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@mattlaslo.bsky.social
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Veteran congressional reporter (from VICE to WIRED), political comms professor, public speaker, etc. Founder: AskaPol.com & TheLCB.com

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Raw Story @rawstory.com · 29/09/2026
During today's Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-MO) called Jack Smith a "dirtbag," a moment that Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) called "one of the more extraordinary moments I've ever seen." 🎥 @mattlaslo.bsky.social, Capitol Hill Reporter #CoryBooker #JackSmith #EricSchmitt
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mattlaslo.bsky.social @mattlaslo.bsky.social · 5h
PSA: The US Senate is now on vacay 🏝️ until after November’s elections.
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mattlaslo.bsky.social @mattlaslo.bsky.social · 5h
“We had a little fender bender,” the U.S. Senator sitting in one of these cars outside the Capitol tells me.
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mattlaslo.bsky.social @mattlaslo.bsky.social · 11h
Who's your daddy? Thankfully not Pete Hegseth.
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Raw Story @rawstory.com · 29/09/2026
#HappeningNow - Jack Smith is testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee as part of its investigation into his probes of President Trump. Smith told senators that he has "no partisan loyalties." 🎥: @mattlaslo.bsky.social, Capitol Hill Reporter #JackSmith #ChuckGrassley
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mattlaslo.bsky.social @mattlaslo.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
“You make me want to throw up in my mouth,” Sen. John Kennedy to Jack Smith.
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mattlaslo.bsky.social @mattlaslo.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Trump’s latest attack on the media is a commercial running during Washington Commanders game claiming to be “Paid for by the U.S. Government.”
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mattlaslo.bsky.social @mattlaslo.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
👀 Did China invade US airspace with advanced tech that shuttered Langley Air Force Base for 17 days (2023), causing the US military to relocate its fleet of 5th generation fighters, stealth F-22 Raptors? Is the US deploying similar advanced tech against China? 👀 www.askapoluaps.com/p/did-advanc...
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Did advanced Chinese tech shutter Langley? “There’s a reason behind [my PASS Act],” Sen. Rounds says
Ep. 490 — Sen. Mike Rounds (9-24-2026)
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mattlaslo.bsky.social @mattlaslo.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
My latest is live: Trump's latest security 'lies' blasted as effort to trick Supreme Court www.msn.com/en-gb/news/o...
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Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
it’s forbidden content but i have watched this video of the AI songs a man made for his mistress after murdering his wife being played in court maybe 20 times today. It is one of the most compelling things i have ever seen
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mattlaslo.bsky.social @mattlaslo.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
We be trollin’
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James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Ken Paxton keeps dodging debates. So I called his cell to invite him to a debate on Fox News. He didn’t pick up.
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Please don't overreact to the SCOTUS SAVE database decision today Page 6 of the decision makes clear that we are in the 90 day statutory window when mass changes cannot be made to voter lists! Yeah it's a shit decision for the reasons the 3 dissenters say but we can deal with it. More to come...
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Supreme Court Allows Expansive Voter Screening Tool Ahead of Midterms (Gift Article)
Critics of the Trump administration system to monitor the citizenship status of voters had raised alarms about privacy and improper voter purges.
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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Here's a graphic that does a better job of conveying the point than my original post: even by the (insane) standards of the first Trump administration, #SCOTUS is receiving—and granting—a truly unprecedented number of applications for emergency relief from the federal government:
A chart that shows the number of emergency applications filed and granted by the Supreme Court during each presidency dating back to George W. Bush, with the data annualized to show the far-higher frequencies since 2017, but especially during the Trump I and Trump II administrations.
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mattlaslo.bsky.social @mattlaslo.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
WUT!?!
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Ms. Misanthrope 🇺🇸 @lilmsmisanthrope.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
DOJ moved this week to end more than 50 school desegregation consent decrees, some dating to the 1960s. Harmeet Dhillon called them "onerous and outdated." About 150 districts, mostly in the South, remained under these orders when this administration began. DOJ has not released the full list.
