Tim Mathews
@timmathews.bsky.social
Christian, husband, father, American, and attorney, in that order.
S/B/D 1040lbs; shooting for 1100
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https://www.9marks.org/answer/what-gospel
S/B/D 1040lbs; shooting for 1100
☕️🏋️📚
Views are mine, not my employer’s
https://www.9marks.org/answer/what-gospel
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This opinion by Justice Kavanaugh is undoubtedly going to be a large part of his legacy. It would be unremarkable if he wrote this before ICE started using excessive force to detain citizens without reasonable suspicion. But he wrote it after.
www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
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Looking for podcast recommendations. Any topic/genre.
A few I currently enjoy:
- Historically Thinking podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/h...
- Barbell Medicine podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b...
- Your Move podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/y...
A few I currently enjoy:
- Historically Thinking podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/h...
- Barbell Medicine podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b...
- Your Move podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/y...
November 12, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Looking for podcast recommendations. Any topic/genre.
A few I currently enjoy:
- Historically Thinking podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/h...
- Barbell Medicine podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b...
- Your Move podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/y...
A few I currently enjoy:
- Historically Thinking podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/h...
- Barbell Medicine podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b...
- Your Move podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/y...
Looking for podcast recommendations. Any topic/genre.
A few I currently enjoy:
- Historically Thinking podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/h...
- Barbell Medicine podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b...
- Your Move podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/y...
A few I currently enjoy:
- Historically Thinking podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/h...
- Barbell Medicine podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b...
- Your Move podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/y...
November 12, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Looking for podcast recommendations. Any topic/genre.
A few I currently enjoy:
- Historically Thinking podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/h...
- Barbell Medicine podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b...
- Your Move podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/y...
A few I currently enjoy:
- Historically Thinking podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/h...
- Barbell Medicine podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b...
- Your Move podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/y...
Has anybody ever questioned why nearly every henchman is a horrible marksman, does not wear body armor, and dies instantly upon being shot once? Ok then.
James Bond’s death in No Time to Die is causing a nightmare for the next film. Writers are stuck because Bond “was blown to pieces.”
Anthony Horowitz, author of three 007 novels, says:
“You can't have him wake up in shower and saying it was all a dream."
radaronline.com/p/james-bond...
Anthony Horowitz, author of three 007 novels, says:
“You can't have him wake up in shower and saying it was all a dream."
radaronline.com/p/james-bond...
November 11, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Has anybody ever questioned why nearly every henchman is a horrible marksman, does not wear body armor, and dies instantly upon being shot once? Ok then.
This evening, I brought my kids to Five Below to get one toy each. It took them about an hour to decide. Cheap night out - less than $10 after taxes.
November 11, 2025 at 1:46 AM
This evening, I brought my kids to Five Below to get one toy each. It took them about an hour to decide. Cheap night out - less than $10 after taxes.
If only Jesus had said something about money changers in a house of worship. www.christianpost.com/news/pastor-...
Pastor who sold $3.2M in worthless cryptocurrency to Christians served time for auto theft
Online Pastor Eligio Eli Regalado, who was recently ordered to repay nearly 3 4 million in restitution for selling some 3 2 million in worthless cryptocurrency to his Christian followers, previously
www.christianpost.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:09 PM
If only Jesus had said something about money changers in a house of worship. www.christianpost.com/news/pastor-...
“The FBI’s public-corruption squad also has been eliminated. The Department of Justice’s public-integrity section has been eviscerated, reduced from 30 lawyers to only five, and its authority to investigate election fraud has been revoked.”
apple.news/Ao6JPvobdQIi...
apple.news/Ao6JPvobdQIi...
Why I Am Leaving the Federal Bench — The Atlantic
A judge explains his reasons for resigning.
apple.news
November 10, 2025 at 4:09 AM
“The FBI’s public-corruption squad also has been eliminated. The Department of Justice’s public-integrity section has been eviscerated, reduced from 30 lawyers to only five, and its authority to investigate election fraud has been revoked.”
apple.news/Ao6JPvobdQIi...
apple.news/Ao6JPvobdQIi...
I know we’re in the fourth panel of Cole’s The Course of Empire, but here are two goods things:
- my kids and I cooked s’mores over a campfire tonight
- I bought dark roast beans from a local coffee shop. They smell like lit cigars and I look forward to grinding and brewing them in the morning.
- my kids and I cooked s’mores over a campfire tonight
- I bought dark roast beans from a local coffee shop. They smell like lit cigars and I look forward to grinding and brewing them in the morning.
November 10, 2025 at 3:46 AM
I know we’re in the fourth panel of Cole’s The Course of Empire, but here are two goods things:
- my kids and I cooked s’mores over a campfire tonight
- I bought dark roast beans from a local coffee shop. They smell like lit cigars and I look forward to grinding and brewing them in the morning.
