Matthew Bradley
@machination.org
Dad, product-minded tech & mgr, photog. Veteran of DC machinations. I care about climate, civil liberties, pluralism.
Helping on a thing; Previously: Indymedia/WPFW/FSRN/Accuracy, WPNI, Nader, AARP, Grassroots.com, Edelman, Polaris/NHTRC/NHTH, DBT.
Helping on a thing; Previously: Indymedia/WPFW/FSRN/Accuracy, WPNI, Nader, AARP, Grassroots.com, Edelman, Polaris/NHTRC/NHTH, DBT.
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Super Bowl viewers Sunday speculated that 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos appeared in the halftime show. In fact, he has been in hiding with his family.
“He can’t sleep well at night. He wakes up three or four times a night screaming, ‘Daddy, Daddy,’” Liam's father Adrian Conejo Arias, said.
“He can’t sleep well at night. He wakes up three or four times a night screaming, ‘Daddy, Daddy,’” Liam's father Adrian Conejo Arias, said.
‘He’s not the same’: Father of Liam Conejo Ramos says 5-year-old continues to suffer
Some people thought they say the 5-year-old during the Super Bowl halftime show. But Liam is still in hiding with his family, after he and his father were detained and then released from a Texas deten...
www.mprnews.org
February 10, 2026 at 1:11 AM
Super Bowl viewers Sunday speculated that 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos appeared in the halftime show. In fact, he has been in hiding with his family.
“He can’t sleep well at night. He wakes up three or four times a night screaming, ‘Daddy, Daddy,’” Liam's father Adrian Conejo Arias, said.
“He can’t sleep well at night. He wakes up three or four times a night screaming, ‘Daddy, Daddy,’” Liam's father Adrian Conejo Arias, said.
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Kids like 7-year-old Mia write about missing their friends and family, wanting to go back to school, and not sleeping or eating well at the Dilley detention center in Texas. These stories expose the inhumanity of this administration's immigration policies.
www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
“I Have Been Here Too Long”: Read Letters from the Children Detained at ICE’s Dilley Facility
Hundreds of children are currently being held with their parents at an immigration detention center in Dilley, Texas. In letters and drawings, eight kids convey the pain of feeling trapped with no end...
www.propublica.org
February 10, 2026 at 3:28 AM
Kids like 7-year-old Mia write about missing their friends and family, wanting to go back to school, and not sleeping or eating well at the Dilley detention center in Texas. These stories expose the inhumanity of this administration's immigration policies.
www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
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When I wrote Section 230 I did so knowing it would be critical for protecting free speech online. 30 years later and it’s one of the last things standing in the way of Republican censorship of the internet. Here’s to many more years of defending this vital safeguard of free speech.
February 8, 2026 at 6:28 PM
When I wrote Section 230 I did so knowing it would be critical for protecting free speech online. 30 years later and it’s one of the last things standing in the way of Republican censorship of the internet. Here’s to many more years of defending this vital safeguard of free speech.
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kind of funny that an olympian said they are here to represent "compassion, respect, and love for others" and some people automatically knew that was a statement against them
February 7, 2026 at 10:25 PM
kind of funny that an olympian said they are here to represent "compassion, respect, and love for others" and some people automatically knew that was a statement against them
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The Trumpers are such pathetic snowflakes
NBC editing out the booing of JD Vance is a disgrace. It’s an international event. Americans have the right to know what the world is saying. NBC has bowed down to Trump.
February 7, 2026 at 1:43 PM
The Trumpers are such pathetic snowflakes
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I asked Ron Wyden what his cryptic letter to the CIA was all about. He wouldn't say.
"I wrote it for a specific reason. That’s all I can say.”
He did a similar thing before, in 2011, and illicit spy activities were later revealed by Edward Snowden
www.huffpost.com/entry/ron-wy...
"I wrote it for a specific reason. That’s all I can say.”
He did a similar thing before, in 2011, and illicit spy activities were later revealed by Edward Snowden
www.huffpost.com/entry/ron-wy...
Democratic Senators Give Cryptic Warning About CIA Activities
Ron Wyden has previously warned about spy abuses before they were public. Now he and Mark Warner say something else is up.
www.huffpost.com
February 5, 2026 at 7:54 PM
I asked Ron Wyden what his cryptic letter to the CIA was all about. He wouldn't say.
"I wrote it for a specific reason. That’s all I can say.”
