MadMatthew56
@madmadtthew56.bsky.social
Compulsive writer. 45 years in comms, 25 as science/tech writer, lifelong Michigander. Husband, dad, grandpa, and proud member, The Enemy Within. First political experience: volunteer for McGovern. Go Lions! Outdoorsy Great Lakes lover.
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It's been over two weeks now and they still haven't released the Epstein files because withholding exculpatory evidence is clearly what you do when you're "innocent."
December 5, 2025 at 5:21 PM
It's been over two weeks now and they still haven't released the Epstein files because withholding exculpatory evidence is clearly what you do when you're "innocent."
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wow -- John Berman demolished Tom Cotton in this interview
December 5, 2025 at 3:35 PM
wow -- John Berman demolished Tom Cotton in this interview
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The Golden Age.
December 5, 2025 at 2:48 PM
The Golden Age.
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They just don't seem to do numbers or facts very well...
December 5, 2025 at 11:15 AM
They just don't seem to do numbers or facts very well...
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New in PN: A war criminal without a war
"We’re watching the flimsy justifications fall apart in real time. They can try to shift the blame. They can try to say that people clinging to wreckage for dear life are somehow an active threat. But in the end, it’s just murder."
"We’re watching the flimsy justifications fall apart in real time. They can try to shift the blame. They can try to say that people clinging to wreckage for dear life are somehow an active threat. But in the end, it’s just murder."
A war criminal without a war
It's just murder.
www.publicnotice.co
December 5, 2025 at 12:52 PM
New in PN: A war criminal without a war
"We’re watching the flimsy justifications fall apart in real time. They can try to shift the blame. They can try to say that people clinging to wreckage for dear life are somehow an active threat. But in the end, it’s just murder."
"We’re watching the flimsy justifications fall apart in real time. They can try to shift the blame. They can try to say that people clinging to wreckage for dear life are somehow an active threat. But in the end, it’s just murder."
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Let’s put a psycho heroin addict with zero medical knowledge in charge of public health! That will be Hil-Arious!😡😡😡
And let’s put a drunken all-talk sociopath and washed up talk show host with no military leadership experience in charge of the entire US military. What could possibly go wrong? 😡😡😡
And let’s put a drunken all-talk sociopath and washed up talk show host with no military leadership experience in charge of the entire US military. What could possibly go wrong? 😡😡😡
December 4, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Let’s put a psycho heroin addict with zero medical knowledge in charge of public health! That will be Hil-Arious!😡😡😡
And let’s put a drunken all-talk sociopath and washed up talk show host with no military leadership experience in charge of the entire US military. What could possibly go wrong? 😡😡😡
And let’s put a drunken all-talk sociopath and washed up talk show host with no military leadership experience in charge of the entire US military. What could possibly go wrong? 😡😡😡
"Trump is now saying things nobody in their right mind would say, let alone the president of the United States. He’s losing control over what he says, descending into angry, venomous, often dangerous territory."
The clearest symptom yet of Trump’s mental decline
open.substack.com/pub/robertre...
The clearest symptom yet of Trump’s mental decline
open.substack.com/pub/robertre...
The clearest symptom yet of Trump’s mental decline
His brain is turning into sh*t
open.substack.com
December 4, 2025 at 2:07 PM
"Trump is now saying things nobody in their right mind would say, let alone the president of the United States. He’s losing control over what he says, descending into angry, venomous, often dangerous territory."
The clearest symptom yet of Trump’s mental decline
open.substack.com/pub/robertre...
The clearest symptom yet of Trump’s mental decline
open.substack.com/pub/robertre...
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Maybe we just fucking outlaw being a billionaire.
Maybe instead of committing atrocities, we could just make the rich pay their fair share and have universal healthcare and affordable housing instead.
Idk, just spitballing here.
Idk, just spitballing here.
Palantir CEO Says Making War Crimes Constitutional Would Be Good for Business
December 4, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Maybe we just fucking outlaw being a billionaire.
As a veteran of decades in local news (Three Rivers Commercial (RIP), Leelanau Enterprise, Traverse City Record-Eagle, Kalamazoo Gazette, Crain's Detroit Business), I've long said that the only way for local journalism to survive in the internet era... /1 www.cjr.org/news/how-stu...
How students are trying to save local news.
Across the country, university programs are filling gaps in the coverage.
www.cjr.org
December 4, 2025 at 1:35 PM
As a veteran of decades in local news (Three Rivers Commercial (RIP), Leelanau Enterprise, Traverse City Record-Eagle, Kalamazoo Gazette, Crain's Detroit Business), I've long said that the only way for local journalism to survive in the internet era... /1 www.cjr.org/news/how-stu...
Found on Threads...
