Matthew OBrien
@thatmattobrien.bsky.social
Conservatarian, OG NeverTrump, this ship won’t change course on its own. We have to put the effort in.
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Good morning, lawgeeks. We have SCOTUS decisions at 10.
We don't know how many or which, but some important cases still pending: age verification on the internet, redistricting, ACA preventive care coverage, and parental/religious rights to avoid LGBT in public schools.
We don't know how many or which, but some important cases still pending: age verification on the internet, redistricting, ACA preventive care coverage, and parental/religious rights to avoid LGBT in public schools.
June 26, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Good morning, lawgeeks. We have SCOTUS decisions at 10.
We don't know how many or which, but some important cases still pending: age verification on the internet, redistricting, ACA preventive care coverage, and parental/religious rights to avoid LGBT in public schools.
We don't know how many or which, but some important cases still pending: age verification on the internet, redistricting, ACA preventive care coverage, and parental/religious rights to avoid LGBT in public schools.
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People can say what they want. The quality of my interactions is much higher on BlueSky than on X. And I typically don't go to bed feeling angered or sickened by the people I've interacted with that day.
June 13, 2025 at 8:35 PM
People can say what they want. The quality of my interactions is much higher on BlueSky than on X. And I typically don't go to bed feeling angered or sickened by the people I've interacted with that day.
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Looking forward to co-hosting the #ReaganCaucus podcast with Thomas Howes!
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Please subscribe to the YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/@ReaganCaucu...
May 6, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Looking forward to co-hosting the #ReaganCaucus podcast with Thomas Howes!
Please subscribe to the YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/@ReaganCaucu...
Please subscribe to the YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/@ReaganCaucu...
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"we shouldn't make immigration salient"
To everyone that said Democrats like Van Hollen were making a political mistake in defending due process, you were wrong, and we shouldn’t even need a poll to tell us that.
April 23, 2025 at 3:13 PM
"we shouldn't make immigration salient"
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Jesus tapdancing christ.
Remember when people tried to claim that Russiagate was a nothingburger?
Ah, well, nevertheless...
Remember when people tried to claim that Russiagate was a nothingburger?
Ah, well, nevertheless...
DOGE forced their way into National Labor Relations Board's computer systems. A heroic employee saved logs of their activities. Including a login attempt from Russia.
April 15, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Jesus tapdancing christ.
Remember when people tried to claim that Russiagate was a nothingburger?
Ah, well, nevertheless...
Remember when people tried to claim that Russiagate was a nothingburger?
Ah, well, nevertheless...
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a thing of beauty
New from me.
The hardest thing about writing this bit of satire was trying to come with a policy so absurd that even Trump would never suggest it.
I *think* I found one.
radleybalko.substack.com/p/trumps-mod...
The hardest thing about writing this bit of satire was trying to come with a policy so absurd that even Trump would never suggest it.
I *think* I found one.
radleybalko.substack.com/p/trumps-mod...
Trump's modest proposal
Republicans scramble to defend a humiliating new executive order
radleybalko.substack.com
April 10, 2025 at 6:45 PM
a thing of beauty
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Leavitt confirmed that the WH is working on deporting US citizens to El Salvador
April 8, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Leavitt confirmed that the WH is working on deporting US citizens to El Salvador
If I was China and I had instincts to take Taiwan, I might move Monday.
(Note: I do not believe China will try to invade Taiwan anytime soon.)
(Note: I do not believe China will try to invade Taiwan anytime soon.)
April 6, 2025 at 11:51 AM
If I was China and I had instincts to take Taiwan, I might move Monday.
(Note: I do not believe China will try to invade Taiwan anytime soon.)
(Note: I do not believe China will try to invade Taiwan anytime soon.)
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Nobody knew how bad this would be, except for the many people whose warnings I dismissed, but they don’t count.
Actually a good distillation of the mindset. Having already unpersoned everyone who understood what was happening, there’s no need to reconsider the belief in one’s inherent superiority.
Actually a good distillation of the mindset. Having already unpersoned everyone who understood what was happening, there’s no need to reconsider the belief in one’s inherent superiority.
April 4, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Nobody knew how bad this would be, except for the many people whose warnings I dismissed, but they don’t count.
