Matt

Matt

@academicfabe.bsky.social

Political scientist here teaching until my supporting character movie career takes off. I focus on state politics. In my spare time I talk about wrestling and media I enjoy. #politcssky for posts with political content #wrestlesky for wrestling content

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A large batch of people have followed me over the past day. Thank you so much! Allow me to introduce myself. I'm Matt and I'm a political scientist. I earned my Ph.D. in 2023 and now work at a teaching university. I focus on state and local politics as well as public administration.

Vivek Ramaswamy really going after the pro-child abuse and pro-sexual assault voters

FactPost@factpostnews.bsky.social

Unearthed footage of Vivek Ramaswamy mocking Amy Acton for being a survivor of childhood abuse: "She has no vision other than to complain about what someone else did to her"

Millennial Dan Quayle with quotable notables is like "Jurassic Park wasn't built in a day"

FactPost@factpostnews.bsky.social

JD Vance on the economy: "You don't turn the Titanic around overnight"

Matt reposted

Team Paxton appears to have sent out fake mailers to Texas voters impersonating a trans student group and claiming to want to help kids secretly transition. The actual group said they had nothing to do with it, despite the mailers copying their aesthetic, and the address traces to a random UPS box.

A lot of them Angel Reese hate accounts need to shut the hell up

WNBA@wnba.com

27 POINTS & COUNTING FOR ANGEL REESE 😮‍💨 She's the first player in Dream franchise history to record 25+ PTS and 10+ REB in a WNBA Finals game. ATL-GSV | USA Network | Peacock | #WNBASeason30 | #2026WNBAFinals

If these lawyers have the quality of the prosecutors and former Press Secretaries they've hired for the past year and a half, I'm sure that's a crack squad of legal power.

shauna@goldengateblond.bsky.social

it was the fuck-aroundest of times, it was the find-outest of times (gift link) www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

And he has called younger generations “entitled” at least once in his life

Politico@politico.com

“I’m old. I’ve paid my home off,” said Ray Warner, a 72-year-old Akron resident. “Why would I pay property tax?” Across the country, homeowners are asking the same question and revolting against property taxes at a scale not seen in a half century.

They didn't have to do Speedball like that

Matt@academicfabe.bsky.social

They wouldn't put that elimination clause in the match if someone wouldn't get eliminated early right? #AEWWrestledream

Okada using half of the three minutes just for an entrance is hilarious idc It's giving Jeff Hardy shows up to AEW vibes #AEWWrestledream

It's a Wonderful Life, but Clarence convinces Donald to jump off the bridge instead. I would do anything to see what it's like in the universes where he was never elected.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Trump: "We have 5 states where your child goes off to school as Tim and comes back as Tammy 3 or 4 days later. It's true. And teachers make a decision. 'Goodbye Timmy I love you so much, I'll see you later.' And you say, 'Where's my son? My son is in the hospital.' Can you imagine?"

That's heartbreaking. What sucks is how (some) people immediately went to conspiracies about steroids. Seriously, fuck those people and accounts in social media using a death for clout.

Elon Musk's dickriders would 100% believe David Copperfield made the Statue of Liberty disappear and walked through the Great Wall of China

Sammy Guevara and "Where's my stars [Meltzer]" Rhodes to the Top

David BASTARDspan@davidbix.com

How much early insane AEW lore do the newer fans know? Shanna trying to shoot on Leyla Hirsch (presumably because Hirsch is a Jewish lesbian and Shanna is a shoot Nazi) and failing miserably? Darius Lockhart's USB thumb drive? BALD ASSHOLES? The invoice? The Sadie Gibbs-Bea Priestley fistfight?

This hits hard if you're stupid. It reminds me of the late 80s-early 90s "Buy me That!" HBO series on deceptive marketing of toys. Looks like they need to bring that back, but for adults.

Yahoo Finance@yahoofinance.com

"Flying cars are real!" 🚀 Elon Musk and Tesla showcase the new Roadster.

The one example Susan Collins had at the front of her mind did not, in fact, change the outcome. That's because there isn't a substantive vote she helped prevent from passing. It's been a running joke for a reason.

danny@dabbs346.bsky.social

YIKES #mesen #mepolitics

Well, now Notre Dame is always going to get a playoff spot no matter what unless they go 0-12 and even then it wouldn't surprise me. Fucking hell.

"Welcome to the CFP Championship Pop-Tarts Bowl!"

Adam Schefter ... Mirror@adamscheftermirror.bsky.social

Repost by @AdamSchefter Sources: The College Football Playoff is nearing a deal to expand to 24 teams, per sources. The new format will start in 2027 and is expected to come together in the near future, pending final approvals. Click to see original repost

Title of Jake Tapper's next book: "Damn I Really Fucked That One Up Didn't I: A Story of Perseverance in Media"

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Trump: "They want to cut your children. It's unbelievable what they do. Your son leaves as Jimmy and comes home in three days as Janet, and they don't even ask you. They can take your child out of school and do whatever the hell they want. Minnesota is one of those states."

Donald Trump has been inciting violence for 10 years.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

holy shit -- a protester at the Trump rally gets physically assaulted after they interrupt the rally by a man who punches her in the face. Trump smears the protester as a "fat guy"

May I present the AFC South to the council? Because I'll always argue they're the dumbest division. That's the hill I'll die on.

pbsimpulse9.bsky.social@pbsimpulse9.bsky.social

This division is the dumbest collection of sports franchises on Earth.

And no journalist asked "is this a joke" followed by another journalist asking "no really, is this a joke." Because what the fuck does that even mean

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Q: How do you define socialism personally? JD VANCE: I think in reality what it actually means in the American context is you want to replace American workers with foreigners workers, and you want boys to play in girls' sports