Reposted by MattRiffs.bsky.socialMark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Dictator Move of the Day.nytimes.comInside Trump's Plan to Fence Off a Historic Protest Site (Gift Article)The president’s proposal to enclose a park in Washington could alter how the space has been used for generations. 29371168
MattRiffs.bsky.social @mattriffs.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Putin knows the best way to get the upper hand with the Trump White House is by appealing to its never-ending capacity for grifting. #Ukraine 000
Reposted by MattRiffs.bsky.socialMark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 28/09/2026The Pentagon never disclosed that eight US Marines were injured when an Iranian cruise missile hit their vessel in the Strait of Hormuz on September 14, NBC reports. Injuries were eventually added to the casualty record with no announcement ten days later. 501602649
Reposted by MattRiffs.bsky.socialMark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 27/09/2026The cases dropped included white collar crime, drugs and terrorism, 23,000 of them, all during the first six months of Trump’s second term. Instead the DOJ focused on immigration cases.propublica.orgTrump’s Justice Department Dropped 23,000 Criminal Investigations in Shift to ImmigrationUnder Attorney General Pam Bondi, the DOJ abandoned a record number of cases — including hundreds of investigations into terrorism, white-collar crime and drugs — in just the first six months of Presi... 13282158
Reposted by MattRiffs.bsky.socialMarc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 22/09/2026The Republican National Committee (RNC) is encouraging voters to request mail ballots while challenging mail voting infrastructure nationwide. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...democracydocket.com‘Hypocritical’: RNC pushes mail voting for its supporters while attacking it in courtThe RNC has sued across the country to restrict mail voting. But it also paid for emails and a website telling voters to “request your mail-in ballot now,” a Democracy Docket analysis found. 561136599
Reposted by MattRiffs.bsky.socialMark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 08/09/2026He's lying about 9/11. He lied about the pandemic. He lied about the integrity of our elections. He doctored an official weather map to lie about a hurricane. There is absolutely nothing that Donald Trump won't lie about. 49472138
Reposted by MattRiffs.bsky.socialEdward Wong @ewong.bsky.social · 06/09/2026NEW: Nate Hochman was fired from the DeSantis campaign in 2023 after promoting a video with the Sonnenrad, a Nazi symbol embraced by white supremacists. He now works in Rubio's State Department, as deputy director of policy planning and chief speechwriter. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/09/06/u...nytimes.comFor Fired DeSantis Campaign Staff Member, a Second Chance at State Dept. (Gift Article)The hiring of Nate Hochman, who lost his job amid an uproar over a video containing a Nazi symbol, underscores the administration’s willingness to overlook past transgressions. 851761984
Reposted by MattRiffs.bsky.socialSteven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 04/09/2026“Remember, the Constitution doesn’t begin with, ‘I, the president.’ It begins with, ‘We, the people.’ ” —Gloria Steinem at the 2017 Women’s March 252249276964
MattRiffs.bsky.social @mattriffs.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Good to see that Trump’s cabinet appointees are focused on the key issue of affordability. 010
Reposted by MattRiffs.bsky.socialTuta @tuta.com · 31/08/2026If you have a Gmail account, you need to read this. Google's AI now scans your emails and attachments, bank statements, tax files, medical letters, all of it. It turned on by default, and there's a class-action lawsuit over how. Here are 5 moves to shut it off, the switch is hidden in two places: 1511467810141
MattRiffs.bsky.social @mattriffs.bsky.social · 27/08/2026New documents show RFK Jr. lied to a U.S. Senate committee. Not that it matters at all to GOP members of the Senate.apnews.comExclusive: RFK Jr. said a Samoa trip had nothing to do with vaccines. New documents refute thatThe Associated Press and The Guardian have obtained documents that contradict statements made by current Health Secretary Robert F. 010
