The Matt (like that better? 😃) of The Hilltop
@hilltopsage.bsky.social
Columbus lifer, OSU grad, with plenty of time served in small-town NWOH
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Big name journalists treat scoops like they’re fuckin Rod Blagojevich now (I got this thing and it’s fuckin golden) and it’s completely rewarded and incentivized. Nuzzi and Lizza both are are just doing a particularly trashy version of this commonplace thing.
something i'll note is that if nuzzi ran catch-and-kill ops for rfk jr and lizza knew this prior to him being appointed as HHS, and instead of telling anyone, he decided to save it for his substack long after rfk jr had made communicable disease into federal policy, that's completely fucked
November 22, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Big name journalists treat scoops like they’re fuckin Rod Blagojevich now (I got this thing and it’s fuckin golden) and it’s completely rewarded and incentivized. Nuzzi and Lizza both are are just doing a particularly trashy version of this commonplace thing.
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Oh wait this is actually a good idea
November 22, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Oh wait this is actually a good idea
i wonder what $17M comes to divided by the number of state legislative seats this person imagines could be meaningfully affected 🤔
gosh maybe that money would have been better spent on state legislature seats literally everywhere else for example but yeah dude go off about sound political spending
November 22, 2025 at 5:52 AM
i wonder what $17M comes to divided by the number of state legislative seats this person imagines could be meaningfully affected 🤔
this dilettante observer of politics, who really should stick to sports, thinks he knows what races are *winnable* with a few extra dollars
last time shawn harris raised $3.5 million and lost by 30 points. The time before that, marcus flowers raised $17 million and lost by 30 points. stop spending money on unwinnable races
are you sure you're not thinking of Amy McGrath, your politics are pretty confused & naive 🤷
November 22, 2025 at 5:24 AM
this dilettante observer of politics, who really should stick to sports, thinks he knows what races are *winnable* with a few extra dollars
i guess "run everywhere" is just a slogan to some people 🤷
last time shawn harris raised $3.5 million and lost by 30 points. The time before that, marcus flowers raised $17 million and lost by 30 points. stop spending money on unwinnable races
are you sure you're not thinking of Amy McGrath, your politics are pretty confused & naive 🤷
November 22, 2025 at 5:15 AM
i guess "run everywhere" is just a slogan to some people 🤷
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I've been bitching about these entitled and politically naïve fuckers since November. They threw our Democracy under the bus because Kamala wasn't the *perfect candidate to address their every pet issue.
November 21, 2025 at 3:21 AM
I've been bitching about these entitled and politically naïve fuckers since November. They threw our Democracy under the bus because Kamala wasn't the *perfect candidate to address their every pet issue.
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Seeing a lot of folks who either don’t know what the usual numbers look like or who didn’t go look at the demographics and methodology and are treating this as a _meh_ data point when anything close to this would be earth-shaking. Believe it when you see it, etc, but these are GOP extinction numbers
Generic Ballot Polling Among White Voters:
🔵 Democrats: 50%
🔴 Republicans: 46%
Marist / Nov 13, 2025
🔵 Democrats: 50%
🔴 Republicans: 46%
Marist / Nov 13, 2025
November 21, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Seeing a lot of folks who either don’t know what the usual numbers look like or who didn’t go look at the demographics and methodology and are treating this as a _meh_ data point when anything close to this would be earth-shaking. Believe it when you see it, etc, but these are GOP extinction numbers
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Look if people are too stupid to understand the difference between whether a person with good values vs a person with bad values is in charge, then you probably can ignore their opinions on other matters
November 20, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Look if people are too stupid to understand the difference between whether a person with good values vs a person with bad values is in charge, then you probably can ignore their opinions on other matters
i mean i might have gotten it from Ron White, but every single work *acquaintance* at every job for 20 years has heard me say you'll know when i hit the Mega/Powerball because you'll never see my ass again
If you gave me just the $9 million buyout, he got from Penn State with minimum negotiation you could not find me, I would be on the back of a yak in Kyrgyzstan drinking tea with a guide named Bulvan as he taught my kids about falconry
November 21, 2025 at 2:33 PM
i mean i might have gotten it from Ron White, but every single work *acquaintance* at every job for 20 years has heard me say you'll know when i hit the Mega/Powerball because you'll never see my ass again
i always *think of it 1st* as a Meat Loaf song, even though i know it's Celine. Steinman will do that to you
Colleague on Zoom: It’s all coming back to me now. Isn’t that a Meat Loaf song?
Me: Actually it’s a Celine Dion song, written by Jim Steinman, who wrote most of Meat Loaf’s songs. Meat Loaf heard that one and begged to sing it but Steinman insisted it was for a woman. Steinman also wrote for Air Su
Me: Actually it’s a Celine Dion song, written by Jim Steinman, who wrote most of Meat Loaf’s songs. Meat Loaf heard that one and begged to sing it but Steinman insisted it was for a woman. Steinman also wrote for Air Su
November 21, 2025 at 12:44 PM
i always *think of it 1st* as a Meat Loaf song, even though i know it's Celine. Steinman will do that to you
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I hate this sort of meme.
