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Phlegm of Discontent

@astronerd3e8.bsky.social
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He/him. Atheist, antifascist science nerd and beer aficionado. Jack of all trades and master of business administration. Some people call me Matt. Abolish ICE.

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Phlegm of Discontent @astronerd3e8.bsky.social · 8h
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Arrested Development: There Are Dozens Of Us
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CD5 DFL @cd5dfl.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
CD5 DFL stands firmly with our Somali community. Read our full statement below.
Over the last week, the president was flippant about the possibility of Iran “taking out” California cities, greenlit a televised execution, and now is inciting violence against Minnesota’s Somali community. These desperate attempts by President Trump to escalate violence in our state and our nation is unacceptable and will not work.CD5 DFL stands proudly with our Somali community and condemns the hateful rhetoric and incitements of violence coming from Republican leadership. Our state is made better by the contributions of our diverse communities and culture of neighborliness. This administration tried to break our spirit and resolve during Operation Metro Surge, and it only did the opposite – we banded together, defended our neighbors, and stood firmly against a fascist operation. 

With just 24 days until the November 3 election, Trump is doing everything he can to distract and divide us. It will not work. We will continue to stand alongside our neighbors. We will continue to defend our communities from hate. We will show up with force at the polls and let this administration see that Minnesota cannot be bullied.

