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Matt Jordan

@mattjord.bsky.social
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Writes about media, sound, technology & democracy Book:`Danger Sound Klaxon: The Horn that Changed History' tinyurl.com/47k7hft5 Director: newsliteracy.psu.edu Exec Producer doc series: huminfocus.psu.edu

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 22/09/2026
Sen. Susan Collins helped steer millions in federal defense contracts to Navatek, whose CEO illegally funneled thousands of dollars to her campaign. The FBI sought to launch a probe and was eyeing Collins and other lawmakers. Then Trump gutted the unit in charge. THREAD 🧵
Martin Kao, CEO of defense contractor Navatek, poses next to Sen. Susan Collins for a photo. Collins is holding a model of a boat in her hands. Behind them is a large sign with the Navatek logo.
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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
John Fetterman (on all available evidence) knows zero about China. I know at least something, having lived there for four years. This is utter BS, and should be treated as such.
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Matt Jordan @mattjord.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
I'm sure it will be fine for all the early adopters who fired everyone who could think www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nc0F...
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Wake up and Smile - SNL
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
As I predicted when Ukraine began striking Russian refineries, Trump is going to blame Ukraine for gas prices & begin to pressure them to stop doing it. Once again, the US will side with Putin against a country fighting for its survival. We’re morally bankrupt under Trump. bsky.app/profile/atru...
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Elliott Lusztig @elliottlusztig.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
This is not who we are. We do not hold our Canadian friends hostage because Donald Trump is throwing a tantrum. I will never really understand why this is happening, and I come from a family of Trump voters. I don't understand why they can't see this is unacceptable.
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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 03/09/2026
What if post-Trump America is even *worse*? 1/
A nuclear mushroom cloud wearing a giant Trump wig. A decaying American flag fills the sky behind it.
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Matt Jordan @mattjord.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
This ethnic cleansing traces back to a JD Vance lie
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David Rothschild @davmicrot.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Republicans' largest donor (by far) is hosting a robust debate on his platform about whether Jews are white. Corporate Media will ask precisely 0 Republicans about their largest donor's all-consuming misogyny, xenophobia, antisemitism, he will instead by referred to as a visionary industrialist.
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Micah @rincewind.run · 03/09/2026
every single day elon musk says or endorses stuff on x dot com that is worse than any of the quotes they've pulled up for hasan piker and he will be the single biggest political donor in the entire country, supporting republicans up and down the ballot somehow none of them are asked about it
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Michael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
and made sure that Epstein knew the precise ages of each of them: www.bbc.com/news/article...
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US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick planned Epstein island visit, emails show
The emails show Lutnick and his family planned a trip to Little Saint James, a private island Epstein purchased in 1998.
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Jen Mercieca @jenmercieca.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Trump is a lame duck. Ask me how I know.
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Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 02/09/2026
Billionaires have become radicalized against democracy. It's not just Trump. It's a regime—a regime funded and supported and strengthened by the oligarchs of Silicon Valley. We must realize how much power we have, and stop being tuned out from the threat we face. ⤵️ www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09...
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'Silicon Valley fascism' is waging war on democracy
The author of The Nerd Reich: Silicon Valley Fascism and the War on Democracy, has a warning.
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Newshound411 @newshound411.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
It’s corruption on steroids in plain sight. He doesn’t even try to hide that he’s looting US and cashing in on insider trading. He’s the most corrupt president in American history.
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Matt Jordan @mattjord.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
If true, they live by the same doxa as the evangelical MAGA cult
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Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 01/09/2026
Trump just endorsed a book that portrays Democrats as demons that must be purged. We're in very dangerous territory here. I wrote about the "Unhumans" playbook in 2024—and last month. Desperate Trump wants to steal the election. Here's what you need to know about the "Unhumans" strategy.
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Matt Jordan @mattjord.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Looking at the important precedent here - aka Alito's investment portfolio - makes it likely that this case will be dismissed with prejudice.
