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@matthewjriley210.bsky.social
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Michigander; long-time Missouri resident; Sencelles; Ca’n Alegre; VoteBlue; Detroit Tigers

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matthewjriley210 @matthewjriley210.bsky.social · 1h
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The Trump Administration is a Cesspit of Corruption
And fighting it should be at the heart of the Democratic agenda
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TPM @talkingpointsmemo.com · 02/10/2026
Rufo often gets treated as a "respectable" conservative. His latest podcast episode — framing Indian-Americans as a problem in need of solving — is more evidence that he shouldn't be.
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Chris Rufo — Known For ‘DEI’ and ‘CRT’ Panics — Tries to Make ‘the Indian Question’ a Thing
To the degree that a “respectable” or “moderate” right exists today in...
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TPM @talkingpointsmemo.com · 01/10/2026
What Hoskins did was not Trumpian fire and brimstone, bellowing about the criminality of Democrats and immigrants to try to overturn elections. It’s the unsexy, quietly effective cheating made possible by placing party loyalists in key bureaucratic positions.
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Old-School Republicans Are Responsible for Trump’s Attempts to End American Democracy 
Hello, and welcome back to The Franchise The Missouri gerrymandering fight felt...
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matthewjriley210 @matthewjriley210.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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Eric Schmitt Deserves to Be Mocked Forever
ELIE V. U.S.
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matthewjriley210 @matthewjriley210.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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Trump DOJ Doubles Down on Attacking Judges
INSIDE: Todd Blanche … Aileen Cannon … Crista Pike
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matthewjriley210 @matthewjriley210.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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Eric Schmitt Confuses Ass with Hole in the Ground
A wild attempt at a “gotcha” moment resulted in the ass/hole-in-ground mix-up.
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matthewjriley210 @matthewjriley210.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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Flooding the Zone
Jack Smith kicked off his testimony on the Hill today like this: “I stand by my decisions as special counsel, including my decision to bring charges against President Trump.” He told senators that his...
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matthewjriley210 @matthewjriley210.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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September 29, 2026
The scene that unfolded today at a hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee was a snapshot of politics in the U.S.
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matthewjriley210 @matthewjriley210.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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The Beclowning of Scott Bessent
Another Trump enabler pays the price
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matthewjriley210 @matthewjriley210.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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Judge Finds Trump Admin in Contempt of Court Again for Wrongful Deportation
INSIDE: Katie Miller ... Chad Mizelle ... Kimberly Guilfoyle
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matthewjriley210 @matthewjriley210.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Will Trump corruption ever stop? Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/28/w...
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Trump Brought Venezuelan Gold to the U.S., but Refiners Won’t Touch It (Gift Article)
The administration is brokering deals in a notoriously corrupt industry, including one with a company that the United States deems a security threat.
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matthewjriley210 @matthewjriley210.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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A Defining Moment of Religious Pluralism
🚨 36 Days to the Midterms 🚨
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matthewjriley210 @matthewjriley210.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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Trump loves Xi because he wants to be him
Kowtowing to tyrants makes him think he’s strong.
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matthewjriley210 @matthewjriley210.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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Trump Bans Numbers 2 and 9 After Approval Rating Hits 29
“Two and nine have treated me very unfairly," he said.
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matthewjriley210 @matthewjriley210.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/28/o...
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Opinion | Trump’s Most Durable Lie: Election Rigging (Gift Article)
Trump’s most durable lie.
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🌊🌊🌊™️ @mandyk.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
“OverDraftKings”
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 26/09/2026
Hey, ProPublica reporter Jake Pearson here. I’m taking over the account to tell you about my new story. For months, I posed as a problem gambler on DraftKings to test the company's "responsible gaming" safeguards. Spoiler alert: They made me a VIP — and I lost $10K. Here's how it all went down. 🧵
Selfie taken by ProPublica reporter Jake Pearson, a man wearing a backwards baseball cap and an orange T-shirt.
