Matt Smith
@realmattsmith.bsky.social
Dad, husband, nearly-retired lawyer. Equal justice under the law. Public finance of elections.
What the hell? His brain is totally cooked.
Did the press ask him to name even one? Or to provide details for this insane allegation?
Did the press ask him to name even one? Or to provide details for this insane allegation?
Trump: "As you know, 300,000 children are missing. Right? 300,000 under Biden. We've already gotten back 10,000 of those children and we have a lot more planned to come back. We're getting them back by the thousands."
July 11, 2025 at 2:52 PM
What the hell? His brain is totally cooked.
Did the press ask him to name even one? Or to provide details for this insane allegation?
Did the press ask him to name even one? Or to provide details for this insane allegation?
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File charges Senator. This is assault. Noem and WH Press conferences must not be open to the public. A true sign of Authoritarian rule - the Democracy is over and now blatant lies being told.
June 12, 2025 at 6:54 PM
File charges Senator. This is assault. Noem and WH Press conferences must not be open to the public. A true sign of Authoritarian rule - the Democracy is over and now blatant lies being told.
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Donald Trump has failed us.
YouTube video by Senator Cory Booker
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April 30, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Now more than 17 hours.
I've said plenty about Booker in the past, but I'm in on this. For those people saying "this is performative bullshit" yes welcome to politics. But considering most of our leaders are capitulating, I'll take this kind of performance any day of the week
Senator Cory Booker is cooking about NATO more than 14 hours into his filibuster on the Senate floor.
Go Cory!!!!
Go Cory!!!!
April 1, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Now more than 17 hours.
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I've said plenty about Booker in the past, but I'm in on this. For those people saying "this is performative bullshit" yes welcome to politics. But considering most of our leaders are capitulating, I'll take this kind of performance any day of the week
Senator Cory Booker is cooking about NATO more than 14 hours into his filibuster on the Senate floor.
Go Cory!!!!
Go Cory!!!!
April 1, 2025 at 2:57 PM
I've said plenty about Booker in the past, but I'm in on this. For those people saying "this is performative bullshit" yes welcome to politics. But considering most of our leaders are capitulating, I'll take this kind of performance any day of the week
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Since last night, Senator Booker has stood on the Senate floor, speaking out on critical issues like Social Security, healthcare, and education. Thank you @booker.senate.gov for your powerful leadership and tireless advocacy. Watch here to see him #ProtectOurKids: bsky.app/profile/book...
I’ve taken the Senate floor and will speak for as long as I’m physically able to lift the voices of Americans who are being harmed and not being heard in this moment of crisis. Watch here:
Live: Speaking on Trump, Musk, and America’s Moral Moment on the Senate Floor | Senator Cory Booker
YouTube video by Senator Cory Booker
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April 1, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Since last night, Senator Booker has stood on the Senate floor, speaking out on critical issues like Social Security, healthcare, and education. Thank you @booker.senate.gov for your powerful leadership and tireless advocacy. Watch here to see him #ProtectOurKids: bsky.app/profile/book...
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The debate shouldn’t be about the “blocks” being “judicial overreach”, the debate should be about whether or not the Trump admin’s use of time consuming slap suits for obviously ill requests represents a deliberate undermining of the judicial process via overloading the courts via Judicial Coup.
NEW: House Judiciary Subcommittees are debating whether the record number of federal court blocks against Trump’s executive orders constitutes “judicial overreach.” Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) argues it’s the courts’ inherent duty to uphold the Constitution.
April 1, 2025 at 4:08 PM
The debate shouldn’t be about the “blocks” being “judicial overreach”, the debate should be about whether or not the Trump admin’s use of time consuming slap suits for obviously ill requests represents a deliberate undermining of the judicial process via overloading the courts via Judicial Coup.
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His voice is holding up surprisingly well.
Senator Cory Booker enters his 16th hour on the Senate floor for his filibuster.
He gets emotional while reading a letter from a constituent who was laid off from USAID by Elon Musk and DOGE.
Thank you, Cory!
He gets emotional while reading a letter from a constituent who was laid off from USAID by Elon Musk and DOGE.
Thank you, Cory!
April 1, 2025 at 4:05 PM
His voice is holding up surprisingly well.
