Matt Whitehouse
@prezwhitehouse.bsky.social
Aerospace Engineer, Iowa State Alum
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Not since Bull Connor have we seen such PR masterminds.
Video from this morning shows ICE agents deploying tear gas outside a Minneapolis preschool as parents shout, “This is a preschool! There’s kids here!”
January 27, 2026 at 8:20 PM
Not since Bull Connor have we seen such PR masterminds.
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I can't put into words the feeling of watching our government, a hive of evil antisocial filth, the absolute worst humanity has to offer, colliding with the best. Ordinary people trying to help each other, risking everything to stand up for what's plainly, unambiguously fair and right. It's unreal
January 25, 2026 at 1:34 AM
I can't put into words the feeling of watching our government, a hive of evil antisocial filth, the absolute worst humanity has to offer, colliding with the best. Ordinary people trying to help each other, risking everything to stand up for what's plainly, unambiguously fair and right. It's unreal
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The other thing is that Megyn Kelly is so obviously a dullard that engagement with her allows you to maintain a sense of superiority. For all of your talk of this place being a silo, @chatterton.bsky.social, you essentially refuse to engage with anyone who is an actual critic of your worldview.
January 11, 2026 at 12:20 PM
The other thing is that Megyn Kelly is so obviously a dullard that engagement with her allows you to maintain a sense of superiority. For all of your talk of this place being a silo, @chatterton.bsky.social, you essentially refuse to engage with anyone who is an actual critic of your worldview.
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The only reason you think arguing with Megyn Kelly is more productive than arguing with me is that the two times you've argued with me you've been embarrassed.
@jamellebouie.net I’ve been quite clear in condemning the killing. Even a cursory glance at my twitter, IG or even this Bluesky account I barely use shows you’re dishonest. It’s actually more productive to argue with Megyn Kelly than such a bad faith actor as you.
January 11, 2026 at 12:07 PM
The only reason you think arguing with Megyn Kelly is more productive than arguing with me is that the two times you've argued with me you've been embarrassed.
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I can still recall all the tut-tutting from the media when Harris made this argument.
Kamala Harris at her closing campaign rally:
"Donald Trump intends to use the United States Military against American citizens who simply disagree with him."
"Donald Trump intends to use the United States Military against American citizens who simply disagree with him."
January 10, 2026 at 9:17 PM
I can still recall all the tut-tutting from the media when Harris made this argument.
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Mamdani: I have been told that this is the occasion to reset expectations, that I should use this opportunity to encourage the people of New York to ask for little and expect even less. I will do no such thing. The only expectation I seek to reset is that of small expectations.
January 1, 2026 at 7:54 PM
Mamdani: I have been told that this is the occasion to reset expectations, that I should use this opportunity to encourage the people of New York to ask for little and expect even less. I will do no such thing. The only expectation I seek to reset is that of small expectations.
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Alabama had 717 murders in 2023, with a population around 3.5 million less than NYC.
A remarkable trend that will come as a shock to you if your only info about NYC is from this Fox News.
Homicides in NYC...
1990: 2,262
1993: 1,927
1998: 629
2001: 649
2013: 335
2019: 320
2021: 488
2024: 382
2025 (as of 12/28): 302
Homicides in NYC...
1990: 2,262
1993: 1,927
1998: 629
2001: 649
2013: 335
2019: 320
2021: 488
2024: 382
2025 (as of 12/28): 302
January 1, 2026 at 10:06 PM
Alabama had 717 murders in 2023, with a population around 3.5 million less than NYC.
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This quote is from a piece that’s 8 years old now.
Thinking about that time I got quoted in the National Review about Bari Weiss
December 26, 2025 at 2:51 AM
This quote is from a piece that’s 8 years old now.
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I don’t mean to sound extreme, but I don’t think we should have torture camps for people with criminal records either.
December 23, 2025 at 1:51 AM
I don’t mean to sound extreme, but I don’t think we should have torture camps for people with criminal records either.
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It remains insane to me that DOGE was treated at the time as an impressive shock and awe accomplishment - “you can’t deny he’s getting stuff done!” - and then instantly memory holed by the press once if became clear it was a total failure by every possible standard including Musk’s own
Difficult to overstate how profound a failure DOGE was. Spending in FY2025 was not only than in FY2024 – but higher than it was projected to be when Trump first took office.*
The little bit of spending DOGE cut has already killed hundreds of thousands and will eventually lead to millions of deaths.