Reposted by MattRiffs.bsky.socialMark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 23/08/2026NEW: A paperback edition of our biography of sports visionary Abe Saperstein, founder of the Harlem Globetrotters. My brother Matthew and I detail Saperstein’s key roles in basketball’s 3-point shot, Negro Leagues baseball, integrating sports, and even secret State Dept. dealings in the Cold War.bloomsbury.comGlobetrotter*Booklist starred review* The captivating biography of Abe Saperstein, creator of the Harlem GlobetrottersThe original Harlem Globetrotters weren't from Harlem,… 37321
MattRiffs.bsky.social @mattriffs.bsky.social · 23/08/2026Pathetic BS. Any day now, Republicans will blame the Iran war on illegal immigration. 000
Reposted by MattRiffs.bsky.socialProPublica @propublica.org · 21/08/2026Autopsies show how hard doctors tried to save babies who died after not getting a vitamin K shot: tubes inserted in their airways, blood transfusions. They’re excruciating to read because they underscore how preventable these deaths could have been. (Published May)propublica.orgWhat I Can’t Forget About the Babies Who Died After Not Receiving a Vitamin K ShotBabies have died after not receiving the vitamin K shot at birth. Their autopsy records underscore how preventable their deaths could have been. 23937416
Reposted by MattRiffs.bsky.socialMark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Here’s Trump on March 11, talking about the war with Iran: "We've won. ... You never like to say too early you won. We won. We won the bet — In the first hour, it was over." Here’s Energy Secretary Chris Wright 5 months later, with the war dragging on: “The president is playing the long game.”abcnews.comTrump signals economic pressure in Iran conflict as talks stall: ANALYSISThe Trump administration is touting its naval blockade of the Strait of Hormuz and previewing new sanctions still to be announced. 315647
MattRiffs.bsky.social @mattriffs.bsky.social · 19/08/2026I’ve taken 1,000+ airline flights in my life. If any airline that I fly cooperates with these fascist ghouls, they will lose my business. 093
Reposted by MattRiffs.bsky.socialMark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 12/08/2026While Trump says he's "low-keying" the war with Iran, desperate sailors on the USS Abraham Lincoln are trying to jump overboard during its long deployment to support a criminal president's illegal war.navytimes.comMultiple USS Abraham Lincoln sailors have tried to go overboard amid extended deployment, families sayMultiple sailors aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln have attempted to go overboard as the carrier's deployment stretches into its ninth month. 713857
Reposted by MattRiffs.bsky.socialGillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 12/08/2026What the fuck do you mean “speaking out”?! He stalked her when she was a girl and is using NBC to continue to insert himself into her life four decades later. This is not news, this is aiding and abetting. @nbcnews.com should take this down and apologize. 273486579
Reposted by MattRiffs.bsky.socialThe Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 29/07/2026Epstein survivor on Trump's criminal lawyer Todd Blanche: "Yeah, I mean, he actually said the words 'get to the point' to us. We're survivors who've been waiting to meet with him for 9 months, 8 months. We've been asking for meetings, and he very much said, 'can you get to the point already?'" 711610611
MattRiffs.bsky.social @mattriffs.bsky.social · 24/07/2026I hope there are #journalists out there who will ask President Trump what “very big favors” he is doing for China’s Xi? 000
Reposted by MattRiffs.bsky.socialSilvija (still) stands with Ukraine @svecrumba.bsky.social · 23/07/2026Echoes of Stalin—in 1937 he received an 11 minute standing ovation. Everyone was too afraid to be the first to stop clapping. 914846
Reposted by MattRiffs.bsky.socialRyan @aa-rust.bsky.social · 24/07/2026The claim ”Santa does not exist” is not an evidence-based claim because studies have not ruled out the possibility that he might just be really good at covering his tracks. 25513
