Matt Billingsly
@mattbillingsly.bsky.social
WGA Writer, Reader, Dad, Animal Lover, Board Gamer, History Buff, D&D, Notion, Obsidian, mechanical keyboards, Car Geek, Union Strong, BLM, 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️, 🚫 TERFs.
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Kelly: "I never expected after serving 25 years in the Navy flying combat missions over Iraq and Kuwait, flying the Space Shuttle, that now I've got to worry about my personal safety and that of my wife, Gabby Giffords, who was already nearly assassinated, because of something the president said."
November 21, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Kelly: "I never expected after serving 25 years in the Navy flying combat missions over Iraq and Kuwait, flying the Space Shuttle, that now I've got to worry about my personal safety and that of my wife, Gabby Giffords, who was already nearly assassinated, because of something the president said."
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Very on brand. Putin must be so pleased.
Here is Trump's full 28 point plan for Ukraine. It would destroy Ukraine as a sovereign state and leave it helpless to face a Russian attack in the future. It would also give Putin full vindication and immunity from prosecution.
www.axios.com/2025/11/20/t...
www.axios.com/2025/11/20/t...
Trump's full 28-point Ukraine-Russia peace plan
The full plan was obtained by Axios and verified by Ukrainian and U.S. officials.
www.axios.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Very on brand. Putin must be so pleased.
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The @guardian publishes the names of Gaza children killed by Israel. 18,457 and growing.
(“Does not include thousands still buried under the rubble”) www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
(“Does not include thousands still buried under the rubble”) www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
October 8, 2025 at 12:29 PM
The @guardian publishes the names of Gaza children killed by Israel. 18,457 and growing.
(“Does not include thousands still buried under the rubble”) www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
(“Does not include thousands still buried under the rubble”) www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
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Drones capture staggering images of Gaza devastation - as people find nothing left
Drones capture staggering images of Gaza devastation - as people find nothing left
Drones have been a common sight in Gaza for a long time, but they have always been military.
news.sky.com
October 11, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Drones capture staggering images of Gaza devastation - as people find nothing left
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Oh shit was he actually saying amphifa this whole time?
October 10, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Oh shit was he actually saying amphifa this whole time?
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Some people have their hearts in the right place. #FreePalestine #GazaHolocaust
October 10, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Some people have their hearts in the right place. #FreePalestine #GazaHolocaust
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Chicago priest Father Michael Pfleger: "The state of emergency is in AMERICA, not Chicago. It's birthed from this president and his admin's reign of terror."
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October 6, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Chicago priest Father Michael Pfleger: "The state of emergency is in AMERICA, not Chicago. It's birthed from this president and his admin's reign of terror."
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I was a skeptic about the import of the Epstein files.
But 3 invasions of cities, one military buildup outside Venezuela, a government shutdown, and so many other things meant to distract have me convinced whatever’s in there is the biggest presidential scandal in U.S. history.
But 3 invasions of cities, one military buildup outside Venezuela, a government shutdown, and so many other things meant to distract have me convinced whatever’s in there is the biggest presidential scandal in U.S. history.
October 6, 2025 at 2:00 AM
I was a skeptic about the import of the Epstein files.
But 3 invasions of cities, one military buildup outside Venezuela, a government shutdown, and so many other things meant to distract have me convinced whatever’s in there is the biggest presidential scandal in U.S. history.
But 3 invasions of cities, one military buildup outside Venezuela, a government shutdown, and so many other things meant to distract have me convinced whatever’s in there is the biggest presidential scandal in U.S. history.
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Judge Karin Immergut issued a broad order barring the federal government from relocating National Guard members to Oregon from any state via @jmshumway.bsky.social
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oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2025/10/05/f...
Federal judge bars National Guard from any states being ordered to Portland • Oregon Capital Chronicle
After Judge Karin Immergut's Saturday order the federal government sought to deploy first California and then Texas troops.
oregoncapitalchronicle.com
October 6, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Judge Karin Immergut issued a broad order barring the federal government from relocating National Guard members to Oregon from any state via @jmshumway.bsky.social
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oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2025/10/05/f...
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I remember when threatening a television network to replace their show or get sued by the President of the United States would have been an impeachable offense. (It was eight months ago.)
“I can't believe ABC Fake News gave Jimmy Kimmel his job back. The White House was told by ABC that his Show was cancelled!”
September 24, 2025 at 3:15 AM
I remember when threatening a television network to replace their show or get sued by the President of the United States would have been an impeachable offense. (It was eight months ago.)
This is truly brilliant.
September 19, 2025 at 5:45 AM
This is truly brilliant.
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Trump demands on the UC include banning gender affirming care, a public statement that trans people do not exist, having an outside monitor at the UC to look at DEI programs, and almost a billion in taxpayer dollars.
www.latimes.com/california/s...
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Here are the details of Trump's $1.2-billion call to remake UCLA in a conservative image
The Times describes the details, for the first time, of the 28-page proposal the Trump administration has made to remake the UCLA campus.
www.latimes.com
September 15, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Trump demands on the UC include banning gender affirming care, a public statement that trans people do not exist, having an outside monitor at the UC to look at DEI programs, and almost a billion in taxpayer dollars.
www.latimes.com/california/s...
www.latimes.com/california/s...
