Matthew Espy
@mathespy.bsky.social
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The USDA sent an email to grocery stores telling them they are prohibited from offering special discounts to customers affected by the SNAP funding lapse.
I'm aware of at least 2 stores that had offered struggling customers a discount, then withdrew it after receiving this email
I'm aware of at least 2 stores that had offered struggling customers a discount, then withdrew it after receiving this email
November 2, 2025 at 7:01 PM
The USDA sent an email to grocery stores telling them they are prohibited from offering special discounts to customers affected by the SNAP funding lapse.
I'm aware of at least 2 stores that had offered struggling customers a discount, then withdrew it after receiving this email
I'm aware of at least 2 stores that had offered struggling customers a discount, then withdrew it after receiving this email
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Those with sharp eyes might detect a subtle difference in NYT play last month of an event in one city, w 100,000+ attendees, versus play this morning of some 2500+ events w many millions of attendees, in all 50 states.
See if you can spot it! /s
Then you can find today's story on p A23
See if you can spot it! /s
Then you can find today's story on p A23
October 19, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Those with sharp eyes might detect a subtle difference in NYT play last month of an event in one city, w 100,000+ attendees, versus play this morning of some 2500+ events w many millions of attendees, in all 50 states.
See if you can spot it! /s
Then you can find today's story on p A23
See if you can spot it! /s
Then you can find today's story on p A23
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This is what Illinois sent to Texas.
October 6, 2025 at 2:02 AM
This is what Illinois sent to Texas.
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Not really an overstatement to say that the test of a free society is whether or not comedians can make fun of the country's leader on TV without repurcussions.
July 18, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Not really an overstatement to say that the test of a free society is whether or not comedians can make fun of the country's leader on TV without repurcussions.
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Wrote about one of the most striking poll results I've seen in quite some time — a shift that explains an awful lot about the second Trump administration. Gift link: wapo.st/45NVTQf
July 3, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Wrote about one of the most striking poll results I've seen in quite some time — a shift that explains an awful lot about the second Trump administration. Gift link: wapo.st/45NVTQf
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There are many Holy Shit moments in this piece, but I keep getting stuck on the juxtaposition of the white supremacist law student who won an award for a paper about why non-white people should be stripped of their rights, and the student who was stripped of a job for criticizing that student.
A White Nationalist Wrote a Law School Paper Promoting Racist Views. It Won Him an Award.
www.nytimes.com
June 21, 2025 at 5:06 PM
There are many Holy Shit moments in this piece, but I keep getting stuck on the juxtaposition of the white supremacist law student who won an award for a paper about why non-white people should be stripped of their rights, and the student who was stripped of a job for criticizing that student.
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Rümeysa Öztürk wrote an op-ed critical of the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza. She was arrested by ICE and was in detention for six weeks. This white nationalist student wrote a paper that argued the Constitution applies only to white people. He won an award.
A White Nationalist Wrote a Law School Paper Promoting Racist Views. It Won Him an Award.
www.nytimes.com
June 21, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Rümeysa Öztürk wrote an op-ed critical of the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza. She was arrested by ICE and was in detention for six weeks. This white nationalist student wrote a paper that argued the Constitution applies only to white people. He won an award.
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He said it. Yes.
"I have never seen a record where racial discrimination by the government is so palpable... Have we fallen so low? Have we no shame?" Judge Young (Reagan appointee) ruling in our favor against Trump research cuts.
Read more of the Judge's fiery language: www.ifyoucankeepit.org/p/breaking-n...
Read more of the Judge's fiery language: www.ifyoucankeepit.org/p/breaking-n...
NIH grant funding restored
Judge rules grant terminations on the basis of DEI and gender identity are discriminatory and illegal
www.ifyoucankeepit.org
June 16, 2025 at 11:44 PM
He said it. Yes.
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Just a reminder that Kash raised money for January 6 rioters, including co-producing a benefit single in which incarcerated rioters sing the national anthem while Trump recites the pledge of allegiance.
June 8, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Just a reminder that Kash raised money for January 6 rioters, including co-producing a benefit single in which incarcerated rioters sing the national anthem while Trump recites the pledge of allegiance.
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NYT, page one:
The “$1.5 billion golf complex” and “Trump skyscraper .. are the Trump family’s first projects in Vietnam — part of a global moneymaking enterprise that no family of a sitting American president has ever attempted on this scale.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/25/w...
