Reposted by Matt DaltoMuffin Men Stan 🤎🙂↕️ @fokised1.blacksky.app · 10/10/2026Every time I read about this, my blood boils. I hope they can sue in some capacity because their firings absolutely were not “merit based” in any way, and were targeted with precision based on what I have read. And fund it with a billionaire’s tax. 13412
Reposted by Matt DaltoJeffrey Brown @texasgeologist.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Re: Trump's diesel deal with Putin Conversion factor is 7.5 barrels of diesel per metric ton. Daily global diesel consumption is around 25 million bpd. So, the initial 300,000 tons, or 2.2 million barrels, would meet global demand for about two hours. 21438189
Reposted by Matt DaltoSchooley @schooley.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Good riddance to "my friend across the aisle" too. 1353163
Reposted by Matt DaltoEliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Turning state violence into a public spectacle is a very fascist move BTW. 531935540
Reposted by Matt DaltoNicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 07/10/2026In the presidential immunity case, the court considered a hypothetical of a president ordering Navy Seals to assassinate an American political rival. Trump's lawyer argued unambiguously yes, since it'd be an "official act." The Roberts Court ruled in his favor, 6-3. Why wouldn't Trump believe this? 541783537
Reposted by Matt DaltoFinTwitter @fintwitter.bsky.social · 05/10/2026PENNSYLVANIA HEALTH DEPT REPORTS 1000 MEASLES CASES AS OF OCT 5 - WEBSITE 821186
Reposted by Matt DaltoJosh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 05/10/2026A whole political movement should be stood up against this arrogant and sociopathic bullshit www.politico.com/newsletters/... 951993571
Reposted by Matt DaltoJake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 04/10/2026A goal of this administration being achieved: “American pre-tax corporate earnings have grown by $1.2trn, or 30%. … And yet taxes on corporate profits have collapsed.” www.economist.com/finance-and-... h/t @talsmith.bsky.social 9479225
Reposted by Matt Daltojamelle @jamellebouie.net · 04/10/2026yeah, the reason republicans are just not going to budge from texas is the reason why armies try not to abandon their capitals. it isn’t necessarily a strategic defeat to lose the seat of power, but it is a profound blow to morale. 1274372537
Reposted by Matt DaltoSmall Robots @smolrobots.bsky.social · 03/10/2026JRR Tolkien: You paint that picture of the key scene from the Two Towers where Frodo and Sam fight Gollum? Donato Giancola: Sure did, Ron, real fuckin' sexy just like you asked. JRRT: What. 5486372716
Reposted by Matt DaltoJoey Politano🏳️🌈 @josephpolitano.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Sort of insane fact about how broken US urban planning is—America now spends more building *just the lights for roads and highways* than on all subways & ground mass transit combined Spending on roadway *pavement* is 18x transit spending 502931795
Reposted by Matt DaltoMike Vogel @vogscaps.bsky.social · 02/10/2026The Real Deal — On the fourth night of the 2026-27 NHL regular season, the Caps are excited to join the party: www.nhl.com/capitals/new... #ALLCAPS The Protas brothers are first set of brothers to share opening night lineup for Caps in more than 30 yearsnhl.comThe Real Deal | Washington CapitalsOn the fourth night of the 2026-27 NHL regular season, the Caps are excited to join the party 052
Reposted by Matt DaltoMoira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · 02/10/2026I have wondered how this inevitable progression of white nationalism toward hostility and exclusion of Asians would play among the population of monied, male revanchists in Silicon Valley. 927758
Reposted by Matt DaltoChirag Lala @cthelala.bsky.social · 01/10/2026The bipartisan permitting bill would be the most significant reform to grid governance in decades! I published an analysis of the bill where I discuss the new federal frameworks for planning, cost allocation, and permitting. Ditto public finance! publicenterprise.org/the-bipartis...publicenterprise.orgThe bipartisan permitting bill gets transmission rightThe transmission and grid provisions in BAAJA are ambitious, going beyond the provisions of 2024’s EPRA bill. Most importantly, BAAJA gives FERC more statutory cover to take aggressive actions on grid... 13112
Reposted by Matt DaltoSahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, responds just now to this leaked audio from Paxton: “I just have a one-word reaction: Whoops.” 29024
Reposted by Matt DaltoCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 30/09/2026The saving rate falls to 4.1%. “.. the biggest driver of strong US growth over the last 2.5yrs has come from household's spending growing much faster than their incomes.” @bobeunlimited.bsky.social 1829495
Reposted by Matt DaltoThe New York Times @nytimes.com · 30/09/2026Breaking News: The Federal Reserve’s independent watchdog found no misconduct associated with the central bank’s nearly $2.5 billion project to overhaul its headquarters in Washington, D.C.nyti.msFed’s Watchdog Finds No Misconduct or Illegal Activity in Costly RenovationsA new report by the Federal Reserve’s independent inspector general concluded that a nearly $2.5 billion construction project was poorly managed but made no referrals to the U.S. Attorney General. 1712532
