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mattlaslo.bsky.social @mattlaslo.bsky.social · 9h

all I know is I wasn’t elected president ever — let alone twice…

- Prof Laslo

mattlaslo.bsky.social @mattlaslo.bsky.social · 9h

Which says it all.

mattlaslo.bsky.social @mattlaslo.bsky.social · 11h

“It’s something that has gotten incredible reviews,” President Donald Trump lies about his new ballroom.

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mattlaslo.bsky.social @mattlaslo.bsky.social · 1d

PSA:

Your personal data is a commodity that’s bought and sold daily in America (& also sold internationally…).

That’s not how personal data is treated in, say, Europe.

If you don’t like your data being sold without your knowledge, TELL CONGRESS & THE WHITE HOUSE.

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mattlaslo.bsky.social @mattlaslo.bsky.social · 4d

My FIOS internet is out — and guess their weekend customer service rep follows me on social media. So I had to behave. 😂

Best Verizon call ever — we talked politics in between setting up technician appointment tomorrow.

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mattlaslo.bsky.social @mattlaslo.bsky.social · 5d

INBOX 📥 Blunt use in the US jumps 22%

h/t NCIA @tomangell.bsky.social Marijuana Moment @askapoldrugs.bsky.social www.marijuanamoment.net/marijuana-bl...

Marijuana Blunt Smoking Has 'Increased Significantly' In The U.S. In Recent Years, Study Shows - Marijuana Moment

The number of Americans who have ever smoked a marijuana blunt has risen by more than a fifth over a recent eight-year period, a new study shows. Examining data from the federally funded National Surv...

www.marijuanamoment.net

mattlaslo.bsky.social @mattlaslo.bsky.social · 5d

👀 Republican US Senator from N.C. —>

askapoldrugs.bsky.social @askapoldrugs.bsky.social · 5d

NEW

DEA inaction on marijuana creating “gateways for illegal and illicit actors,” GOP Sen. Thom Tillis warns.

LISTEN to full exchange at Ask a Pol Drugs on Substack.

Interactive political journalism — what should we ask Congress next? www.askapoldrugs.com/p/state-mari...

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askapoldrugs.bsky.social @askapoldrugs.bsky.social · 5d

NEW

DEA inaction on marijuana creating “gateways for illegal and illicit actors,” GOP Sen. Thom Tillis warns.

LISTEN to full exchange at Ask a Pol Drugs on Substack.

Interactive political journalism — what should we ask Congress next? www.askapoldrugs.com/p/state-mari...

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mattlaslo.bsky.social @mattlaslo.bsky.social · 5d

Cheers!

cc @askapoluaps.bsky.social

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mattlaslo.bsky.social @mattlaslo.bsky.social · 5d

NEW:

Speaker Johnson just canceled Monday House votes

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mattlaslo.bsky.social @mattlaslo.bsky.social · 6d

5 bucks says Pete Hegseth’s doing a keg stand at the Pentagon rn

Imagine playing a reporter on TV, leaking classified info to an editor & then attacking the free press cause your boss sees through your idiocy?

👏 @petehegsethfan.bsky.social’s poor pocket 🇺🇸 hanky… www.niemanlab.org/2025/03/jeff...

Jeffrey Goldberg got the push notification of all push notifications — and a hell of a story

His inclusion on a high-level Signal chat about American war plans highlights how the Trump administration is operating — and how much of a threat it is to a free press.

www.niemanlab.org

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mattlaslo.bsky.social @mattlaslo.bsky.social · 6d

Enemy of the People = viral generative AI “slop” shops

They’re quietly killing legit news outlets...through spreading disinformation.

Be. Careful. What. You. Click.

Important from @niemanlab.org www.niemanlab.org/2025/10/ai-g...

AI-generated news sites spout viral slop from forgotten URLs

A new generation of content farms are harnessing AI to spin out clickbait — and they’re getting help from Google.

www.niemanlab.org

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mattlaslo.bsky.social @mattlaslo.bsky.social · 6d

My latest on the shutdown sh*tshow…

askapolpolitics.bsky.social @askapolpolitics.bsky.social · 6d

NEW EXCLUSIVE:

Dems united as shutdown lingers: "I don’t think cruelty is a winning argument”

@mattlaslo.bsky.social latest is live

Interactive political journalism — what should we ask Congress next? www.askapolpolitics.com/p/dems-unite...

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askapolpolitics.bsky.social @askapolpolitics.bsky.social · 6d

NEW EXCLUSIVE:

Dems united as shutdown lingers: "I don’t think cruelty is a winning argument”

@mattlaslo.bsky.social latest is live

Interactive political journalism — what should we ask Congress next? www.askapolpolitics.com/p/dems-unite...

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mattlaslo.bsky.social @mattlaslo.bsky.social · 7d

Netanyahu leveled a nation but left the terrorists!?!?!?! www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...

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mattlaslo.bsky.social @mattlaslo.bsky.social · 7d

But what if Pete Hegseth is just a dangerous moron?

He pushed out press and then alerts the world of the flight paths of three B-52 bombers!?! SHAME!!!

Kid’s not ready for prime time. He should consider going back to not being watched on foxandfriends WEEKEND…

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mattlaslo.bsky.social @mattlaslo.bsky.social · 7d

“We need, also, a fair press.” — President Donald Trump

v.

STFU you unread, dipsh*t. Constitution empowers the press to be assholes. Stay in your f*cking lane, son.

- Prof. Laslo

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mattlaslo.bsky.social @mattlaslo.bsky.social · 12d

“There’s a hospital in the state of New Mexico — an IHS facility — that no longer offers support for moms delivering kids or having babies. And that’s all because of the Trump administration,” Sen. Luján tells me.

My latest for National Native News is live: www.nativenews.net/friday-octob...

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mattlaslo.bsky.social @mattlaslo.bsky.social · 12d

INBOX:

“It is wildly irresponsible for the Senate to act like it’s business as usual and green light President Trump’s ‘Department of War’ while he is militarizing our cities,” @ChrisMurphyCT says.

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mattlaslo.bsky.social @mattlaslo.bsky.social · 13d

PSA:
It’s time to retire the word “authoritarianism,” as it seems to have lost its meaning.

Better to describe what’s actually happening than to define what’s happening with a word that now gets instant eye rolls from Republicans and their media machine(s).

- Prof. Laslo

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mattlaslo.bsky.social @mattlaslo.bsky.social · 14d

somewhere, James Comey looks for messages in a dune

mattlaslo.bsky.social @mattlaslo.bsky.social · 14d

Right?

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Agent NaN @thaxter.bsky.social · 15d

Probably at his coolest.

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mattlaslo.bsky.social @mattlaslo.bsky.social · 15d

Kimmel was so much cooler canceled.

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mattlaslo.bsky.social @mattlaslo.bsky.social · 19d

Soundtrack of our week on Capitol Hill:

“…FBI got exposed, FBI got exposed, FBI got exposed — they on video, they on video.

“Capitol Police got exposed, Capitol Police got exposed, Capitol Police got exposed — they on video, they on video…”

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