Matthew James

Matthew James

@mattesack.bsky.social

Retail peon who staves off insanity with reading, games, and music Trying to be a better person than I was Proud of my mixed heritage #AbolishICE No DMs please Blocking AI users

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Well, never voting for her ever again Next candidate!!!

Acyn@acyn.bsky.social

Kamala Harris: I think that going in the direction of impeachment is not a good idea. I was in the Senate for the last go-round, and the votes aren’t there. I think after the election, we all have to just also agree that our attitude has to be to get stuff done…

That kiss on the cheek thing has always grossed me out, can we stop doing that?

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

"So, in Alaska, if Peltola wins, her victory is inherently suspect and must be investigated. And in Minnesota, if Flanagan bests Tafoya, her victory is inherently suspect b/c Trump has declared that Tafoya can’t lose, period, unless Dems cheat. This is the long, stupid shadow of the 2020 election."

Matthew James reposted

I’m not a political journalist, so was gladly surprised at the community I found here last night. To Americans anxious about the upcoming elections, a key thing we learned in Brazil that might help you: DO NOT engage with the far-right online. Don’t share rage bait. Amplify your people. Ignore them.

Ads in Maine are working, unfortunately. Two clerks were talking about the cold calling and text message blitz we've been getting. One of them said "I'm not voting for either, Troy Jackson wants to lower the jail time for pedophiles" The coworker chimes in, "He won't let us shoot em"

So, yeah the ads are working. They press the right buttons on people and get an emotional response instead of a reasoned one. I'd say one clerk was conservative, while the other was independent. Guess which one was persuaded not to vote?

so it's a race to either invoking the Insurrection Act or the 25th amendment? can't we be normal?

Ron Filipkowski@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social

She is also one of the people who proudly held up one of the Epstein binders she got from Pam Bondi with a big smile for the cameras. This is who gets special access from Trump’s DOJ.

Not good, it looks like 3 men want to divvy up the world. The ballroom bunker, the hollowing of the military, personal militia, lifting sanctions, and more I'm missing. It smells like a coup, but that would be crazy right? or are we that arrogant to think it can't happen here?

Kyle Griffin@kylegriffin1.bsky.social

BREAKING WSJ: Vladimir Putin has proposed that he, Trump, and Xi Jinping meet next month to talk about Ukraine in an attempt to negotiate an end to the four-year conflict that would favor Moscow.

Why does this look like someone wearing a Mike Johnson mask? I'm not saying that's happening, to be clear, but he looks creepier than normal.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

missed Mike Johnson yesterday in Texas expressing concern that House Republicans in districts that Republicans gerrymandered have to deal with "brand new voters"

MAGA is trash, look at that psychopath punch that poor woman. If anyone deserves to be doxxed it’s that man who committed assault

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"

In elementary school I used my pencil box as a terrarium for bugs

Gail Simone@gailsimone.bsky.social

QUESTION OF THE DAY: This sounds like a joke question, but it isn’t. If it doesn’t apply to you, fine. But it’s a serious question with different levels of meaning. And I am genuinely curious. When did you first realize you were weird?

In every republican, there was a cruel little bully dying to get out and now they've been given free reign. I bet little acts like this are going on all over the US, sheriffs are given a lot of leeway in this country.

Don't forget #ICE and anyone who works for them is a despicable piece of shit and deserves jail time, hurled insults and derision for the rest of their lives. Look at that asshole wearing a BLESSED shirt as he's deporting children www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

theguardian.com‘Chaos and cruelty’: the kids trapped in Trump’s immigration enforcement campaignChildren are being detained in record numbers, sometimes alone and where lawyers and family cannot find them

"He’s recruited Vincent Harris to organize the local election efforts" .. Harris .. conservative strategist, boasts a resume including work for Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party and a pro-Trump SuperPAC in 2024" This sucks, who let the Bushs out of TX?

bangordailynews.comJonathan Bush is pumping thousands of dollars into the Bangor City Council electionThe Cape Elizabeth tech entrepreneur said he hopes to tip the elections towards "more reasonable, independent-minded, kind of what I would call ‘Chamber of Commerce’ candidates.”

This was completely overwritten by Poltergeist a little while later, the tree, the face melting scene, there is so much. Thinking about this prompt made me realize I saw a LOT of R rated movies as a child and my parents were strict about that stuff.

I forgot Newt Gingrich was still alive, how disappointing to be reminded otherwise.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Hegseth: "Project Meridian will be co-led by three of our nation's best minds: Elon Musk, Palmer Luckey, and Newt Gingrich"

"Leonard blasted ICE and President Donald Trump, calling him a “rapist, pedophile, fascist president” and prompting a walkout by one of his colleagues on the council" You have my vote That colleage was Carolyn Fish btw, she sadly represents a large portion of our older conservative population.

bangordailynews.comControversial Bangor councilor running for reelection wants the city to have a mayor“People want to see bold individuals that mean what they say and that actually want to do things, not just say things. And that’s me, at the end of the day.”

