Corey Mattson
@coreysm.bsky.social
Interests include art, biking, books, bookstores, cats, disc golf, hiking, left politics, libraries, poetry, social justice, & socialism.
My personal website is corelib.blog
My personal website is corelib.blog
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The IRS's free tax filing tool is now reportedly "gone," according to Trump's IRS chief.
This comes after Intuit, the maker of TurboTax, lobbied the government for years to block IRS free file.
Intuit donated $1 million to Trump’s inauguration.
See how this works?
This comes after Intuit, the maker of TurboTax, lobbied the government for years to block IRS free file.
Intuit donated $1 million to Trump’s inauguration.
See how this works?
July 30, 2025 at 3:01 PM
The IRS's free tax filing tool is now reportedly "gone," according to Trump's IRS chief.
This comes after Intuit, the maker of TurboTax, lobbied the government for years to block IRS free file.
Intuit donated $1 million to Trump’s inauguration.
See how this works?
This comes after Intuit, the maker of TurboTax, lobbied the government for years to block IRS free file.
Intuit donated $1 million to Trump’s inauguration.
See how this works?
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We should have a four day work week.
There’s no reason that with all our technological advances, we are still holding on to a five day work week.
People need more time to rest and socialize. That’s just common sense.
There’s no reason that with all our technological advances, we are still holding on to a five day work week.
People need more time to rest and socialize. That’s just common sense.
July 18, 2025 at 9:56 PM
We should have a four day work week.
There’s no reason that with all our technological advances, we are still holding on to a five day work week.
People need more time to rest and socialize. That’s just common sense.
There’s no reason that with all our technological advances, we are still holding on to a five day work week.
People need more time to rest and socialize. That’s just common sense.
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I want to take a moment to share an excerpt from the Declaration of Independence's grievances against King George III.
Sound familiar?
Sound familiar?
June 13, 2025 at 9:21 PM
I want to take a moment to share an excerpt from the Declaration of Independence's grievances against King George III.
Sound familiar?
Sound familiar?
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New column.
Why Are Tyrant Trump's Institutional Critics Remaining Silent? - Ralph Nader
By Ralph Nader June 13, 2025 By now Tyrant Trump and his fascist wrecking crew have made abundantly clear their objectives of police state control, corporatist rule, and corrupt self-enrichment result...
nader.org
June 14, 2025 at 12:16 AM
New column.
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David Huerta advocated for immigrant workers—and now he’s behind bars.
ICE wants us to be afraid.
But we are united, and we are taking action in LA. #FreeDavidEndRaids
ICE wants us to be afraid.
But we are united, and we are taking action in LA. #FreeDavidEndRaids
June 9, 2025 at 7:18 PM
David Huerta advocated for immigrant workers—and now he’s behind bars.
ICE wants us to be afraid.
But we are united, and we are taking action in LA. #FreeDavidEndRaids
ICE wants us to be afraid.
But we are united, and we are taking action in LA. #FreeDavidEndRaids
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An injury to one is an injury to all. Release our union brother David Huerta NOW! #FreeDavidEndRaids
June 9, 2025 at 7:16 PM
An injury to one is an injury to all. Release our union brother David Huerta NOW! #FreeDavidEndRaids
Graham and his ilk are disgusting
Sen. Lindsey Graham openly fantasized about sinking the Freedom Flotilla, a civilian ship staffed with activists, including Greta Thunberg, aiming to deliver humanitarian aid to Palestinians in Gaza. “Hope Greta and her friends can swim!” he wrote.
Lindsey Graham Fantasizes About Sinking Gaza Aid Ship Carrying Greta Thunberg
“Hope Greta and her friends can swim!” Graham wrote on social media.
buff.ly
June 2, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Graham and his ilk are disgusting
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One of the highlights of this year was co-hosting a keynote lecture by the magnificent Sherene Seikaly, titled "Palestine as Paradigm."
I am so honoured to be able to share it with you all. Take some time with it. Her message has never been more urgent. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fq0A...
I am so honoured to be able to share it with you all. Take some time with it. Her message has never been more urgent. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fq0A...
