Reposted by @mattstern.bsky.socialThe National @scotnational.bsky.social · 14hNEW: Israel has reacted with fury after the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to a lead investigator who determined that the country was committing genocide in Gaza 81547143
Reposted by @mattstern.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12hTrump: "New York City officials released a map showing ethnic communities. It includes Little Senegal, Little Guyana, but it does not include a place called Little Italy. An unthinkable omission. We are gonna work on that immediately, or we're not going to be sending them any of the billions .... " 165549128
Reposted by @mattstern.bsky.socialJosh Chafetz @joshchafetz.bsky.social · 13hIt would really be great if folks not affiliated with the Trump Administration could stop using "Department of War." The Department of Defense is a statutory creation, and the name is statutorily given--the administration cannot unilaterally change it. 231307272
Reposted by @mattstern.bsky.socialCameron 🇺🇸🗽🦅 @cameroncorduroy.bsky.social · 08/10/2026the Vice President of the United States has gone on record citing this man as one of his biggest intellectual influences if you didn't know this, it's probably because for some reason literally no mainstream political media outlets think it's worth mentioning 8140041009
Reposted by @mattstern.bsky.socialGil Durán @gilduran.com · 12hNashville! Mark your calendars for October 19th. On the night of Peter Thiel's final Antichrist lecture, we'll expose the true nature of Silicon Valley's obsession with evil. All will be revealed. Come one, come all. Spread the word! #PeterThiel #Nashville #Antichrist #nerdreich 38024
Reposted by @mattstern.bsky.socialFreedom of the Press Foundation @freedom.press · 12hYes, it does, IDF. You denied killing U.S. reporter Shireen Abu Akleh in 2022 until evidence forced an admission. Then you murdered hundreds of journalists in Gaza and denied it all over again. Want credibility? Let international press into the Strip. 820974
Reposted by @mattstern.bsky.socialRyan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 12hJOINT STATEMENT OF THE FOREIGN MINISTERS OF CANADA, DENMARK, GERMANY, FRANCE, ITALY, JAPAN, THE NETHERLANDS, UNITED KINGDOM "As committed supporters of the ICC we regret and strongly disagree with the announcement of sanctions to be imposed upon the Court by the United States." 461496646
Reposted by @mattstern.bsky.socialAdam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 12hwww.adamkinzinger.com/p/emergency-...adamkinzinger.comEMERGENCY VIDEO: Pete Hegseth Wants America to Watch an ExecutionNidal Hasan deserves justice. But the United States military is not a reality show. 2721338
Reposted by @mattstern.bsky.socialⓘ 𝕆ligarch f*ckery detected @adelpreore.bsky.social · 12hAre you telling me that roughly a third of my salary is going to a government that is doing *this* to us? 2124
Reposted by @mattstern.bsky.socialAndrew Couts @couts.bsky.social · 13hThe man shot by ICE in NYC yesterday has disappeared after he was admitted to the hospital, and his lawyer reportedly doesn’t know where he is. www.courthousenews.com/ice-shot-a-m...courthousenews.comICE shot a man in New York City; his lawyers can’t find himThe agency claims Oscar Belgal "weaponized his vehicle” against agents in the Bronx, prompting them to fire seven shots at his car. 11739377
Reposted by @mattstern.bsky.socialGil Durán @gilduran.com · 12hMeanwhile in Greece, we check in on Gavin Newsom's ex-wife, Ambassador Marie Scamtoinette. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...wsj.comExclusive | ‘Honey Please’: Kimberly Guilfoyle Pushed Donor to Wire $100,000 to Her Amex AccountText messages with a MAGA ally show Guilfoyle seeking funds and offering access to top administration officials before becoming ambassador to Greece. 714437
Reposted by @mattstern.bsky.socialJustin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 15hLater, he claimed Mamdani never commented about the recent stabbing of an NYPD detective. Mamdani talked about the stabbing several times, including the below statement where the mayor notes he visited the injured officer: 651360365
Reposted by @mattstern.bsky.socialThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 16hTrump chief of staff Susie Wiles’ daughter posts a pic at a training camp with a pro-Russian militia in Bosnia that specializes in destabilization… totally normal stuff! “The photo raises Q’s about White House links to the pro-Russian politician”🤔 www.cbsnews.com/news/russia-... 20533731822
Reposted by @mattstern.bsky.socialDean Baker @deanbaker13.bsky.social · 16hIt's far worse. An AI company can FORCE (seriously) a family in a town where they want to build a data center to accept shares in their company that they can't sell for 5 years. Same for any company (tobacco, firearms, porn, etc.) 66136
