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Matt McNeil Show @mattmcneilshow.bsky.social · Aug 1

I've finally done it! Here is my first Starter Pack!

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Matt McNeil Show @mattmcneilshow.bsky.social · 3h

You’re making a big assumption without even scrolling my timeline.

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Matt McNeil Show @mattmcneilshow.bsky.social · 8h

Morning you! 😃

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Matt McNeil Show @mattmcneilshow.bsky.social · 8h

We are all the light for someone else. Shine Bright!

Morning Jaye!!!

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Matt McNeil Show @mattmcneilshow.bsky.social · 9h

Good morning, Brenda. Off to the grocery store!

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Matt McNeil Show @mattmcneilshow.bsky.social · 9h

Morning Bob!

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Matt McNeil Show @mattmcneilshow.bsky.social · 9h

The craziest thing about this story is the white person pictured WAS THE ACTUAL SUSPECT. And they "detained" him???

Ask for more money!!!

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Former Cardinals player wrongfully detained to file lawsuit

Former Arizona Cardinals player Wesley Leasy has filed a claim against Mesa and Phoenix Police after he and his daughter were mistakenly held at gunpoint.

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Matt McNeil Show @mattmcneilshow.bsky.social · 9h

These were not hardened, seasoned terrorists. They were just kids, most of them under the age of 10.

18,457. www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...

Young lives cut short on an unimaginable scale: the 18,457 children on Gaza’s list of war dead

Every name on a list compiled by health authorities in Gaza of the child victims of Israel’s offensive

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Matt McNeil Show @mattmcneilshow.bsky.social · 9h

The next editorial from the @washingtonpost.com:

"Why you need to thank Trump for all your new free time, after the bank foreclosed on your farm!" www.rawstory.com/washington-p...

'Stunning, but not': Observers rip Washington Post for 'humiliating' op-ed on Trump

Observers ripped The Washington Post's editorial board on Wednesday for publishing an op-ed that they said tried to recast key parts of Special Counsel Jack Smith's criminal investigation of President...

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Matt McNeil Show @mattmcneilshow.bsky.social · 14h

I posted the video earlier today.

Matt McNeil Show @mattmcneilshow.bsky.social · 18h

The first picture is of me earlier this evening. Empty, soulless, and with no purpose (basically me every day in this nightmare world).

The second picture is me after I got the new @gullyboysband.bsky.social album! Vibrant, full, rutting, and happy!

Live the adventure, kids. Get the album!

Matt McNeil Show @mattmcneilshow.bsky.social · 20h

Here is the entire @minnpost.bsky.social story: www.minnpost.com/fact-briefs/...

Did Minnesota change its state flag without public input?

The State Emblems Redesign Commission held 18 total meetings during the state flag and seal redesign process, which drew 21,882 comments.

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Matt McNeil Show @mattmcneilshow.bsky.social · 21h

This is top-notch journalism. Factual, honest, and succinct. Nice job, Brian and @minnpost.bsky.social!

Matt McNeil Show @mattmcneilshow.bsky.social · 21h

Robbinsdale School District is an absolute mess. I'd open enroll out of it.

I wonder how much of this is the structural changes to education individual school districts put in place in the 2010s failing, and the people behind them refusing to realize it's not working. www.kare11.com/article/news...

Turmoil continues in Robbinsdale Public Schools as board member resigns

The resignation of board member Kim Holmes is just the latest development to keep the Robbinsdale Public Schools in the headlines, for all the wrong reasons.

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Matt McNeil Show @mattmcneilshow.bsky.social · 21h

Echoing what Pritzker said, Walz thinks Trump is going to send in the troops even though there is no justification. It's about stopping the 2026 election.

Were the hacks who put out the anti-Minneapolis hate-porn part of this whole scheme from the beginning? minnesotareformer.com/2025/10/07/w...

Walz: I anticipate Trump will send troops to Minnesota • Minnesota Reformer

Gov. Tim Walz said he anticipates President Donald Trump will send troops to the Twin Cities as part of the president’s campaign to target Democratic-led cities under the pretext of stamping out viole...

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Matt McNeil Show @mattmcneilshow.bsky.social · 21h

I completely understand; Bad guy! You have to be careful, but please tell me the damage to this dudes face wasn't AFTER you handcuffed him. That isn't your job. bringmethenews.com/minnesota-ne...