The little bit of spending DOGE cut has already killed hundreds of thousands and will eventually lead to millions of deaths.
Bye bye, “DOGE”.
It no longer exists as a “centralized entity”, according to the Office of Personnel Management.
@reuters.com
www.reuters.com/world/us/dog...
It no longer exists as a “centralized entity”, according to the Office of Personnel Management.
@reuters.com
www.reuters.com/world/us/dog...
November 23, 2025 at 3:52 PM
It remains insane to me that DOGE was treated at the time as an impressive shock and awe accomplishment - “you can’t deny he’s getting stuff done!” - and then instantly memory holed by the press once if became clear it was a total failure by every possible standard including Musk’s own
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Difficult to overstate how profound a failure DOGE was. Spending in FY2025 was not only than in FY2024 – but higher than it was projected to be when Trump first took office.*
The little bit of spending DOGE cut has already killed hundreds of thousands and will eventually lead to millions of deaths.
The little bit of spending DOGE cut has already killed hundreds of thousands and will eventually lead to millions of deaths.
Bye bye, “DOGE”.
It no longer exists as a “centralized entity”, according to the Office of Personnel Management.
@reuters.com
www.reuters.com/world/us/dog...
It no longer exists as a “centralized entity”, according to the Office of Personnel Management.
@reuters.com
www.reuters.com/world/us/dog...
November 23, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Difficult to overstate how profound a failure DOGE was. Spending in FY2025 was not only than in FY2024 – but higher than it was projected to be when Trump first took office.*
The little bit of spending DOGE cut has already killed hundreds of thousands and will eventually lead to millions of deaths.
The little bit of spending DOGE cut has already killed hundreds of thousands and will eventually lead to millions of deaths.
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No one should have to face such threats.
It would’ve been nice if Greene had realized this before she amplified and endorsed calls for executing Nancy Pelosi and Barack Obama.
It would’ve been nice if Greene had realized this before she amplified and endorsed calls for executing Nancy Pelosi and Barack Obama.
November 15, 2025 at 7:21 PM
No one should have to face such threats.
It would’ve been nice if Greene had realized this before she amplified and endorsed calls for executing Nancy Pelosi and Barack Obama.
It would’ve been nice if Greene had realized this before she amplified and endorsed calls for executing Nancy Pelosi and Barack Obama.
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"Is it not the Republican Party that's added a quarter of all debt in Trump's first term and added $4 trillion because of this budget?"
Mick Mulvaney: "I'm not gonna debate a podcaster."
Mick Mulvaney: "I'm not gonna debate a podcaster."
October 1, 2025 at 2:55 AM
"Is it not the Republican Party that's added a quarter of all debt in Trump's first term and added $4 trillion because of this budget?"
Mick Mulvaney: "I'm not gonna debate a podcaster."
Mick Mulvaney: "I'm not gonna debate a podcaster."
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Most of the power authoritarians have is freely given. We should not comply with them in advance.
Trump is far weaker than he looks. So is the GOP. We should draw them out, drain them at every opportunity, and fight for people’s wellbeing at every turn.
We have been sent here to fight for people.
Trump is far weaker than he looks. So is the GOP. We should draw them out, drain them at every opportunity, and fight for people’s wellbeing at every turn.
We have been sent here to fight for people.
AOC: I think there's two things that are happening at once: One, there absolutely is an unprecedented abuse of power, destruction of norms, erosion of our government and our democracy in order to prop up an authoritarian style of governance
However, they are weaker than they look…
However, they are weaker than they look…
October 1, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Most of the power authoritarians have is freely given. We should not comply with them in advance.
Trump is far weaker than he looks. So is the GOP. We should draw them out, drain them at every opportunity, and fight for people’s wellbeing at every turn.
We have been sent here to fight for people.
Trump is far weaker than he looks. So is the GOP. We should draw them out, drain them at every opportunity, and fight for people’s wellbeing at every turn.
We have been sent here to fight for people.
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Oh dear. It seems Dr. Oz’s company sells Trump‘s big autism cure. What a crazy happenstance.
September 23, 2025 at 3:49 AM
Oh dear. It seems Dr. Oz’s company sells Trump‘s big autism cure. What a crazy happenstance.
