Matthew Triponey
@matthewtriponey.bsky.social
Publish my book! My mom loved it! I post like I'm famous. My opinions are not my employer's, but they should be. he/him
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Here lies Matt, 1991-whenever, 11th Most Popular Letterboxd Review of Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo.
I would really like to see at least 50% fewer daily legacy media articles about how sexy RFK is, thanks please.
November 26, 2025 at 12:43 AM
I would really like to see at least 50% fewer daily legacy media articles about how sexy RFK is, thanks please.
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The word 'Orwellian' is overused, but calling countries with active human rights protections 'human rights violators' is pure doublespeak.
Countries that have abortion access, DEI policies or protection for LGBTQ+ people will be considered “human rights violators“ by the Trump regime
We’re in the upside down.
www.forbes.com/sites/maryro...
We’re in the upside down.
www.forbes.com/sites/maryro...
Abortion And DEI Policies Now Considered Violations Of Human Rights, U.S. Says
The Trump administration has overhauled how the State Department conducts its annual Human Rights Report.
www.forbes.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:02 PM
The word 'Orwellian' is overused, but calling countries with active human rights protections 'human rights violators' is pure doublespeak.
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"SBF goes MAGA, gets pardon from Trump" is one of the bingo square I am most confident in checking off before the end of the term
I was wondering how long it would take our broken, desiccated, decadent culture to rehabilitate this guy.
Sam Bankman-Fried Goes on the Offensive
Two years after he was found guilty of fraud, FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried is pursuing a legal appeal—and firing up his X account.
www.wired.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:43 PM
"SBF goes MAGA, gets pardon from Trump" is one of the bingo square I am most confident in checking off before the end of the term
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November 25, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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She has it exactly backwards. The domestic deployments to date are a much weaker case for being so manifestly illegal as to justify refusal; that's a high bar. The boat strikes are outright unambiguous murder, everyone in that chain down to the one pulling the trigger has had a clear duty to refuse.
Sen. Slotkin said today—to my surprise—that she's unaware of any illegal orders *so far*.
abcnews.go.com/Politics/wee...
abcnews.go.com/Politics/wee...
November 24, 2025 at 12:24 AM
She has it exactly backwards. The domestic deployments to date are a much weaker case for being so manifestly illegal as to justify refusal; that's a high bar. The boat strikes are outright unambiguous murder, everyone in that chain down to the one pulling the trigger has had a clear duty to refuse.
It is mind-boggling that they are not hiding but intentionally foregrounding “the oil companies would be so happy” as an argument in this latest round of war consent manufacturing. A war of pure greed and they don’t care who knows it.
Rep. Salazar: "We're gonna be doing a favor to us, to our children, to our economy, to our oil companies to be able to liberate. And to Venezuelans who wants to be free."
November 24, 2025 at 9:37 PM
It is mind-boggling that they are not hiding but intentionally foregrounding “the oil companies would be so happy” as an argument in this latest round of war consent manufacturing. A war of pure greed and they don’t care who knows it.
An absolute Hall of Fame-level exercise in "you will never guess what this is replying to."
The damned in hell are not more powerful for the fact that the fires do not consume them; it is part and parcel of their torment.
November 24, 2025 at 11:04 AM
An absolute Hall of Fame-level exercise in "you will never guess what this is replying to."
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answer is great but also it's telling that the guy who's been saying this since day 1 has to answer about whether he's an antisemite for 5 min every interview while the same people grin vacantly at the jewish space lasers lady and call her a brave warrior
WELKER: What is your message to Jewish New Yorkers who feel you won't be tough enough in your response to antisemitism?
MAMDANI: That I am looking forward to being the next mayor and fulfilling the commitment I've made to Jewish New Yorkers to not only protect them but to celebrate and cherish them
MAMDANI: That I am looking forward to being the next mayor and fulfilling the commitment I've made to Jewish New Yorkers to not only protect them but to celebrate and cherish them
November 23, 2025 at 4:26 PM
answer is great but also it's telling that the guy who's been saying this since day 1 has to answer about whether he's an antisemite for 5 min every interview while the same people grin vacantly at the jewish space lasers lady and call her a brave warrior
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This is a story about how America’s world-leading cancer and dementia research system was destroyed by frauds and naifs who broke the law.
There must be consequences.
There must be consequences.
