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Matthew Shadle @matthewshadle.bsky.social · 6h

Jeez

FinTwitter @fintwitter.bsky.social · 6h

U.S. CAR LOAN DEBT HITS RECORD LEVELS A growing number of Americans owe more on their cars than they’re worth. In 3Q, 28.1% of trade-ins had negative equity—the highest since 1Q 2021—with an average upside-down loan of $6,905. Nearly a quarter of these trade-ins carried over

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Matthew Shadle @matthewshadle.bsky.social · 21h

So now if you post a video of ICE, you’re cooperating with a “terrorist organization” and they can blow you up.

The federal agency alleges cartels are offering $2,000 for intelligence gathering and doxing of agents, $5,000–$10,000 for kidnapping or non-lethal assaults on standard ICE/CBP officers and up to $50,000 for the assassination of high-ranking officials.

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Collins Watch @collinswatch.bsky.social · 1d

Vought said he was gonna do this sorta stuff during his confirmation.

Susan Collins said some of what he was pledging to do was illegal but it'd be settled in court. Then she voted to confirm him anyway!

Does she think there's no record of this stuff? It was only several months ago. #MEpolitics

danny @dabbs346.bsky.social · 1d

Susan Collins thinks everyone is dumb

#mesen #mepolitics

www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

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Matthew Shadle @matthewshadle.bsky.social · 1d

That’s extremely unconstitutional.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump: "I had a very wealthy person who called -- a donor, a great gentleman -- and he said, 'if there's any money necessary, shortfall, for the paying of the troops, then I will pay it.' Meaning he will pay it. How about that?"

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Matthew Shadle @matthewshadle.bsky.social · 1d

Speaking as someone who graduated during the post-dot-com bubble recession.

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Matthew Shadle @matthewshadle.bsky.social · 1d

I have no idea if this is true, but it's going to suck if all the college students who've been told they need to be AI-savvy to make it in the "real world" instead graduate into a world with no jobs because the AI bubble burst.

Unusual Whales @unusualwhales.bsky.social · 3d

AI bubble now 17 times bigger than dot-com boom and four times larger than subprime crisis, per MW

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Matthew Shadle @matthewshadle.bsky.social · 1d

“Ideological nemesis”

Last week he urged the court to urgently intervene, saying that if the court did not take action, his website, Infowars, was at risk of being turned over to the satirical news site The Onion.

The proposed acquisition would be used to help fund payments to family members of the Sandy Hook victims.

Jones' lawyers had warned in the filing last week that if the case was not put on hold, “InfoWars will have been acquired by its ideological nemesis and destroyed."

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Stephen Lurie @luriethereal.bsky.social · 1d

Time to tune in to some analysis from Antifa expert…Chef Andrew…Gruel?…founder of…American Gravy Concepts?

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Matthew Shadle @matthewshadle.bsky.social · 1d

My wife is Latina and has both an English maiden name and my name.

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 1d

"During the encounter, Greeley said they told her she 'doesn’t look like' a Greeley."

www.yahoo.com/news/article...

Chicago Tribune: Greeley, who was born at Illinois Masonic hospital and is adopted, carries a copy of her passport just in case she runs into federal agents.

“I am Latina and I am a service worker,” Greeley said. “I fit the description of what they’re looking for now.”

During the encounter, Greeley said they told her she “doesn’t look like” a Greeley.

“They said this isn’t real, they kept telling me I’m lying, I’m a liar,” Greeley recalled. “I told them to look in the rest of my wallet, I have my credit cards, my insurance.”

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Matthew Shadle @matthewshadle.bsky.social · 2d

The North Carolina GOP has been trying to redo their state's map for years!
edition.cnn.com/2022/02/04/p...

North Carolina Supreme Court strikes down redistricting maps | CNN Politics

The North Carolina Supreme Court on Friday blocked the state’s new Republican-drawn congressional and legislative maps, ruling 4-3 that they violate the state constitution.

edition.cnn.com

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Matthew Shadle @matthewshadle.bsky.social · 2d

You will probably not be surprised to learn that the overall crime rate in Egypt is virtually the same as in the US.
worldpopulationreview.com/country-rank...

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Trump on Egypt: "They have very little crime. Because they don't play games. That's why. Like we do in the United States with governors that have no idea what they're doing."

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ashley scarebanks 💀🕯️ @ziibiing.com · 2d

lol “find your own instead of stealing” in defense of columbus day

AJ West • 1h
Find your own holiday instead of stealing. Today is Columbus Day as designated by the federal government
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Matthew Shadle @matthewshadle.bsky.social · 2d

Warrior ethos!

Nicholas Slayton @nslayton.bsky.social · 3d

The Texas Military Department confirmed to @taskandpurpose.com it had replaced some of the 200 National Guard troops sent to Chicago for not being "in compliance" with validation standards. This came after photos of heavyset NG members were widely mocked. taskandpurpose.com/news/texas-n...

