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Matt Luckett @lucketthistory.bsky.social · 2h

It’s like Waiting for Godot, but when Godot finally gets here I get whiskey drunk while playing Chumbawumba’s Tubthumping on repeat so loud that the police come, realize the song is for them too, and join me in sipping my special occasion scotch

Marie 🇨🇦 @pawbaby2.bsky.social · 4h

Eric Swallwell (D-CA) says it’s coming to an end and House Republicans are privately breaking, that a “jailbreak” is brewing the moment the Epstein files hit the floor, and that Trump’s aura of fear is finally cracking.

#ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles
#USDemocracy
#Pinks

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SWALWELL’S BOMBSHELL EPSTEIN TWEET: "The Epstein Files Are Coming And The GOP Are Getting Ready To Abandon Trump"

218 or chaos: Inside the House moment that could shatter Trump’s grip

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 4h

This administration is flooding the zone so furiously that people have largely lost track of the lethal attacks on boats in the Caribbean, the gov’t shutdown, the economy, failed release of the Epstein files & so much else. It’s a tactic of would-be strongmen.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks, New Yorker

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Matt Luckett @lucketthistory.bsky.social · 8h

Your honesty is refreshing. Would you be interested in high political office?

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Matt Luckett @lucketthistory.bsky.social · 8h

If Trump invokes the Insurrection Act and the situation in Chicago devolves to the point where Texas Guard members start coming home in body bags, Newsom and Californians more broadly are going to have a real gut check moment. The whispers about CA secession might become a lot more audible overnight

Matt Luckett @lucketthistory.bsky.social · 8h

“What’s the bathroom code?”

“4-5-4-7”

“Yeah well it’s not working.”

“Exactly.”

Matt Luckett @lucketthistory.bsky.social · 8h

That’s awesome.

“What’s the bathroom code?”

“It’s 2-0-2-8”

Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 1d

Way to go, Chicago, more of this! Kristi Noem is upset that ICE agents in Chicago are being “denied entry” to restrooms and lunch spots.

Matt Luckett @lucketthistory.bsky.social · 20h

F-M-K, Asian soup edition:

Fuck: Tonkatsu ramen, medium spicy

Marry: Pho with meatballs and rare steak

Kill: Egg drop soup (“egg” and “soup” do not belong in the same sentence, let alone the same recipe. I will die on this hill)

Matt Luckett @lucketthistory.bsky.social · 1d

Of course, even TX is better than Missouri, whose GOP would fight like hell to keep the proposition off the ballot, and then, after it passes, wait a few months before backstopping it with a repeal. Then those same fools vote for those other same fools again.

Matt Luckett @lucketthistory.bsky.social · 1d

I just dropped off my California special election ballot.

It feels oddly empowering to be able to weigh in on this as a voter. Not because the proposition’s outcome is guaranteed, but because it isn’t. Texas would never trust its voters with such a decision, at least so long as Republicans rule it.

Matt Luckett @lucketthistory.bsky.social · 1d

I just dropped off my California special election ballot.

It feels oddly empowering to be able to weigh in on this as a voter. Not because the proposition’s outcome is guaranteed, but because it isn’t. Texas would never trust its voters with such a decision, at least so long as Republicans rule it.

Matt Luckett @lucketthistory.bsky.social · 1d

Signed.

Sincerely,
An award-winning military history author

Authors Against Book Bans @authorsabb.bsky.social · 1d

Looking for a quick action? Add your name to this petition started by the @aclu.org to protest book bans in military schools action.aclu.org/send-message...

Tell Congress: No book bans in military schools

Schools run by the Department of Defense on military bases have banned hundreds of books and altered curricula that the Trump administration doesn't agree with. Take action.

action.aclu.org

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Matt Luckett @lucketthistory.bsky.social · 1d

I know that Flacco hasn’t exactly been the most consistent QB for the Browns, but I’m sad to see him go. It’s even more sad that while they’re paying Deshaun Watson 8 figures to sit on his ass and sexually harass massage therapists, a 5th round pick was more important than Flacco retiring as a Brown

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 2d

Same.

#AlsoTiredOfWaitingForTheEPSTEIN_Files

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Matt Luckett @lucketthistory.bsky.social · 1d

Pam Bondi sounds exactly like Parker Posey’s unhinged dog mom character in Best of Show

Matt Luckett @lucketthistory.bsky.social · 2d

Well, three things are clear: 1) Portland didn’t want CA soldiers policing their streets, 2) CA doesn’t want their National Guard in Oregon or anywhere else, and 3) Trump is a traitorous piece of shit.

Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 2d

NEW: Judge Immergut issues her written second TRO, blocking the Trump admin from deploying ANY federalized National Guard troops from ANY state in Oregon. (Full hearing thread below) storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Based on this Court's prior Opinion and Order Granting Plaintiffs' First Motion for
Temporary Restraining Order, ECF 56; the hearing on Plaintiffs' Second Motion for Temporary Restraining Order; and the newly submitted declarations, ECF 60, 63, 65, this Court GRANTS Plaintiffs' Second Motion for Temporary Restraining Order, ECF 59, and ORDERS as follows:
1. Defendants are temporarily enjoined from deploying federalized members of the
National Guard in Oregon.

2. This Second Temporary Restraining Order expires by its own terms in fourteen
days on October 19, 2025.
3. Plaintiffs are ORDERED to post a nominal bond of $100 within 48 hours. The
bond shall be filed in the Clerk's Office and be deposited into the registry of the Court.
4. Defendants' Request to Stay or Administratively Stay this Second Temporary
Restraining Order, which was raised in the hearing on Plaintiffs' Second Motion for Temporary
Restraining Order, is DENIED.
The Court Clerk will contact the parties to schedule a telephone hearing on
October 17, 2025, to address whether this Second Temporary Restraining Order should be extended for another 14 days.
6. Any motion for a Preliminary Injunction shall be filed no later than October 17,
2025; Defendants' opposition shall be due no later than October 23, 2025, and Plaintiffs' reply shall be due on October 27, 2025.
A combined hearing on the preliminary injunction motion and a trial on the merits
under Rule 65(a)(2) is set for October 29, 2025, before the Honorable Judge Karin J. Immergut, in Courtroom 13A, beginning at 9:00 a.m.
IT IS SO ORDERED
DATED this 5th day of October.
/s/ Karin J. Immergut
Karin J. Immergut
United States District Judge

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Jason Kander @jasonkander.bsky.social · 2d

I was a skeptic about the import of the Epstein files.

But 3 invasions of cities, one military buildup outside Venezuela, a government shutdown, and so many other things meant to distract have me convinced whatever’s in there is the biggest presidential scandal in U.S. history.

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Matt Luckett @lucketthistory.bsky.social · 2d

The great thing about the Browns playing in London is that I got to sleep through the pain

Matt Luckett @lucketthistory.bsky.social · 3d

Look, if it were up to me, the Super Bowl halftime show would be Wu Tang and Run the Jewels.

It’s for the children….

Matt Luckett @lucketthistory.bsky.social · 4d

Since we’re going to need a whole raft of new Amendments when this is all done, here’s another to add to the list:

In the event of a government shutdown, all federal funding for Presidential and congressional transportation will cease immediately.

No budget? No motorcade. No motorcade? No golf.

MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 4d

🚨 JUST IN: Trump spotted heading to his golf course amid government shutdown

Trump Heads to Golf Course Amid Government Shutdown

President shuns shutdown talks for golf trip

meidasnews.com

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 4d

If you think the right-wing meltdown over Bad Bunny headlining the Super Bowl halftime show isn’t racist—you might be racist.

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Matt Luckett @lucketthistory.bsky.social · 4d

Sadly, as a Bruin alum, I kinda have to agree with you here

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Matt Luckett @lucketthistory.bsky.social · 4d

I’m sorry if anyone thinks I’m misogynistic for saying this, but I’ll use terms that I know these guys will viscerally understand:

ICE agents are the biggest f***ing pussies on the planet.

Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 4d

A federal agent shot a woman in Chicago this morning, claiming she’d “boxed in” authorities. But in a city where force becomes the first option, whose rights are we really protecting?
This is exactly what Trump wanted: chaos.

Matt Luckett @lucketthistory.bsky.social · 4d

I’ve made 728 posts on this site. I don’t think a single one of those is explicitly or implicitly anti-trans, because I am not anti-trans. So if any of you want to do a deep dive here, I’m happy to delete and apologize for any that meet that definition.

Matt Luckett @lucketthistory.bsky.social · 4d

Not only imagining me saying something they don’t like, but then putting quotation marks around it, is just championship-caliber trolling.

Good job bro

Kara Buchanan 🏳️‍⚧️ @magicariot.com · 5d

"Life would be so much easier without those uppity trans people annoying me"

thanks bro

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Foghorn Leghorn 🇺🇸♨️ @foghorn453.bsky.social · 4d

I think BlueSky probably should build a real comms team but all the people yelling at Jay, threatening to leave and never come back, are antisocial weirdos who represent a minuscule fraction of the users here

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