“The only difference between the parties is whether the power to destroy human civilization rests in the hands of leaders who think gays, women, and black people should have their rights acknowledged.”
Even if true, how is Rainbow B-52 not infinitely preferable?
“The only difference between the parties is whether the power to destroy human civilization rests in the hands of leaders who think gays, women, and black people should have their rights acknowledged.”
Even if true, how is Rainbow B-52 not infinitely preferable?
November 20, 2025 at 3:38 PM
I hate this sort of meme.
“The only difference between the parties is whether the power to destroy human civilization rests in the hands of leaders who think gays, women, and black people should have their rights acknowledged.”
Even if true, how is Rainbow B-52 not infinitely preferable?
“The only difference between the parties is whether the power to destroy human civilization rests in the hands of leaders who think gays, women, and black people should have their rights acknowledged.”
Even if true, how is Rainbow B-52 not infinitely preferable?
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bsky in a nutshell
OP: of the two choices in political parties we have, the one that commits less violence than the other is preferable, even if it's still not great.
geniuses in replies: um W O W u just said bombing is GOOD??? literally shaking rn, can't believe u said that VERBATIM 😤😤😤
OP: of the two choices in political parties we have, the one that commits less violence than the other is preferable, even if it's still not great.
geniuses in replies: um W O W u just said bombing is GOOD??? literally shaking rn, can't believe u said that VERBATIM 😤😤😤
I hate this sort of meme.
“The only difference between the parties is whether the power to destroy human civilization rests in the hands of leaders who think gays, women, and black people should have their rights acknowledged.”
Even if true, how is Rainbow B-52 not infinitely preferable?
“The only difference between the parties is whether the power to destroy human civilization rests in the hands of leaders who think gays, women, and black people should have their rights acknowledged.”
Even if true, how is Rainbow B-52 not infinitely preferable?
November 21, 2025 at 3:36 AM
bsky in a nutshell
OP: of the two choices in political parties we have, the one that commits less violence than the other is preferable, even if it's still not great.
geniuses in replies: um W O W u just said bombing is GOOD??? literally shaking rn, can't believe u said that VERBATIM 😤😤😤
OP: of the two choices in political parties we have, the one that commits less violence than the other is preferable, even if it's still not great.
geniuses in replies: um W O W u just said bombing is GOOD??? literally shaking rn, can't believe u said that VERBATIM 😤😤😤
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"Greeks living in Afghanistan were Buddhist 500 years before China and a thousand years before Southeast Asia" is one of those things that sounds made up but is in fact true
November 20, 2025 at 3:25 PM
"Greeks living in Afghanistan were Buddhist 500 years before China and a thousand years before Southeast Asia" is one of those things that sounds made up but is in fact true
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Happy Birthday to my friend and my President @JoeBiden
Wishing you the best Mr. President!
Wishing you the best Mr. President!
November 20, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Happy Birthday to my friend and my President @JoeBiden
Wishing you the best Mr. President!
Wishing you the best Mr. President!
yep
Bill Simmons has singled out the Columbus Blue Jackets as the most irrelevant franchise in sports.
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Bill Simmons proclaims Columbus Blue Jackets 'most irrelevant franchise in professional sports'
Bill Simmons proclaimed the Columbus Blue Jackets 'the most irrelevant franchise in professional sports' on his podcast.
awfulannouncing.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:57 PM
yep
this is the thing: it's one thing for any major pro sport team to get less attention than another one they share a market with, that is exceedingly common. i can't think of another one that gets less than a *college* team in their market
Like, two actually memorable moments on the ice. Small market that is dominated by another entity (Ohio State). Not part of the coastal media borg. Plays the least relevant major sport in the US. Not terrible enough to become a meme.
If I didn't grow up there, I wouldn't think about 'em either!
If I didn't grow up there, I wouldn't think about 'em either!
November 20, 2025 at 3:54 PM
this is the thing: it's one thing for any major pro sport team to get less attention than another one they share a market with, that is exceedingly common. i can't think of another one that gets less than a *college* team in their market
it is *absolutely* true
I mean...that's probably true?
Bill Simmons has singled out the Columbus Blue Jackets as the most irrelevant franchise in sports.
awfulannouncing.com/ringer/bill-...
awfulannouncing.com/ringer/bill-...
November 20, 2025 at 3:49 PM
it is *absolutely* true
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WHAT ARE THOOOOOOSEEE
November 20, 2025 at 2:21 PM
WHAT ARE THOOOOOOSEEE
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"Sabotage is when you damage property. When your intention is to kill people, that's no longer sabotage, that's state terrorism."
–Radosław Sikorski, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Poland, addressing Russia's latest terrorist attacks on Polish territory
–Radosław Sikorski, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Poland, addressing Russia's latest terrorist attacks on Polish territory
November 19, 2025 at 3:22 PM
"Sabotage is when you damage property. When your intention is to kill people, that's no longer sabotage, that's state terrorism."