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I am just going to keep posting that the TX governor recently pardoned a political murderer.
The dude texted "I'm going to shoot protestors", then went and shot a Black Lives Matter protester. He was convicted in a jury trial.
Hard to find a more blatant example of celebrating political violence.
The dude texted "I'm going to shoot protestors", then went and shot a Black Lives Matter protester. He was convicted in a jury trial.
Hard to find a more blatant example of celebrating political violence.
Gov. Greg Abbott pardons Daniel Perry, veteran who killed police brutality protester in 2020
A Travis County jury sentenced Perry to 25 years in prison last year, prompting Abbott to ask the state parole board to review his case.
www.texastribune.org
September 15, 2025 at 6:56 PM
I am just going to keep posting that the TX governor recently pardoned a political murderer.
The dude texted "I'm going to shoot protestors", then went and shot a Black Lives Matter protester. He was convicted in a jury trial.
Hard to find a more blatant example of celebrating political violence.
The dude texted "I'm going to shoot protestors", then went and shot a Black Lives Matter protester. He was convicted in a jury trial.
Hard to find a more blatant example of celebrating political violence.
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It truly cannot be restated enough that earlier this year Trump pardoned everyone involved with J6, the largest event of political violence in the US in my lifetime. They have absolutely no credibility here and deserve to be confronted with this fact whenever they're in public.
Political violence is evil, killing people is evil, a country with more guns in it than people is broken, and what the government is saying about political violence right now being a primarily leftwing phenomenon is factually, statistically untrue. They are using this moment to rewrite history.
September 16, 2025 at 1:20 AM
It truly cannot be restated enough that earlier this year Trump pardoned everyone involved with J6, the largest event of political violence in the US in my lifetime. They have absolutely no credibility here and deserve to be confronted with this fact whenever they're in public.
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BREAKING: UCLA mob attacker EYAL SHALOM has inexplicably resurfaced:
open.substack.com/pub/ericleva...
open.substack.com/pub/ericleva...
In Bizarre Twist, UCLA Attacker Resurfaces, Sentenced To Therapy For Attacking Journalist
24 year-old Eyal Shalom receives group therapy for attacking a reporter
open.substack.com
September 15, 2025 at 6:01 PM
BREAKING: UCLA mob attacker EYAL SHALOM has inexplicably resurfaced:
open.substack.com/pub/ericleva...
open.substack.com/pub/ericleva...
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When I was placed on the Professor Watchlist in 2021, people sent death threats about my children. I had security officers monitor my 8yo at school.
Where is all the outrage for those of us who have been targeted for years? Where is the outrage for our families?
My own colleagues are silent.
Where is all the outrage for those of us who have been targeted for years? Where is the outrage for our families?
My own colleagues are silent.
September 15, 2025 at 8:25 PM
When I was placed on the Professor Watchlist in 2021, people sent death threats about my children. I had security officers monitor my 8yo at school.
Where is all the outrage for those of us who have been targeted for years? Where is the outrage for our families?
My own colleagues are silent.
Where is all the outrage for those of us who have been targeted for years? Where is the outrage for our families?
My own colleagues are silent.
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Meta is building a data center in Wyoming that will use more electricity than all the homes in the state COMBINED.
This will cause electric bills to skyrocket.
Oh, and destroy the planet at the same time.
This is what happens when there is zero accountability for Big Tech.
This will cause electric bills to skyrocket.
Oh, and destroy the planet at the same time.
This is what happens when there is zero accountability for Big Tech.
September 15, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Meta is building a data center in Wyoming that will use more electricity than all the homes in the state COMBINED.
This will cause electric bills to skyrocket.
Oh, and destroy the planet at the same time.
This is what happens when there is zero accountability for Big Tech.
This will cause electric bills to skyrocket.
Oh, and destroy the planet at the same time.
This is what happens when there is zero accountability for Big Tech.
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When I worked at UT, the campus hosted Nazi speakers (twice, I think), and a professor called for cars to "run down" protestors.
He wasn't disciplined.
He wasn't disciplined.
September 15, 2025 at 6:43 PM
When I worked at UT, the campus hosted Nazi speakers (twice, I think), and a professor called for cars to "run down" protestors.
He wasn't disciplined.
He wasn't disciplined.
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I think it’s fair to say there have been more overt attacks on and threats to freedom of expression in the US since January than in our entire history. And recently they are accelerating and getting more brazen.
September 15, 2025 at 11:25 PM
I think it’s fair to say there have been more overt attacks on and threats to freedom of expression in the US since January than in our entire history. And recently they are accelerating and getting more brazen.
Watching the right-wing trip over their own hypocrisy for the last week and try to survive the devastating cognitive dissonance is unlike anything I've ever seen. Just as bizarre is the belief that their pathetically transparent gaslighting is logically sound. I've never seen such clownery.
September 15, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Watching the right-wing trip over their own hypocrisy for the last week and try to survive the devastating cognitive dissonance is unlike anything I've ever seen. Just as bizarre is the belief that their pathetically transparent gaslighting is logically sound. I've never seen such clownery.
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Meanwhile…
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/09...
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Trump Administration Live Updates: Republicans Block Senate Vote to Release Epstein Files
www.nytimes.com
September 11, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Meanwhile…
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/09...
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/09...