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Matt Riggins
@mattriggins.bsky.social
Dad, Businessman, Philly Sports, NJ Politics
Chairman of Burlington County Democrats
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"We followed everything we were supposed to do"

Legitimate green card applicants with US spouses are being
arrested by armed, masked men at scheduled immigration interviews, taken away from their children, sent to prison

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Green Card Interviews End in Handcuffs for Spouses of U.S. Citizens
www.nytimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 11:55 AM
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“They’re, they’re animals anyway. That’s what I would tell my kids all the time,” said the ICE agent, according to body cam footage. spectrumlocalnews.com/nys/central-...
Man detained in Cato ICE raid wrongfully deported, separated from his family
Body camera footage released from the raid shows agents referring to immigrants as 'animals.'
spectrumlocalnews.com
September 27, 2025 at 11:40 PM
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NYT: “.. E.U. officials have spent the last several weeks refining a list of retaliatory tariffs that they plan to put into place on April 15. .. a vote on the list is expected on Wednesday.”

@jeannasmialek.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/07/w...
April 7, 2025 at 11:43 AM
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60 Minutes found no criminal record for 75% of the Venezuelan migrants the U.S. sent to a mega-prison in El Salvador. https://cbsn.ws/4lC4Vp5
April 7, 2025 at 1:29 AM
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The Washington Post can confirm that Gen. Tim Haugh, the director of NSA and chief of U.S. Cyber Command, was ousted tonight along with his deputy, Wendy Noble.

That's a big damn deal. CYBERCOM is one of the 11, four-star unified combatant commands.
April 4, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Thank you @corybooker.com from all of us at the Burlington County Democrats for standing up and fighting! We have your back just like we have yours! #moralmoment
April 4, 2025 at 1:20 AM
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[1/2] this is…incredibly stupid

eu: $235.6bn surplus, $605.8bn exports, 235.6/605.8 = 39% claimed tariffs charged

indonesia: $17.9bn surplus, $28.1bn exports, 17.9/28.1 = 64% claimed tariffs charged
April 3, 2025 at 12:59 AM
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A grim scene this afternoon as Emil Bove faced down lawyers from DOJ’s Public Integrity Section.

One said it was “not anything any of us ever expected to see in America.”

www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
February 15, 2025 at 2:32 AM
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Any news outlet reporting Mexico conceded anything to Trump to get him to delay tariffs has not done its homework.
Trump boasts he got Mexico to commit to stationing 10K troops at our border. Apparently he didn't realize Mexico already has 15K troops deployed there
prami.ibero.mx/informes-y-i...
February 3, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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Elon Musk secretly negotiated a prisoner swap directly with Iran and Italy that prevented a terrorism suspect indicted by DOJ, who allegedly participated in a drone attack on American servicemen, from being extradited to the United States. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/15/w...
Musk Said to Have Intervened to Help Free Italian Jailed in Iran (Gift Article)
The Italian journalist was released soon after Elon Musk met with an Iranian ambassador, officials in Iran said. So was an Iranian detained in Italy who was wanted by the U.S.
www.nytimes.com
January 16, 2025 at 3:58 PM
December 31, 2024 at 1:38 AM
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The chief of Korea's Army Special Warfare Command said Friday he defied an order from then Defense Minister Kim Yong-hyun to drag out lawmakers from the National Assembly building during martial law operations this week. en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN2024...
Army special warfare commander says he defied order to drag out lawmakers | Yonhap News Agency
SEOUL, Dec. 6 (Yonhap) -- The chief of the Army Special Warfare Command said Friday he def...
en.yna.co.kr
December 6, 2024 at 4:30 PM
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With support from @andykimnj.bsky.social, the new Burlington Democratic county chairman is reimagining how some candidates gain the advantage of incumbency in the first place.

newjerseyglobe.com/local/burlin...
Burlington Dem leader proposes caretakers-only rule - New Jersey Globe
First-term Burlington County Democratic Chairman Matthew Riggins wants to empower primary election voters through a by-law amendment to fill vacancies for
newjerseyglobe.com
December 6, 2024 at 2:36 PM
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hard to exaggerate how nuts the engagement is on Bluesky compared to 𝕏. a vastly smaller user base (at least officially), but just look at these stats for one of the biggest newspapers on Earth. Musk has absolutely trashed the platform. folks, you are not locked in on 𝕏. not even a little.
November 23, 2024 at 9:21 AM