Matthew Downhour
@matthewdownhour.bsky.social
Liberal, Montanan. Subscribe to Paine-Wollstonecraft-Douglass-George thought, Bolivar-Juarez-Nkomo-Zelenskyy praxis
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Any merit to bicameralism is defeated by our budget system
Constant wrangling over continuing resolutions creates more, not fewer, opportunities for ill advised changes
With the American government emerging from its longest shut down in history, and with t...
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If the purpose of bi-cameralism is to ensure stability and prevent erratic governance, our current budget system and it's periodic shutdowns defeats that purpose entirely
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The "Peace Plan"
Point 1. We re affirm Ukraine's sovereignty.
Point 2-28. We remove Ukraine's sovereignty.
Point 1. We re affirm Ukraine's sovereignty.
Point 2-28. We remove Ukraine's sovereignty.
November 25, 2025 at 4:06 PM
The "Peace Plan"
Point 1. We re affirm Ukraine's sovereignty.
Point 2-28. We remove Ukraine's sovereignty.
Point 1. We re affirm Ukraine's sovereignty.
Point 2-28. We remove Ukraine's sovereignty.
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“Yang Jiemin, VP of the state-owned company behind the port, said its highly automated operations require 60% fewer workers than traditional ports. It underscores one advantage Chinese companies have in deploying AI versus the U.S.: no independent labor unions.” www.wsj.com/tech/ai/ai-r... (🎁🔗)
Robots and AI Are Already Remaking the Chinese Economy
China’s factories and ports are learning to make and export more goods faster, cheaper and with fewer workers.
www.wsj.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:44 PM
“Yang Jiemin, VP of the state-owned company behind the port, said its highly automated operations require 60% fewer workers than traditional ports. It underscores one advantage Chinese companies have in deploying AI versus the U.S.: no independent labor unions.” www.wsj.com/tech/ai/ai-r... (🎁🔗)
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I’m really basking in this bc during the primary, I got a lot of heat from centrist YIMBY types calling me overly credulous/deluded for saying Zohran would be a good mayor and would support building more housing
never have I been happier to have been vindicated
never have I been happier to have been vindicated
November 25, 2025 at 12:29 AM
I’m really basking in this bc during the primary, I got a lot of heat from centrist YIMBY types calling me overly credulous/deluded for saying Zohran would be a good mayor and would support building more housing
never have I been happier to have been vindicated
never have I been happier to have been vindicated
Increasingly believing in the power of this trend to magnify nostalgia
Tapping the sign that says
“middle class people felt richer in the 50s & 60s because their houses and cars were smaller and many expensive medical treatments were undiscovered leaving them with a greater % discretionary income”
but the font is too small to read
“middle class people felt richer in the 50s & 60s because their houses and cars were smaller and many expensive medical treatments were undiscovered leaving them with a greater % discretionary income”
but the font is too small to read
November 25, 2025 at 7:05 AM
Increasingly believing in the power of this trend to magnify nostalgia
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Lemme translate NextDooreese to you: "other people's cars"
October 10, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Lemme translate NextDooreese to you: "other people's cars"
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We made it to another Friday! And to celebrate, here's NextDoor post that compares building a 21-story tower for seniors in Redwood City to a photo of Guangzhou (population 18.7M)!
Tired: MANHATTANIFICATION
Tired: HONG KONGIFICATION
Wired: GUANGZHOUIFICATION of Redwood City!!!!
Tired: MANHATTANIFICATION
Tired: HONG KONGIFICATION
Wired: GUANGZHOUIFICATION of Redwood City!!!!
October 10, 2025 at 7:00 PM
We made it to another Friday! And to celebrate, here's NextDoor post that compares building a 21-story tower for seniors in Redwood City to a photo of Guangzhou (population 18.7M)!
Tired: MANHATTANIFICATION
Tired: HONG KONGIFICATION
Wired: GUANGZHOUIFICATION of Redwood City!!!!
Tired: MANHATTANIFICATION
Tired: HONG KONGIFICATION
Wired: GUANGZHOUIFICATION of Redwood City!!!!
Unlike a lot of Montanans I try to be nice to Californians who move here but I’ll admit there are two groups I cannot stand (they have a lot of overlap):
-Californians who constantly talk shit about their own state
-“I left because it was getting too woke”
-Californians who constantly talk shit about their own state
-“I left because it was getting too woke”
November 25, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Unlike a lot of Montanans I try to be nice to Californians who move here but I’ll admit there are two groups I cannot stand (they have a lot of overlap):
-Californians who constantly talk shit about their own state
-“I left because it was getting too woke”
-Californians who constantly talk shit about their own state
-“I left because it was getting too woke”
People say they expected Mountain View or Los Altos but this seems right to me - Portola Valley, Atherton, etc, with big low density lots that rarely change hands & thus don’t get re-appraised often
"We label jurisdictions like [these dark blue ones] “municipal tax havens” for the way they shield property wealth from taxation."
Are the dark blue areas the ones that you expected based on that description?
Are the dark blue areas the ones that you expected based on that description?
November 25, 2025 at 6:21 AM
People say they expected Mountain View or Los Altos but this seems right to me - Portola Valley, Atherton, etc, with big low density lots that rarely change hands & thus don’t get re-appraised often
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It's a little unclear in the passage at the end of the first para, is it Glasman himself who "wants to restore dignity in employment and see an end to the cycle of welfare dependency"?
End of the cycle of welfare dependency gives me Clinton flashbacks, makes me want to scream.