Some incredible details in this piece
*one DOGE faction was planning the future of the US government at a venture capital firm
*illegally communicating on Signal to avoid transparency laws was deeply embedded into organizational culture to be taken for granted
*one DOGE faction was planning the future of the US government at a venture capital firm
*illegally communicating on Signal to avoid transparency laws was deeply embedded into organizational culture to be taken for granted
November 22, 2025 at 10:12 PM
This is a story about how America’s world-leading cancer and dementia research system was destroyed by frauds and naifs who broke the law.
There must be consequences.
There must be consequences.
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to whom it may concern in the national media: it is perhaps worth further investigation that the answer to “who is in charge of foreign policy” appears to be whoever is currently answering the phone
or that we do not, in fact, appear to have any coherent foreign policy
or that we do not, in fact, appear to have any coherent foreign policy
State Dept. Spokesperson now refuting GOP and Dem senators’ account of their joint briefing from Rubio - and claiming the 28 point plan IS authored by the US.
Hard to believe several senators would have fundamentally misunderstood what Rubio told them.
Breathtakingly dysfunctional government.
Hard to believe several senators would have fundamentally misunderstood what Rubio told them.
Breathtakingly dysfunctional government.
November 23, 2025 at 3:28 AM
to whom it may concern in the national media: it is perhaps worth further investigation that the answer to “who is in charge of foreign policy” appears to be whoever is currently answering the phone
or that we do not, in fact, appear to have any coherent foreign policy
or that we do not, in fact, appear to have any coherent foreign policy
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When I talk to students about public speaking or teaching, I always bring this up: Just tell people when you don't know something! It's remarkably powerful b/c it signals to your audience that you know the boundaries of your expertise and they can trust what you DO talk about.
completely outside of politics, this is so charming
November 22, 2025 at 5:18 PM
When I talk to students about public speaking or teaching, I always bring this up: Just tell people when you don't know something! It's remarkably powerful b/c it signals to your audience that you know the boundaries of your expertise and they can trust what you DO talk about.
Jokes aside, the Trump/Mamdani meeting didn't affect me much in any direction. There wasn't a way to "win." Mamdani had to weigh the need to treat Trump like the global threat that he is against the understanding that going in guns blazing would've had NYC under military occupation the next day.
November 23, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Jokes aside, the Trump/Mamdani meeting didn't affect me much in any direction. There wasn't a way to "win." Mamdani had to weigh the need to treat Trump like the global threat that he is against the understanding that going in guns blazing would've had NYC under military occupation the next day.
One of the most cartoonishly evil countries on the planet.
"Countries with state subsidies for abortion, transgender-friendly policies for children, hate speech laws and affirmative action policies will now be considered to be violating human rights under rules imposed at the [US] State Department..."
www.forbes.com/sites/maryro...
www.forbes.com/sites/maryro...
Abortion And DEI Policies Now Considered Violations Of Human Rights, U.S. Says
The Trump administration has overhauled how the State Department conducts its annual Human Rights Report.
www.forbes.com
November 22, 2025 at 9:05 PM
One of the most cartoonishly evil countries on the planet.
I've been doing a pretty good job of not knowing what's going on with Olivia Nuzzi and the signal I'm getting from you guys tonight is that this has been to my extraordinary benefit.
November 22, 2025 at 10:01 AM
I've been doing a pretty good job of not knowing what's going on with Olivia Nuzzi and the signal I'm getting from you guys tonight is that this has been to my extraordinary benefit.
The funniest thing about the Grok situation yesterday was that most of the answers qualified the claims a bit, like "with the correct amount of training, Elon Musk would be the world's greatest [x]," but when somebody asked if he's the best at drinking piss, Grok was just like "Absolutely!"
November 21, 2025 at 11:30 PM
The funniest thing about the Grok situation yesterday was that most of the answers qualified the claims a bit, like "with the correct amount of training, Elon Musk would be the world's greatest [x]," but when somebody asked if he's the best at drinking piss, Grok was just like "Absolutely!"
Anyone want to take bets on how the right tries to spin this? I'm putting my money on "no no no he's playing four-dimensional chess trying to make leftists hate Zohran."
November 21, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Anyone want to take bets on how the right tries to spin this? I'm putting my money on "no no no he's playing four-dimensional chess trying to make leftists hate Zohran."
It has been truly incredible watching the upper echelons of the US almost universally capitulate to this idiot when he’s SO easy to manipulate.
November 21, 2025 at 10:36 PM
It has been truly incredible watching the upper echelons of the US almost universally capitulate to this idiot when he’s SO easy to manipulate.
