Matthew Ryan
@matthewryan208.bsky.social
I'm just here for the Schadenfreude. Don't tell me to leave; I did that in 2022.
On reflection, maybe the rest of America screaming at New Yorkers about 9/11 and thinly veiled appeals to xenophobia to a city that's 60%+ non-white on the eve of its mayoral election wasn't the most persuasive argument...
November 5, 2025 at 3:36 PM
On reflection, maybe the rest of America screaming at New Yorkers about 9/11 and thinly veiled appeals to xenophobia to a city that's 60%+ non-white on the eve of its mayoral election wasn't the most persuasive argument...
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JD Vance can dismiss the Young Republicans as a college group chat.
But let's be clear: the group chat includes a State Senator, a Trump Admin official, and multiple Republican staffers — and some of the worst comments came from folks associated with Mike Johnson, Elise Stefanik, and Mike Lawler.
But let's be clear: the group chat includes a State Senator, a Trump Admin official, and multiple Republican staffers — and some of the worst comments came from folks associated with Mike Johnson, Elise Stefanik, and Mike Lawler.
October 15, 2025 at 2:45 AM
JD Vance can dismiss the Young Republicans as a college group chat.
But let's be clear: the group chat includes a State Senator, a Trump Admin official, and multiple Republican staffers — and some of the worst comments came from folks associated with Mike Johnson, Elise Stefanik, and Mike Lawler.
But let's be clear: the group chat includes a State Senator, a Trump Admin official, and multiple Republican staffers — and some of the worst comments came from folks associated with Mike Johnson, Elise Stefanik, and Mike Lawler.
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Trump did promise to run the government like one of his businesses, so it shouldn't surprise anyone that it shut down again
October 1, 2025 at 4:07 AM
Trump did promise to run the government like one of his businesses, so it shouldn't surprise anyone that it shut down again
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If you live in these states, your ACA premiums are about to jump:
SD - Up 235% LA - Up 150% WV - Up 387% WY - Up 382% TN - Up 320% MS - Up 314% AK - Up 346%
Republicans are fighting to make sure this happens to their own constituents.
SD - Up 235% LA - Up 150% WV - Up 387% WY - Up 382% TN - Up 320% MS - Up 314% AK - Up 346%
Republicans are fighting to make sure this happens to their own constituents.
September 30, 2025 at 10:34 PM
If you live in these states, your ACA premiums are about to jump:
SD - Up 235% LA - Up 150% WV - Up 387% WY - Up 382% TN - Up 320% MS - Up 314% AK - Up 346%
Republicans are fighting to make sure this happens to their own constituents.
SD - Up 235% LA - Up 150% WV - Up 387% WY - Up 382% TN - Up 320% MS - Up 314% AK - Up 346%
Republicans are fighting to make sure this happens to their own constituents.
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🚨🚨🚨 I'm going to post this video every day so we never forget what the 34x convicted felon & adjudicated rapist Trump did. 🚨🚨🚨
May 21, 2025 at 11:42 AM
🚨🚨🚨 I'm going to post this video every day so we never forget what the 34x convicted felon & adjudicated rapist Trump did. 🚨🚨🚨
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Shocked but not surprised to learn how many ~titans of industry~ who probably think of themselves as brave ballsy businessmen are actually cowardly pieces of shit when it counts.
September 18, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Shocked but not surprised to learn how many ~titans of industry~ who probably think of themselves as brave ballsy businessmen are actually cowardly pieces of shit when it counts.
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smart play would’ve been
let Nexstar affiliates drop JKL
alienate their customers
then play hero
offer free streaming ABC access
to affected viewers
as a 1st Amendment gesture
while they negotiated
& let things cool off.
Instead
Disney looks like enemy of free speech
& nobody’s talking abt Nexstar.
let Nexstar affiliates drop JKL
alienate their customers
then play hero
offer free streaming ABC access
to affected viewers
as a 1st Amendment gesture
while they negotiated
& let things cool off.
Instead
Disney looks like enemy of free speech
& nobody’s talking abt Nexstar.
September 18, 2025 at 5:05 AM
smart play would’ve been
let Nexstar affiliates drop JKL
alienate their customers
then play hero
offer free streaming ABC access
to affected viewers
as a 1st Amendment gesture
while they negotiated
& let things cool off.
Instead
Disney looks like enemy of free speech
& nobody’s talking abt Nexstar.
let Nexstar affiliates drop JKL
alienate their customers
then play hero
offer free streaming ABC access
to affected viewers
as a 1st Amendment gesture
while they negotiated
& let things cool off.
Instead
Disney looks like enemy of free speech
& nobody’s talking abt Nexstar.