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Melody Joy Kramer @mkramer.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
If you’ve bet on sports with FanDuel or DraftKings, you can help ProPublica understand how these apps respond to their users’ betting behavior.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 26/09/2026
It was a rare federal dataset that captured human emotions. Consumers could have their complaints about American businesses published for all to see. For years, corporations have critiqued the system. Now the narratives are no longer being published.
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The Federal Agency That’s Supposed to Protect Consumers Just Made Another Business-Friendly Move
Debt collection. Credit reporting. Payday loans. Consumer complaints to a federal database used to help reveal issues and bring accountability. Then the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau stopped pu...
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Missouri Independent @missouriindependent.com · 26/09/2026
Reporters Clara Bates and Anna Spoerre were awarded the A-Mark Prize for Investigative Journalism on Saturday by the Missouri Press Association for their reporting on problems in the state’s foster care. #moleg #mogov
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Missouri Independent reporters win investigative journalism prize for foster care series • Missouri Independent
Reporters Clara Bates and Anna Spoerre were awarded the A-Mark Prize for Investigative Journalism on Saturday by the Missouri Press Association for their reporting on problems in the state’s foster ca...
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
If we are talking about Peter Thiel—the nuttier version of Roy Cohn, only out—don't speculate about the young model Thiel was cheating on his husband with, who made a rather Russian departure from life, off a high-rise balcony, after crashing Mr. & Mr. Thiel's party and causing a row between them.
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matthewjriley210 @matthewjriley210.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/24/o...
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Opinion | What Hegseth Is Hiding (Gift Article)
Soldiers want to tell their stories, and we need to hear them.
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matthewjriley210 @matthewjriley210.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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September 26, 2026
Trump’s war on the free press is continuing.
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matthewjriley210 @matthewjriley210.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
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The view from Canada: Make America Think Again
Rebuilding trust will take generations.
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Cameron L. Mitchell @cameronlmitchell.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Benjamin Netanyahu is a war criminal He's not welcome in #NYC He should be in prison, not the UN #ArrestNetanyahu
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NYC braces for protests, street closures as Netanyahu speaks at the UN
In preparation for the assembly, NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch said thousands of officers will patrol the area around the U.N. each day.
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Wellman For MO @wellmanformo.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
No grading curve. No extra credit. Just the record. Fred Wellman earned an A on his political integrity. Ann Wagner failed the test. #MO02 #TeamWellman
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Raskin made a holy shit observation on MS Now this afternoon: Since taking office, Trump has made a million dollars per hour for himself. Every hour, he has made more than twice the president’s annual salary.
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matthewjriley210 @matthewjriley210.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
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Undaunted Reporting
🚨39 Days to the Midterms🚨
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matthewjriley210 @matthewjriley210.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
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There’s one guy to blame for Americans’ economic discontent
Hint: it ain’t Biden.
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matthewjriley210 @matthewjriley210.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
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September 24, 2026
After a hearing yesterday about Trump’s Friday ban of CNN, MS NOW, and Politico from the White House campus, very early this morning—I was still awake writing yesterday’s letter—U.S.
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matthewjriley210 @matthewjriley210.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
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Hitler Estate Sues Trump for Stealing Arch Design
“It is our duty as trustees of the Adolf Hitler Estate to ensure that the Fuhrer’s intellectual property rights are vigorously protected.”
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matthewjriley210 @matthewjriley210.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
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Will Ford’s Theatre of All Places Really Be Trump’s Next Renaming Project?
INSIDE: Rand Paul ... RFK Jr. ... Trent McCotter
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matthewjriley210 @matthewjriley210.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
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Amen, Sister - Digby's Hullabaloo
Preach! What will it take for Americans to figure out that moving fast and breaking things was the Republican agenda long before it was Silicon Valley's? https://twitter.com/MAGACult2/status/210256015...
