Matt Szafranski
@mszafranski.bsky.social
Attorney; Editor-in-Chief, @WMassPI.com; #Spfldpoli when you need it; #MaPoli when you want it. "Retweets" ≠ Seal of Approval. Likes = ??? Fasten your seatbelt, please.
"You must go on. I can't go on. I'll go on." -Samuel Beckett
Always Eccles. 1:9
"You must go on. I can't go on. I'll go on." -Samuel Beckett
Always Eccles. 1:9
I read the Nuzzi piece and yes, it is basically a mockumentary profile. However, it does seem like Bernstein really wants to fuck her, too. I concur with observations that any piece about Nuzzi is a waste of keystrokes. This very post is a waste of them.
November 15, 2025 at 3:16 AM
I read the Nuzzi piece and yes, it is basically a mockumentary profile. However, it does seem like Bernstein really wants to fuck her, too. I concur with observations that any piece about Nuzzi is a waste of keystrokes. This very post is a waste of them.
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ICYMI: Our breakdown of the 413's big results in last week's election. #mapoli wmasspi.com/2025/11/surp...
Surprises, Upsets & History Define Election Day in the Lower Valley… — Western Mass Politics & Insight
The results in Holyoke were one of several that ripped through cities in the 413 and their elections for municipal offices.
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November 14, 2025 at 7:02 PM
ICYMI: Our breakdown of the 413's big results in last week's election. #mapoli wmasspi.com/2025/11/surp...
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Again: why blue states should identify some non shitty cops and follow these guys around. They are getting in DUIs, they’re starting fights, hitting their wives, etc.
Listen to this Border Patrol agent cry about how he's going to be DOXXED after being arrested for drunkenly barging into a woman's restroom with a loaded gun, demanding a date from the woman inside, and then punching the arresting officers.
November 15, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Again: why blue states should identify some non shitty cops and follow these guys around. They are getting in DUIs, they’re starting fights, hitting their wives, etc.
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Way to put out that fire, sir.
Trump just told reporters on Air Force One that he hasn’t ruled out a pardon for Ghislane Maxwell
November 15, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Way to put out that fire, sir.
Oh, so he has no fucking clue.
"I've made up my mind yeah. I can't tell you what it would be," President Trump said to reporters on Air Force Once this evening, after being asked if he’d made a decision on Venezuela.
November 15, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Oh, so he has no fucking clue.
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From this minister's op-ed: "People wanting to experience God are more likely to meet the Divine trying to shut down the Broadview, Illinois, ICE facility than we ever were in church...God does not live in our houses of worship, but...with those who are bearing the brunt of cruelty in this moment."
Oh wow @reuters.com got the photo here:
November 14, 2025 at 9:38 PM
From this minister's op-ed: "People wanting to experience God are more likely to meet the Divine trying to shut down the Broadview, Illinois, ICE facility than we ever were in church...God does not live in our houses of worship, but...with those who are bearing the brunt of cruelty in this moment."
Now that's heartburn.
Spilling the identity of Deep Throat to your camp friend is top-tier personal lore
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November 14, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Now that's heartburn.
Matthew 22:39, yo…
James Talarico: I’m called to love all of my neighbors, regardless of how they pray or if they pray at all. And that’s what I’m called to do as a Christian.
November 14, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Matthew 22:39, yo…
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Gov. Janet Mills is losing support inside her own party, @strim.bsky.social writes. Democrats’ approval of her has fallen over 20 points since June, as folks are unhappy with ICE raids in Maine and her resistance to tougher gun laws after Lewiston. Click below to read Ethan's full column!
Strimling: Why Gov. Mills is losing support among Democrats - Maine Beacon
Gov. Janet Mills has a popularity problem. And not just with some Republicans who have, shall we say, disliked her for years. No, this problem is with her base. Here’s the story: In June, Gov. Janet M...
mainebeacon.com
November 14, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Gov. Janet Mills is losing support inside her own party, @strim.bsky.social writes. Democrats’ approval of her has fallen over 20 points since June, as folks are unhappy with ICE raids in Maine and her resistance to tougher gun laws after Lewiston. Click below to read Ethan's full column!
Not a great sign that they have to intervene at all.
The top outside group aligned with President Trump's political operation is jumping into a deep-red House special election in Tennessee to boost the Republican contender there.
Trump super PAC jumps into deep-red Tennessee special election
The super PAC is paying for phone banking in a Dec. 2 House race, marking the first independent expenditures for MAGA Inc. in Trump's second term.
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November 14, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Not a great sign that they have to intervene at all.
I mean, Kash probably needs to be polygraphed more than Bongino.
This is so damning for Dan Bongino and Kash Patel.
November 14, 2025 at 8:02 PM
I mean, Kash probably needs to be polygraphed more than Bongino.
Finally, something that embarrassed Will Lewis that Bezos might care about.
