Mathew Foresta
@mathewforesta.bsky.social
Writer and journalist. Words in HuffPost, USA Today, The Guardian, LAist, The Daily Beast, etc. Please subscribe. https://bettergracesandliberations.substack.com/
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The Dodgers Must Refuse An Invitation To The White House
"Now is the time for the team to take a moral stand," writes Mathew Foresta, publisher of Better Graces and Liberations.
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Please check out my latest on Sports Politika. Thank you to @karimzidan.com for publishing me. The Dodgers must take a stand and refuse an invitation to the White House.
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Americans are largely opposed to attacking Venezuela.
November 24, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Americans are largely opposed to attacking Venezuela.
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New CBS/YouGov poll has 30% of Americans favoring military action in Venezuela with 70% opposing.
November 24, 2025 at 3:12 AM
New CBS/YouGov poll has 30% of Americans favoring military action in Venezuela with 70% opposing.
They are manufacturing consent for a war with Venezuela.
November 24, 2025 at 4:32 AM
They are manufacturing consent for a war with Venezuela.
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Meta halted internal research that purportedly showed (young) people who stopped using Facebook became less depressed and anxious, according to an unredacted legal filing released on Friday. www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/m...
Meta halted internal research suggesting social media harm, court filing alleges
Meta is alleged to have halted internal research suggesting social media harm, according to court documents.
www.cnbc.com
November 24, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Meta halted internal research that purportedly showed (young) people who stopped using Facebook became less depressed and anxious, according to an unredacted legal filing released on Friday. www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/m...
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A trans teen in Iowa completed suicide after severe bullying by classmates and teachers.
"Miles’ death came a day after a substitute teacher refused to use his preferred pronouns."
It's the type of bullying @thefireorg.bsky.social and @aricohn.com support.
www.thepinknews.com/2025/11/17/m...
"Miles’ death came a day after a substitute teacher refused to use his preferred pronouns."
It's the type of bullying @thefireorg.bsky.social and @aricohn.com support.
www.thepinknews.com/2025/11/17/m...
Heartbroken family of trans teen speaks out about how bullying led to his death
The family of trans Iowa student Miles Phipps has spoken out about bullying following losing their son to suicide. He was just 15-years-old.
www.thepinknews.com
November 23, 2025 at 7:18 PM
A trans teen in Iowa completed suicide after severe bullying by classmates and teachers.
"Miles’ death came a day after a substitute teacher refused to use his preferred pronouns."
It's the type of bullying @thefireorg.bsky.social and @aricohn.com support.
www.thepinknews.com/2025/11/17/m...
"Miles’ death came a day after a substitute teacher refused to use his preferred pronouns."
It's the type of bullying @thefireorg.bsky.social and @aricohn.com support.
www.thepinknews.com/2025/11/17/m...
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I don't think Liverpool are going to win the league.
November 22, 2025 at 4:39 PM
I don't think Liverpool are going to win the league.
The volunteer doctors and medical staff were amazing that night and likely saved lives. I bet EMS couldn't come because the scene wasn't cleared for them, and that's on the police.
There were critical injuries that required hospitalization. I don't know if you were there but for anyone else who's reading, emergency services refused to show up to either treat people or take them to the hospital. Encampment people had to carry or drive them to UCLA Reagan.
November 21, 2025 at 2:28 AM
The volunteer doctors and medical staff were amazing that night and likely saved lives. I bet EMS couldn't come because the scene wasn't cleared for them, and that's on the police.
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I didn't think that you did, but, I don't think it's common knowledge how serious the injuries were. That's why I'm trying to take every opportunity to let people know that it wasn't that. They just pepper, sprayed and punched a few people. They were hitting people with blunt objects.
November 20, 2025 at 10:17 PM
I didn't think that you did, but, I don't think it's common knowledge how serious the injuries were. That's why I'm trying to take every opportunity to let people know that it wasn't that. They just pepper, sprayed and punched a few people. They were hitting people with blunt objects.
