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mattgertz.bsky.social @mattgertz.bsky.social · 10h
I was skeptical of this take but making up some bullshit to accuse someone of a crime in defense of Trump only for it to completely fall apart, then acting outraged and refusing to apologize for any of it really does sound like Vance VP material.
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Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com
🤡 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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mattgertz.bsky.social @mattgertz.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I don't think the United States should invade Cuba. This, to me, sounds like a bad idea. www.cbsnews.com/news/u-s-gro...
cbsnews.com
U.S. military lays groundwork for potential action around Cuba
Some units would "possibly [be] needed in 90-120 days," according to an internal Army message reviewed by CBS News.
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mattgertz.bsky.social @mattgertz.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
John Cornyn and George W. Bush are teaming up to make sure that Donald Trump gets the cronies, mediocrities and ideologues he wants in lifetime appointments to the courts.
@baylisswagner.bsky.social@baylisswagner.bsky.social
Scoop: John Cornyn & George W. Bush are headlining a Dallas fundraiser tonight for all of the Senate GOP nominees in tossup races—except Ken Paxton It benefits a new joint fundraising committee for IA, ME, NH, OH, AK, MI & the NRSC w/ @teddyschleifer.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/09/21/u...
nytimes.com
Bush and Cornyn Leave Out Paxton as They Raise Cash for Senate Candidates
The former president and Texas senator are headlining a fund-raiser in Dallas for top Republican Senate candidates. Not included: Ken Paxton, the nominee in their own state.
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mattgertz.bsky.social @mattgertz.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Would have been a very funny way for us all to die, with people on this website posting "THIS DOESN'T COUNT AS AN AI APOCALYPSE!!!!"
Phil Lewis@phillewis.bsky.social
The U.S. military swung into action to intercept a Chinese ship after an “entirely false” AI-generated intelligence report inaccurately identified what the vessel was carrying It also “almost started a war,” a source told CNN.
cnn.com
Exclusive: US military had close call after using AI for false intelligence report, sources say | CNN Politics
The episode shows the risks of using this new, relatively poorly understood technology in the middle of the Iran war
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mattgertz.bsky.social @mattgertz.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Gulf states realigning as Chinese clients would be... pretty pretty bad.
Carl Quintanilla@carlquintanilla.bsky.social
* EXCLUSIVE -- CHINA HAS PRIVATELY ASKED IRAN TO USE ITS INFLUENCE TO HELP REIN IN YEMEN'S HOUTHIS AFTER SAUDI APPEAL TO BEIJING, THREE IRANIAN SOURCES SAY @reuters.com
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mattgertz.bsky.social @mattgertz.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Suboptimal that the president is a fucking moron.
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mattgertz.bsky.social @mattgertz.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Sending a message to your current audience that you'd prefer to have a different audience results in losing the former without gaining the latter. www.thewrap.com/creative-con...
thewrap.com
Refurbished ‘60 Minutes’ Debuts to a 19% Ratings Drop
The “60 Minutes” Season 59 premiere drew 7.7 million viewers, down 19% year over year.
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mattgertz.bsky.social @mattgertz.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Who isn't covering it? CBS had the only evening news show that didn't. Fox News gave it 1 minute of airtime -- a Special Report segment framed around the response. www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/fox...
mediamatters.org
Fox News all but ignores report that a Russian oligarch bankrolled Donald Trump Jr.’s wedding
@brianstelter.bsky.social@brianstelter.bsky.social
This jaw-dropping story has become ProPublica's most-read article of 2026, with more than 2.2 million views in the first day, a spokesperson tells me
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mattgertz.bsky.social @mattgertz.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Benny Johnson and Jack Posobiec defended Bo French’s racist post, saying that “there’s nothing wrong with wanting Texas to stay Texas” and “I don't see anything hateful about it” www.mediamatters.org/benny-johnso...
mediamatters.org
MAGA media back GOP nominee’s racist social media post complaining about nonwhite college students in Texas
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mattgertz.bsky.social @mattgertz.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Left, Fox's The Ingraham Angle, 7:05 pm. Ingraham: A "turning point" in Germany as AfD "populists win" election. Right, Trump, 7:37 p.m. "Wow! The Populist Party in Germany just had a really big night."
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mattgertz.bsky.social @mattgertz.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
imo it would be better if the president were not crazy.
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mattgertz.bsky.social @mattgertz.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
No one gives a shit about whether JD Vance and Tucker Carlson are buddies -- the vice president is trying to conceal that a nutty podcaster who platforms antisemites was one of the architects of the vice president’s political career. www.mediamatters.org/jd-vance/jd-...
mediamatters.org
JD Vance’s wildly disingenuous response to his Tucker Carlson problem
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mattgertz.bsky.social @mattgertz.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
"Put more simply: documents and interviews establish how a first-time contractor was paid millions of dollars to apply a novel solution designed by a golf club manager to a national landmark." www.nytimes.com/2026/08/07/u...
nytimes.com
How the Reflecting Pool Came to Mirror Trump’s Washington
A hospitality manager for the Trump Organization traveled to Las Vegas to find a solution to problems at a national landmark. This is the untold back story of the fallout.
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mattgertz.bsky.social @mattgertz.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Real, real bad. www.cdc.gov/vaccine-safe...
cdc.gov
Autism and Vaccines
Answers to common questions about vaccine safety and autism.
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