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Matthew P. McAllister

@matthewpmcallister.bsky.social

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Teaches about media stuff in college. Studies the political economy of media and commercial culture. He/him

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jenn m. jackson @jennmjacksonphd.bsky.social · 1d

The fact that so many US citizens have no idea Bad Bunny is also a US citizen (and don't believe he can be a US citizen) tells you that when they say "citizen," they really just mean white.

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Matthew P. McAllister @matthewpmcallister.bsky.social · 1d

Our US media system is weaker now than it was two years ago:
**Capitulating to Trump
**Weaponizing the FCC
**Conservative takeover of CBS
**Bezos-ization of WP/Soon-Shiong-ification of LA Times
**Rescinding public media Fed funding
**Continuing TV station owner consolidation
**Journalist layoffs

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hey there, benji. @benjaminfaye.bsky.social · 1d

“You’re always playing the race card”

Anyone who says this has no idea how power dynamics work.

Race is not a card I can play. It is a hand I’m dealt.

Black people have never had the power to keep white people from voting, reading, or writing. If anyone’s had a race card, it’s white people.

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NPR @npr.org · 1d

For the first time on record, renewable energy generated more electricity for the planet than coal, a new report says. n.pr/47hcegr

Renewable energy outpaces coal for electricity generation in historic first, report says

For the first time on record, renewable energy generated more electricity for the planet than coal, a new report says.

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The Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 1d

1. Today, I have a few things to say about that putz Stephen Miller. First, he’s been on TV a lot lately, because that’s how he pours more poison into the president’s already-poisoned brain.

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HELLody SchreiBOO @melodyschreiber.com · 1d

The acting director of the CDC called for new, separate MMR shots. That would be "remarkably complicated, time-consuming, costly, but more importantly unnecessary," @jasonlschwartz.bsky.social told me:
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Alarm as CDC calls for separate MMR vaccines despite measles outbreak

Concerns that three separate shots would be more costly and time-consuming, and keep kids from being vaccinated

www.theguardian.com

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 1d

"Garbage" is far too kind a description of what the Washington Post's ed page has become.

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Matthew P. McAllister @matthewpmcallister.bsky.social · 1d

It's so hard to prioritize, but is this the worst of the hundreds (thousands?) of Trump's lies? It is so dangerous, so partisan, and so disconnected from facts.

George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 1d

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 2d

"The Supreme Court’s Dark Money Man Is Trying to Make It Harder to Vote"

Leonard Leo’s network is bankrolling the main donor behind a ballot initiative in Maine to limit absentee voting & impose voter ID requirements.

Important reporting from Zeteo's new political reporter @andrewperez.bsky.social

The Supreme Court’s Dark Money Man Is Trying to Make It Harder to Vote

Leonard Leo’s network is bankrolling the main donor behind a ballot initiative in Maine that would limit absentee voting and impose voter ID requirements.

zeteo.com

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Chron.com @chron.com · 2d

Details surrounding the bloody string of shootings remain murky, police said.

4 dead in Houston-area shooting rampage starting in Sugar Land

Details surrounding the bloody string of shootings remain murky, police said.

bit.ly

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The Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 2d

www.editorialboard.com/stephen-mill...

Stephen Miller will conquer you if you believe his lies

The lies start with the ones he tells himself, about himself.

www.editorialboard.com

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Department of Shoe @shoe.bsky.social · 2d

Time for an oil change

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Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · 2d

The White House Antifa Roundtable is one of the best displays I’ve seen of this-is-how-bad-it’s-gotten — just a sewer of open fascism, dementia, morons and freaks, and incoherent rage.

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 2d

"The Federal Protective Service reports — which are prepared each day for law enforcement partners — offered no indication of a dangerous escalation of tensions, or unusual levels of protest activity that would prompt the level of alarm expressed by Trump..."

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/u...

Before Trump Ordered In Troops, Federal Officers Called Portland Protests ‘Low Energy’

www.nytimes.com

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Pritzker: "He said he was going after the worst of the worst. It's not going after the worst of the worst when you're just literally stopping children who happen to be brown & asking them for papers as if they're gonna have proof they're a citizen. Pull out your phones and film everything you see"

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Pritzker: "It's unconscionable. This has never happened before. They're calling out troops onto the streets of a state that doesn't want them and they're not even telling us where they're gonna go, what they're gonna do. This hasn't happened I don't think since the Civil War."

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Matthew P. McAllister @matthewpmcallister.bsky.social · 2d

Her "testimony" should immediately end the AG's career. Now, it's another day in Trumpland.

At the 6:00 mark: Sen Schiff to AG Bondi: "these are just some of the questions you refuse to answer, but or have answered with personal attacks on members of this committee." www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmh4...

WATCH: Sen. Schiff questions Attorney General Pam Bondi on Justice Department in Trump's 2nd term

YouTube video by PBS NewsHour

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Johnson: "He has defunded our education system. He has defunded our transportation system. He's firing black women across this country. He's defunding our healthcare system. This president is absolutely out of control... Chicago is going to stand firm in protecting humanity."

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 2d

I will not back down.

Trump is now calling for the arrest of elected representatives checking his power.

What else is left on the path to full-blown authoritarianism?

Donald Trump Truth Social Post: Chicago Mayor should be in jail for failing to protect Ice Officers! Governor Pritzker also.

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Dave Jorgenson @davejorgenson.bsky.social · 2d

The Post laid off seemingly the remaining of their liberal-leaning staff members on Opinion last Thursday, when some of them were observing Yom Kippur.

from @oliverdarcy.bsky.social for Status
status.news/p/washington-post-opinion-cuts-adam-oneal

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 3d

Air traffic control facilities across the United States are reportedly experiencing staff shortages amid Trump’s government shutdown.

These shortages are taking place in Nashville, Chicago, Dallas, Phoenix, Washington, and more.

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Bloody Marla 🏳️‍⚧️ @desperatemarlas.bsky.social · 3d

trump: transgenders and windmills all over the place

This is a real quote. This is the most horrific thing he can conjure up

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Blue Georgia @bluegeorgia.bsky.social · 3d

Jessica Tarlov: I'm stunned that Republicans want to draw attention to this because... the senators who were part of this investigation are not just random names that he picked off a list, but people who were named in Jack Smith's charging documents for trying to turn over a free and fair election.

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Jen Psaki @jenpsaki.msnbc.com · 3d

Bondi reading from formatted lines on paper in answering a question to Sen Whitehouse about whether Tom Homan kept the 50k is quite telling…to say the least

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Matthew P. McAllister @matthewpmcallister.bsky.social · 3d

Five Years Ago Today: Great Moments in Televised Debate History.

If you don't know who this is (the person not the fly), here's a hint: Three months after this debate, Trump tried to have him (his own VP) killed.

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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 3d

Legacy newspapers: "Print media is dying, and the public will suffer for it."

Also legacy newspapers: "We can't offend the government with information and framing that helps the public."

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