The New York Times is worthless and an actively harmful factor in our current world.
The Harvard Crimson is more consistent about writing accurate headlines than The New York Times
November 20, 2025 at 2:46 AM
The New York Times is worthless and an actively harmful factor in our current world.
There is no economy if we make the planet uninhabitable for humans dumbass.
If there’s no shale gas then there’s no shale gas, but I still think environmentalism is basically bad and politicians should focus more on material prosperity.
November 20, 2025 at 2:29 AM
There is no economy if we make the planet uninhabitable for humans dumbass.
Omg the Saja Boys have infiltrated the Christian schools.
Christian school bans students from singing KPop Demon Hunters songs
https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/11/18/christian-school-bans-students-from-singing-kpop-demon-hunters-songs/?utm_content=1763601600&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
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Christian school bans students from singing K-Pop Demon Hunters songs
The Lilliput Church of England Infant School claims that KPop Demon Hunters songs don’t uphold its “Christian ethos”.
www.thepinknews.com
November 20, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Omg the Saja Boys have infiltrated the Christian schools.
Hold his ass in contempt
Because he claimed that he couldn't attend sessions because they were held on holy days. She was not buying his story. She informed him that she was not inclined to continue with the agreement and if she allowed it she would require him to start it all over again.
November 20, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Hold his ass in contempt
He isn't even doing the counseling! This was a lynch mob run amok. People nearly got killed and the city could care less. Fuck this.
I went in this morning to give my victim's impact statement and it seems to have had an impact. But first, I was informed by the DDA that Eyal Shalom was not completing the counseling sessions that are required to complete the R.E.A.C.H.H program and the judge was not happy about that.
Yep, tomorrow is the day where I get to go confront the scumbag who used tear gas on me, a journalist, while I was trying to do my job at the UCLA attack in 2024. They already gave Eyal Shalom diversion but now I get to give them hell.
November 20, 2025 at 12:34 AM
He isn't even doing the counseling! This was a lynch mob run amok. People nearly got killed and the city could care less. Fuck this.
They are total cowards. When one of them tried to throw a piece of fence and enter the encampment near the flanks like 6 big guys myself included confronted him. He just backed off. They don't want to fight straight up.
He is. Nothing but a little turdlet. Stinky and useless. Well, a turd is at least more useful because it's voiding waste from your system. He doesn't even do that.
November 20, 2025 at 12:32 AM
They are total cowards. When one of them tried to throw a piece of fence and enter the encampment near the flanks like 6 big guys myself included confronted him. He just backed off. They don't want to fight straight up.
It's called oligarchy, an if we are ever to get out of our current misery, we have to stop making Socialism a dirty word.
Five corporations control 90% of the US media market.
Airlines merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today.
Four giants control 80% of meat processing.
A handful of companies control the pharmaceutical industry.
The evidence of corporate concentration is everywhere.
Airlines merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today.
Four giants control 80% of meat processing.
A handful of companies control the pharmaceutical industry.
The evidence of corporate concentration is everywhere.
November 19, 2025 at 9:02 PM
It's called oligarchy, an if we are ever to get out of our current misery, we have to stop making Socialism a dirty word.
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Have the Democratic Party, the Center for American Progress, and the architects of Project 2029 disavowed Larry Summers?
He's advising all of them and is a major liberal power player.
He was also used by the Dem establishment to attack Mamdani.
If they have, great; if not, why not?
He's advising all of them and is a major liberal power player.
He was also used by the Dem establishment to attack Mamdani.
If they have, great; if not, why not?
November 19, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Have the Democratic Party, the Center for American Progress, and the architects of Project 2029 disavowed Larry Summers?
He's advising all of them and is a major liberal power player.
He was also used by the Dem establishment to attack Mamdani.
If they have, great; if not, why not?
He's advising all of them and is a major liberal power player.
