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MattRiffs.bsky.social @mattriffs.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Putin 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

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MattRiffs.bsky.social @mattriffs.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

I hope there are #journalists out there who will ask President Trump what “very big favors” he is doing for China’s Xi?

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MattRiffs.bsky.social @mattriffs.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

This is another reason to stop buying from Amazon — his applause for an authoritarian madman:

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MattRiffs.bsky.social @mattriffs.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

Thanks to the @apnews.com for not merely calling this a “controversial” post.

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MattRiffs.bsky.social @mattriffs.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

This is a gift he could really use.

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MattRiffs.bsky.social @mattriffs.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

RFK Jr., lacking credentials in medicine, public health, epidemiology or immunology, wants to lecture Germany on its medical policies. German officials are wise enough to ignore such nonsense.

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MattRiffs.bsky.social @mattriffs.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

Trump seems to think he was elected to: > build huge ballrooms > redesign airports > cut taxes for the wealthiest people > and raise prices thru tariffs

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MattRiffs.bsky.social @mattriffs.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

As a gay man, I find it utterly revolting to think that any LGBTQ+ person could have voted for Trump. His decision for the government to ignore #WorldAIDSDay today shows incredible disrespect for human health, wellness and dignity.

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MattRiffs.bsky.social @mattriffs.bsky.social · 30/11/2025

Trump has no sympathy for SNAP recipients. Or for Americans who cannot afford health insurance. About the only people for whom he can feel sympathy are foreign leaders who are held accountable for their crimes.

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MattRiffs.bsky.social @mattriffs.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

Treasury Sec. Scott Bessent said if people want to escape high inflation, they should move from Blue states to Red states. CNBC just shared an analysis of the available data showing that inflation was *not* lower in Red states. A CNBC anchor put it this way: “The point is it’s bad everywhere.”

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MattRiffs.bsky.social @mattriffs.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

Scratching my head, trying to figure out how my search for NY Times recipes yielded this as one of the results. Because Trump’s hair is the same color as sweet potatoes?

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MattRiffs.bsky.social @mattriffs.bsky.social · 09/11/2025

It is neutrally worded — choice A or choice B — bullshit questions like this that (almost) make me want to take a train to NYC just so I can throw a rock at the Times building.

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MattRiffs.bsky.social @mattriffs.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

Live in or near the Washington DC area? Join me this Wednesday at the March for Health & Science. We’ll gather on the Mall (near 7th St.) at 2:30 and march from there! #ACA #APHA #healthcare #respectscience

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MattRiffs.bsky.social @mattriffs.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

Grocery and housing costs remain high. In Virginia, many are losing their jobs (fed workers) or revenue (contractors) due to DOGE cuts. Meanwhile, Virginia’s GOP leaders do nothing to push back on Trump. So, I’m stunned @bluevirginia.bsky.social that GOP candidates see this as a winning tagline:

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MattRiffs.bsky.social @mattriffs.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

During his political career, Sen. Joe McCarthy used red-baiting to harm or destroy the reputations of many people. It would have been immoral for anyone to have murdered him. It also would have been totally inappropriate for people to pretend that he deserved to be treated as if he had been a hero.

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MattRiffs.bsky.social @mattriffs.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

White supremacist and Holocaust denier Nick Fuentes does his best Billy Graham impression on X.

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MattRiffs.bsky.social @mattriffs.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

There are 2 Metro system law enforcement officers (left) assigned to the Metro Center station in Washington DC. It makes no sense to assign 2 National Guard troops to the very same spot. If the Trump-ordered deployment of the National Guard was truly about crime-fighting, you wouldn’t see this.

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MattRiffs.bsky.social @mattriffs.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

Once again, Musk does his best to make the situation far, far worse. This is the ridiculous, inflammatory rhetoric that encourages violence like the Charlie Kirk and Melissa Hortman shootings.

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MattRiffs.bsky.social @mattriffs.bsky.social · 07/09/2025

False. As Jefferson wrote in 1802, our founders decided that the government “should make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof, thus building a wall of separation between church and state.”

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MattRiffs.bsky.social @mattriffs.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

New day, but the same destructive trash-talk by the Trump regime. On CNBC, the Commerce Secretary just referred to one of our closest allies as the “ridiculous Canadians.” Such a shameful, embarrassing spectacle.

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MattRiffs.bsky.social @mattriffs.bsky.social · 24/08/2025

The screenshot below is from Google AI. It sums up the language misalignment — even this non-political source recognizes that the left is using a term that the rest of the world does not. And pushing others to use “unhoused” does nothing to find housing for a single family.