We are stronger together, and we all do better when we all do better.
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Katelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 09/10/2026
Oops the centrist consultants painted themselves into a corner again
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10/10/2026
a grandmotherly woman just got booted from the Trump rally for protesting, and she went out like a hero talking trash and flipping the double bird
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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
One of the most disconcerting moments of living in this timeline of the world in the U.S. is that A LOT of people in this country keep acting like there's a special line that needs to be crossed for fascism to *arrive.* The reality is that we are CURRENTLY living under Federal fascism. NOW.
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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Trump sanctioned the International Criminal Court while simultaneously easing sanctions on Russia which is massacring Ukrainian civilians. A masterclass in criminality and corruption.
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 09/10/2026
Putin throws lifeline to try to save Trump in the midterms. In return, American dollars go to Russia and get put toward killing innocent Ukrainians. Trump/Russia right out in the open. www.dailymail.com/news/article...
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Putin throws Trump midterm lifeline as Russia agrees to supply diesel
Donald Trump announced today that Vladimir Putin has agreed to supply the US with hundreds of thousands of tons of diesel.
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Trump announces that the U.S. will buy Russian oil. This is just a few weeks after Trump signed the Lindsey Graham Russia Sanctions bill, which authorized him to place 100% tariffs on countries that are the biggest importers of Russian oil/gas. Are we going to tariff ourselves now?
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Phlegm of Discontent @astronerd3e8.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
32 years later and it's never been truer.
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Phlegm of Discontent @astronerd3e8.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
The only thing more fragile than a white male is a quantum entanglement state.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
“Every member of this ethnic group is a criminal who needs to be imprisoned by the state” is just pure uncut Nazi shit
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Phlegm of Discontent @astronerd3e8.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Tom Emmer should go back to where he came from (Indiana).
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Phlegm of Discontent @astronerd3e8.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
This is indistinguishable from sabotage.
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Aaron Black @aaronblack.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
The pattern is simple and it is everywhere now: donate to Trump or do business with his family, and the rules stop applying to you. Skip the donation, and the rules suddenly apply with a vengeance. #CostOfTrumpsCorruption
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Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
The death penalty on its own is morally indefensible; Turning it into a public spectacle is an abomination
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MaryMM @marymm.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
As the founding executive director of HOURCAR, let me say that it is imperative someone steps forward to rescue car sharing AND bike sharing in the Twin Cities. HOURCAR, Evie and Nice Ride--all community-led nonprofits--were beautiful systems that allowed so many of us to live nearly car free.
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News — HOURCAR & Evie
Stay updated with the latest news, updates, and stories from HOURCAR and Evie carshare services in Minnesota and the Twin Cities.
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Anthony Maki 🧊🚫 @anthonymaki.com · 08/10/2026
Agreed. For too long, electeds at all levels have coasted on good intentions and vibes, thinking they suffice for a grand vision for the future, necessary public investment, or the courage to go to bat for anything but private car ownership, highways, and incoherent transit lines.
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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
How can Latino, Cuban-American Marco Rubio be so into this fascist racial purity stuff, even to the point of lecturing Europeans that their main security threat isn’t Russia, it’s the population becoming less white? Apparently because he’s not a son of Cubans, he’s a great grandson of Spaniards.
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Phlegm of Discontent @astronerd3e8.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
I've lived in Minneapolis for nearly thirty years and have never once been murdered or robbed by a Somali person. I ride the bus with Somali people nearly every day and I've never been beheaded or forced to convert to Islam. All of this racist fearmongering is bullshit.
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Phlegm of Discontent @astronerd3e8.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Dumbest timeline continues to get dummer.
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Shannon for School Board @shannon-for-d3.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Thanks to all the Minneapolis city council members (including my own) who put out this message denouncing the MPS school closures plan. ✊🏽✊🏽✊🏽
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
New, from me: Kimberly Guilfoyle was caught soliciting money for government favors. Normally we call that a bribe. If she is corrupt, it is only because she has adapted to Trump's corrupt environment, where everything is for sale. 🧵 donmoynihan.substack.com/p/stop-paper...
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“Stop Papering Things”: Corruption in Trump's America
Kimberly Guilfoyle is one more symptom of endemic graft under Trump
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Phlegm of Discontent @astronerd3e8.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
If I ignore Burgum, will he go away?
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onion person @junlper.beer · 06/10/2026
one of the deepest sicknesses in the world are the people who feel personally attacked over other people getting the same rights as them
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Ilhan Omar @ilhanmn.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The president should never joke about American cities getting bombed. Don’t normalize his constant pathetic, insane, and completely unhinged behavior.
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Phlegm of Discontent @astronerd3e8.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Not only do these fascists want states to be able to be anti-trans, they want to prevent states from being pro-trans.
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Phlegm of Discontent @astronerd3e8.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
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Mouthofsauron Lord Of The Rings
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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Such an astoundingly ugly human, inside and out.
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Ian Carrillo @iansociologo.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
This is a powerful article. Infuriating how every time the trucker was trying to find empathy for Pierre and Haitians in general, his girlfriend and mom kept intervening with some racist logic or conspiracy.
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Phlegm of Discontent @astronerd3e8.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Trump couldn't spell "IQ" if it wasn't already spelled out for him.
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Comfortably Boo @numb.comfortab.ly · 03/10/2026
"Check to seniors = money for midterms" the way media outlets treat Trump bribing voters like it's a no big deal is mind-boggling.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The GOP has put $2 million to this campaign, and the billionaires have put $23 million in. Their contribution is 92% of the money Tiffany raised.
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Todd Blanche Stole the Justice Due Becca Good and Gave It to Katie Miller emptywheel.net/2026/10/02/t...
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Todd Blanche Stole the Justice Due Becca Good and Gave It to Katie Miller - emptywheel
When announcing the arrest of a guy who sent Katie Miller 40 mean messages, Todd Blanche claimed he would give everyone such protection. But a Klan Act lawsuit filed by Renee Good's family proves that...
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Kieran Healy @kjhealy.co · 01/10/2026
I keep seeing this Semafor graph that seems to show the Trump administration’s effect on international visits is comparable to the pandemic. My first thought was “that can’t be true” and indeed it is not. This is monthly data. We only have to Jun/Aug 2026. The lines are over-fitted to the months.
Semafor graph with catastrophic drops.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
This is just despicable by MS NOW, which has accepted stolen taxpayers dollars for 38 illegal ads. Give me a break with this bullshit statement too. So your hosts are on air all day saying this is illegal while you are taking the money and running the ads? Just gross.
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Phlegm of Discontent @astronerd3e8.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
CBS News is already filth thanks to Bari Weiss.
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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
We don’t spend enough time talking about just how WEIRD all these people are. This is just an incredibly weird and insecure thing to say. Imagine any other SecDef ever being this weird and insecure?!
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Frank Conniff @frankconniff.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I might be a little less distrustful of AI if the dudes promoting it, supporting it, insisting on it, and advocating for it weren’t the worst fucking people on the planet.
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Phlegm of Discontent @astronerd3e8.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The closest equivalent was recently named a senator in South Carolina
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Phlegm of Discontent @astronerd3e8.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This is dumb. I'm not calling it that.
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Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
United States President Donald Trump issues executive order instructing federal government agencies to "use the terms 'Super Intelligence' and 'SI' in place of 'Artificial Intelligence' and 'AI' and will not acknowledge the usage of 'Artificial Intelligence' and 'AI' in any applicable setting."
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Inaugurating The Era Of Super Intelligence
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1. Every child deserves a safe and nurturing home where they ...
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Phlegm of Discontent @astronerd3e8.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Herr Schmitt is apparently unaware of the history of anti-German sentiment in this country. It's an easy mistake to make now that descendents of those immigrants have been allowed into the in-group.
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Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
A phenomenal moment in the Senate. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., claims he has evidence Jack Smith went to a HAWKS game in Atlanta. Smith denies it. Schmitt declares he has busted Jack Smith for perjury. Smith, vexed, says he went to HAWKEYES game in Maryland. WATCH IN FULL, UNINTERRUPTED
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Mike Rogers is a corporate sellout who moves back to Michigan every few years to run for office to take another swing at the revolving door of corporate politics.
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Jake Wright @bcnjake.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I don’t wanna hear SHIT about woke run amok when protesting genocide gets you banned from campus and sexual assault gets you an apology letter.
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Phlegm of Discontent @astronerd3e8.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The Treasury has only taken in about $167 billion in tariffs this year and it has had to refund last year's illegal tariffs, so his math is way off. The only ones getting a check are the companies that passed the tariff costs on to us.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
You know, if you *really* cared about the wellbeing of women in college, instead of carping about the statistically insignificant number of trans athletes in sports minding their own business, you’d be railing against these Cornell fraternity cretins who drugged and gang-raped a passed-out women:
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 26/09/2026
I hope all the middle-aged women whose lives have been vastly improved by an ADHD diagnosis understand that we’re on the list after trans and autistic people. RFK Jr thinks we should be sent to camps instead of taking a daily medication to bring our dopamine pathways up to a normal level.
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Phlegm of Discontent @astronerd3e8.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
What's next? Posting videos on OnlyAryans?
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