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this man has blood on his hands and everyone who supported him and excused him has blood on their hands and I do not want to hear a single fucking Democrat with any position other than "impeach and remove him immediately"
he and his MAHA movement are child killers
he and his MAHA movement are child killers
Breaking News: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he personally instructed the CDC to abandon its position that vaccines do not cause autism. The move underscores his determination to challenge scientific orthodoxy — in this case, that vaccines save lives — and bend the health department to his will.
RFK Jr. Says He Instructed CDC to Change Vaccines and Autism Language on Website
In an interview, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. cited gaps in vaccine safety research. His critics say he is ignoring a larger point: Vaccines save lives.
nyti.ms
November 21, 2025 at 7:02 PM
this man has blood on his hands and everyone who supported him and excused him has blood on their hands and I do not want to hear a single fucking Democrat with any position other than "impeach and remove him immediately"
he and his MAHA movement are child killers
he and his MAHA movement are child killers
ICE is a criminal conspiracy and must be prosecuted as such.
THREAD: Judge Ellis is the first federal judge to review extensive body cam video of DHS's actions in Chicago. She finds that DHS *repeatedly* misled the public and made claims that were disproven by agents' own videos.
I'll go through some of the most egregious ones here.
I'll go through some of the most egregious ones here.
November 20, 2025 at 11:34 PM
ICE is a criminal conspiracy and must be prosecuted as such.
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I know I’m a libtard but I think it’s bad the U.S. president keeps calling for the killing of specific sitting elected officials who didn’t even commit crimes
November 20, 2025 at 5:08 PM
I know I’m a libtard but I think it’s bad the U.S. president keeps calling for the killing of specific sitting elected officials who didn’t even commit crimes
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Now that’s a lede.
Story by @taracopp.bsky.social and @michelleboorstein.bsky.social.
Read here: www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Story by @taracopp.bsky.social and @michelleboorstein.bsky.social.
Read here: www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
November 20, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Now that’s a lede.
Story by @taracopp.bsky.social and @michelleboorstein.bsky.social.
Read here: www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Story by @taracopp.bsky.social and @michelleboorstein.bsky.social.
Read here: www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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Well put by @drrachelbarr.bsky.social
November 19, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Well put by @drrachelbarr.bsky.social
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They lied about it. All of it. A thug cop shot an unarmed woman five times without justification, boasted about it to his colleagues, and then this administration tried cover it all up by arresting her and charging her with felonies.
Absolutely incredible; after shooting Marimar Martinez 5 times and arresting her on claims that she rammed them and pulled a gun, prosecutors have now moved to dismiss ALL criminal charges against her and her codefendant.
New: the govt has moved to dismiss its assault case against Marimar Martinez and Anthony Ian Santos Ruiz, two people accused of "box[ing] in" a Border Patrol vehicle in Chicago on Oct. 4.
One agent shot Martinez, with evidence presented to the court that he later bragged about in text messages.
One agent shot Martinez, with evidence presented to the court that he later bragged about in text messages.
November 20, 2025 at 6:24 PM
They lied about it. All of it. A thug cop shot an unarmed woman five times without justification, boasted about it to his colleagues, and then this administration tried cover it all up by arresting her and charging her with felonies.
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Why did we take a mandatory unit on the Holocaust every year in Hebrew school if not to recognize this pattern
this defies parody. also helps explain why Sec Bessent bizarrely blamed immigrants when confronted with a question about high beef prices
November 20, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Why did we take a mandatory unit on the Holocaust every year in Hebrew school if not to recognize this pattern
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“How dare you call us fascists!”
Trump today: *calls for the death of Democratic officials*
“How dare you call us nazıs!”
Trump admin today: “swastikas are no longer classified as hate symbols”
“How dare you call us racısts!”
Trump admin today: “nooses are no longer classified as hate symbols”
Trump today: *calls for the death of Democratic officials*
“How dare you call us nazıs!”
Trump admin today: “swastikas are no longer classified as hate symbols”
“How dare you call us racısts!”
Trump admin today: “nooses are no longer classified as hate symbols”
November 20, 2025 at 8:14 PM
“How dare you call us fascists!”
Trump today: *calls for the death of Democratic officials*
“How dare you call us nazıs!”
Trump admin today: “swastikas are no longer classified as hate symbols”
“How dare you call us racısts!”
Trump admin today: “nooses are no longer classified as hate symbols”
Trump today: *calls for the death of Democratic officials*
“How dare you call us nazıs!”
Trump admin today: “swastikas are no longer classified as hate symbols”
“How dare you call us racısts!”
Trump admin today: “nooses are no longer classified as hate symbols”