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Matthew P. McAllister

@matthewpmcallister.bsky.social

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Teaches about media stuff in college. Studies the political economy of media and commercial culture. He/him

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David Darmofal @daviddarmofal.bsky.social · 10h

In their quest to rig the 2026 midterms in their favor to the maximum extent possible within the law, the Republican Party wants to gerrymander the hell out of a state they won in a presidential election by just 183,000+ votes & give it an 11-3 R congressional delegation. This is authoritarianism.

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 11h

Republican lawmakers in North Carolina announced plans on Monday to redraw the state’s already gerrymandered congressional maps to further favor their party. The most likely target is the First Congressional District, which has the state’s only competitive House seat.

North Carolina Republicans Plan to Redraw Congressional Map to Add a Seat

The Trump administration has pushed Republican leaders to redraw House district maps before the midterm elections next year. His party already holds 10 of North Carolina’s 14 congressional seats.

nyti.ms

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Reposted by Steve Peers, Alfie Kohn, Matthew P. McAllister

NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 23h

Opinion | It's time for corporate America to end DEI and choose its leaders on the basis of merit alone.

by Barron Trump

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Reposted by Robb Willer, Leo Lucassen, Matthew P. McAllister

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 1d

blah blah Hunter Biden blah blah Burisma yada yada

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Lynn Becker @cmgiulini.bsky.social · 2d

After spending 43 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit, evidence hidden by the prosecution reversed his conviction. Rather than finally enjoying freedom, ICE abducted him for deportation

Depraved.

www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

He was wrongfully imprisoned for 43 years. Moments after being released, ICE took him

Subramanyam “Subu” Vedam now faces deportation.

www.miamiherald.com

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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 2d

Let’s not forget that every single Republican who stands by and enables Donald Trump could stop this recklessness today, tomorrow or any damn day of the week. Their failure—their refusal—to do so makes them complicit in his crimes and the crimes of his corrupt, lawless regime.

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Reposted by Anne Applebaum, Will Jennings, Brendan Nyhan , and 10 more Anne Applebaum, Will Jennings, Brendan Nyhan, Rosemary A. Joyce, Joseph Schafer, Daniel W. Drezner, Jason Lyall, Sarah Roberts, Aurélien Mondon, Michael J. Hicks, Matthew P. McAllister, Meredith Farkas, David R. Shumway

Old White Nepo Hat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 2d

Should the New York Times be sold to Pennysaver and its editors sent to work in Amazon warehouses? It depends on who you ask.

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Reposted by Robert B. Reich, Michael D. McDonald, Henry Jones , and 2 more Robert B. Reich, Michael D. McDonald, Henry Jones, Matthew P. McAllister, Jason Williams

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 2d

Imagine that

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jenn m. jackson @jennmjacksonphd.bsky.social · 4d

The fact that so many US citizens have no idea Bad Bunny is also a US citizen (and don't believe he can be a US citizen) tells you that when they say "citizen," they really just mean white.

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Matthew P. McAllister @matthewpmcallister.bsky.social · 4d

Our US media system is weaker now than it was two years ago:
**Capitulating to Trump
**Weaponizing the FCC
**Conservative takeover of CBS
**Bezos-ization of WP/Soon-Shiong-ification of LA Times
**Rescinding public media Fed funding
**Continuing TV station owner consolidation
**Journalist layoffs

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hey there, benji. @benjaminfaye.bsky.social · 4d

“You’re always playing the race card”

Anyone who says this has no idea how power dynamics work.

Race is not a card I can play. It is a hand I’m dealt.

Black people have never had the power to keep white people from voting, reading, or writing. If anyone’s had a race card, it’s white people.

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Reposted by Stephen M. Walt, Matthew P. McAllister, Sheila R. Foster , and 1 more Stephen M. Walt, Matthew P. McAllister, Sheila R. Foster, David Darmofal

NPR @npr.org · 4d

For the first time on record, renewable energy generated more electricity for the planet than coal, a new report says. n.pr/47hcegr

Renewable energy outpaces coal for electricity generation in historic first, report says

For the first time on record, renewable energy generated more electricity for the planet than coal, a new report says.

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The Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 4d

1. Today, I have a few things to say about that putz Stephen Miller. First, he’s been on TV a lot lately, because that’s how he pours more poison into the president’s already-poisoned brain.

