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Matt Szafranski @mszafranski.bsky.social · 1h

We really will need to 242 his ass.

Matt Szafranski @mszafranski.bsky.social · 3h

So a few things here. The point Liberty Junction's leaders make about outside groups being welcome is actually quite fair. However, I think it is a mistake to view this as purely about Springfield provincialism. www.masslive.com/westernmass/...

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Springfield courthouse developers speak out about turmoil: ‘We’ve seen nothing like this’

Courthouse principals see the project as a way to enhance use of Union Station.

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Matt Szafranski @mszafranski.bsky.social · 4h

I am not sure that this is the kind of regret or haunting that tells us anything. This guy had been a Dem and seemingly voted for Trump once. I'm not surprised he can see the error. How many other Trump voters could?

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Daniel Gilmore @gilmored85.bsky.social · 4h

He should be haunted. He is responsible for what drove that man to jump in front of his truck every bit as much as Trump is—if not more so since Trump couldnt have done this without his help.

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American Library Association @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The Works Progress Administration was created in May 1935 as part of the New Deal to provide jobs to the unemployed during the Great Depression. One of the WPA’s most idealistic goals was to send books and librarians to areas where there were none. Read more: bit.ly/4hkgtNC #ALA150

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Schnorkles O'Bork @schnorkles.bsky.social · 4h

The anatomy of a wave is when you have to draw more and more resources into previously safe seats. That's how it happens. Because the Rs are spending a quarter of a billion in Texas that means none of that can go anywhere else.

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Matt Szafranski @mszafranski.bsky.social · 4h

They have followed these injunctions. The violations of court orders have yet to be that blatant and frankly I'm surprised.

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Matt Szafranski @mszafranski.bsky.social · 4h

Eh, that is basically taxpayer standing by other means. Find me somebody eligible to get money out of this fund legally and get them to sue.

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Matt Szafranski @mszafranski.bsky.social · 4h

Baby Ellison wants to be a movie mogul. This whole ridiculous endeavor is about being rich enough to finance your own make-a-wish foundation.

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Fred, His Enemy Getting a Vote @thefred.bsky.social · 19h

I doubt anyone in the party believes these rallies will help, but he'll use them as an excuse to absolve himself and blame congressional Rs for their own wipeout.

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Speaker Ryan Fecteau @speakerfecteau.bsky.social · 7h

Trump's Big Bad Bill has taken food assistance away from 7,000 Maine kids. It's shameful. mainemorningstar.com/2026/09/30/a...

Shows an article from Maine Morning Star. The headline reads 'Almost 23,000 Mainers lost food assistance this year-- see how many live in your town'. It shows rural Maine has been hit hardest.

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The Fig Economy @figgityfigs.bsky.social · 15h

When was the last time the press ran a story about republicans making intemperate remarks about democrats? Fretting about whether republicans are doing enough to be bipartisan, to reach out to the forgotten voters who favor the democrats?

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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 8h

There are new and specific numbers in this story, so it’s worth reading. I continue to resent the lack of credit to Nick Schwellenbach at @pogo.org, Dan Friedman at @motherjones.com, and me, who have previously reported every other aspect of this story, including that the sale prices were very high.

Kristi Noem's Agency Gave Her Donor a Lucrative Contract Just Before She
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The Homeland Security Department signed a multi-million dollar agreement to buy five aircraft from a company owned by a political contributor of the secretary on her last day, documents show.

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Matt Szafranski @mszafranski.bsky.social · 6h

I mean sure, but the fact is Florida is the one shooting itself in the foot.

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Matt Szafranski @mszafranski.bsky.social · 16h

I guess Vivek was more out of shape than that batting cage video let on.

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Matt Szafranski @mszafranski.bsky.social · 16h

I mean, this message could easily be given to Democrats.

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Sharon 🪳🌹 @sharonk.bsky.social · 19h

sir you are campaigning in Ohio for Vivek

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Matt Szafranski @mszafranski.bsky.social · 17h

Lolololololololololololololololol

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Bill Shea @billshea19.bsky.social · 18h

This is batshit. This is vastly worse than any Biden decline. Trump has come unglued. He's a danger to the republic.

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Matt Szafranski @mszafranski.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

A problem is the investment is so massively out of step with the demand (and AI's ability to deliver) such that has developed to the point it can do truly amazing things in specific circumstances but nowhere nearly enough to make its money back.

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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

It’s wild how every (putatively independent) federal agency has focused their social media messaging around the GOP’s midterm strategy of “stopping communism.” Also, how many American voters do you think could identify this “loser” who died 102 years ago and never set foot in the US?

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Fred, His Enemy Getting a Vote @thefred.bsky.social · 30/08/2025

Just noticed that Rufo looks more and more like Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

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Matt Szafranski @mszafranski.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Periodic reminder that we shouldn't confuse the fact that Yale Law let him in for any expansive intellect or wit. In this admin, he's hardly the dumbest, but we don't need to pretend that Hillbilly Elegy, a book that is controversial among people from that area, is proof he's brilliant.

