Matthew Borgard
@matthewborgard.com
Writer, programmer, dad. He/Him.
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i think this is a pretty good take on pelosi, who is unquestionably one of the most consequential house speakers in the history of the institution
Opinion | Nancy Pelosi Is an American Political Giant
www.nytimes.com
November 7, 2025 at 3:00 PM
i think this is a pretty good take on pelosi, who is unquestionably one of the most consequential house speakers in the history of the institution
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I’m gonna say something controversial: I actually don’t think chickpea anxiety is real
October 3, 2025 at 6:00 AM
I’m gonna say something controversial: I actually don’t think chickpea anxiety is real
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Dear gestapo trash:
September 20, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Dear gestapo trash:
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The Washington Post now has no Black Opinion columnists - none - at a time when white nationalism is ascendant in our nation. I am grateful to Karen for the truth and fearlessness her work has always shown. Keep shining that light, my friend.
Some personal news:
I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting.
Thread incoming.
substack.com/@karenattiah...
I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting.
Thread incoming.
substack.com/@karenattiah...
The Washington Post Fired Me — But My Voice Will Not Be Silenced.
I spoke out against hatred and violence in America — and it cost me my job.
substack.com
September 15, 2025 at 11:23 AM
The Washington Post now has no Black Opinion columnists - none - at a time when white nationalism is ascendant in our nation. I am grateful to Karen for the truth and fearlessness her work has always shown. Keep shining that light, my friend.
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horrified they weren’t quick enough to keep her from spreading this kind of vile hate speech on TV. for those who don’t know, “go birds” is a coded expression of support for the Philadelphia Eagles
"I just want to say, go birds, fuck ICE and free Palestine," "Hacks" star Hannah Einbinder at the #Emmys
September 15, 2025 at 12:54 AM
horrified they weren’t quick enough to keep her from spreading this kind of vile hate speech on TV. for those who don’t know, “go birds” is a coded expression of support for the Philadelphia Eagles
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there is this whole clique of people who simultaneously insist that liberals should have tougher skin and stop getting so upset about slurs and then also lose their minds when i say harsh words about their work or person
September 13, 2025 at 12:38 PM
there is this whole clique of people who simultaneously insist that liberals should have tougher skin and stop getting so upset about slurs and then also lose their minds when i say harsh words about their work or person
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no noah, i wrote that post because i think you are a weird antisocial loser and i want you to know that
He actually wrote that Jamelle insulting him is bad for America
September 13, 2025 at 12:28 PM
no noah, i wrote that post because i think you are a weird antisocial loser and i want you to know that
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This is not true. Blackstone owns 0.06% of the single family homes in America. There is no market where they own more than 1% of the homes.
Nobody has a monopoly on housing. 2/3 of American households own their homes and rental housing is a VERY diversified and competitive industry.
Nobody has a monopoly on housing. 2/3 of American households own their homes and rental housing is a VERY diversified and competitive industry.
September 8, 2025 at 12:50 PM
This is not true. Blackstone owns 0.06% of the single family homes in America. There is no market where they own more than 1% of the homes.
Nobody has a monopoly on housing. 2/3 of American households own their homes and rental housing is a VERY diversified and competitive industry.
Nobody has a monopoly on housing. 2/3 of American households own their homes and rental housing is a VERY diversified and competitive industry.
9/11 news coverage
July 11, 2025 at 11:38 PM
9/11 news coverage
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Name something you remember watching in this!
July 11, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Name something you remember watching in this!
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Sounds like ICE killed a guy and then held american citizens hostage at gunpoint until they agreed to destroy the evidence
Our staff is on the ground supporting families. Many workers-including US citizens, were held by federal authorities at the farm for 8 hours or more. US citizen workers report only being released after they were forced to delete photos and videos of the raid from their phones. 4/
July 11, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Sounds like ICE killed a guy and then held american citizens hostage at gunpoint until they agreed to destroy the evidence
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After media reports & experts warned for months that drastic & sudden cuts at the Nat Weather Service by Trump could impair their forecasting ability & endanger lives during the storm season, TX officials blame an inaccurate forecast by NWS for the deadly results of the flood.
July 5, 2025 at 10:19 AM
After media reports & experts warned for months that drastic & sudden cuts at the Nat Weather Service by Trump could impair their forecasting ability & endanger lives during the storm season, TX officials blame an inaccurate forecast by NWS for the deadly results of the flood.