Some Texas National Guard troops replaced in Illinois after failing to meet standards

An unspecified amount of Texas National Guard troops were replaced in Chicago, shortly after photos of their appearance were mocked.

taskandpurpose.com

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Nicholas Slayton @nslayton.bsky.social · 3d

The Texas Military Department confirmed to @taskandpurpose.com it had replaced some of the 200 National Guard troops sent to Chicago for not being "in compliance" with validation standards. This came after photos of heavyset NG members were widely mocked. taskandpurpose.com/news/texas-n...

Some Texas National Guard troops replaced in Illinois after failing to meet standards

An unspecified amount of Texas National Guard troops were replaced in Chicago, shortly after photos of their appearance were mocked.

taskandpurpose.com

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Matthew Shadle @matthewshadle.bsky.social · 3d

Excited about this, which I just finished…

A (Synodal) Church which is Poor and for the Poor
A First Reflection on Pope Leo XIV’s Dilexi Te
Available October 12, 2025
windowlight.substack.com

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Kevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 4d

Unconstitutionally taking money that the law says must be spent on one purpose & using it for something else—when it's to establish personalist control over the FUCKING MILITARY—is about as dangerous a constitutional crisis/failure as you can imagine

Via: www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...

The Office of Management and Budget sent a notification to Congress about their intent to use research and development funds to pay members of the military, two sources with direct knowledge tell NBC News.

A spokesperson for the OMB confirmed to NBC News that it plans to use the research and development funds and that there are two years' worth of funds available within the Department of Defense.

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Space Lawyer @spacelawyer.bsky.social · 4d

"Wow, half of us got triple paychecks. Let's go and spend it now! Nothing bad will come of this."

Look forward to having to untangle that

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Matthew Shadle @matthewshadle.bsky.social · 4d

Taps the sign.

Why even go to the negotiating table when the president claims he can spend without appropriations and rescind appropriations at will?

Matthew Shadle @matthewshadle.bsky.social · 12d

I think it hasn't quite sunk in yet with the political class how much chaos there will be in a system where the executive branch can just spend however it wants, without regard to the will of Congress. I think at least some Democrats are starting to get it.

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Matthew Shadle @matthewshadle.bsky.social · 4d

Yeah but Hunter Biden did some stuff.

Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 4d

Trump said he deserved a cut for brokering the TikTok deal, and at once there was agreement that his son Baron would have a top executive slot... though he hasn't asked for it, and has no apparent qualifications to hold it. This is how Trump 2.0 works. www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2025...

Barron Trump tipped for top TikTok job

US president’s 19-year-old son could be appointed to the app’s board

www.telegraph.co.uk

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Matthew Shadle @matthewshadle.bsky.social · 4d

1991???

Lawfare @lawfaremedia.org · 4d

On Thursday, the Senate unanimously endorsed amendments to the NDAA and seem set to repeal the 1991 and 2002 Iraq AUMFs.

To better understand the arguments for repeal, revisit Senior Editor @sranderson.bsky.social's two-part series, "How the 2002 Iraq AUMF Got to Be So Dangerous" below ⬇️

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Matthew Shadle @matthewshadle.bsky.social · 4d

It seems to be conflating this incident with a completely separate one a few days ago, although even then it’s reliant on DHS’s initial report on that earlier incident.

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Matthew Shadle @matthewshadle.bsky.social · 4d

Not going to lie, this sounds terrible.

From the Wikipedia article for “Avengers: Doomsday”:

Premise

Fourteen months after the events of Thunderbolts* (2025), the Avengers, Wakandans, Fantastic Four, New Avengers, and the "original" X-Men team up to face Doctor Doom.

Matthew Shadle @matthewshadle.bsky.social · 4d

You can use this!
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Matthew Shadle @matthewshadle.bsky.social · Jun 13

This one might be better.

The painting "The Resurrection" by Bevenuto di Giovanni, showing Jesus rising from the tomb with the door of the tomb strewn on the ground, and several Roman soldiers lying unconscious on the ground. The words" BECOME UNGOVERNABLE" are superimposed at the bottom.

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Brian Beutler @brianbeutler.bsky.social · 4d

All nonsense, of course, but if the point were to “give[] the minority a say” then the logic would require them to negotiate with Dems, not shut down the government and force them to swallow GOP priorities whole.

ringwiss @ringwiss.bsky.social · 5d

“And that’s why we nuked it twice in the past month.”

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Matthew Shadle @matthewshadle.bsky.social · 4d

Jade Helm?

The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 5d

His slip of the tongue reveals who’s really in charge. trib.al/mIvP0yE

“Illinois governor says we’re provoking actions that are unlawful,” Miller said on CNN. “If I put federal law enforcement and National Guard into a nice sleepy Southern town, is anyone gonna riot?”

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