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Reposted by Jason L. Schwartz, Henry Jones, Matthew P. McAllister , and 1 more Jason L. Schwartz, Henry Jones, Matthew P. McAllister, David Darmofal

HELLody SchreiBOO @melodyschreiber.com · 4d

The acting director of the CDC called for new, separate MMR shots. That would be "remarkably complicated, time-consuming, costly, but more importantly unnecessary," @jasonlschwartz.bsky.social told me:
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Alarm as CDC calls for separate MMR vaccines despite measles outbreak

Concerns that three separate shots would be more costly and time-consuming, and keep kids from being vaccinated

www.theguardian.com

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 4d

"Garbage" is far too kind a description of what the Washington Post's ed page has become.

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Matthew P. McAllister @matthewpmcallister.bsky.social · 4d

It's so hard to prioritize, but is this the worst of the hundreds (thousands?) of Trump's lies? It is so dangerous, so partisan, and so disconnected from facts.

George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 4d

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 5d

"The Supreme Court’s Dark Money Man Is Trying to Make It Harder to Vote"

Leonard Leo’s network is bankrolling the main donor behind a ballot initiative in Maine to limit absentee voting & impose voter ID requirements.

Important reporting from Zeteo's new political reporter @andrewperez.bsky.social

The Supreme Court’s Dark Money Man Is Trying to Make It Harder to Vote

Leonard Leo’s network is bankrolling the main donor behind a ballot initiative in Maine that would limit absentee voting and impose voter ID requirements.

zeteo.com

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Chron.com @chron.com · 5d

Details surrounding the bloody string of shootings remain murky, police said.

4 dead in Houston-area shooting rampage starting in Sugar Land

Details surrounding the bloody string of shootings remain murky, police said.

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The Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 5d

www.editorialboard.com/stephen-mill...

Stephen Miller will conquer you if you believe his lies

The lies start with the ones he tells himself, about himself.

www.editorialboard.com

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Shoe + @shoe.bsky.social · 5d

Time for an oil change

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Reposted by Will Jennings, Silvia Secchi, Matthew P. McAllister

Old White Nepo Hat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 5d

The White House Antifa Roundtable is one of the best displays I’ve seen of this-is-how-bad-it’s-gotten — just a sewer of open fascism, dementia, morons and freaks, and incoherent rage.

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Reposted by Michael E. Mann, Patrick Dunleavy, Ole Wæver , and 2 more Michael E. Mann, Patrick Dunleavy, Ole Wæver, Dean Baker, Matthew P. McAllister

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 5d

"The Federal Protective Service reports — which are prepared each day for law enforcement partners — offered no indication of a dangerous escalation of tensions, or unusual levels of protest activity that would prompt the level of alarm expressed by Trump..."

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/u...

Before Trump Ordered In Troops, Federal Officers Called Portland Protests ‘Low Energy’

www.nytimes.com

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Reposted by Alan Richardson, Matthew P. McAllister, Timothy D. McBride

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5d

Pritzker: "He said he was going after the worst of the worst. It's not going after the worst of the worst when you're just literally stopping children who happen to be brown & asking them for papers as if they're gonna have proof they're a citizen. Pull out your phones and film everything you see"

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Reposted by Anne Applebaum, Nandita Sharma, Brian Leiter , and 8 more Anne Applebaum, Nandita Sharma, Brian Leiter, Jane E. Fountain, Sanford F. Schram, John Collins, Alan Richardson, Aaron Sojourner, Gerald Friedman, Stacy D. VanDeveer, Matthew P. McAllister

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5d

Pritzker: "It's unconscionable. This has never happened before. They're calling out troops onto the streets of a state that doesn't want them and they're not even telling us where they're gonna go, what they're gonna do. This hasn't happened I don't think since the Civil War."

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Matthew P. McAllister @matthewpmcallister.bsky.social · 5d

Her "testimony" should immediately end the AG's career. Now, it's another day in Trumpland.

At the 6:00 mark: Sen Schiff to AG Bondi: "these are just some of the questions you refuse to answer, but or have answered with personal attacks on members of this committee." www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmh4...

WATCH: Sen. Schiff questions Attorney General Pam Bondi on Justice Department in Trump's 2nd term

YouTube video by PBS NewsHour

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5d

Johnson: "He has defunded our education system. He has defunded our transportation system. He's firing black women across this country. He's defunding our healthcare system. This president is absolutely out of control... Chicago is going to stand firm in protecting humanity."

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