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
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Really excellent point. A lot of political/influencer grift stems from blocked ambition. They couldn’t make it via the normie route, but feel they deserve more.
So they grift.
So they grift.
”What turns people into radical jihadist clerics? A new book suggests thwarted career ambitions. A subset of Muslim clerics who advocate for jihad started out as mainstream clerics looking for state-sponsored jobs…only to become unemployed, disenchanted, and radicalized” news.mit.edu/2017/why-som...
February 8, 2026 at 3:24 PM
Really excellent point. A lot of political/influencer grift stems from blocked ambition. They couldn’t make it via the normie route, but feel they deserve more.
So they grift.
So they grift.
Michael Knowles.
Learned from the Posting Through It podcast just how many MAGA-era influencers turned to politics after failing at more glamorous pursuits — theater, comedy, fashion, TV, movies, music. Knowles, if I’m not mistaken, had dreams of Broadway.
Michael Knowles and the other Daily Wire chuds play act at being celebrities because it’s the thing they actually crave
February 8, 2026 at 3:37 PM
Michael Knowles.
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This is the most corrupt administration of all time, and everybody knows it.
Ossoff: We were told that MAGA was for working-class Americans. But this is a government of, by, and for the ultra-rich. It’s the wealthiest Cabinet ever. This is the Epstein class. They are the elites they pretend to hate.
February 8, 2026 at 3:27 PM
This is the most corrupt administration of all time, and everybody knows it.
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Partisan gerrymandering should be constitutionally barred.
SCOTUS says it isn't.
Until a constitutional amendment changes that we can't have unilateral disarmament.
Which means once Republicans kicked off mid-decade redistricting this was the only possible response
SCOTUS says it isn't.
Until a constitutional amendment changes that we can't have unilateral disarmament.
Which means once Republicans kicked off mid-decade redistricting this was the only possible response
February 8, 2026 at 1:01 PM
Partisan gerrymandering should be constitutionally barred.
SCOTUS says it isn't.
Until a constitutional amendment changes that we can't have unilateral disarmament.
Which means once Republicans kicked off mid-decade redistricting this was the only possible response
SCOTUS says it isn't.
Until a constitutional amendment changes that we can't have unilateral disarmament.
Which means once Republicans kicked off mid-decade redistricting this was the only possible response
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I've written about the overarching post story, causes, underlying pattern. But the failure of Lewis or Bezos to even show up, literally or figuratively, on a day of devastating cuts epitomizes the profound lack of character and accountability that is so common place today within the American elite.
February 8, 2026 at 6:15 AM
I've written about the overarching post story, causes, underlying pattern. But the failure of Lewis or Bezos to even show up, literally or figuratively, on a day of devastating cuts epitomizes the profound lack of character and accountability that is so common place today within the American elite.
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Two-thirds of Americans believe Trump has "gone too far" with ICE. The cruelty & extremism is out of control.
Our new ad features Joe Rogan asking "Are we really going to be the Gestapo?...Is that what we've come to?"
Check it out & share.
Our new ad features Joe Rogan asking "Are we really going to be the Gestapo?...Is that what we've come to?"
Check it out & share.
This is the ad that Fox News does NOT want you to see.
Fox News rejected our newest ad, which demonstrates that Trump has “gone too far” with ICE.
But we will not remain silent in the face of these attacks.
Share our ad and follow @usjewishdems.bsky.social to join us in the fight.
Fox News rejected our newest ad, which demonstrates that Trump has “gone too far” with ICE.
But we will not remain silent in the face of these attacks.
Share our ad and follow @usjewishdems.bsky.social to join us in the fight.
February 7, 2026 at 5:09 PM
Two-thirds of Americans believe Trump has "gone too far" with ICE. The cruelty & extremism is out of control.
Our new ad features Joe Rogan asking "Are we really going to be the Gestapo?...Is that what we've come to?"
Check it out & share.
Our new ad features Joe Rogan asking "Are we really going to be the Gestapo?...Is that what we've come to?"
Check it out & share.
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After a disastrous run two years, Will Lewis is OUT as CEO and publisher of The Washington Post. Jeff D'Onofrio steps in as interim boss.
February 7, 2026 at 10:56 PM
After a disastrous run two years, Will Lewis is OUT as CEO and publisher of The Washington Post. Jeff D'Onofrio steps in as interim boss.
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on the balance i think partisan gerrymandering is bad but the only way it ends is if democrats weaponize it against republicans everywhere they can. wiping out republican lawmakers in blue states might bring the GOP to the table to end the practice.
February 7, 2026 at 2:35 PM
on the balance i think partisan gerrymandering is bad but the only way it ends is if democrats weaponize it against republicans everywhere they can. wiping out republican lawmakers in blue states might bring the GOP to the table to end the practice.
Will Lewis, essentially: I want to thank Jeff for giving me a pile of money for doing absolutely nothing other than promising AI-tinged nonsense and hiring a bozo to write tripe for the oped page.
"His farewell email, which was terse, thanked only Jeff Bezos, the owner of The Post, and did not mention journalists at the newspaper."
once again tapping the sign reminding you all to support billionaire free news.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/t...
once again tapping the sign reminding you all to support billionaire free news.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/t...
Washington Post C.E.O. Will Lewis Steps Down After Stormy Tenure
www.nytimes.com
February 8, 2026 at 5:29 AM
Will Lewis, essentially: I want to thank Jeff for giving me a pile of money for doing absolutely nothing other than promising AI-tinged nonsense and hiring a bozo to write tripe for the oped page.
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kind of funny that an olympian said they are here to represent "compassion, respect, and love for others" and some people automatically knew that was a statement against them
February 7, 2026 at 10:25 PM
kind of funny that an olympian said they are here to represent "compassion, respect, and love for others" and some people automatically knew that was a statement against them
Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work.
