Matt Cable
@curiousstranger.bsky.social
YIMBY in Denver. FKA w0zz
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babe wake up, they're doing insider trading on war crimes
“What appears to be a newly created account appeared to invest $30,000 Friday in Maduro's exit. After Maduro went into custody Saturday morning, that same investor netted $436,759.61.”
Someone made $400K by predicting Maduro's capture. Here's what happened
The winnings come as the rules governing prediction markets are still evolving.
www.axios.com
January 3, 2026 at 8:38 PM
babe wake up, they're doing insider trading on war crimes
January 4, 2026 at 12:46 AM
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Who did this 😂
January 3, 2026 at 11:52 PM
Who did this 😂
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It feels like Democrats have three options: impeachment, shutting down the government on Jan. 30 to extract concessions, or strongly worded letters and long speeches. Am I missing any?
January 3, 2026 at 4:02 PM
It feels like Democrats have three options: impeachment, shutting down the government on Jan. 30 to extract concessions, or strongly worded letters and long speeches. Am I missing any?
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Moulton: "When we had briefings on Venezuela, we asked, 'Are you going to invade the country?' We were told no. 'Do you plan to put troops on the ground?' We were told no. 'Do you intend regime change in VZ?' We were told no. So in a sense, we have been briefed, we've just been completely lied to"
January 3, 2026 at 6:01 PM
Moulton: "When we had briefings on Venezuela, we asked, 'Are you going to invade the country?' We were told no. 'Do you plan to put troops on the ground?' We were told no. 'Do you intend regime change in VZ?' We were told no. So in a sense, we have been briefed, we've just been completely lied to"
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Will he go along as if all is normal as current appropriations expire THIS MONTH?
The idea that Trump plans to now run Venezuela should strike fear in the hearts of all Americans. The American people have seen this before and paid the devastating price.
January 3, 2026 at 6:02 PM
Will he go along as if all is normal as current appropriations expire THIS MONTH?
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"Congress" as described by civics classes, law professors, Democrats, and libertarians — an independent branch capable of executing designated responsibilities irrespective of the partisan balance of power — does not exist. It is a fiction. Every time these things happen, more Americans see that.
January 3, 2026 at 3:41 PM
"Congress" as described by civics classes, law professors, Democrats, and libertarians — an independent branch capable of executing designated responsibilities irrespective of the partisan balance of power — does not exist. It is a fiction. Every time these things happen, more Americans see that.
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Expect to see a lot of this classic Onion headline, from 23 years ago, over the coming weeks.
January 3, 2026 at 5:40 PM
Expect to see a lot of this classic Onion headline, from 23 years ago, over the coming weeks.
Venzuela First?
Rep. Seth Moulton: "This is insane. What the hell are we doing? ... this is illegal."
January 3, 2026 at 6:04 PM
Venzuela First?
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fwiw it’s been about six weeks since Trump pardoned the former president of Honduras who had been convicted of trafficking drugs into the US
January 3, 2026 at 10:47 AM
fwiw it’s been about six weeks since Trump pardoned the former president of Honduras who had been convicted of trafficking drugs into the US
What the fuck is Congress for?
January 3, 2026 at 2:28 PM
What the fuck is Congress for?
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Companies churn out best/worst lists knowing credulous news outlets will publish them for clicks. The President may have just relied on one to cut off a clean drinking water project in Colorado.
January 2, 2026 at 3:47 AM
Companies churn out best/worst lists knowing credulous news outlets will publish them for clicks. The President may have just relied on one to cut off a clean drinking water project in Colorado.
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Tinpot Dome
DHS reportedly fast-tracked a contract worth almost $1 billion to a company led by a donor to a pro-Trump nonprofit group where one of the officials overseeing the deal previously worked.
That raises serious ethics concerns.
That raises serious ethics concerns.
DHS fast-tracked $1 billion contract to pro-Trump donor’s company
A DHS official leading the process previously worked at the America First Policy Institute, a pro-Trump nonprofit where the contractor’s CEO was a donor.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 2, 2026 at 12:19 AM
Tinpot Dome
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“In 2029 we will freeze and seize all assets for Trump, his family, his organizations, his closest colleagues and they will have to prove any individual asset is legitimate to reclaim it.”
January 1, 2026 at 8:40 PM
“In 2029 we will freeze and seize all assets for Trump, his family, his organizations, his closest colleagues and they will have to prove any individual asset is legitimate to reclaim it.”
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GOP Rep Lauren Boebert has been criticized (including by me) for not focusing enough on legislating. What would have been Boebert's third prime sponsored bill to become law passed Congress unanimously... then Trump vetoed it.
NEW: President Trump's first veto of his second term kills a unanimous bill to fund a major drinking water project in Colorado. Trump had threatened punishment for Colorado for imprisoning his ally Tina Peters. www.9news.com/article/news...
Trump vetoes bill to fund Arkansas Valley conduit in Colorado
President Trump vetoed a bill to fund a pipeline project to bring clean drinking water to communities on the Eastern Plains between Pueblo and Lamar.
www.9news.com
December 31, 2025 at 2:37 AM
GOP Rep Lauren Boebert has been criticized (including by me) for not focusing enough on legislating. What would have been Boebert's third prime sponsored bill to become law passed Congress unanimously... then Trump vetoed it.