Reposted by MattRiffs.bsky.socialRyan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 23/07/2026From 2003 to 2024, the number of children 17-years and under killed by US law enforcement each year increased from 8 per year (0.01 per 100 000 person-years) to 37 per year (0.05 per 100 000 person-years), noticeably outpacing the significant increases in all annual deaths caused by law enforcement. 47131
Reposted by MattRiffs.bsky.socialAlex Merz 🇺🇸🇨🇦🇺🇦 @merz.bsky.social · 23/07/2026This is worth underscoring: people here who constantly pop up to say that the GOP "was always like this" are factually incorrect. 2325
Reposted by MattRiffs.bsky.socialJack Lerner @jacklerner.bsky.social · 23/07/2026The corruption is staggering. 36720
Reposted by MattRiffs.bsky.socialAlt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 18/07/2026Medicaid covers low-income adults, children, pregnant people, the elderly and people with disabilities. It’s one of our few social safety nets. Giving HIPAA-protected data to ICE and Palantir is a betrayal of public trust and straight-up illegal. The ongoing theft of our country’s data is a heist.npr.orgICE shared Medicaid data it wasn't supposed to have with PalantirThe revelations came out in a federal court case brought by Democratic states challenging ICE's access to Medicaid data to aid in deportation efforts. 10408165
Reposted by MattRiffs.bsky.socialMichael Socolow @michaelsocolow.bsky.social · 17/07/2026"Fox News has not seen that documentation yet and is not in a position to assess the accuracy of the President's statements tonight..." -Bret Baier, Fox News. That's a $787 million CYA. (And more evidence that the speech didn't need to be aired live) 1266
Reposted by MattRiffs.bsky.socialKFF Health News @kffhealthnews.org · 07/07/2026Drugmakers give consumers financial help to afford costly medications. But some health insurers keep that assistance without applying it to consumers’ deductibles or out-of-pocket maximums.kffhealthnews.orgCopay Assistance Is Meant To Defray Patient Drug Costs. Some Insurers Keep It Instead. - KFF Health NewsDrugmakers provide financial assistance to help patients afford increasingly expensive medications. But some insurers do not count those payments toward a plan's deductible or out-of-pocket maximum and make patients pay instead. 2159
Reposted by MattRiffs.bsky.socialCyril Mychalejko @cmychalejko.bsky.social · 26/02/2026The U.S. Border Patrol abandoned a blind, disabled Rohingya refugee to die in frigid Buffalo, a new low for the Trump regime, writes @willbunch.bsky.social. 16014
Reposted by MattRiffs.bsky.socialCongressman Greg Casar @repcasar.bsky.social · 24/02/2026The Department of Justice has illegally “withheld some Epstein files related to allegations that President Trump sexually abused a minor." The biggest coverup in presidential history just got worse. Release the files.npr.orgJustice Department withheld and removed some Epstein files related to TrumpAn NPR investigation finds the public database of Epstein files is missing dozens of pages related to sexual abuse accusations against President Trump. 52961473
Reposted by MattRiffs.bsky.socialKathleen Bachynski @bachynski.bsky.social · 19/02/2026Dr. Michael T. Osterholm, an infectious disease expert at the University of Minnesota, called the arrangement “a recipe for disaster.” Given the deep cuts at the C.D.C., he said, “I think the C.D.C. is one disaster away from being a disaster itself.”nytimes.comN.I.H. Director Will Temporarily Run C.D.C. in Leadership Shake-Up 02310
Reposted by MattRiffs.bsky.socialChris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 08/02/2026Good morning. The President of the United States was in the middle of the most serious child sex trafficking ring of the last quarter century. He is referenced not a dozen times in the case files. Not 100 times. Not 1,000 times. He’s referenced 38,000 times. 13603777914246
Reposted by MattRiffs.bsky.socialMike Hixenbaugh @mikehixenbaugh.com · 07/02/2026NEW: A baby held in immigration detention became so sick, she had to be rushed to a hospital in severe respiratory distress. “She was at the brink of dying,” a lawyer told me. But the girl didn’t go home after her 10-day hospital stay; instead, ICE put her and her mother back in lock up at Dilley.nbcnews.comToddler hospitalized with respiratory failure was returned to ICE detention without prescribed medication, lawsuit saysThe 18-month-old was sent back to a South Texas facility after days in intensive care with severe respiratory distress, according to a federal lawsuit. 10025871814