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Call me crazy, but I would check with a doctor about that wacky stuff Trump said yesterday before making any decisions
September 23, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Call me crazy, but I would check with a doctor about that wacky stuff Trump said yesterday before making any decisions
This is great!
September 21, 2025 at 9:47 PM
This is great!
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This is why they’re deleting studies
September 16, 2025 at 11:50 PM
This is why they’re deleting studies
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under this language charlie kirk would not have been allowed to speak on clemson’s campus
"We stand firmly on the principles of the U.S. Constitution, including the protection of free speech. HOWEVER, that right does not extend to speech that incites harm OR UNDERMINES THE DIGNITY OF OTHERS."
Emphasis added because holy fuck
Emphasis added because holy fuck
![@ClemsonUniv on X: A statement from Clemson University: [image of statement]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:eppsmw5nfmdzhfeymtzd3xbe/bafkreid6n6w5ec7olzm2wahdjop6juf2tpvrean5lqesze2m7xtbpr2laa@jpeg)
September 16, 2025 at 11:47 AM
under this language charlie kirk would not have been allowed to speak on clemson’s campus
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This has always been the GOP's strategy:
1) Cut taxes for the wealthy & corporations by claiming they'll pay for themselves.
2) Explode deficits
3) Use the debt as an excuse to demand cuts to vital programs that help millions.
4) Repeat.
1) Cut taxes for the wealthy & corporations by claiming they'll pay for themselves.
2) Explode deficits
3) Use the debt as an excuse to demand cuts to vital programs that help millions.
4) Repeat.
July 13, 2025 at 1:00 AM
This has always been the GOP's strategy:
1) Cut taxes for the wealthy & corporations by claiming they'll pay for themselves.
2) Explode deficits
3) Use the debt as an excuse to demand cuts to vital programs that help millions.
4) Repeat.
1) Cut taxes for the wealthy & corporations by claiming they'll pay for themselves.
2) Explode deficits
3) Use the debt as an excuse to demand cuts to vital programs that help millions.
4) Repeat.
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A man with a scorpion bite.
A woman with cholera.
A diabetic who needed insulin.
A 3-year-old boy.
They all died when the U.S. stopped sending medicine to Sudan.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...
A woman with cholera.
A diabetic who needed insulin.
A 3-year-old boy.
They all died when the U.S. stopped sending medicine to Sudan.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...
June 29, 2025 at 9:19 PM
A man with a scorpion bite.
A woman with cholera.
A diabetic who needed insulin.
A 3-year-old boy.
They all died when the U.S. stopped sending medicine to Sudan.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...
A woman with cholera.
A diabetic who needed insulin.
A 3-year-old boy.
They all died when the U.S. stopped sending medicine to Sudan.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...
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the amount of contempt vance has for everyone he's talking to — such that he'll say obvious nonsense as if he's fooling you — is genuinely remarkable
Vance: I empathize with Americans who are exhausted after 25 years of foreign entanglements in the Middle East. I understand the concern, but the difference is that back then we had dumb presidents
June 22, 2025 at 3:05 PM
the amount of contempt vance has for everyone he's talking to — such that he'll say obvious nonsense as if he's fooling you — is genuinely remarkable
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Even though they’re in the minority, Congressional Democrats have a lot of tools they can use here.
In addition to showing up at detention centers etc, Dems can grind the Senate to a halt, push impeachment articles against Noem in the House, and more.
Flood the zone.
In addition to showing up at detention centers etc, Dems can grind the Senate to a halt, push impeachment articles against Noem in the House, and more.
Flood the zone.
We still have no idea who the ICE agents are. They could be insurrectionists, extremist militiamen or criminals themselves, chasing law-abiding citizens down the street for recording their kidnappings. The odds they aren't are low. Congress must raise hell about this. A masked gang runs our country.
June 21, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Even though they’re in the minority, Congressional Democrats have a lot of tools they can use here.
In addition to showing up at detention centers etc, Dems can grind the Senate to a halt, push impeachment articles against Noem in the House, and more.
Flood the zone.
In addition to showing up at detention centers etc, Dems can grind the Senate to a halt, push impeachment articles against Noem in the House, and more.
Flood the zone.
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My heart breaks for trans kids, who do not deserve this obsessive animus that adults are directing at them.
June 18, 2025 at 2:58 PM
My heart breaks for trans kids, who do not deserve this obsessive animus that adults are directing at them.