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Matt Clark @thecryptrocket.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

The Democratic Party is a joke. We need a true working class party in this country now more than ever.

Matt Clark @thecryptrocket.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

I wonder what it’s like to be a Dodgers fan, or even a Yankees fan. It’s gotta require the easiest level of commitment ever. #baseball #wildcard #reds

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Matt Clark @thecryptrocket.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

Always remember when people are told to tighten their belts or go without pay, the people telling you to do so will still get theirs. See also: healthcare, pensions, etc.

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Matt Clark @thecryptrocket.bsky.social · 27/09/2025

I’m sure Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito, both of whom strongly believe in Federalism, are appalled by Trump ordering troops to take over states. Right? ……….Right?

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Matt Clark @thecryptrocket.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

Hey America: wake the fuck up. Fascism is here and it won’t go without a fight.

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Matt Clark @thecryptrocket.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

Tagging my band would make sense. Having a Bluesky acct for my band would make even more sense. @mjsmokeheavy.bsky.social

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Matt Clark @thecryptrocket.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

My band Marijuana Johnson is playing with HR from Bad Brains on 4/20, which is also Easter this year. Please find all these eggs, we may be in trouble.

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Matt Clark @thecryptrocket.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

“The house was outfitted with multiple wireless speakers. All of them were playing that sad Charlie Brown Christmas song on repeat.”

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Matt Clark @thecryptrocket.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

Wrapping up a non-stop week of 12-14 hour days of work/school by driving 4 hours to a girls volleyball tournament for the entire weekend. #rad

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Matt Clark @thecryptrocket.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

Arrested Development voice: “It didn’t.”

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Matt Clark @thecryptrocket.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

I am convinced Liberty Mutual ads exist to sell YouTube Premium subscriptions.

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Matt Clark @thecryptrocket.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

I would like to personally thank whoever at San Diego Studio knew immature idiots like myself would enjoy this audio cue every time my team takes the field. #MLBTheShow #Uranus

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Matt Clark @thecryptrocket.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

Heard the “today” in his voice.

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Matt Clark @thecryptrocket.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

But this time, it will work. THIS time I will most definitely sign a pledge to stop…something….$7?

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Matt Clark @thecryptrocket.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

The Democratic Party (and their cronies/candidates) text me pretty much every day. I text them stop and the next day I get a text from a new number. I wonder if they realize just how much this bullshit makes people despise them even more.

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Matt Clark @thecryptrocket.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

Sure wish I could watch the Reds on Opening Day. Thanks for nothing as usual, MLB.tv

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Matt Clark @thecryptrocket.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

Imagine sending excited emojis about killing people. These people are ghouls.

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Matt Clark @thecryptrocket.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

If the FMCS is shut down, and the agency was created under the Taft-Hartley Act, then shouldn’t Taft-Hartley be repealed? Along with it goes “right to work” and ULPs against unions, keep in mind. #FMCS #union

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Matt Clark @thecryptrocket.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

Hearing the Trump admin is currently gutting the FMCS, laying off mediators and shutting down services. The FMCS was created as a means to thwart strikes. Unions should respond accordingly. #strike

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Matt Clark @thecryptrocket.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

I demand a private Beeflords screening.

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Matt Clark @thecryptrocket.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

My son is 19. He has a bank account that he opened himself because most jobs require direct deposit these days. I think he had to put in like $5 to open it? Wtf are you talking about?

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Matt Clark @thecryptrocket.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

My grievance arbitration class has about 200+ pages of textbook reading…a week. Drowning.

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Matt Clark @thecryptrocket.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

Yeah, I don’t think that’s true. Dems lost young men because they offered them nothing. Take a look at rust belt areas, for starters, where union halls once offered cultural/social identity to young people. The halls are gone, replaced by gun clubs and churches. Crypto fantasies won’t fix that.

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Matt Clark @thecryptrocket.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

Tomorrow I’m going the last @reds.com spring training game, which is being played at the Dragons field here in Dayton. So that’s pretty rad. Stoked for Reds baseball to start!

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Matt Clark @thecryptrocket.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

Oh man, I can’t believe we have to wait and wait on another season of Severance now. Ugh. So good, though.