Sheeeeeit
Isiah Whitlock Jr., a character actor best known for his scene-stealing role as a smooth-talking, corrupt politician in the widely acclaimed HBO show “The Wire,” died on Tuesday. He was 71.
Isiah Whitlock Jr., Scene-Stealing Character Actor in ‘The Wire,’ Dies at 71
In one of his most enduring roles, he played a corrupt state senator known for his ability to fashion an expletive into an outstretched catchphrase.
nyti.ms
December 31, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Sheeeeeit
Kavanaugh Flip-Flop
Brett Kavanaugh Is Trying to Walk Back “Kavanaugh Stops.” Too Late.
It appears the justice has some regrets.
slate.com
December 30, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Kavanaugh Flip-Flop
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If you give this administration a presumption of honesty, you are acting like a credulous sucker.
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A few months ago, ICE agents shot a TikToker. The govt then charged him, alleging he tried to ram agents
Well guess what?
Body-cam footage -- which the gov't delayed disclosing -- shows that's BS.
The agent shot by mistake.
And a judge just dismissed charges.
www.latimes.com/california/s...
Well guess what?
Body-cam footage -- which the gov't delayed disclosing -- shows that's BS.
The agent shot by mistake.
And a judge just dismissed charges.
www.latimes.com/california/s...
December 29, 2025 at 4:12 AM
If you give this administration a presumption of honesty, you are acting like a credulous sucker.
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“Between the Avs’ high-octane scoring and stingy goaltending, it makes for a plus-61 goal differential. And that’s something Colorado is just running away with relative to the rest of the league.”
www.nytimes.com/athletic/691...
www.nytimes.com/athletic/691...
December 29, 2025 at 1:51 PM
“Between the Avs’ high-octane scoring and stingy goaltending, it makes for a plus-61 goal differential. And that’s something Colorado is just running away with relative to the rest of the league.”
www.nytimes.com/athletic/691...
www.nytimes.com/athletic/691...
Kavanaugh Graft
This was literally one of the concerns raised during the immunity case, and the majority hand waved it away.
New reporting says Don Jr. directly facilitated the pardon of a crypto whale who had promoted the Trump's family crypto. Jr. brought the pardon lawyer to the White House, and introduced him directly to his Dad. Pardon occurred right after. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/pardon-the...
December 28, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Kavanaugh Graft
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All of the money that changed hands in the Teapot Dome scandal totaled less than $10 million after adjusting for inflation, and it was considered so corrupt we still teach it in high school government classes a century later.
Corruption so pungent, it wafts right off the page:
Lobbyists who do pardon deals “say their going rate is $1 million. Pardon-seekers have offered some lobbyists close to the president success fees of as much as $6 million if they can close the deal.”
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Lobbyists who do pardon deals “say their going rate is $1 million. Pardon-seekers have offered some lobbyists close to the president success fees of as much as $6 million if they can close the deal.”
Gift link www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Inside the New Fast Track to a Presidential Pardon
Even some of the president’s closest advisers have been surprised by a number of the recent series of pardons.
www.wsj.com
December 27, 2025 at 9:24 PM
All of the money that changed hands in the Teapot Dome scandal totaled less than $10 million after adjusting for inflation, and it was considered so corrupt we still teach it in high school government classes a century later.
"It is a value to which religious and non-religious people alike can appeal if they want to discuss what is or is not righteous. It requires no gods, but it allows for them all. As long as they give a damn about all of us."
December 28, 2025 at 3:09 AM
"It is a value to which religious and non-religious people alike can appeal if they want to discuss what is or is not righteous. It requires no gods, but it allows for them all. As long as they give a damn about all of us."
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"Society pushing the lie that there are multiple genders...is demonic." This is a 20-year-old whose thinking and writing is so unclear that she has (presumably accidentally) claimed that there is only one gender.
Higher education is in a death spiral in red states.
Higher education is in a death spiral in red states.
Oklahoma instructor removed from teaching for failing a Bible-based gender essay | CNN
The University of Oklahoma has removed an instructor who was accused by a student of religious discrimination over a failing grade on a psychology paper in which she cited the Bible and argued that pr...
www.cnn.com
December 24, 2025 at 8:20 PM
"Society pushing the lie that there are multiple genders...is demonic." This is a 20-year-old whose thinking and writing is so unclear that she has (presumably accidentally) claimed that there is only one gender.
Higher education is in a death spiral in red states.
Higher education is in a death spiral in red states.
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DOGE was premised on one of the deepest lies of American politics: that the federal government doesn't work well & is wasteful.
Since the federal government at least was actually quite well run at the level of ordinary bureaucracy & has intense rules for constraining waste, it could never succeed
Since the federal government at least was actually quite well run at the level of ordinary bureaucracy & has intense rules for constraining waste, it could never succeed
“In DOGE’s published list of canceled contracts and grants, the 13 largest were all incorrect.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/u...
How Did DOGE Disrupt So Much While Saving So Little?
www.nytimes.com
December 24, 2025 at 12:24 AM
DOGE was premised on one of the deepest lies of American politics: that the federal government doesn't work well & is wasteful.
Since the federal government at least was actually quite well run at the level of ordinary bureaucracy & has intense rules for constraining waste, it could never succeed
Since the federal government at least was actually quite well run at the level of ordinary bureaucracy & has intense rules for constraining waste, it could never succeed