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matthewjriley210 @matthewjriley210.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
When You Hear ‘Remigration,’ Know That It Means Ethnic Cleansing talkingpointsmemo.com/cafe/when-yo...
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When You Hear ‘Remigration,’ Know That It Means Ethnic Cleansing
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A. Torch @torcho.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Pic from a volunteer’s page; we have the best chance to get rid of Trumper Ann Wagner this year, please vote Fred Wellman #mo
Vote Wellman banner over the highway.
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matthewjriley210 @matthewjriley210.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
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September 22, 2026
In 1945, still reeling from World War II, representatives from 50 nations reached back to the U.S.
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matthewjriley210 @matthewjriley210.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
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LOL: Bill Pulte ‘Examined’ Todd Blanche’s Mortgages
INSIDE: Susan Collins ... Don Jr. ... Natalie Harp
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A. Torch @torcho.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
#stl please, if eligible, get your children vaccinated against measles:
The measles virus can live in the air and on surfaces for up to 2 hours. Vaccinate.
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matthewjriley210 @matthewjriley210.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
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Court Orders Kennedy Name Removed From RFK Jr.
“Henceforth, the former Mr. Kennedy will be known as Robert Fitzgerald Trump,” the judge ruled.
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matthewjriley210 @matthewjriley210.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
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Will Crypto Crash the Blue Wave?
AI gets the attention, but the Big Scam is still spending big
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matthewjriley210 @matthewjriley210.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
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251. Newsgathering, the First Amendment, and the White House
President Trump’s viewpoint-based exclusion of three outlets from the White House is clearly on the wrong side of the Supreme Court's First Amendment doctrine.
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matthewjriley210 @matthewjriley210.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
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ICE Involved in Two Violent Incidents Over the Weekend
INSIDE: Donald Trump ... Don Jr. ... Umar Kremlev
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matthewjriley210 @matthewjriley210.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
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The blackmail part out loud
He’s not joking. He’s confessing.
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matthewjriley210 @matthewjriley210.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
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History Teaches . . . For These Terrible Times -- Reflections & Warnings From Poets & Scolds
Of Folded Lies, Affirming Flames, and the Stark Necessity of Love
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matthewjriley210 @matthewjriley210.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
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Why Does Everyone Hate Trump’s Tariffs?
The surprising political failure of protectionism
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matthewjriley210 @matthewjriley210.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Samuel Alito: Disenfranchising Millions of Voters Is No Big Deal If Mister Trump Wants It talkingpointsmemo.com/cafe/samuel-...
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Samuel Alito: Disenfranchising Millions of Voters Is No Big Deal If Mister Trump Wants It
This article is part of TPM Cafe, TPM’s home for opinion and news analysis. It...
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matthewjriley210 @matthewjriley210.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
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Five Questions with Joshua Kolb, One of the Lawyers Fighting For Democracy
About the Tate Brothers and why we can’t lose sight of their connections to the Trump family
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matthewjriley210 @matthewjriley210.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Exclusive: Commerce Overruled Treasury Concerns in Push to Narrow Census Count  talkingpointsmemo.com/news/exclusi...
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Exclusive: Commerce Overruled Treasury Concerns in Push to Narrow Census Count
Before the Trump administration issued its rule aiming to reshape the Census...
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Missouri Democrats @missouridemocrats.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
The average price in Missouri for both a gallon of gas and diesel jumped, with gas over $4 and diesel over $6. Those prices aren't going to stop rising and it is all because of Trump's Iran forever war that Rep. "Absent" Ann Wagner & every MO Republican in the House keep voting for.
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 17/09/2026
Two ways we can fight corruption: 💰Rein in dark money in politics 👨‍⚖️Establish enforceable ethics rules at SCOTUS I’ve introduced bills to do both. Glad to see my SCERT and DISCLOSE Acts featured in @democracydefendersaction.org's anti-corruption scorecard.
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