Matt Szafranski
@mszafranski.bsky.social
Attorney; Editor-in-Chief, @WMassPI.com; #Spfldpoli when you need it; #MaPoli when you want it. "Retweets" ≠ Seal of Approval. Likes = ??? Fasten your seatbelt, please.
"You must go on. I can't go on. I'll go on." -Samuel Beckett
Always Eccles. 1:9
"You must go on. I can't go on. I'll go on." -Samuel Beckett
Always Eccles. 1:9
The answer is it's about keeping the right wing frothing over its conspiracies and suggesting they're addressing them without delivering anything substantive.
Would be great if an enterprising reporter could ask the Trump administration to explain how any of this returns power to the states over education -- and to explain it to us like we're 8 years old. www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...
Five Things to Know About McMahon’s Plan to Break Up ED
Four federal agencies will administer dozens of grant programs at the Education Department—a move that Trump officials are touting as a key step toward their goal of shutting down the agency.
www.insidehighered.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:32 PM
The answer is it's about keeping the right wing frothing over its conspiracies and suggesting they're addressing them without delivering anything substantive.
Don't worry. IP lives forever or at least as long the Sony Bono Act keeps it out of the public domain.
November 25, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Don't worry. IP lives forever or at least as long the Sony Bono Act keeps it out of the public domain.
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This is the same playbook the Trump administration ran in Portland, where DHS officials falsely accused local police of failing to help them (or not arriving quickly enough). Strikes me as a problem that the government lies so freely to the Supreme Court now. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...
November 25, 2025 at 8:12 PM
This is the same playbook the Trump administration ran in Portland, where DHS officials falsely accused local police of failing to help them (or not arriving quickly enough). Strikes me as a problem that the government lies so freely to the Supreme Court now. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...
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No. But, thank you.
MS NOW confirms: The FBI is working with Capitol Police to schedule interviews with the six Democratic lawmakers who urged service members to refuse to comply with illegal orders.
November 25, 2025 at 8:14 PM
No. But, thank you.
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Easier said than done, but I agree.
November 25, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Easier said than done, but I agree.
Mwahaha
BREAKING: In Judge Boasberg's contempt inquiry, Plaintiffs include Emil Bove, now a Third Circuit judge, on their list of potential witnesses. Others include Erez Reuveni and Drew Ensign—both of whom Boasberg mentioned as likely witnesses—and Yaakov Roth, a senior official in DOJ's Civil Division.
November 25, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Mwahaha
The good bet now is the Ellison's run Paramount into the ground. Netflix being willing to keep theatrical releases at WB looking better and better by the minute.
I get that Dad has infinite Oracle money but at some point even failsons get cut off when they keep setting piles of cash on fire
November 25, 2025 at 8:04 PM
The good bet now is the Ellison's run Paramount into the ground. Netflix being willing to keep theatrical releases at WB looking better and better by the minute.
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Which state will be the first to rescind seat belt laws? My money is on Montana.
November 25, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Which state will be the first to rescind seat belt laws? My money is on Montana.
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U.S. Sen. Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich., said that the FBI has launched a possible inquiry into her and others for their message to military personnel.
Elissa Slotkin says she, other lawmakers targets of possible FBI probe
U.S. Sen. Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich., said that the FBI has launched a possible inquiry into her and others for their message to military personnel.
bit.ly
November 25, 2025 at 8:00 PM
U.S. Sen. Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich., said that the FBI has launched a possible inquiry into her and others for their message to military personnel.
Well, I don't think he intended to, I just think he has no actual ideological, partisan or sociopolitical affiliations and he'll do whatever as an act of vengeance and desperation.
November 25, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Well, I don't think he intended to, I just think he has no actual ideological, partisan or sociopolitical affiliations and he'll do whatever as an act of vengeance and desperation.
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So either Trump spoke to Bolsonaro about plotting to escape to the US right before the latter got caught trying to saw off his ankle monitor, or Trump imagined a conversation he didn’t have. Both scenarios are incredibly dark
An amazing new Trump controversy, Part II of II:
- Saturday afternoon: Trump says he spoke to Bolsonaro the night before and planned to see him “in the very near future”
- Monday afternoon: The Trump White House isn’t sure whether Trump actually had the conversation he referenced two days earlier
- Saturday afternoon: Trump says he spoke to Bolsonaro the night before and planned to see him “in the very near future”
- Monday afternoon: The Trump White House isn’t sure whether Trump actually had the conversation he referenced two days earlier
White House hedges on Trump’s curious claim about his call with Brazil’s Bolsonaro White House hedges on Trump’s curious claim about his call with Brazil’s Jair Bolsonaro
Did the Republican president talk to Bolsonaro as the Brazilian plotted to escape? Trump said yes, but the White House isn’t so sure.
www.ms.now
November 25, 2025 at 7:28 PM
So either Trump spoke to Bolsonaro about plotting to escape to the US right before the latter got caught trying to saw off his ankle monitor, or Trump imagined a conversation he didn’t have. Both scenarios are incredibly dark
Vought doesn't get headlines just for being a bureaucratic sadist, though.