Is this author questioning the depths of my ignorance? Honestly it sounds like corporate is trying to create and sustain a 'cultural sensation' to sell records.

Denny Carter@dennycarter.bsky.social

This kind of take made a Rolling Stone writer so mad they wrote a whole piece about it.

"This wink-and-a-nod dynamic is now at the center of a fierce public policy debate over online gambling, addiction and consumer protection." Great article, and I think the "wink and nod dynamic" is a great way to describe our history with shady business practices spanning generations in the US.

ProPublica@propublica.org

Hey, ProPublica reporter Jake Pearson here. I’m taking over the account to tell you about my new story. For months, I posed as a problem gambler on DraftKings to test the company's "responsible gaming" safeguards. Spoiler alert: They made me a VIP — and I lost $10K. Here's how it all went down. 🧵

Check her closet for a red hat, this lady smells like MAGA. She wants to find solutions for the homeless and drug user problems, but she wants to also cut the homeless center being planned because it'll cost too much? sounds like NIMBYism with no actual solutions being offered

bangordailynews.comCouncil candidate wants Bangor to prioritize fiscal responsibility“If families are on a budget, why shouldn’t city council? We all have to pinch our pennies and do more with less,” Jennifer McGinley Maskala said.

As long as they are good at their jobs, I don’t give a shit

FactPost@factpostnews.bsky.social

Tommy Tuberville: Many airline pilots, flight attendants, and air traffic controllers are part of the furry community. It's terrifying.

We desperately need term limits and if you are caught TAKING money from a shell corporation, you need to go to jail. Any PACs taking money from shell corporations need to be dissolved and its handlers need to go to jail. Can we please have some consequences for this shit?

ProPublica@propublica.org

Sen. Susan Collins helped steer millions in federal defense contracts to Navatek, whose CEO illegally funneled thousands of dollars to her campaign. The FBI sought to launch a probe and was eyeing Collins and other lawmakers. Then Trump gutted the unit in charge. THREAD 🧵

Wait, the venues that taxpayers maintain and pay for? papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

papers.ssrn.comThe Impact of Professional Sports Franchises and Venues on Local Economies: A Comprehensive SurveyLocal governments routinely subsidize sports stadiums and arenas using the justification that hosting professional franchises produces economic development and
Pop Base@popbase.tv

Macklemore says Ed Sheeran and his team decided to remove him from tour due to his comments in support of Palestine, after Kraft Group rallied stadium owners and gave Ed an ultimatum:

This despicable motherfucker.. Anyone that thinks he's funny, or tells it like it is, or supports him in general is a piece of shit. Anyone that has normalized his rhetoric is a piece of shit He's grotesque and I hate that I feel guilty for hating him, because he truly deserves it.

Ron Filipkowski@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social

Look at this loathsome repulsive creature yelling at a reporter. In addition to the fact that he’s the worst president in US history, he’s one of the worst human beings on planet earth. His supporters have a very serious defect in their character.

I love the headline 😆 "less than one tenth of a percent of all glasses sold have been tampered with. Seven million of the glasses were sold in 2025, making that fraction of a percentage translate to up to, but probably less than, 7,000 individual units" thats .. a lot futurism.com/artificial-i...

futurism.comPervs Distraught as Meta Bricks Their Smart Glasses RemotelyMeta has started disabling its smart glasses' cameras of customers who tampered with their recording light.

These are heartbreaking 💔 Why do we hate the poor so much?

ProPublica@propublica.org

ProPublica spoke to dozens of people who had lived in homeless encampments when cities cleared them out in “sweeps.” We distributed notecards so people could tell us about the toll in their own words. ➡️ This is what they wrote:

I’d like the IRS to hire everyone that was laid off because of DOGE and let them go after corporations and the rich The results would be quite cathartic for the nation, we can keep a running tally of all the taxes that they were able to recover and post them hourly.

My work is now using AI to make sure no freight boxes are on the floor An alert is sent to the managers after a box has been sitting on the floor for five minutes, and sure enough a customer set a bag on the floor and already set off the AI Retail work has gotten even worse! #ai #dystopia #retail

I guess I’m the only person at work that plans on finding another job Why am I the only person that has a problem with this? I’m starting to feel like the crazy one

I stand with Canada 🇨🇦 They don’t deserve this bullying bullshit, my nieces and nephews are Canadian, they are seriously worried about the jingoism coming from this country and I don’t know what to tell them

I just want one day where I don’t have to hear his name I already know I’ll be hearing it for the rest of my life in some fashion, the cult will make sure of it. 24 hours is all I ask

It was always scripted opposition from Schumer and Jefferies, their donors really don't want anything to change. Even if we win the midterms, those two have to go before any meaningful change will happen.

Saeed Jones@theferocity.bsky.social

“Representative Hakeem Jeffries, Democrat of New York and the minority leader, met privately in recent weeks with Jared Kushner, President Trump’s son-in-law and top outside adviser, and discussed potential areas of common ground, according to five people with knowledge of the meeting.” BRUH.