Mathew Strack
@gs-badger.bsky.social
born and raised in a WOW county.
Pinned
Reposted by Mathew Strack
If a handful of non-democratically appointed people, or a group of elected officials with power wildly disproportionate to the size of their constituencies, can simply veto consensus policies, no amount of political savvy is going to give you a government run by popular will.
December 3, 2025 at 3:04 PM
If a handful of non-democratically appointed people, or a group of elected officials with power wildly disproportionate to the size of their constituencies, can simply veto consensus policies, no amount of political savvy is going to give you a government run by popular will.
Reposted by Mathew Strack
Dennis Hastert Just Going To Assume He Welcome Back In GOP
November 20, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Dennis Hastert Just Going To Assume He Welcome Back In GOP
Reposted by Mathew Strack
Autocorrect has become our worst enema.
November 19, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Autocorrect has become our worst enema.
Reposted by Mathew Strack
wrote about the president’s flagrant and destructive corruption in a column that references street fighter, the simpsons, machiavelli, and a host of revolutionary-era americans (gift link)
Opinion | The White House Gold Rush Is On
www.nytimes.com
November 19, 2025 at 11:51 AM
wrote about the president’s flagrant and destructive corruption in a column that references street fighter, the simpsons, machiavelli, and a host of revolutionary-era americans (gift link)
Reposted by Mathew Strack
Jacob Rosenberg's two-book volume is a stunning exploration of the architectural, social and skateboarding history of what was once known as Justin Herman Plaza. An accompanying exhibition opens at GCS Agency on Nov. 21, with book signings on Nov. 22 & 23.
Skating Meets Embarcadero History in Stunning ‘Epicenter’ Books
Jacob Rosenberg's two-book volume is a stunning exploration of architecture and skateboarding.
www.kqed.org
November 19, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Jacob Rosenberg's two-book volume is a stunning exploration of the architectural, social and skateboarding history of what was once known as Justin Herman Plaza. An accompanying exhibition opens at GCS Agency on Nov. 21, with book signings on Nov. 22 & 23.
Reposted by Mathew Strack
Reposted by Mathew Strack
Trump Has the Look of the Weak Horse; People Are Acting Accordingly talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/trump...
Trump Has the Look of the Weak Horse; People Are Acting Accordingly
One of my instrument panel watchwords for understanding politics is that all...
talkingpointsmemo.com
November 17, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Trump Has the Look of the Weak Horse; People Are Acting Accordingly talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/trump...
Reposted by Mathew Strack
Perfect @davidkurtz.bsky.social headline. “The House Should Vote to Force Me to Release the Epstein Files That I Won’t Release.”
talkingpointsmemo.com/morning-memo...
talkingpointsmemo.com/morning-memo...
Trump’s New Sham: The House Should Vote to Force Me to Release the Epstein Files That I Won’t Release
LOL Wut? Poised to lose a House vote this week calling for...
talkingpointsmemo.com
November 17, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Perfect @davidkurtz.bsky.social headline. “The House Should Vote to Force Me to Release the Epstein Files That I Won’t Release.”
talkingpointsmemo.com/morning-memo...
talkingpointsmemo.com/morning-memo...
Reposted by Mathew Strack
Trump Imposes 100% Tax On Movies Where Slaves Escape
Trump Imposes 100% Tax On Movies Where Slaves Escape
WASHINGTON—In an effort to bring an end to what he described as an anti-American trend in filmmaking, President Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday imposing a 100% tax on the profits of movi...
theonion.com
November 17, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Trump Imposes 100% Tax On Movies Where Slaves Escape
Reposted by Mathew Strack
Trump retreats on Epstein files. Three lessons:
1. It can be easier to fracture the MAGA coalition than get "responsible" Republicans to step up.
2. Democrats should fight rather than find reasons not to fight.
3. Dems need to be anti-elitist not just anti-GOP.
www.thebulwark.com/p/trumps-eps...
1. It can be easier to fracture the MAGA coalition than get "responsible" Republicans to step up.
2. Democrats should fight rather than find reasons not to fight.
3. Dems need to be anti-elitist not just anti-GOP.
www.thebulwark.com/p/trumps-eps...
