Joel Mathis @joelderburner.bsky.social · 4hHey folks: I think my attempt to return to social media is ... not working for me. I spend too much time on this site and mostly it makes me want to fight with strangers. Will delete account tomorrow. If you need my contact info, DM me by 9 am CT Wednesday. 130
Joel Mathis @joelderburner.bsky.social · 11hI like the menswear guy, but I also think this is Bluesky media criticism distilled to its essence: "The media won't cover this" is actually "the audience won't care as much as I want it to." 221
Joel Mathis @joelderburner.bsky.social · 14hMy mom watched a lot of Jim and Tammy Faye. But she never sent them a red cent - never bought what they were selling in either the literal or metaphorical sense. She just liked the showbiz of it all. And Jim and Tammy put on a good show. joelmmathis.substack.com/p/jim-bakker...joelmmathis.substack.comJim Bakker put on a good showA preacher and a huckster, RIP. 000
Joel Mathis @joelderburner.bsky.social · 17hIt’s crazy to me that I keep seeing people posting about how the media is not really gonna cover this when they’re linking to the media‘s coverage of this. 000
Joel Mathis @joelderburner.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Roger Marshall to state’s most populous county: Drop dead. www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/washing...washingtonexaminer.comRoger Marshall slams megachurch challenger for living in a 'bubble'EXCLUSIVE — Marshall said it was his rival, a megachurch pastor from the suburbs of Kansas City, who was largely absent from the real Kansas. 110
Joel Mathis @joelderburner.bsky.social · 04/10/2026You ever wonder if we're not a superpower anymore and we haven't figured it out yet? Figuring it out is going to be painful in a lot of ways. 000
Joel Mathis @joelderburner.bsky.social · 03/10/2026The movement that professed deep concern about the crimes of Jeffrey Epstein is now running an ad that embraces the sensibility of “barely legal” pornography. joelmmathis.substack.com/p/the-epstei...joelmmathis.substack.comThe Epstein aesthetic of Steve Hilton’s new adThe Calfornia GOP gubernatorial candidate goes there. 000
Reposted by Joel MathisDavid Faris @davidfaris.bsky.social · 03/10/2026The coordinated campaign of claims about how the US has normalized Hormuz and thus has won the war isn't convincing anyone. Not only is the military operation unsustainable, it isn't addressing the cascading series of bottlenecks and shortages caused by the ongoing crisis. New for @thenation.comthenation.comThe GOP Sells the Mirage of a Hormuz VictoryThe American action in the contested strait isn’t sustainable—and won’t alter the economic and political fallout from its closure. 011
Reposted by Joel MathisLeah @leah.myatproto.social · 02/10/2026Very few know that #Kansas was an epicenter of fiery American journalism. I'm a very proud graduate of the William Allen White School of Journalism as is my buddy, @claywires.bsky.social Order his book! kansaspress.ku.edu/9780700643059/ #NewsieSky 1134
Joel Mathis @joelderburner.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Kansas is not a swing state. But this is the first time in my life it has *felt* like a swing state. 000
Joel Mathis @joelderburner.bsky.social · 01/10/2026We're not talking enough about Trump's comment that Obama "doesn't know if something's dirty or clean" comment. 100
Reposted by Joel MathisJosh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Let me say a couple words about paywalls. They’re annoying. I feel that (as a news consumer) and know that (as a news publisher). But asking for your email, either to read an article or even to access a gift link (someone said this happened to them a a Times gift link a moment ago) isn’t some … 2238176
Joel Mathis @joelderburner.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Axios just straight up using the bullshit Orwellianisms. 000
Joel Mathis @joelderburner.bsky.social · 01/10/2026As of today, I have lived precisely half my life in the 21st century. It doesn't matter. But it does. joelmmathis.substack.com/p/my-21st-ce...joelmmathis.substack.comMy 21st century dayOne foot in. One foot out. 000
Joel Mathis @joelderburner.bsky.social · 01/10/2026I don’t spend energy on Halloween - and certainly not the entire month of October - because I am an adult. 000
Joel Mathis @joelderburner.bsky.social · 30/09/2026I don’t think Derek Thompson’s “it’s sad people don’t hang out like that charming couple from WHO’S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF?” is a very compelling call to arms. 100
Reposted by Joel MathisNicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Laugh at Eric Schmitt and Co. for Hawkeyes/Hawks, sure. Their screw up is funny and they deserve the mockery. But also, this was the GOP and allied media geared up to defend a coup attempt with lies and jail a prosecutor because he tried to enforce the law against a criminal. How far we've fallen. 28740189
Joel Mathis @joelderburner.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I got very excited seeing Jerry Blavat at a restaurant once. 010
Joel Mathis @joelderburner.bsky.social · 29/09/2026He was trying to jump-start a conspiracy theory. 010
Joel Mathis @joelderburner.bsky.social · 29/09/2026If I was still a columnist for the KC Star, I'd write something linking Eric Schmitt's performance today to the Josh Hawley skedaddling video, along the lines that the entirety of Missouri's Senate delegation has now irrevocably and memorably embarrassed themselves with regard to Jan. 6. If only. 120
