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Matt Veatch

@mattveatch.bsky.social
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Former State Archivist of Kansas (retired), traveler, reader, political junkie, food & wine lover, and great-uncle living a quiet life in Lawrence, Kansas.

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Matt Veatch @mattveatch.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
Metaphor of daily life in Trump’s America.
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Matt Veatch @mattveatch.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
No Kings in Topeka, Kansas attracted about 4,000 boisterous, angry, but very peaceful people to the state capitol grounds to exercise their 1st Amendment rights. Knowledgeable observers commented that this was the largest demonstration at the statehouse in recent memory. #nokings #50501
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Matt Veatch @mattveatch.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
Another large demonstration at the Capitol in Topeka, KS today. People are angry! #50501
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American Library Association @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
NEW: It's time to #FundLibraries. As we fight for the long-term future of federal funding for libraries in Congress & in the courts, it's critical that our elected officials CONTINUE to provide annual funding. Take action, tell your House Rep to fund libraries in FY26: bit.ly/FundLibraries26House
Fund Libraries. Tell Congress to invest in libraries. #FundLibraries, ALA American Library Association.
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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
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Joanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
If your response to yesterday’s millions of people marching is that they were all paid operatives…you’re desperate, deluded, and scared. And lying.
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Matt Veatch @mattveatch.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
A couple more images of #handsoff in Topeka, KS today. More than 1,000 people, excellent speakers, and propulsive energy.
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Matt Veatch @mattveatch.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
There was a large and enthusiastic crowd at the Statehouse in Topeka, KS this afternoon. It felt good to be with other angry Americans. #50501
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Matt Veatch @mattveatch.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
“Superannuated futurism” is an apt description of our current state. Fascinating article by Jill Lepore. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/04/o...
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Opinion | The Rise and Fall of Elon Musk (Gift Article)
His belief that liberal democracy has failed and that technologists should lead can be traced to the unusual life of his grandfather.
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
BREAKING — Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) staffers who were put on admin leave on Monday just got letters letting them know they’re a part of a Reduction in Force (RIF) and that their job will be “abolished” effective May 4th in accordance with Trump’s EO, per copy reviewed by me.
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Matt Veatch @mattveatch.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
For those of us who dedicated our lives to expanding access to the ideas embodied in the humanities, this is getting quite demoralizing. www.npr.org/2025/04/03/n...
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Cultural groups across U.S. told that federal humanities grants are terminated
Among the thousands of groups affected by the sudden cessation of funds are state arts councils, museums, historic sites, archives, libraries, educators and media outlets in all 50 states.
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American Library Association @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
ALA is deeply concerned by reports that IMLS is sending notices to libraries claiming to cancel grants that are required by law. This harmful action will disrupt libraries' ability to serve their communities. Tell Congress to protect library funding: bit.ly/CallCongressForLibraries #ForOurLibraries
Call Congress for our libraries. Show up for our libraries. American library association.
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
SCOOP: DOGE notified the Institute of Museum and Library Sciences (IMLS) today that the entire staff is being put on administrative leave effective immediately, I’ve learned from an agency source. They’ll be cancelling huge swaths of grants/contracts and starting a Reduction in Force (RIF).
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Matt Veatch @mattveatch.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
Green herons are one of my very favorite birds!
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Matt Veatch @mattveatch.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
@timothysnyder.bsky.social is simply of the clearest thinkers and writers on our current devolution. Well worth the read. The Imperialism Has no Clothes open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
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The Imperialism Has no Clothes
JD Vance in Greenland
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Carmen 📚 Latinx Book Influencer 📚 @tomesandtextiles.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
When you look at the list of institutions they want to defund: libraries, museums, the Smithsonian, public schools, PBS, NPR, archives, you can clearly see that the real threat to an authoritarian regime is an informed and educated public
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Matt Veatch @mattveatch.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
Fire the AOTUS (Archivist of the U.S.). Check. Slash funding to libraries, archives and museums. Check. Whitewash history presented in our iconic museums. Check. Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/28/a...
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Trump Orders Smithsonian to Promote ‘American Greatness’ in Executive Order (Gift Article)
The president complained in an executive order that the Smithsonian had advanced “narratives that portray American and Western values as inherently harmful and oppressive.”
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Matt Veatch @mattveatch.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Despicable
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Daniel Drezner @dandrezner.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
“There is no administration in the world — beyond this one — where a blunder of these proportions happens and nobody gets fired or resigns. Not in London. Not in Moscow. Not in Tokyo. Not in Pyongyang. Nowhere.” www.politico.com/newsletters/...
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What’s next for Waltz and Hegseth
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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
From an operational security perspective, this is the highest level of fuckup imaginable. These people cannot keep America safe.
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The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans
U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling.
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Matt Veatch @mattveatch.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Smart ideas from Ben Rhodes. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/21/o...
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Opinion | Democrats Can Stop Trump and Save America (Gift Article)
The Democratic Party can’t stop America’s spiral into autocracy and oligarchy unless it casts off its stale talking points and reimagines what it stands for.
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Matt Veatch @mattveatch.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
action.everylibrary.org/eoimls2025
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PETITION: Stop Trump's E.O. Attacks on Federal Funding for Libraries
In a new executive order, President Trump has targeted the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), the federal agency charged with distributing congressionally approved funds to state librari...
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Matt Veatch @mattveatch.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
The IMLS is essential to quality of life in this country. You may not be aware of the role of this small but mighty agency, but I guarantee all thinking and reading Americans will miss it when it's gone. Please join the fight to save it.
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Captain Mark Kelly @captmarkkelly.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
Defending freedom is a basic tenet of what makes America great and keeps us safe. If Elon doesn't understand that, maybe he should leave it to those of us who do.
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Musk calls Sen. Kelly a 'traitor' over trip to Ukraine, Kelly hits back
Elon Musk called Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly a "traitor" in a post on X after Kelly posted that he had visited Ukraine over the weekend.
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Matt Veatch @mattveatch.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
Cowardly Roger Marshall claims ‘real Kansans’ love Trump and DOGE. We know otherwise. kansasreflector.com/2025/03/03/c...
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Cowardly Roger Marshall claims 'real Kansans' love Trump and DOGE. We know otherwise. • Kansas Reflector
The frenzy of random cost-cutting in Washington, D.C., has perturbed Kansans. You could watch their distress in footage from Oakley.
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
Sen Marshall booed roundly at townhall after leaving early after question about vets www.reddit.com/r/kansas/com...
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Marshall ran away.
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Ben Rhodes @rhodesben.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
People need to understand that we are in an entirely new paradigm. It is now Russia the US against Ukraine and Europe. This is not a shift in US policy, it is a transformation of what kind of country the United States is in the world
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Larry Tenney @larrytenney.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
Army Choir surrounded the MAGA hierarchy dining in White House East Room to sing "Do You Hear The People Sing" It was lost on Trump but Vance was super fidgety "Do you hear the people sing? Singing the song of angry men? It is the music of the people who will not be slaves again" #DisruptTheCoup
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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 19/02/2025
The root that tears apart your foundation begins as a seed of distrust, hate, and blame. The seed that grew into a dictatorship in Europe didn’t arrive overnight. It started with everyday Germans mad about inflation and looking for someone to blame.
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Tom Malinowski @tommalinowski.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
If you've got an hour to kill shoveling snow, here's a convo between me and Tim Miller, on Ukraine, the attempted dismantlement of our government, and how Democrats must rise to an occasion that life did not prepare them for. www.thebulwark.com/p/tom-malino...
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Tom Malinowski: Fight the Power, Dems
The Democratic Party was made for different times, when rules were followed.
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