament, nuclear proliferation, and that a foolish world again endures the high cost of forgetting what it’s like when great powers go to war. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/05/o...
Opinion | Trump Is Unleashing Forces Beyond His Control
www.nytimes.com
January 5, 2026 at 8:30 PM
We are forgetting all of the lessons from the first half of the 20th century which were so dearly paid for in human blood and suffering. War comes at a great cost, as those of us who had WW2-era grandparents well know.
Neo-fascist movement turns to aggressive war based on half-baked notions of racial superiority for profit and plunder. If only there were some precedent in history we could learn from here...
It's important to recognize this for what it is and to call it out.
It's important to recognize this for what it is and to call it out.
Prominent MAGA figures are making it 100% explicit that MAGA is a neo-imperialist movement that's all about pillage and plunder justified by assumed racial superiority:
January 5, 2026 at 3:20 PM
Neo-fascist movement turns to aggressive war based on half-baked notions of racial superiority for profit and plunder. If only there were some precedent in history we could learn from here...
It's important to recognize this for what it is and to call it out.
It's important to recognize this for what it is and to call it out.
Population of Venezuela: approximately 30 million.
Population of Mexico: approximately 130 million.
Population of Mexico: approximately 130 million.
have been on the “trump in a second term is very likely to invade Mexico” beat since at least early 2023: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Subscribe to @zeteo.com to keep reading/supporting our coverage of trump expanding his wars at home and abroad:
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New: Trump admin officials tell Zeteo that Trump is “very interested” in secret plans drawn up last year to send US Special Forces into Mexico.
One official even says Trump recently asked for updates on preparations for a possible operation.
One official even says Trump recently asked for updates on preparations for a possible operation.
January 4, 2026 at 9:56 PM
Population of Venezuela: approximately 30 million.
Population of Mexico: approximately 130 million.
Population of Mexico: approximately 130 million.
Reposted by Matt Seyfang
NEW: A new, old type of lawlessness as Trump attacks Venezuela — and an opening for a better America.
The legal discussion is dark in the wake of the U.S. military taking Nicolás Maduro to the U.S. The path America is on today, however, is not where we need to go.
Tonight, at Law Dork:
The legal discussion is dark in the wake of the U.S. military taking Nicolás Maduro to the U.S. The path America is on today, however, is not where we need to go.
Tonight, at Law Dork:
A new, old type of lawlessness as Trump attacks Venezuela — and an opening for a better America
The legal discussion is dark in the wake of the U.S. military taking Nicolás Maduro to the U.S. The path America is on today, however, is not where we need to go.
www.lawdork.com
January 4, 2026 at 5:00 AM
NEW: A new, old type of lawlessness as Trump attacks Venezuela — and an opening for a better America.
The legal discussion is dark in the wake of the U.S. military taking Nicolás Maduro to the U.S. The path America is on today, however, is not where we need to go.
Tonight, at Law Dork:
The legal discussion is dark in the wake of the U.S. military taking Nicolás Maduro to the U.S. The path America is on today, however, is not where we need to go.
Tonight, at Law Dork:
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They're Nazis.
Curtis Yarvin, JD Vance’s friend & ideological influence, ended 2025 by claiming “only Hitler spoke the truth” about “too many subjects” & “Hitler was a genius.”
Extremism isn’t fringe on the right. Once marginal online extremists like Yarvin are influential at the highest levels of government.
Extremism isn’t fringe on the right. Once marginal online extremists like Yarvin are influential at the highest levels of government.
January 1, 2026 at 4:48 PM
They're Nazis.
Well that's food for thought
If 2025 didn't stop you nothing will
January 1, 2026 at 2:36 PM
Well that's food for thought
Always. But. Happy New Year to my Buckeye fan brother. Condolences. I love you nonetheless.
Fuck Ohio State
January 1, 2026 at 3:59 AM
Always. But. Happy New Year to my Buckeye fan brother. Condolences. I love you nonetheless.
Iowa Dems are the underreported story of the year.
Iowa Dems have been overperforming by 25-30 points.
Let’s assume Dems will not overperform Trump-Harris numbers by 25-30 points. Let’s draw a line at Trump +16 or less. In PA/OH/IN/MI/IL/WI/MN/IA/MO/NE there are 23 Republican-held seats that Trump won by 16 points or less.
Let’s assume Dems will not overperform Trump-Harris numbers by 25-30 points. Let’s draw a line at Trump +16 or less. In PA/OH/IN/MI/IL/WI/MN/IA/MO/NE there are 23 Republican-held seats that Trump won by 16 points or less.
30
Point
Democratic
Overperformance
I expect a lot of Republican retirements in January & February.
Point
Democratic
Overperformance
I expect a lot of Republican retirements in January & February.
December 31, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Iowa Dems are the underreported story of the year.
All of us who are cancer survivors mourn her loss.
December 31, 2025 at 5:00 AM
All of us who are cancer survivors mourn her loss.
It is not immiserating good people who were not Harris voters, it is immiserating racists, neo-nazis and antisemites. The Harris voters are unfortunately collateral damage. The Trump voters deserve what they get. I'm sorry for my lack of compassion, but folks got what they wanted for others.
"I’ve spent a lot of time writing about the damage done by Trump, his politics, and his cultural movement not only to the country but to the people who support him. It’s clearer than ever to me that damage is extensive and pervasive and will outlast him by years."
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
When MAGA Comes to Christmas Dinner
A glimpse of what Trump’s movement does to its supporters.
open.substack.com
December 30, 2025 at 3:50 PM
It is not immiserating good people who were not Harris voters, it is immiserating racists, neo-nazis and antisemites. The Harris voters are unfortunately collateral damage. The Trump voters deserve what they get. I'm sorry for my lack of compassion, but folks got what they wanted for others.
Kid3 should claim that fart. Hell, it might get him into Yale.
/2 Family is now exchanging photos of the exploded shower door in text chat and making rude suggestions how it happened. I suggested that “this is what happens when kid3 farts in the shower” and she says “this is YOUR shower brochacho” and so forth
December 30, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Kid3 should claim that fart. Hell, it might get him into Yale.
It's a cult. A socialist cult.
Why are all these people traveling to see the inauguration of a mayor of a city in which they do not live?
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/28/n...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/28/n...
To See Mamdani Sworn In, Some Out-of-Towners Confront N.Y.C. Prices
www.nytimes.com
December 28, 2025 at 10:06 PM
It's a cult. A socialist cult.