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"Writes often about I.Q. and race" is an all-timer NY Times style euphemism
July 4, 2025 at 12:28 AM
"Writes often about I.Q. and race" is an all-timer NY Times style euphemism
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the destruction of chattel slavery is one of the great accomplishments in our nation's history and the reason conservatives hate celebrating it is because doing so legitimizes the black counter-narrative of the united states
June 19, 2025 at 4:01 PM
the destruction of chattel slavery is one of the great accomplishments in our nation's history and the reason conservatives hate celebrating it is because doing so legitimizes the black counter-narrative of the united states
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I remember being really fascinated by the Zelda Timeline and I got the book and everything and when I sat down to really digest it I felt such enormous clarity that I actually didn't give a shit at all and chasing this kind of thing is not only goofy but antithetical to creation.
Gamer’s we’re moving away from this mentality in 2025.
We don’t need official timelines. Sometimes things can just happen. Imagine your grandpa consulting a diagram to figure out when the Three Stooges worked as chimney sweeps versus working at the lumberyard.
We don’t need official timelines. Sometimes things can just happen. Imagine your grandpa consulting a diagram to figure out when the Three Stooges worked as chimney sweeps versus working at the lumberyard.
June 18, 2025 at 6:06 PM
I remember being really fascinated by the Zelda Timeline and I got the book and everything and when I sat down to really digest it I felt such enormous clarity that I actually didn't give a shit at all and chasing this kind of thing is not only goofy but antithetical to creation.
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If you come to college with 1) a constantly inflating debt-bomb hovering over your head, 2) the understanding that the diploma you earn won't secure you a stable income and 3) an idea that college is a tedious roadblock to be hurdled before your real life begins...
Yeah, no shit they cheat.
Yeah, no shit they cheat.
May 14, 2025 at 12:56 AM
If you come to college with 1) a constantly inflating debt-bomb hovering over your head, 2) the understanding that the diploma you earn won't secure you a stable income and 3) an idea that college is a tedious roadblock to be hurdled before your real life begins...
Yeah, no shit they cheat.
Yeah, no shit they cheat.
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re: this thread, i've always thought that the original error of the prequels as a narrative is that they are ostensibly anakin's story when they ought to be obi wan's, especially since obi wan is, as a character, perfectly positioned to star in the story nathan describes
The retcon that the Clone troopers carried Order 66 because they had brain-control chips really strikes me as emblematic of why the Prequels fail:
This should be the story of the Jedi and Republic embracing an industrialized mass-murder machine out of expediency, and where that inevitably leads.
This should be the story of the Jedi and Republic embracing an industrialized mass-murder machine out of expediency, and where that inevitably leads.
May 6, 2025 at 9:48 PM
re: this thread, i've always thought that the original error of the prequels as a narrative is that they are ostensibly anakin's story when they ought to be obi wan's, especially since obi wan is, as a character, perfectly positioned to star in the story nathan describes
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This is straight up nazi shit. The nazis published propaganda on Jewish crime. If this were blackcrimeuk or immigrantcrimeuk everyone would see it for the bigoted shit that it is.
April 29, 2025 at 12:31 PM
This is straight up nazi shit. The nazis published propaganda on Jewish crime. If this were blackcrimeuk or immigrantcrimeuk everyone would see it for the bigoted shit that it is.
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They just pinned these up in the China/Japan locker room:
April 23, 2025 at 10:52 PM
They just pinned these up in the China/Japan locker room:
My pronouns are he, but not him. Because I'll never be him.
April 17, 2025 at 8:24 PM
My pronouns are he, but not him. Because I'll never be him.
I legitimately didn't have "Trump uses Palestinian protests as the primary catalyst for their concentration camps" in my forecast. Like, I knew they were gonna be bad on both, but Christ.
April 14, 2025 at 10:35 PM
I legitimately didn't have "Trump uses Palestinian protests as the primary catalyst for their concentration camps" in my forecast. Like, I knew they were gonna be bad on both, but Christ.
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My elder millennial take is that Uber, Netflix, Airbnb, Doordash, etc. started out being very cheap alternatives to established industries then once they destroyed those industries they became a worser expensive version of the thing they disrupted.
i miss when ubers were $10 for a 40 min ride
April 10, 2025 at 6:19 PM
My elder millennial take is that Uber, Netflix, Airbnb, Doordash, etc. started out being very cheap alternatives to established industries then once they destroyed those industries they became a worser expensive version of the thing they disrupted.