Matt Thornton
@thorntonm.bsky.social
Pres of Armory Strategies - Democratic communications: crisis, strategy, PR, campaigns. Then: Comms for @electdemocrats.bsky.social, @housemajoritypac.bsky.social, @ab21.bsky.social, @whitehouse.senate.gov, @ZackSpaceOhio
https://armorystrategies.com/
https://armorystrategies.com/
I'm old enough to remember a time when she would not allow the words "Donald Trump" to escape her mouth.
you know what's funny
when someone sacrifices what was left of their soul for personal gain and takes personal losses instead
when someone sacrifices what was left of their soul for personal gain and takes personal losses instead
December 19, 2025 at 9:13 PM
I'm old enough to remember a time when she would not allow the words "Donald Trump" to escape her mouth.
LANDOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!
December 7, 2025 at 2:58 PM
LANDOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!
Go home, 2025 - you're drunk.
"The men also plotted to recruit and hire homeless people from Washington, D.C., to overthrow Haiti's government on Gonave, according to prosecutors."
www.npr.org/2025/11/23/n...
"The men also plotted to recruit and hire homeless people from Washington, D.C., to overthrow Haiti's government on Gonave, according to prosecutors."
www.npr.org/2025/11/23/n...
Texas men indicted in plot to take over Haitian island and enslave women and children
Gavin Weisenburg, 21, and Tanner Thomas, 20, planned to take over Gonave Island and murder all men on the island, prosecutors alleged.
www.npr.org
November 24, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Go home, 2025 - you're drunk.
"The men also plotted to recruit and hire homeless people from Washington, D.C., to overthrow Haiti's government on Gonave, according to prosecutors."
www.npr.org/2025/11/23/n...
"The men also plotted to recruit and hire homeless people from Washington, D.C., to overthrow Haiti's government on Gonave, according to prosecutors."
www.npr.org/2025/11/23/n...
This just sends a clear and dangerous message that lawless, sandwich-wielding ruffians are free to terrorize our cities with their delicious cold cuts.
BREAKING: A man who threw a sandwich at a federal agent during Trump’s law enforcement surge in Washington, D.C., is found not guilty of assault.
Man who threw sandwich at federal agent in Washington is found not guilty of assault charge
A former Justice Department employee who threw a sandwich at a federal agent during President Donald Trump’s law enforcement surge in Washington has been found not guilty of assault.
bit.ly
November 6, 2025 at 7:49 PM
This just sends a clear and dangerous message that lawless, sandwich-wielding ruffians are free to terrorize our cities with their delicious cold cuts.
Decorating with words is the last straw.
November 5, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Decorating with words is the last straw.
I used to enjoy Friday nights. Now I dread them as I brace myself for the next indignity to our democracy.
JUST IN: Trump has commuted the sentence of former Congressman George SANTOS.
October 17, 2025 at 11:19 PM
I used to enjoy Friday nights. Now I dread them as I brace myself for the next indignity to our democracy.
I feel like, at this point, the press can just start incepting things into his head:
Q: Last week you said everyone will get an annual allotment of free Skittles.
TRUMP: What?
Q: Free Skittles for everyone. You know...taste the rainbow.
TRUMP: Ah, yes. Skittles are great. I'll put Bondi on that.
Q: Last week you said everyone will get an annual allotment of free Skittles.
TRUMP: What?
Q: Free Skittles for everyone. You know...taste the rainbow.
TRUMP: Ah, yes. Skittles are great. I'll put Bondi on that.
Q: Last week you said that NATO should consider expelling Spain
TRUMP: What?
Q: You said NATO should consider expelling Spain
TRUMP: What did he say?
VANCE: NATO should consider expelling Spain
TRUMP: Oh. Ahhh. I'm very unhappy with Spain
TRUMP: What?
Q: You said NATO should consider expelling Spain
TRUMP: What did he say?
VANCE: NATO should consider expelling Spain
TRUMP: Oh. Ahhh. I'm very unhappy with Spain
October 14, 2025 at 7:01 PM
I feel like, at this point, the press can just start incepting things into his head:
Q: Last week you said everyone will get an annual allotment of free Skittles.
TRUMP: What?
Q: Free Skittles for everyone. You know...taste the rainbow.
TRUMP: Ah, yes. Skittles are great. I'll put Bondi on that.
Q: Last week you said everyone will get an annual allotment of free Skittles.
TRUMP: What?
Q: Free Skittles for everyone. You know...taste the rainbow.
TRUMP: Ah, yes. Skittles are great. I'll put Bondi on that.
That. Let's do that.
Thune: "If the Democrats had won the majority, they probably would've tried to nuke the filibuster. And then you'd have four new senators from Puerto Rico and DC, you'd have a packed Supreme Court, you'd have abortion on demand ... "
October 10, 2025 at 5:37 PM
That. Let's do that.
I'm sorry...what?
Hegseth: "I'm also proud that today we're signing a letter of acceptance to build a Qatari Emeri air force facility at the Mountain Home Airbase in Idaho."
October 10, 2025 at 2:26 PM
I'm sorry...what?
Stop shooting people - including those you disagree with.
September 10, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Stop shooting people - including those you disagree with.
Those who don't study history something something.
May 30, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Those who don't study history something something.
"The Thought Police would get him just the same. He had committed -- would have committed, even if he had never set pen to paper -- the essential crime that contained all others in itself. Thoughtcrime, they called it."
April 10, 2025 at 4:56 PM
"The Thought Police would get him just the same. He had committed -- would have committed, even if he had never set pen to paper -- the essential crime that contained all others in itself. Thoughtcrime, they called it."
Reposted by Matt Thornton
Voters cannot stand how Trump is handling economy/tariffs, Exhibit 367.