Reposted by Joel MathisMother Jones @motherjones.com · 29/09/2026The senator who mistook the Atlanta Hawks for the Iowa Hawkeyes and tried to accuse Jack Smith of perjury? He could be the most dangerous man in the US Senate. What to know about Eric Schmitt:motherjones.comIs this the most dangerous man in the US Senate?Sen. Eric Schmitt of Missouri is pushing a tribalistic ideology suggesting only descendants of white Christian pioneers are true Americans. 1411182543
Joel Mathis @joelderburner.bsky.social · 29/09/2026A reminder that Eric Schmitt provided employment for Nate Hochman, who was booted from the DeSantis presidential campaign for creating an ad with Nazi imagery. 010
Joel Mathis @joelderburner.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Even my phone Scrabble game is coming out against Philadelphia tonight. 010
Joel Mathis @joelderburner.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Bailey expected to be Patel's replacement, and Patel has hung on longer than anybody reasonably expected. 000
Reposted by Joel MathisKim Lyons @kimly.bsky.social · 27/09/2026I think I am going to start a newsletter titled "I Don't Care and This Does Not Matter" and make it just a weekly roundup of stupid internet arguments. This week's edition would be "iced coffee and that song about Texas." 2206
Joel Mathis @joelderburner.bsky.social · 27/09/2026It's Sunday. The second featured story at the Kansas City Star is ... horoscopes. The third featured story is ... something that happened at a football game in another state. #mcclatchy 210
Reposted by Joel MathisJoel Mathis @joelderburner.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Trump's immigration agenda was always going to harm red state prosperity. Now Kansas - and Roger Marshall - are finding out. joelmmathis.substack.com/p/donald-tru... #kslegjoelmmathis.substack.comDonald Trump's immigration agenda was always going to harm red state prosperitySen. Roger Marshall is finding out. 082
Joel Mathis @joelderburner.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Do I have a TV show for you! (It was on CBS, so not so much vulgarity.) 110
Joel Mathis @joelderburner.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Trump's immigration agenda was always going to harm red state prosperity. Now Kansas - and Roger Marshall - are finding out. joelmmathis.substack.com/p/donald-tru... #kslegjoelmmathis.substack.comDonald Trump's immigration agenda was always going to harm red state prosperitySen. Roger Marshall is finding out. 082
Reposted by Joel MathisWill Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 26/09/2026I don't regret canceling my Post subscription over Jeff Bezos' embrace of fascism, but the handful of real journalists who didn't jump ship have been doing some excellent work in spite of it all. It's a shame I can't read it. I'm hoping they all regroup at the Washington Sun 11505101
Joel Mathis @joelderburner.bsky.social · 25/09/2026To be fair, Hitch in the movie also says it without saying it. 000
Joel Mathis @joelderburner.bsky.social · 25/09/2026I think folks should be mentally prepared to a) win the midterms and b) still be highly frustrated. www.washingtonpost.com/elections/20...washingtonpost.comDemocrats favored to win slim House majority, nonpartisan analyst saysThe Cook Political Report says the most likely outcome in November is Democrats winning a slim majority and picking up five to 15 seats in November. 021
Joel Mathis @joelderburner.bsky.social · 25/09/2026How's the McClatchy makeover going? Well, the KC Star website is featuring Brook Hogan remembering her dad sleeping with her friend as the third featured story on the website. Slop. 000
Joel Mathis @joelderburner.bsky.social · 25/09/2026American exceptionalism depends on the idea we're *morally* better than other nations and, uh, nope. 000
Joel Mathis @joelderburner.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Something I wrote in 2013: www.phillymag.com/news/2013/08...phillymag.comI Can't Watch "Breaking Bad" | The Philly PostIt's acclaimed as one of the greatest shows on TV. Why can't I make myself stomach it? 010
Joel Mathis @joelderburner.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Aren't a lot of airline pilots former military aviators? 010
Joel Mathis @joelderburner.bsky.social · 24/09/2026The tension for Marshall has always been that the meatpacking counties of Southwest Kansas are A) the only growing parts of that region and B) reliant to an extraordinary degree on migrant labor. To side with Trump is to doom the most thriving parts of rural Kansas to a depressed, declining future. 010
Reposted by Joel MathisPrem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 24/09/2026The polls are so bad that a pro-ICE Kansas Republican is now preemptively begging ICE to not shoot one of his constituents now that they're active in his state 301749401
Joel Mathis @joelderburner.bsky.social · 23/09/2026It is wrong to dance on Renee Good's grave because her mom voted for Trump. joelmmathis.substack.com/p/politics-c...joelmmathis.substack.comPolitics can make us inhumanNo. No no no no no. 010
Joel Mathis @joelderburner.bsky.social · 23/09/2026I sometimes think about how seven years elapsed betwen ALIEN and ALIENS and if that happened today Ripley would be recast with a 19-year-old and Sigourney Weaver would be invited to make a cameo as a Wayland-Yutani executive seen via video in one scene. 000
Joel Mathis @joelderburner.bsky.social · 23/09/2026This has to be who AOC has in mind when she thinks about taking her shot in 2028. Christie should have run in 2012, didn't, and 2016 was too late - Trump was there to fill the "craziest SOB in the race" lane. Christie is going to spend the rest of his life trying to recapture the magic and he won't. 010