Reposted by Matt WaxmanRoxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social · 18/04/2025This is... so grotesque. Absolute anarchy. 391151183
Matt Waxman @mwaxman.bsky.social · 15/04/2025If you want to rendition criminals to concentration camps, how about starting with Donald Trump, Stephen Miller, and Pam Bondi. #ruleoflaw #illegalrendition #constitution #nokings #concentrationcamp #trump #justice #bringhimhome #abregogarcia #protectourrights 010
Reposted by Matt WaxmanAlt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 14/04/2025Many products sold in the U.S. are made in El Salvador. In response to the El Salvador president’s statements today, we’re calling for an immediate boycott of all Salvadoran-made goods. Please help by listing any products or brands made in El Salvador in the comments below. 8623287111621
Matt Waxman @mwaxman.bsky.social · 14/04/2025Growing up in a Jewish household, I was taught to look for the signs. Citizens are being swept off the streets without cause and shipped off to concentration camps. This is what modern-day Nazism looks like. Don't get caught blinking at reality. #blinkingatreality #nazi #us #authoritarianism #trump 010
Reposted by Matt WaxmanJon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 11/04/2025#TrumpTariffs #TrumpMarketCrash 402177505007
Reposted by Matt WaxmanAlt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 08/04/2025When a clown moves into a palace, he doesn't become a king, the palace becomes a circus. -Turkish proverb 210212104327
Reposted by Matt WaxmanJulene Tripp Weaver @trippweavpoet.bsky.social · 07/04/2025"I have come to think that care of the soul requires a high degree of resistance to the culture around us, simply because that culture is dedicated to values that have no concern for the soul.” —Trappist monk Thomas Merton 082
Reposted by Matt WaxmanThe New York Times @nytimes.com · 06/04/2025A graphic video shows the moment that Israeli troops fired on aid workers in clearly marked vehicles in Gaza, killing 15 people. The footage contradicts Israel’s version of events in an episode that has drawn international scrutiny. Read witness accounts: www.nytimes.com/2025/04/06/w... 1161151499
Matt Waxman @mwaxman.bsky.social · 05/04/2025"What is freedom?" he thought. "Is it to be empty of desire? Is it to find everything I've lost or have been in search of? Or is it to return to the things to which there is no more returning?" The Felice Brothers, Jazz on the Autobahn 010
Reposted by Matt WaxmanMehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 03/04/2025Pretty simple rule of thumb when wondering why the Trump administration does anything is to ask two questions: 1) is it racist? Or 2) are they stupid? Tends to cover most Trump administration stuff. 2604072608
Matt Waxman @mwaxman.bsky.social · 01/04/2025Happy National Poetry Month! #poetry #nationalpoetrymonth 062
Matt Waxman @mwaxman.bsky.social · 27/03/2025Louise Glück And Clem Snide A coastal wood A setting sun That is all 010
Matt Waxman @mwaxman.bsky.social · 23/03/2025A patriot supports their nation's PEOPLE, not RULERS. patriot noun pa·tri·ot: one who loves and supports his or her country nation noun na·tion: a community of people composed of one or more nationalities and possessing a more or less defined territory and government #people #resist #patriot 010
Reposted by Matt WaxmanNPR @npr.org · 22/03/2025The advisories come after some citizens from European countries and Canada have been detained and deported by immigration officials while traveling to the United States.npr.orgSome European countries and Canada issue advisories for travelers to the U.S.The advisories come after some citizens from European countries and Canada have been detained and deported by immigration officials while traveling to the United States. 19239951305
Reposted by Matt WaxmanRoxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social · 21/03/2025Well. That’s that for Columbia. What a travesty. I don’t see how faculty or students stay under these conditions. 321490113
Matt Waxman @mwaxman.bsky.social · 21/03/2025This is what standing up to authoritarianism needs to look like. Thank you Rachel for fighting on behalf of all Americans. #standup #fightback #speakout #nokings #notmypresident #ruleoflaw www.linkedin.com/posts/rachel...linkedin.comI just put in conditional notice at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom… | Rachel Cohen | 602 commentsI just put in conditional notice at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP and Affiliates. I sent that notice firm-wide and anticipate the email will leak. I… | 602 comments on LinkedIn 000
Reposted by Matt WaxmanKatie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 19/03/2025Something to think about 680354579146
Matt Waxman @mwaxman.bsky.social · 18/03/2025I remember reading Allegra's work in undergrad at Ohio University. She has more talent in one pinky than the average person has in their entire being. Get. This. Book. 121
Reposted by Matt WaxmanMcSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 17/03/2025"Cheer up, American Jews. We’re perfectly safe. Even if things go badly for us here, we can always take our passports and go somewhere beyond Trump’s reach. Like Canada."mcsweeneys.netAs an American Jew, I Feel Completely Reassured for My Safety Now That Trump Has Targeted the Epicenter of American Antisemitism, Columbia University“The Trump administration said Friday that it’s pulling $400 million from Columbia University, canceling grants and contracts because of what the g... 07316
Reposted by Matt WaxmanFred Wellman @fpwellman.bsky.social · 17/03/2025This is Pete Hegseth’s Department of Defense. Labeling the highest ranking black Medal of Honor recipient “DEI.” Pure racism. My latest post. open.substack.com/pub/fpwellma... 36377512523
