Matt McGovern
@mattmcgovern.bsky.social
I post a lot about climate and clean energy, and Wisconsin sports. Marathon runner, husband, dad, Village Trustee and attorney. Pro-democracy. Let’s build safer streets, more homes and a greener Shorewood. Personal account.
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People will die, and are currently dying, because RFK was granted one of the most powerful megaphones in the country. Two people who could have thrown barriers in front of his climb decided not to; there's a sex scandal here but it is not the biggest scandal.
November 26, 2025 at 11:30 PM
People will die, and are currently dying, because RFK was granted one of the most powerful megaphones in the country. Two people who could have thrown barriers in front of his climb decided not to; there's a sex scandal here but it is not the biggest scandal.
Board of Trustees passes new resolution: The new measure takes inspiration from “No Kings” shorewoodripples.com/5404/news/bo...
Board of Trustees passes new resolution
On October 20, the Shorewood Village Board, passed Resolution 2025-15. This resolution states Shorewood’s support of the US Constitution and the rule of law. It directly states the “No Kings” movement...
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November 26, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Board of Trustees passes new resolution: The new measure takes inspiration from “No Kings” shorewoodripples.com/5404/news/bo...
I wish our criminal justice system could be more like Brazil's.
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 5:19 PM
I wish our criminal justice system could be more like Brazil's.
Musk "can unlock a multibillion-dollar award if Tesla averages 1.2 million vehicles annually over the next decade, along with share appreciation. That is about a half-million fewer than the company sold in 2024." www.reuters.com/business/aut...
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November 26, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Musk "can unlock a multibillion-dollar award if Tesla averages 1.2 million vehicles annually over the next decade, along with share appreciation. That is about a half-million fewer than the company sold in 2024." www.reuters.com/business/aut...
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New: @theins.press saw the Witkoff-Dmitriev plan six months ago in draft form—except it was all Dmitriev. Bloomberg reports now Dmitriev told Ushakov he’d pass along a Russian plan and the Americans “can present it as their own”: theins.press/en/politics/...
Made in Moscow: The “U.S. peace plan” for Ukraine was substantially formulated months ago by Kremlin operative Kirill Dmitriev
Since it was first published on Nov. 20, the much-discussed 28-point plan for ending the war in Ukraine has borne all the signs of a Kremlin information operation. In fact, many of its most controvers...
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November 26, 2025 at 1:19 PM
New: @theins.press saw the Witkoff-Dmitriev plan six months ago in draft form—except it was all Dmitriev. Bloomberg reports now Dmitriev told Ushakov he’d pass along a Russian plan and the Americans “can present it as their own”: theins.press/en/politics/...
My 8-year-old asked me why there is never snow on Christmas. There was always snow in Wisconsin on Christmas when I was 8!
November 26, 2025 at 4:23 PM
My 8-year-old asked me why there is never snow on Christmas. There was always snow in Wisconsin on Christmas when I was 8!
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Again, she is welcome to caucus with the Democrats at any time until the lawless authoritarianism ends.
November 25, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Again, she is welcome to caucus with the Democrats at any time until the lawless authoritarianism ends.
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the AEB mandate was voluntarily adopted by the entire US auto industry because it has an unambiguous and independently validated impact on safety... eliminating it is the stupidest automotive safety proposal I have heard in my entire life
Exclusive: Republicans plan to challenge vehicle-safety mandates, such as automatic emergency braking and alarms that remind drivers a child is in the back seat.
Senate Committee to Challenge Auto-Safety Mandates That Hurt ‘Affordability’
Republicans are questioning the value of some features, such as automatic braking and rear-seat reminders.
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November 25, 2025 at 9:00 PM
the AEB mandate was voluntarily adopted by the entire US auto industry because it has an unambiguous and independently validated impact on safety... eliminating it is the stupidest automotive safety proposal I have heard in my entire life
No place for this in a free society. "Contractors would confirm home and work addresses for people targeted for removal by—among other techniques—photographing residences, documenting comings and goings, and staking out workplaces and apartment complexes." www.wired.com/story/ice-bo...
