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
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Hey everyone. Potentially the biggest story in the country, right here. substack.com/home/post/p-...
February 15, 2026 at 8:39 PM
Hey everyone. Potentially the biggest story in the country, right here. substack.com/home/post/p-...
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If it's on Substack I ain't gonna read it.
Get off from there. There are many alternative that are not actively promoting White Supremacy and Nazism.
Get off from there. There are many alternative that are not actively promoting White Supremacy and Nazism.
February 16, 2026 at 12:08 AM
If it's on Substack I ain't gonna read it.
Get off from there. There are many alternative that are not actively promoting White Supremacy and Nazism.
Get off from there. There are many alternative that are not actively promoting White Supremacy and Nazism.
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👀 Invoking Orwell, a federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to restore panels and historical acknowledgments of the history of slavery that the National Park Service removed in Philadelphia. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
February 16, 2026 at 6:24 PM
👀 Invoking Orwell, a federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to restore panels and historical acknowledgments of the history of slavery that the National Park Service removed in Philadelphia. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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In a nutshell, the Dem lodestar should be: "ICE is bad, and immigration is good"
My theory of the moment: The extraordinary courage of ordinary people in places like Minneapolis is reawakening us to our social and economic ties to immigrants. It's making "love thy neighbor" cool again. That's the ultimate antidote to MAGA hate.
Thoughts on this:
newrepublic.com/article/2059...
Thoughts on this:
newrepublic.com/article/2059...
February 16, 2026 at 2:46 PM
In a nutshell, the Dem lodestar should be: "ICE is bad, and immigration is good"
“Bowman’s extensive criminal history consists of out-of-state incidents, including felony convictions for rape, attempted aggravated robbery and kidnapping, among others.”
The 62-year-old Kansas man was reportedly following his 18-year-old ex-wife when she called police on Thursday night in Seattle's Ballard neighborhood www.king5.com/article/news...
Kansas man accused of shooting at Seattle police officers
The 62-year-old Kansas man was reportedly following his 18-year-old ex-wife when she called police on Thursday night in Seattle's Ballard neighborhood.
www.king5.com
February 16, 2026 at 6:43 PM
“Bowman’s extensive criminal history consists of out-of-state incidents, including felony convictions for rape, attempted aggravated robbery and kidnapping, among others.”
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The conspiracy theories have triggered chaos in the Ohio city, where Haitian immigrant families and the groups working with them are already on edge. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/tiktoke...
TikTokers Came to Springfield Looking for ICE. Then the Child Trafficking Rumors Began.
This story was originally reported by Amanda Becker of The 19th. Meet...
talkingpointsmemo.com
February 16, 2026 at 1:18 PM
The conspiracy theories have triggered chaos in the Ohio city, where Haitian immigrant families and the groups working with them are already on edge. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/tiktoke...
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it's funny in a way, but the rubio speech is an AI-quality imitation of an Obama speech, but with ethnonationalism replacing pluralism. It's as if the prompt were, "write me an obama speech but make it white supremacist." Hasn't been president in a decade but they're still biting
February 16, 2026 at 3:25 PM
it's funny in a way, but the rubio speech is an AI-quality imitation of an Obama speech, but with ethnonationalism replacing pluralism. It's as if the prompt were, "write me an obama speech but make it white supremacist." Hasn't been president in a decade but they're still biting
Maybe, but I’m extremely skeptical of an article relying on James Carville, David Shor, and Lakshya Jain to make the case.
This slogan—[X] is not truly a red state; it’s *really* a nonvoting state—is plastered all over the social media pages of local chapters of the Democratic party down in the South. Is it true?
The latest edition of The Opposition from @lauren-egan.bsky.social: lnk.thebulwark.com/40aVnrl
The latest edition of The Opposition from @lauren-egan.bsky.social: lnk.thebulwark.com/40aVnrl
The Never-Ending Chase for the Mythical Non-Voter Bloc
Some Democrats insist their path back to power will come through higher turnout. The facts say otherwise.
lnk.thebulwark.com
February 16, 2026 at 5:15 PM
Maybe, but I’m extremely skeptical of an article relying on James Carville, David Shor, and Lakshya Jain to make the case.
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pretty stunning chart
February 15, 2026 at 7:58 PM
pretty stunning chart
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OK. It was The Smoking Gun. They deserved for me to remember their name. I plead getting older.
I bring them up because what they published shows what was publicly know about Jeffrey Epstein and when, which is important to evaluate the character of the people dealing with him in the 2010s.
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I bring them up because what they published shows what was publicly know about Jeffrey Epstein and when, which is important to evaluate the character of the people dealing with him in the 2010s.
