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Matt From Salem

@mattfromsalem.bsky.social
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A Science & English Teacher, Author, Father, Home Recording enthusiast, Star Wars geek and Pathfinder player who likes Hip Hop, Punk Rock, Poetry, Photography and Comic Books.

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Matt From Salem @mattfromsalem.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Gas is at pandemic level prices, our allies hate us, our food is unhealthy, our economy sucks, masked law enforcement operate outside the law, & we’re all going to get measles. But at least Petey gets to act tough in front of soldiers who don’t respect him by othering my kid.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 30/09/2026
🚨 EXCLUSIVE: Sen. Ron Wyden says the DOJ and FBI withheld a secret interview with a banker tied to Jeffrey Epstein from the files released to the public. And he says there may be more.
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EXCLUSIVE: Senator Accuses DOJ and FBI of Withholding Secret Epstein Banker Interview, Demands Release of All FBI 302s
Senator Ron Wyden is accusing the Justice Department and the FBI of withholding a key record from the Epstein files, demanding in a letter obtained exclusively
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Matt From Salem @mattfromsalem.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I assume this figure from the #VisionQuest trailer is the original Human Torch—the android Jim Hammond—and I am 100% here for that.
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Matt From Salem @mattfromsalem.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
This a good start. Hold these violent, entitled thugs responsible for their repugnant, criminal and inhumane actions. Abolish ICE
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Matt From Salem @mattfromsalem.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
"History teaches that the rule of law is rarely destroyed all at once. It is often weakened by attacks on the institutions and public servants sworn to uphold it." Well put, Jack Smith.
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Matt From Salem @mattfromsalem.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This is all because the theater kids wouldn’t talk to creepy Stephen Miller in college, isn’t it?
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Matt From Salem @mattfromsalem.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
newrepublic.com/post/213446/... This will decimate the ranks. 30% of elementary & 58% of secondary school teachers hold degrees in fields other than education. Hope we’re ready to start paying higher salaries to coax those who will now hold “profitable” degrees away from more lucrative prospects.
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Trump Moves to Cut Off Student Loans for Tons of Degrees
Under a new rule, if your degree doesn’t make enough money, you won’t be able to get a student loan.
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Matt From Salem @mattfromsalem.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Now your “small government” wants to tell you what your major should be.
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DrH @drhaup.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
For decades, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention was the undisputed global leader in public health. But after a year and a half in the cross hairs of HHS RFKjr’s drive to remake public health policy, the agency is a skeleton of the powerhouse it was. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/26/h...
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‘Zombified’ C.D.C., Hobbled by Cuts, Struggles to Fulfill Scientific Mission (Gift Article)
The agency has lost its independence and nearly a third of its staff, as Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and associates have tightened control.
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Matt From Salem @mattfromsalem.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I feel so free thinking about how my taxes go to propaganda videos exalting a man who is not only reprehensible to me but a genuine threat to the safety of the people I love, and if I don’t pay those taxes I could go to jail.
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 27/09/2026
This admin has spent years going after science. It proposed the largest cut in NASA’s history, about a quarter of the agency and half of its science programs. But last month, a groundbreaking telescope left the launch pad anyway. And the story of how it got there is our good news this Sunday.
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Matt From Salem @mattfromsalem.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Did I stay up late last night to go see a movie I’ve already watched a million times just for four new mid-credit and post credit scenes? Yes. Bonus: the color grading was upscaled in this rerelease, and it looks great.
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Matt From Salem @mattfromsalem.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
She’s moved into the next phase of the contest! Please give Willa your vote :)
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 24/09/2026
JUST IN: Senate Republicans are backing Trump’s war despite your skyrocketing gas prices. Remember that in November. #BlueWaveIn40Days
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Matt From Salem @mattfromsalem.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
www.nytimes.com/2026/09/24/u... Look, found some voter fraud.
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Republican Sheriff Illegally Seized California Ballots, Court Rules
The California Supreme Court ordered Sheriff Chad Bianco of Riverside County to return ballots to election officials after he confiscated them for an investigation.
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Matt From Salem @mattfromsalem.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
There’s no money for science, no money for social safety nets, no money for USAid or Sesame Street or school lunches. But there’s plenty of money for anti-communist propaganda videos praising Trump as a strong and visionary leader. Illegally paid for with your tax dollars. There is no bottom.
