Matt Compton
@mattcompton.bsky.social
Working for Climate Power| Tar Heel | YNWA.
If we can’t win the voters who have opted out of the politics, we cannot build power. Listen to @robflaherty.bsky.social: www.nytimes.com/2025/04/28/o...
Opinion | If You’re a Voter Reading This, This Essay Is Not About You (Gift Article)
Opt-out voters don’t buy what we’re selling — and even if they did, we’d have a hard time reaching them.
www.nytimes.com
April 28, 2025 at 12:05 PM
If we can’t win the voters who have opted out of the politics, we cannot build power. Listen to @robflaherty.bsky.social: www.nytimes.com/2025/04/28/o...
What a great day to be a Tar Heel.
March 19, 2025 at 3:17 AM
What a great day to be a Tar Heel.
The speed with which we’ve gone from them saying, “we will begin a new era of soaring incomes” to “oh, recessions are good, actually” boggles the mind.
New euphemism new dropped via Treasury Secretary Bessent: "Could we be seeing this economy that we inherited starting to roll a bit? Sure ... there's gonna be a detox period."
March 11, 2025 at 5:17 PM
The speed with which we’ve gone from them saying, “we will begin a new era of soaring incomes” to “oh, recessions are good, actually” boggles the mind.
Don't look at your 401(k).
March 11, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Don't look at your 401(k).
In our fragmented media landscape, it's tough to get anything like a critical mass of people paying attention to the same thing.
So it's notable that nearly 7 in 10 voters say they're hearing negative news about Donald Trump.
So it's notable that nearly 7 in 10 voters say they're hearing negative news about Donald Trump.
March 6, 2025 at 3:28 PM
In our fragmented media landscape, it's tough to get anything like a critical mass of people paying attention to the same thing.
So it's notable that nearly 7 in 10 voters say they're hearing negative news about Donald Trump.
So it's notable that nearly 7 in 10 voters say they're hearing negative news about Donald Trump.
1 hour, 40 minutes we can never get back.
March 5, 2025 at 4:00 AM
1 hour, 40 minutes we can never get back.
He's never worse at being a performer than when he's trying to reach for a soaring close to one of these speeches before Congress.
March 5, 2025 at 3:57 AM
He's never worse at being a performer than when he's trying to reach for a soaring close to one of these speeches before Congress.
His success isn't inevitable.
February 13, 2025 at 3:30 PM
His success isn't inevitable.
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February 13, 2025 at 12:43 PM
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I oversaw HealthCare.gov, Medicare.gov sites 2014-2016 .
Gov’t websites do more than provide critical information to help people — they connect people to life-saving services.
Families and kids will pay a steep price for Trump dismantling the gov’t.
Gov’t websites do more than provide critical information to help people — they connect people to life-saving services.
Families and kids will pay a steep price for Trump dismantling the gov’t.
January 31, 2025 at 10:39 PM
I oversaw HealthCare.gov, Medicare.gov sites 2014-2016 .
Gov’t websites do more than provide critical information to help people — they connect people to life-saving services.
Families and kids will pay a steep price for Trump dismantling the gov’t.
Gov’t websites do more than provide critical information to help people — they connect people to life-saving services.
Families and kids will pay a steep price for Trump dismantling the gov’t.
My kid has the flu.
I literally checked CDC.gov this morning for information about this strain.
The only reason you choose to make a public resource go dark is if you don’t care who you hurt.
I literally checked CDC.gov this morning for information about this strain.
The only reason you choose to make a public resource go dark is if you don’t care who you hurt.
January 31, 2025 at 10:35 PM
My kid has the flu.
I literally checked CDC.gov this morning for information about this strain.
The only reason you choose to make a public resource go dark is if you don’t care who you hurt.
I literally checked CDC.gov this morning for information about this strain.
The only reason you choose to make a public resource go dark is if you don’t care who you hurt.
Their success isn’t inevitable.
January 29, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Their success isn’t inevitable.
Since 2008, I've been writing a round-up of my favorite books at the end of each year. Here's my list for 2024:
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My Favorite Books of 2024
Two incredible memoirs—best enjoyed with snacks...
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December 23, 2024 at 6:49 PM
Since 2008, I've been writing a round-up of my favorite books at the end of each year. Here's my list for 2024:
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Don’t try to reach me this weekend. I’ll be in Roshar. www.esquire.com/entertainmen...
Brandon Sanderson Knows He’s Risking Everything with ‘Wind and Truth’
This week, the uber-popular fantasy author will debut the latest entry in the ‘Stormlight Archive’ series, which fans are calling an ‘Avengers: Endgame’–level event. The reaction to it could make or b...
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December 4, 2024 at 1:06 PM
Don’t try to reach me this weekend. I’ll be in Roshar. www.esquire.com/entertainmen...
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Walking around my house, looking at my phone muttering “don’t love that” over and over
November 13, 2024 at 9:42 PM
Walking around my house, looking at my phone muttering “don’t love that” over and over
It's easy enough to understand.
Trump promised the oil execs who supported his campaign that they were getting "a deal" — with tax benefits and environmental protection rollbacks coming their way.
Once this news broke, Zeldin went on Fox News and promised to deliver those rollbacks on Day One.
Trump promised the oil execs who supported his campaign that they were getting "a deal" — with tax benefits and environmental protection rollbacks coming their way.