ICE Offers Up to $280 Million to Immigrant-Tracking ‘Bounty Hunter’ Firms
Immigration and Customs Enforcement lifted a $180 million cap on a proposed immigrant-tracking program while guaranteeing multimillion-dollar payouts for private surveillance firms.
www.wired.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:54 PM
No place for this in a free society. "Contractors would confirm home and work addresses for people targeted for removal by—among other techniques—photographing residences, documenting comings and goings, and staking out workplaces and apartment complexes." www.wired.com/story/ice-bo...
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This is called “chain refoulment” and it’s illegal under both U.S. and international law. And the State Department and ICE know very well what Ghana is doing and simply don’t care.
ICE deported a woman who owned a home in the US for 30 years. A judge banned ICE from deporting her to Sierra Leone where she had been tortured, so it deported her to Ghana, which kidnapped her and sent her back Sierra Leone anyway. ICE is part of this illegal conspiracy.
November 25, 2025 at 7:30 PM
This is called “chain refoulment” and it’s illegal under both U.S. and international law. And the State Department and ICE know very well what Ghana is doing and simply don’t care.
EVs keep getting better and more affordable.
Mercedes-Benz finally has details on the U.S.-spec CLA-Class electric sedan. And it's a certified long-distance runner.
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Mercedes' Electric CLA-Class Packs A Ton Of EV Range For $47,250
The 2026 Mercedes-Benz CLA 250+ with EQ Technology brings up to 374 miles of range in the U.S., with a compelling starting price.
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November 25, 2025 at 7:16 PM
EVs keep getting better and more affordable.
So much pointless suffering delivered by Trump.
Woman deported from Maryland shown on video being dragged in Ghana
Rabbiatu Kuyateh was detained this summer at her annual ICE check-in, her son said. She moved to the D.C. area 30 years ago as she fled civil war in Sierra Leone.
www.nbcwashington.com/investigatio...
Rabbiatu Kuyateh was detained this summer at her annual ICE check-in, her son said. She moved to the D.C. area 30 years ago as she fled civil war in Sierra Leone.
www.nbcwashington.com/investigatio...
Woman deported from Maryland shown on video being dragged in Ghana
Rabbiatu Kuyateh was detained this summer at her annual ICE check-in, her son said. She moved to the D.C. area 30 years ago as she fled civil war in Sierra Leone.
www.nbcwashington.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:15 AM
So much pointless suffering delivered by Trump.
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Today, after months of requests, I toured the Broadview ICE Processing Facility. I want to share what I saw.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
November 25, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Today, after months of requests, I toured the Broadview ICE Processing Facility. I want to share what I saw.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
Tired: forgetting the lessons of the Vietnam War to invade Iraq.
Wired: forgetting the lessons of the Iraq War to invade Venezuela.
Wired: forgetting the lessons of the Iraq War to invade Venezuela.
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 10:47 PM
Tired: forgetting the lessons of the Vietnam War to invade Iraq.
Wired: forgetting the lessons of the Iraq War to invade Venezuela.
Wired: forgetting the lessons of the Iraq War to invade Venezuela.
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We have gotten so used to Great Replacement becoming normalized that most people hardly noticed that a racist, antisemitic, xenophobic conspiracy theory popularized by mass shooters and 4chan trolls is now government policy.
The U.S. State Department is repeating a white nationalist conspiracy theory.
On Friday, it claimed that “mass migration poses an existential threat to Western civilization.”
That line comes straight from the Great Replacement myth: the lie that immigration is a plot to erase white populations.
On Friday, it claimed that “mass migration poses an existential threat to Western civilization.”
That line comes straight from the Great Replacement myth: the lie that immigration is a plot to erase white populations.
November 24, 2025 at 9:00 PM
We have gotten so used to Great Replacement becoming normalized that most people hardly noticed that a racist, antisemitic, xenophobic conspiracy theory popularized by mass shooters and 4chan trolls is now government policy.
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The streetcar is mediocre, but low stakes. The highway expansion is a bloated, hulking boondoggle. But the real transportation issue we should be confronting in the Milwaukee metro is that the bus system is headed toward a "death spiral." www.therecombobulationarea.news/p/the-highwa...