End of the cycle of welfare dependency gives me Clinton flashbacks, makes me want to scream.
November 25, 2025 at 12:17 AM
It's a little unclear in the passage at the end of the first para, is it Glasman himself who "wants to restore dignity in employment and see an end to the cycle of welfare dependency"?
End of the cycle of welfare dependency gives me Clinton flashbacks, makes me want to scream.
End of the cycle of welfare dependency gives me Clinton flashbacks, makes me want to scream.
Creates a problem for Hegseth doesn’t speak for Deus how do you know what He Vult?
November 25, 2025 at 3:49 AM
Creates a problem for Hegseth doesn’t speak for Deus how do you know what He Vult?
Bringing this guy up for no reason
November 25, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Bringing this guy up for no reason
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I know some of my more hawkish/R2P mutuals disagree with me here but I stand by this piece, especially with Venezuela ramping up
Regime Change Is Still Illiberal
Few words have become more loaded in the vocabulary of American international relations than ‘regime change’. As documents regarding the origins of the Iraq war became public, it became clear that it...
www.liberalcurrents.com
November 24, 2025 at 10:13 PM
I know some of my more hawkish/R2P mutuals disagree with me here but I stand by this piece, especially with Venezuela ramping up
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Zohran adding YIMBYs to his transition team is resulting in some absolutely incredible Left NIMBY crashouts over on Twitter. This is my favorite.
November 25, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Zohran adding YIMBYs to his transition team is resulting in some absolutely incredible Left NIMBY crashouts over on Twitter. This is my favorite.
Something that the Trump
& Bush regimes share is the reflex for opacity, assuming that the less info is out there, the less they can be criticized
& Bush regimes share is the reflex for opacity, assuming that the less info is out there, the less they can be criticized
Signalgate ended up overshadowing everything but we still have very little idea the exact number of sorties, ordinance used, BDA’s, etc we ran against Yemen hence why there seems to be such little analysis (and what I’m currently writing about for my next article)
Military Refuses to Provide Details About Ongoing Bombing Campaign in Yemen
While some level of secrecy or information delay has always been part of military operations, the shift to actively refusing to provide even the most basic details about what service members are doing...
www.military.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Something that the Trump
& Bush regimes share is the reflex for opacity, assuming that the less info is out there, the less they can be criticized
& Bush regimes share is the reflex for opacity, assuming that the less info is out there, the less they can be criticized
So cool how drivers can and do kill you in literally your own house www.ktvh.com/news/crime-a...
Helena man faces homicide, intoxicated driving charges following East Helena crash
A Helena man is accused of killing a woman and driving while intoxicated following a Saturday evening crash in East Helena.
www.ktvh.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:38 AM
So cool how drivers can and do kill you in literally your own house www.ktvh.com/news/crime-a...
Maintaining my theory that being white-passing helped Assad tremendously in avoiding U.S. regime change
November 25, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Maintaining my theory that being white-passing helped Assad tremendously in avoiding U.S. regime change
Lmao keeping my same reversal of health insurance would cost literally $10,000 more per year this year? Bronze plan here we come
November 24, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Lmao keeping my same reversal of health insurance would cost literally $10,000 more per year this year? Bronze plan here we come
Remember when the media felt obligated to pretend that DOGE checks were a real thing www.heraldmailmedia.com/story/news/2...
DOGE dividend checks: See update on status and qualifications
Are Americans getting a $5,000 DOGE dividend check, refund or other stimulus payments in 2025? Here's what to know about qualifications and status.
www.heraldmailmedia.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Remember when the media felt obligated to pretend that DOGE checks were a real thing www.heraldmailmedia.com/story/news/2...
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November 24, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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A very important part of the country's history!
November 24, 2025 at 10:34 PM
A very important part of the country's history!
I know some of my more hawkish/R2P mutuals disagree with me here but I stand by this piece, especially with Venezuela ramping up
Regime Change Is Still Illiberal
Few words have become more loaded in the vocabulary of American international relations than ‘regime change’. As documents regarding the origins of the Iraq war became public, it became clear that it...
www.liberalcurrents.com
November 24, 2025 at 10:13 PM
I know some of my more hawkish/R2P mutuals disagree with me here but I stand by this piece, especially with Venezuela ramping up
I actually had to look her up to be sure that's she's a Republican. Reaching levels of 'Oh my God! He admit it!" that shouldn't be possible
Rep. Salazar on Venezuela: "We're about to go in ... we need to go in ... Venezuela for the American oil companies will be a field day"
November 24, 2025 at 10:11 PM
I actually had to look her up to be sure that's she's a Republican. Reaching levels of 'Oh my God! He admit it!" that shouldn't be possible
Weird maybe 'concepts of a plan' wasn't actually much to go on
absolutely incredible -- CNN host introduces a segment about Trump's "new healthcare proposal," but less than two minutes later breaks into her script to announce "breaking news" that Trump's healthcare proposal is being postponed
November 24, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Weird maybe 'concepts of a plan' wasn't actually much to go on
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You went into a coma in 2017.
You just woke up today.
You saw this headline.
You say, “That was a good night’s sleep.”
You just woke up today.
You saw this headline.
You say, “That was a good night’s sleep.”
November 24, 2025 at 8:53 PM
You went into a coma in 2017.
You just woke up today.
You saw this headline.
You say, “That was a good night’s sleep.”
You just woke up today.
You saw this headline.
You say, “That was a good night’s sleep.”