Matthew P. McAllister
@matthewpmcallister.bsky.social
Teaches about media stuff in college. Studies the political economy of media and commercial culture. He/him
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Absolutely, positively. And for the Caribbean boat strikes, too.
November 9, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Absolutely, positively. And for the Caribbean boat strikes, too.
This is an actual photo of when a guest passed out at the Oval Office today.
incredible photo that's definitely worth at least 1,000 words from Andrew Harnik of Getty
November 6, 2025 at 7:16 PM
This is an actual photo of when a guest passed out at the Oval Office today.
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There it is. That’s a HUGE part of the reason Trump & the oligarchs love the Gilded Age — the era before the income tax. They want to shift the tax burden back to consumers & working people while the robber barons celebrate their biggest tax cuts in US history. That’s also why Elon decimated govt.
Trump: "From 1789 to 1913, we were a tariff-backed nation and the US was proportionately the wealthiest it has ever been ... then in 1913, for reason unknown to mankind, they established the income tax."
April 2, 2025 at 9:08 PM
There it is. That’s a HUGE part of the reason Trump & the oligarchs love the Gilded Age — the era before the income tax. They want to shift the tax burden back to consumers & working people while the robber barons celebrate their biggest tax cuts in US history. That’s also why Elon decimated govt.
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Impeach RFK Jr.
If things go on, North America is on track to becoming a hotspot for permanent measles transmission. Canada could lose its measles-free designation this week. We are not be far behind.
🧪 www.scientificamerican.com/article/meas...
If things go on, North America is on track to becoming a hotspot for permanent measles transmission. Canada could lose its measles-free designation this week. We are not be far behind.
🧪 www.scientificamerican.com/article/meas...
North America May Soon No Longer Be Officially Measles-Free, Experts Say
A meeting of the Pan American Health Organization this week will address the resurgence of measles in the Americas
www.scientificamerican.com
November 6, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Impeach RFK Jr.
If things go on, North America is on track to becoming a hotspot for permanent measles transmission. Canada could lose its measles-free designation this week. We are not be far behind.
🧪 www.scientificamerican.com/article/meas...
If things go on, North America is on track to becoming a hotspot for permanent measles transmission. Canada could lose its measles-free designation this week. We are not be far behind.
🧪 www.scientificamerican.com/article/meas...
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This is looking like a very good night for democracy and sanity. What a relief.
November 5, 2025 at 1:49 AM
This is looking like a very good night for democracy and sanity. What a relief.
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BREAKING: Pennsylvania voters approve to retain three state Supreme Court justices, NBC News projects, preserving Democrats’ 5-2 majority on the state’s high court.
Pennsylvania voters retain three state Supreme Court justices, preserving Democrats' 5-2 majority
NBC News projects the incumbents survived an up-or-down vote to keep their seats on the battleground state’s high court.
nbcnews.to
November 5, 2025 at 1:42 AM
BREAKING: Pennsylvania voters approve to retain three state Supreme Court justices, NBC News projects, preserving Democrats’ 5-2 majority on the state’s high court.
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Authoritarians don't give good reasons and facts, they'd rather not be questioned at all. They'd rather "because I said so" is the end of the conversation. They're "cognitively irresponsible" and unaccountable.
November 4, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Authoritarians don't give good reasons and facts, they'd rather not be questioned at all. They'd rather "because I said so" is the end of the conversation. They're "cognitively irresponsible" and unaccountable.
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I fail to see the problem here.
Mike Johnson: "Imagine a scenario where they were in charge and they didn't have the filibuster. We would have nationalized elections, they would infringe on our 2A rights, they'd pack the Supreme Court, and they'd make Puerto Rico and DC states."
November 4, 2025 at 7:56 PM
I fail to see the problem here.
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If you thought Trump was Marie Antoinette saying to the hungry "let them eat cake" or a partying Gatsby-era rich guy indifferent to the hungry, it's worse than that. He's now openly defying a court order, refusing to release SNAP benefits to stick it to Dems...more than willing to let people starve.
November 4, 2025 at 8:07 PM
If you thought Trump was Marie Antoinette saying to the hungry "let them eat cake" or a partying Gatsby-era rich guy indifferent to the hungry, it's worse than that. He's now openly defying a court order, refusing to release SNAP benefits to stick it to Dems...more than willing to let people starve.
Any day now...since 2016.
Rep. Jeff Van Drew on Republicans' healthcare plan: "The plan is to come up with something better."
November 2, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Any day now...since 2016.
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what fucking lines
The nation’s largest police fleet of Tesla Cybertrucks is set to begin patrolling the streets of Las Vegas in November thanks to a donation from a U.S. tech billionaire, raising concerns about the blurring of lines between public and private interests.
Nation's largest fleet of police Cybertrucks to patrol Las Vegas
The nation’s largest police fleet of Tesla Cybertrucks is set to begin patrolling the streets of Las Vegas in November.
bit.ly
November 2, 2025 at 1:44 PM
what fucking lines
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This was $8.99 last year.
November 1, 2025 at 4:12 PM
This was $8.99 last year.
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1: I'm not sure if JD Vance is someone who should gauge what is 'normal'.
And, 2: F*ck that Nazi racist pos.
And, 2: F*ck that Nazi racist pos.
October 31, 2025 at 10:22 PM
1: I'm not sure if JD Vance is someone who should gauge what is 'normal'.
And, 2: F*ck that Nazi racist pos.
And, 2: F*ck that Nazi racist pos.
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15 million Americans are going to lose their health care.
October 31, 2025 at 10:04 PM
15 million Americans are going to lose their health care.