He was also used by the Dem establishment to attack Mamdani.
If they have, great; if not, why not?
The fact people connect the Holocaust to anti-Black and anti-Palestinian racism is good. They are connected. Genocide and oppression are wrong, and it's good people realize that despite the fact it drives genocide apologists like this ghoul crazy.
Sharing the video of this because it’s such a ghoulish thing to say that I’m honestly in disbelief that I even heard her properly
November 19, 2025 at 8:56 PM
The fact people connect the Holocaust to anti-Black and anti-Palestinian racism is good. They are connected. Genocide and oppression are wrong, and it's good people realize that despite the fact it drives genocide apologists like this ghoul crazy.
Scratch a liberal and a fascist bleeds.
Noah Smith is doing Judeo-Bolshevism but about Muslims and Arabs
November 19, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Scratch a liberal and a fascist bleeds.
I lost all my trust and admiration for this profession over time, but Gaza sealed it. When I was taking journalism classes in college we were taught to revere the New York Times. Now I think it's an active harm to the world.
My whole profession has lost its mind. I am here with you. You are my people. The Sky Fam.
November 18, 2025 at 9:04 PM
I lost all my trust and admiration for this profession over time, but Gaza sealed it. When I was taking journalism classes in college we were taught to revere the New York Times. Now I think it's an active harm to the world.
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Honestly it is kind of aggravating that reports don't push back. Say "stop being such a coward and answer the question." Stop trading compliance and submission for access. bsky.app/profile/kevi...
"Well, sir, the polls show you're a terrible president, but let's leave that aside for now."
ABC’S MARY BRUCE: “Why wait for Congress? Why not just release the files?”
TRUMP: “It’s not the question, it’s your attitude. I think you’re a terrible reporter.”
(TRANSLATION: She’s asking the right questions and he can’t handle it)
TRUMP: “It’s not the question, it’s your attitude. I think you’re a terrible reporter.”
(TRANSLATION: She’s asking the right questions and he can’t handle it)
November 18, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Honestly it is kind of aggravating that reports don't push back. Say "stop being such a coward and answer the question." Stop trading compliance and submission for access. bsky.app/profile/kevi...
Of course Trump's policies don't have the positive effects he says they'll have. As you point out his followers do not care, it's purely about hatred, about hurting who they have been taught to hate. They could careless about anything else.
November 18, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Of course Trump's policies don't have the positive effects he says they'll have. As you point out his followers do not care, it's purely about hatred, about hurting who they have been taught to hate. They could careless about anything else.
My father died of Supra Nuclear Palsy. It's a horrible and incurable disease. Watching him waste away from it was a truly terrible thing.
The Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. has been moved out of the intensive care unit as he continues treatment for a neurological disorder. Jackson, 84, who has a long history of activism and founded the Rainbow PUSH Coalition, was admitted to Northwestern Memorial Hospital last week.
Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. moved out of the intensive-care unit
chicago.suntimes.com
November 18, 2025 at 3:17 AM
My father died of Supra Nuclear Palsy. It's a horrible and incurable disease. Watching him waste away from it was a truly terrible thing.
Cinema.
some say youtube videos are not an art form but i think art is often just seeing something that speaks to the human experience. and nowhere is it more visible than a 40 minute video of a guy trying to do a weird project in his niche hobby and minutes 5-35 are yelling GOD DAMN IT as it doesnt work
November 18, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Cinema.
This is the worst fucking timeline I swear to God.
An incredibly Trump-era headline theintercept.com/2025/11/17/p...
Pardoned Capitol Rioter Tried to Hush Child Sex Victim With Promise of Jan. 6 Reparation Money, Police Say
Pardoned Capitol rioter Andrew Johnson tried to keep a child sex abuse victim quiet with claimed $10 million Jan. 6 reparations, police say.
theintercept.com
November 18, 2025 at 3:03 AM
This is the worst fucking timeline I swear to God.