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Matt From Salem @mattfromsalem.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
thesuperkid.org/2026/willa-7... Please vote for my daughter Willa, a 12-yr-old who last year underwent a below-the-knee amputation following a years-long battle against a painful and incurable medical condition. Willa now runs, swims, draws, runs an Etsy business & walks her pet lizard on a leash.
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Vote for Willa to be Stan Lee's Super Kid!
Willa Has Had An Amputation Below Knee At 12 Years Old. She Now Runs On A Blade And Is An Artist! She Is Brave And Beautiful And Awesome!
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Dr. Mar @boldnewme.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Warrior Princess ⬇️
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Matt From Salem @mattfromsalem.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
thesuperkid.org/2026/willa-7... Please vote for my daughter Willa, a 12-yr-old who last year underwent a below-the-knee amputation following a years-long battle against a painful and incurable medical condition. Willa now runs, swims, draws, runs an Etsy business & walks her pet lizard on a leash.
thesuperkid.org
Vote for Willa to be Stan Lee's Super Kid!
Willa Has Had An Amputation Below Knee At 12 Years Old. She Now Runs On A Blade And Is An Artist! She Is Brave And Beautiful And Awesome!
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Freethinkers United For Change @freethinkersunite.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
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Blue Oleta @blue-oleta.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Through the end of August 2026, the House was in session for roughly 383 hours total. That’s an average of about 48 hours per month. Their average monthly floor time is well below the 80-hour monthly threshold the same Congress imposed on Medicaid recipients.
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Matt From Salem @mattfromsalem.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
www.muellershewrote.com/p/trump-plan... Weird that Epstein’s best friend doesn’t respect consent
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Trump Plans to Redefine Informed Consent for Human Research Subjects
The Department of Health and Human Services has noticed a forthcoming rule on the OMB regulatory information site to redefine what undue influence means for vulnerable human research subjects
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Matt From Salem @mattfromsalem.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
www.nytimes.com/2026/09/20/s... A scientifically illiterate man will decide what research moves forward based solely on whether they have capitulated to his culture war demands. This sort of tin pot dictator bullshit from Mr. Free Speech has done immeasurable and irreversible harm
nytimes.com
White House Moves to Take Control of N.I.H. Grants
Federal officials are drafting an executive order that would place grants under review by an outside panel, the latest effort to redirect billions of dollars in research spending.
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Matt From Salem @mattfromsalem.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
www.npr.org/2026/09/20/n... This is so he can sidestep Congressional approval and, while 50 million Americans visit food banks and millions of households take payday loans to put food on the table, build a $100 million monument to himself like some fucking Egyptian pharaoh.
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Trump says his D.C. arch will serve as 'military complex' with snipers and drones
President Trump has claimed that military operations are needed at his proposed triumphal arch in Washington D.C., in order to protect national security. A federal court is weighing the arch's legalit...
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billkittle.bsky.social @billkittle.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
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Jarvis Googoo @jarvisgoogoo.com · 19/09/2026
Amazing editorial cartoon by @mackinnonart.bsky.social 😃
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Matt From Salem @mattfromsalem.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
faroutmagazine.co.uk/the-proclaim... Fuck these fucking fuckheads and their one shitty fucking song
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The Proclaimers take aim at transgender community
Scottish rock duo The Proclaimers have stirred controversy after making comments about transgender people, saying the community are "truth phobic".
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Matt From Salem @mattfromsalem.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Trump “they’re communists, they want socialism.” Also Trump: *increased govt control over private industries: US now owns a “golden share” of US Steel with veto rights, 10% of Intel, & options or equity positions in <30 other companies *restricts press access to WH *promises $5k wealth distribution
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
A senior Department of Justice (DOJ) official warned federal prosecutors that they could be fired if they refused to pursue voter fraud cases brought to them by the FBI or Department of Homeland Security (DHS), according to an MS NOW report. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Report: Top DOJ official threatens to fire prosecutors who refuse to pursue voter fraud cases
The reported threat comes as federal agencies devote increasing resources to investigations of possible noncitizen voting, which is exceptionally rare.
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1gypsy (🎵I/me/me/mine🎵) 🦋 @theonegypsy.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
That's pretty funny.
