Matt
@mattferrel.bsky.social
Political news junkie. Blocks doomers, bigots, & engagement farmers following > 10k on sight. No patience for non-voters or far left who blame Dems instead of GOP for our problems.
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Matt
@mattferrel.bsky.social
· Oct 21
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Society should operate under the assumption that anyone wearing them is a creep who should be shunned.
February 11, 2026 at 1:14 AM
Society should operate under the assumption that anyone wearing them is a creep who should be shunned.
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I keep rereading this paragraph expecting the words to change
February 11, 2026 at 12:19 AM
I keep rereading this paragraph expecting the words to change
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Republicans just had a press conference showing photos of ICE arrests of "pedophiles, drug traffickers, murderers," and Democrats should do the same thing but with pictures of ICE agents who committed the same crimes.
This is the second time an ICE employee has been arrested in in a Bloomington, MN underage sex trafficking sting www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/ne...
Police in Bloomington, MN just announced that one of the guys they arrested in an underage sex trafficking sting was a **background checker for ICE agents.**
He had a high security clearance in the Trump administration... and he was caught trying to abuse children. Sickening.
He had a high security clearance in the Trump administration... and he was caught trying to abuse children. Sickening.
February 11, 2026 at 12:48 AM
Republicans just had a press conference showing photos of ICE arrests of "pedophiles, drug traffickers, murderers," and Democrats should do the same thing but with pictures of ICE agents who committed the same crimes.
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Thanks for sharing my reporting, @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social. Again, much appreciated if you’d share the link, too: it makes it easier for your followers to find out more and it helps support the media outlet that produced the work. Thanks.
Trump's Stablecoin USD1: Binance Holds 87% After Founder's Pardon
World Liberty Financial's founding document describes the company as "pioneering a new era of Decentralized Finance." Its flagship stablecoin is anything but.
www.forbes.com
February 10, 2026 at 5:03 PM
Thanks for sharing my reporting, @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social. Again, much appreciated if you’d share the link, too: it makes it easier for your followers to find out more and it helps support the media outlet that produced the work. Thanks.
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Jeffrey Epstein directed an aide to procure hidden video cameras in 2014. “I’m installing them into Kleenex boxes now,” the aide replied.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/u...
Epstein Directed Aide to Obtain Hidden Video Cameras
www.nytimes.com
February 10, 2026 at 4:03 PM
Jeffrey Epstein directed an aide to procure hidden video cameras in 2014. “I’m installing them into Kleenex boxes now,” the aide replied.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/u...
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When we get out the other side of this, we should think seriously about making signs like this permanent, like the plaques in Paris that tell you that you're standing on the exact spot where a resistance fighter was shot down by the Nazis in 1944.
seen in my neighborhood in south Minneapolis
February 10, 2026 at 11:56 PM
When we get out the other side of this, we should think seriously about making signs like this permanent, like the plaques in Paris that tell you that you're standing on the exact spot where a resistance fighter was shot down by the Nazis in 1944.
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The annual change in GDP topped 15% in only five years since 1929 -- four times under FDR and once under Truman.
Conservatives at the time, and since, denounced those presidents for practicing "socialism," which Trump claims is the top problem constricting the economy today.
Conservatives at the time, and since, denounced those presidents for practicing "socialism," which Trump claims is the top problem constricting the economy today.
TRUMP: We can grow at 15 percent. I think more than that!
KUDLOW: Well, 15 is a big number sir
TRUMP: But Larry, you can do it. We used to grow at 15 percent because we had spirit. Today we have a lot of communism
KUDLOW: Well, 15 is a big number sir
TRUMP: But Larry, you can do it. We used to grow at 15 percent because we had spirit. Today we have a lot of communism
February 10, 2026 at 10:54 PM
The annual change in GDP topped 15% in only five years since 1929 -- four times under FDR and once under Truman.
Conservatives at the time, and since, denounced those presidents for practicing "socialism," which Trump claims is the top problem constricting the economy today.
Conservatives at the time, and since, denounced those presidents for practicing "socialism," which Trump claims is the top problem constricting the economy today.
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Rep. Ro Khanna just read on the House floor the names of the six 'wealthy, powerful men' whose names were originally redacted in the Epstein files:
Leslie Wexner
Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem
Salvatore Nuara
Zurab Mikeladze
Leonic Leonov
Nicola Caputo
www.politico.com/live-updates...