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Matt Clark @thecryptrocket.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

If you would like something fun and happy to watch today, my daughter’s a cappella group made this Mario medley video and it’s great. youtu.be/e_Eu1k9dS5A?...

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Mario Medley - (Forte A Cappella Cover)

YouTube video by Forte A Cappella

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Matt Clark @thecryptrocket.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

I think you have to spit in a trash can a lot. That’s what wrestlers did in school. But I’m also pretty sure that’s called “dehydration.”

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Matt Clark @thecryptrocket.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

Ok now it’s actually just a repeat of Humphrey’s Executor. Unreal.

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Matt Clark @thecryptrocket.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

If your reaction to current events is “how can we fix this political party?” and not “let’s do something else” you’re still not getting it. This two party system doesn’t work. It’s right there in front of you.

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Matt Clark @thecryptrocket.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

I was unaware that “dipshits in dumb hats” was added to the Civil Rights Act.

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Matt Clark @thecryptrocket.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

It’s alright if they show them nude, cause they ain’t got no souls!

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Matt Clark @thecryptrocket.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

“If we take away the attacker’s gun and then give him a knife, it will take significantly longer for him to kill us!”

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Matt Clark @thecryptrocket.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

You know, some of us have been telling you for a very long time that you’re wasting your time on the Democratic Party.

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Matt Clark @thecryptrocket.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

This administration absolutely despises working people.

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Matt Clark @thecryptrocket.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

I have received two of these today. The smart ass side of my brain wants to reply, but the not dumb side says to avoid. And yet, my desire to respond with the lyrics to Troll Toll from Always Sunny continues.

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Matt Clark @thecryptrocket.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

One of my sources is a paper from 2019 which states only about 6 percent of American workers employed by private employers have paid leave. Do you know the percentage of union represented workers in the private sector in the US? You guessed it, about 6 percent.

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Matt Clark @thecryptrocket.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

Today I am writing a midterm essay on the Family and Medical Leave Act, laughing out loud at myself at the absurdity of implying this federal government will ever force businesses to give us paid leave. They won’t help us. Help yourselves. Organize.

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Matt Clark @thecryptrocket.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

There is a semantics argument that happens in these types of discussions on social media which are pointless and distract from the core issues.

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Matt Clark @thecryptrocket.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

Totally agree. There are “Varieties of Capitalism” as the saying goes, and the application of these ideologies varies widely among different nations, even if many of the theories derive from the same place. I think any time ideologies are discussed, you’ll have confusion because they’re just ideas.

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Matt Clark @thecryptrocket.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

Coordinated economy which relies on heavy regulation (see: Germany, Japan, Scandinavian nations, etc). Neoliberal thought has extended beyond economics though, and it affects other areas of domestic and foreign policy, as well. Sorry for the insanely long reply, but I hope it helps!

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Matt Clark @thecryptrocket.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

people see “liberal” in the word “neoliberalism” and assume the latter is somehow a left ideology, but it is actually the opposite (albeit it is sadly embraced by much of the American center-left). The “liberal” in the term refers to a liberal economy, meaning less regulation as opposed to a

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Matt Clark @thecryptrocket.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

As a result, trade agreements which help business but hurt workers (globally) emerged, austerity measures removed government assistance programs, unions were disparaged and membership plummeted, and income inequality once again took hold. Neoliberalism only benefits one group: the very wealthy. Many

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Matt Clark @thecryptrocket.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

economics in the late ‘70s, touting the benefits of the “invisible hand of the market” as opposed to strict regulations (see Milton Friedman, etc). Governments bought into these theories as they are, themselves, predominantly run by a wealthy ruling class (see Reagan in the US, Thatcher in the UK).

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Matt Clark @thecryptrocket.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

Class income and quality of life improved, as the wealthiest paid their share of taxes, union membership soared, and industry boomed. But, as you can imagine, those wealthy folks were not too fond of this train of thought. And as a result, neoliberal thought emerged to promote “laissez faire”

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Matt Clark @thecryptrocket.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

for example, this led to era known as the “Golden Age” where New Deal legislation focused on the redistribution of income out of the hands of the wealthiest few and toward supporting the working class. And in many ways it worked (but there were still grotesque disparities in terms of race). Working

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