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Matthew Hoptman

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Dog-lover, neuroimager, baseball fanatic, suicide researcher, learning about impulsivity and emotion. No DMs.

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 22h
It's almost like putting a quack anti-vaccine conspiracy theorist in charge of the nation's health policy has consequences. "The United States has now had more measles deaths in the past two years than we have had in the previous three decades combined...": www.ms.now/news/pennsyl...
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Pennsylvania’s measles outbreak is the largest in decades in the U.S.
The state has surpassed 1,000 measles cases this year, health officials said Monday, making it the largest outbreak in the U.S. in more than three decades.
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Quinn Yeargain @yeargain.bsky.social · 18h
NEW: Montana Supreme Court unanimously strikes down several provisions of a 2023 state law that significantly impaired the citizen initiative process—most significantly by imposing a $3,700 filing fee and prohibiting the resubmission of any failed measure. Link here: courts.mt.gov/external/ord...
Justice Beth Baker delivered the Opinion of the Court. ¶1 Mae Nan Ellingson, Jerome Leondorf, Arlyne Reichert, Hal Harper, Bob Brown, Evan Barrett, C.B. Pearson, Carole Mackin, Mark Mackin, and Jonathan Motl (collectively, “Ellingson” or “the Ellingson Plaintiffs”) sued the State of Montana, Governor Greg Gianforte, Attorney General Austin Knudsen, and Secretary of State Christi Jacobsen (collectively, “State”) in the First Judicial District Court to invalidate new laws governing the statewide initiative process. Ellingson alleged that several provisions of Senate Bill 93, 2023 Mont. Laws ch. 647 (“SB 93”), unconstitutionally diminished the people’s reserved power of direct democracy by imposing qualifications and procedural steps not contemplated by the Montana Constitution. In two rulings on separate motions, the District Court granted the Ellingson Plaintiffs summary judgment on four of their claims and denied relief on seven others. The parties stipulated to dismiss without prejudice all claims not resolved in Ellingson’s favor. Following entry of judgment, the District Court denied Ellingson’s motion for attorney fees. ¶2 The State appeals three of the District Court’s summary judgment rulings. The Ellingson Plaintiffs cross-appeal the denial of their request for fees. Restated, we consider the following issues on appeal: 1. What standard governs a Montana court’s review of a constitutional challenge to laws regulating the initiative and referendum process? 2. Does § 13-27-221, MCA, prohibiting resubmission of a statewide ballot measure for four years after defeat of a substantially similar measure, violate the Montana Constitution?3. Does § 13-27-228, MCA, authorizing legislative interim committees to vote on proposed ballot measures and place the result of the vote on the face of the petition, violate the Montana Constitution? 4. Does § 13-27-215, MCA, imposing a $3,700 filing fee on all proposed ballot measures, violate the Montana Constitution even though it authorizes the Secretary of State to waive the fee for hardship? 5. Did the District Court abuse its discretion when it denied Ellingson’s motion for attorney fees under the private attorney general doctrine? We affirm on all issues.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
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Gingit @virgosprincess.bsky.social · 23h
October 7th was the equivalent to terrorists breaking thru the US border, murdering 44,000 and taking 3,000 hostages. Many of them held as hostages for over two years, while others were murdered and raped in captivity. The terrorists promise to do this over & over again. What would the US do?
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 21h
Cornell University has retained former U.S. Deputy Attorney General Sally Q. Yates to lead a "comprehensive independent review" into how the school "prevents and responds to sexual harassment, sexual assault and related misconduct on campus.” abcnews.com/US/cornell-t...
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Cornell taps former deputy AG Sally Yates to lead independent review
Cornell University has retained former U.S. Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates to lead an independent review of how Cornell responds to sexual assault cases.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 22h
🚨BREAKING: A Florida lawyer who previously pleaded guilty to illegally accessing election websites monitored the primary election in Maricopa County, Arizona for the Department of Justice (DOJ), according to records viewed by Democracy Docket. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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DOJ lawyer convicted of hacking election sites monitored voting in Maricopa County, Arizona
The involvement of the two lawyers in a state where President Donald Trump challenged the 2020 election results adds to concerns that the administration’s monitoring program for the fall — which it ha...
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
We didn’t learn anything from Covid. People are already confidently calling the plague a nothingburger. Sure, we have cipro and doxycycline. The obvious concern here is that this strain was modified to be antibiotic resistant or spread more easily. We simply don’t know yet.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 17h
🚨BREAKING: The Montana Supreme Court struck down key GOP restrictions on citizen ballot initiatives. The unanimous ruling is a major win for direct democracy — and a powerful check on the Legislature’s ability to interfere with the people’s lawmaking power.
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Montana Supreme Court strikes down GOP restrictions on citizen ballot initiatives
The decision is a major victory for citizen-led democracy in Montana, where the state constitution expressly reserves the powers of initiative and referendum to the people. It also delivers a…
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 20h
NEW: Anti-voting lawyer Cleta Mitchell and election denier Tina Peters are both pushing a scheme to have Trump's commerce secretary seize voting machines as part of a broader effort to interfere in the midterms. But legal experts say their scheme is way off base and blatantly unconstitutional.