NEW: Nearly 10,000 employees & contractors at The Washington Post, including ex-national security adviser John Bolton, had their personal data exposed after the paper was breached by hackers.
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John Bolton among Washington Post contributors exposed in hack
Ex-national security advisor John Bolton is one of nearly 10,000 contributors who had data exposed after a hack of The Washington Post.
san.com
November 14, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Finally, something that embarrassed Will Lewis that Bezos might care about.
I'm not a Bill Clinton hater (I've eased into ambivalence with age), but this is entirely right.
Anyway, I think the move when Republicans say "come for our Trumpie and will go after Bill," is 🤷♀️.
They hope to turn this into a "both sides do it" thing. We deprive them of that by saying, "If Clinton did anything wrong, send his ass directly to prison and good riddance."
They hope to turn this into a "both sides do it" thing. We deprive them of that by saying, "If Clinton did anything wrong, send his ass directly to prison and good riddance."
November 14, 2025 at 7:55 PM
I'm not a Bill Clinton hater (I've eased into ambivalence with age), but this is entirely right.
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One can recognize the style, and still think it is ink wasted on two moral reprobates who violated — frequently and with glee — their respective professions’ ethical canons. Besides, nothing in the piece tells us anything about either individual that we could not already intuit for ourselves.
The Nuzzi piece is an excellent realtime test of whether Bluesky can recognise an ironic writing style.
November 14, 2025 at 7:44 PM
One can recognize the style, and still think it is ink wasted on two moral reprobates who violated — frequently and with glee — their respective professions’ ethical canons. Besides, nothing in the piece tells us anything about either individual that we could not already intuit for ourselves.
It will be so much fun to watch Todd Blanche go to prison one day.
A top DOJ official ordered prosecutors to report examples of "unusual judicial system obstacles" they have faced in carrying out Trump's agenda, an unusual request that escalates a series of confrontations between federal district courts and the Trump administration.
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November 14, 2025 at 7:47 PM
It will be so much fun to watch Todd Blanche go to prison one day.
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I'm aware of 3 ways to access and search the Epstein files. (Aside from the original links.)
1) The Courier news network:
1) The Courier news network:
November 14, 2025 at 6:57 PM
I'm aware of 3 ways to access and search the Epstein files. (Aside from the original links.)
1) The Courier news network:
1) The Courier news network:
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Flynn pled guilty!!!
November 14, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Flynn pled guilty!!!
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the GOP's basic argument, on anything, is the greatest threat to american civilization is non-conformity to racial/gender stereotypes
You can really understand a lot of the outrage and contempt from the press at Democrats seriously trying to contest the GOP in redistricting and legislative brinkmanship as the equivalent of those 19th century anti-suffragist cartoons attacking women for pretending to be men.
November 14, 2025 at 6:34 PM
the GOP's basic argument, on anything, is the greatest threat to american civilization is non-conformity to racial/gender stereotypes
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In the new Emerson College poll of Arizona voters, Trump has a 9-point net negative approval rating overall and a 17-point net negative rating on his handling of the economy (in a sample that is +5 Trump on self-reported 2024 vote).
November 14, 2025 at 6:25 PM
In the new Emerson College poll of Arizona voters, Trump has a 9-point net negative approval rating overall and a 17-point net negative rating on his handling of the economy (in a sample that is +5 Trump on self-reported 2024 vote).
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Again, if they can learn from Mamdani, it's stay on message. If Rufo says Democrats want to teach homosexuality manuals, the response is not 500 words about sensitivity and so forth. It's, "I won't dignify that. I'm busy fighting for equal rights, equal protection, and money in your pocket."
November 14, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Again, if they can learn from Mamdani, it's stay on message. If Rufo says Democrats want to teach homosexuality manuals, the response is not 500 words about sensitivity and so forth. It's, "I won't dignify that. I'm busy fighting for equal rights, equal protection, and money in your pocket."
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I'm not sure there's ever been a journalist more adept and more unrelenting at making the story about themselves.
November 14, 2025 at 5:22 PM
I'm not sure there's ever been a journalist more adept and more unrelenting at making the story about themselves.
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Olivia Nuzzi got sent in to do a profile but it turned out she wanted to fuck the subject so we sent in Jacob Bernstein to profile her and it turns out he also wants to fuck the subject
you can’t be putting this in the paper (gift link but i do not recommend you use it www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/s...)
November 14, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Olivia Nuzzi got sent in to do a profile but it turned out she wanted to fuck the subject so we sent in Jacob Bernstein to profile her and it turns out he also wants to fuck the subject
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This does probably get to the heart of the matter. Greed, love for power, and woo nihilism:
She doesn’t do it for love. She does it for money
November 14, 2025 at 5:47 PM
This does probably get to the heart of the matter. Greed, love for power, and woo nihilism: