Sign in

mattfraver.bsky.social

@mattfraver.bsky.social
155 followers 88 following 10 posts
PostsRepliesMedia
Reposted by @mattfraver.bsky.social
NPR @npr.org · 09/06/2026
As the World Cup begins later this week, match officials and team members have faced enhanced immigration scrutiny when trying to enter the United States. A FIFA referee from Somalia was turned away. n.pr/49KBwVm
n.pr
A warm World Cup welcome? U.S. immigration policies have chilling effect
As the World Cup begins later this week, match officials and team members have faced enhanced immigration scrutiny when trying to enter the United States. A FIFA referee from Somalia was turned away.
1516845
Reposted by @mattfraver.bsky.social
The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 01/06/2026
National gas average up 45% since Trump's Iran War started. Now, the Strait of Hormuz is closed again, indefinitely. Trump got America in this mess and he cannot get us out of it.
69925296
Reposted by @mattfraver.bsky.social
Arsenal FC @arsenalfc.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
The Arsenal. Your Premier League champions.
10237991164
Reposted by @mattfraver.bsky.social
NPR @npr.org · 17/05/2026
At least 15 former elected officials and co-conspirators with corruption offenses have been pardoned by President Trump in the last year, undermining the fight against public corruption.
n.pr
How the Trump administration has undermined the fight against public corruption
At least 15 former elected officials and co-conspirators with corruption offenses have been pardoned by President Trump in the last year, undermining the fight against public corruption.
46494223
Reposted by @mattfraver.bsky.social
Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Washington Post satellite imagery analysis finds Iran strikes on US installations far more accurate and effective than disclosed; US bases unprepared for drones. "The amount of destruction is far larger than what has been publicly acknowledged by the U.S. government or previously reported."
washingtonpost.com
Iran has hit far more U.S. military assets than reported, satellite images show
Imagery published by Iranian state-affiliated media and verified by The Post shows damage to at least 228 structures or pieces of equipment at U.S. military sites.
20454236
Reposted by @mattfraver.bsky.social
The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
There it is. Any questions?
17361392635
Reposted by @mattfraver.bsky.social
Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
See how this works?
901176484
Reposted by @mattfraver.bsky.social
Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
So now Pete Hegseth has fired the Secretary of the Navy and the Chief of Staff of the Army, both in the middle of a war, both with no public or known explanation? Seems fine.
14635891016
Reposted by @mattfraver.bsky.social
Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Washington can only pay attention to a scandal or two at a time, which means in the Trump age there are all sorts of should-be-big-deal scandals that don’t get the oxygen or media focus that they should. I'll bet you've missed at least three of these: www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/five-trump...
doomsdayscenario.co
Five Trump Scandals You’ve Probably Missed
Swirling scandals—from the Pentagon to DHS to the IRS to the Labor Department—that represent basic betrayals of public office, trust, and confidence-in-leadership that should be the table stakes of go...
24691302
Reposted by @mattfraver.bsky.social
Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
Today is one of the most significant dates for the far-right, the anniversary of the Waco fire and Oklahoma City bombing:
29836
Reposted by @mattfraver.bsky.social
Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
www.tampabay.com/news/florida...
tampabay.com
Alligator Alcatraz phones were cut off. Then the beatings began, court docs say
One attorney wrote in a sworn declaration that officers broke a detainee’s wrist and “pepper sprayed everyone.”
22648752789
Reposted by @mattfraver.bsky.social
Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
that beep beep beep sound you hear is the president and his family backing a truck up to the US treasury... www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
washingtonpost.com
Agencies in talks with Trump, family to resolve $10B lawsuit over tax leaks
President Trump and his family are suing federal agencies over leaks of their tax information. Court filings say they’re in talks to find a solution instead of heading to trial.
38066582815
Reposted by @mattfraver.bsky.social
Jon Cryer @mrjoncryer.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
This is a disgusting slap in the face to anyone with a legitimate case for vacating their wrongful conviction. It can take decades and thousands of hours of legal wrangling to get them justice. But our criminal president wants to rewrite history.
1328162
Reposted by @mattfraver.bsky.social
Jon Cryer @mrjoncryer.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Donald Trump is a convicted criminal. He’s now in a position to pay off his co-conspirators with your money.
20428198
Reposted by @mattfraver.bsky.social
Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
The joyful, wonder-filled Artemis scenes contrast with our nation's leaders, people who have ascended to the pinnacles of power & wealth—and yet couldn’t day-to-day be more miserable, a fact that they all collectively broadcast with every fiber of their being. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/the-pure-j...
doomsdayscenario.co
The Pure Joy of Joy
You can't fake the happiness of Artemis II — or Zohran Mamdani
14472129
Reposted by @mattfraver.bsky.social
NPR @npr.org · 29/03/2026
President Trump's mission to fight renewable wind energy comes at a time of rising energy costs.
n.pr
Trump takes aim at windmills despite increasing energy costs
President Trump's mission to fight renewable wind energy comes at a time of rising energy costs.
38318116
Reposted by @mattfraver.bsky.social
How Things Work at the Statehouse @howthingsworkoh.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
TAKE ACTION — Lots of calls and testimony needed at the #Ohio Statehouse this week (especially 3/23/26 - 3/25/26): TakeActionOhio.com
02214
Reposted by @mattfraver.bsky.social
David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
SCOOP. From my OUR LAND newsletter: Trump's DOJ is helping to get a convicted FBI informant tied to Russian intelligence out of prison. The lie this guy told the FBI—Joe Biden took a $5m bribe from Burisma—was the main evidence for the GOP impeachment drive. 1/2 link.motherjones.com/public/44694...
7318921165
Reposted by @mattfraver.bsky.social
NPR @npr.org · 12/03/2026
The fallout from DOGE staffers' efforts to access sensitive Social Security data continues as an agency watchdog disclosed a new investigation into "potential misuse" reported by a whistleblower. n.pr/4bkaRi6
n.pr
The government is investigating new claims that DOGE misused Social Security data
The fallout from DOGE staffers' efforts to access sensitive Social Security data continues as an agency watchdog disclosed a new investigation into "potential misuse" reported by a whistleblower.
44761260
Reposted by @mattfraver.bsky.social
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver @lastweektonight.com · 09/03/2026
Here’s last night’s story about USAID, why the Trump Administration has gutted it, who is being impacted, and how many nice things John can say about George W. Bush. It’s more than zero! By a very narrow margin, it is more than zero. youtu.be/tU8S13xYJNM
youtu.be
USAID: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
YouTube video by LastWeekTonight
19661248
Reposted by @mattfraver.bsky.social
Crooked Media @crooked.com · 01/03/2026
“It’s always reassuring to have a president launch an illegal and unnecessary war wearing a baseball cap in the middle of the night at Mar-a-Lago” Tommy & Ben discuss the breaking news that Israel and America launched hundreds of joint strikes against Iran Watch here: youtu.be/FNgIieSCsi4
youtu.be
BREAKING: TRUMP STRIKES IRAN
YouTube video by Pod Save the World
011631
Reposted by @mattfraver.bsky.social
Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 26/02/2026
One big problem with Trumps “retirement plan.” They will match up to 1000 per year… but now companies can dump their employees off the company plan which matches way more…. Onto the govt plan. It’s a corporate handout… again
1212691749
Reposted by @mattfraver.bsky.social
Sean Casten @seancasten.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
33 of the people pardoned by Trump for January 6 have committed more crimes including molesting children and killing people while drunk driving.
3341741196
Reposted by @mattfraver.bsky.social
Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
"Always, always, always concentration camps are an end run around the existing legal system. These people that are getting rounded up because whoever’s in power wants to do something that they can’t do using the letter of the law..." www.nytimes.com/2026/02/21/o...
nytimes.com
Opinion | What Exactly Is a ‘Concentration Camp’?
382125405257
Reposted by @mattfraver.bsky.social
Jerald Lentini @jerald.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
This is inarguably a concentration camp. I will not be able to take anyone seriously who doesn’t call it that.
314058
Reposted by @mattfraver.bsky.social
The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
A heist in broad daylight
75452292476
Reposted by @mattfraver.bsky.social
The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
It’s can’t be said enough — this is a wildly corrupt betrayal of the MAHA crowd, and flies in the face of everything RFK JR has ever promised them. Driven entirely by greed and paying off their big pesticide corporation donors.
37032011454
Reposted by @mattfraver.bsky.social
Jeffrey Vagle @jvagle.me · 17/02/2026
I encourage everyone to sit with the term "ethics waiver" for a minute.
9377134
Reposted by @mattfraver.bsky.social
The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
UPDATE: “FBI formally notified Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA) on it will not provide the BCA with access to any information or evidence that it has collected in the 1/24 shooting death of Alex Pretti.” 🤔A lawless regime. Abolish ICE. dps.mn.gov/news/bca/sta...
1001666868
Reposted by @mattfraver.bsky.social
Jon Cryer @mrjoncryer.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
It’s all a grift. All of it.
34729185
Reposted by @mattfraver.bsky.social
Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
About one of the Trump accusers in this piece: “The interview [with the alleged victim and her attorney] was conducted July 24, 2019, and entered into the FBI’s case files on August 9, the day before Epstein was found dead in his jail cell.”
211416493
Reposted by @mattfraver.bsky.social
Jenn @jennburrill.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
🚨 Dept of Homeland Security is sending tech companies administrative subpoenas for the names, email addresses, telephone numbers and other identifying data behind social media accounts that track or criticize ICE agents Google, Meta & Reddit complied 🎁 @nytimes.com
nytimes.com
Homeland Security Wants Social Media Sites to Expose Anti-ICE Accounts
179994
Reposted by @mattfraver.bsky.social
Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
"Previous estimates showed the US economy generated 584,000 jobs in 2025, the first year of Trump’s second term, which was deeply discouraging. Now, the picture is far worse: The newly revised, final data shows that the U.S. economy actually added only 181,000 jobs..." www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
14329051334
Reposted by @mattfraver.bsky.social
George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
How Pam Bondi will be remembered in history.
Screenshot of an X post by Aaron Rupar stating that Epstein survivors raised their hands during a congressional hearing to signal they’ve been ignored by Trump’s DOJ as Attorney General Pam Bondi refuses to look at them. The photo shows several women seated behind the witness table with their hands raised. In the foreground, Pam Bondi sits at the table looking downward. A digital timer reading “2:0” is visible on the wall.
991880364
Reposted by @mattfraver.bsky.social
Philip Gourevitch @pgourevitch.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
No new scientific finding / just denial of science by the vandals
36624182
Reposted by @mattfraver.bsky.social
The Rooster @rooster.info · 11/02/2026
Tomorrow on The Rooster: A visit to Ohio State’s Right-Wing Free Speech Centers ends with a vicious assault from an … assistant professor?!?!
63340139
Reposted by @mattfraver.bsky.social
David Darmofal @daviddarmofal.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Let’s recap just the past day at Ohio State University: 1) The head of their ObGyn department was found to be getting quarterly payments from international child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein 2) OSU’s top donor was confirmed to be a co-conspirator of Epstein’s 3) Now this. 👇
21192115
Reposted by @mattfraver.bsky.social
The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
NYT: How Trump/Kash blocked an investigation into the murder of Renee Good. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/u...
421370688
mattfraver.bsky.social @mattfraver.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
I have Michael Schumacher to thank for knowing the Italian National Anthem.
130
Reposted by @mattfraver.bsky.social
The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
So incredibly racist. Would be a huge scandal for any president where everyone in the world didn’t already know he was a horrible human being with no moral compass.
74778167
Reposted by @mattfraver.bsky.social
Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 06/02/2026
If every Republican elected official does not condemn the truth social post of Trump they should be seen as likewise racist sacks of shit and will be shunned in history.
36660761321
Reposted by @mattfraver.bsky.social
The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
😕
2822374595
Reposted by @mattfraver.bsky.social
Pod Save America @podsaveamerica.crooked.com · 03/02/2026
49% of Trump’s crypto venture, World Liberty Financial, was purchased by an Abu Dhabi royal for $500m, days before he was inaugurated. This level of corruption from a U.S. president is mind-boggling.
09928
Reposted by @mattfraver.bsky.social
Indivisible Central Ohio @indivcentraloh.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
Ohio statewide politics... Millions $$$ flowed to Ohio public officials; former Ohio House Speaker & Ohio GOP Chair in prison for racketeering; GOP elected to supermajorities in Ohio House & Senate; GOP hold all Statewide offices & Supreme Ct majority. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/01/28/f...
ohiocapitaljournal.com
FirstEnergy public corruption trial begins • Ohio Capital Journal
The trial against two former FirstEnergy executives who are accused of masterminding the largest public corruption scheme in Ohio history has begun, as jury selection took place Tuesday in Summit Coun...
13118
Reposted by @mattfraver.bsky.social
Keith A. Eddins @eugeneinoregon.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
Incredible stuff...and you're reading Graff's summary correctly: if you counted the number of officers/agents in CBP who have been ARRESTED you would have the country's fourth largest police department!
07240
Reposted by @mattfraver.bsky.social
Ambassador Ken Fairfax (ret) @portlandken.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
Within half an hour of when Deputy AG Blanche told reporters that DOJ "complied with the statute...we did not protect President Trump," DOJ deleted multiple documents from the database with damning information about Trump. Among those deleted were first-person accounts of Trump raping kids.
19146752003
Reposted by @mattfraver.bsky.social
Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
The NBA is cancelling games because a fascist secret federal police are executing Americans in the street; school systems, businesses, and museums are closing because of the threats from the federal government. This is as grand an emergency as we have had in modern American life.
16732258