November 25, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Vought doesn't get headlines just for being a bureaucratic sadist, though.
FWIW, I think we all need to prepare ourselves for the exhausting Michael Cohenization Kash may undertake unless they give him some kind of sinecure and a pardon.
FBI Director Kash Patel days may be numbered. Trump and White House considering replacing him next month.
www.ms.now/news/trump-k...
www.ms.now/news/trump-k...
President Trump may have had enough of Kash Patel, according to sources
The president is weighing whether to oust the FBI director after scrutiny of Patel's stewardship of bureau resources, including his girlfriend’s security detail and use of a government jet.
www.ms.now
November 25, 2025 at 7:52 PM
FWIW, I think we all need to prepare ourselves for the exhausting Michael Cohenization Kash may undertake unless they give him some kind of sinecure and a pardon.
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Holy shit Trump was going to give him shelter in the embassy, wasn't he?
An amazing new Trump controversy, Part II of II:
- Saturday afternoon: Trump says he spoke to Bolsonaro the night before and planned to see him “in the very near future”
- Monday afternoon: The Trump White House isn’t sure whether Trump actually had the conversation he referenced two days earlier
- Saturday afternoon: Trump says he spoke to Bolsonaro the night before and planned to see him “in the very near future”
- Monday afternoon: The Trump White House isn’t sure whether Trump actually had the conversation he referenced two days earlier
White House hedges on Trump’s curious claim about his call with Brazil’s Bolsonaro White House hedges on Trump’s curious claim about his call with Brazil’s Jair Bolsonaro
Did the Republican president talk to Bolsonaro as the Brazilian plotted to escape? Trump said yes, but the White House isn’t so sure.
www.ms.now
November 25, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Holy shit Trump was going to give him shelter in the embassy, wasn't he?
Savage
November 25, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Savage
She's going to run for Norton's seat, I bet.
NEW: Washington, D.C Mayor Muriel Bowser will not seek re-election to a fourth term, she tells NBC Washington.
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser announces she will will not run for re-election
Bowser's recent months have been centered on a delicate dance with President Donald Trump over the federal law enforcement presence in the city.
nbcnews.to
November 25, 2025 at 7:38 PM
She's going to run for Norton's seat, I bet.
Kash needs a lawyer. Pam and Todd will prosecute him for something (not that it will be entirely made up, but still).
(MSNOW) - President Trump is considering removing Kash Patel as FBI director in the coming months, as he and his top aides have grown increasingly frustrated by the unflattering headlines Patel has recently generated, according to three people with knowledge ..
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November 25, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Kash needs a lawyer. Pam and Todd will prosecute him for something (not that it will be entirely made up, but still).
On Fairmont or Franklin?
November 25, 2025 at 6:20 PM
On Fairmont or Franklin?
I tried a quick search, but I couldn't find the Fairmount line clearances. I'd be surprised if it was appreciably lower than the Providence line, though. I know there are some overhead restrictions on the Franklin line, which branches off the Providence and Fairmount lines.
November 25, 2025 at 6:14 PM
I tried a quick search, but I couldn't find the Fairmount line clearances. I'd be surprised if it was appreciably lower than the Providence line, though. I know there are some overhead restrictions on the Franklin line, which branches off the Providence and Fairmount lines.
No argument here.
November 25, 2025 at 6:09 PM
No argument here.
There's a subtext here.
The latest from @ymriofficial.bsky.social : young men and women feel VERY differently about AI. Young men are "excited" and "hopeful" for AI, and are significantly more likely to use it. Young women are "anxious" and use it less.
open.substack.com/pub/youngmen...
open.substack.com/pub/youngmen...
November 25, 2025 at 5:13 PM
There's a subtext here.
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Bari’s big idea is the famous Harvard Law professor whose annual vacation tantrum on the Vineyard is treated as national news doesn’t have enough access to press.
"elevate charismatic figures such as Alan Dershowitz"
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November 25, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Bari’s big idea is the famous Harvard Law professor whose annual vacation tantrum on the Vineyard is treated as national news doesn’t have enough access to press.
I always thought the Coast Guard ordered the bridges open. My sense is only the CT bridge stays open. It's possible the two newer ones are higher so it's less necessary to open Thames or Niantic.
November 25, 2025 at 4:59 PM
I always thought the Coast Guard ordered the bridges open. My sense is only the CT bridge stays open. It's possible the two newer ones are higher so it's less necessary to open Thames or Niantic.