Celebrating the great Joseph Turow: the latest issue of Advertising & Society Quarterly includes an conversation between him and Susan Smulyan, and excerpts from Joe's retirement presentation and Sarah Banet-Weiser's praise for him at the Annenberg School at UPenn. muse.jhu.edu/pub/21/artic...
Project MUSE - Audience Construction, Institutional Power, and the Hidden Curriculum: A Celebration of the Work of Joseph Turow
muse.jhu.edu
October 31, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Celebrating the great Joseph Turow: the latest issue of Advertising & Society Quarterly includes an conversation between him and Susan Smulyan, and excerpts from Joe's retirement presentation and Sarah Banet-Weiser's praise for him at the Annenberg School at UPenn. muse.jhu.edu/pub/21/artic...
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Rep. Rosa DeLauro: "On the food stamp issue, the money is there! Let them not get away with saying they can't do it. Their political will isn't there to feed the people who rely on the SNAP program which is the most effective anti-hunger program in the USA."
October 28, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Rep. Rosa DeLauro: "On the food stamp issue, the money is there! Let them not get away with saying they can't do it. Their political will isn't there to feed the people who rely on the SNAP program which is the most effective anti-hunger program in the USA."
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"Not only is Donald Trump not here, not negotiating, Mike Johnson has now shut down the House for 39 consecutive days. There's no one to negotiate with. Across town, Trump is building a $300 million ballroom while he is set to let Americans starve."
-- @repstansbury.bsky.social
-- @repstansbury.bsky.social
October 28, 2025 at 6:19 PM
"Not only is Donald Trump not here, not negotiating, Mike Johnson has now shut down the House for 39 consecutive days. There's no one to negotiate with. Across town, Trump is building a $300 million ballroom while he is set to let Americans starve."
-- @repstansbury.bsky.social
-- @repstansbury.bsky.social
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That VP ended up being the voice of reason who told Mike Pence “of course you can’t steal the election for Trump.”
October 28, 2025 at 4:02 PM
That VP ended up being the voice of reason who told Mike Pence “of course you can’t steal the election for Trump.”
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This petulant moron destroyed part of the White House last week, all because he was mad we protested against him.
Now he refuses to speak to our neighbour bc they called him out. (Remember he was a democrat when Reagan was in ofc)
He is a danger to us all. So is his court of maniacal jesters.
Now he refuses to speak to our neighbour bc they called him out. (Remember he was a democrat when Reagan was in ofc)
He is a danger to us all. So is his court of maniacal jesters.
October 27, 2025 at 1:07 PM
This petulant moron destroyed part of the White House last week, all because he was mad we protested against him.
Now he refuses to speak to our neighbour bc they called him out. (Remember he was a democrat when Reagan was in ofc)
He is a danger to us all. So is his court of maniacal jesters.
Now he refuses to speak to our neighbour bc they called him out. (Remember he was a democrat when Reagan was in ofc)
He is a danger to us all. So is his court of maniacal jesters.
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You still want to believe the political fuel that powers the American collapse into authoritarianism isn't the deep, abiding resentment of white men who pine for an America that sees and services only them? Gaze upon Leni Riefenstahl's recent work for Donald Trump's U.S. Department of Labor.
I made an image of all the art posted by US DOL on X since approximately Labor Day
October 26, 2025 at 12:49 PM
You still want to believe the political fuel that powers the American collapse into authoritarianism isn't the deep, abiding resentment of white men who pine for an America that sees and services only them? Gaze upon Leni Riefenstahl's recent work for Donald Trump's U.S. Department of Labor.
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I have one slight disagreement with this post.
There is at least one story bigger than that of a president instigating a plot to end U.S. democracy.
And that is the story that a president is instigating his *second* plot to end U.S. democracy.
There is at least one story bigger than that of a president instigating a plot to end U.S. democracy.
And that is the story that a president is instigating his *second* plot to end U.S. democracy.
October 24, 2025 at 2:05 PM
I have one slight disagreement with this post.
There is at least one story bigger than that of a president instigating a plot to end U.S. democracy.
And that is the story that a president is instigating his *second* plot to end U.S. democracy.
There is at least one story bigger than that of a president instigating a plot to end U.S. democracy.
And that is the story that a president is instigating his *second* plot to end U.S. democracy.
Two stories in my Facebook feed just now. Let Them Eat Ballroom.
October 24, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Two stories in my Facebook feed just now. Let Them Eat Ballroom.
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New York Attorney General Letitia James (D) Friday pleaded not guilty to bank fraud and false statements charges brought by the Department of Justice amid President Donald Trump’s public push to get retribution on his perceived foes. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
NY AG Letitia James Pleads Not Guilty in Trump-Initiated Political Prosecution
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
October 24, 2025 at 8:08 PM
New York Attorney General Letitia James (D) Friday pleaded not guilty to bank fraud and false statements charges brought by the Department of Justice amid President Donald Trump’s public push to get retribution on his perceived foes. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Great job, Jiayun!
Congratulations to PhD student Jiayun Ye who passed her Qualifying Exam this week! With advisor @matthewpmcallister.bsky.social and committee members Stephanie Madden and Sara Liao.
October 23, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Great job, Jiayun!
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As of this month, the screens in NYC's yellow taxis are now playing national news from Newsmax—the ultra-conservative media outlet known for pushing baseless election fraud claims.
Taxi TV Is MAGA Now
New York City taxi riders are now served conservative news segments during their trips.
hellgatenyc.com
October 21, 2025 at 2:36 PM
As of this month, the screens in NYC's yellow taxis are now playing national news from Newsmax—the ultra-conservative media outlet known for pushing baseless election fraud claims.