–Radosław Sikorski, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Poland, addressing Russia's latest terrorist attacks on Polish territory
–Radosław Sikorski, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Poland, addressing Russia's latest terrorist attacks on Polish territory
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Because she’s not an unserious person?
Big Bird would be more effective than Hakeem Jeffries.
Why on earth is AOC not on board?
Why on earth is AOC not on board?
Exclusive: AOC says Chi Ossé primary challenge against Jeffries not a "good idea"
Ocasio-Cortez is one of several prominent progressives breaking with the 27-year-old DSA member.
www.axios.com
November 19, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Because she’s not an unserious person?
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The modern US government, under anyone in the past 20 years except the Trump 2.0 kleptokakistocrats, in an actual existential crisis, could in all likelihood turn couch potatoes into competent frontline combat troops in 2 years tops.
As I’ve said in the past people have always complained that draftees were weak and unfit for the physical demands of combat.
It’s just now we can FIX it with nutrition and exercise and medicine in ways the draft boards of WWII couldn’t.
It’s just now we can FIX it with nutrition and exercise and medicine in ways the draft boards of WWII couldn’t.
November 19, 2025 at 2:32 AM
The modern US government, under anyone in the past 20 years except the Trump 2.0 kleptokakistocrats, in an actual existential crisis, could in all likelihood turn couch potatoes into competent frontline combat troops in 2 years tops.
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watch every single ratfucker that bitched at kamala harris bc liz cheney get out here and say this is actually so based of him bc he’s so skilled and good at politics. watch
Zohran Mamdani, the mayor-elect of New York City, said on Monday that his team had reached out to White House officials to set up a meeting with President Trump, saying he hoped to press Trump to help ease the affordability crisis.
Mamdani Reaches Out to White House to Arrange Meeting With Trump
Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani said he hoped to press President Trump to help ease the affordability crisis. His remarks came a day after Mr. Trump said he wanted to “see everything work out well for New York.”
nyti.ms
November 17, 2025 at 9:44 PM
watch every single ratfucker that bitched at kamala harris bc liz cheney get out here and say this is actually so based of him bc he’s so skilled and good at politics. watch
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"D+5 on generic ballot, grows to D+7 when voters are told Rs control Congress."
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaahh
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaahh
Here's a thread of results from our newest Strength In Numbers/ @verasight.io poll, out today:
- D+5 on generic ballot, grows to D+7 when voters are told Rs control Congress.
- Trump at -16 approval, underwater on inflation by 33 pts and on health care by 26
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/new-poll-d...
- D+5 on generic ballot, grows to D+7 when voters are told Rs control Congress.
- Trump at -16 approval, underwater on inflation by 33 pts and on health care by 26
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/new-poll-d...
New poll: Democrats lead the 2026 House generic ballot, and their edge widens when voters are reminded Republicans control Congress
Plus: Voters see both parties as out of touch, but for different reasons; Trump hits new low on pocketbook issues; Large majorities oppose ending ACA subsidies and SNAP, support taxing high earners
www.gelliottmorris.com
November 18, 2025 at 2:15 PM
"D+5 on generic ballot, grows to D+7 when voters are told Rs control Congress."
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaahh
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaahh
Top Secret! shoutout
Best fights on top of moving trains, in no particular order:
- Wolverine, "The Wolverine"
- Jackie Chan, "Police Story 3"
- Michelle Yeoh, "Police Story 3"
- Omar Sharif, "Top Secret"
- Snake Eyes vs Storm Shadow, "G.I. Joe" issue #27
- Tom Cruise, "Mission: Impossible"
- Wolverine, "The Wolverine"
- Jackie Chan, "Police Story 3"
- Michelle Yeoh, "Police Story 3"
- Omar Sharif, "Top Secret"
- Snake Eyes vs Storm Shadow, "G.I. Joe" issue #27
- Tom Cruise, "Mission: Impossible"
Men only want one thing (to fight someone on top of a moving train)
November 17, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Top Secret! shoutout
i still visit the small NW OH town my mom lives in, my whole family grew up in, where i graduated from HS, & those people have been laughing at me for being a Clinton/Obama/Clinton/Biden supporter, forever. they are, indeed, impossible to *get to*
Talked to a small business owner in PA just before the election in '24. "Oh, he's not going to do tariffs," she said.
He did it the last time, I said.
"I don't remember that."
You own a small business and you don't remember tariffs?
"Oh, Tom, you're funny."
It's impossible to get through.
He did it the last time, I said.
"I don't remember that."
You own a small business and you don't remember tariffs?
"Oh, Tom, you're funny."
It's impossible to get through.
Farmers in the Midwest kept their hands on the stove in 2024, even tho they had to be bailed out by subsidies in the First Reign of Terror.
And once again, he sold them out again with the tariffs.
Surprise! Surprise!
Smh
And once again, he sold them out again with the tariffs.
Surprise! Surprise!
Smh
November 16, 2025 at 6:17 AM
i still visit the small NW OH town my mom lives in, my whole family grew up in, where i graduated from HS, & those people have been laughing at me for being a Clinton/Obama/Clinton/Biden supporter, forever. they are, indeed, impossible to *get to*