Reposted by Matt WaxmanMehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 15/03/2025I hate to say ‘I told you so’ but… I told you so. Seven years ago: 790297175825
Reposted by Matt WaxmanSubRosa )✿( Magick (chat to book a reading) @subrosamagick.bsky.social · 13/03/2025Damn straight! 248207853115
Matt Waxman @mwaxman.bsky.social · 11/03/2025Cleveland peeps: Don't sleep on this one. I'm jealous of you for having this opportunity. 011
Reposted by Matt WaxmanGlass Poetry Press @glasspoetry.bsky.social · 01/03/2025Announcement: for the first week of March, Glass will donate $2.50 from every chapbook sale to Ukranian Action Fund. www.glass-poetry.com/store.htmlglass-poetry.comStore | Glass Poetry Press 15515
Matt Waxman @mwaxman.bsky.social · 02/03/2025If you're a Congressional Democrat planning to roll over and play dead, prepare to get primaried. We're coming for your jobs. 011
Matt Waxman @mwaxman.bsky.social · 28/02/2025I watched this "conversation," and I want to throw up. No one should speak to anyone, much less a president, the way Vance and Trump spoke to Zelensky. I'M NOT PROUD to be an American and a former Ohioan. I AM PROUD of my Ukrainian roots. #ukraine #empathy #notmypresident #makeamericakind 000
Reposted by Matt WaxmanThe Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 28/02/2025“Trump and Vance appear to have entered the meeting with the intention of berating Zelensky and drawing him into an argument as a pretext for the diplomatic break,” Jonathan Chait writes: theatln.tc/ejdvMpQTtheatln.tcZelensky Walked Into a TrapDonald Trump and J. D. Vance appear to have entered today’s Oval Office meeting with the goal of generating a pretext for a diplomatic break with Ukraine. 881052280
Reposted by Matt WaxmanNPR @npr.org · 20/02/2025A new government tracker claims DOGE has saved billions from ending federal contracts. But an NPR analysis of the data finds the claimed savings don't add up.npr.orgDOGE released data about federal contract savings. It doesn't add upA new government tracker claims DOGE has saved billions from ending federal contracts. But an NPR analysis of the data finds the claimed savings don't add up. 61990772568
Matt Waxman @mwaxman.bsky.social · 18/02/2025I was reminded today how necessary this poem is. Enjoy. Reasons to Live by Ruth Awad #reasonstolive #live #poetry #poetryasmedicine #survive #thrive #loveyourself #loveeachother 020
Matt Waxman @mwaxman.bsky.social · 18/02/2025Not My President's Day protest in Washington State Capitol (Olympia, WA) #notmypresidentsday #ofthepeople #forthepeople #bythepeople #resist #doge 020
Reposted by Matt WaxmanPatton Oswalt @pattonoswalt.bsky.social · 17/02/2025@juliusgoat.bsky.social 6755610614771
Reposted by Matt WaxmanGeorge Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 17/02/2025Build the wall! Around DOGE! 380239015517
Reposted by Matt WaxmanMcSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 13/02/2025"Imagine my delight when I set foot in the halls of power and learned many of my fellow lawmakers are some combination of megachurch pastor, Eric Adams, and a restaurant smoking section. These are people who won’t judge me for my wealth or caliper collection."buff.lyAs an Elected Republican Who Believes in the Rapture, This Is My Chance to ShineSaw my interview on CNN, did you? The one in which I said a functioning state is an impediment to the Great Tribulation that precedes the Rapture? ... 110114
Matt Waxman @mwaxman.bsky.social · 10/02/2025Don't let the Superbowl distract you. This is the most important news of the day. 010
Matt Waxman @mwaxman.bsky.social · 08/02/2025Congress is not going to fight this battle on our behalf. Taking back the future is on us. 010
Reposted by Matt WaxmanThe New Yorker @newyorker.com · 07/02/2025“The point is not a policy fight, it’s an execution. They are killing one agency to terrify a thousand others.” Susan B. Glasser writes about Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s takeover of the White House, and the dismantling of the U.S.A.I.D.newyorker.comElon Musk’s Revolutionary TerrorThe evisceration of U.S.A.I.D. isn’t a policy fight—it’s an execution designed to strike fear in our own government. 29509149
Reposted by Matt WaxmanLaurence H. Tribe @tribelaw.bsky.social · 07/02/2025“Ignore the media headlines reporting that these moves ‘raise questions’ or ‘push the boundary.’ It’s an anticonstitutional lawbreaking spree.” www.brennancenter.org/our-work/ana...brennancenter.orgBreaking the LawJust weeks in, the Trump administration has violated rules, laws, and the Constitution. 1152837984
Reposted by Matt WaxmanAlt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 06/02/2025Okay, pardon us, but F this. America, you’ve got to stand up. 370222422943
Reposted by Matt WaxmanFred Wellman @fpwellman.bsky.social · 05/02/2025The United States Military Academy has just eliminated all Cadet clubs and activities for POC. Most of these have existed for decades like the Society of Black Engineers. They were there when I was a Cadet in 1987. All of the religious ones remain. This isn’t DEI. It’s white Christian Nationalism. 27156155425801
Matt Waxman @mwaxman.bsky.social · 04/02/2025We can't immediately stop this administration from barrelling through constitutional guardrails, but it's important we do everything within our power to slow it down. If we give people enough time to fight back, we can right the ship. 100
Matt Waxman @mwaxman.bsky.social · 03/02/2025Let's give this a more accurate headline: Guantánamo Bay Prepares for President Trump's Concentration Camp 000
Matt Waxman @mwaxman.bsky.social · 03/02/2025Even when the world feels like a terrible place, it's okay to smile; in fact, I encourage it. (Photo by Chelsea Wood) 000
Matt Waxman @mwaxman.bsky.social · 02/02/2025I don't post these things to get you upset; I post them to remind you why we're fighting. If you want resources or suggestions of how you can do you part, just ask. 000