He did a similar thing before, in 2011, and illicit spy activities were later revealed by Edward Snowden
www.huffpost.com/entry/ron-wy...
"I wrote it for a specific reason. That’s all I can say.”
He did a similar thing before, in 2011, and illicit spy activities were later revealed by Edward Snowden
www.huffpost.com/entry/ron-wy...
this. Jesus fuck. this.
"Successful anti-authoritarian movements do not win by softening their positions. They win by building unlikely coalitions around a broadly resonant grievance."
Like, say, corruption. Or, unchecked corporate power.
Like, say, corruption. Or, unchecked corporate power.
How Not to Defeat Authoritarianism
Moderation used to help Democrats win, but its advantages now have been greatly exaggerated.
www.bostonreview.net
February 4, 2026 at 6:15 PM
this. Jesus fuck. this.
The Washington Post isn't credible covering the Trump administration, it's no longer an international newspaper, and it stopped being an effective local paper ages go. Bezos will pretty much own a famous logotype for a personal blog run by a few proxies. www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
The Washington Post, owned by Jeff Bezos, makes dramatic cuts
Hundreds of Post employees could lose their jobs, with sections including sports, metro, books and international coverage hit particularly hard.
www.politico.com
February 4, 2026 at 5:40 PM
The Washington Post isn't credible covering the Trump administration, it's no longer an international newspaper, and it stopped being an effective local paper ages go. Bezos will pretty much own a famous logotype for a personal blog run by a few proxies. www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
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This is just insane. It’s only a matter of time before DHS kills another innocent person here.
(clip via MPR and @davidjbier.bsky.social on X)
(clip via MPR and @davidjbier.bsky.social on X)
January 31, 2026 at 6:13 PM
This is just insane. It’s only a matter of time before DHS kills another innocent person here.
(clip via MPR and @davidjbier.bsky.social on X)
(clip via MPR and @davidjbier.bsky.social on X)
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I walked around the corner of the school to see where student drop-off and pick-up happen -- and where ICE shows up every day to hunt for brown and Black kids -- and noticed the signs lining the classroom windows. Kinda broke me tbh.
“TODOS SON BEINVENIDOS AQUI.” (“All are welcome here.”)
“TODOS SON BEINVENIDOS AQUI.” (“All are welcome here.”)
January 31, 2026 at 2:13 PM
I walked around the corner of the school to see where student drop-off and pick-up happen -- and where ICE shows up every day to hunt for brown and Black kids -- and noticed the signs lining the classroom windows. Kinda broke me tbh.
“TODOS SON BEINVENIDOS AQUI.” (“All are welcome here.”)
“TODOS SON BEINVENIDOS AQUI.” (“All are welcome here.”)
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Seems like one of those issues that should greatly concern everyone regardless of their politics.
January 29, 2026 at 11:43 PM
Seems like one of those issues that should greatly concern everyone regardless of their politics.
@mayorbowser.dc.gov I understand prioritizing important thoroughfares. But why do some city streets sometimes get zero treatment (no salt, no plowing, heck for our block, zero leaf collection many years)?
January 27, 2026 at 12:24 PM
@mayorbowser.dc.gov I understand prioritizing important thoroughfares. But why do some city streets sometimes get zero treatment (no salt, no plowing, heck for our block, zero leaf collection many years)?
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don’t take moral instruction from people who sign their names with a collective noun
January 27, 2026 at 7:33 AM
don’t take moral instruction from people who sign their names with a collective noun
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Republicans cut funding for health care to pay for Trump's lawless militia. Giving more money to use 5-year-olds as bait and shoot unarmed mothers is unacceptable. I will not vote to give more money to ICE until there is accountability and an end to these abuses.
January 23, 2026 at 6:53 PM
Republicans cut funding for health care to pay for Trump's lawless militia. Giving more money to use 5-year-olds as bait and shoot unarmed mothers is unacceptable. I will not vote to give more money to ICE until there is accountability and an end to these abuses.
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This video shows Donald Trump’s lawless federal agents again out of control. The Senate cannot vote to keep funding this. Every single agent complicit in these horrors should be put on trial at the state level for real accountability.
Update: The man shot by federal agents in Minneapolis has died, according to Police Chief Brian O'Hara.
