Matt
@yungskywalker.bsky.social
geek, gear head, gamer
just genuinely opinionated guy being a dude. go UConn Huskies
just genuinely opinionated guy being a dude. go UConn Huskies
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the president is excusing right wing mass shooters
EARHARDT: We have radicals on the right as well. How do we fix this country?
TRUMP: I'll tell you something that's gonna get me in trouble but I couldn't care less. The radicals on the right oftentimes are radical because they don't want to see crime. The radicals on the left are the problem.
TRUMP: I'll tell you something that's gonna get me in trouble but I couldn't care less. The radicals on the right oftentimes are radical because they don't want to see crime. The radicals on the left are the problem.
September 12, 2025 at 1:22 PM
the president is excusing right wing mass shooters
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The weaponisation of food distribution by the genocidal Israeli army must NOT pass! www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
One dead and 48 injured after Israeli soldiers open fire at Gaza food point
Witnesses tell of bursts of gunfire and helicopter flares after Israel-backed logistics group lost control of Gaza site
www.theguardian.com
May 28, 2025 at 4:12 PM
The weaponisation of food distribution by the genocidal Israeli army must NOT pass! www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
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Every progressive, pro-Palestine elected Dem in my feed is (rightly) condemning the murder of two Israeli staffers in DC.
Funny how there’s rarely any reciprocity from their rightwing counterparts when there are hate crimes & murders against Palestinians, Arabs, & Muslims.
Funny how there’s rarely any reciprocity from their rightwing counterparts when there are hate crimes & murders against Palestinians, Arabs, & Muslims.
May 22, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Every progressive, pro-Palestine elected Dem in my feed is (rightly) condemning the murder of two Israeli staffers in DC.
Funny how there’s rarely any reciprocity from their rightwing counterparts when there are hate crimes & murders against Palestinians, Arabs, & Muslims.
Funny how there’s rarely any reciprocity from their rightwing counterparts when there are hate crimes & murders against Palestinians, Arabs, & Muslims.
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TANK vs TESLA
"We've crushed fascism before and we'll crush it again"
- WW2 veteran Ken, 98, in the tank
"We've crushed fascism before and we'll crush it again"
- WW2 veteran Ken, 98, in the tank
May 7, 2025 at 4:46 PM
TANK vs TESLA
"We've crushed fascism before and we'll crush it again"
- WW2 veteran Ken, 98, in the tank
"We've crushed fascism before and we'll crush it again"
- WW2 veteran Ken, 98, in the tank
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Half of Tesla’s value gone in three months! This is the first time a Tesla-related crash might actually save lives.
March 19, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Half of Tesla’s value gone in three months! This is the first time a Tesla-related crash might actually save lives.
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Great conversation between @raniaakhalek.bsky.social & @yanisvaroufakis.bsky.social.
"Trump has a team of economists around him that are quite smart, who're not dodos - they may be evil - but their quite smart."
Just because the Trump plan is brutal and vicious does not mean that there is no plan
"Trump has a team of economists around him that are quite smart, who're not dodos - they may be evil - but their quite smart."
Just because the Trump plan is brutal and vicious does not mean that there is no plan
Trump, Europe’s Collapse & Why Liberals Keep Losing, w/ Yanis Varoufakis
YouTube video by BreakThrough News
www.youtube.com
February 27, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Great conversation between @raniaakhalek.bsky.social & @yanisvaroufakis.bsky.social.
"Trump has a team of economists around him that are quite smart, who're not dodos - they may be evil - but their quite smart."
Just because the Trump plan is brutal and vicious does not mean that there is no plan
"Trump has a team of economists around him that are quite smart, who're not dodos - they may be evil - but their quite smart."
Just because the Trump plan is brutal and vicious does not mean that there is no plan
Damn, you gotta be another level of “human” sewage when even Ron DeSantis and FL Attorney General James Uthmeier want you to get the fuck out or rot in prison
Florida opens criminal investigation into Tate brothers
Florida opens criminal investigation into Tate brothers
Florida's attorney general has directed investigators to issue search warrants and court summonses.
www.bbc.com
March 5, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Damn, you gotta be another level of “human” sewage when even Ron DeSantis and FL Attorney General James Uthmeier want you to get the fuck out or rot in prison
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Dems look like they're bidding on fascism at a silent auction
March 5, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Dems look like they're bidding on fascism at a silent auction
Putin’s idea of peace is annexing the entirety of Ukraine along with several other sovereign nations in Eastern Europe
U.S. President Donald Trump has said he thinks his Russian counterpart, President Vladimir Putin, wants peace.