This AP poll is pretty brutal. The economy used to always be DJT’s strong suit. Even post 1/6.
Now it’s his kryptonite.
apnews.com/article/trum...
This AP poll is pretty brutal. The economy used to always be DJT’s strong suit. Even post 1/6.
Now it’s his kryptonite.
apnews.com/article/trum...
March 31, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Voters cannot stand how Trump is handling economy/tariffs, Exhibit 367.
This AP poll is pretty brutal. The economy used to always be DJT’s strong suit. Even post 1/6.
Now it’s his kryptonite.
apnews.com/article/trum...
This AP poll is pretty brutal. The economy used to always be DJT’s strong suit. Even post 1/6.
Now it’s his kryptonite.
apnews.com/article/trum...
When you sell your soul at the crossroads, the devil eventually comes to collect.
🚨 Trump makes it official, withdrawing his nomination of Elise Stefanik for UN Ambassador. “Elise will stay in Congress.”
March 27, 2025 at 6:23 PM
When you sell your soul at the crossroads, the devil eventually comes to collect.
I gotta say, I did not see "rejoin the British empire" coming.
Unsatisfied with overturning our constitution, Donald Trump is now trying to overturn the Declaration of Independence.
Trump weighs in on report King Charles will offer U.S. commonwealth membership
Trump indicates willingness to have America become 57th Commonwealth member
www.independent.co.uk
March 21, 2025 at 6:12 PM
I gotta say, I did not see "rejoin the British empire" coming.
What's the going rate for being Musk's patsy? I hope it's worth it.
Even declarations are made under penalty of perjury. Does Ms. Gleason have her own lawyer? Cause she should.
“Elon Musk does not work at USDS [DOGE]. I do not report to him, and he does not report to me.”
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March 15, 2025 at 12:35 AM
What's the going rate for being Musk's patsy? I hope it's worth it.
“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.”
― George Orwell, 1984
― George Orwell, 1984
Leavitt: Tariffs are a tax hike on foreign countries and a tax cut for the American people
Reporter: Have you ever paid a tariff? I have. They don’t get charged on foreign countries
Leavitt: I think it’s insulting that you are trying test my knowledge on economics
Reporter: Have you ever paid a tariff? I have. They don’t get charged on foreign countries
Leavitt: I think it’s insulting that you are trying test my knowledge on economics
March 11, 2025 at 6:33 PM
“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.”
― George Orwell, 1984
― George Orwell, 1984
Hey, DOGE! I found some waste you could cut.
The CDC is planning to study potential connections between vaccines and autism, despite overwhelming scientific evidence that there is no link
@lenasun.bsky.social & @laurenweberhp.bsky.social report www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
@lenasun.bsky.social & @laurenweberhp.bsky.social report www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
CDC plans study on vaccines and autism despite research showing no link
President Donald Trump and HHH Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. have repeatedly raised the idea that autism could be linked to vaccines.
www.washingtonpost.com
March 7, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Hey, DOGE! I found some waste you could cut.
We need @racismdog on here.
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Lauren Boebert: “For [Al Green] to shake his pimp cane at President Trump was absolutely abhorrent.”
March 7, 2025 at 7:49 PM
We need @racismdog on here.
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Reposted by Matt Thornton
Some "Russian Warship" vibes here from a tiny fed'l agency.
via Brett Murphy:
The African Development Foundation (budget ~$40 million) is putting up a fight and denying DOGE + Pete Marocco — the State Dept official dismantling USAID — access to their building:
via Brett Murphy:
The African Development Foundation (budget ~$40 million) is putting up a fight and denying DOGE + Pete Marocco — the State Dept official dismantling USAID — access to their building:
March 5, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Some "Russian Warship" vibes here from a tiny fed'l agency.
via Brett Murphy:
The African Development Foundation (budget ~$40 million) is putting up a fight and denying DOGE + Pete Marocco — the State Dept official dismantling USAID — access to their building:
via Brett Murphy:
The African Development Foundation (budget ~$40 million) is putting up a fight and denying DOGE + Pete Marocco — the State Dept official dismantling USAID — access to their building:
Apparently the main DOJ building, FBI, HUD, HHS, GSA, VA, OPM, Red Cross, and downtown Judiciary Square buildings are no longer necessary in Trump's America. They're all for sale.
www.gsa.gov/real-estate/...
www.gsa.gov/real-estate/...
Non-core property list
Learn about our lease cost avoidance plan and its successes.
www.gsa.gov
March 4, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Apparently the main DOJ building, FBI, HUD, HHS, GSA, VA, OPM, Red Cross, and downtown Judiciary Square buildings are no longer necessary in Trump's America. They're all for sale.
www.gsa.gov/real-estate/...
www.gsa.gov/real-estate/...
"Comms is so easy. I don't need PR help. How hard can it be?"
You really have no idea where this corporate press release will end up, I encourage you to read the whole thing www.prnewswire.com/news-release...
Goya Foods CEO, Bob Unanue, Announces Next Chapter
/PRNewswire/ -- Today, Robert "Bob" Unanue, with over 20 years as President & CEO of Goya Foods, is releasing a statement about his status with the...
www.prnewswire.com
February 25, 2025 at 3:29 AM
"Comms is so easy. I don't need PR help. How hard can it be?"
WTAF?
Shot: We must stop the politicization of the Justice Department once and for all
Chaser: "As President Trump's lawyers...."
Chaser: "As President Trump's lawyers...."
February 24, 2025 at 8:26 PM
WTAF?
We had a good run.
Something is happening inside the Earth, scientists say
Something is happening inside the Earth, scientists say
The core of the Earth is undergoing surprise structural changes, researchers believe.
www.independent.co.uk
February 10, 2025 at 6:10 PM
We had a good run.