Palestine as Paradigm: A Keynote Lecture by Sherene Seikaly | Long Arc of Fascism Conference
YouTube video by CCMS SFU
www.youtube.com
May 22, 2025 at 9:28 PM
One of the highlights of this year was co-hosting a keynote lecture by the magnificent Sherene Seikaly, titled "Palestine as Paradigm."
I am so honoured to be able to share it with you all. Take some time with it. Her message has never been more urgent. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fq0A...
I am so honoured to be able to share it with you all. Take some time with it. Her message has never been more urgent. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fq0A...
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“[Microplastics] are in the air, in the rain, in the deep sea. They’re in our brains; they’re in our hearts. It’s impossible to avoid microplastics nowadays. But where did it start, and how did it start? There’s almost no evidence of the history of this pollutant.”
A Home Made of Microplastics - bioGraphic
Caddisfly cases from museum collections reveal that microplastics infiltrated “pristine” freshwater environments far earlier than suspected.
www.biographic.com
May 22, 2025 at 10:47 PM
“[Microplastics] are in the air, in the rain, in the deep sea. They’re in our brains; they’re in our hearts. It’s impossible to avoid microplastics nowadays. But where did it start, and how did it start? There’s almost no evidence of the history of this pollutant.”
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It is unconscionable and immoral for the world to allow this horror to take place.
2.2 million people are trapped with no food, water, aid, medicine, and baby formula.
This genocide must end and we must stop being complicit in the mass slaughter of babies and civilians.
2.2 million people are trapped with no food, water, aid, medicine, and baby formula.
This genocide must end and we must stop being complicit in the mass slaughter of babies and civilians.
May 20, 2025 at 7:52 PM
It is unconscionable and immoral for the world to allow this horror to take place.
2.2 million people are trapped with no food, water, aid, medicine, and baby formula.
This genocide must end and we must stop being complicit in the mass slaughter of babies and civilians.
2.2 million people are trapped with no food, water, aid, medicine, and baby formula.
This genocide must end and we must stop being complicit in the mass slaughter of babies and civilians.
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This is the final frontier of genocide.
Israeli air strikes killed over 250 Palestinians across the Gaza Strip in the past 48 hours, including over 100 Palestinians last night. There are reports of entire families trapped or missing under the rubble.
Israeli air strikes killed over 250 Palestinians across the Gaza Strip in the past 48 hours, including over 100 Palestinians last night. There are reports of entire families trapped or missing under the rubble.
May 16, 2025 at 7:18 PM
This is the final frontier of genocide.
Israeli air strikes killed over 250 Palestinians across the Gaza Strip in the past 48 hours, including over 100 Palestinians last night. There are reports of entire families trapped or missing under the rubble.
Israeli air strikes killed over 250 Palestinians across the Gaza Strip in the past 48 hours, including over 100 Palestinians last night. There are reports of entire families trapped or missing under the rubble.
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Growing reports show that Israel has been fomenting armed gangs to loot food supplies in Gaza and sow chaos — and it's killing those who attempt to stop it. But this strategy isn't new: Israel has waged a war on Gaza's civil government from the start.
Israel is creating a power vacuum in Gaza by backing armed looters — and killing anyone who tries to stop them
Testimonies collected by Mondoweiss reveal Israel’s role in supporting armed gangs looting aid supplies and sowing chaos in Gaza. This has been part of a campaign to destroy Gaza’s civil government…
mondoweiss.net
May 16, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Growing reports show that Israel has been fomenting armed gangs to loot food supplies in Gaza and sow chaos — and it's killing those who attempt to stop it. But this strategy isn't new: Israel has waged a war on Gaza's civil government from the start.
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Democrats refuse to support things like Medicare for All or tuition free college and lost the popular vote for the first time in 20 years.
If this were about winning, neoliberalism would be replaced with progressive populism.
If this were about winning, neoliberalism would be replaced with progressive populism.
April 27, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Democrats refuse to support things like Medicare for All or tuition free college and lost the popular vote for the first time in 20 years.
If this were about winning, neoliberalism would be replaced with progressive populism.
If this were about winning, neoliberalism would be replaced with progressive populism.