MattRiffs.bsky.social @mattriffs.bsky.social · 07/02/2026Thanks to the @apnews.com for not merely calling this a “controversial” post. 010
Reposted by MattRiffs.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 31/01/2026This is just insane. It’s only a matter of time before DHS kills another innocent person here. (clip via MPR and @davidjbier.bsky.social on X) 17432908613125
Reposted by MattRiffs.bsky.socialjstreetdotorg.bsky.social @jstreetdotorg.bsky.social · 30/01/20261/ In the US, horrifying footage shows ICE agents killing civilians and terrorizing communities in broad daylight. In the West Bank, settlers are filmed beating families and burning homes. As Jews, we are obliged to speak out. 161
Reposted by MattRiffs.bsky.socialThe Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 30/01/2026From the Epstein email archives. Jeffrey Epstein: "trump is likely to be [asked] questions soon about me…supposedly a girl said that donal= had sex with her at my house when she was underage." 571448597
Reposted by MattRiffs.bsky.socialSarah Longwell @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social · 30/01/2026Trump swore he cut off contact with Epstein before he was arrested in 2006. So why would Epstein be calling Trump in 2011? 43896318
Reposted by MattRiffs.bsky.socialMinnesota Star Tribune @startribune.com · 22/01/2026This video filmed by Ben Luhmann shows the moment a federal agent sprayed chemical irritants directly into a man's face in south Minneapolis. Three agents already had the man pinned to the ground when a fourth agent walked up and sprayed the irritants. 744103496014
MattRiffs.bsky.social @mattriffs.bsky.social · 21/01/2026A woman was gunned down in Minneapolis, and our dictator-wannabe barely mentions her killing. Instead, he can’t stop talking about whether Renee Good’s father is still one of his fans. His ego constantly needs to be fed.independent.co.ukTrump ‘hopes’ Renee Good’s father is still a ‘tremendous fan’Trump previously described 37-year-old mother shot three times by ICE agent as a ‘professional agitator’ 000
Reposted by MattRiffs.bsky.socialMrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 18/01/2026Pew Research Institute (2023): • Red State Texas has about 2.1 million undocumented immigrants • Red State Florida has 1.6 M undocumented immigrants • Blue State Minnesota has 130,000. And yet only Minnesota is being occupied by masked thugs over "immigration." It's *not* about immigration. 14884765120438
Reposted by MattRiffs.bsky.socialMark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 17/01/2026The New York Times thinks that when a criminal tries to steal someone’s stuff and they say no, it’s a “standoff.” 30416135
MattRiffs.bsky.social @mattriffs.bsky.social · 16/01/2026That Gestapo analogy seems more and more appropriate.washingtonpost.comMedical examiner believes death of man in ICE custody was homicide, recording saysA fellow detainee says he witnessed Geraldo Lunas Campos being choked to death by guards at the ICE detention center in Texas on Jan. 3. 010
Reposted by MattRiffs.bsky.socialDavid Burbach 🇺🇸 @dburbach.bsky.social · 15/01/2026Non-protesting dad just trying to hustle his kids, as young as 6mo, out of the neighborhood. ICE threw a flash-bang INTO HIS car, all 6 kids in the hospital now. If anyone wondered how things turn against occupying armies there's a case study playing out in front of you. 297176818281
Reposted by MattRiffs.bsky.socialBrendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 15/01/2026Gerontocracy rules everything around me 34911
Reposted by MattRiffs.bsky.socialBen Lorber @benlorber8.bsky.social · 09/01/2026Yesterday Elon Musk retweeted "white solidarity is the only way to survive". In our numb overwhelmed media environment it barely made headlines that the world's richest man endorsed blood-curdling white nationalism. My brief writeup for @religiondispatches.org religiondispatches.org/elon-musk-ju...religiondispatches.orgElon Musk Just Endorsed Blatant White Nationalism And the Silence is DeafeningOn Thursday morning Elon Musk retweeted (with a ‘100%’ endorsement) a post declaring that: If white men become a minority, we will be slaughtered. Remember, if non-Whites openly hate White men while... 27157722626