The highway and the streetcar (and what we're missing)
As highway widening gets unceremoniously underway and the latest streetcar debate goes in another circle, the bus system and looming cuts to key routes seems left behind.
www.therecombobulationarea.news
November 24, 2025 at 5:14 PM
The streetcar is mediocre, but low stakes. The highway expansion is a bloated, hulking boondoggle. But the real transportation issue we should be confronting in the Milwaukee metro is that the bus system is headed toward a "death spiral." www.therecombobulationarea.news/p/the-highwa...
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It’s like the people behind the Fyre Festival decided to throw a little war
Really looks like the United States is about to launch a regime change war against Venezuela with:
-No casus belli
-No authorization from Congress
-No allies or international support
-No plan for a post-Maduro Venezuela
-No preparation for any sort of stabilization or containment of the fallout
-No casus belli
-No authorization from Congress
-No allies or international support
-No plan for a post-Maduro Venezuela
-No preparation for any sort of stabilization or containment of the fallout
November 24, 2025 at 3:59 PM
It’s like the people behind the Fyre Festival decided to throw a little war
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PUNCHBOWL: “.. GOP members messaged us over the weekend saying that they, too, are considering retiring in the middle of the term. Here’s one particularly exercised senior House Republican:
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November 24, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Hurry up!
"The reality, however, is that fossil fuels alone won’t be enough to meet the nation’s energy needs. The combination of more data centers and fewer renewables is spiking average Americans’ electric bills. Natural gas prices are up, thanks to Mr. Trump’s export deals." www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/o...
Opinion | The Real Reason Trump Is Fawning Over Saudi Arabia’s Ruler
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November 24, 2025 at 3:44 PM
"The reality, however, is that fossil fuels alone won’t be enough to meet the nation’s energy needs. The combination of more data centers and fewer renewables is spiking average Americans’ electric bills. Natural gas prices are up, thanks to Mr. Trump’s export deals." www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/o...
"rates for residential and business customers in the Electric Reliability Council of Texas are 24% lower than the national average . . . rates would be substantially higher without the solar power and energy storage capacity brought online here in recent years" www.utilitydive.com/news/texas-i...
Texas is winning the energy war by ignoring the politics
The Lone Star State is demonstrating an affordable and reliable path to achieving American energy resilience that prioritizes practicality over ideology, writes Amperon CEO Sean Kelly.
www.utilitydive.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:29 PM
"rates for residential and business customers in the Electric Reliability Council of Texas are 24% lower than the national average . . . rates would be substantially higher without the solar power and energy storage capacity brought online here in recent years" www.utilitydive.com/news/texas-i...
I wish there were more station wagons like this available for sale today www.jalopnik.com/2032720/1994...
At $6,500, Is This 1994 Chevy Caprice Classic Estate A Lumbering Deal? - Jalopnik
The seller of today's Caprice describes part of the car as being in nine out of ten condition. Let's see where we place its price tag in light of that ranking.
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November 24, 2025 at 3:06 PM
I wish there were more station wagons like this available for sale today www.jalopnik.com/2032720/1994...
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The irony of these people complaining about the invented dangers of immigrants and then welcoming brain pollution from overseas hustlers.
Twitter pays people based on engagement (views, retweets, comments, etc). It appears that many MAGA accounts are based abroad and they use AI technology to generate low-effort rage bait.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
November 23, 2025 at 1:46 PM
The irony of these people complaining about the invented dangers of immigrants and then welcoming brain pollution from overseas hustlers.
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For a decade, Russia has been seeking to divide Europe and America, to undermine NATO and weaken the transatlantic alliance. This peace plan, if accepted, will achieve that goal.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
The Murky Plan That Ensures a Future War
Who will benefit from the White House’s 28-point proposal for Ukraine?
www.theatlantic.com
November 22, 2025 at 10:05 PM
For a decade, Russia has been seeking to divide Europe and America, to undermine NATO and weaken the transatlantic alliance. This peace plan, if accepted, will achieve that goal.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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Rewarding a dictator-aggressor always leads to another war. One that is usually even worse.
November 21, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Rewarding a dictator-aggressor always leads to another war. One that is usually even worse.