Luckybastard77
@luckybastard77.bsky.social
Minding my business.
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I will also say, by way of being roped into things via quote tweet, that I do not think that Matt is a "moral black hole," but I do think he is pretty disengenous about both his analysis and motivations
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I think it's a little odd how people go in for this kind of nuclear-strength rhetoric over a disagreement about what issues it is most advantageous to talk about at the margin.
What you need to understand is @mattyglesias.bsky.social is a moral black hole and even then his depraved indifference brand of advice to democrats does not win elections
December 19, 2025 at 4:39 PM
I will also say, by way of being roped into things via quote tweet, that I do not think that Matt is a "moral black hole," but I do think he is pretty disengenous about both his analysis and motivations
bsky.app/profile/matt...
bsky.app/profile/matt...
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Can I just say 2 things: First, Matt fails to see how these two sentences are different:
"Trump is weak on the economy and highlighting it is bad for him"
"Trump is weak on the economy, so Democrats shouldn't talk about immigration"
I think this says a lot about his ideological priors
"Trump is weak on the economy and highlighting it is bad for him"
"Trump is weak on the economy, so Democrats shouldn't talk about immigration"
I think this says a lot about his ideological priors
Here's a good post from Elliott Morris, the leader of the anti-Yglesias bandwagon, about how Trump's biggest political vulnerability is the cost of living and how Trump is screwing up by drawing more attention to it.
bsky.app/profile/gell...
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Trump's White House speech on affordability shows his team is desperate to try anything to help his numbers (except, of course, change the policies that majorities of Americans disapprove of)
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/polls-vote...
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/polls-vote...
December 19, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Can I just say 2 things: First, Matt fails to see how these two sentences are different:
"Trump is weak on the economy and highlighting it is bad for him"
"Trump is weak on the economy, so Democrats shouldn't talk about immigration"
I think this says a lot about his ideological priors
"Trump is weak on the economy and highlighting it is bad for him"
"Trump is weak on the economy, so Democrats shouldn't talk about immigration"
I think this says a lot about his ideological priors
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Sen. Ron Wyden on the Trump DOJ not producing all of the Epstein files, as required by law:
"Anything short of a full release today is a violation of the law and a continuation of this administration’s coverup on behalf of a bunch of pedophiles and sex traffickers."
"Anything short of a full release today is a violation of the law and a continuation of this administration’s coverup on behalf of a bunch of pedophiles and sex traffickers."
December 19, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Sen. Ron Wyden on the Trump DOJ not producing all of the Epstein files, as required by law:
"Anything short of a full release today is a violation of the law and a continuation of this administration’s coverup on behalf of a bunch of pedophiles and sex traffickers."
"Anything short of a full release today is a violation of the law and a continuation of this administration’s coverup on behalf of a bunch of pedophiles and sex traffickers."
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Wow, huge shock that Trump/Bondi are not in fact releasing the complete DOJ Epstein Files today as required by law. House Republican leaders are gonna be SUPER big mad.
December 19, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Wow, huge shock that Trump/Bondi are not in fact releasing the complete DOJ Epstein Files today as required by law. House Republican leaders are gonna be SUPER big mad.
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The Epstein Files project at DOJ might single handedly revive the long skidding white-out industry.
December 19, 2025 at 3:48 PM
The Epstein Files project at DOJ might single handedly revive the long skidding white-out industry.
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The trick of comparing 2012 Obama energy policy when solar panel costs have dropped 86% and battery storage has dropped 93% in the 13 years since is so disingenuous as to remind me that he will bend the facts to always arrive at a “centrist” position.
Centrism is cosplay for seriousness.
Centrism is cosplay for seriousness.
It’s BlueSky’s favorite pundit in the New York Times — to beat Trump, Dems should learn from what Carney & Sheinbaum have in common.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/o...
Opinion | Obama Supported It. The Left in Canada and Norway Do. Why Don’t Democrats?
www.nytimes.com
December 19, 2025 at 12:08 AM
The trick of comparing 2012 Obama energy policy when solar panel costs have dropped 86% and battery storage has dropped 93% in the 13 years since is so disingenuous as to remind me that he will bend the facts to always arrive at a “centrist” position.
Centrism is cosplay for seriousness.
Centrism is cosplay for seriousness.
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It's actually pretty impressive to go to the heads of the big oil companies with your big new idea and have them go, 'dude, that's a bit dark for our tastes. too much carnage, too many crimes'. www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
Trump administration asking US oil industry to return to Venezuela — but getting no takers
The administration’s outreach to the industry, previously unreported, is the latest sign the White House is dreaming of a post-Maduro future for Venezuela.
www.politico.com
December 18, 2025 at 12:06 AM
It's actually pretty impressive to go to the heads of the big oil companies with your big new idea and have them go, 'dude, that's a bit dark for our tastes. too much carnage, too many crimes'. www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
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indeed
BREAKING on MS NOW:
Jack Smith, in his opening statement to House Judiciary, says:
"Our investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in a criminal scheme to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election and to prevent the lawful transfer of power."