Reposted by @mattstern.bsky.socialScott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 14hFearing likely disbarment proceedings, federal prosecutors involved in the Broadview Six case attempt to mask their names and deny involvement in the case... like rats scurrying off a sinking ship.chicago.suntimes.comFeds appear to hide name of government lawyer in new 'Broadview Six' court filingThe move is particularly striking in the politically charged "Broadview Six" case, in which U.S. Attorney Andrew Boutros' office has already been accused of a cover-up. Even in the Chicago prosecution... 837986
Reposted by @mattstern.bsky.socialScott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 14hBrenden Cuni is a judicially determined perjurer and falsifier of records. Yet he remains on the job with ICE, unpunished. bsky.app/profile/empt... 59446
Reposted by @mattstern.bsky.socialThe Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 14h"Speaking from positions of immense power, they are using the idea as a tool to further their own power—precisely what the concept is meant to warn against." @matthewdtaylor.bsky.social on Thiel, Vance, and the Antichrist:lnk.thebulwark.comHow Vance and Thiel Get the Antichrist BackwardsOne is doing a bit of cynical pandering, the other is condemning anyone opposed to the tech future—and neither is willing to look in the mirror. 68645
Reposted by @mattstern.bsky.socialAlt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 15hThe Trump admin announced that winter oil and gas exploration in Alaska’s National Petroleum Reserve will be exempt from environmental reviews. That includes seismic surveys, building temporary roads, and drilling exploration wells. Our public lands keep paying the price…public-inspection.federalregister.gov 36703342
Reposted by @mattstern.bsky.socialDean Baker @deanbaker13.bsky.social · 14hTrump wants to destroy as much of the country as possible before leaving office. 1247
Reposted by @mattstern.bsky.socialThe Mighty Jungle💙💛 @ocanannain.bsky.social · 15hAs John Fugelsang says, there are only two things that scare the spats off conservative politicians—the actual words of Jesus Christ, and the discovery process. 612047
mattstern.bsky.social @mattstern.bsky.social · 14hI just want to see their reinforced compounds and private militias. 000
mattstern.bsky.social @mattstern.bsky.social · 14hYou can thank Jesus you're not trapped in that skull. 021
Reposted by @mattstern.bsky.socialKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 15hMy man looks like Neo waking up in the goo podpolitico.comPeter Thiel slams Obama, Pope Leo in new ‘Antichrist’ lecturesThe tech billionaire accused them of using AI concerns to “boost their own popularity,” according to recordings obtained by POLITICO. 4423648489
Reposted by @mattstern.bsky.socialDash Silva @dashsilva.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Melville’s editor checking in and touching base: 535376
Reposted by @mattstern.bsky.socialThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 14hYikes — abc news has fallen… “outright deleted” a story about the Trump boys getting billions in government contracts 🤔👇🏽 19345922304
Reposted by @mattstern.bsky.socialEliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Turning state violence into a public spectacle is a very fascist move BTW. 531929539
Reposted by @mattstern.bsky.socialAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Mayor Mamdani: bsky.app/profile/mayo... 431261
Reposted by @mattstern.bsky.socialAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 08/10/2026An ICE officer shot and wounded a man today around 4:00 in Manhattan. Exact details are still coming in. I'm not seeing any further information other than that the man is at a hospital now. 14648277
Reposted by @mattstern.bsky.socialMac It Look Like An Accident @macrogers.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Okay so we have a number now: the Onion is officially 6 months ahead of reality. 4151121314
Reposted by @mattstern.bsky.socialjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 08/10/2026cruikshank underrated as one of the worst ever decisions of the court 957125
Reposted by @mattstern.bsky.socialChris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 08/10/2026I've been immersed in research on Reconstruction in Lousiana and it's a very difficult truth to absorb that the white terrorist movement in the South was among the most successful terrorist movements in global history. Took 10 years but it won a total & complete victory through murder and atrocity. 16659561448
Reposted by @mattstern.bsky.socialMurshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Supreme Court enabled that violent movement via United States v Cruickshank (a decision that Roberts #SCOTUS later echoed in Trump v United States [worth reading @leahlitman.bsky.social's Lawless where she lays this all out. pp 96-97, 139] 17924
Reposted by @mattstern.bsky.socialMatt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 08/10/2026I just saw one of Trump’s propaganda ads on Fox News. The ad still ends with “paid for by the U.S. Government.” 1226744