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Obama: “Imagine if I had pulled Fox News’ credentials from the White House press corps. You’re laughing, but this is what’s happening. It’s unimaginable that the same parties that are silent right now would have tolerated behavior like that from me.” Clip courtesy @meidastouch.com
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 18/09/2026
🚨NEW: Todd Blanche has filed an appeal of Judge Emmet Sullivan’s order requiring him to turn over unredacted handwritten FBI notes and take other steps in Katie Phang’s Epstein files lawsuit by September 24. Phang says Blanche is continuing his “Herculean efforts” to avoid turning over the files.
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Todd Blanche Fights Judge’s Order for Unredacted FBI Notes as Deadline Looms
Attorney General Todd Blanche is appealing a federal judge’s latest order in journalist and attorney Katie Phang’s lawsuit over the Justice Department’s
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Ken Jennings @kenjennings.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Juice Deficiency Vance
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Matt From Salem @mattfromsalem.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
There’s already a legal battle going on over the Trump administration banning AP from briefings because they refuse to use the name “Gulf of America”
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Matt From Salem @mattfromsalem.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
www.usatoday.com/story/grocer... I use a supermarket app, shop online and arrange a free pickup. This lets me add things to my cart & keep exactly to a budget; if i want to spend no more than, say, $100, & the checkout price is $130, I review & decide what i can do without or find a cheaper brand.
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10 little habits inflating your grocery bill — and how to fix them
With everyone feeling the pinch, we asked experts for some practical solutions to the bad habits that can increase your grocery bill.
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Matt From Salem @mattfromsalem.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Currently in 1st place in her group, so she has a great chance of making it to the finals! Please cast a vote for Willa to become the next Stan Lee Super Kid.
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Al Toth @atoth99.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
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Dr. Mar @boldnewme.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Putting your principles first.
In September 1964, the Beatles refused to play the Gator Bowl in Jacksonville, Florida, when they learned the crowd would be segregated.
The city backed down.
The show went ahead - integrated.
Bringing that up this week for no reason in particular...
Music has always
been bigger than just music.
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Pissed-Off Scientist @rockney.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
VOTE !!!!!!!
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Red Riccardo @redriccardo.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Dudes been prez for last two years.
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Matt From Salem @mattfromsalem.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
www.cnbc.com/2026/09/18/u... Under the corrupt, bigoted and mind-boggling stupid “leadership” of former Fox News personality and LEGO Hair enthusiast Pete Hegseth, our military are engaging in war crimes. Great again?
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UN mission finds evidence signaling U.S. war crimes in Iran; Washington rejects report
The UN mission pointed out the missile strike on a primary school that killed over 150 people, as well as another airstrike which killed 22 civilians.
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Matt From Salem @mattfromsalem.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
This is music to my ears. More so than Ed’s shitty vanilla music
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Look at the community notes on this one. 👇
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Matt From Salem @mattfromsalem.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Good news, dipshit! It’s bunk. From an atmospheric science standpoint, any chemicals released at commercial cruising altitudes (where wind speeds are frequently over 100 mph) would become far too diffuse and scattered by high-altitude winds to cause targeted or measurable harm on the ground, & (1/3)
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Matt From Salem @mattfromsalem.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
www.cnbc.com/2026/09/17/t... “Imagine spending your time and your days focused on this, as everyday Americans struggle with healthcare, gas prices, rent, and food. Imagine spending your days focused on this, while a war rages under your leadership,” Shriver wrote.
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Trump photo seems to reference Kennedy Center demolition amid legal battle over closure
President Donald Trump wants his name on the Kennedy Center. But a judge has ruled it cannot be placed there without authorization by Congress.
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Angel Mendez🏳️‍🌈🦋 @akm6.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
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Matt From Salem @mattfromsalem.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
thesuperkid.org/2026/willa-7... Willa’s currently 4th in her group. Please vote!
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Vote for Willa to be Stan Lee's Super Kid!
Willa Has Had An Amputation Below Knee At 12 Years Old. She Now Runs On A Blade And Is An Artist! She Is Brave And Beautiful And Awesome!
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Matt From Salem @mattfromsalem.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
www.cnn.com/2019/03/15/u... Never Forget #BobKraft #Kraft #Sheeran
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How police spent months taking down a spa where Robert Kraft is accused of paying for sex | CNN
Police allege New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft spent 53 minutes in two visits to a Florida day spa where they say he paid for sexual services. They say it took them four months of work, inludin...
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