Matt Bailey
@mattbailey1.bsky.social
Not really on here much, FYI.
Don't watch the Saints lose all by yourself this Sunday. Come out to the Broadside and enjoy some great Cajun music and good company with the game on in the background! I'll be on the drums - would love to see you there!
September 24, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Don't watch the Saints lose all by yourself this Sunday. Come out to the Broadside and enjoy some great Cajun music and good company with the game on in the background! I'll be on the drums - would love to see you there!
Gerrymandering = election rigging
Gerrymandering = election rigging
Gerrymandering = election rigging
Gerrymandering = election rigging
Gerrymandering = election rigging
How much election rigging is ideal in a democracy?
Gerrymandering = election rigging
Gerrymandering = election rigging
Gerrymandering = election rigging
Gerrymandering = election rigging
How much election rigging is ideal in a democracy?
August 9, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Gerrymandering = election rigging
Gerrymandering = election rigging
Gerrymandering = election rigging
Gerrymandering = election rigging
Gerrymandering = election rigging
How much election rigging is ideal in a democracy?
Gerrymandering = election rigging
Gerrymandering = election rigging
Gerrymandering = election rigging
Gerrymandering = election rigging
How much election rigging is ideal in a democracy?
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Holy shit! This is what courage looks like. The American people are increasingly standing up to Trump's ICE Gestapo to protect their fellow brothers and sisters. 🙌💪👏👊🇺🇸👇
June 24, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Holy shit! This is what courage looks like. The American people are increasingly standing up to Trump's ICE Gestapo to protect their fellow brothers and sisters. 🙌💪👏👊🇺🇸👇
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Last week at #ire25 I told fellow reporters to write off of documents — and to implore editors to greenlight these stories, even without family narrative, because it opens the door.
We published this story this morning and have already been contacted by a family who experienced the same thing.
We published this story this morning and have already been contacted by a family who experienced the same thing.
Fannie C. Williams School suspended child; told her to come back with “mental health” eval
thelensnola.org/2025/06/25/f...
thelensnola.org/2025/06/25/f...
Fannie C. Williams School suspended child; told her to come back with “mental health” eval | The Lens
It’s unclear how the school’s order affected the student, who did return, but sporadically. But the school district sent Fannie C. Williams administrators a serious ‘notice of noncompliance’ in the ca...
thelensnola.org
June 25, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Last week at #ire25 I told fellow reporters to write off of documents — and to implore editors to greenlight these stories, even without family narrative, because it opens the door.
We published this story this morning and have already been contacted by a family who experienced the same thing.
We published this story this morning and have already been contacted by a family who experienced the same thing.
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This is really cool from @sophiasgaler.bsky.social - a new app that helps you quickly translate longform work into snappy video content.
I just tried it out and it was simple and intuitive to use.
I just tried it out and it was simple and intuitive to use.
June 24, 2025 at 3:41 PM
This is really cool from @sophiasgaler.bsky.social - a new app that helps you quickly translate longform work into snappy video content.
I just tried it out and it was simple and intuitive to use.
I just tried it out and it was simple and intuitive to use.
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Who/Whom
If you can answer the question with "him" then you use ‘whom.’ --> they both end in ‘m’.
If you can answer the question with “he,” use ‘who.’
-Whom are you going to the concert with?
-I'm going with him.
-Who broke the toaster?
-He did.
If you can answer the question with "him" then you use ‘whom.’ --> they both end in ‘m’.
If you can answer the question with “he,” use ‘who.’
-Whom are you going to the concert with?
-I'm going with him.
-Who broke the toaster?
-He did.
June 25, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Who/Whom
If you can answer the question with "him" then you use ‘whom.’ --> they both end in ‘m’.
If you can answer the question with “he,” use ‘who.’
-Whom are you going to the concert with?
-I'm going with him.
-Who broke the toaster?
-He did.
If you can answer the question with "him" then you use ‘whom.’ --> they both end in ‘m’.
If you can answer the question with “he,” use ‘who.’
-Whom are you going to the concert with?
-I'm going with him.
-Who broke the toaster?
-He did.
Down by the riverside.
June 24, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Down by the riverside.
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"Legal cannabis is not just raising revenue; it’s funding public priorities in nearly every state that regulates adult-use sales."
www.forbes.com/sites/javier...
www.forbes.com/sites/javier...
