MadMatthew56
@madmadtthew56.bsky.social
Compulsive writer. 45 years in comms, 25 as science/tech writer, lifelong Michigander. Husband, dad, grandpa, and proud member, The Enemy Within. First political experience: volunteer for McGovern. Go Lions! Outdoorsy Great Lakes lover.
Just saw the latest plans for the Trump ballroom...
December 1, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Just saw the latest plans for the Trump ballroom...
A good take on Trump's economy...
America, This Is Not Normal, But It Is Exactly What He Promised
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America, This Is Not Normal, But It Is Exactly What He Promised
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America, This Is Not Normal, But It Is Exactly What He Promised
Trump’s fantasy economy, racist bile, war-crime denials, and shadow diplomacy expose the true architecture of his regime.
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December 1, 2025 at 3:16 PM
A good take on Trump's economy...
America, This Is Not Normal, But It Is Exactly What He Promised
open.substack.com/pub/marygedd...
America, This Is Not Normal, But It Is Exactly What He Promised
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If the Venezuelan sailors were enemy combatants, then the 2nd strike is a war crime.
If the Venezuelan sailors weren’t enemy combatants, then both strikes are criminal murder.
It’s that simple.
If the Venezuelan sailors weren’t enemy combatants, then both strikes are criminal murder.
It’s that simple.
November 30, 2025 at 8:42 PM
If the Venezuelan sailors were enemy combatants, then the 2nd strike is a war crime.
If the Venezuelan sailors weren’t enemy combatants, then both strikes are criminal murder.
It’s that simple.
If the Venezuelan sailors weren’t enemy combatants, then both strikes are criminal murder.
It’s that simple.
Once again, fuck these fucking racists.
College Student Is Deported During Trip Home for Thanksgiving www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/u...
College Student Is Deported During Trip Home for Thanksgiving www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/u...
College Student Is Deported During Trip Home for Thanksgiving
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November 30, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Once again, fuck these fucking racists.
College Student Is Deported During Trip Home for Thanksgiving www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/u...
College Student Is Deported During Trip Home for Thanksgiving www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/u...
Somebody saw Santa at Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn…
November 30, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Somebody saw Santa at Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn…
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Lock them up! Every last one! An example should be made of them.
At some point in the future, Witkoff should be prosecuted for this.
November 29, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Lock them up! Every last one! An example should be made of them.
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Doing this when the recent elections and all the polls suggest that any fair election will thoroughly reject Trump and Republicans isn't just about cowardice. It's a declaration of allegiance to Trump's war on higher education.
Northwestern bent the knee, choosing to give in to extortion at the expense of academic freedom.
Among the provisions:
-Pay a big bribe
-Give the govt data on students
-Validate BS about "fighting antisemitism"
-Be cruel to trans students
What to do about Vichy universities (now, later, or both)?
Among the provisions:
-Pay a big bribe
-Give the govt data on students
-Validate BS about "fighting antisemitism"
-Be cruel to trans students
What to do about Vichy universities (now, later, or both)?
BREAKING: Northwestern University has agreed to pay the U.S. Treasury $75 million, over the course of three years as part of an agreement with the federal government to restore funding and end investigations into the university
Full statement from NU below:
Full statement from NU below:
November 29, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Doing this when the recent elections and all the polls suggest that any fair election will thoroughly reject Trump and Republicans isn't just about cowardice. It's a declaration of allegiance to Trump's war on higher education.
Welp, now that the Bears are 9-3 after being 7-10 last year, and the Lions are 7-5 after being 15-2, it’s pretty easy to see who the actual brains of the Lions coaching staff has been the past couple years.
November 29, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Welp, now that the Bears are 9-3 after being 7-10 last year, and the Lions are 7-5 after being 15-2, it’s pretty easy to see who the actual brains of the Lions coaching staff has been the past couple years.
Faith in bankers to do the right thing and not take stupid risks without tough federal regulations is irrational. But then so is believing in “the magic of free markets.”
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Getting Ready to Party Like It’s 2008
Trump’s cronies are undermining financial stability
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November 28, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Faith in bankers to do the right thing and not take stupid risks without tough federal regulations is irrational. But then so is believing in “the magic of free markets.”
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“Have You Ever Seen a Grown Man Naked?”
Thanksgiving wishes from my family to yours!
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November 27, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Well well. Who's he gonna blame now??
CNN: shooter was granted asylum in April 2025 under Trump: www.mediaite.com/media/tv/tru...
Trump Administration Reportedly Approved National Guard Shooting Suspect’s Asylum Application: CNN
The suspect in the shooting of two National Guardsmen in D.C. reportedly had his asylum application approved by the Trump administration earlier this year.
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November 27, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Well well. Who's he gonna blame now??
Gratitude
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Gratitude
Thanksgiving thoughts
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November 27, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Gratitude
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Ouch. MSU up on poor East Carolina 73-31 midway through the second half of a Fort Myers Tip-Off tournament game in Florida. Tom, please, show some mercy, empty the bench!