The “$1.5 billion golf complex” and “Trump skyscraper .. are the Trump family’s first projects in Vietnam — part of a global moneymaking enterprise that no family of a sitting American president has ever attempted on this scale.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/25/w...
May 25, 2025 at 11:45 AM
NYT, page one:
The “$1.5 billion golf complex” and “Trump skyscraper .. are the Trump family’s first projects in Vietnam — part of a global moneymaking enterprise that no family of a sitting American president has ever attempted on this scale.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/25/w...
The “$1.5 billion golf complex” and “Trump skyscraper .. are the Trump family’s first projects in Vietnam — part of a global moneymaking enterprise that no family of a sitting American president has ever attempted on this scale.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/25/w...
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In the days of grief after his wife's miscarriage in 2015, Kasper Erikson forgot to submit an immigration form.
The Mississippi father thought he was on the verge of becoming a citizen when ICE arrested him in April.
Now he’s in a Louisiana prison, facing deportation over the 10-year-old mistake.
The Mississippi father thought he was on the verge of becoming a citizen when ICE arrested him in April.
Now he’s in a Louisiana prison, facing deportation over the 10-year-old mistake.
ICE Arrests Mississippi Father at His Citizenship Hearing
ICE arrested Kasper Eriksen, a Mississippi father, at his citizenship hearing, imprisoning him and threatening him with deportation.
www.mississippifreepress.org
May 21, 2025 at 11:10 PM
In the days of grief after his wife's miscarriage in 2015, Kasper Erikson forgot to submit an immigration form.
The Mississippi father thought he was on the verge of becoming a citizen when ICE arrested him in April.
Now he’s in a Louisiana prison, facing deportation over the 10-year-old mistake.
The Mississippi father thought he was on the verge of becoming a citizen when ICE arrested him in April.
Now he’s in a Louisiana prison, facing deportation over the 10-year-old mistake.
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500K Mexican-Americans served in the U.S. armed forces in WWII, as did millions of 1st and 2nd-gen immigrants, and 109K noncitizens.
Mexican immigrant Macario Garcia won the Medal of Honor in Normandy. When he returned to the US, he was was arrested for trying to eat at a segregated restaurant.
Mexican immigrant Macario Garcia won the Medal of Honor in Normandy. When he returned to the US, he was was arrested for trying to eat at a segregated restaurant.
May 16, 2025 at 6:04 PM
500K Mexican-Americans served in the U.S. armed forces in WWII, as did millions of 1st and 2nd-gen immigrants, and 109K noncitizens.
Mexican immigrant Macario Garcia won the Medal of Honor in Normandy. When he returned to the US, he was was arrested for trying to eat at a segregated restaurant.
Mexican immigrant Macario Garcia won the Medal of Honor in Normandy. When he returned to the US, he was was arrested for trying to eat at a segregated restaurant.
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So let me get this straight: masks are bad and un-American if worn to fight a pandemic, but good if worn by people claiming to be government agents when they kidnap people off the street
May 10, 2025 at 3:06 PM
So let me get this straight: masks are bad and un-American if worn to fight a pandemic, but good if worn by people claiming to be government agents when they kidnap people off the street
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characters at this year’s met gala: thread
May 6, 2025 at 10:04 AM
characters at this year’s met gala: thread
Open corruption
Shipping company says it is going to buy $20 million worth of Trump's meme coin as a way to influence tariff policy: "We believe that the addition of the Official Trump tokens [is] an excellent way... to advocate for fair, balanced, and free trade between Mexico and the US"
Freight Technologies Secures up to USD $20 Million to Create an Official Trump Token ($TRUMP) Treasury - Freight Technologies
fr8technologies.com
May 3, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Open corruption
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Can we stop talking throwing around words like "autocracy" and "oligarchy" when talking about America's uncertain future?
According to history, political experts, and a little-known book called "a dictionary," America is ALREADY in the throes of fascism.
According to history, political experts, and a little-known book called "a dictionary," America is ALREADY in the throes of fascism.
The 'Threat to Democracy' Is Over
It's time to admit that the fascism we feared is already here.
dlvr.it
March 12, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Can we stop talking throwing around words like "autocracy" and "oligarchy" when talking about America's uncertain future?
According to history, political experts, and a little-known book called "a dictionary," America is ALREADY in the throes of fascism.