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And @publiccitizen.bsky.social's Iza Camarillo: “Trade justice requires more than poorly designed tariffs. It demands systemic reform: binding labor rights, climate protections, resilient supply chains, and democratic accountability.” www.commondreams.org/opinion/trum...
Trump's Tariffs Are Extremely Dumb, Just Not For The Reasons You Might Think | Common Dreams
This is a con on a global scale. Trump is not rejecting the corporate trade model. He’s weaponizing it.
www.commondreams.org
April 7, 2025 at 10:53 PM
And @publiccitizen.bsky.social's Iza Camarillo: “Trade justice requires more than poorly designed tariffs. It demands systemic reform: binding labor rights, climate protections, resilient supply chains, and democratic accountability.” www.commondreams.org/opinion/trum...
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Trump's Hammer, Our Hope
Join @naomiaklein.bsky.social, @chenjerai.bsky.social, @keeanga.bsky.social, & @astra.bsky.social as they discuss the continuing attacks on free speech at the hands of the current administration.
Tuesday, April 8 at 5:00 pm ET
RSVP:
www.tickettailor.com/events/hayma...
Join @naomiaklein.bsky.social, @chenjerai.bsky.social, @keeanga.bsky.social, & @astra.bsky.social as they discuss the continuing attacks on free speech at the hands of the current administration.
Tuesday, April 8 at 5:00 pm ET
RSVP:
www.tickettailor.com/events/hayma...
April 1, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Trump's Hammer, Our Hope
Join @naomiaklein.bsky.social, @chenjerai.bsky.social, @keeanga.bsky.social, & @astra.bsky.social as they discuss the continuing attacks on free speech at the hands of the current administration.
Tuesday, April 8 at 5:00 pm ET
RSVP:
www.tickettailor.com/events/hayma...
Join @naomiaklein.bsky.social, @chenjerai.bsky.social, @keeanga.bsky.social, & @astra.bsky.social as they discuss the continuing attacks on free speech at the hands of the current administration.
Tuesday, April 8 at 5:00 pm ET
RSVP:
www.tickettailor.com/events/hayma...
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NEW: Elon Musk’s X has suspended accounts of Turkish opposition groups, suppressing footage of anti-government protests.
So, best we share all the footage we can here!
This was last night’s massive demo against Erdogan’s government, which follows the arrest of his rival Ekrem İmamoğlu.
🇹🇷 #Turkey
So, best we share all the footage we can here!
This was last night’s massive demo against Erdogan’s government, which follows the arrest of his rival Ekrem İmamoğlu.
🇹🇷 #Turkey
March 22, 2025 at 5:48 PM
NEW: Elon Musk’s X has suspended accounts of Turkish opposition groups, suppressing footage of anti-government protests.
So, best we share all the footage we can here!
This was last night’s massive demo against Erdogan’s government, which follows the arrest of his rival Ekrem İmamoğlu.
🇹🇷 #Turkey
So, best we share all the footage we can here!
This was last night’s massive demo against Erdogan’s government, which follows the arrest of his rival Ekrem İmamoğlu.
🇹🇷 #Turkey
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Protesters on college campuses are domestic terrorists, per the Trump administration.
January 6th insurrections, labeled by the FBI as domestic terrorists, are pardoned by Trump.
Make it make sense.
January 6th insurrections, labeled by the FBI as domestic terrorists, are pardoned by Trump.
Make it make sense.
Bondi claims that pro-Palestinian protesters on college campuses are "domestic terrorists"
March 23, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Protesters on college campuses are domestic terrorists, per the Trump administration.
January 6th insurrections, labeled by the FBI as domestic terrorists, are pardoned by Trump.
Make it make sense.
January 6th insurrections, labeled by the FBI as domestic terrorists, are pardoned by Trump.
Make it make sense.
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Dr. Oz was asked by multiple senators: will you support Medicaid cuts?
He couldn't give a straight answer.
Medicaid is under attack. We cannot have a CMS administrator that refuses to fight back against these dangerous cuts.
Senators must vote NO on Dr. Oz.
He couldn't give a straight answer.
Medicaid is under attack. We cannot have a CMS administrator that refuses to fight back against these dangerous cuts.
Senators must vote NO on Dr. Oz.