Once this news broke, Zeldin went on Fox News and promised to deliver those rollbacks on Day One.
President-elect Donald Trump's choice of Lee Zeldin to lead the Environmental Protection Agency caught some by surprise — and sent environmentalists and their opponents racing to understand his record.
Lee Zeldin Knows How to Defend Trump. Will He Defend the Environment?
The choice of Mr. Zeldin, a former Republican congressman of New York, to be the next E.P.A. administrator caught even some of his closest allies by surprise.
www.nytimes.com
November 12, 2024 at 9:55 PM
It's easy enough to understand.
Trump promised the oil execs who supported his campaign that they were getting "a deal" — with tax benefits and environmental protection rollbacks coming their way.
Once this news broke, Zeldin went on Fox News and promised to deliver those rollbacks on Day One.
Trump promised the oil execs who supported his campaign that they were getting "a deal" — with tax benefits and environmental protection rollbacks coming their way.
Once this news broke, Zeldin went on Fox News and promised to deliver those rollbacks on Day One.
In May, Trump told a bunch of oil barons that giving $1 billion to his campaign would be a “deal"—because of the taxation and regulation they would avoid with him in office.
Lee Zeldin, his nominee to lead the EPA, now promises to roll back regulations on Day One.
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/11/c...
Lee Zeldin, his nominee to lead the EPA, now promises to roll back regulations on Day One.
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/11/c...
Trump Chooses Lee Zeldin to Run E.P.A. as He Plans to Gut Climate Rules
The former congressman from New York is a strong supporter of Donald Trump and voted against certifying the 2020 election.
www.nytimes.com
November 12, 2024 at 7:27 PM
In May, Trump told a bunch of oil barons that giving $1 billion to his campaign would be a “deal"—because of the taxation and regulation they would avoid with him in office.
Lee Zeldin, his nominee to lead the EPA, now promises to roll back regulations on Day One.
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/11/c...
Lee Zeldin, his nominee to lead the EPA, now promises to roll back regulations on Day One.
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/11/c...
It’s Election Eve. And every four years, on Election Eve, I watch “Barack in the Virginia Rain.”
Let's go win this thing.
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Let's go win this thing.
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Barack in the Virginia Rain: "There's Nothing We Can't Do"
YouTube video by BarackObamadotcom
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November 5, 2024 at 1:42 AM
It’s Election Eve. And every four years, on Election Eve, I watch “Barack in the Virginia Rain.”
Let's go win this thing.
youtu.be/OofHuLW6xdM?...
Let's go win this thing.
youtu.be/OofHuLW6xdM?...
I love George Bailey. I think about him all the time.
But Mary is the hero of this movie. Don’t let anyone tell you otherwise.
She’s the one who saves the Building and Loan. Twice.
But Mary is the hero of this movie. Don’t let anyone tell you otherwise.
She’s the one who saves the Building and Loan. Twice.
December 25, 2023 at 3:09 AM
I love George Bailey. I think about him all the time.
But Mary is the hero of this movie. Don’t let anyone tell you otherwise.
She’s the one who saves the Building and Loan. Twice.
But Mary is the hero of this movie. Don’t let anyone tell you otherwise.
She’s the one who saves the Building and Loan. Twice.
Each December, I try to write about my favorite books for the year, and this is my list for 2023! Will you let me know what you think?
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My Favorite Books of 2023
AGE OF VICE by Deepti Kapoor begins with a car crash and never slows down. Ajay is born into poverty but finds himself in the service of a…
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December 19, 2023 at 8:13 PM
Each December, I try to write about my favorite books for the year, and this is my list for 2023! Will you let me know what you think?
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The @nytimes.com (or should I say @nytimes.wtf) reporting on the clean energy transition has reached bad parody level. Check this doozy out nytimes.com/2023/11/27/u... Thanks to US policy, solar manufacturing is finally booming in Ameroca. But... something something ... this is clearly bad for Biden
November 28, 2023 at 1:25 AM
The @nytimes.com (or should I say @nytimes.wtf) reporting on the clean energy transition has reached bad parody level. Check this doozy out nytimes.com/2023/11/27/u... Thanks to US policy, solar manufacturing is finally booming in Ameroca. But... something something ... this is clearly bad for Biden
I complain about the New York Times on occasion, but this is just next level journalistic inquiry.
www.nytimes.com/2023/11/27/a...
www.nytimes.com/2023/11/27/a...
Nom Nom Nom. What’s the Deal With Cookie Monster’s Cookies?
If you have ever wondered what the “Sesame Street” muppet is really eating, we have the answer.
www.nytimes.com
November 27, 2023 at 11:20 PM
I complain about the New York Times on occasion, but this is just next level journalistic inquiry.
www.nytimes.com/2023/11/27/a...
www.nytimes.com/2023/11/27/a...
Last year, we got a Christmas light storage reel and a repair tool. Present me has seldom felt more gratitude for past me.
November 26, 2023 at 9:37 PM
Last year, we got a Christmas light storage reel and a repair tool. Present me has seldom felt more gratitude for past me.
As people across the country start to ask who the hell Mike Johnson is, just remember, the Big Oil companies have a very specific answer to that question.
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October 25, 2023 at 6:10 PM
As people across the country start to ask who the hell Mike Johnson is, just remember, the Big Oil companies have a very specific answer to that question.
climatepower.us/resources/we...
climatepower.us/resources/we...