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Justice Department Scraps Dozens of School Desegregation Cases
Critics said the changes, mostly in the South, moved the nation “back toward the Jim Crow era.” Justice Department officials said the decrees were outdated.
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EnoughKS @jiswitty.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Facts matter 💯 👇👇
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Mteague @mteague.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Almost verbatim Andrew Tate’s “reasoning” behind his unwillingness to read books. Wonder how else they are alike.
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Phil Klinkner @pklinkne.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
"No, I read very little," Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) told @mattlaslo.bsky.social , who wrote the report for Raw Story. "I want my own opinion, not somebody else's." Who could have guessed?😂
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Tuberville says he avoids reading to maintain his 'own opinion'
Capitol Hill reporter Matt Laslo had a conversation with Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) in which the gubernatorial candidate revealed he doesn't
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mattlaslo.bsky.social @mattlaslo.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Bible verse trips up Tommy Tuberville — as he compares himself to America's poorest My latest for The Raw Story from my wire service The LCB www.msn.com/en-us/news/n...
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mattlaslo.bsky.social @mattlaslo.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
“Never ends,” @berniesanders.bsky.social sighs as his phone rings during a Senate hearing.
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mattlaslo.bsky.social @mattlaslo.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
“Never ends,” @berniesanders.bsky.social sighs as his phone rings during a Senate hearing.
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mattlaslo.bsky.social @mattlaslo.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
ICYMI -- when Trump announced his ban on CNN, MSN & Politico, he was asked about President Xi of China, "one of the most repressive countries for journalists in the world." "I don't know about that," President Trump replied in the Oval Office. "I think we're repressive also. We get fake news..."
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mattlaslo.bsky.social @mattlaslo.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
My latest from the US Capitol—>
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Raw Story @rawstory.com · 24/09/2026
Capitol Hill Reporter Matt Laslo had to clarify who the "least of these" are for Sen. Tommy Tuberville. Either way, Tuberville believes JD Vance did a "good job" taking 750,000 people off Obamacare to "clean" up the program. 🎥: @mattlaslo.bsky.social #ObamaCare #AffordableCareAct
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Raw Story @rawstory.com · 24/09/2026
For more Capitol Hill reactions to JD Vance's "clean" up: www.rawstory.com/raw-investig... By @mattlaslo.bsky.social
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Collins decries Trump admin's 'problematic' Obamacare move as colleague says 'good start'
WASHINGTON — Embattled Maine Republican Senator Susan Collins isn’t happy that Vice President JD Vance announced the Trump administration is booting close to 760,000 Americans off Obamacare exchanges ...
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mattlaslo.bsky.social @mattlaslo.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
ICYMI -- when Trump announced his ban on CNN, MSN & Politico, he was asked about President Xi of China, "one of the most repressive countries for journalists in the world." "I don't know about that," President Trump replied in the Oval Office. "I think we're repressive also. We get fake news..."
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Raw Story @rawstory.com · 22/09/2026
🎥 Captured by our Capitol Hill Reporter, @mattlaslo.bsky.social
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Raw Story @rawstory.com · 22/09/2026
"He's not going to bomb Iran into a solution." Senator Richard Blumenthal reacts to President Trump's comments on the war in Iran, given during his speech to the United Nations General Assembly. #RichardBlumenthal #UnitedNations #DonaldTrump #Iran
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Ask a Pol @askapol.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
LISTEN: “I will f****** punch someone in the face for talking about Hegseth,” Rep. Van Orden exclusively tells @mattlaslo.bsky.social Full (unpaywalled) transcript at Ask a Pol’s YouTube Channel or at Ask a Pol Politics on Substack. www.askapolpolitics.com/p/i-will-fn-...