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Trying to remember that small online journalistic outlet that used to publish primary documents, often leaked, that was one of the first to publish the police reports from the early 2000s Jeffrey Epstein investigation.
February 16, 2026 at 2:52 AM
OK. It was The Smoking Gun. They deserved for me to remember their name. I plead getting older.
I bring them up because what they published shows what was publicly know about Jeffrey Epstein and when, which is important to evaluate the character of the people dealing with him in the 2010s.
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I bring them up because what they published shows what was publicly know about Jeffrey Epstein and when, which is important to evaluate the character of the people dealing with him in the 2010s.
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A former Democratic colleague of hers once told me that Susan Collins is “usually there when you don’t need her and never there when you actually do.” The moderate brand she projects is entirely performative. It’s always surprised me that Maine voters don’t seem to care.
February 16, 2026 at 12:16 AM
A former Democratic colleague of hers once told me that Susan Collins is “usually there when you don’t need her and never there when you actually do.” The moderate brand she projects is entirely performative. It’s always surprised me that Maine voters don’t seem to care.
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Is it good or bad that an agency that is technically involved in law enforcement is using ideas from the serial killer playbook?
A female ICE thug posing as a distressed motorist in neighborhoods of Brooklyn Park (63% non-white), MN, to entrap good samaritans. This is the same MO Ted Bundy used to lure his victims to their demise.
February 15, 2026 at 10:57 PM
Is it good or bad that an agency that is technically involved in law enforcement is using ideas from the serial killer playbook?
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Apparently there’s grocery inflation discourse again, but as I’ve been buying groceries for other families during this crisis, often under duress, it’s brought me out of my own optimized grocery spending habits, which rely heavily on Costco. And damn, there is a huge price to pay for being poor.
February 15, 2026 at 7:44 PM
Apparently there’s grocery inflation discourse again, but as I’ve been buying groceries for other families during this crisis, often under duress, it’s brought me out of my own optimized grocery spending habits, which rely heavily on Costco. And damn, there is a huge price to pay for being poor.
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It's galling to contemplate but I really think you have to admit that Musk buying X was an unqualified victory. It can't be exaggerated just how much prominent journalists, pundits, business type, etc. mistake the vibe on X for "how the country is feeling."
February 15, 2026 at 8:50 PM
It's galling to contemplate but I really think you have to admit that Musk buying X was an unqualified victory. It can't be exaggerated just how much prominent journalists, pundits, business type, etc. mistake the vibe on X for "how the country is feeling."
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Imagine when The Terminator came out if you told someone that in 40 years the world’s richest weirdo would fill the sky with a communications net, embrace AI, and now promise to build an army of robots, and nobody seems inclined to stop him.
February 15, 2026 at 6:28 PM
Imagine when The Terminator came out if you told someone that in 40 years the world’s richest weirdo would fill the sky with a communications net, embrace AI, and now promise to build an army of robots, and nobody seems inclined to stop him.
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And AOC still doesn't have any formal titles in Congress. But her decision to get behind Harris immediately gave her tons of political cache. The Party has begun adopting her messaging around ICE. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
AOC wants the Democrats to take her seriously. Why Munich could launch her rebirth
Once seen as an insurgent, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has become a team player for the Democratic Party, Eric Garcia writes. Now, she wants to remake what that team looks like
www.independent.co.uk
February 15, 2026 at 6:33 PM
And AOC still doesn't have any formal titles in Congress. But her decision to get behind Harris immediately gave her tons of political cache. The Party has begun adopting her messaging around ICE. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
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AOC speaking in Berlin on Bad Bunny's performance at the Halftime show:
"Just putting those values on television, felt counter cultural rebellious resistant, and that I think speaks so much to the moment that we are in that it was defiant."
"Just putting those values on television, felt counter cultural rebellious resistant, and that I think speaks so much to the moment that we are in that it was defiant."
February 15, 2026 at 6:29 PM
AOC speaking in Berlin on Bad Bunny's performance at the Halftime show:
"Just putting those values on television, felt counter cultural rebellious resistant, and that I think speaks so much to the moment that we are in that it was defiant."
"Just putting those values on television, felt counter cultural rebellious resistant, and that I think speaks so much to the moment that we are in that it was defiant."
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you know Zohran’s doing a good job at actually governing because the dumbest lefties are irrationally crashing out about it
February 15, 2026 at 7:10 PM
you know Zohran’s doing a good job at actually governing because the dumbest lefties are irrationally crashing out about it
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The Dow was at 43,488 when Trump took office. It just hit 50,000.
So if you had invested $43,488 in the US, you would now have $50,000. But if you had invested the same amount in the rest of the world, you would now be worth $60,000.