Places you can go to avoid MAGA:
• Costco
• Library
• A high school or college graduation
• Dental office
• Hygiene aisles
• Vaccine clinics
• Drag brunches and bingo
Places you can go to avoid MAGA:
• Costco
• Library
• A high school or college graduation
• Dental office
• Hygiene aisles
• Vaccine clinics
• Drag brunches and bingo
December 3, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Found on Threads...
Places you can go to avoid MAGA:
• Costco
• Library
• A high school or college graduation
• Dental office
• Hygiene aisles
• Vaccine clinics
• Drag brunches and bingo
Places you can go to avoid MAGA:
• Costco
• Library
• A high school or college graduation
• Dental office
• Hygiene aisles
• Vaccine clinics
• Drag brunches and bingo
An interesting story on Greece's transformation from coal to solar. The rest of the world is going green; our idiot president is dragging us in precisely the other direction. www.canarymedia.com/articles/jus...
As solar booms and coal fades, Greece’s mining region struggles to…
Next year, Greece will complete its coal phaseout, a success for the energy transition. But Western Macedonia residents feel left behind.
www.canarymedia.com
December 3, 2025 at 3:17 PM
An interesting story on Greece's transformation from coal to solar. The rest of the world is going green; our idiot president is dragging us in precisely the other direction. www.canarymedia.com/articles/jus...
Just saw the latest plans for the Trump ballroom...
December 1, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Just saw the latest plans for the Trump ballroom...
A good take on Trump's economy...
America, This Is Not Normal, But It Is Exactly What He Promised
open.substack.com/pub/marygedd...
America, This Is Not Normal, But It Is Exactly What He Promised
open.substack.com/pub/marygedd...
America, This Is Not Normal, But It Is Exactly What He Promised
Trump’s fantasy economy, racist bile, war-crime denials, and shadow diplomacy expose the true architecture of his regime.
open.substack.com
December 1, 2025 at 3:16 PM
A good take on Trump's economy...
America, This Is Not Normal, But It Is Exactly What He Promised
open.substack.com/pub/marygedd...
America, This Is Not Normal, But It Is Exactly What He Promised
open.substack.com/pub/marygedd...
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If the Venezuelan sailors were enemy combatants, then the 2nd strike is a war crime.
If the Venezuelan sailors weren’t enemy combatants, then both strikes are criminal murder.
It’s that simple.
If the Venezuelan sailors weren’t enemy combatants, then both strikes are criminal murder.
It’s that simple.
November 30, 2025 at 8:42 PM
If the Venezuelan sailors were enemy combatants, then the 2nd strike is a war crime.
If the Venezuelan sailors weren’t enemy combatants, then both strikes are criminal murder.
It’s that simple.
If the Venezuelan sailors weren’t enemy combatants, then both strikes are criminal murder.
It’s that simple.
Once again, fuck these fucking racists.
College Student Is Deported During Trip Home for Thanksgiving www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/u...
College Student Is Deported During Trip Home for Thanksgiving www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/u...
College Student Is Deported During Trip Home for Thanksgiving
www.nytimes.com
November 30, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Once again, fuck these fucking racists.
College Student Is Deported During Trip Home for Thanksgiving www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/u...
College Student Is Deported During Trip Home for Thanksgiving www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/u...
Somebody saw Santa at Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn…
November 30, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Somebody saw Santa at Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn…
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Lock them up! Every last one! An example should be made of them.
At some point in the future, Witkoff should be prosecuted for this.
November 29, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Lock them up! Every last one! An example should be made of them.
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Doing this when the recent elections and all the polls suggest that any fair election will thoroughly reject Trump and Republicans isn't just about cowardice. It's a declaration of allegiance to Trump's war on higher education.
Northwestern bent the knee, choosing to give in to extortion at the expense of academic freedom.
Among the provisions:
-Pay a big bribe
-Give the govt data on students
-Validate BS about "fighting antisemitism"
-Be cruel to trans students
What to do about Vichy universities (now, later, or both)?
Among the provisions:
-Pay a big bribe
-Give the govt data on students
-Validate BS about "fighting antisemitism"
-Be cruel to trans students
What to do about Vichy universities (now, later, or both)?
BREAKING: Northwestern University has agreed to pay the U.S. Treasury $75 million, over the course of three years as part of an agreement with the federal government to restore funding and end investigations into the university
Full statement from NU below:
Full statement from NU below:
November 29, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Doing this when the recent elections and all the polls suggest that any fair election will thoroughly reject Trump and Republicans isn't just about cowardice. It's a declaration of allegiance to Trump's war on higher education.
Welp, now that the Bears are 9-3 after being 7-10 last year, and the Lions are 7-5 after being 15-2, it’s pretty easy to see who the actual brains of the Lions coaching staff has been the past couple years.
November 29, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Welp, now that the Bears are 9-3 after being 7-10 last year, and the Lions are 7-5 after being 15-2, it’s pretty easy to see who the actual brains of the Lions coaching staff has been the past couple years.