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Matt Jordan @mattjord.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
no lies detected
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jess m. ☕🍂 @jametc.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
this takes an incredible amount of character, not just to give it up, but to admit all of this. This guy has more guts than any AI fuck by a mile, and maybe more than us too. People who've managed to escape AI usage are invaluable towards convincing others to do the same.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Of course Bari did CBS News(max) is a disgrace
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Vagabonding 🇨🇦🇩🇰🇸🇪🇺🇸 @vagabonding.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Violating a treaty signed by George Washington northeasttimes.com/2026/08/31/s...
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Seneca Nation Calls Trump's Lake Ontario Rename a Treaty Violation - Northeast Times
Seneca Nation President J. Conrad Seneca says Trump's order to rename Lake Ontario as "Lake America" violates a 1794 treaty and erases Indigenous heritage.
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Matt Jordan @mattjord.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Antitrust suit should be incoming in Canada and their prosecutors should use this instance to make the case that a monopoly is eroding their sovereignty.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 31/08/2026
in john roberts’ constitution, congress does not exist and the power of the purse belongs to the president, who is an elected dictator embodying the authentic Will of the People
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Reuters @reuters.com · 31/08/2026
Trump plans $4 million for right-wing media in Europe, sources say reut.rs/4gM8JlW
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Trump plans $4 million for right-wing media in Europe, sources say
President Donald ​Trump's administration is planning to spend $4 million to bolster right-wing media in Europe, part of a package of at least $25 ‌million for civil society groups working on conservative causes in the region, according to four people familiar with the funding.
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Professor Amanda Sturgill @drsturg.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Wow. Passed today. www.rebuildlocalnews.org/explainer-ca...
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Explainer: California’s Community NEWS Act (AB 2222)
An overview of California’s proposed local journalist employment credit for newsrooms, explaining how the program works, who qualifies, and the safeguards designed to prevent misuse.
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Matt Jordan @mattjord.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
anti-competitive enshittification
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Too Big to Fail @toobigtofail.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Abdul El-Sayed is a Rhodes Scholar who has two Doctorates (Medicine from Columbia and a PhD in Public Health from Oxford) who was a 16 year old high school student in suburban Detroit when 9/11 happened, and I'm curious what possible logic is behind this post other than abject racism.
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Michael Calderone @calderone.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
I spoke with Erik Slavin, the Stars and Stripes editor who, along with two fired colleagues, is suing the Pentagon for violating First Amendment rights. nymag.com/intelligence...
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Why the Editor of Stars and Stripes Is Suing the Pentagon
Journalist Erik Slavin speaks about his firing, the paper’s USS Abraham Lincoln reporting, and how covering the military has “fundamentally changed.”
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The Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
No republic can survive under these conditions. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Meet the Megadonors Who Have Poured $1.2 Billion Into the Midterms
The leaderboard of the top 20 donors is dominated by the tech industry and ultrawealthy Republicans.
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Ken Tremendous @kentremendous.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Wrote about the proposed Paramount-WBD merger and why it is bad across the board.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
That's not how executive orders work and that's not how naming things work and this isn't how political reporting should work either. This event should be covered, yes, but as another sign of the president's steady descent into complete ineffectiveness and utter insanity.
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👋I’m working on follow backs😊 @beaches1.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
🎯🎯🎯 Political cartoon by @jesseduquette.bsky.social
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Matt Jordan @mattjord.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Hey everyone, the CEO of the company selling shovels during a gold rush just said something bullish! Don't you feel more informed about the swirling speculation fueling the AI bubble now!
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John Carl Baker @johncarlbaker.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
This is a machine to ethnically cleanse the country - and anyone who pretends otherwise is kidding themselves
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
"the money, which was supposed to be used to provide health insurance for poor children, was instead hastily passed through multiple organizations before eventually landing in the bank accounts of two political action committees and the Republican Party of Florida." www.cbsnews.com/miami/news/g...
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Grand jury finds DeSantis administration "misappropriated" $10 million in taxpayer money to Hope Florida
A Florida grand jury found the DeSantis administration misappropriated $10 million in taxpayer money for political purposes.