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Another horrific series of press rights abuses tonight at hands of LAPD.
Initial reports are 4 journalists injured (several bleeding), 3 cameras broken, 5 put in zip ties.
All in defiance of state law, a judge's order, and chief's signed order.
LAPD can't police itself. Maybe the judge will.
Initial reports are 4 journalists injured (several bleeding), 3 cameras broken, 5 put in zip ties.
All in defiance of state law, a judge's order, and chief's signed order.
LAPD can't police itself. Maybe the judge will.
August 9, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Another horrific series of press rights abuses tonight at hands of LAPD.
Initial reports are 4 journalists injured (several bleeding), 3 cameras broken, 5 put in zip ties.
All in defiance of state law, a judge's order, and chief's signed order.
LAPD can't police itself. Maybe the judge will.
Initial reports are 4 journalists injured (several bleeding), 3 cameras broken, 5 put in zip ties.
All in defiance of state law, a judge's order, and chief's signed order.
LAPD can't police itself. Maybe the judge will.
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Listen to people when they tell you this — the United States Government under Trump isn’t “becoming fascist, authoritarian and corrupt.” It’s already those things. The Trump Government is fascist, authoritarian and corrupt. The fact that it’s going to keep getting worse doesn’t mean that isn’t true.
August 6, 2025 at 6:35 AM
Listen to people when they tell you this — the United States Government under Trump isn’t “becoming fascist, authoritarian and corrupt.” It’s already those things. The Trump Government is fascist, authoritarian and corrupt. The fact that it’s going to keep getting worse doesn’t mean that isn’t true.
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When I suggested Democrats hold daily press conferences to share stories of Republican pedophiles, I meant they could bring up all the old stories.
I didn’t think that we’d get new stories about a GOP pedophile every day, but whatever works I guess
I didn’t think that we’d get new stories about a GOP pedophile every day, but whatever works I guess
Police arrested a Florida Republican city commissioner for soliciting a 13-year-old girl and two counts of solicitation of transmission of child pornography by electronic device or equipment. www.yahoo.com/news/article...
City Commissioner arrested after alleged inappropriate relationship with teen girl
Fort Pierce City Commissioner James Taylor arrested; 'nobody is above the law'
www.yahoo.com
July 27, 2025 at 12:20 AM
When I suggested Democrats hold daily press conferences to share stories of Republican pedophiles, I meant they could bring up all the old stories.
I didn’t think that we’d get new stories about a GOP pedophile every day, but whatever works I guess
I didn’t think that we’d get new stories about a GOP pedophile every day, but whatever works I guess
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Agree this is shocking, but I find it historically unsurprising. While American democracy had deeper roots and more guardrails than Germany in 1933, the U.S. has been subject to destructive capitalist forces in recent years which have left the Republic only lightly defended. 🧵
We are seven months in, and the speed with which vital civic institutions are capitulating to authoritarian demands we once would have regarded as inconceivable in an established liberal democracy is jawdropping. I hadn't thought I was polyannaish about America, but it's really stunning.
July 26, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Agree this is shocking, but I find it historically unsurprising. While American democracy had deeper roots and more guardrails than Germany in 1933, the U.S. has been subject to destructive capitalist forces in recent years which have left the Republic only lightly defended. 🧵
I wonder if Greg Abbott and the TXGOP is adequately accounting for this little shift in their little redistricting plan…
July 23, 2025 at 7:21 PM
I wonder if Greg Abbott and the TXGOP is adequately accounting for this little shift in their little redistricting plan…
The next Democratic president needs to leverage this new precedent to cut the Pentagon budget in half, eliminate ICE, and take a very skeptical look at farm subsidies.
Budget agreements won’t matter, funding obligations won’t matter, expended funds on the basis of promised reimbursement won’t matter.
You really don’t get the impression the GOP is thinking through what this means for the second they’re not in control.
You really don’t get the impression the GOP is thinking through what this means for the second they’re not in control.
“We don’t have an appropriations process. It’s broken. It’s been broken for a while,” said Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., who sits on the Senate Appropriations Committee.
He predicted that there will be CRs and rescission packages for the next four years.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
He predicted that there will be CRs and rescission packages for the next four years.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
July 22, 2025 at 11:07 AM
The next Democratic president needs to leverage this new precedent to cut the Pentagon budget in half, eliminate ICE, and take a very skeptical look at farm subsidies.
