Reposted by @mattblizek.bsky.socialJon Green @modestholdings.com · 28/07/2026Iowa Democrats whiffed on CO2 pipelines, may we not similarly pass up the opportunity with data centers. 1333
Reposted by @mattblizek.bsky.socialPolitico @politico.com · 20/07/2026This week's POLITICO Magazine cover story: Poisoned water is turning this rural state bluer. “Cancer doesn’t care what party you belong to. Republicans don’t like drinking poisonous water any more than Democrats do." 🔗 politi.co/4bSaHiN Also in this issue 🧵👇 64681279
Reposted by @mattblizek.bsky.socialLaura Belin @laurarbelin.bsky.social · 08/07/2026Senator Tom Harkin said last week he'd never seen anything like Chris Jones' campaign: "Chris has captured the imagination of a lot of people in Iowa, especially young people who have never thought about voting for a Secretary of Agriculture.” www.facebook.com/reel/2446992...facebook.com 1205
Reposted by @mattblizek.bsky.socialBlog for Iowa @blogforiowa.bsky.social · 16/01/2026Chris Jones' full announcement speech for Iowa Secretary of Agriculture #iowa @theswinerepublic.bsky.socialyoutube.comFull speech: Chris Jones kicks off Iowa secretary of agriculture campaignYouTube video by Bleeding Heartland 0115
Reposted by @mattblizek.bsky.socialThe Gazette @thegazette.com · 15/01/2026Chris Jones launches Iowa ag secretary campaign with call to ‘retreat from ethanol’thegazette.comChris Jones launches Iowa ag secretary campaign with call to 'retreat from ethanol'Clean water advocate and author Chris Jones formally launched his campaign for Iowa secretary of agriculture Thursday with a sharp critique of the state's farm economy — calling for a "retreat from ethanol" and a fundamental shift in how Iowa produces food in order to improve water quality. 01610
mattblizek.bsky.social @mattblizek.bsky.social · 16/01/2026I just want my Iowa back. - Dave Moore Chrisjonesforiowa.com 192
mattblizek.bsky.social @mattblizek.bsky.social · 04/12/2025Literally waiting to see if I can afford health insurance next year with the #ACA subsidies deadline coming. It's insanely stressful. But also let's please recognize the subsidies are just a band aid on a bullet wound. 210
mattblizek.bsky.social @mattblizek.bsky.social · 14/11/2025There's some delicious irony in Trump being brought low due to a scandal from released emails. 010
mattblizek.bsky.social @mattblizek.bsky.social · 18/07/2025Honestly there probably would have been a bigger push for an Epstein Special Prosecutor in 2020 if not for that whole global pandemic thing. 000
Reposted by @mattblizek.bsky.socialDemocrats @democrats.org · 12/06/2025This is what Trump's government thugs are willing to do in broad daylight, to a US Senator, with cameras on. They are sending the message that anyone who disagrees with Trump isn't safe in America. This is authoritarianism. 1131775627
mattblizek.bsky.social @mattblizek.bsky.social · 20/05/2025I should have done this a long time ago. #deleteduolingo Any other language apps people recommend that aren't advocating for teachers to be replaced by AI? 020
Reposted by @mattblizek.bsky.socialGeorge Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 15/04/2025I see it. I have lived it. 83 years ago, the U.S. government turned upon a group of its own citizens and residents and sent them to internment camps without due process. I was there among them. American fascism is back. It is here. It is now. 9474503314357
Reposted by @mattblizek.bsky.socialAcyn @acyn.bsky.social · 15/04/2025Sanders: A woman is walking down the street, a car stops, and these guys — in plain clothes and masks — grab her, throw her into the car, and take off. That happened in Vermont today. That’s the kind of thing that happens in dictatorships, not in a democracy. 235145884323
Reposted by @mattblizek.bsky.socialNews Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 04/04/2025OFFICIAL: Donald Trump is worse than a worldwide pandemic. 9534167
