Matthew Federman
@matthewfederman.bsky.social
TV/Screenwriter. Co-Creator/EP of Blood and Treasure. Wrote on Limitless, Warehouse 13, Jericho, other stuff.
Post about writing, the industry, neurodiversity (PDA Autism) and other stuff at my website: www.matthewfederman.com
Post about writing, the industry, neurodiversity (PDA Autism) and other stuff at my website: www.matthewfederman.com
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I am far from a perfect father and have no interest in being a Dadfluencer but every now and then I stumble on something and think: this might be helpful for other parents in my situation, and—you gue...
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Take a break from the chaos of the world for the chaos of parenting. New post on my blog about how I've learned to see my kid's meltdowns coming and (sometimes) avoid them. www.matthewfederman.com/pda-blog/pda...
Your regular reminder to not send writers unsolicited material. Anyone you'd want to work with won't read it because of the legal exposure. And definitely don't send stuff with a bunch of AI slop in it. Real actors exist if you want to give people a sense of the character.
January 15, 2026 at 2:59 AM
Your regular reminder to not send writers unsolicited material. Anyone you'd want to work with won't read it because of the legal exposure. And definitely don't send stuff with a bunch of AI slop in it. Real actors exist if you want to give people a sense of the character.
Not to mention that the working man was drawing attention to him blocking the release of the Epstein files. A turducken of scandal, if you will.
January 14, 2026 at 7:28 PM
Not to mention that the working man was drawing attention to him blocking the release of the Epstein files. A turducken of scandal, if you will.
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Bitcoin was invented 16 years ago. If crypto provided any utility beyond buying drugs online, creating a new form of gambling or indulging Libertarian anti-state fantasies, it would have broken into the mainstream by now.
Fed Kashkari still hating on crypto: "It's still basically useless for consumers. I mean, there's, there's nothing you can do with Bitcoin or a stablecoin that you can't already do with Venmo or with your traditional banking products, other than circumventing banking regulation."
January 14, 2026 at 5:47 PM
Bitcoin was invented 16 years ago. If crypto provided any utility beyond buying drugs online, creating a new form of gambling or indulging Libertarian anti-state fantasies, it would have broken into the mainstream by now.
Maher is famous for berating his own TV audience for not laughing at his stale jokes. And those are people that came to see him.
January 14, 2026 at 6:23 AM
Maher is famous for berating his own TV audience for not laughing at his stale jokes. And those are people that came to see him.
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"ICE agents suck and should be prosecuted, and ICE should have its funding cut" is now the majority sensible moderate centrist popularist abundance third way blah blah blah position.
Anyone who says otherwise—as many 'data-driven' 'liberal' pundits still do—is really just MAGA without the hat.
Anyone who says otherwise—as many 'data-driven' 'liberal' pundits still do—is really just MAGA without the hat.
This YouGov poll on ICE is really eye-opening. Public opinion has really swung against DHS/ICE and their terror regime.
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January 13, 2026 at 1:38 AM
"ICE agents suck and should be prosecuted, and ICE should have its funding cut" is now the majority sensible moderate centrist popularist abundance third way blah blah blah position.
Anyone who says otherwise—as many 'data-driven' 'liberal' pundits still do—is really just MAGA without the hat.
Anyone who says otherwise—as many 'data-driven' 'liberal' pundits still do—is really just MAGA without the hat.
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It's *good* that public people who lots of folks pay attention to wore anti-ICE pins to a swanky event. It has gotten coverage. People who do not closely follow politics might get curious and look for information. And under fascism, making public your ethical stance is important in and of itself.
January 12, 2026 at 4:49 AM
It's *good* that public people who lots of folks pay attention to wore anti-ICE pins to a swanky event. It has gotten coverage. People who do not closely follow politics might get curious and look for information. And under fascism, making public your ethical stance is important in and of itself.
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The people who think they voted for Trump because of inflation are about to get what’s left of their lives ruined
What can history teach us about what happens when a populist strongman with an idiosyncratic taste for low interest rates undermines central bank independence?
January 12, 2026 at 2:44 AM
The people who think they voted for Trump because of inflation are about to get what’s left of their lives ruined
Trump messing with the Fed, and affecting the finances of rich people, might be the only thing that saves the Republic.
January 12, 2026 at 2:25 AM
Trump messing with the Fed, and affecting the finances of rich people, might be the only thing that saves the Republic.
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In extraordinary message, Fed chair announces that he’s being extorted/coerced by the US government under color of law.
Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell:
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Statement by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell
YouTube video by Federal Reserve
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January 12, 2026 at 12:51 AM
In extraordinary message, Fed chair announces that he’s being extorted/coerced by the US government under color of law.
Economic power houses, one and all.
Some countries that have prosecuted or threatened to prosecute central bankers for the purpose of political intimidation or punishment for monetary policy decisions: Argentina, Russia, Turkey, Venezuela and Zimbabwe.
January 12, 2026 at 2:20 AM
Economic power houses, one and all.
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Some countries that have prosecuted or threatened to prosecute central bankers for the purpose of political intimidation or punishment for monetary policy decisions: Argentina, Russia, Turkey, Venezuela and Zimbabwe.
January 12, 2026 at 2:01 AM
Some countries that have prosecuted or threatened to prosecute central bankers for the purpose of political intimidation or punishment for monetary policy decisions: Argentina, Russia, Turkey, Venezuela and Zimbabwe.
This alone should be the ad in favor of it.
Peter Thiel, the venture capitalist and chairman of Palantir, donated $3 million to a committee opposing an initiative in California that would impose a new tax on billionaires, according to a new disclosure.
Thiel Gives $3 Million to Group Seeking to Block California Wealth Tax
More large donations from wealthy Silicon Valley figures are expected as they try to marshal opposition to a proposed ballot measure that would impose a new tax on billionaires.
nyti.ms
January 11, 2026 at 9:18 PM
This alone should be the ad in favor of it.
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It's so frustrating to be around these people who are only finally just now waking up & getting outraged.
But there's a reason so many fictional sagas involving the defeat of a great evil involves different and often opposing groups of enemies, even former adversaries, temporarily teaming up.
But there's a reason so many fictional sagas involving the defeat of a great evil involves different and often opposing groups of enemies, even former adversaries, temporarily teaming up.
It's actually a good thing that previously apolitical normies are finally getting angry and starting to speak out. We need the numbers in the streets and at the polls.
If your response to them is "no, fuck you, too late," then you don't actually care about stopping Trump. You're just preening.
If your response to them is "no, fuck you, too late," then you don't actually care about stopping Trump. You're just preening.
January 11, 2026 at 8:06 PM
It's so frustrating to be around these people who are only finally just now waking up & getting outraged.
But there's a reason so many fictional sagas involving the defeat of a great evil involves different and often opposing groups of enemies, even former adversaries, temporarily teaming up.
But there's a reason so many fictional sagas involving the defeat of a great evil involves different and often opposing groups of enemies, even former adversaries, temporarily teaming up.
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January 10, 2026 at 11:23 PM
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Episcopalians going *hard*
“I have asked the clergy of the diocese to make sure their affairs are in order and they have written their wills.,not the time for statements. It is time to put our bodies between the powers of this world and the most vulnerable”. Rob Hirschfeld, Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of New Hampshire
Redirecting...
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January 10, 2026 at 11:08 PM
Episcopalians going *hard*
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The guy who first dressed as Portland Frog, a major symbol of our protest and then other national protests, has been arrested while peacefully protesting. Prints of this painting by Simran Gleason are being sold to support his defense. www.simrangleason.com/prints/p/por... #pdx #protest
January 10, 2026 at 8:46 PM
The guy who first dressed as Portland Frog, a major symbol of our protest and then other national protests, has been arrested while peacefully protesting. Prints of this painting by Simran Gleason are being sold to support his defense. www.simrangleason.com/prints/p/por... #pdx #protest
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If there are *any* Democrats in Congress who will still vote to keep funding this administration when it is using that money to terrorize our cities and refusing to allow congressional representatives their clear right to observe their activities, then those reps need to be primaried into retirement
I was just denied access to the ICE processing center at the Whipple Building.
Members of Congress have a legal right and constitutional responsibility to conduct oversight where people are being detained.
The public deserves to know what is taking place in ICE facilities.
Members of Congress have a legal right and constitutional responsibility to conduct oversight where people are being detained.
The public deserves to know what is taking place in ICE facilities.
JUST NOW: Huge mass of agents in a standoff, weapons drawn as Reps. Ilhan Omar, Angie Craig, and Kelly Morrison attempt to conduct congressional oversight at the Whipple Building, which has been HQ for thousands of ICE agents.
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January 10, 2026 at 6:49 PM
If there are *any* Democrats in Congress who will still vote to keep funding this administration when it is using that money to terrorize our cities and refusing to allow congressional representatives their clear right to observe their activities, then those reps need to be primaried into retirement
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The thing about people saying, “Where are the 2A zealots now?” when bringing up the second amendment as a defense against fascist governments is that the 2A zealots all got hired by ICE because the 2A is actually about controlling minority populations and suppressing slave uprisings.