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MattRiffs.bsky.social @mattriffs.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

Y’know — because Trump’s attorneys are the best people to analyze history and reach conclusions.

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MattRiffs.bsky.social @mattriffs.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

People who are homeless in Washington DC have a message for Czar Donald I. #ReleaseEpsteinFiles

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MattRiffs.bsky.social @mattriffs.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

I won’t hold my breath and wait for Trump to announce that he is taking over police responsibilities for the 3 cities on this list that are in red states. It all comes down to politics.

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MattRiffs.bsky.social @mattriffs.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

When Trump says that Epstein “stole” a female employee from Mar-a-Lago, it sounds like he’s describing a wallet or a hubcap — not a human being. #ReleaseAllTheEpsteinFiles

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MattRiffs.bsky.social @mattriffs.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

Opponents of fluoride show just how disconnected they are from real science by citing sources like this — Ukrainian Business News. No hyperlinks to an actual study. Just fear-mongering. #science #publichealth 🧪

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MattRiffs.bsky.social @mattriffs.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

After watching their GOP colleagues allow Trump/Musk to unleash mayhem for 6 months, Dem leaders in Washington seem surprised that Republicans won’t be bipartisan. Schumer and company are so out of their league — so unprepared for this crisis.

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MattRiffs.bsky.social @mattriffs.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

Remember the Trump regime’s “90 deals in 90 days” promise? Just as we suspected, it was total BS. The deadline for a China trade deal was pushed back to August 12. And now Trump’s Treasury Secretary is talking about delaying it even more.

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MattRiffs.bsky.social @mattriffs.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

Democrats who are serious about flipping the U.S. House should seize this vote as a campaign issue. No one needs to explain to the average voter who Epstein was and why he was so disgusting. Yet not a single GOP congressman voted to release all the Epstein docs. Not one.

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MattRiffs.bsky.social @mattriffs.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

Why the change of heart among Republicans? Does it happen when farmers can no longer find affordable farm labor? Or when suburban homeowners struggle to find someone who will rebuild their deck?

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MattRiffs.bsky.social @mattriffs.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

The media calls this a “settlement,” but extortion might be a more accurate description.

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MattRiffs.bsky.social @mattriffs.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

This is a shameful graphic. NBC News is the latest media outlet to describe Trump’s Medicaid cuts in neutral language that misleads the public. This bill is *designed* to reduce the number of people with Medicaid coverage. If NBC News reporters don’t know that, they lack basic analytical skills.

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MattRiffs.bsky.social @mattriffs.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

Masked ICE agents grab people off the street. RFK Jr. fills a vaccine panel with like-minded zealots. The GOP Senate is poised to strip health insurance from millions. Meanwhile, the NY Times wants to make sure we don’t overlook the urgent issue of which suit color fascist men prefer.

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MattRiffs.bsky.social @mattriffs.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

The NY Times continues to frame Trump regime decisions in a he said/she said manner: “Critics saw in the move the beginnings of a more restrictive approach to providing #vaccines to Americans.” You don’t have to be a critic to interpret this as restrictive. The Post handled this much better:

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MattRiffs.bsky.social @mattriffs.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

RFK Jr. said today that the evidence related to the safety of fluoride is “very clear.” He’s referring to a cluster of 74 studies, and 70% of them are at high risk of bias. This is a reckless man who puts ideology above #science. 🧪

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MattRiffs.bsky.social @mattriffs.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

In its shameful Citizens United ruling, SCOTUS said that campaign contributions = free speech. This NY Times blurb reveals how much more “free speech” the incredibly rich have. It also shows how transactional our political system is. This guy dropped $250-k just to get on Cuomo’s “good side.”

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MattRiffs.bsky.social @mattriffs.bsky.social · 22/06/2025

This should make Americans feel much safer.

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MattRiffs.bsky.social @mattriffs.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

No one is “keeping” any private business in America from opening on Juneteenth. What pisses off Trump is that some businesses CHOSE to observe the holiday by not opening today.

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MattRiffs.bsky.social @mattriffs.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

This is classic Trump. Create a problem thru mass grab-and-deport activities. Then say you’re going to solve the problem you’ve just created. Trump just admitted the deportations in California will harm agriculture: “We can’t do that to our farmers — and leisure (industry) too … hotels.”

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MattRiffs.bsky.social @mattriffs.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

It’s misleading for the @nytimes.com to present members of the RFK Jr. handpicked vaccine panel as “skeptics”. This gives them a scientific stature that they don’t deserve.

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