- my kids and I cooked s’mores over a campfire tonight
- I bought dark roast beans from a local coffee shop. They smell like lit cigars and I look forward to grinding and brewing them in the morning.
So this compromise the Senate voted on - does the House need to convene and vote on it? If so, are they going to swear in Representative-elect Grijalva?
November 10, 2025 at 2:34 AM
So this compromise the Senate voted on - does the House need to convene and vote on it? If so, are they going to swear in Representative-elect Grijalva?
A lot of dummies disagree with me about stuff. But I cannot get mad at them when I feel such pity for them. For example, here is the latest bad news for dummies: www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Chemical linked to low sperm count, obesity and cancer found in dummies, tests find
BPA, a synthetic chemical used in production of plastics, found in baby products made by three big European brands
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 11:00 PM
A lot of dummies disagree with me about stuff. But I cannot get mad at them when I feel such pity for them. For example, here is the latest bad news for dummies: www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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A lot of the places she is calling are referring her to the food pantries that their organization already support.
A sad truth about working in the nonprofit world is that there are *a lot* of scammers.
A sad truth about working in the nonprofit world is that there are *a lot* of scammers.
There is a lady on TikTok pretending to have a baby that has gone without formula all night — she is calling churches around the country to ask if they can help.
Some of them are really embarrassing themselves. Especially the mega-churches.
Some of them are really embarrassing themselves. Especially the mega-churches.
November 6, 2025 at 4:16 PM
A lot of the places she is calling are referring her to the food pantries that their organization already support.
A sad truth about working in the nonprofit world is that there are *a lot* of scammers.
A sad truth about working in the nonprofit world is that there are *a lot* of scammers.
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Transportation historian Peter Norton was accused of "anti-conservative bias." His reply is remarkable.
www.linkedin.com/pulse/i-am-c...
www.linkedin.com/pulse/i-am-c...
I am conservative.
“We will not walk in fear, one of another. We will not be driven by fear into an age of unreason, if we dig deep in our history and our doctrine, and remember that we are not descended from fearful me...
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November 9, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Transportation historian Peter Norton was accused of "anti-conservative bias." His reply is remarkable.
www.linkedin.com/pulse/i-am-c...
www.linkedin.com/pulse/i-am-c...
“criminal actors are using ICE’s enhanced public profile and media coverage to their advantage to target vulnerable communities and commit criminal activity. This … affects the victims and communities… [and] … has broader negative consequences on law enforcement agencies”
thehill.com/policy/natio...
thehill.com/policy/natio...
thehill.com
November 9, 2025 at 2:48 PM
“criminal actors are using ICE’s enhanced public profile and media coverage to their advantage to target vulnerable communities and commit criminal activity. This … affects the victims and communities… [and] … has broader negative consequences on law enforcement agencies”
thehill.com/policy/natio...
thehill.com/policy/natio...
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Reminder that there are streaming church services beginning pretty much anytime today that works for you. Here are a few with start times at 8:00, 8:55, 9:00, 9:15, 10:45, 11:00, 11:30, and 12:00 (all times eastern).
(Updated times and links)
(Updated times and links)
February 23, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Reminder that there are streaming church services beginning pretty much anytime today that works for you. Here are a few with start times at 8:00, 8:55, 9:00, 9:15, 10:45, 11:00, 11:30, and 12:00 (all times eastern).
(Updated times and links)
(Updated times and links)
“Americans should model the behavior they hope to foster… Responsible citizens must hold themselves to a higher standard than officials who are acting like grade-schoolers… model mature behavior and demand it in return from people being paid to serve the public”
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
A Confederacy of Toddlers
The Trump administration is a regime of troubled children.
www.theatlantic.com
November 9, 2025 at 1:56 AM
“Americans should model the behavior they hope to foster… Responsible citizens must hold themselves to a higher standard than officials who are acting like grade-schoolers… model mature behavior and demand it in return from people being paid to serve the public”
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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“Noem and Lewandowski… ordered ICE officials to buy 10 737 jets from Spirit Airlines that they said would be used to boost deportation flights—and for their own travel“
“Spirit, which filed for bankruptcy… didn’t own the planes. The planes also don’t have engines”
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
“Noem and Lewandowski… ordered ICE officials to buy 10 737 jets from Spirit Airlines that they said would be used to boost deportation flights—and for their own travel“
“Spirit, which filed for bankruptcy… didn’t own the planes. The planes also don’t have engines”
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Infighting at DHS Is Complicating Trump’s Deportation Push
White House pressure to speed up the pace of deportations has led to internal discord in the Department of Homeland Security over tactics, people familiar with the matter said.