Reposted by @mattblizek.bsky.socialTimothy Burke @bubbaprog.xyz · 26/03/2025anyway calling these "war plans" when they were actually plans to blow up an apartment building full of civilians because the girlfriend of a guy we don't like lived there sounds more like "terrorism plans" or perhaps even more accurately "terrorism factory creation plans" 389262935627
mattblizek.bsky.social @mattblizek.bsky.social · 22/03/2025no jodas nuestras playas en Rincón. #SalvaRincon #RutaEscénicaResponsable 040
mattblizek.bsky.social @mattblizek.bsky.social · 15/03/2025Shades of John Kerry voting for Iraq War funding before voting against it. How did that work out for him? 010
mattblizek.bsky.social @mattblizek.bsky.social · 14/03/2025Lt Gov Stratton seems to be lining up to challenge Durbin in 2026. She would be a serious challenger, especially with Gov Pritzker's support. 020
mattblizek.bsky.social @mattblizek.bsky.social · 14/03/2025This week would be a very good time for an Illinois Democrat to announce their primary challenge to @durbin.senate.gov . 120
mattblizek.bsky.social @mattblizek.bsky.social · 14/03/2025PSA it is NOT safe to visit the USA now as a tourist. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/13/w...nytimes.comGerman Tourists Detained for Weeks, Then Deported From U.S.Amid President Trump’s border crackdown, German news media have closely followed the treatment of two tourists who say they tried to enter the United States legally. 011
mattblizek.bsky.social @mattblizek.bsky.social · 14/03/2025Imagine ruining your whole career just to help Trump and Musk destroy the government. Cowardice when we need leadership. 020
Reposted by @mattblizek.bsky.socialAlexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 14/03/2025I think some in the Senate have convinced themselves that the backlash to folding will be limited to “the left” and therefore ignorable. Those people are deeply and profoundly misreading the moment and the stakes. Virtually every swing district House Dem walked the plank to vote NO for a reason. 491413099224232
Reposted by @mattblizek.bsky.socialKraig Peck @kraigpeck.bsky.social · 13/03/2025Democrats again tell the public, "We are weak, submissive, disorganized, and unwilling to defend you. But please vote for us in 2026 because the GOP is worse." 1301
mattblizek.bsky.social @mattblizek.bsky.social · 04/03/2025The corruption couldn't be any more blatant. 010
mattblizek.bsky.social @mattblizek.bsky.social · 02/03/2025At a time when online gambling and sportsbooks is threatening the integrity of baseball this would be such an awful move by Mandred. 020
mattblizek.bsky.social @mattblizek.bsky.social · 02/03/2025It's literally not safe for tourists to visit the United States right now. This German woman was put in solitary confinement for over a week and is still in custody. How many other tourists is this happening to right now? 010
mattblizek.bsky.social @mattblizek.bsky.social · 28/02/2025Trump and Vance sound like the biggest cowards to ever sit in the Oval Office. 110
mattblizek.bsky.social @mattblizek.bsky.social · 17/02/2025It's wild to me that @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social and @schumer.senate.gov have been completely silent on Trump's corrupt deal with Eric Adams. This literally puts their constituents in danger yet they say nothing because of some legacy political machinery? 120
mattblizek.bsky.social @mattblizek.bsky.social · 17/02/2025If @axios.com will follow Trump's wishes on this then how can anyone trust the rest of their reporting? Will they run it all past the Trump team first for approval? 110
mattblizek.bsky.social @mattblizek.bsky.social · 17/02/2025I'm still shocked that last week the US Vice President went to Germany and scolded them for not allowing Nazi slogans anymore. 010
mattblizek.bsky.social @mattblizek.bsky.social · 13/02/2025Excellent read. You can't make good art or potent political statements without being authentic. These two albums are must listens. www.billboard.com/music/rb-hip...billboard.comI Should’ve Taken More Pictures of That GNXHighlighting the similarities between Bad Bunny's 'Debi Tirar Más Fotos' and Kendrick Lamar's 'GNX' 020