"The Petition is mistaken."
"The Petition is mistaken."
Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work.
"Well, it's two questions. Or a comment and a question."
"Well, it's two questions. Or a comment and a question."
Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work.
"It's in the syllabus"
"It's in the syllabus"
February 8, 2026 at 5:20 AM
Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work.
"The Petition is mistaken."
"The Petition is mistaken."
How about double tracking Hartford Line fully with *even more* service; electrifying Danbury and Waterbury Lines and figuring out a New London area rail re-routing we can all agree on?
Then he'd be king.
Then he'd be king.
Ngl, free vaccines, cheaper/eliminated occupational license fees, a study for a public health care option, statewide literacy coaches, and reduced bus fares for k-12 students and seniors is all…totally great
Based Lamont?!
www.ctinsider.com/news/article...
Based Lamont?!
www.ctinsider.com/news/article...
Free flu vaccines, license fee cuts: What’s tucked into Gov. Lamont’s Connecticut budget
For those who don’t have time to comb through the nearly 300-page document, here are some smaller proposals Lamont’s administration unveiled.
www.ctinsider.com
February 8, 2026 at 5:05 AM
How about double tracking Hartford Line fully with *even more* service; electrifying Danbury and Waterbury Lines and figuring out a New London area rail re-routing we can all agree on?
Then he'd be king.
Then he'd be king.
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Lamont as soon as he has a primary challenger
February 8, 2026 at 1:45 AM
Lamont as soon as he has a primary challenger
No, we're fine.
I would be fine with not doing these midyear spending bills or keeping them limited, but if you saying spending is too high, state *what you would cut.* Don't just promise to make govt shitty but call it efficient.
I would be fine with not doing these midyear spending bills or keeping them limited, but if you saying spending is too high, state *what you would cut.* Don't just promise to make govt shitty but call it efficient.
ICYMI: Gov. Healey’s budget plan is spending Massachusetts into a corner #OPINION
Gov. Healey's budget plan is spending Massachusetts into a corner
Tax revenues are slowing, costs are rising, and the Healey administration continues to grow state government as if the bill will never come due.
buff.ly
February 8, 2026 at 5:03 AM
No, we're fine.
I would be fine with not doing these midyear spending bills or keeping them limited, but if you saying spending is too high, state *what you would cut.* Don't just promise to make govt shitty but call it efficient.
I would be fine with not doing these midyear spending bills or keeping them limited, but if you saying spending is too high, state *what you would cut.* Don't just promise to make govt shitty but call it efficient.
Doesn't Lewis's old edict about not reporting on him stand until the new guy rescinds it?
The Washington Post is not yet reporting the exit of Washington Post CEO Will Lewis or the ascension of acting Washington Post CEO Jeff D’Onofrio.
February 8, 2026 at 4:59 AM
Doesn't Lewis's old edict about not reporting on him stand until the new guy rescinds it?
We laugh, but…
I converted to Catholicism a couple weeks ago. Here’s what I think Jesus got wrong.
February 8, 2026 at 4:58 AM
We laugh, but…
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I still cannot get over this detail reported by the Financial Times: www.ft.com/content/5fa6...
February 8, 2026 at 12:35 AM
I still cannot get over this detail reported by the Financial Times: www.ft.com/content/5fa6...
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McKenzie Scott, Melinda French Gates, and Laurene Powell Jobs are all far better humans than their one-time husbands were. All putting their money to work in constructive ways that their husbands never did.
February 8, 2026 at 1:30 AM
McKenzie Scott, Melinda French Gates, and Laurene Powell Jobs are all far better humans than their one-time husbands were. All putting their money to work in constructive ways that their husbands never did.
This would be a massive loser for the US given how pathetic the Russian economy is. It only reaffirms my belief that Trump and the idiot rich around him have a totally fallacious understanding of Russia's wealth based on a visits to government offices and nice Moscow restaurants.
Days after negotiations to halt the war ended inconclusively in Abu Dhabi, Ukrainian President Zelensky said that Russia and the U.S. were discussing bilateral economic agreements worth some $12 trillion, including deals that would affect Ukraine.
Zelensky says Russia is proposing huge economic deals with U.S.
The Ukrainian president said he had intelligence indicating that the U.S. and Russia were readying $12 trillion in economic agreements some involving Ukrainian interests.
wapo.st
February 8, 2026 at 4:53 AM
This would be a massive loser for the US given how pathetic the Russian economy is. It only reaffirms my belief that Trump and the idiot rich around him have a totally fallacious understanding of Russia's wealth based on a visits to government offices and nice Moscow restaurants.
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"Epstein class" is terrific not simply because several of them are directly tied to Epstein's crimes, but because it strikes at the corruption, immorality and impunity of that entire circle.
Ossoff: We were told that MAGA was for working-class Americans. But this is a government of, by, and for the ultra-rich. It’s the wealthiest Cabinet ever. This is the Epstein class. They are the elites they pretend to hate.
February 7, 2026 at 9:54 PM
"Epstein class" is terrific not simply because several of them are directly tied to Epstein's crimes, but because it strikes at the corruption, immorality and impunity of that entire circle.
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February 7, 2026 at 6:09 PM
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Two wasted years. Shameful failure that ultimately rests with Bezos.
February 8, 2026 at 2:11 AM
Two wasted years. Shameful failure that ultimately rests with Bezos.
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“The Epstein class” is an absolute bar.
Ossoff: We were told that MAGA was for working-class Americans. But this is a government of, by, and for the ultra-rich. It’s the wealthiest Cabinet ever. This is the Epstein class. They are the elites they pretend to hate.
February 8, 2026 at 2:13 AM
“The Epstein class” is an absolute bar.