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Autocratic populism produces poverty and decline
💥Viktor Orbán’s demographic strategy is a disaster. Over the past decade, 37.8% of Hungary’s population decline was due to emigration to other EU countries. Hungary is losing the competition to retain its own citizens while birth rates tank. Read Direkt36's in-depth article on @vsquare.bsky.social👇
Inside Viktor Orbán’s Failure to Achieve His Demographic Goal - VSquare.org
The Prime Minister has long said that he would like to grow the population of Hungary without bringing in immigrants. Recently, births have fallen, but the number of people leaving the country has als...
vsquare.org
July 21, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Autocratic populism produces poverty and decline
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I predict that a few of us will be making the “financial decision” to learn everything we can about the business interests of CBS, Paramount and Skydance in order to do everything we can to make sure that not a single dollar of ours goes to them ever again.
Integrity matters.
#StephenColbert.
Integrity matters.
#StephenColbert.
July 19, 2025 at 3:05 AM
I predict that a few of us will be making the “financial decision” to learn everything we can about the business interests of CBS, Paramount and Skydance in order to do everything we can to make sure that not a single dollar of ours goes to them ever again.
Integrity matters.
#StephenColbert.
Integrity matters.
#StephenColbert.
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“When I win, I will immediately bring prices down, starting on Day One.” abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory...
Beef prices have soared in the US
Anyone firing up the grill this summer already knows hamburgers and steaks are expensive, but the latest numbers show prices have climbed to record highs
abcnews.go.com
July 18, 2025 at 8:31 PM
“When I win, I will immediately bring prices down, starting on Day One.” abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory...
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There’s a nonzero chance you will die from a cancer that could have been curable because people who couldn’t pass 7th grade biology and are scared of things like “mRNA” and “riboflavin” and “walkable cities” decided to make their ignorance everybody else’s problem
Over 120 mRNA cancer trials are now at risk as the Trump admin cuts funding & tells researchers to scrub “mRNA” from grant proposals.
What started as COVID fearmongering is now derailing life-saving cancer research.
Hope remains - but scientists say time is running out.
zurl.co/YBGNy
What started as COVID fearmongering is now derailing life-saving cancer research.
Hope remains - but scientists say time is running out.
zurl.co/YBGNy
‘Tremendous uncertainty’ for cancer research as US officials target mRNA vaccines
Amid Trump cuts and state-level backlash, experts worry that progress in messenger RNA vaccines could stall
zurl.co
July 14, 2025 at 11:08 PM
There’s a nonzero chance you will die from a cancer that could have been curable because people who couldn’t pass 7th grade biology and are scared of things like “mRNA” and “riboflavin” and “walkable cities” decided to make their ignorance everybody else’s problem
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Not “liberal states,” New York Times. Pro-democracy states.
July 10, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Not “liberal states,” New York Times. Pro-democracy states.
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Incredible stories of individual valor in Texas.
But it sadly reminds of one of my Army commanders' cautions: when personal valor is called for to save the day, we as leaders and planners have failed.
But it sadly reminds of one of my Army commanders' cautions: when personal valor is called for to save the day, we as leaders and planners have failed.
July 10, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Incredible stories of individual valor in Texas.
But it sadly reminds of one of my Army commanders' cautions: when personal valor is called for to save the day, we as leaders and planners have failed.
But it sadly reminds of one of my Army commanders' cautions: when personal valor is called for to save the day, we as leaders and planners have failed.
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Instead of “Alligator Alcatraz” or “Alligator Auschwitz”, let me suggest that we call it simply the Dade-Collier Concentration Camp.
Hang the name on Florida. Make them own this disgraceful moment in U.S. history. Make our grandchildren lobby to change the name of Dade County out of shame.
Hang the name on Florida. Make them own this disgraceful moment in U.S. history. Make our grandchildren lobby to change the name of Dade County out of shame.
July 9, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Instead of “Alligator Alcatraz” or “Alligator Auschwitz”, let me suggest that we call it simply the Dade-Collier Concentration Camp.
Hang the name on Florida. Make them own this disgraceful moment in U.S. history. Make our grandchildren lobby to change the name of Dade County out of shame.
Hang the name on Florida. Make them own this disgraceful moment in U.S. history. Make our grandchildren lobby to change the name of Dade County out of shame.
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If Mamdani had checked just Asian or say, Asian and white (bear with me) NYT would never have run that story.
The only reason they ran that story is because of the cultural belief that being Black gives you leg up in society despite research that says that isn't true.
The only reason they ran that story is because of the cultural belief that being Black gives you leg up in society despite research that says that isn't true.
July 4, 2025 at 11:54 PM
If Mamdani had checked just Asian or say, Asian and white (bear with me) NYT would never have run that story.
The only reason they ran that story is because of the cultural belief that being Black gives you leg up in society despite research that says that isn't true.
The only reason they ran that story is because of the cultural belief that being Black gives you leg up in society despite research that says that isn't true.