Reposted by Michael MathogMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 03/10/2026this reveals SO MUCH about legacy media 1002537518
Reposted by Michael MathogSam @samd.bsky.social · 04/10/2026hard to think of a cartoon that better sums up the mind of a Trump voter than this 151232195
Reposted by Michael Mathogjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 03/10/2026this for RFK Jr. is mission accomplished 8045511081
Reposted by Michael MathogWill Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Again, you can always detect some faint embarrassment from Democrats when they talk about the ballroom, but “the president demolished a big part of the White House to build himself a palace with bribes from enemy powers” is, by an order of magnitude, the worst corruption scandal in US historyesquire.comA Wealthy Russian Businessman Is Helping Fund Trump’s Stupid Ballroom. Nothing Sketchy About That, Right?Surely, our president will face consequences for this insanity. 321265374
Reposted by Michael MathogMrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Subverting democracy isn't new to John Roberts, Brett Kavanaugh, or Amy Coney Barrett. All three were on George W. Bush's "Florida Recount Team," which lay the groundwork for stopping vote counting in Florida—and Bush v. Gore, the politically-motivated SCOTUS decision that gave Bush the election. 65893823984
Reposted by Michael MathogSam @samd.bsky.social · 27/09/2026it’s particularly on-brand that Scott Wiener is an active participant in SF Transit Month while Connie Chan is nowhere to be found (which is unsurprising given that she fought against the ballot measure that saved Caltrain during the pandemic) 918229
Reposted by Michael Mathogryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 26/09/2026great piece. man social media is a cancer themomoftheyear.substack.com/p/im-the-mom...themomoftheyear.substack.comI’m the Mom in That Viral Giants Clip. Let Me Tell You About My Husband.You saw me carrying our baby and food. There was more happening in our family that night. 12252981370
Reposted by Michael Mathog California Dreamin’… 😎 @jerasikehorn.bsky.social · 24/09/2026BREAKING: The Trump Administration violates/ignores court order and continues ban on media… We are now officially in a constitutional crisis. Enjoy. 😎✨ 98979277
Reposted by Michael MathogWilliam B. Fuckley @opinionhaver.bsky.social · 23/09/2026I think ‘rote memorization’ is underrated. Having a ton of shit laying around in your head leads to connections and being able to more precisely describe things. 2963452
Reposted by Michael MathogScott Lemieux @lemieuxlgm.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Worth noting here that Jackson is running on the same policy platform as Platner and is MUCH more credibly committed to it. The only reasons to be nostalgic for Platner are 1)misogyny and 2)hating Democrats much more than Republicans. Obviously Stoller hits both marks 528553
Reposted by Michael MathogMark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 22/09/2026In simple terms, this is antisemitism 421059119
Reposted by Michael MathogScott Lemieux @lemieuxlgm.bsky.social · 19/09/2026If Michelle Obama had tweeted this there would have been impeachment hearings 411515
Michael Mathog @mmathog.bsky.social · 18/09/2026No sympathy. All the Biden “bullshit” was ginned up, didn’t have to be this way. 000
Reposted by Michael MathogMax Dubler 🏳️🌈 @maxdubler.com · 17/09/2026Members of Congress should be paid $600,000 a year so they will be less tempted to leave office and become highly-paid lobbyists. 2433226
Reposted by Michael MathogOliver Darcy @oliverdarcy.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Bari Weiss has plunged CBS News into ratings calamity. —"Evening News" has posted worst ratings of 21st century —"CBS Mornings" has posted worst ratings of 21st century —And now "60 Minutes" has posted worst ratings of 21st century More in @status.news: www.status.news/p/60-minutes...status.newsBari’s ‘60’ BustBari Weiss blew up “60 Minutes," ostensibly to create a better show. Instead, her revamped premiere just suffered its worst debut ratings of the 21st century—what one longtime TV executive told Status... 100795932541
Reposted by Michael MathogSam @samd.bsky.social · 15/09/2026this sounds awful but that’s because she’s actually mocking Trump and Mr. Smoothgroin deceptively clipped it to own the libs 361016173
Reposted by Michael MathogSkye Perryman @skyeperryman.bsky.social · 15/09/2026BREAKING: The US Supreme Court has denied the Trump admin’s attempt to stay the court order blocking the president’s attempt to misuse the post office to disenfranchise voters before the election. This is a win for the American people and our votes. 30758148
Reposted by Michael MathogAlfred Twu @alfredtwu.com · 14/09/2026Do you ever think about how San Francisco basically went through an economic miracle, with multiple years of double-digit growth, and about the only thing they have to show for it is a world-famous housing crisis? Data from fred.stlouisfed.org/series/GDPAL... 2143572
Reposted by Michael MathogRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 14/09/2026What a surprise to learn that a Russian oligarch close to Putin paid for Junior’s lavish wedding. Who could’ve expected it? 1258190905827
Reposted by Michael MathogAnne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 14/09/2026Your regular reminder: If the Russians stop fighting, the war ends. If the Ukrainians stop fighting, their land will be occupied, their leaders will be killed, their history and language will be erased, their children will be kidnapped to serve Russia. 5953725813394
Reposted by Michael MathogQuantian @quantian.bsky.social · 13/09/2026lol two months ago OpenAI was signing a letter about how important open weights models were and now their house propagandist is saying “we will ban open weights and you will thank us for it”. You can’t hate this company enough 18808105
Reposted by Michael MathogKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Jared Kushner is not "on the other side of the aisle." He's not an elected official. He's not an administration official. He's the president's son-in-law and a private citizen. You do not, in fact, have to take meetings with relatives of the president. Some might even say you should *not* do that 58591812101
Reposted by Michael MathogJames Hell Brooks @kleinman.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Chag Sameach to all my fellow Jews. Do yourself a favor this year and block anyone you think said something antisemitic, even if they agree with you on other stuff. 420518
Reposted by Michael MathogCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Burns. 252178374293