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Matt Szafranski @mszafranski.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

A Tim Horton's would have been a power move, however mediocre the coffee. Like Mass pol showing up to a Zoom with Dunkin.

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Matt Szafranski @mszafranski.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I think you can do term limits without an amendment if you're careful. But practically speaking, we need some amendments on lots of stuff at this point even if SCOTUS can be fixed without any.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Neiman Marcus closed its downtown Dallas flagship on Wednesday. The store played a notable role in the history of desegregation in Dallas. Previously, Black shoppers across the US could enter department stores, but they weren't allowed to try on clothes without adhering to certain conditions. 🧵

A notice about the Neiman Marcus store opening in downtown Dallas.

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David S. Bernstein @dbernstein.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Jared Kushner has had it with all you lying liars lying about him having conflicts of interest

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Rep. Robert Garcia @robertgarcia.house.gov · 02/10/2026

This corruption must be investigated.

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Western Mass Politics & Insight @wmasspi.com · 02/10/2026

The September 21 #Springfield City Council was something of a denouement over one grant and possibly the charges against the City Clerk. But the larger story if far from over as one councilor revealed. #mapoli #spfldpoli wmasspi.com/2026/09/take...

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Take My Council, Please: Ambition Should Be Made of Sterner Stuff… — Western Mass Politics & Insight

The September 21 meeting of the Springfield City Council concluded a lingering drama that had split the body for weeks.

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Matt Szafranski @mszafranski.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

This newsletter is worth reading re: WarnerMount (Skydance, lol). The thing I think gets lost in the David Ellison discussions is he really is just is a rich kid who wants his toy and to that end he buys Bari's bull and he played footsie with Trump. But the only ideological commitment is to himself.

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Matt Szafranski @mszafranski.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Mass pols respond to disappointing Jobs report. @warren.senate.gov highlights the disappointing average since January. #mapoli

Senator Warren Statement on September 2026 Jobs Report

Washington, D.C. – United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Ranking Member of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee, released the following statement:

“President Trump’s failing economic agenda is weakening the labor market. Today’s data confirms the economy added just 29,000 jobs in September and unemployment rose. Since January 2025, Trump’s economy has only added 33,000 jobs a month on average, far below the 120,000-a-month average in 2024. At the same time, paychecks are growing at their slowest rate in nearly 7 years, outside of the Covid-19 pandemic. Since the start of Trump’s war, real wages have fallen 0.7% as his failed agenda keeps pushing prices up.”

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Jonathan Bernstein @jonathanbernstein.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

There are a *lot* of top priorities for Dems in the next Congress but forcing the administration to follow the law on spending is probably the top of the top priorities.

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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Kansas has 4 former, living GOP governors. Two have now endorsed Adam Hamilton, the Dem, for Senate. Mike Hayden just penned this oped in the Kansas City Star this morning; Adam Graves had done the same last month.

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Robert Downen @robertdownen.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

UPDATE: Texas officials knew about this issue since at least March, when it was flagged by a state lawmaker.

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Matt Szafranski @mszafranski.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

One has to wonder if somebody finally got through to Ellison that he needs CNN's cashflow and can't afford to let Bari gore another ox.

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Joshua Eaton @joshuaeaton.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Would be fascinated to hear disability attorneys weigh in on this.

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Matt Szafranski @mszafranski.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Mostly hellscape, although it's better in some places than others. At the peak of the apps, I found the soil fallow where I was living before. I wasn't anywhere else until post-enshittification, but it's still an improvement. Gotten a bit worse of late, though.

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Matt Szafranski @mszafranski.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

There's the base and there's people who are loud and claim to be the base. Mamdani ignores the latter about 70% of the time and has wasted political capital, if not paid a price, in the other 30%. In short, he's maneuvered as marvelously as one can with metaphorical snipers lying in wait everywhere.

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Schnorkles O'Bork @schnorkles.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Not great when literal handicappers have decided they need to unskew the polls and question methodological decisions they've never questioned before because they feel obligated to make Rs seem more competitive.

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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

This feels like one of those "when Stephen Miller finds out, this will be retracted immediately" stories

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Evan Bernick, a finite mode with a smol hooman and a lorg floof @evanbernick.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

from the government's standpoint this is roughly the equivalent of learning that Brother Muozone is in the area and would like a word with you

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Jessica Tarlov @jessicatarlov.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Bad news for those of you who wanted the book tour to end… @david.pakman and I will be at the Symphony Hall at 6:00pm in Springfield, Massachusetts on Saturday October 3rd. And it’s free!

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Matt Szafranski @mszafranski.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

The more important thing is his pop culture image gave him an instant (and false) pass on the economy, but that only works if the economy feels good enough. It can't override reality.

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