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Matt Veverka @mattveverka.bsky.social · 7h

You know you could link to Amanda's work. She's on bluesky @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social

Matt Veverka @mattveverka.bsky.social · 8h

Seems a bit hyperbolic? Like, was mother Theresa evil? If a church runs a food bank, is that bad? How about MLK? Ghandi?

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Graham Platner for Senate @grahamformaine.bsky.social · 19h

We have armed secret police kidnapping people off the street based on the color of their skin.

When we win: we will haul them before a Senate committee. The masks will come off. There will be consequences.

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Matt Veverka @mattveverka.bsky.social · 1d

Good call! Sorry you're dealing with that. I hope a little R&R gives you the gas you need.

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Matt Veverka @mattveverka.bsky.social · 1d

Hard fought and much needed win, well done ladies! 👏🏼🌊

NWSL @nwslsoccer.com · 1d

San Diego goes to Utah and comes home with a long-awaited three points!

Matt Veverka @mattveverka.bsky.social · 1d

Sure! But if some come to pursue liberation through their theology, then every ally is welcome. And if more of the people with some theology adopt liberation, that's a huge win

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Matt Veverka @mattveverka.bsky.social · 1d

Circumcision or vasectomy? Or both?

Matt Veverka @mattveverka.bsky.social · 1d

Ya, it's less about which set of beliefs a person holds and more about how they hold them it approach them.

Agnosticism seems more of an approach than an actual belief set. I think it's generally better to humbly say, I'm not sure, than to have total certainly, in particular about cosmology.

Matt Veverka @mattveverka.bsky.social · 2d

Got to see Haim tonight. Absolutely fantastic!

Photo of a stage taken from the crowd. Much of the stage is obscured by fog with up lighting. You can make out the silhouettes of the 3 Haim sisters as they take the stage. In red letters above them in the fog it says, "I quit"

Matt Veverka @mattveverka.bsky.social · 2d

I need a breath mint just reading that description lol

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Matt Veverka @mattveverka.bsky.social · 2d

When they actually mean, "progressives don't care exclusively about the issues facing (white) men today"

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Matt Veverka @mattveverka.bsky.social · 2d

The antichrist will offer the world peace and safety you say?

From: www.newyorker.com/news/letter-...

Text from linked article: For months, Donald Trump presented himself as the very incarnation of a global peacemaker, touting an ever-changing list of international conflicts that he claims to have settled.

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Matt Veverka @mattveverka.bsky.social · 2d

If No Kings means hating America, then I guess Washington, Jefferson, Adams, Paine, Hamilton, and all the rest hated the America they fought to create?

Of course Republicans feel this way. They want King George or a Julius Caesar. They hate we the people.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Emmer: "This is about one thing and one thing alone -- to score political points with the terrorist wing of their party, which is set to hold a hate America rally in DC next week."

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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 3d

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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Matt Veverka @mattveverka.bsky.social · 3d

Ya, the right have continued to embrace bigotry and lying more and more brazenly. And then major news outlets chose neutrality over objectivity. So they have to show 2 equal and opposite sides, even though the policies, rhetoric, and approaches to politics are completely asymmetrical

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Matt Veverka @mattveverka.bsky.social · 4d

"the girlfriend of one of the founders of Antifa"

A white woman (Marion Ravenwood played by Karen Allen) in a button up shirt with dark hair pulled back looks at a gold medallion while holding cash in her other hand.

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Matt Veverka @mattveverka.bsky.social · 4d

Californians, it's that much more important to vote YES on prop 50

socdoneleft @socdoneleft.bsky.social · 4d

The theocrats on the Supreme Court think it's good to rig democracy for Republicans.

Every Democratic legislator has a simple duty to the Republic:

End independent redistricting. Gerrymander out every single Republican seat.

Beat them at their evil game.

Matt Veverka @mattveverka.bsky.social · 4d

And for most of the last century, it was universally understood that being anti-fascist was good.

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 4d

"Antifa has been around in various iterations for almost 100 years in some instances, going back to the Weimar Republic in Germany."

- Jack Posobiec at Trump's roundtable on antifa

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Matt Veverka @mattveverka.bsky.social · 4d

They divide everyone into good/bad, real/fake, legit/illegitimate. How do they decide? Loyalty to the king is the only standard they care about.

You're a member of a 'good' group? If you're against the regime, you must not be a real Christian or a good Christian.

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Matt Veverka @mattveverka.bsky.social · 4d

Whether someone transitions because of their innate gender or on a whim, they're still human and deserve rights

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Matt Veverka @mattveverka.bsky.social · 4d

2+2=5

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Matt Veverka @mattveverka.bsky.social · 4d

Get it, Reptar!

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 5d

#WarRavagedPortland

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Matt Veverka @mattveverka.bsky.social · 4d

That's the same god who used the Romans to torture and murder his own kid, so maybe that tracks.

This god they worship is quite the monster.

Matt Veverka @mattveverka.bsky.social · 5d

100%

I'd also recommend "Utopia for Realists"

A better world is possible

Scott Santens @scottsantens.com · 5d

"Without new visions we don't know what to build, only what to knock down."

Don't tell me that fascism means it's not the time to talk about universal basic income and healthcare. We absolutely need a vision of what to fight for instead of just what we're fighting against. Paint the picture.

Carly Goodman @carlygoodman.bsky.social · 5d

Was rereading Robin Kelley this morning:

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Matt Veverka @mattveverka.bsky.social · 5d

Can't wait for my copy of Queen Demon by @marthawells.com

Screenshot of email from Bookshop.org

Items in this shipment:
Queen Demon
Quantity: 1
Price: $27.89
There's a picture of the book cover for Queen Demon by Martha Wells

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