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Joel Mathis

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Opinion at @kansascity.com and @kansas.com‬ Was in Philly once upon a time. Journalism will never love you back. Occasionally deactivate my account for a day or so to clear my head. https://joelmmathis.substack.com/

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Joel Mathis @joelmathis.bsky.social · Aug 14

I'll try to make this the last time I tout my little project, but I wrote about our "Crockpot & Criterion" for the @kansascity.com opinion newsletter:

What we’re doing
Crockpot & Criterion: We’re told there’s an epidemic of loneliness in the country, so my wife and I are doing our bit to provide a cure: Every Monday night, we have a few friends over for dinner and a movie from the hoity-toity Criterion Channel streaming service. (Or not so hoity-toity: Last week we watched “Encounters of the Spooky Kind,” a 1980 kung fu vampire flick from Hong Kong.) Making community doesn’t have to be so difficult: Just figure out something you like to do and invite one other person to do it with you.

— Joel Mathis, regular opinion correspondent

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Joel Mathis @joelmathis.bsky.social · 48m

This is why schadenfreude about Trump-voting farmers is dumb. Yeah, they voted for this. But also: That’s going to make your life harder too.

Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 1h

Trump’s immigration crackdown is risking higher food prices for Americans, according to the Trump admin itself.  DOL warned in an obscure document last week that “near total cessation of the inflow of illegal aliens” is threatening “stability of domestic food production and prices for US consumers.”

Trump administration says immigration enforcement threatens higher food prices

U.S. farmers face labor shortages and potential food price hikes due to Trump’s immigration policy, the administration acknowledged in a Federal Registry document.

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Joel Mathis @joelmathis.bsky.social · 14h

Now seated. @libertyhall.bsky.social #filmsky

a black and white photo of a bride from the movie bride of frankenstein looking at the camera

ALT: a black and white photo of a bride from the movie bride of frankenstein looking at the camera

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Joel Mathis @joelmathis.bsky.social · 14h

What is that?

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Joel Mathis @joelmathis.bsky.social · 16h

Honestly: There is a pretty good chance I’ll be here when you do.

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Joel Mathis @joelmathis.bsky.social · 16h

Make America France Again.

Dan Malouff @beyonddc.bsky.social · 16h

Feds propose arch on Memorial Circle:

www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Joel Mathis @joelmathis.bsky.social · 17h

Trying to send the price of gold even higher.

Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 17h

Trump proposing 100% tariffs on China

Joel Mathis @joelmathis.bsky.social · 17h

I don’t think the press’s decline in public esteem only started over the last 10 years. www.newyorker.com/news/fault-l...

Joel Mathis @joelmathis.bsky.social · 17h

My favorite coffee shop!

Joel Mathis @joelmathis.bsky.social · 17h

For #LFK peeps: La Prima Tazza has this Rob Blank piece. I just got to tell his story to a visitor admiring it. It’s the best thing I will do today. #preciouslove #community

Rob Blank artwork, Munch-like in chalk, with a small pink ribbon attached.

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Jim Saksa @jimsaksa.com · 20h

I went deep on how odd this Dept. of Justice is, and how that could really mess up their attempts to bring civil rights and voting rights litigation (in addition their attempts at executing Trump's revenge)

www.democracydocket.com/analysis/tru...

Trump's Terminally Online DOJ Could Be Killing Its Cases Just to Own the Libs

Read more here.

www.democracydocket.com

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Joel Mathis @joelmathis.bsky.social · 20h

Oh. www.kansascity.com/news/local/a...

Federal judge rules ICE arrests of KC-area restaurant workers were unlawful

A federal judge ruled this week that ICE officers violated a legal order in place when they arrested 11 workers at a Liberty Mexican restaurant in February.

www.kansascity.com

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Joel Mathis @joelmathis.bsky.social · 20h

I wasn’t super convinced that they would stop governing to keep the Epstein Files at bay, but … I was probably wrong.

Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social · 20h

Speaker Johnson just declared the House will remain in recess all next week. This will mark a full month off; the chamber has not been in session since September 19.

Joel Mathis @joelmathis.bsky.social · 21h

What Bari Weiss' CBS News might have in common with Elon Musk's Twitter: open.substack.com/pub/joelmmat...

What Bari Weiss and Elon Musk might have in common

The old metrics of success no longer apply.

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Joel Mathis @joelmathis.bsky.social · 21h

Thanks for inspiring this post: joelmmathis.substack.com/p/what-bari-...

What Bari Weiss and Elon Musk might have in common

The old metrics of success no longer apply.

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Joel Mathis @joelmathis.bsky.social · 22h

That's because it's not really true.

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Joel Mathis @joelmathis.bsky.social · 23h

Joel Mathis @joelmathis.bsky.social · 23h

Is he talking about the National Guard or the protesters?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23h

Sen. Roger Marshall: "October 18 is when the protest gets here. This will be a Soros paid-for protest for his professional protesters. The agitators show up. We'll have to get the National Guard out. Hopefully it will be peaceful. I doubt it."