Reposted by Matt DaltoCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Four-byline alert: “.. Meta claimed that $4.1 billion of stock options exercised by Mr. Zuckerberg counted as a research expense ..” @nytimes.com $META www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/t... 14826791211
Reposted by Matt DaltoMichael @fleerultra.bsky.social · 28/09/2026the GOP is fully trumpified and the rising generation of staffers and wannabes are even worse. if you're between 25-35 and an aspiring right-wing politician you've spent most/all of your adult life in a political and social ecosystem the rewards this shit and weeds out people repulsed by it 12856175
Reposted by Matt DaltoNBC News @nbcnews.com · 26/09/2026At least six babies in Pennsylvania have been born infected with measles, with two so sick they had to be admitted to intensive care.nbcnews.toAmerica had wiped out measles. Now babies are infected at birth.Congenital measles has rarely been seen in the U.S. That’s changing as vaccination declines and more pregnant women become infected. 146946
Reposted by Matt DaltoMatt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 24/09/2026A new trailer for Alex Gibney's documentary about Elon Musk was just released. gizmodo.com/elon-musk-do... 371315524
Reposted by Matt DaltoThe New York Times @nytimes.com · 26/09/2026A man who was pardoned by President Trump for his role in the Jan. 6 riot was arrested on Thursday on charges that he recorded himself touching a woman’s hair on a Metro train in suburban Washington in March, the authorities said.nyti.msPardoned Jan. 6 Rioter Is Accused of Touching Woman’s Hair on D.C. MetroBryan Betancur, 29, was taken into custody on Thursday in Arlington, Va., two days after he completed a sentence for the same offense in the District of Columbia. 3011441
Reposted by Matt DaltoBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 25/09/2026lol holy shit I wouldn't talk about literally anything else if I was the guy running against him. —"What do you think about trans kids in sp-" —"Did you hear my opponent had his patient, who was 8 months pregnant, arrested in front of her son because she didn't pay a $50 medical bill?" 8189082560
Reposted by Matt DaltoAbdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Seeing that number at the gas pump is the difference between being able to afford your groceries or not. All because of an insane war that we had no business fighting. 11448051363
Reposted by Matt DaltoSteve Benen @stevebenen.com · 25/09/2026Sept 2024: Trump promises, “We’re going to bring [mortgage rates] down very fast. ... We will drive down the rates, so you will be able to pay 2% again.” Sept 2026: Trump’s war pushes mortgage rates to 7% as he stops talking about the issue. www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...ms.nowMortgage rates reach 7%, despite Trump’s misguided 2024 campaign promisesUntil fairly recently, the president wanted the public to see him as directly responsible for mortgage rates. I think we know why he changed course. 1321885
Reposted by Matt DaltoMicah @rincewind.run · 25/09/2026it's remarkable just how much worse the interest rate situation makes the housing crisis my wife and I bought our house in 2013 and we have a 3.6% mortgage rate if I plug 7.5% into the mortgage calculator our payment jumps over a thousand dollars a month 921258181
Reposted by Matt DaltoMatt Ford @mford.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Ezra Klein asked Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang about AI making kids worse at math and reading. Huang’s reply: “Does it matter?” Then he said he doesn’t know his own address or phone number. “We’re going to lose some fine intellectual dexterity.” www.nytimes.com/2026/09/23/o... 58855281520
Reposted by Matt DaltoJon Ossoff @ossoff.bsky.social · 24/09/2026It's not just the money that's corrupted our politics. It’s a moral corruption — the cynical indifference of powerful people. 351099408
Reposted by Matt DaltoPatrick De Haan @gasbuddyguy.bsky.social · 24/09/2026wholesale gasoline prices appear to be reacting to the potential diesel export controls- California wholesale gas prices hit 30-day highs, along with NY region and Gulf region. I'll keep watching, but as I mentioned earlier, touching diesel exports could do this *exactly* 218746
Reposted by Matt DaltoEric Schmitt @erschm.bsky.social · 24/09/20268 Navy sailors in U.S.S. Lincoln Strike Group attempted suicide during its more than 300 days at sea www.nytimes.com/2026/09/23/u...nytimes.com8 Sailors in U.S.S. Lincoln Strike Group Attempted Suicide, Navy SaysThe aircraft carrier with its crew of about 5,000 sailors has spent more than 300 days at sea. 21534254
Reposted by Matt DaltoMatt Darling @besttrousers.bsky.social · 23/09/2026An ongoing story during the Obama administration was the Big Problem of policy uncertainty. 730734
Reposted by Matt DaltoZach @zachlj.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Combined with the plan to exclusively resettle White Afrikaners under the presidential determination number, it’s almost impossible to overstate the degree to which full on, blood and soil, white nationalism is the operating principle for this evil regime. 815351
Reposted by Matt DaltoPhil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 23/09/2026The first architect of the White House ballroom resigned after warning repeatedly that Trump was insisting on designs that violated fire and safety codes, the Washington Post reports. “I am the code,” Trump said www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio... 1281679573