Medvedev makes Russia's plan clear: "Inflict maximum defeat"
www.newsweek.com
March 5, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Putin’s idea of peace is annexing the entirety of Ukraine along with several other sovereign nations in Eastern Europe
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I cannot think of anything more profoundly un-American than a president declaring himself a “king”
February 19, 2025 at 8:12 PM
I cannot think of anything more profoundly un-American than a president declaring himself a “king”
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🚨Holy shit.
Trump has just launched a scathing attack on Zelenskyy.
He’s actually called him a dictator.
There can be no doubt: the President of the United States is now a Kremlin asset.
Trump has just launched a scathing attack on Zelenskyy.
He’s actually called him a dictator.
There can be no doubt: the President of the United States is now a Kremlin asset.
February 19, 2025 at 4:03 PM
🚨Holy shit.
Trump has just launched a scathing attack on Zelenskyy.
He’s actually called him a dictator.
There can be no doubt: the President of the United States is now a Kremlin asset.
Trump has just launched a scathing attack on Zelenskyy.
He’s actually called him a dictator.
There can be no doubt: the President of the United States is now a Kremlin asset.
diaper don is such a creep. I struggle to even call it human
Put aside the nastiness of this post, & the way in he attacks Zelenskyy as a dictator but says not a word about his pal Putin, & just focus on the way it is written: would you hire this weird person to work for you? Would you trust this odd person to teach your kid in school?
February 19, 2025 at 4:48 PM
diaper don is such a creep. I struggle to even call it human
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“…you must be aware that it is not a
crime for anyone — whether WIRED journalists, X posters, or otherwise — to identify individuals openly conducting government work that is of the utmost public concern.”
crime for anyone — whether WIRED journalists, X posters, or otherwise — to identify individuals openly conducting government work that is of the utmost public concern.”
![February 4, 2025
Edward R. Martin, Jr.
U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia
Patrick Henry Building
601 D Street NW
Washington, D.C. 20530
Transmitted via email
Re: Threats to prosecute critics of DOGE
Dear Interim U.S. Attorney for D.C. Edward R. Martin, Jr.:
We write to raise serious concerns about your recent public statements threatening to prosecute those who
"target" or "impede" Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) within the Executive Office of the President. We request that you publicly commit to abide by the First Amendment, which your office is sworn to uphold and Musk himself claims to champion, in any DOGE-related investigations or prosecutions you may pursue.
On Monday, you tweeted a letter to Musk asking him to use the Office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia to protect DOGE staff and their work and directing him to refer "any questionable conduct or details that [Musk] find[s] or notice[s]" to your office.' In the letter, you assert that "actions in any way that impact [DOGE's] work may break numerous laws," and that you commit to the pursuit of
"all legal action against anyone who impedes [Musk's) work or threatens [Musk's] people." You also state that you will "protect DOGE and other workers no matter what," citing past protests in Washington, D.C., which you refer to as riots.
As you know, DOGE, or the United States DOGE Service as it is formally known, is a government entity established within the Executive Office of the President; by executive order, DOGE is supposed to access only "unclassified agency records." The day before your letter, WIRED reported about and named six young engineers working for DOGE — Akash Bobba, Edward Coristine, Luke Farritor, Gautier Cole Killian, Gavin Kliger, and Ethan Shaotran. The experience and qualifications of public employees is of significant public interest.
Following this news report, a user on X — the social media platform owned by Mr. Musk — made a post also naming th…](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:o4pdps2jkn7uhrdgadni7djk/bafkreibo4srxmqoq44eo4bp5wyc26moq2mvevrpvyul5eibwjeh6l6acia@jpeg)
![X has since suspended the account of the user who posted the names.