According to history, political experts, and a little-known book called "a dictionary," America is ALREADY in the throes of fascism.
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Need to read this.
What Jan. 6 Did to Officer Howie Liebengood
The veteran Capitol police officer took his own life three days after the riot. His family has no doubt about what really killed him.
www.politico.com
January 6, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Need to read this.
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What an extraordinary, devastating essay. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Sophie Smith · Sleeping Women: On the Pelicot trial
Gisèle Pelicot doesn’t conceive of her now ex-husband or the other men who raped her as ‘bad apples’, aberrations...
www.lrb.co.uk
January 2, 2025 at 10:17 PM
What an extraordinary, devastating essay. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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Pete Hegseth was forced to step down from both of the nonprofit advocacy groups that he ran in the face of serious allegations of financial mismanagement, sexual impropriety, and personal misconduct, @janemayer.bsky.social reports.
Pete Hegseth’s Secret History
A whistle-blower report and other documents suggest that Trump’s nominee to run the Pentagon was forced out of previous leadership positions for financial mismanagement, sexist behavior, and being rep...
www.newyorker.com
December 2, 2024 at 4:28 AM
Pete Hegseth was forced to step down from both of the nonprofit advocacy groups that he ran in the face of serious allegations of financial mismanagement, sexual impropriety, and personal misconduct, @janemayer.bsky.social reports.
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A mistake during IVF treatment led two mothers to give birth to each other's baby girls. After bonding with them for months, the families discovered the truth — and faced a devastating choice. Should they switch their girls? nyti.ms/3OtbJG5
November 26, 2024 at 12:11 AM
A mistake during IVF treatment led two mothers to give birth to each other's baby girls. After bonding with them for months, the families discovered the truth — and faced a devastating choice. Should they switch their girls? nyti.ms/3OtbJG5
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I love everything about this story: Tony Hawk posted a ‘70s era image of a Black girl skateboarding in the rain. Jeremy Markovich tracked her down.
www.ncrabbithole.com/p/tony-hawk-...
www.ncrabbithole.com/p/tony-hawk-...
Tony Hawk wanted to track down a mysterious skateboarder from 1979. We found her.
A photographer snapped a shot of Shaunda Shane skating down her street in Fayetteville when she was 10. How did the world's most famous skateboarder see that picture 45 years later?
www.ncrabbithole.com
November 5, 2024 at 4:25 PM
I love everything about this story: Tony Hawk posted a ‘70s era image of a Black girl skateboarding in the rain. Jeremy Markovich tracked her down.
www.ncrabbithole.com/p/tony-hawk-...
www.ncrabbithole.com/p/tony-hawk-...
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New: Immigrants have provided a much-needed lifeline for struggling Rust Belt cities like Springfield.
Vance's attack on the town's Haitian immigrants is racist dangerous. But the policies behind his attack would also cripple Springfield and the other red regions he purports to represent.
Vance's attack on the town's Haitian immigrants is racist dangerous. But the policies behind his attack would also cripple Springfield and the other red regions he purports to represent.
What JD Vance and Donald Trump don't want you to know about Springfield
Immigrants are making red America great again
open.substack.com
September 17, 2024 at 6:55 PM
New: Immigrants have provided a much-needed lifeline for struggling Rust Belt cities like Springfield.
Vance's attack on the town's Haitian immigrants is racist dangerous. But the policies behind his attack would also cripple Springfield and the other red regions he purports to represent.
Vance's attack on the town's Haitian immigrants is racist dangerous. But the policies behind his attack would also cripple Springfield and the other red regions he purports to represent.
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Brian Kemp 2024: Teen shooting victims are in my thoughts and prayers.
Brian Kemp 2018:
Brian Kemp 2018:
September 4, 2024 at 10:30 PM
Brian Kemp 2024: Teen shooting victims are in my thoughts and prayers.
Brian Kemp 2018:
Brian Kemp 2018:
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absolutely wonderful story. just read it www.rte.ie/news/ireland...
Choctaw Nation unveils 'eternal' sculpture to Ireland
Choctaw tribal members, tribal leaders and dignitaries from Oklahoma and Ireland have gathered at the Choctaw Capitol Grounds in Tuskahoma, Oklahoma, to unveil a new sculpture honouring the Choctaw-Ir...
www.rte.ie
September 1, 2024 at 1:59 AM
absolutely wonderful story. just read it www.rte.ie/news/ireland...