@matbooks.bsky.social
World traveler, bibliophile, veteran, patriot, defender of the Rule of Law and our Constitution.
Find a protest near you
And secure your phone before you go
And secure your phone before you go
If your plans for this weekend involve being outdoors voicing your displeasure with *gestures* the entire situation, just sayin', my colleagues have a guide that you should read.
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April 4, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Reminder: as the Dow is tanking faster than 2008, and four dead servicemen arrive at Dover, Trump is golfing: with the saudis
April 4, 2025 at 10:12 PM
“We cannot overstate what has just happened. It took just 71 days for Donald Trump to wreck the American economy, mortally wound NATO, and destroy the American-led world order.” @jvl.bsky.social
The American Age Is Over
Emergency Triad: The United States commits imperial suicide.
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April 4, 2025 at 10:11 PM
The stock market is tanking so badly it almost feels like we are being governed by someone who went bankrupt six tim—
Oh.
Oh.
April 4, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Defence Ministry Update: Border surveillance has not detected any abnormal activity. We stand rock-hop-ready to rock, set to defend ourselves against all threats both foreign and domestic (elephant seals mainly)
April 4, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Timothy Snyder is one of our preeminent experts on Tyranny. This short video sharing his Twenty Lessons on Tyranny is an outstanding and measured brilliant production. I highly recommend it's viewing for all Americans, regardless of perspective.
Twenty Lessons, read by John Lithgow
Key selections from On Tyranny, for viewing and sharing
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April 1, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Timothy Snyder is one of our preeminent experts on Tyranny. This short video sharing his Twenty Lessons on Tyranny is an outstanding and measured brilliant production. I highly recommend it's viewing for all Americans, regardless of perspective.
This is just...wow.
* CHINESE STATE MEDIA: CHINA, JAPAN, SOUTH KOREA REACH A CONSENSUS THAT THREE SIDES WILL JOINTLY RESPOND TO THE U.S. TARIFFS
@reuters.com
@reuters.com
March 31, 2025 at 4:22 PM
This is just...wow.
Book banning comes to the Naval Academies:
"...the review of Nimitz Library’s holdings has identified 900 books that may run afoul of the defense secretary’s verbal order...." including books about Martin Luther King Jr., Einstein, and Jackie Robinson.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/28/u...
"...the review of Nimitz Library’s holdings has identified 900 books that may run afoul of the defense secretary’s verbal order...." including books about Martin Luther King Jr., Einstein, and Jackie Robinson.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/28/u...
Naval Academy Takes Steps to End Diversity Policies in Books and Admissions
The defense secretary’s office has ordered that some books be removed from circulation in its library, and the academy has ended the use of affirmative action in admissions.
www.nytimes.com
March 31, 2025 at 4:19 PM
"Fifteen Palestinian paramedics and rescue workers, including at least one United Nations employee, were killed by Israeli forces “one by one” and buried in a mass grave eight days ago in southern Gaza, the UN has said."
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
Israel killed 15 Palestinian paramedics and rescue workers one by one, says UN
Workers on a mission to help colleagues were buried in mass grave in southern Gaza, says humanitarian office
www.theguardian.com
March 31, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Worth noting that one of the named defendants in this suit is Jacob Altik, a 2021 University of Michigan Law graduate who has been selected to clerk for Justice Gorsuch starting *later this year.*
March 20, 2025 at 4:50 AM
March 20, 2025 at 4:39 AM
March 20, 2025 at 4:36 AM
Russia kidnaps Ukrainian children and gives them to Russians to erase their heritage and demoralize Ukraine. Over 20,000 so far. And the US just stopped helping track these kids and likely deleted the database of all the research. Pure evil, right maga?
March 20, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Now that Trump has proven to be a ruthless autocrat, too many have grown timid and silent.
That is simply not who I am. It is not what I believe, and it is not what I will do.
Instead, I will worry. I will hope. And I will fight.
www.democracydocket.com/opinion/i-wo...