Actually a good distillation of the mindset. Having already unpersoned everyone who understood what was happening, there’s no need to reconsider the belief in one’s inherent superiority.
Actually a good distillation of the mindset. Having already unpersoned everyone who understood what was happening, there’s no need to reconsider the belief in one’s inherent superiority.
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🚨 RED ALERT FOR DEMOCRACY!
ICE abductions are expanding to legal residents who are just exercising their right to free speech
If they'll come after the First Amendment, what WON'T they attack?
WATCH AND SHAREp
Exercise free speech while you still can.
#4The1st vid by @elevenfilms.bsky.social
ICE abductions are expanding to legal residents who are just exercising their right to free speech
If they'll come after the First Amendment, what WON'T they attack?
WATCH AND SHAREp
Exercise free speech while you still can.
#4The1st vid by @elevenfilms.bsky.social
April 1, 2025 at 5:57 PM
🚨 RED ALERT FOR DEMOCRACY!
ICE abductions are expanding to legal residents who are just exercising their right to free speech
If they'll come after the First Amendment, what WON'T they attack?
WATCH AND SHAREp
Exercise free speech while you still can.
#4The1st vid by @elevenfilms.bsky.social
ICE abductions are expanding to legal residents who are just exercising their right to free speech
If they'll come after the First Amendment, what WON'T they attack?
WATCH AND SHAREp
Exercise free speech while you still can.
#4The1st vid by @elevenfilms.bsky.social
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WOW: @miamiherald.com reveals that a person imprisoned in El Salvador had LEGAL REFUGEE STATUS.
He entered the USA legally in January and was detained because of his tattoos, EVEN THOUGH he had previously passed a full background check.
Without warning, he was sent to El Salvador on March 15.
He entered the USA legally in January and was detained because of his tattoos, EVEN THOUGH he had previously passed a full background check.
Without warning, he was sent to El Salvador on March 15.
March 25, 2025 at 8:29 PM
WOW: @miamiherald.com reveals that a person imprisoned in El Salvador had LEGAL REFUGEE STATUS.
He entered the USA legally in January and was detained because of his tattoos, EVEN THOUGH he had previously passed a full background check.
Without warning, he was sent to El Salvador on March 15.
He entered the USA legally in January and was detained because of his tattoos, EVEN THOUGH he had previously passed a full background check.
Without warning, he was sent to El Salvador on March 15.
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No fucking shit.
“Trump intentionally hired amateurs for top jobs. This is their most dramatic blunder”
www.cnn.com/2025/03/24/p...
www.cnn.com/2025/03/24/p...
Analysis: Trump intentionally hired amateurs for top jobs. This is their most dramatic blunder | CNN Politics
I was already writing an edition of the “What Matters” newsletter Monday about how President Donald Trump’s choice of businessmen and political allies to shake up and downsize government work has also...
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March 24, 2025 at 9:05 PM
No fucking shit.
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And the burrito taxis were a reasonable price!
March 23, 2025 at 9:00 PM
And the burrito taxis were a reasonable price!
This is evidence of the absolute viciousness of the right these days, and of the badly broken system.
Blood will be spilled if this doesn’t get brought under control.
Blood will be spilled if this doesn’t get brought under control.
Rodney Taylor is a beloved Georgia barber who came to the United States from Liberia with his mother when he was only two years old. He applied for citizenship but was denied. But this year, ICE arrested him, locked him up, and has scheduled him to be deported to a faraway country he's never known.
Recently engaged, beloved barber arrested by ICE | How his immigration story is questioning the system
Rodney Taylor, a Georgia barber, has been pursuing permanent residency for years. Now, he faces deportation to Liberia despite being in the U.S. since childhood.
www.11alive.com
March 23, 2025 at 12:42 PM
This is evidence of the absolute viciousness of the right these days, and of the badly broken system.
Blood will be spilled if this doesn’t get brought under control.
Blood will be spilled if this doesn’t get brought under control.
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Rodney Taylor is a beloved Georgia barber who came to the United States from Liberia with his mother when he was only two years old. He applied for citizenship but was denied. But this year, ICE arrested him, locked him up, and has scheduled him to be deported to a faraway country he's never known.