As an experienced attorney holding such an important public position, you must be aware that it is not a crime for anyone — whether WIRED journalists, X posters, or otherwise — to identify individuals openly conducting government work that is of the utmost public concern. The Supreme Court has repeatedly held that the First Amendment protects the right to publish newsworthy information that the publisher lawfully obtains, including names far more sensitive than those of government personnel.' Musk himself has publicly touted DOGE's engineers while citing "media reports" regarding them.
Nor is it a crime to harshly criticize government employees and officials, even if transparency and criticism "impede" their work? Moreover, while certain true threats are unprotected and may be criminally punished, they are limited to serious expression[s]' conveying that a speaker means to
'commit an act of unlawful violence."$ Hyperbolic speech, even using threatening language, is entitled to full First Amendment protection.'
You must also surely be aware that the First Amendment protects Americans' right to peaceably assemble, especially to protest government actions.' The First Amendment severely constrains the government's ability to limit protests in public forums, such as the public streets of Washington, D.C." The government also cannot ban or restrict future protests based on unlawful conduct alleged to have occurred at past protests. 2
Threatening to prosecute First Amendment speech and activity is not only at odds with the U.S.
Constitution, it is also entirely inconsistent with Musk's own stated principles and the right of the American people to know what the government is up to. Musk describes himself as a free speech absolutist and has proposed a massive declassification of government records, opining that all government records should be public by default. '3 Just three months ago, Musk publicly posted…](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:o4pdps2jkn7uhrdgadni7djk/bafkreigtzd6v5yrwc6ikbo6jmt77r4yc5oikqeop4g3a6qswpxbhjtzxuq@jpeg)
![government employees with whom he disagrees on X.' If it is Musk's intention for the U.S. Attorney's Office to censor the press and public from identifying and discussing those conducting DOGE's work on his behalf, that would be incredibly hypocritical.
It is also vital that the U.S. Attorney's Office maintain the highest ethical standards and avoid even the appearance of impropriety. Rule 3.1 of the Rules of Professional Conduct for the Washington, D.C. Bar, of which you are a member, states: "A lawyer shall not bring or defend a proceeding, or assert or controvert an issue therein, unless there is a basis in law and fact for doing so that is not frivolous."Is Under Rule 3.8, prosecutors are additionally prohibited from filing in court or maintaining a charge "that the prosecutor knows is not supported by probable cause."l6 The same rule provides that "[i]n exercising discretion to investigate or to prosecute," prosecutors shall not "improperly favor or invidiously discriminate against any person."17
Threatening to file frivolous charges against Americans and vaguely insinuating that wide swaths of constitutionally-protected speech and activity could invite criminal investigations and prosecutions may already violate these and other rules of professional conduct. Actually doing so almost certainly would.
Additionally, publicly offering the Office of the U.S. Attorney's services to Musk in the context of his asserting that protected expression is a criminal act is unbecoming of your public office and your duties as a public servant. Your oath is to the U.S. Constitution - including the First Amendment - not to President Donald Trump, Musk, or DOGE's desire to operate in secrecy and without criticism.
We request that you immediately (a) identify the specific "targeting" of DOGE staff your letter to Musk was referring to and what specific laws you contend it violated, (b) publicly commit to not investigate or prosecute journalists or others for reporting on or publish…](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:o4pdps2jkn7uhrdgadni7djk/bafkreihjaig2236xfdb6rhe5u5644xzvjc5p2lva7fkj6rc3z3sthfswbi@jpeg)
February 6, 2025 at 3:42 AM
“…you must be aware that it is not a
crime for anyone — whether WIRED journalists, X posters, or otherwise — to identify individuals openly conducting government work that is of the utmost public concern.”
crime for anyone — whether WIRED journalists, X posters, or otherwise — to identify individuals openly conducting government work that is of the utmost public concern.”
Tongue, meet #dementiadon ‘s asshole
TRUMP: Who was the healthiest patient you ever had?
RONNY JACKSON: Trump!
RONNY JACKSON: Trump!