Legal Weed Is Working: $24.7 Billion In Taxes, Teen Use Down In Most States
Legal cannabis sales have generated $24.7B in state taxes as teen marijuana use declines in most states, according to new Marijuana Policy Project data.
www.forbes.com
June 24, 2025 at 8:15 PM
"Legal cannabis is not just raising revenue; it’s funding public priorities in nearly every state that regulates adult-use sales."
www.forbes.com/sites/javier...
www.forbes.com/sites/javier...
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Political elites regularly over-estimate the conservatism of their constituency: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
June 24, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Political elites regularly over-estimate the conservatism of their constituency: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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In 1987, Pres. Reagan ended 'The Fairness Doctrine,' Rush Limbaugh proclaimed himself liberated, and the seeds of 'Idiot America' were sown.
June 24, 2025 at 1:45 AM
In 1987, Pres. Reagan ended 'The Fairness Doctrine,' Rush Limbaugh proclaimed himself liberated, and the seeds of 'Idiot America' were sown.
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NOPD is using banned Chinese facial recognition technology to spy on New Orleans
NOPD is Using Banned Chinese Mass Surveillance Tech
NOPD is Using Banned Chinese Mass Surveillance Tech made by Dahua
insomniac.tech
June 24, 2025 at 4:20 PM
NOPD is using banned Chinese facial recognition technology to spy on New Orleans
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This is real life www.creedthoughts.gov.www\creedthoughts
June 24, 2025 at 12:41 PM
This is real life www.creedthoughts.gov.www\creedthoughts
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In a 6-3 decision, the Supreme Court allows Trump to deport migrants to countries they have never lived in, including places where they will likely be tortured.
“I cannot join so gross an abuse of this Court’s equitable discretion,” writes Justice Sotomayor in a blistering dissent.
“I cannot join so gross an abuse of this Court’s equitable discretion,” writes Justice Sotomayor in a blistering dissent.
Supreme Court allows Trump to remove migrants to South Sudan and other turmoil-filled countries | CNN Politics
The Supreme Court on Monday granted President Donald Trump’s emergency request to resume deporting migrants to countries other than their homeland, including places like South Sudan, with minimal noti...
www.cnn.com
June 23, 2025 at 9:22 PM
In a 6-3 decision, the Supreme Court allows Trump to deport migrants to countries they have never lived in, including places where they will likely be tortured.
“I cannot join so gross an abuse of this Court’s equitable discretion,” writes Justice Sotomayor in a blistering dissent.
“I cannot join so gross an abuse of this Court’s equitable discretion,” writes Justice Sotomayor in a blistering dissent.
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In the past, either the Agency or DOJ would hold officers like this accountable.
But not now. What we are seeing is agents who believe they are above the law and apparently are allowed to do this without identifying themselves.
What does a society do when it does not hold bad actors accountable?
But not now. What we are seeing is agents who believe they are above the law and apparently are allowed to do this without identifying themselves.
What does a society do when it does not hold bad actors accountable?
KTLA - Narciso Barranco, a father to three sons who are all US Marines, pepper-sprayed and punched in the face by alleged federal immigration officers while he was working as a landscaper at an IHOP. He was then forced into the back of an unmarked car in Santa Ana.
Masked men in U.S. Border Patrol vests take Santa Ana father after repeatedly hitting him
In a graphic video that has since gone viral on social media, about seven or more masked men wearing U.S. Border Patrol vests are seen violently detaining a Santa Ana father before forcing him into…
ktla.com
June 23, 2025 at 2:20 AM
In the past, either the Agency or DOJ would hold officers like this accountable.
But not now. What we are seeing is agents who believe they are above the law and apparently are allowed to do this without identifying themselves.
What does a society do when it does not hold bad actors accountable?
But not now. What we are seeing is agents who believe they are above the law and apparently are allowed to do this without identifying themselves.
What does a society do when it does not hold bad actors accountable?
My serious expression belies the joy I experienced playing live music again last night after a break of several months. A lovely wedding reception in Ruston, Louisiana, with a buffet featuring the best loaded mashed potatoes you ever tasted.
What have you done lately that brought you joy?
What have you done lately that brought you joy?