Recently engaged, beloved barber arrested by ICE | How his immigration story is questioning the system
Rodney Taylor, a Georgia barber, has been pursuing permanent residency for years. Now, he faces deportation to Liberia despite being in the U.S. since childhood.
www.11alive.com
March 23, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Rodney Taylor is a beloved Georgia barber who came to the United States from Liberia with his mother when he was only two years old. He applied for citizenship but was denied. But this year, ICE arrested him, locked him up, and has scheduled him to be deported to a faraway country he's never known.
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I didn't think we'd be universally considered the baddies this quickly, but Trump did it.
March 22, 2025 at 6:36 PM
I didn't think we'd be universally considered the baddies this quickly, but Trump did it.
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Warnock: They are busy attacking ordinary people. They don’t understand what it’s like to ration your prescription drugs or what it’s like to try to figure out how to afford groceries. In the words of that prophet who just spoke at The Super Bowl: They not like us
March 22, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Warnock: They are busy attacking ordinary people. They don’t understand what it’s like to ration your prescription drugs or what it’s like to try to figure out how to afford groceries. In the words of that prophet who just spoke at The Super Bowl: They not like us
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I can’t compete with this
March 22, 2025 at 5:29 PM
I can’t compete with this
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#AT40 Me and my big brother Jim (RIP) in 1974. I idolized him. Navy vet and local cop.
I think I weighed about as much as one of his arms.
I think I weighed about as much as one of his arms.
March 22, 2025 at 4:45 PM
#AT40 Me and my big brother Jim (RIP) in 1974. I idolized him. Navy vet and local cop.
I think I weighed about as much as one of his arms.
I think I weighed about as much as one of his arms.
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NEW: President Trump's pledge to deport millions of immigrants has pulled thousands of federal agents and investigators away from investigating drug trafficking, sexual abuse and many other types of crimes.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tho...
www.reuters.com/world/us/tho...
March 22, 2025 at 11:22 AM
NEW: President Trump's pledge to deport millions of immigrants has pulled thousands of federal agents and investigators away from investigating drug trafficking, sexual abuse and many other types of crimes.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tho...
www.reuters.com/world/us/tho...
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DOJ: Everyone on the third plane had a final removal order
Boasberg (clearly disbelieving): "...Venezuelans were being deported to El Salvador?"
Boasberg (clearly disbelieving): "...Venezuelans were being deported to El Salvador?"
March 21, 2025 at 7:43 PM
DOJ: Everyone on the third plane had a final removal order
Boasberg (clearly disbelieving): "...Venezuelans were being deported to El Salvador?"
Boasberg (clearly disbelieving): "...Venezuelans were being deported to El Salvador?"
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NEW: The Kremlin is weaponizing ongoing ceasefire negotiations and deliberately misrepresenting the status and terms of a future ceasefire agreement in order to delay and undermine negotiations for a settlement to the war. (1/3)
Latest on Ukraine: isw.pub/UkrWar032125
Latest on Ukraine: isw.pub/UkrWar032125
March 22, 2025 at 1:05 AM
NEW: The Kremlin is weaponizing ongoing ceasefire negotiations and deliberately misrepresenting the status and terms of a future ceasefire agreement in order to delay and undermine negotiations for a settlement to the war. (1/3)
Latest on Ukraine: isw.pub/UkrWar032125
Latest on Ukraine: isw.pub/UkrWar032125
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Putin's attempt to confuse and manipulate the temporary strikes ceasefire and blame Ukraine for violations even before the agreement has come into effect is an indicator of how Putin will likely exploit any future agreements. isw.pub/UkrWar031925
March 20, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Putin's attempt to confuse and manipulate the temporary strikes ceasefire and blame Ukraine for violations even before the agreement has come into effect is an indicator of how Putin will likely exploit any future agreements. isw.pub/UkrWar031925
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the death cult that controls the federal government is coming for everyone
Exclusive: NIH officials have advised scientists to remove reference to mRNA vaccines from their grant applications, in expectation the Trump administration intends to abandon most research in the field.
By @arthurallen202.bsky.social
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By @arthurallen202.bsky.social
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Scientists Say NIH Officials Told Them To Scrub mRNA References on Grants - KFF Health News
Two senior scientists say National Institutes of Health officials advised them to remove references to mRNA vaccines in grant applications, and they fear the Trump administration will abandon a promis...
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March 17, 2025 at 1:35 AM
the death cult that controls the federal government is coming for everyone