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Election deniers Cleta Mitchell and Tina Peters want Trump's commerce secretary to seize voting machines
The problem? No federal official can seize control of election administration from the states and counties, who hold the power run elections under the U.S. Constitution.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 20h
🚨BREAKING: GOP lawyer Cleta Mitchell and convicted election denier Tina Peters are pushing a scheme to have Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick seize voting machines, as part of a broader effort for the Trump administration to interfere with the midterm vote. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Election deniers Cleta Mitchell and Tina Peters want Trump’s commerce secretary to seize voting machines
The problem? No federal official can seize control of election administration from the states and counties, who hold the power run elections under the U.S. Constitution.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
🤡 Schmitt beclowns himself 🤡 Schmitt concocted an elaborate conspiracy theory that Smith traveled to Atl for a Hawks game and to collude with Fani Willis, & flashed his "evidence" before accusing Smith of perjury. There's just one problem -- his facts were totally wrong. Here's the whole sequence:
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Gobsmacked by the elite levels of not knowing ball in the Senate today, thinking an NBA team is called the Hawkeyes then, refusing to Google it, then accusing a guy of treason because you didn’t know the Iowa Lady Hawkeyes aren’t in the NBA. Somehow I don’t trust these people to Save Girls Sports.
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S.J.💙🩵💙🦋🦓 @glimmers2.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
A study in valor. Imagine testifying against the most powerful criminal on the planet?
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Two Schmitt staffers realizing this might be their last day.
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
It's inconceivable to me how someone who lost in a free & fair election can incite an angry mob to attack his own government, (the very definition of treason) & be allowed to run for any office ever again.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
That cocky, misplaced look of smug success on Senator Eric Schmitt’s face—moments before everything came crashing down around him because he’s so carelessly incompetent.
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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
i’ve been busy most of the day but i’d be remiss if i didn’t mention eric schmitt, who took a faceplant so hilariously legend that even the NYT couldn’t sugarcoat it (gift link) www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/u...
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Pocket News 📰 @jeanpocket.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Today before Senate.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 29/09/2026
THIS WAS MONEY FOR CHILDREN’S HEALTHCARE. A Florida grand jury found $10 MILLION meant to help provide health insurance for poor children was misappropriated for political purposes. Moody & DeSantis took money meant for kids. #GOPWarOnHealthcare
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 30/09/2026
‼️ Georgia Republicans are trying to pressure the state’s top election official to pursue an ill-defined voting equipment software update — weeks before the midterms. Now, they’re seeking intervention from the Trump administration. But not all Republicans are on board: demdock.com/47mlnDJ
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Eileen Clancy 🧿 @clancyny.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
@kennyjacoby.bsky.social on X: NEW: I analyzed seven years of Cornell's sexual violence case data. Expulsions are very rare. 1,216 reports of sexual assault, DV and stalking, 2018-2024 162 formal investigations. 51 findings of fault. 14 suspensions. 7 expulsions or dismissals.
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Cornell rarely expels students in sex assault cases | Exclusive
A third of undergraduate women say they've been sexually assaulted. But on average, Cornell reported expelling just one attacker per year.
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Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The basic state of the GOP is that Schmitt will almost certainly try to fundraise off this debacle as if he pulled off some impressive feat
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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
😂😂😂
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💥LazarTagWolf💥 @lazartagwolf.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
This stupid site isnt funning enough on this GOP catastrophe . www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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MAGA Senator Humiliated After Attempt to Corner Jack Smith Backfires Comically
Eric Schmitt thought he was cornering former Special Counsel Jack Smith over a conspiracy theory about his prosecution of Donald Trump. He was wrong.
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JM 📎🟦🪬🥯🥡🥠🦀 @jmdc88.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
🎥⌨️ holocaustuk On this day in 1941, the Jews of Kiev, over 33,000 Jewish men, women and children, were murdered in what has become known as the Babi Yar massacre.
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L’Etat C’est Moi @letatcestmoi.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
zeldaydee🧵 links a song and translated lyrics here youtu.be/nS6xiXpkDZ8?... and lyricstranslate.com/en/geven-amo... 2/3
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Geven Amol Is A Shtetl is haunting
Yiddish song about a shtetl in
Ukraine and what happened to the
Jews living there. It's hard to listen without sobbing.
Link to translation below. 2/3
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Geven Amol Iz A Shtetl - Yiddish
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L’Etat C’est Moi @letatcestmoi.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Today and tomorrow are the anniversary of Babi Yar. The Nazis murdered 33,771 Jews outside Kyiv in just two days. 1/3
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Today and tomorrow is the anniversary of Babi Yar, when Nazis murdered 33,771 Jewish men, women and children in two days just outside of Kyiv, Ukraine, shooting them into a large ravine. I don't think any of us could fathom the horrors that Jewish people, entire families, faced as they were waiting for their inevitable fate. I don't think our brains could process such barbarity.