November 25, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Ouch. MSU up on poor East Carolina 73-31 midway through the second half of a Fort Myers Tip-Off tournament game in Florida. Tom, please, show some mercy, empty the bench!
The author here is far more compassionate than I. What I read here is a father who allowed his daughter to die in agony because of his religious superstitions, a leadership of hucksters and crooks, and followers who are either easily bamboozled rubes or just stupid.
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Opinion | I Went to an Anti-Vaccine Conference. Medicine Is in Trouble.
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November 25, 2025 at 7:31 PM
The author here is far more compassionate than I. What I read here is a father who allowed his daughter to die in agony because of his religious superstitions, a leadership of hucksters and crooks, and followers who are either easily bamboozled rubes or just stupid.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/o...
Lowry's books in Three Rivers has now moved into five storefronts (and their basements) in an otherwise largely dead downtown. Amazing collection of new and used books, toys, puzzles, games, and more. If you're within 50 miles -- maybe 100! -- it's worth a visit. open.substack.com/pub/distills...
We Ain’t Buying It: A Holiday Weekend With Purpose
Use your purchasing power to make a point
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November 25, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Lowry's books in Three Rivers has now moved into five storefronts (and their basements) in an otherwise largely dead downtown. Amazing collection of new and used books, toys, puzzles, games, and more. If you're within 50 miles -- maybe 100! -- it's worth a visit. open.substack.com/pub/distills...
Unbelievable! Another step on the road to recriminalizing being an LGBTQ+ person. Further steps may include concentration camps, then death camps. Plenty of "Christians" would happily assist in this effort.
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Tennessee public libraries close for Trump-inspired book purge
One hundred and eighty-one public libraries in Tennessee are reviewing their children’s collections after Tennessee Secretary of State Tre Hargett (R) ordered them to remove books with LGBTQ themes or...
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November 25, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Unbelievable! Another step on the road to recriminalizing being an LGBTQ+ person. Further steps may include concentration camps, then death camps. Plenty of "Christians" would happily assist in this effort.
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I’m trying to be a better person. But this is still pretty funny. I mean, we WARNED them….
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I’m All Out of Fucks
Cry harder MAGA.
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November 25, 2025 at 2:21 AM
I’m trying to be a better person. But this is still pretty funny. I mean, we WARNED them….
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I wrote about the fake account blowup on X this weekend. A genuine post-truth nightmare and proof that these companies have polluted their platforms so thoroughly and traded reality for profit that they've undermined the very idea of what the internet is supposed to be.
That MAGA Account Might Be a Troll From Pakistan
How X blew up its own platform with a new location feature
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November 24, 2025 at 4:33 PM
I wrote about the fake account blowup on X this weekend. A genuine post-truth nightmare and proof that these companies have polluted their platforms so thoroughly and traded reality for profit that they've undermined the very idea of what the internet is supposed to be.
I'm wondering when this will happen to the gigantic cities of millions we're idiotically building in godforsaken AMERICAN deserts. I'm sure they'll demand a bailout -- and Great Lakes water. www.scientificamerican.com/article/iran...
Iran’s Capital Is Moving. The Reason Is an Ecological Catastrophe
The decision to move Iran’s capital is partly driven by climate change, but experts say decades of human error and action are also to blame
www.scientificamerican.com
November 24, 2025 at 5:57 PM
I'm wondering when this will happen to the gigantic cities of millions we're idiotically building in godforsaken AMERICAN deserts. I'm sure they'll demand a bailout -- and Great Lakes water. www.scientificamerican.com/article/iran...
Just like "Idiocracy" is no longer dystopian fiction, but instead our reality, pretty soon "Children of Men" will be too.
The EPA will approve two new pesticides containing “forever chemicals” and relax a reporting rule for companies who make products with forever chemicals.
The moves come after a $60 million lobbying blitz from the forever chemical industry.
Where is the MAHA outcry?
The moves come after a $60 million lobbying blitz from the forever chemical industry.
Where is the MAHA outcry?
November 24, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Just like "Idiocracy" is no longer dystopian fiction, but instead our reality, pretty soon "Children of Men" will be too.
Found on Threads:
I just remembered how Elon said he would solve world hunger, but instead he killed 600,000 people by defunding USAID, and millions more are expected to die.
I just remembered how Elon said he would solve world hunger, but instead he killed 600,000 people by defunding USAID, and millions more are expected to die.
November 24, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Found on Threads:
I just remembered how Elon said he would solve world hunger, but instead he killed 600,000 people by defunding USAID, and millions more are expected to die.
I just remembered how Elon said he would solve world hunger, but instead he killed 600,000 people by defunding USAID, and millions more are expected to die.
The more you find out, the more you realize just how evil the billionaires are. mailchi.mp/gregpalast/n...
Larry Summers, Epstein and the “End Game” Memo
The newly released emails revealed that Epstein agreed to be Summers’ “wing man,” advising Summers on how to use coercive power to maneuver his female protégé into the sack.
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November 24, 2025 at 5:36 PM
The more you find out, the more you realize just how evil the billionaires are. mailchi.mp/gregpalast/n...