Jack Smith, in his opening statement to House Judiciary, says:
"Our investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in a criminal scheme to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election and to prevent the lawful transfer of power."
December 17, 2025 at 5:04 PM
indeed
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Earlier this year, Matt Yglesias and Hakeem Jeffries urged progressives to shut up about immigration and Kilmar Abrego Garcia. Yglesias said "bad groups" were pushing Dems left on immigration and would help Trump's numbers.
How did they get this so wrong? www.gelliottmorris.com/p/the-cost-o...
How did they get this so wrong? www.gelliottmorris.com/p/the-cost-o...
The cost of playing defense on immigration
What Matt Yglesias, Hakeem Jeffries, and Keir Starmer got wrong about the politics of immigration
www.gelliottmorris.com
December 16, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Earlier this year, Matt Yglesias and Hakeem Jeffries urged progressives to shut up about immigration and Kilmar Abrego Garcia. Yglesias said "bad groups" were pushing Dems left on immigration and would help Trump's numbers.
How did they get this so wrong? www.gelliottmorris.com/p/the-cost-o...
How did they get this so wrong? www.gelliottmorris.com/p/the-cost-o...
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i think there are few good reasons to spend any significant amount of time on social media. i think "if i post enough, then i can #influence elon musk and jack posobiec" is one of the worst
December 15, 2025 at 10:26 PM
i think there are few good reasons to spend any significant amount of time on social media. i think "if i post enough, then i can #influence elon musk and jack posobiec" is one of the worst
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Naval blockades are old school but they are acts of war by definition.
December 17, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Naval blockades are old school but they are acts of war by definition.
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here's @brianbeutler.bsky.social on the reactions to Reiner's death
www.offmessage.net/p/reiner-mur...
www.offmessage.net/p/reiner-mur...
December 17, 2025 at 12:39 AM
here's @brianbeutler.bsky.social on the reactions to Reiner's death
www.offmessage.net/p/reiner-mur...
www.offmessage.net/p/reiner-mur...
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Robin Opsahl: Governor Kim Reynolds on December 15 ordered all flags in Iowa lowered in honor of Sgt. William Nathaniel Howard and Sgt. Edgar Brian Torres-Tovar, the two Iowa National Guard members killed in Syria over the weekend.
www.bleedingheartland.com/2025/12/15/t...
www.bleedingheartland.com/2025/12/15/t...
Two Iowa National Guard members killed in Syria
Robin Opsahl: Governor Kim Reynolds ordered flags lowered to honor Sgt. William Nathaniel Howard and Sgt. Edgar Brian Torres-Tovar.
www.bleedingheartland.com
December 16, 2025 at 3:40 AM
Robin Opsahl: Governor Kim Reynolds on December 15 ordered all flags in Iowa lowered in honor of Sgt. William Nathaniel Howard and Sgt. Edgar Brian Torres-Tovar, the two Iowa National Guard members killed in Syria over the weekend.
www.bleedingheartland.com/2025/12/15/t...
www.bleedingheartland.com/2025/12/15/t...
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The Silicon Valley titans acted like the "vibe shift" was permanent. Are they ready for the backlash?
Are the Broligarchs Ready to Be on the Downward Turn of the Wheel? talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/are-t...
Are the Broligarchs Ready to Be on the Downward Turn of the Wheel? talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/are-t...
Are the Broligarchs Ready to Be on the Downward Turn of the Wheel?
Today, I want to share some additional thoughts with you on this...
talkingpointsmemo.com
December 16, 2025 at 1:21 AM
The Silicon Valley titans acted like the "vibe shift" was permanent. Are they ready for the backlash?
Are the Broligarchs Ready to Be on the Downward Turn of the Wheel? talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/are-t...
Are the Broligarchs Ready to Be on the Downward Turn of the Wheel? talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/are-t...
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Speaking ill of the dead is controversial, particularly when it was a violent death. It’s edgy; it’s sensitive; best avoided in most cases, etc.
Baselessly making another person’s murder *about yourself,* and then approving of it, is a different thing. That is delusional, narcissistic, sociopathic.
Baselessly making another person’s murder *about yourself,* and then approving of it, is a different thing. That is delusional, narcissistic, sociopathic.
December 15, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Speaking ill of the dead is controversial, particularly when it was a violent death. It’s edgy; it’s sensitive; best avoided in most cases, etc.
Baselessly making another person’s murder *about yourself,* and then approving of it, is a different thing. That is delusional, narcissistic, sociopathic.