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Matt McNeil Show @mattmcneilshow.bsky.social · 21h

Potty Break! www.startribune.com/best-bathroo...

See the Minnesota park bathroom that won an award for best in the country

The park facilities “raise expectations for public spaces everywhere,” according to Cintas, which gives out the award.

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Matt McNeil Show @mattmcneilshow.bsky.social · 21h

This is dark, but it's spot on.

Outside of I do not think Trump wants to be in office past 2028. I think this is all about ensuring he never once faces any level of accountability. www.rawstory.com/trump-dictat...

Trump's 5-point plan to 'rule forever' exposed by senator

U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy, one of the most outspoken members of the Democratic Party, took to the Senate floor to explain what he says is President Donald Trump “enacting a well thought out plan so he an...

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Matt McNeil Show @mattmcneilshow.bsky.social · 21h

For all of your National Pet Obesity Awareness Day, #JeffStein-themed, gift-giving needs:

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The #IowaBusinessReport and the @iowapolitics.bsky.social Report come to us via News/Talk @kxel1540.bsky.social! soundcloud.com/newstalk1540...

Iowa Politics with Jeff Stein -- Wed. Oct. 08, 2025

News/Talk 1540 KXEL is an AM radio station serving the Waterloo/Cedar Falls and Cedar Rapids areas in Iowa. The Voice of Eastern Iowa, News/Talk 1540 KXEL features

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Matt McNeil Show @mattmcneilshow.bsky.social · 21h

Today, @iowapolitics.bsky.social #JeffStein and I sat astounded at how quickly this country is devolving, with Trump ordering the troops into cities, threatening to arrest Governors and Mayors who dare not be MAGA. And what is ICE's job exactly? #Spotlight Interview! soundcloud.com/user-5879035...

Matt McNeil with Jeff Stein (10/8/25)

It's Matt's weekly Wednesday visit with Matt McNeil! Today they talk about ICE's brutal crackdown in Chicago and Portland, are ICE agents

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Matt McNeil Show @mattmcneilshow.bsky.social · 21h

This is actually a brilliant move by Comey's team. They're going to make Halligan have to argue this isn't personal when it clearly is, and there is evidence! My guess is someone will frantically try to drop the charges before the wheels come completely off. www.rawstory.com/lindsey-hall...

Comey to challenge appointment of Trump's inexperienced handpicked prosecutor

Former FBI Director James Comey will reportedly challenge the appointment of Lindsey Halligan, President Donald Trump's former personal attorney, as the interim U.S. attorney in the Eastern District o...

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Matt McNeil Show @mattmcneilshow.bsky.social · 21h

They have to bring in outside counsel because no one in the offices in Virginia wanted ANYTHING to do with these charges. www.rawstory.com/james-comey-...

'My jaw dropped': Ex-FBI official stunned by never-before-seen move by Comey prosecutors

Former FBI Director James Comey appeared in an Alexandria, Virginia, court on Wednesday along with President Donald Trump's new prosecutor for the Eastern District of Virginia. One of the details reve...

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Matt McNeil Show @mattmcneilshow.bsky.social · 21h

A Pastor was shot in the head while praying.

A Reverend and her group were shot while standing on a sidewalk singing 'We Shall Overcome.'

ICE is no longer about Customs and Immigration. They are a thug police force that shoots Christians. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

Pastor shot in the head by ICE agents sues over First Amendment threats

David Black joins journalists and protesters in lawsuit to stop ‘pattern of extreme brutality’ from federal agents

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Matt McNeil Show @mattmcneilshow.bsky.social · 21h

On today's (10/8) show- ICE shooting Christians. A warning from Governor @jbpritzker.bsky.social. The joke that is the Comey prosecution. @iowapolitics.bsky.social #JeffStein! Hucksters! Potty Break! Is that abuse? @governorwalz.mn.gov's warning. See the failure. FLAG! soundcloud.com/user-5879035...

The Matt McNeil Show – October 8, 2025

On today's show: -- How Trump's actions using the military are all part of his big grift. -- How the case against James Comey is a complete sham. -- Jeff Stein's weekly Wednesday visit. -- Minneso

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