February 6, 2025 at 4:47 AM
Tongue, meet #dementiadon ‘s asshole
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Siri, how many times can an 80-year-old be pushed down stairs by the wind and survive
February 6, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Siri, how many times can an 80-year-old be pushed down stairs by the wind and survive
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Is Trump ever going to get the “mentally unfit” treatment from the press that Biden got?
Trump praises Tommy Tuberville for doing a great job as Patrick Mahomes's college coach, despite the fact he never coached Mahomes
February 6, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Is Trump ever going to get the “mentally unfit” treatment from the press that Biden got?
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don’t know whether to laugh or cry
Arab Americans for Trump has changed its name to Arab Americans for Peace following Trump’s comments that the U.S. would “take over” the Gaza Strip
Pro-Trump Arab American group changes its name after the president's Gaza 'Riviera' comments
The group Arab Americans for Trump is renaming itself Arab Americans for Peace after President Donald Trump said the U.S. would “take over” the Gaza Strip.
apnews.com
February 6, 2025 at 3:10 AM
don’t know whether to laugh or cry
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A reminder that on this site folks may be aware that Trump got basically nothing new or substantive from Mexico or Canada but over on the other place, and out in parts of the real world, the GOP are successfully and ruthlessly spinning these as wins. They are messaging masters, Dems aren’t. Sorry 🤷🏽♂️
February 3, 2025 at 10:11 PM
A reminder that on this site folks may be aware that Trump got basically nothing new or substantive from Mexico or Canada but over on the other place, and out in parts of the real world, the GOP are successfully and ruthlessly spinning these as wins. They are messaging masters, Dems aren’t. Sorry 🤷🏽♂️
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they’re so stupid they’ll never figure out what tariffs are
February 2, 2025 at 12:07 AM
they’re so stupid they’ll never figure out what tariffs are
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Strongman Trump recoils in fear and anger whenever he's threatened with accountability.
open.substack.com/pub/aaronrup...
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DCA crash puts Trump's appalling unfitness on full display
When crisis hits, he makes it worse.
open.substack.com
January 31, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Strongman Trump recoils in fear and anger whenever he's threatened with accountability.
open.substack.com/pub/aaronrup...
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Without a shred of evidence, Trump has immediately seized the opportunity to politicize an American tragedy.
Less than 24 hours after the deadly mid-air collision in DC, Trump blasted and blamed DEI at the FAA and Department of Transportation, along with diversity goals set by…
Less than 24 hours after the deadly mid-air collision in DC, Trump blasted and blamed DEI at the FAA and Department of Transportation, along with diversity goals set by…
January 30, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Without a shred of evidence, Trump has immediately seized the opportunity to politicize an American tragedy.
Less than 24 hours after the deadly mid-air collision in DC, Trump blasted and blamed DEI at the FAA and Department of Transportation, along with diversity goals set by…
Less than 24 hours after the deadly mid-air collision in DC, Trump blasted and blamed DEI at the FAA and Department of Transportation, along with diversity goals set by…
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16 years. No major commercial airline crashes in the US.
New administration comes in & immediately cuts jobs in places like… the FAA & air traffic control-
Tragedies happen as do coincidences, but guaranteed they happen increasingly when you put a cavalier administration in charge.
New administration comes in & immediately cuts jobs in places like… the FAA & air traffic control-
Tragedies happen as do coincidences, but guaranteed they happen increasingly when you put a cavalier administration in charge.
January 30, 2025 at 7:44 PM
16 years. No major commercial airline crashes in the US.
New administration comes in & immediately cuts jobs in places like… the FAA & air traffic control-
Tragedies happen as do coincidences, but guaranteed they happen increasingly when you put a cavalier administration in charge.
New administration comes in & immediately cuts jobs in places like… the FAA & air traffic control-
Tragedies happen as do coincidences, but guaranteed they happen increasingly when you put a cavalier administration in charge.
dementia don is a spineless coward and also a sack of fetid stinking shit
Trump has criticized the focus on "diversity" in hiring by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) under his predecessors, claiming it detracts from the agency's efficiency and effectiveness.
Read more: www.newsweek.com/donald-trump...
Read more: www.newsweek.com/donald-trump...
January 30, 2025 at 7:53 PM
dementia don is a spineless coward and also a sack of fetid stinking shit