Breaking: Federal agents shot and killed a man in Minneapolis this morning
Agents shot the man several times after wrestling him to the ground.
www.motherjones.com
January 24, 2026 at 5:57 PM
This video shows Donald Trump’s lawless federal agents again out of control. The Senate cannot vote to keep funding this. Every single agent complicit in these horrors should be put on trial at the state level for real accountability.
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Imagine going to this screening on a night like this one. The blood of an American civilian runs on a Minneapolis street. These people have no shame.
On tonight’s White House agenda:
Trump and guests will get a private screening of MELANIA, the documentary about the First Lady, @thr.com reports.
Attendees include Apple CEO Tim Cook, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy, Mike Tyson, per the article.
Trump and guests will get a private screening of MELANIA, the documentary about the First Lady, @thr.com reports.
Attendees include Apple CEO Tim Cook, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy, Mike Tyson, per the article.
January 25, 2026 at 2:13 AM
Imagine going to this screening on a night like this one. The blood of an American civilian runs on a Minneapolis street. These people have no shame.
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"Terrible things are happening outside ... poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart; men, women and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared." — Anne Frank (Jan 13, 1943)
January 13, 2026 at 6:33 PM
"Terrible things are happening outside ... poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart; men, women and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared." — Anne Frank (Jan 13, 1943)
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No one should vote to fund this or say that it can be improved with proper training. At this point, "Abolish ICE" is the moderate position.
This guy went to work today, put a mask on, kidnapped a 5 year old child, and then used him as bait so both he and his father could be sent behind bars
January 22, 2026 at 2:16 AM
No one should vote to fund this or say that it can be improved with proper training. At this point, "Abolish ICE" is the moderate position.
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Look. I don’t trust the Dems, or any party, to give us liberation.
But right now, we have to use every lever we can to stop ICE from surveilling snd terrorizing our communities.
If enough people speak out right now we have a real shot at getting House Dems to vote en masse against ICE funding
But right now, we have to use every lever we can to stop ICE from surveilling snd terrorizing our communities.
If enough people speak out right now we have a real shot at getting House Dems to vote en masse against ICE funding
January 22, 2026 at 2:19 AM
Look. I don’t trust the Dems, or any party, to give us liberation.
But right now, we have to use every lever we can to stop ICE from surveilling snd terrorizing our communities.
If enough people speak out right now we have a real shot at getting House Dems to vote en masse against ICE funding
But right now, we have to use every lever we can to stop ICE from surveilling snd terrorizing our communities.
If enough people speak out right now we have a real shot at getting House Dems to vote en masse against ICE funding
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This image was inescapable for most of 2000.
January 22, 2026 at 2:28 AM
This image was inescapable for most of 2000.
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ICE just detained a 5-year-old child.
Don’t tell us this is about “the worst of the worst.” That’s a lie.
Absolutely vile.
Don’t tell us this is about “the worst of the worst.” That’s a lie.
Absolutely vile.
5-year-old boy among four students detained by ICE, according to school leaders
School district leaders argue ICE agents are following students and their parents while driving to and from school.
www.kare11.com
January 22, 2026 at 2:29 AM
ICE just detained a 5-year-old child.
Don’t tell us this is about “the worst of the worst.” That’s a lie.
Absolutely vile.
Don’t tell us this is about “the worst of the worst.” That’s a lie.
Absolutely vile.
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if you can afford to spend 30 seconds chatting and trying to look nonchalant as you fumble with a gas canister, perhaps you are not in a scenario where chemical weapons are warranted
January 22, 2026 at 1:44 AM
if you can afford to spend 30 seconds chatting and trying to look nonchalant as you fumble with a gas canister, perhaps you are not in a scenario where chemical weapons are warranted
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Interestingly, the best thing from last weekend's SNL is this clip that was cut for time and posted on a Tuesday night: www.youtube.com/watch?v=uA8O...
Weekend Update: Tommy Brennan on Trump's ICE Deployments in Minnesota - SNL
YouTube video by Saturday Night Live
www.youtube.com
January 21, 2026 at 1:30 AM
Interestingly, the best thing from last weekend's SNL is this clip that was cut for time and posted on a Tuesday night: www.youtube.com/watch?v=uA8O...
Clippings for January 20, 2026: https://machination.org/2026/01/20/clippings-for-january/
January 21, 2026 at 12:26 AM
Clippings for January 20, 2026: https://machination.org/2026/01/20/clippings-for-january/