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Matt Bennett

@thirdwaymattb.bsky.social
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Friend of Democrats; foe of malarkey.

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Matt Bennett @thirdwaymattb.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
My god, we are beclowning ourselves before the entire world. It’s so embarrassing.
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Third Way @thirdway.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
"I would rather pick somebody out of a crowd at a Washington Wizards game to run monetary policy than hand it over to Donald Trump," said @thirdwaymattb.bsky.social. With markets plummeting, prices rising, and 401Ks tanking from his tariffs, Trump has no place to question Fed Chair Powell.
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Zeddy @zeddary.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
well mission accomplished buddy
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
“Sickening and heartbreaking” Someone who was at the Marge Greene town hall where folks who dissented were arrested/targeted/tased by police — who has voted for both parties — writes about what she saw 👇🏽
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Matt Bennett @thirdwaymattb.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Fawning toady gets seat in press room as North Korea-style White House makeover continues. Pretty soon they’ll be bringing in cases of cognac and DVDs of 80s movies.
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Third Way @thirdway.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
“We’ve got to focus on the ways that Donald Trump is intentionally taking steps that will hurt people...We don’t need to be having academic conversations about the pareto-optimized merits of various trade schemes," @thirdwaymattb.bsky.social told HuffPost. Read why dems must focus on Trump's chaos.⬇️
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Third Way @thirdway.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
The GOP budget doesn't just raise the deficit by trillions, it aims to cut $800B from Medicaid. 63% of Americans in nursing homes are on Medicaid. "If you have somebody you love going to or in a nursing home, chances are they could be deeply affected," says @thirdwaymattb.bsky.social.
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
The critical thing here is Trump's tariffs wouldn't be possible without an extraordinary abuse of power on his part. The national emergency rationale is likely illegal. The lawlessness and the economic havoc are the same story. (h/t @ilyasomin.bsky.social) newrepublic.com/article/1936...
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Matt Bennett @thirdwaymattb.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
Democrats: The market is crashing. Prices will soon be skyrocketing. Critical imports are being cut off. We must direct all our fire in one direction: “Trump did this. To you. On purpose. For no reason.” Not “tariffs are sometimes good.” Not “the rich are getting richer.”
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Matt Bennett @thirdwaymattb.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
That is not the implication of that quote. Like at all. Not even a little bit.
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Matt Bennett @thirdwaymattb.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
Every single part of this sentence is insane.
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Jim Naughton @jimnaughton.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
Just ridiculous. Sometimes it’s hard to separate the malevolence from the stupidity with this administration, but this is definitely the latter.
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Third Way @thirdway.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
“Nobody went to the polls and voted to stop research in Alzheimer's or cancer. Nobody wanted to cut the park service employees that clean the bathrooms or air traffic controllers, or veterans who are trying to help other veterans in crisis.” @thirdwaymattb.bsky.social www.npr.org/2025/03/05/n...
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Can Democrats find their way out of the wilderness?
NPR's Juana Summers talks to Bennett from the centrist think tank Third Way, about what he heard from leaders in the Democratic party and what he thinks about Trump's joint session of Congress speech.
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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
What he said about Social Security payments has been repeatedly debunked - so the question isn’t whether he’s lying about this, the question is why. What is this a pretext for? He and the GOP have long shown interest in going after Social Security. What are they going to try?
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Matt Bennett @thirdwaymattb.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
Trump leaning into protecting cops while standing in the House chamber is really something to behold.
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Matt Bennett @thirdwaymattb.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
God I wish I was not professionally obligated to watch this jackass lie for two hours.
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Mark Cuban @mcuban.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
This is a bigger issue than people realize. Not just jobs lost. But their families losing benefits. Landlords losing tenants. Cities and towns losing revenue. This is how recessions start Ready Fire Aim is no way to govern.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
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Matt Bennett @thirdwaymattb.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
I'm married to a Mainer and spend a lot of time there. You know what Mainers really don't like? People from away pushing them around.
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Third Way @thirdway.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
"This is the essence of chaos," @thirdwaymattb.bsky.social says on @cnn.com. Trump and Musk are firing essential personnel, people that do things like air safety, fight wildfires, park rangers, keep them safe from avian flu, research cancer & Alzheimers—people that Americans want on the job.
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
The Trump presidency is a threat to the well being of the American people.
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Matt Bennett @thirdwaymattb.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
This is what passes for bold independent thinking in the MAGA GOP.
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Mike Brock 🇺🇸 @brockm.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
Mr Garcia, I have drafted an appropriate response for you. You're welcome.
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Matt Bennett @thirdwaymattb.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
WTAF is this guy talking about? I get that Trump doesn't like experts, but maybe someone who understands at least undergraduate-level economics should be running the National Economic Council.
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Matt Bennett @thirdwaymattb.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
This is great news for @americanprogress.bsky.social. No one does it better than @neeratanden.bsky.social. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/20/u...
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Neera Tanden, a Leading Anti-Trump Voice, Returns to Center for American Progress
Neera Tanden, a fierce antagonist to President Trump during his first administration, will again lead the Center for American Progress, a major engine of Democratic policy in Washington.
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Matt Bennett @thirdwaymattb.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
I get that this is item 4,567 on a prioritized list of hideous Trump/Musk depredations. But I served in that place, and watching Trump destroy it, both physically and metaphorically, is gut-wrenching. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/14/u...