"The question that you're basically asking is, can our cops arrest them? From a legal perspective, yes. From a practical perspective...they have bigger guns than we do." That's where we're at.
Look out for @mayorjacobfrey.bsky.social on today's Bulwark Podcast with @timmiller.bsky.social!
Look out for @mayorjacobfrey.bsky.social on today's Bulwark Podcast with @timmiller.bsky.social!
January 10, 2026 at 4:47 PM
The thing about people saying, “Where are the 2A zealots now?” when bringing up the second amendment as a defense against fascist governments is that the 2A zealots all got hired by ICE because the 2A is actually about controlling minority populations and suppressing slave uprisings.
Gotta be weird to be a sci-fi or fantasy writer who creates something so impactful that words from it enter the vernacular but then a tech bro co-opts it and makes it toxic forever. And it happens so often you can’t know which one I’m referring to.
January 10, 2026 at 6:24 PM
Gotta be weird to be a sci-fi or fantasy writer who creates something so impactful that words from it enter the vernacular but then a tech bro co-opts it and makes it toxic forever. And it happens so often you can’t know which one I’m referring to.
From the party of States' Rights for me but not for thee.
Breaking News: U.S. agencies blocked Minnesota officials from investigating the fatal shooting a 37-year-old woman by a federal immigration agent, a state official said.
Minn. Officials Say They’re Being Blocked From Investigating Fatal ICE Shooting
Federal officers fired tear gas to disperse early-morning protesters as outrage mounted in Minneapolis over the killing of a 37-year-old woman in her vehicle.
nyti.ms
January 8, 2026 at 7:02 PM
From the party of States' Rights for me but not for thee.
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We’re hosting a national rapid response call tomorrow night to go over concrete next steps. Please circulate - we need a national response. More details to come. www.mobilize.us/indivisible/...
Rapid Response Call: ICE Killing and Lawlessness in Minneapolis · Indivisible
Join us tomorrow, Thursday, January 8th, at 8:00 pm ET / 5:00 pm PT to discuss the killing and lawlessness by ICE in Minneapolis.
We will talk with leaders and provide concrete next steps on how you...
www.mobilize.us
January 7, 2026 at 11:54 PM
We’re hosting a national rapid response call tomorrow night to go over concrete next steps. Please circulate - we need a national response. More details to come. www.mobilize.us/indivisible/...
“The 2nd amendment is sacred because Americans need guns to fight a tyrannical government and also I support ICE.” —Millions of voters apparently
January 8, 2026 at 3:01 AM
“The 2nd amendment is sacred because Americans need guns to fight a tyrannical government and also I support ICE.” —Millions of voters apparently
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Once again, I think citizens of democratic cities and states need to start discussing the odd situation in which we find ourselves — paying the bulk of taxes going to a mafia govt that wants to disenfranchise and kill us.
January 8, 2026 at 12:28 AM
Once again, I think citizens of democratic cities and states need to start discussing the odd situation in which we find ourselves — paying the bulk of taxes going to a mafia govt that wants to disenfranchise and kill us.
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A friendly reminder that ICE officers are already some of the least trained and least educated law enforcement in the federal government — and then the Trump admin cut both standards even more last year.
This seems significant: not a FORMER DHS official, but a SENIOR (current) one saying the officer who fired acted counter to training.
This is not an admin that admits mistakes. And they are hanging this guy out to dry on Day One.
I think they know this is bad. Really bad.
This is not an admin that admits mistakes. And they are hanging this guy out to dry on Day One.
I think they know this is bad. Really bad.
January 7, 2026 at 10:12 PM
A friendly reminder that ICE officers are already some of the least trained and least educated law enforcement in the federal government — and then the Trump admin cut both standards even more last year.
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In a study following 23 million people age 18-59 (pretty young) for 4 years…despite the fact that the ones who got the COVID vaccine were overall older and sicker at baseline, they not only had 74% lower risk of dying from COVID than the unvaccinated but 25% lower risk of dying from any other cause!
January 4, 2026 at 8:59 PM
In a study following 23 million people age 18-59 (pretty young) for 4 years…despite the fact that the ones who got the COVID vaccine were overall older and sicker at baseline, they not only had 74% lower risk of dying from COVID than the unvaccinated but 25% lower risk of dying from any other cause!