June 23, 2025 at 12:25 AM
My serious expression belies the joy I experienced playing live music again last night after a break of several months. A lovely wedding reception in Ruston, Louisiana, with a buffet featuring the best loaded mashed potatoes you ever tasted.
What have you done lately that brought you joy?
What have you done lately that brought you joy?
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Donald Trump, a weak and dangerously reckless president, has put the United States on a path to a war in the Middle East that the country does not want, the law does not allow, and our security does not demand.
June 22, 2025 at 4:53 AM
Donald Trump, a weak and dangerously reckless president, has put the United States on a path to a war in the Middle East that the country does not want, the law does not allow, and our security does not demand.
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Nothing could be more perilous to American democracy than going to war under Donald Trump, Robert Kagan writes.
American Democracy Might Not Survive a War With Iran
The United States is well down the road to dictatorship. Imagine what Trump would do with a state of war.
bit.ly
June 22, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Nothing could be more perilous to American democracy than going to war under Donald Trump, Robert Kagan writes.
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How many people remembered that the Shah was an early investor in Canal Place? Oh also Joe Canizaro died. www.nola.com/news/busines...
June 21, 2025 at 6:01 PM
How many people remembered that the Shah was an early investor in Canal Place? Oh also Joe Canizaro died. www.nola.com/news/busines...
Maybe if we could all unfollow and not retweet all the progressive "influencers," the semi-famous folks whose job seems to be posting about politics 127 times a day. I'm trying.
to me the biggest problem with bluesky is that politics dominates this place. that makes sense, i assume most of us left twitter for political reasons. but there's not enough chat about other things on here. there used to be, but not anymore. you get a little of the old twitter on big sports nights
June 21, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Maybe if we could all unfollow and not retweet all the progressive "influencers," the semi-famous folks whose job seems to be posting about politics 127 times a day. I'm trying.
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This is so excellent. THE FIFTH CIRCUIT.
June 20, 2025 at 9:13 PM
This is so excellent. THE FIFTH CIRCUIT.
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Catching up on reading a lot of "sorry it's taken me forever to reply!" emails while thinking about all of the "sorry it's taken me forever to reply!" emails I need to write.
June 20, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Catching up on reading a lot of "sorry it's taken me forever to reply!" emails while thinking about all of the "sorry it's taken me forever to reply!" emails I need to write.
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This is horrifying.
This is a journalist wearing an identifiable PRESS jacket detained by police.
#PressFreedom
News orgs need to make attacks on #PressFreedom esp NYT WaPo WSJ priority coverage.
Kudos to @ajc.com @alexip718.com
bsky.app/profile/alex...
This is a journalist wearing an identifiable PRESS jacket detained by police.
#PressFreedom
News orgs need to make attacks on #PressFreedom esp NYT WaPo WSJ priority coverage.
Kudos to @ajc.com @alexip718.com
bsky.app/profile/alex...
BREAKING: @ajc.com obtained body camera footage from the June 14 arrest of Spanish-speaking journalist Mario Guevara by the Doraville Police Department while he was livestreaming "No Kings Day" protests in suburban Atlanta
Guevara is now in ICE custody and may be deported to El Salvador.
Guevara is now in ICE custody and may be deported to El Salvador.
June 20, 2025 at 2:14 PM
This is horrifying.
This is a journalist wearing an identifiable PRESS jacket detained by police.
#PressFreedom
News orgs need to make attacks on #PressFreedom esp NYT WaPo WSJ priority coverage.
Kudos to @ajc.com @alexip718.com
bsky.app/profile/alex...
This is a journalist wearing an identifiable PRESS jacket detained by police.
#PressFreedom
News orgs need to make attacks on #PressFreedom esp NYT WaPo WSJ priority coverage.
Kudos to @ajc.com @alexip718.com
bsky.app/profile/alex...
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The Supreme Court is set to issue opinions on Friday morning at 10am ET. Democracy Docket will provide full coverage of any decision in either the birthright citizenship or Louisiana redistricting cases. www.democracydocket.com
June 20, 2025 at 2:28 AM
The Supreme Court is set to issue opinions on Friday morning at 10am ET. Democracy Docket will provide full coverage of any decision in either the birthright citizenship or Louisiana redistricting cases. www.democracydocket.com