Leslie Wexner
Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem
Salvatore Nuara
Zurab Mikeladze
Leonic Leonov
Nicola Caputo
www.politico.com/live-updates...
House Dem identifies ‘wealthy, powerful men’ DOJ redacted in Epstein files
Rep. Ro Khanna read out the names of the six individuals on the House floor, where they will now be entered into the Congressional Record.
www.politico.com
February 10, 2026 at 9:01 PM
Rep. Ro Khanna just read on the House floor the names of the six 'wealthy, powerful men' whose names were originally redacted in the Epstein files:
Leslie Wexner
Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem
Salvatore Nuara
Zurab Mikeladze
Leonic Leonov
Nicola Caputo
www.politico.com/live-updates...
Leslie Wexner
Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem
Salvatore Nuara
Zurab Mikeladze
Leonic Leonov
Nicola Caputo
www.politico.com/live-updates...
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Holy shit. Ro Khanna fucking did it. He just went up there and read the six redacted names into record and threw down the gauntlet, challenging conservatives to join the fight against the "Epstein Class." Did we just see our generations' "Have you no sense of decency, sir, at long last?" moment?
February 10, 2026 at 8:28 PM
Holy shit. Ro Khanna fucking did it. He just went up there and read the six redacted names into record and threw down the gauntlet, challenging conservatives to join the fight against the "Epstein Class." Did we just see our generations' "Have you no sense of decency, sir, at long last?" moment?
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"construction jobs are way up" [EXTREMELY LOUD INCORRECT BUZZER]
February 10, 2026 at 9:44 PM
"construction jobs are way up" [EXTREMELY LOUD INCORRECT BUZZER]
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This is the second time an ICE employee has been arrested in in a Bloomington, MN underage sex trafficking sting www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/ne...
Police in Bloomington, MN just announced that one of the guys they arrested in an underage sex trafficking sting was a **background checker for ICE agents.**
He had a high security clearance in the Trump administration... and he was caught trying to abuse children. Sickening.
He had a high security clearance in the Trump administration... and he was caught trying to abuse children. Sickening.
February 10, 2026 at 9:26 PM
This is the second time an ICE employee has been arrested in in a Bloomington, MN underage sex trafficking sting www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/ne...
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" ... These are all crimes that Donald Trump has pardoned."
February 10, 2026 at 10:24 PM
" ... These are all crimes that Donald Trump has pardoned."
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Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell invoking the Fifth Amendment when being asked directly about Donald Trump having sexual relations with trafficked children
February 10, 2026 at 1:02 PM
Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell invoking the Fifth Amendment when being asked directly about Donald Trump having sexual relations with trafficked children
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NEW: ICE has a plan to lease offices across the US as part of a secret, months-long expansion campaign.
Today, @wired.com is publishing dozens of those locations. Many are near schools, medical offices, and places of worship.
Vital work from @leahfeiger.bsky.social that I'm proud to publish.
Today, @wired.com is publishing dozens of those locations. Many are near schools, medical offices, and places of worship.
Vital work from @leahfeiger.bsky.social that I'm proud to publish.
ICE Is Expanding Across the US at Breakneck Speed. Here’s Where It’s Going Next
ICE plans to lease offices throughout the US as part of a secret, months-long expansion campaign. WIRED is publishing dozens of these locations.
www.wired.com
February 10, 2026 at 4:13 PM
NEW: ICE has a plan to lease offices across the US as part of a secret, months-long expansion campaign.
Today, @wired.com is publishing dozens of those locations. Many are near schools, medical offices, and places of worship.
Vital work from @leahfeiger.bsky.social that I'm proud to publish.
Today, @wired.com is publishing dozens of those locations. Many are near schools, medical offices, and places of worship.
Vital work from @leahfeiger.bsky.social that I'm proud to publish.
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Every jobs report is like look, we wrecked the economy, but we swear that’s a good thing
February 10, 2026 at 4:17 PM
Every jobs report is like look, we wrecked the economy, but we swear that’s a good thing
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I'm grateful that Kyle surfaced all these extraordinary opinions slamming the Trump administration for the illegal detention of immigrants. This one leaps out in part because the judge is warning us that abuses being inflicted on immigrants now are a preview of what could be unleashed on citizens.