Baselessly making another person’s murder *about yourself,* and then approving of it, is a different thing. That is delusional, narcissistic, sociopathic.
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i have said this before but if you are actually interested in influencing people beyond a narrow circle of too-online journalists you will be making direct to camera videos on tiktok, instagram and youtube. if you primarily post on text-based social media then you're just dicking around.
December 15, 2025 at 7:26 PM
i have said this before but if you are actually interested in influencing people beyond a narrow circle of too-online journalists you will be making direct to camera videos on tiktok, instagram and youtube. if you primarily post on text-based social media then you're just dicking around.
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the CBS News tweets about Erika Kirk will continue until morale improves
December 15, 2025 at 7:07 PM
the CBS News tweets about Erika Kirk will continue until morale improves
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feels like a pretty obvious layup for Democrats to say, "this is an egregiously disgusting statement, even for him, and it underlines that the President is undergoing significant physical and mental deterioration, and either he is lying about it or is not aware of it."
December 15, 2025 at 5:35 PM
feels like a pretty obvious layup for Democrats to say, "this is an egregiously disgusting statement, even for him, and it underlines that the President is undergoing significant physical and mental deterioration, and either he is lying about it or is not aware of it."
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This is nuts. Sounds fairly close to a horrific midair catastrophe tied to whatevet the fuck trump thinks hes doing in venezuelan air space. abcnews.go.com/Internationa...
JetBlue pilot narrowly avoids 'midair collision' with Air Force plane near Venezuela
A JetBlue Airways pilot said he narrowly avoided a "midair collision" with a U.S. military aircraft that entered his flight path.
abcnews.go.com
December 15, 2025 at 2:14 PM
This is nuts. Sounds fairly close to a horrific midair catastrophe tied to whatevet the fuck trump thinks hes doing in venezuelan air space. abcnews.go.com/Internationa...
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Steve isn’t here anymore, but he always posted this picture on Hanukkah so I thought we could carry on his tradition and remember him.
Happy Hanukkah to our friends who celebrate. Rachel Posner, a rabbi’s wife in Kiel, Germany, took this photograph in 1931 -- a potent reminder that fascism must be fought in every generation, even if it's wrapped in an American flag and a red hat.
December 14, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Steve isn’t here anymore, but he always posted this picture on Hanukkah so I thought we could carry on his tradition and remember him.
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This has to be one of the greatest runs any director has ever experienced.
December 15, 2025 at 3:34 AM
This has to be one of the greatest runs any director has ever experienced.
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i don't know how bill wld manage these days. but if i were a GOP chair i'd be very skittish about giving Hill a big podium and platform to go off on trump and epstein for like an entire day. remember how that went last time they tried this with her
lol. by all means keep tryin guys
The Republican chairman of the Oversight Committee has refused to excuse Bill and Hillary Clinton from appearing in person for depositions in the Epstein investigation. It is the starkest example yet of House Republicans’ attempt to shift focus away from President Trump and onto prominent Democrats.
December 14, 2025 at 11:31 PM
i don't know how bill wld manage these days. but if i were a GOP chair i'd be very skittish about giving Hill a big podium and platform to go off on trump and epstein for like an entire day. remember how that went last time they tried this with her
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This is the question historians will be asking from their tropical labs in the Arctic for centuries. And the answer is so awfully simple: $$$$$$$$$$$$$$.
Also, ££££££££££££.
Also, ££££££££££££.
Genuine question: Why's the reaction of many politicians to AI 'it's transformational, we must go faster, we can dismiss concerns over energy, copyright, job losses', yet the reaction to a clean tech transition that's more advanced and has less overt downsides is 'steady now, we need to slow down'.
December 15, 2025 at 11:28 AM
This is the question historians will be asking from their tropical labs in the Arctic for centuries. And the answer is so awfully simple: $$$$$$$$$$$$$$.
Also, ££££££££££££.
Also, ££££££££££££.
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Under Trump, the SEC has eased up on more than 60% of the crypto cases that were ongoing when he took office in January.
Many of the firms that benefited from the leniency had financial ties to the Trump family.
The SEC is no longer pursuing any cases against crypto firms with Trump ties.
Many of the firms that benefited from the leniency had financial ties to the Trump family.
The SEC is no longer pursuing any cases against crypto firms with Trump ties.
The S.E.C. Was Tough on Crypto. It Pulled Back After Trump Returned to Office.
www.nytimes.com
December 14, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Under Trump, the SEC has eased up on more than 60% of the crypto cases that were ongoing when he took office in January.
Many of the firms that benefited from the leniency had financial ties to the Trump family.
The SEC is no longer pursuing any cases against crypto firms with Trump ties.
Many of the firms that benefited from the leniency had financial ties to the Trump family.
The SEC is no longer pursuing any cases against crypto firms with Trump ties.