Lemme do a expla-youtube-nation
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYL5...
So if you had invested $43,488 in the US, you would now have $50,000. But if you had invested the same amount in the rest of the world, you would now be worth $60,000.
Lemme do a expla-youtube-nation
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYL5...
"Dow 50,000" Sound Nice. Until Justin Wolfers Shows You That U.S. Markets Are Coming 21st Out of 23.
What does “Dow 50,000” actually tell you—anything about the economy, or just that a number got bigger?
Dow 50,000 is a milestone, not a measurement. The level of the Dow is basically arbitrary: it’s…
www.youtube.com
February 15, 2026 at 12:52 PM
The Dow was at 43,488 when Trump took office. It just hit 50,000.
So if you had invested $43,488 in the US, you would now have $50,000. But if you had invested the same amount in the rest of the world, you would now be worth $60,000.
Lemme do a expla-youtube-nation
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYL5...
So if you had invested $43,488 in the US, you would now have $50,000. But if you had invested the same amount in the rest of the world, you would now be worth $60,000.
Lemme do a expla-youtube-nation
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYL5...
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This was the exact opposite under Biden, where the US economy was dramatically outperforming the rest of the world
The Dow was at 43,488 when Trump took office. It just hit 50,000.
So if you had invested $43,488 in the US, you would now have $50,000. But if you had invested the same amount in the rest of the world, you would now be worth $60,000.
Lemme do a expla-youtube-nation
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYL5...
So if you had invested $43,488 in the US, you would now have $50,000. But if you had invested the same amount in the rest of the world, you would now be worth $60,000.
Lemme do a expla-youtube-nation
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYL5...
"Dow 50,000" Sound Nice. Until Justin Wolfers Shows You That U.S. Markets Are Coming 21st Out of 23.
What does “Dow 50,000” actually tell you—anything about the economy, or just that a number got bigger?
Dow 50,000 is a milestone, not a measurement. The level of the Dow is basically arbitrary: it’s…
www.youtube.com
February 15, 2026 at 7:21 PM
This was the exact opposite under Biden, where the US economy was dramatically outperforming the rest of the world
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What’s so weird about men in power is how when they face scandal and should step down the world acts like no one else can do their jobs. Bottstein, Wasserman, these aren’t irreplaceable men! Stop with this delusion.
February 15, 2026 at 7:33 PM
What’s so weird about men in power is how when they face scandal and should step down the world acts like no one else can do their jobs. Bottstein, Wasserman, these aren’t irreplaceable men! Stop with this delusion.
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I’m always on the lookout for ways that even people who oppose Trump have accepted his corruption of our system and ideals as the way things ought to be. It’s most apparent to me in the “Obama/Biden should have trawled through DoJ files and released the ones that damaged their opponents.” (1/)
February 15, 2026 at 7:40 PM
I’m always on the lookout for ways that even people who oppose Trump have accepted his corruption of our system and ideals as the way things ought to be. It’s most apparent to me in the “Obama/Biden should have trawled through DoJ files and released the ones that damaged their opponents.” (1/)
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The @ACLU has filed a class action damages suit against federal & state officers over an Idaho immigration raid last October. 200 armed officers raided a horse-race festival, detaining 400 Latinos for 4 hrs. All adults & many teens ziptied & searched.
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#1 in Rodriguez v. Porter (D. Idaho, 1:26-cv-00075) – CourtListener.com
COMPLAINT against All Defendants ( Filing fee $ 405 receipt number AIDDC-3055371.), filed by All Plaintiffs. (Attachments: # 1 Cover Sheet Civil Cover Sheet, # 2 Cover Sheet Civil Cover Sheet Attachme...
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February 15, 2026 at 7:15 PM
The @ACLU has filed a class action damages suit against federal & state officers over an Idaho immigration raid last October. 200 armed officers raided a horse-race festival, detaining 400 Latinos for 4 hrs. All adults & many teens ziptied & searched.
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"Explicitly intertwining the aspirations and fate of SpaceX with Musk’s CSAM generating social media website, his AI bullshit machines, and his right wing political project is horrifying and monopolistic."
www.404media.co/this-spacex-...
www.404media.co/this-spacex-...
This SpaceX Situation: Not Good!
Elon Musk's political projects are combining into a highly concerning megacompany.
www.404media.co
February 15, 2026 at 5:25 PM
"Explicitly intertwining the aspirations and fate of SpaceX with Musk’s CSAM generating social media website, his AI bullshit machines, and his right wing political project is horrifying and monopolistic."
www.404media.co/this-spacex-...
www.404media.co/this-spacex-...