Reposted by @mattstern.bsky.socialPhilip Bump @pbump.com · 08/10/2026Brilliant idea to take a murderer motivated by ideology and publicly martyr him. 361279193
Reposted by @mattstern.bsky.socialAdam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 08/10/2026I think people should listen to what the administration trying to bring back spectacle lynchings, race riots, and middle passage-esque deportation voyages are trying to tell you about themselves. bsky.app/profile/bren... 8348831779
Reposted by @mattstern.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 08/10/2026Tom Emmer refers to Somali-Americans as "enemy combatants" and says they should be "rounded up and put in jail" 5981585447
Reposted by @mattstern.bsky.socialdavidrlurie @davidrlurie.com · 08/10/2026He's a "mainstream" Republican. 47822167
Reposted by @mattstern.bsky.socialDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 08/10/2026The head of the Fraud Task Force unaware of corruption inside the Trump administration, despite it being widely covered in the media. All by design: The Public Integrity unit in DOJ was gutted and has been told to focus on welfare fraud in blue states. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/stop-paper... 11703176
Reposted by @mattstern.bsky.socialSpryOldLorax @spryoldlorax.bsky.social · 08/10/2026No, life wasn't better before. It really wasn't. This is a great explainer. Check it out: 64114
Reposted by @mattstern.bsky.socialjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 08/10/2026come 2028 vance will be cutting ads specifically denouncing his in-laws for coming to the united states 2165739866
Reposted by @mattstern.bsky.socialScott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Note how in all of this, Vance's comments are suffused with the rhetoric of 1930s Nazi eugenics, including the "elite human being" (in German, Herrenmensch or Übermensch). Straight from Curtis Yarvin, and Elon Musk, by the way. bsky.app/profile/atru... 48798266
Reposted by @mattstern.bsky.socialMediaite @mediaite.com · 08/10/2026ABC News Mysteriously Deletes Report on Trump Sons’ ‘$6B’ Business Dealingsdlvr.itABC News Mysteriously Deletes Report on Trump Sons’ ‘$6B’ Business DealingsThe apparent deletion came after Alexa Henning, a spokesperson for venture capital firm 1789 Capital, publicly challenged the report’s central claims. The post ABC News Mysteriously Deletes Report on Trump Sons’ ‘$6B’ Business Dealings first appeared on Mediaite. 34023
Reposted by @mattstern.bsky.socialKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Oh yeah, those are definitely the Big Two when it comes to understanding socialism. Check out the big brain on J.D. here! He's definitely not an idiot. 1201291206
Reposted by @mattstern.bsky.socialFrank Amari @frankamari.bsky.social · 08/10/2026For Trump, laws are things to ignore: Trump Mobile failed to make required regulatory filings, senator claims The Washington Post could not find filings for the Trump-branded service that are required by the Federal Communications Commission. www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...washingtonpost.comTrump Mobile failed to make required regulatory filings, senator claimsThe Washington Post could not find filings for the Trump-branded service that are required by the Federal Communications Commission under rules designed to prevent fraud. 6262103
Reposted by @mattstern.bsky.socialStand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 08/10/2026The CDC just re-opened a previously shelved study that would withhold the hepatitis B vaccine from children in Guinea-Bissau, despite decades of evidence showing it is safe and effective. This is a violation of human rights, using “science” to harm some of the most vulnerable people in the world. 811107568
Reposted by @mattstern.bsky.socialJosh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 08/10/2026The AI Panic and the Hunt for Reliable Narrators talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/the-a...talkingpointsmemo.comThe AI Panic and the Hunt for Reliable NarratorsThis is an update to my post from Tuesday about the “existential... 87412
mattstern.bsky.social @mattstern.bsky.social · 08/10/2026It's revealing as hell. 'Socialism' is a scare word carrying no fixed meaning. Strictly an appeal to the reptilian brain. 000
mattstern.bsky.social @mattstern.bsky.social · 08/10/2026I cannot recommend I.F. Stone's, The Trial of Socrates highly enough. The birth of democracy and the challenges it faces from tyrants and their intellectual henchmen, ie Plato & Socrates et al. In retirement Stone taught himself ancient Greek and read the material in the original. 010
Reposted by @mattstern.bsky.socialjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 08/10/2026the funny thing about this of course is that "athenian democracy" was a cautionary tale to the framers, who saw it as unstable and prone to demagogues and tyrants like the one rubio works for 1505647879