February 10, 2026 at 4:30 PM
I'm grateful that Kyle surfaced all these extraordinary opinions slamming the Trump administration for the illegal detention of immigrants. This one leaps out in part because the judge is warning us that abuses being inflicted on immigrants now are a preview of what could be unleashed on citizens.
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Finding out that top execs from both LifeTouch and Chuck E. Cheese are in the Epstein files has pissed me off in a way that I didn’t think was still possible.
February 10, 2026 at 12:33 AM
Finding out that top execs from both LifeTouch and Chuck E. Cheese are in the Epstein files has pissed me off in a way that I didn’t think was still possible.
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So I think everyone knows what Chuck E. Cheese is but for non-parents who don't know what LifeTouch is, it's the company that for decades has had a near-monopoly on school pictures.
Finding out that top execs from both LifeTouch and Chuck E. Cheese are in the Epstein files has pissed me off in a way that I didn’t think was still possible.
February 10, 2026 at 4:32 PM
So I think everyone knows what Chuck E. Cheese is but for non-parents who don't know what LifeTouch is, it's the company that for decades has had a near-monopoly on school pictures.
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just a fucking weird statement on it's face but also highlights how filthy rich and completely out of touch trump's whole cabinet is. a private boat for a family vacation? stopping by a billionaire's island for lunch? nannies, plural?? the epstein class, indeed.
VAN HOLLEN: Did you in fact make the visit to Epstein's private island?
LUTNICK: I did have lunch w/ him as I was on a boat going across on a family vacation. My wife was with me as were my 4 children and nannies. We had lunch on the island. That's true. For an hour. We left with all of my children
LUTNICK: I did have lunch w/ him as I was on a boat going across on a family vacation. My wife was with me as were my 4 children and nannies. We had lunch on the island. That's true. For an hour. We left with all of my children
February 10, 2026 at 4:36 PM
just a fucking weird statement on it's face but also highlights how filthy rich and completely out of touch trump's whole cabinet is. a private boat for a family vacation? stopping by a billionaire's island for lunch? nannies, plural?? the epstein class, indeed.
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NBC nails the promotional material ahead of the gold medal round.
Its curling time!
(this time with the Alt text)
Its curling time!
(this time with the Alt text)
February 10, 2026 at 5:00 PM
NBC nails the promotional material ahead of the gold medal round.
Its curling time!
(this time with the Alt text)
Its curling time!
(this time with the Alt text)
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see that's not particularly difficult messaging
I will not support any funding deal that puts money in the hands of Stephen Miller, Kristi Noem, and this violent agency. Defund and abolish ICE now.
February 10, 2026 at 5:16 PM
see that's not particularly difficult messaging
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I will not support any funding deal that puts money in the hands of Stephen Miller, Kristi Noem, and this violent agency. Defund and abolish ICE now.
February 10, 2026 at 4:35 PM
I will not support any funding deal that puts money in the hands of Stephen Miller, Kristi Noem, and this violent agency. Defund and abolish ICE now.
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Calling the police to say "thank God you're arresting that guy, everyone knows he's a sex trafficker" makes you a villain in the story, flat out. It means that despite knowing someone was a sex trafficker, you said nothing until you learned he was already going down for the crime
People are running with this story as Trump did some noble thing. He reported him because he was pissed off he stole a minor who was working at Mar a Lago, then Trump denied knowing anything for another two decades
February 10, 2026 at 5:57 PM
Calling the police to say "thank God you're arresting that guy, everyone knows he's a sex trafficker" makes you a villain in the story, flat out. It means that despite knowing someone was a sex trafficker, you said nothing until you learned he was already going down for the crime
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Well then play it. Play it again and again until there’s an answer. Make them answer for sending Nazi death troops to wage a war of terror against the U.S. civilian population.
THANEDAR: What did your ICE agent mean when he said, 'you raise your voice, I erase your voice' in the video all of us have seen?
LYONS: I'm not aware of that video. I can't comment
LYONS: I'm not aware of that video. I can't comment
February 10, 2026 at 6:14 PM
Well then play it. Play it again and again until there’s an answer. Make them answer for sending Nazi death troops to wage a war of terror against the U.S. civilian population.