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Seeking a Mar-a-Lago Vibe, Trump Considers Paving Over Grass in Rose Garden
The president has been discussing plans to rip up the grass in one of the White House’s most iconic locations and put in a hard surface to serve as a patio like the one at his Florida home and club.
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Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
“Elon Musk is firing military veteran firefighters for no reason” is the biggest slam dunk in political messaging history, Dems should be shouting it into the world’s biggest bullhorn from the top of the Washington Monument.
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Matt Bennett @thirdwaymattb.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
You don't say. news.gallup.com/poll/656636/...
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More Democrats Favor Party Moderation Than in Past
A 45% plurality of Democrats say they would like their party to become more moderate, while a similar 43% plurality of Republicans prefer that their party maintain its current ideological bent.
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Matt Bennett @thirdwaymattb.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
Question for Kai and other smart business reporters: how will markets react if Elon Musk and his child crusaders take over BLS and mess with the economic data?
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Will Saletan @saletan.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
"USAID was the largest distributor of humanitarian assistance on Earth," writes @monacharen.bsky.social. "Today, by abruptly pulling the plug, the world’s greatest humanitarian country has become one of its least, raising a huge middle finger to those facing hunger, disease, war, and oppression."
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Trump and Musk Take a Hammer to America’s Reputation
Their version of America is selfish, wasteful, and cruel.
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Peter Baker @peterbakernyt.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Total USAID annual spending to provide food, medicine, shelter and other services to impoverished countries around the world: $38 billion Total increase in Elon Musk's personal net worth since the November election: $156 billion
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Matt Bennett @thirdwaymattb.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Remember when Republicans got super worked up about Hillary Clinton violating State Dept IT policy by having a bunch of emails about her daughter's wedding on a private server? www.wired.com/story/elon-m...
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A 25-Year-Old With Elon Musk Ties Has Direct Access to the Federal Payment System
The Bureau of the Fiscal Service is a sleepy part of the Treasury Department. It’s also where, sources say, a 25-year-old engineer tied to Elon Musk has admin privileges over the code that controls So...
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Matt Bennett @thirdwaymattb.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Great piece on what's happening at the FBI from Ben Wittes of @lawfare.bsky.social www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...
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The Situation: What’s Going on at the FBI?
Don’t look now but the FBI is resisting the political witch-hunt loosed upon it.
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Matt Bennett @thirdwaymattb.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Yes, the crisis of the moment is Trump's assault on, well, everything. But to counter that threat, Democrats MUST face reality and get their act together. Unfortunately, the DNC meeting this weekend didn't inspire a ton of confidence. A short thread of things you - and Ken Martin - should read.
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Matt Bennett @thirdwaymattb.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
It's impossible to overstate how bad this is. Read this thread. Musk could break our government in catastrophic ways.
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Third Way @thirdway.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
Third Way open memo to 2028 Dem hopefuls in @politico.com: Reject the Pledges "We must never again let our candidates fall prey to the siren song of far-left groups who claim, without evidence, to speak for our coalition and offer a path to the nomination." thirdway.org/memo/why-dem...
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Citizen Cohn / Jonathan Cohn @citizencohn.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
Moment of the hearings IMHO
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Matt Bennett @thirdwaymattb.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
When we look back on the damage wrought by this president, the worst may be to public health. (It was last time.) If RFK Jr or a like-minded zealot runs HHS, Americans will be in immense physical danger.
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Matt Bennett @thirdwaymattb.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
Important if true.
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Matt Bennett @thirdwaymattb.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
I wake up today neither shocked nor awed. But I am disgusted, furious, and determined to fight.
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Jason Kander @jasonkander.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
In the space of a few minutes, he left behind Afghan allies who fought terrorists alongside American soldiers and let 1500 domestic terrorists out of jail.
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Keith Edwards @keithedwards.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
I knew it would happen and I'm still gutted by this as if I didn't know it was coming
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Matt Bennett @thirdwaymattb.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
Whatever the opposite of FOMO is, I have it being out of Washington today.
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Matt Bennett @thirdwaymattb.bsky.social · 18/01/2025
Note to self: don’t use first gen AI to make your profile picture.
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Matt Bennett @thirdwaymattb.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
Today in the ongoing series, "It's like some Democrats are trying to lose": www.politico.com/news/2025/01...
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Justice Democrats say primary challenges are back on the menu
"There is something wrong with this party as a whole right now," said Usamah Andrabi, a spokesperson for the group.
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Matt Bennett @thirdwaymattb.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
Nothing says bring down inflation and "Make America Great Again" like renaming military bases for the most seditious traitors in US history.
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Jen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
BIG NEWS. I have left the Post. Corporate and billionaire media are failing to meet the moment. With @normeisen.bsky.social I'm launching @contrariannews.bsky.social. We'll have politics but also cooking, humor, film and even pets. Please subscribe and join the fight. contrarian.substack.com
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The Contrarian | Substack
Unflinching journalism in defense of democracy. Click to read The Contrarian, a Substack publication. Launched 13 hours ago.
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Ian Bassin @ianbassin.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
“I know from my experience in Europe that the dissident movements there have been led by those in humor, satire, and culture,” said @normeisen.bsky.social “Laughing may actually end up being more important than political and legal analysis!” Amen, w @jenrubin.bsky.social www.cnn.com/2025/01/13/m...
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Jen Rubin exits Washington Post, joins Norm Eisen to launch new outlet countering ‘authoritarian threat’ | CNN Business
Veteran opinion columnist Jennifer Rubin is becoming the latest in a long list of Washington Post figures to leave the troubled institution.
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