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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
NEW: Plaintiff response to Team Trump suggestion of demolishing Kennedy Center “Defendants have not-so-subtly said: ‘This is a nice Kennedy Center you have here, and what a shame should something happen to it.’ This is a breathtaking assault on the rule of law. It's delusional"
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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
The Supreme Court is not being obtuse. They're being evil. My latest in @thenation.com www.thenation.com/article/poli...
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The Supreme Court Is Helping Trump Rig the Midterms
Trump’s order limiting mail-in voting is patently unconstitutional—but that didn’t stop the court from giving it the green light.
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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 25/08/2026
and by "everyone" they mean the feckless politicians and assorted organizations pressured by paramount (like Gavin Newsom and Karen Bass) a settlement and conditions simply do not address the long-term consumer and labor harms of consolidation Block the thing. Destroy it. Burn it with fire.
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Everyone Wants a Paramount Settlement. First, Look Under the Hood
The acquisition's financing depends on savings that the protections everyone wants would prohibit. That's a difficult problem to solve.
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Whatever you call it, you just made all the goods we buy that come across our border more expensive. Michigan, he’s asking us to pay for his vanity trade war with our money.
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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 26/08/2026
David Ellison got Iowa's Attorney General to make some baseless legal threats against California in the hopes of scuttling the 12 state Paramount/Warner state antitrust lawsuit you know, to "save american movies"
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To Save American Movies, I’m Taking California To The Supreme Court
If you were to ask almost any Iowa family what they have noticed about digital entertainment or “the shows they watch,” they will say that even though there are more streaming services, there are fewe...
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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 25/08/2026
apparently putting a racist billionaire in charge of government doesn't result in equitable outcomes? who could have predicted this sort of thing
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Lawmakers accuse Texas’ broadband office of favoritism
Texas lawmakers accuse the state broadband office of favoritism and sweetheart deals after satellite internet providers received most of the funding.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Remember -- it's the Democrats who are aligned with communists.
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 25/08/2026
Hollywood mega mergers hurt everyone except the people at the top. If you read one thing about the potential Paramount-Warner Bros. merger, let it be this: www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...
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Mike Schur: The Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger Is Existential for Writers
“A market ceases to function when competition disappears. And it’s disappearing,” contends the comedy writer whose credits include 'Saturday Night Live,' 'The Office,' 'Parks and Recreation,' 'Brookly...
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Matt Jordan @mattjord.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Jeffries announces Peace for our Time.
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Joe Sudbay @joesudbay.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
She's only been a senator for 30 years and only the chair of what's supposed to be one of most important committees Vote her out finally Maine
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Matt Seybold @mattseybold.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Dependency is the goal.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Yet again, the national debt has soared under a Republican president. It now stands at a record $40 trillion. Republicans accuse Democrats of being fiscally irresponsible. But time and again, they create economic messes that Democrats have to clean up. Watch.
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How Democrats Clean Up the Messes Left by Republicans | Robert Reich
Republicans accuse Democrats of being fiscally irresponsible. But time and again, it’s the Democrats who are forced to c
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Lee West @whodat35.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Please take a moment and read Lara Korte’s last story that she filed for Stars and Stripes published 3 hours ago. Thank you Lara for your professional dedication and journalistic values. www.stripes.com/branches/nav...
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Today, I was informed that the Department of Defense is firing me for insubordination after I told a CBS reporter that I work for Stars and Stripes - not the Pentagon, not any administration, and not any policy maker.
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I consider it a great privilege to live alongside members of the military and share their stories. It's a shame for the institution and service members, who swore to defend the Constitution and deserve right to a free and independent press.
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Matt Jordan @mattjord.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
full circle on mass deportation
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U.S. Press Freedom Tracker @pressfreedomtracker.us · 21/08/2026
Jim Rodenbush, the fired adviser to the Bloomington-based Indiana Daily Student newspaper, refiled a First Amendment lawsuit in state court against Indiana State University on Aug. 4.
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Indiana University orders student paper to stop printing after firing adviser
Administrators at Indiana University Bloomington fired the adviser to the Indiana Daily Student on Oct. 14, 2025, and then hours …
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Matt Jordan @mattjord.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Extortion is the brand
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