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L’Etat C’est Moi @letatcestmoi.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
How clear is it that Trump's taxpayer funded ads are illegal? I explain why it is 10/10 clear. Senate in passing the law: Ban is designed to stop public funds used for "glorification" of an individual official. GAO: funds can not be used for "self-aggrandizement" nor partisan political purposes.
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Brian Stelter @brianstelter.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Breaking: The three national news outlets President Trump banned from the White House — CNN, MS NOW, and Politico — are filing a critical First Amendment lawsuit to restore their access. Live coverage on "CNN This Morning" right now 👀 www.cnn.com/2026/09/21/p...
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CNN, MS NOW and Politico to sue Trump administration over White House access | CNN Politics
The three national news outlets President Donald Trump banned from the White House — CNN, MS NOW, and Politico — are filing a critical First Amendment lawsuit to restore their access.
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
“You were arrested for marijuana?” Byron Donalds: “Yeah.” “You were arrested for bank fraud?” Byron Donalds: “Yeah.”
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Watch the full video here: youtu.be/yd5K9rTIfe8
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Trump SWEATS as Epstein Survivors Confront Kash Patel at Senate Hearing and Demand Justice!!!
YouTube video by Legal AF
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it's Candy Love @candylovely.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
This is the left motto. They all hate America they are all profiting from daily. But they will not leave? slaynews.com/far-left-str...
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Far-Left Streamer Hasan Piker Doubles Down: 'I Hate America' - Slay News
Far-left Twitch streamer Hasan Piker, a rising star in the Democratic Party, is doubling down on his anti-American rhetoric, declaring that he "hates this country" while defending his comments as a "G...
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Howdy @icandie.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
that's the kind of reporting that will drive the Turd crazy ...
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it's Candy Love @candylovely.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
THIS👇
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Carol Painter @cpainter1.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
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Thousands rally outside shuttered Kennedy Center, chanting ‘Hands off!’
The vigil took place at the end of a week that saw the doors to the marble building locked shut.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 19/09/2026
CNN, MS NOW, POLITICO were officially locked out of the White House today, simply because Trump doesn’t like their coverage. Every news org should stand w/their colleagues. A free press only works if it stands together. NO ACCESS FOR ONE. NO ACCESS FOR ALL. @nbcnews.com @cbsnews.com @nytimes.com
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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 19/09/2026
I just enacted a new law PROHIBITING other state militaries from entering California unless they have EXPLICIT permission from the Governor. California will defend the rights of the nearly 40 million people who call our state home.
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Lee West @whodat35.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Kerry Kennedy: 'It would be a tragedy' if Kennedy Center is demolished bbc.com/news/videos/...
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Kerry Kennedy: 'It would be a tragedy' if Kennedy Center is demolished
The BBC’s Caitríona Perry spoke to the late president's niece, as protesters gathered at the venue to condemn demolition threats.
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Judge Nichols permanently blocked Trump's USPS mail ballot rule nationwide The next day SCOTUS left a block on it in place for the midterms @democracydefendersfund.org & partners were in both fights, more in this week's publisher's note @ContrarianNews.org 👇 -TN
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We’re Winning, Contrarians — And We Won’t Back Down
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
I would never eat dinner with Donald Trump. I would never clap or laugh at his jokes. I would never shake his hand. When he attacks me, I wear his scorn as a badge of honor. I founded Democracy Docket to never back down or obey. Subscribe now. demdock.com/4w6emld
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17/09/2026
RFK Jr: "We are also looking at chemtrails"
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I thought living in the stupidest time in history would have been more fun.
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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 18/09/2026
i'm not over Alito saying we shouldn't count ballots that are mailed on or before Election Day but arrive shortly afterwards bc they can “radically flip” the “apparent outcome” cannot stress enough that, until all ballots are counted, there's no outcome to flip! ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/alito...
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A Brief History of Sam Alito’s Delusional Obsession With Voter Fraud
His conduct in several recent cases suggests that Alito is deep in the right-wing conspiracy theory weeds.
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Moose 'n Squirrel @unlikelysuperheros.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Ove 6,400 showed up at the "Hands Around the Kennedy Center" protest rally, organized by "Hands Off The Arts." Meanwhile, J.D. Vance traveled all the way to Council Bluffs, IA, to speak at a Republican midterm campaign rally at the Mid-America Center, drawing "less than 90 people"...
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DCMediaGroup @dcmediagroup.us · 19/09/2026
A giant celebration is breaking out the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, despite a move to raze the building. The DC Activist Street Band leads in a song “I Woke Up This Morning.” If the spirit here is any indicator—there’s gonna be serious street level pushback if that happens…
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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
This is hilarious. 😂 😂
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The Contrarian @contrariannews.org · 19/09/2026
The Kennedy Center crowd is singing America The Beautiful. This is what democracy looks like.
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Charlie Sykes @sykescharlie.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Trump’s Lame-Duck Vibes charliesykes.substack.com/p/trumps-lam...
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