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Just a straight-up, brazen, demonstrable lie from the Vice-President of the United States. They have no shame and they seem to be able to get away with it too.
Abrego Garcia is not a ‘convicted MS-13 gang member.’ This is flat false from Vance.
Abrego Garcia is not a ‘convicted MS-13 gang member.’ This is flat false from Vance.
April 1, 2025 at 6:01 AM
Just a straight-up, brazen, demonstrable lie from the Vice-President of the United States. They have no shame and they seem to be able to get away with it too.
Abrego Garcia is not a ‘convicted MS-13 gang member.’ This is flat false from Vance.
Abrego Garcia is not a ‘convicted MS-13 gang member.’ This is flat false from Vance.
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Welcome to CNN, where we invite liars to lie to our audience. And after they lie, we invite them back later to lie some more.
Sen. Lankford downplays Hegseth sharing war plans in a Signal chat: "I think he just joined into an encrypted app. I don't see it as much of an issue ... this is normal communication."
March 30, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Welcome to CNN, where we invite liars to lie to our audience. And after they lie, we invite them back later to lie some more.
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A worker making $50,000 a year contributes to Social Security with 100% of their income.
A CEO making $20 million a year contributes to Social Security with less than 1% of their income.
Who agrees it’s time to scrap the cap?
A CEO making $20 million a year contributes to Social Security with less than 1% of their income.
Who agrees it’s time to scrap the cap?
March 27, 2025 at 2:29 PM
A worker making $50,000 a year contributes to Social Security with 100% of their income.
A CEO making $20 million a year contributes to Social Security with less than 1% of their income.
Who agrees it’s time to scrap the cap?
A CEO making $20 million a year contributes to Social Security with less than 1% of their income.
Who agrees it’s time to scrap the cap?
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The war crimes part of this isn’t getting much play. The American press isn’t too concerned with dead brown people in distant countries.
Among the things Tulsi, Hegseth, and Mike Waltz claim was not classified at all is that Whiskey Pete authorized a strike on the apartment of a target's girlfriend, and destroyed the whole thing. It'll make an interesting international law argument.
Gonna make the FOIAs easier, too.
Gonna make the FOIAs easier, too.
March 26, 2025 at 6:53 PM
The war crimes part of this isn’t getting much play. The American press isn’t too concerned with dead brown people in distant countries.
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“Just last week came word that Elon Musk has installed Starlink across the White House complex, which for anyone who understands the security of networks in a place like the White House, is just insanity.”
Which scandal is smokescreen for which scandal
Which scandal is smokescreen for which scandal
Across the last 48 hours, “Signalgate” has morphed from one scandal into what I think is best thought of as five distinct overlapping scandals, as well as providing some fascinating political insight into who has power and how decisions get made in Trump II. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/the-five-s...
The Five Scandals (and One Fascinating Political Insight) of Signalgate
The Trump administration's group chat tells a lot about itself
www.doomsdayscenario.co
March 27, 2025 at 1:10 AM
“Just last week came word that Elon Musk has installed Starlink across the White House complex, which for anyone who understands the security of networks in a place like the White House, is just insanity.”
Which scandal is smokescreen for which scandal
Which scandal is smokescreen for which scandal
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MEDICAID SHUT DOWN ACROSS ALL 50 STATES.
"Oh, they won't do that."
"Overreacting."
"Hyperbole."
Millions of men, women, children, elderly depend on their medical care through Medicaid. With a flip of switch instantly, everyone is without medical care.
The GOP is the party of cruelty & death.
"Oh, they won't do that."
"Overreacting."
"Hyperbole."
Millions of men, women, children, elderly depend on their medical care through Medicaid. With a flip of switch instantly, everyone is without medical care.
The GOP is the party of cruelty & death.
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March 18, 2025 at 2:23 AM
MEDICAID SHUT DOWN ACROSS ALL 50 STATES.
"Oh, they won't do that."
"Overreacting."
"Hyperbole."
Millions of men, women, children, elderly depend on their medical care through Medicaid. With a flip of switch instantly, everyone is without medical care.
The GOP is the party of cruelty & death.
"Oh, they won't do that."
"Overreacting."
"Hyperbole."