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mattlaslo.bsky.social @mattlaslo.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
ICYMI — Friday in the Oval Office, President Trump admitted he’s attacking America’s "free press" “When you say 'the ban,' which ban?” Trump asked. “Oh, the ban on the free press, right?“ #ban #trump #whitehouse #politics #news
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mattlaslo.bsky.social @mattlaslo.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
ICYMI — Friday in the Oval Office, President Trump admitted he’s attacking America’s "free press" “When you say 'the ban,' which ban?” Trump asked. “Oh, the ban on the free press, right?“ #ban #trump #whitehouse #politics #news
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Brooke to Himself @brooketohimself.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
or rather it is, but only in the cosmic sense? 🌠
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mattlaslo.bsky.social @mattlaslo.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Curious Trump is lashing out at the media and not AI / deepfakes this week www.bbc.com/news/videos/...
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Image of Trump kissing aide is fake
Thomas Copeland explains how the BBC discovered the image was fake.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $8 trillion. The entire bottom 50% of American households is worth just $4.27 trillion. Read that back. Remember: Wealth can’t be separated from power. Power begets wealth and wealth begets power.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Jeffries: MAGA is running scared. They can run, but they can’t hide because the clock is ticking. 46 days until there’s going to be accountability visited upon them by the American people for the fact that they have completely and totally failed.
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mattlaslo.bsky.social @mattlaslo.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Gateway Pundit’s plan seems to be coming together nicely…
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mattlaslo.bsky.social @mattlaslo.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
On the bright, if bleak, side, no journalists were executed or jailed in Washington today… - Prof Laslo
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Raw Story @rawstory.com · 18/09/2026
Riding into this weekend after Congress adjourned early, and the vote to pass Pete Hegseth's articles of impeachment is left hanging until November. Read more about Rep. Van Orden: bit.ly/4y3pe4i 🎥: @mattlaslo.bsky.social, Capitol Hill Reporter #DerrickVanOrden #PeteHegseth
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mattlaslo.bsky.social @mattlaslo.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Why’s Trump “#banning” @cnn.com , @politico.com & @msnowreports.bsky.social from White House? “No reason,” President #Trump tells reporters in the Oval Office. “It’s really just cumulative stories over the last few years. You get sick of it.” #politics #news #election
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mattlaslo.bsky.social @mattlaslo.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Mr. President, Today’s clickbait-fueled media is terrible, but that’s our Constitutional right. Just as you enjoy right to throw tantrums & berate us. Bask in the gawdy glory of today’s click culture. The media did get you elected twice, after all. Sincerely, Prof Piggy Laslo
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mattlaslo.bsky.social @mattlaslo.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Still not over @toddzwillich.bsky.social (with assistance of a complicit @arthurdelaney.bsky.social!) 🎶 rickrolling 🎶 1A listeners earlier…
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Classic Rickroll: Never Gonna Give You Up
ALT: Classic Rickroll: Never Gonna Give You Up
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mattlaslo.bsky.social @mattlaslo.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
ICYMI — my latest 🔥 @rawstory.com www.msn.com/en-us/news/o...
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mattlaslo.bsky.social @mattlaslo.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
New stamps! It’s the small things.
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mattlaslo.bsky.social @mattlaslo.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
ICYMI — my latest 🔥 @rawstory.com www.msn.com/en-us/news/o...
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mattlaslo.bsky.social @mattlaslo.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
“I will f****** punch someone in the face for talking about Hegseth,” Rep. Derrick Van Orden tells me in my latest piece @rawstory.com…before driving off on his Harley feom the Capitol www.rawstory.com/raw-investig...
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mattlaslo.bsky.social @mattlaslo.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
“I will f****** punch someone in the face for talking about Hegseth,” Rep. Derrick Van Orden tells me in my latest piece @rawstory.com…before driving off on his Harley feom the Capitol www.rawstory.com/raw-investig...
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mattlaslo.bsky.social @mattlaslo.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
At least we have WiFi in the New Gilded Age… 🤷
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mattlaslo.bsky.social @mattlaslo.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
It me—>
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