Reposted by Matt Daltojamelle @jamellebouie.net · 23/09/2026i think you can fairly say that the second trump administration is the most racist federal administration since woodrow wilson and honestly i'm not sure that it isn't more racist than wilson's 164113082110
Reposted by Matt DaltoSchrödinger's Sneetch Belly @rtodkelly.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Please know that this is one of my few legitimate areas of actual, high-level professional expertise: Kicking the healthiest people off of a health insurance program will bankrupt it. Not 'could;' not 'might,' not 'probably," but absolutely will, with mathematical certainty. 25768202248
Reposted by Matt DaltoPatrick De Haan @gasbuddyguy.bsky.social · 22/09/2026after Trump's UN speech targeting Iran and foes, oil markets reverse course, with refined product prices now up 4-6c/gal for gasoline and 2-4c/gal for diesel (Chicago up 16c)... this roller coaster ride continues 39823
Reposted by Matt DaltoRadley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Nashville just canceled a holiday light show at the zoo because the Trump administration denied visas to the foreign artisans who set it up. 11426107
Reposted by Matt Daltojamelle @jamellebouie.net · 22/09/2026whenever i hear some variation on "but what if trump does X or Y or Z" i think of this ulysses s. grant remark to a subordinate during the wilderness campaign. 884016697
Reposted by Matt DaltoCorey Atad @coreyatad.com · 22/09/2026“If you are staring at an example of social disorder or social inefficiency, and the left refuses to explain either why it has happened or how they will fix it, then the right gets to point at someone in the immediate area and say, ‘That’s who did it.’” crazy how much Mamdani speaks my language 5951561223
Reposted by Matt DaltoCatherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 21/09/202632% approval overall. 9% drop among Republicans from the same Reuters poll one week before www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...reuters.comEXCLUSIVE: Trump approval falls to record low of 32% as high costs bite, Reuters/Ipsos poll findsPresident Donald Trump's approval rating fell to 32% - the lowest of his political career - as his fellow Republicans soured on his handling of the cost of living amid the unpopular Iran war, a new R... 3039495
Reposted by Matt DaltoAmanda Marcotte @amandamarcotte.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Win or lose, James Talarico's campaign is a major threat to the GOP, especially in the long term. Many evangelicals don't even know "liberal Christian" is a possibility. He is showing that it is. And the Christian right is *freaking out*. www.salon.com/2026/09/21/j...salon.comJames Talarico’s campaign could do lasting damage to the GOPThe Texas Democratic nominee for Senate is teaching evangelical voters that Christians can be liberal 31766163
Reposted by Matt DaltoCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 21/09/2026* U.S. FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION TEMPORARILY HALTS FLIGHTS INTO NEWARK AND PHILADELPHIA AIRPORTS DUE TO COMMUNICATIONS ISSUES WITH SOME FREQUENCIES AT AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL FACILITY -- AGENCY @reuters.com 83897302
Reposted by Matt DaltoTom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Trump’s obsession with these vulgar memorials to his own vanity is a reminder of the darkness around him, of his hostility to democracy, his loathing of honor, and his disordered mind. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...theatlantic.comTrump’s Monumental ObsessionThe president fantasizes about a capital city full of memorials—to himself. 1332719725
Reposted by Matt DaltoShiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 21/09/2026on one hand this is good pushback and is needed. On the other hand, the political press being willing to play good lapdog and nod along while he abused literally everyone till such time as he started beating them too tells us a lot about the character of the people in that pool 261516247
Reposted by Matt DaltoKen Tremendous @kentremendous.bsky.social · 21/09/2026I wish there were a single sentence that could simultaneously encapsulate and explain every single problem we have in modern society. 392523502
Reposted by Matt DaltoMax Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Determining your cheese preference based on which is not halal is a strong contender for the quintessence of GOP ideology. It's irrelevant to them, no reason for them to think about it at all, but they don't have personalities, they're simple reactionary creatures governed solely by bigotry. 251051211
Reposted by Matt DaltoMicah @rincewind.run · 20/09/2026if you’re going to invite proven liars on your program this is the only way to handle it just call them out in real time for their bullshit if you’re not prepared to do this then you’re not prepared to have them on 152726465
Reposted by Matt DaltoThe Fig Economy @figgityfigs.bsky.social · 20/09/2026If libs care about it, then by definition they’re wrong, so you have to either ignore the stuff they’re very much obviously not wrong about or else define the stuff in such a way that not caring means you’re cool and the libs suck. 733449