www.wsj.com
November 8, 2025 at 12:39 AM
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“Noem and Lewandowski… ordered ICE officials to buy 10 737 jets from Spirit Airlines that they said would be used to boost deportation flights—and for their own travel“
“Spirit, which filed for bankruptcy… didn’t own the planes. The planes also don’t have engines”
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
“Noem and Lewandowski… ordered ICE officials to buy 10 737 jets from Spirit Airlines that they said would be used to boost deportation flights—and for their own travel“
“Spirit, which filed for bankruptcy… didn’t own the planes. The planes also don’t have engines”
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
These are the most poorly trained and poorly supervised buffoons in the federal government. DHS continues to show why they are looked down upon by every other department, by the American people at large, and what happens when you recruit from the bottom of the barrel. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...
Immigration Agents Arrest Man in L.A. Raid and Drive Off With His Toddler
www.nytimes.com
November 8, 2025 at 12:14 AM
These are the most poorly trained and poorly supervised buffoons in the federal government. DHS continues to show why they are looked down upon by every other department, by the American people at large, and what happens when you recruit from the bottom of the barrel. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...
For the umpteenth time:
Why are they carrying weapons at the ready? This is how we patrolled contested cities in Iraq, not walkable tree-lined streets in the suburbs of America. Absolute clown show.
Why are they carrying weapons at the ready? This is how we patrolled contested cities in Iraq, not walkable tree-lined streets in the suburbs of America. Absolute clown show.
Video of Greg Bovino in Waukegan, with residents following and shouting, “You a bitch!” Taken by Armando Sanchez
November 7, 2025 at 11:41 PM
For the umpteenth time:
Why are they carrying weapons at the ready? This is how we patrolled contested cities in Iraq, not walkable tree-lined streets in the suburbs of America. Absolute clown show.
Why are they carrying weapons at the ready? This is how we patrolled contested cities in Iraq, not walkable tree-lined streets in the suburbs of America. Absolute clown show.
No problem. Stock is trading at over 300x earnings with a $1.4 trillion market cap. Just gotta keep that grift going.
www.wsj.com/business/aut...
www.wsj.com/business/aut...
Tesla Shareholders Approve Elon Musk’s $1 Trillion Pay Package
The new package, which includes 12 chunks of stock, could give Musk control over as much as 25% of Tesla if he hits a series of milestones.
www.wsj.com
November 7, 2025 at 2:40 AM
No problem. Stock is trading at over 300x earnings with a $1.4 trillion market cap. Just gotta keep that grift going.
www.wsj.com/business/aut...
www.wsj.com/business/aut...
I was listening to a discussion between two historians. One said and the other agreed (paraphrased) that IR theory does not consider leadership and domestic politics. It only considers power and national interests. Would IR scholars agree?
November 6, 2025 at 5:19 PM
I was listening to a discussion between two historians. One said and the other agreed (paraphrased) that IR theory does not consider leadership and domestic politics. It only considers power and national interests. Would IR scholars agree?
What is the scope of the arrest authority for an ICE agent? If the basis of the arrest is not related to enforcement of immigration law, then shouldn’t this be handled by local or state police?
LA: “They took a US citizen father out and left a toddler in the backseat. Two heavily armed border patrol agents got in that car and drove the child and the vehicle away.”
What are we doing?
What are we doing?
November 6, 2025 at 1:44 AM
What is the scope of the arrest authority for an ICE agent? If the basis of the arrest is not related to enforcement of immigration law, then shouldn’t this be handled by local or state police?
There is nothing less intuitive than adjusting the clock on a microwave. And it is different for every make and model.
November 5, 2025 at 2:05 AM
There is nothing less intuitive than adjusting the clock on a microwave. And it is different for every make and model.
Seeing news reports about how Dick Cheney was a controversial VP.
It makes me nostalgic for when questionable gov’t overreach really was controversial. Today, major media outlets regard blatantly unlawful, deliberate, predatory gov’t actions as “concerning” and “possibly lacking a legal basis.”
It makes me nostalgic for when questionable gov’t overreach really was controversial. Today, major media outlets regard blatantly unlawful, deliberate, predatory gov’t actions as “concerning” and “possibly lacking a legal basis.”
November 4, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Seeing news reports about how Dick Cheney was a controversial VP.
It makes me nostalgic for when questionable gov’t overreach really was controversial. Today, major media outlets regard blatantly unlawful, deliberate, predatory gov’t actions as “concerning” and “possibly lacking a legal basis.”
It makes me nostalgic for when questionable gov’t overreach really was controversial. Today, major media outlets regard blatantly unlawful, deliberate, predatory gov’t actions as “concerning” and “possibly lacking a legal basis.”
I should be sleeping, but what a rally.
November 4, 2025 at 2:37 AM
I should be sleeping, but what a rally.