mattblizek.bsky.social @mattblizek.bsky.social · 11/02/2025It's the corruption, stupid. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/11/u...nytimes.comElon Musk’s Financial Disclosure Will Not Be Made PublicThe billionaire, who is serving President Trump as an unpaid “special government employee,” will file a confidential report on his financial interests, according to a White House official. 010
Reposted by @mattblizek.bsky.socialjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 04/02/2025like the dictators they worship, the american right cannot distinguish between the aesthetic and appearance of power and actual power 1357353992
Reposted by @mattblizek.bsky.socialMaxwell Frost @maxwellfrost.bsky.social · 04/02/2025We are members of Congress at the Treasury Department. We want to be let in to provide oversight on behalf of our constituents. @jasmineforus.bsky.social @sethmagaziner.bsky.social 41328384119938
mattblizek.bsky.social @mattblizek.bsky.social · 01/02/2025We had a fire today. People worry so much about fire, but the little kids will play with it if they can. 010
Reposted by @mattblizek.bsky.socialjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 30/01/2025i think it is important to say that the open and explicit racism of the president and the vice president isn’t just uncouth or “controversial” but a direct attack on tens of millions of americans and a dereliction of their duty to represent the entire country 220912613224429
Reposted by @mattblizek.bsky.socialAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 26/01/2025A recap of today's crisis: - Colombia: Deportations are fine, but don't use military planes. - Trump: F*** YOU. 50% tariffs, visa bans, and sanctions. - Colombia: If you're going to be that way, screw you too, 50% tariffs back at you, we're breaking up, and we'll see other people *coughChinacough*. 221464352
Reposted by @mattblizek.bsky.socialBrett Taylor @brett-taylor.bsky.social · 26/01/2025Also, get ready for every poll for the next 4 years to look like this: Do you support that obviously awful thing 50% of you voted for? Yes - 11% No - 82% Unsure - 7% 4657
mattblizek.bsky.social @mattblizek.bsky.social · 26/01/202543 Danes and 158 Canadians died fighting for the USA in Afghanistan. When we were attacked they stood beside us. Trump's threats to attack and annex these countries is both shameful and dangerous. 020
Reposted by @mattblizek.bsky.socialMatt Ortega @mattortega.com · 25/01/2025A reporter should ask Trump to identify the price of eggs. I imagine the answer would be spectacular. 915420
mattblizek.bsky.social @mattblizek.bsky.social · 20/01/2025Just going back and forth from jet black despair to white hot rage today. 010
Reposted by @mattblizek.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19/01/2025Trump hated TikTok (because China) until it helped him win an election (as even he acknowledges) and now he’s going to save it and take a victory lap. So he’ll have X, TikTok, Insta, and Facebook all working on his behalf. That’s a big difference between now and 2017. 730182794261
Reposted by @mattblizek.bsky.social🗽LOLGOP🗽 @lolgop.bsky.social · 12/01/2025housing may be the pefect cudgel for fascists -- rising costs fracture class solidarity and the unhoused provide a perfect scapegoat to blame rather than identify with 512925
Reposted by @mattblizek.bsky.socialOliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 07/01/2025Hilarious for Zuckerberg to say the election was free speech referendum when guy who won is the guy has consistently for years said news outlets shouldn’t be allowed to accurately report on him and who is right now currently suing multiple outlets to shut them up. www.dailykos.com/story/2024/1...dailykos.comTrump sues Iowa paper and pollster in latest attack on the pressDonald Trump sued the Des Moines Register and famed pollster Ann Selzer for publishing an inaccurate preelection poll. Trump’s suit, filed late on Monday, alleges that publishing the poll, which ... 251150263
Reposted by @mattblizek.bsky.socialMelissa Ryan @melissaryan.bsky.social · 07/01/2025Zuckerberg is out here trying to become Diet Elon. 410513