Millions of men, women, children, elderly depend on their medical care through Medicaid. With a flip of switch instantly, everyone is without medical care.
The GOP is the party of cruelty & death.
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It never was about reducing the debt. Trump and Elon Musk are firing working class Americans from their jobs to give tax cuts to billionaires — which is exactly what my song "New Religion" is about. These motherfuckers are plundering and pillaging America to line their pockets.
February 15, 2025 at 6:50 PM
It never was about reducing the debt. Trump and Elon Musk are firing working class Americans from their jobs to give tax cuts to billionaires — which is exactly what my song "New Religion" is about. These motherfuckers are plundering and pillaging America to line their pockets.
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a thread re DOGE cuts
When I was doing dissertation fieldwork I was struck by how often well-off white people talked about trash in Benton Harbor. A newly-formed "parks conservancy" had been granted control over park maintenance as one of the last acts of the departing emergency manager,
When I was doing dissertation fieldwork I was struck by how often well-off white people talked about trash in Benton Harbor. A newly-formed "parks conservancy" had been granted control over park maintenance as one of the last acts of the departing emergency manager,
March 17, 2025 at 12:27 PM
a thread re DOGE cuts
When I was doing dissertation fieldwork I was struck by how often well-off white people talked about trash in Benton Harbor. A newly-formed "parks conservancy" had been granted control over park maintenance as one of the last acts of the departing emergency manager,
When I was doing dissertation fieldwork I was struck by how often well-off white people talked about trash in Benton Harbor. A newly-formed "parks conservancy" had been granted control over park maintenance as one of the last acts of the departing emergency manager,
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U.S. Representative Jamie Raskin is encouraging all U.S. citizens to join him this week in filing formal demands for access to their personal data obtained by the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) and Elon Musk.
Citizens need only fill out the form and mail it in to DOGE.
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Citizens need only fill out the form and mail it in to DOGE.
👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻
Jamie Raskin Announces FOIA Demands for Personal Data Held by Doge and Elon Musk - Jamie Raskin for Congress
Federal District Court Decision Opens Up Path for All Americans to Check on Their Personal Data Held by this New Federal Agency
jamieraskin.com
March 12, 2025 at 3:42 AM
U.S. Representative Jamie Raskin is encouraging all U.S. citizens to join him this week in filing formal demands for access to their personal data obtained by the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) and Elon Musk.
Citizens need only fill out the form and mail it in to DOGE.
👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻
Citizens need only fill out the form and mail it in to DOGE.
👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻
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The point IS to make America weak and the government useless FOR THE PEOPLE, while enriching the oligarchy.
March 8, 2025 at 3:53 AM
The point IS to make America weak and the government useless FOR THE PEOPLE, while enriching the oligarchy.
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Tonight, Trump will spew lies about his presidency.
The real State of our Union can be summarized as ‘corrupt.’
Trump and his loyalists are looting government, cozying up to dictators, weaponizing government, and hurting Americans.
Don’t be fooled by his gaslighting.
The real State of our Union can be summarized as ‘corrupt.’
Trump and his loyalists are looting government, cozying up to dictators, weaponizing government, and hurting Americans.
Don’t be fooled by his gaslighting.
March 5, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Tonight, Trump will spew lies about his presidency.
The real State of our Union can be summarized as ‘corrupt.’
Trump and his loyalists are looting government, cozying up to dictators, weaponizing government, and hurting Americans.
Don’t be fooled by his gaslighting.
The real State of our Union can be summarized as ‘corrupt.’
Trump and his loyalists are looting government, cozying up to dictators, weaponizing government, and hurting Americans.
Don’t be fooled by his gaslighting.
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I'm waiting for Laura Ingraham, Jesse Watters, Greg Gutfeld at Fox to come out and laugh and joke about these two suicides. Trump Jr will probably join in. Macabre.
On the HHS Leadership call today: 1 employee from CMS (Center for Medicare/Medicaid Service) and 2 employees from SSA (Social Security Administration) have died by suicide after their firing.
February 26, 2025 at 6:50 PM
I'm waiting for Laura Ingraham, Jesse Watters, Greg Gutfeld at Fox to come out and laugh and joke about these two suicides. Trump Jr will probably join in. Macabre.