Trump’s Epstein Humiliation Grows
The president saw defeat and ran. But that doesn’t mean the fight over releasing the files is over.
www.thebulwark.com
November 17, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Trump retreats on Epstein files. Three lessons:
1. It can be easier to fracture the MAGA coalition than get "responsible" Republicans to step up.
2. Democrats should fight rather than find reasons not to fight.
3. Dems need to be anti-elitist not just anti-GOP.
www.thebulwark.com/p/trumps-eps...
1. It can be easier to fracture the MAGA coalition than get "responsible" Republicans to step up.
2. Democrats should fight rather than find reasons not to fight.
3. Dems need to be anti-elitist not just anti-GOP.
www.thebulwark.com/p/trumps-eps...
Reposted by Mathew Strack
Absolutely no way to read this and not conclude that the Department of Justice has been deeply corrupted. And this is from a time when career lawyers were in place, pushing back against illegality. With firings and resignations, the politicization will just get worse.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
60 Attorneys on the Year of Chaos Inside Trump’s Justice Department (Gift Article)
Sixty former staffers describe an environment of suspicion and intimidation within the nation’s most powerful law enforcement agency.
www.nytimes.com
November 17, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Absolutely no way to read this and not conclude that the Department of Justice has been deeply corrupted. And this is from a time when career lawyers were in place, pushing back against illegality. With firings and resignations, the politicization will just get worse.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Reposted by Mathew Strack
Blending family and governance
November 15, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Blending family and governance
Reposted by Mathew Strack
Sometimes in November it is calm
🌊🌊
🌊🌊
November 15, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Sometimes in November it is calm
🌊🌊
🌊🌊
November 15, 2025 at 4:01 PM
November 15, 2025 at 3:17 PM
November 15, 2025 at 2:24 PM
November 15, 2025 at 2:11 PM
November 15, 2025 at 2:06 PM
November 15, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Reposted by Mathew Strack
what the actual fuck
November 14, 2025 at 5:20 PM
what the actual fuck
Reposted by Mathew Strack
I don't think it gets mentioned enough that Bovino is a member of the civil service. He is not a political appointee. Yet he still engages in constant open partisanship while in uniform and with a DHS flag behind him.
Bovino: "Whether they were criminals or individuals that were taking jobs from Americans -- you name it, that's what they were doing. And I'll tell you what's gonna happen. We're gonna go even harder on the streets. If he releases those 650, we're gonna apprehend 1,650 on the streets of Chicago."
November 13, 2025 at 9:07 PM
I don't think it gets mentioned enough that Bovino is a member of the civil service. He is not a political appointee. Yet he still engages in constant open partisanship while in uniform and with a DHS flag behind him.
Reposted by Mathew Strack
The Brutalist architecture of the Washington DC Metro system
Design: Architect Harry Weese
Design: Architect Harry Weese
November 13, 2025 at 7:38 PM
The Brutalist architecture of the Washington DC Metro system
Design: Architect Harry Weese
Design: Architect Harry Weese
Reposted by Mathew Strack
Perfect example of political media operating under the post-truth standard that (1) distorts the facts until the parties look approximately equal, and (2) holds “do MAGA voters care?” as a higher standard than “is it true?” or “is it important for the public to know about this?”
Wild to watch playbook run cover for this particular Trump scandal
November 13, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Perfect example of political media operating under the post-truth standard that (1) distorts the facts until the parties look approximately equal, and (2) holds “do MAGA voters care?” as a higher standard than “is it true?” or “is it important for the public to know about this?”
Reposted by Mathew Strack
thinking about how i get anxious writing emails because i don't want to sound like a moron while larry summers is apparently typing emails like this:
u kno she dint want to talk tomorrow. make me bad pheel.
u kno she dint want to talk tomorrow. make me bad pheel.
November 13, 2025 at 1:38 AM
thinking about how i get anxious writing emails because i don't want to sound like a moron while larry summers is apparently typing emails like this:
u kno she dint want to talk tomorrow. make me bad pheel.
u kno she dint want to talk tomorrow. make me bad pheel.