Reposted by Michael MathogChris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Too many people online seem to conflate left politics with being obnoxious and scathing and Mamdani is such a model for combining a principled ideological vision with civility and grace. You shake hands, you act like a grown up even whether others aren’t. You show up. 29680761266
Michael Mathog @mmathog.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Mags. Just an embarrassing NYT biz model. McConnell’s in a coma so he’s not available to her to launder bullshit for. 001
Reposted by Michael Mathogdiego@estupido.fyi @estupido.fyi · 09/09/2026Jane Kim has always been an intellectually dishonest hack - pray that the rest of California doesn't have to find out the hard way 4669
Reposted by Michael MathogMax Dubler 🏳️🌈 @maxdubler.com · 09/09/2026Insurance Commissioner is a hard but important job that demands a serious policy person to deal with a very real crisis that affects nearly every Californian. Do not vote for Jane Kim.sfstandard.comOpinion: Jane Kim’s California insurance plan is built on a mythThe candidate for insurance commissioner has campaigned on a platform of smoke and mirrors: big talk, little respect for the facts, and at times outright falsehoods. 422334
Reposted by Michael Mathogrev. howard arson @theophite.bsky.social · 08/09/2026everyone is saying saying Bush did 9/11, Bush did 9/11, Bush did 9/11. lots of credit for doing 9/11 to a big faker. George W. Bush, folks -- bad president, very bad businessman. actually i did 9/11. flew the plane into the South Tower very strongly. everyone said you couldn't do 9/11. but i did it 14763106
Reposted by Michael MathogMassimo (mirror) @rainmaker1973-m.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Kansas City Royals fans had 30 seconds to get the sausage bun on, and if they did, the entire stadium won free hot dogs. 🌭 Original post 471333205
Reposted by Michael MathogCapt'n Amy, the Girl with the Sun in her Eyes @captnamy.bsky.social · 07/09/2026I remember a time when we'd get notice of a software update. Usually distributed on a diskette. Excitment! What new cool stuff will we get. Nowadays I dread updates. What new nonsense will they force on us? What settings walked on? What nefarious new surveillance will be embedded? 1021897299
Michael Mathog @mmathog.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Trump gave us the very very important answer as to why purple state GOP members aren’t distancing themselves, direct control of PAC money. As much as gerrymandering and safe seats, this explains the change in behavior in American congressional politics. 000
Reposted by Michael MathogDaniel Ahmad @zhugeex.com · 04/09/2026It takes you 20 paragraphs to get to the part of the article where they admit that Mamdani isn't paying the influencers and the reason they are posting videos of the stuff Mamdani is doing is because people are interested in watching it. 14120733350
Reposted by Michael MathogQ.M. @quasi-mediocre.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Online betting is this decade's OxyContin. It should be universally banned. 1824327681
Reposted by Michael MathogChris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Gloria Steinem was one of the most remarkable people I ever met. She had this glowing aura of intellgience and charisma, you absolutely could not look away from her. But she never left behind her journalist's curiousity. She asked questions; she really listened. What a loss, but also what a life. 292073236
Reposted by Michael MathogThe Pub-Liking Universal Friend @johnb78.bsky.social · 04/09/2026A lot of people of various ilks are going to be confused when OpenAI and Oracle go bust, SpaceX and Anthropic at best fall below to 10% of current valuations, and LLM use nonetheless keeps growing and getting cheaper because hosted open weight models are fully competitive with hyperscalers already 45669130
Reposted by Michael MathogDavid Roberts @volts.wtf · 03/09/2026Convincing young people that America is poor & no one can afford anything & everyone is living paycheck to paycheck & their economic future is doomed ... IS NOT GOING TO LEAD TO MORE PROGRESSIVE POLICY. People who feel anxious & under threat do not respond with openness & generosity! Look it up! 551664270
Reposted by Michael MathogAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 03/09/2026Any sweeping systemic change you want to make in the United States has to begin with adding seats to the Supreme Court in 2029. No major reform bill will survive the current court. No civil rights law, no anti-corruption law, no wealth tax, nothing. 627140683829
Reposted by Michael MathogKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 03/09/2026By "this piece," I mean this piece.campaign-trails.ghost.ioDenouncing ExtremistsOne of the media's favorite activities is demanding that Democratic politicians denounce individuals on their side who have made extreme statements. This is a pattern that stretches back to the 1992 ... 328045
Reposted by Michael MathogWill Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Also, frankly, there’s something… seedy and unsettling? …about a bunch of people in the richest country on earth pretending at economic despair. Nobody’s saying life is easy for everyone but on average Americans are incredibly economically fortunate to live here. The solipsism is unnerving. 424013
Reposted by Michael MathogWill Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 03/09/2026It seems like “the criminal president is ignoring court orders to build an ad hoc federal system to reject mail ballots from states he doesn’t like” should be bigger news 19604155
Reposted by Michael MathogJames Hell Brooks @kleinman.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Throw the book at them. Send every freak obsessed with Will Stancil back to Twitter. 4876
Michael Mathog @mmathog.bsky.social · 03/09/2026This entire site exists because in 2024 Trump got 78M votes and no one has explained it. 000
Reposted by Michael MathogMrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 01/09/2026 “And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by others. But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.” Matthew 6:5-6 1289144474115
Reposted by Michael MathogMichelle @michelleroy78.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Back in my day, it was a game of dodgeball where you found out who really didn't like you. 1703422247
Reposted by Michael MathogJosh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 01/09/2026As other are saying (and no surprise), the whole Trump mail system seems designed to like find one thing and then say, ok, turns out we have to throw away all mail ballots. oh well. 1331858