March 14, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Dr. Oz was asked by multiple senators: will you support Medicaid cuts?
He couldn't give a straight answer.
Medicaid is under attack. We cannot have a CMS administrator that refuses to fight back against these dangerous cuts.
Senators must vote NO on Dr. Oz.
He couldn't give a straight answer.
Medicaid is under attack. We cannot have a CMS administrator that refuses to fight back against these dangerous cuts.
Senators must vote NO on Dr. Oz.
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I salute the public servants who are resisting the Trump-Musk coup and putting themselves and in some cases the well-being of their families on the line.
Join us tomorrow at 8pm ET/ 5pm PT to hear how we can fight back.
Register: bit.ly/march13RSVP
Join us tomorrow at 8pm ET/ 5pm PT to hear how we can fight back.
Register: bit.ly/march13RSVP
March 13, 2025 at 12:00 AM
I salute the public servants who are resisting the Trump-Musk coup and putting themselves and in some cases the well-being of their families on the line.
Join us tomorrow at 8pm ET/ 5pm PT to hear how we can fight back.
Register: bit.ly/march13RSVP
Join us tomorrow at 8pm ET/ 5pm PT to hear how we can fight back.
Register: bit.ly/march13RSVP
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Bernie Sanders calls Trump out for all of the things he did *not* speak about during his State of the Union style speech to Congress.
Trump did not say one word about health care, prescription drug prices, the homelessness and housing crisis, climate change and more
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YGr...
Trump did not say one word about health care, prescription drug prices, the homelessness and housing crisis, climate change and more
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YGr...
Trump did not mention any of these things in his speech to Congress
YouTube video by Brad Beauregard Jr.
www.youtube.com
March 5, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Bernie Sanders calls Trump out for all of the things he did *not* speak about during his State of the Union style speech to Congress.
Trump did not say one word about health care, prescription drug prices, the homelessness and housing crisis, climate change and more
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YGr...
Trump did not say one word about health care, prescription drug prices, the homelessness and housing crisis, climate change and more
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YGr...
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It would be helpful if more people understood renewable energy is actually an extremely disruptive technology and the reason monied interests are trying to make folks hate it is that they are the ones which will be disrupted.
March 5, 2025 at 6:09 PM
It would be helpful if more people understood renewable energy is actually an extremely disruptive technology and the reason monied interests are trying to make folks hate it is that they are the ones which will be disrupted.
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If you want to do a public service, sell your Tesla and let the MAGA people who don't believe in climate change be the ones to support Musk. Let's see how that goes. If we do this we can bring Tesla to its knees! A sticker saying he is crazy isn't enough.
March 4, 2025 at 2:35 AM
If you want to do a public service, sell your Tesla and let the MAGA people who don't believe in climate change be the ones to support Musk. Let's see how that goes. If we do this we can bring Tesla to its knees! A sticker saying he is crazy isn't enough.
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Reminder: we are being trained not to care about other people. It underlines the attacks on migrants, on DEI, on trans youth, on so-called "wokeness."
Sure there are legitimate critiques but this is not about critiques. It's about supercharging capitalism's culture of uncare.
Sure there are legitimate critiques but this is not about critiques. It's about supercharging capitalism's culture of uncare.
March 1, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Reminder: we are being trained not to care about other people. It underlines the attacks on migrants, on DEI, on trans youth, on so-called "wokeness."
Sure there are legitimate critiques but this is not about critiques. It's about supercharging capitalism's culture of uncare.
Sure there are legitimate critiques but this is not about critiques. It's about supercharging capitalism's culture of uncare.
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"The bottom line is that pushing legislative strategies to attack or block Musk’s wealth isn’t just healthy for our democracy, it also makes for smart politics," writes @sunjeevbery.bsky.social.
This Is the Way to Stop Elon Musk
Senate Democrats have the power to block federal contracts to Tesla and SpaceX. It’s the path to pushing Musk out of politics.
interc.pt
February 26, 2025 at 9:58 PM
"The bottom line is that pushing legislative strategies to attack or block Musk’s wealth isn’t just healthy for our democracy, it also makes for smart politics," writes @sunjeevbery.bsky.social.
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