That is simply not who I am. It is not what I believe, and it is not what I will do.
Instead, I will worry. I will hope. And I will fight.
www.democracydocket.com/opinion/i-wo...
I Worry, but I Fight
From Marc | Despite that worry, I cannot stop standing up for what is right. I cannot turn a blind eye to injustice.
www.democracydocket.com
March 20, 2025 at 4:29 AM
#Türkiye: We are deeply concerned by detentions of journalists and sweeping restrictions on social media platforms and demonstrations following the arrest of Istanbul mayor Ekrem Imamoğlu. All those held for peacefully expressing their views must be released. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Ekrem Imamoglu: Istanbul mayor and Erdogan presidential rival arrested
Ekrem Imamoglu's detention comes days before he was due to be selected as a presidential candidate.
www.bbc.co.uk
March 20, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Simply by my steady volume, my refusal to nurture falsehoods, my insistence on calling out hypocrisy, and my intolerance to discrimination—I am probably forever altering the connection between us.
I am willing to risk this.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/the-bridge...
I am willing to risk this.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/the-bridge...
The Bridges Worth Burning
Many times a day I think about the people I used to feel close to, the ones I once felt at home with, those whose presence I previously found comfort in.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com
March 17, 2025 at 2:24 PM
If Chuck Schumer votes for cloture tomorrow, it’s proof that he’s weak and is a clear sign that we need new Democratic leadership. Polling shows that only 22% of independents would blame Democrats for a shutdown, while 56% would blame the GOP or Trump.
Americans want Democrats to FIGHT, not CAVE!!!
Americans want Democrats to FIGHT, not CAVE!!!
March 14, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Generations of American patriots, from our revolution onward, have fought for the principles Zelenskyy is risking his life to defend. But today, Donald Trump and JD Vance attacked Zelenskyy and pressured him to surrender the freedom of his people to the KGB war criminal who invaded Ukraine.
ZELENSKYY: Putin broke the ceasefire. What kind of diplomacy, JD, are you speaking about?
VANCE: I think it's disrespectful to come into the Oval Office and try to litigate this in front of the American media
VANCE: I think it's disrespectful to come into the Oval Office and try to litigate this in front of the American media
March 1, 2025 at 1:27 AM
the single most un-american and anti-constitutional statement ever uttered by an american president
February 15, 2025 at 9:18 PM
these cabinet announcements are like an advent calendar counting down to the apocalypse
February 13, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Its 2027. A group of ragged children is skipping rope. Dirty and ill-fed, they chant “one, two, three, four, five, how do you think that you might die? Measles, polio, Covid, flu. TB, strep throat, malaria, too”
February 13, 2025 at 10:36 PM
This is who, 30 days ago, the Washington Post endorsed for Senate confirmation. Saying that DOJ "filed charges" intentionally misleads people into thinking DOJ took criminal action. It's just a civil lawsuit.
Support @atrupar.com and independent media like him.
Support @atrupar.com and independent media like him.
Pam Bondi announces the DOJ has "filed charges against the state of New York, Kathy Hochul, Letitia James, and Mark Schroeder"
February 12, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Kendrick Lamar showed more courage in the face of rising American tyranny than we’ve seen from ANY former American leader. If you swore an oath to protect this nation, where are you now?
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youtube.com/shorts/keNw6...
Where Are Our Leaders
YouTube video by PoliticsGirl
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February 11, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Did Trump Quietly Kill a Sensitive Pentagon Probe Into Elon Musk? newrepublic.com/article/1913... via @newrepublic.com
Did Trump Quietly Kill a Sensitive Pentagon Probe Into Elon Musk?
The New York Times revealed last year that Musk and SpaceX failed to meet federal reporting requirements for Pentagon contractors. No one has asked: What’s going on with that today?
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February 10, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Did Trump Quietly Kill a Sensitive Pentagon Probe Into Elon Musk? newrepublic.com/article/1913... via @newrepublic.com