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Mathew Foresta

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Writer and journalist. Words in HuffPost, USA Today, The Guardian, LAist, The Daily Beast, etc. Please subscribe. https://bettergracesandliberations.substack.com/

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Mathew Foresta @mathewforesta.bsky.social · 7d

My latest. "Remember, when they celebrate a man like Kirk they are calling everyone he oppressed, and every victim they mocked, a million slurs simultaneously."

bettergracesandliberations.substack.com/p/charlie-ki...

Charlie Kirk and the Fascist Conception of Empathy

Empathy for only the few is a tool of oppression.

bettergracesandliberations.substack.com

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Constant Scream @ajaxsinger.bsky.social · 13h

It's interesting seeing the different ways resistance has formed in different cities. Los Angeles Organized, Chicago Radicalized, and Portland Got Weird as Fuck. All 3 have had success unifying their respective cities.

I guess my point is there are multiple paths to ungovernability.

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Mathew Foresta @mathewforesta.bsky.social · 3h

He can dance

dun dun dun dun dun dun

Anti-ICE dance

dun dun dun dun dun dun.

Chris 🎃 DevPods.gg gamedev community @chrisdeleon.bsky.social · 8h

Portland protestor frog costume: What are you trying to tell me? That I can dodge pepper balls?

Morpheus from Matrix movie: No, Frog. I'm trying to tell you that when you're ready, you won't have to.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 18h

i desperately want everyone involved in the destruction of USAID to have to, st the very least, answer to the american people for the suffering and misery they have caused apnews.com/article/myan...

Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.

apnews.com

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Sarah Szalavitz💡 @dearsarah.bsky.social · 1d

😖LA is trying to overturn a federal injunction barring LAPD from using crowd control weapons & “less lethal” munitions against journalists & nonviolent protesters www.latimes.com/california/s... Dear @cityattorneyla.bsky.social, please protect our safety & our rights—& drop both of these cases!

City seeks to overturn judge's order limiting LAPD use of crowd control weapons

The move comes less than a month after a federal judge issued a temporary injunction over allegations that LAPD officers used excessive force against members of the press covering protests against the...

www.latimes.com

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Karl (sad trombone noise enthusiast) @brainnotonyet.bsky.social · 10h

Just a reminder that Jack published a book last year called “unhumans” that makes the argument that all Democrats and anyone left of Francisco Franco should be rounded up and murdered en mass for the rest of the populations entertainment.
Jack is a Nazi and hell bent on the murder of his opponents

CrimethInc. Ex-Workers' Collective @crimethinc.com · 13h

Jack Posobiec explicitly says that "Antifa" dates back to the Weimar Republic, explicitly acknowledging that this administration is opposed to those who resisted the arrival of Adolf Hitler in Power.

A screenshot of C-Span showing Jack Posobiec speaking during a panel on "Antifa."

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CrimethInc. Ex-Workers' Collective @crimethinc.com · 13h

Jack Posobiec explicitly says that "Antifa" dates back to the Weimar Republic, explicitly acknowledging that this administration is opposed to those who resisted the arrival of Adolf Hitler in Power.

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Mathew Foresta @mathewforesta.bsky.social · 11h

Not surprising. It can't be said enough, these are fascists, straight up. Yes, they wanted the Confederacy to win, No, they don't think slavery or Indigenous genocide was wrong. Yes, they admire Hitler, Pinochet, and Franco. They hate you. Hate them back and fight them.

Mathew Foresta @mathewforesta.bsky.social · 12h

Out yelling fascists doesn't stop them, strong anti-fascist laws do. Fox helped incite an insurrection, that alone should have gotten them shut down. We need to stop wearing boxing gloves in a knife fight, and treat this like the existential conflict it is.

Mathew Foresta @mathewforesta.bsky.social · 12h

Lol they were always going to pull this. It's their answer to everything. All their accusations are confessions.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12h

Q: There's compelling proof that antifa did infiltrate on January 6 dressed up like Trump supporters and incited violence. Is that something you'd like the new J6 committee to look at?

TRUMP: Well I've heard that. Yeah. We will be acting on some of that.

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Mathew Foresta @mathewforesta.bsky.social · 15h

Turning Point USA running Mark Bray out of the country is in and of itself an act of political violence.

Christopher Mathias @letsgomathias.bsky.social · 1d

Solidarity with @mark-bray.bsky.social, a fantastic, thoughtful, and generous scholar whose work about antifa is so important in this moment.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Rutgers professor moving to Europe after threats over antifa accusations

Mark Bray says threats intensified after a Turning Point USA petition accused him of promoting political violence

www.theguardian.com

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Mathew Foresta @mathewforesta.bsky.social · 1d

This is going to get hate on the thread but I'm from LA, so I'm a Dodgers fan.

Mathew Foresta @mathewforesta.bsky.social · 1d

I'm rooting for the Mariners in the American League because I straight up feel bad for them. They are the only team to have never been to a World Series. That's just cruel to the fanbase lol.

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Mathew Foresta @mathewforesta.bsky.social · 1d

Who's your team Mia?

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Mathew Foresta @mathewforesta.bsky.social · 1d

I mean, how are you a wild card when you have that stacked ass roster. Aaron Judge should get you to winning the division.

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Mathew Foresta @mathewforesta.bsky.social · 1d

OMG yes Yankee hate, the one thing that unites us as baseball fans and an ailing nation.

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Mathew Foresta @mathewforesta.bsky.social · 2d

I read the article, the cis lady is very mad at you & agitated that some bigots got fired over the past 10 years. If you're pissing off the right people, you're doing a good job. I am sorry you got fired from DC, I share a lot of your thoughts. bettergracesandliberations.substack.com/p/charlie-ki...

Charlie Kirk and the Fascist Conception of Empathy

Empathy for only the few is a tool of oppression.

bettergracesandliberations.substack.com

Mathew Foresta @mathewforesta.bsky.social · 2d

The degree to which reactionaries are obsessed with you over satirizing the queen of Terf Island is really stunning. Sorry you're going through this.

Gretchen Felker-Martin 🍉 @scumbelievable.bsky.social · 2d

Finally solved the mystery of my inbox flooding with interview requests. A TERF wrote an insane profile of me in UnHerd. Well, it's a living.

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Mathew Foresta @mathewforesta.bsky.social · 2d

LGBTQ self-hatred is a toxic ass drug man.

Olivia Messer @oliviamesser.bsky.social · 2d

I kind of can’t believe this Bari Weiss quote is even real, and yet www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/b...

“I know that there are some people in this room who don’t believe that my marriage should have been legal … and that’s ok. Because we’re all Americans who want lower taxes.”

Mathew Foresta @mathewforesta.bsky.social · 2d

There has been no justice for we who went through that night. The DA has no regard for students, Palestinians, leftists, or anyone who dissents in a way he doesn't like. You can read some of my reporting here, including my original account.
bettergracesandliberations.substack.com/p/i-was-atta...

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Mathew Foresta @mathewforesta.bsky.social · 2d

This is a great documentary. None of us who were there that night will ever forget it, or the fact that the DA made sure there was no justice. You can read my account here. newpol.org/issue_post/o...

and here.

bettergracesandliberations.substack.com/p/i-was-atta...

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Mathew Foresta @mathewforesta.bsky.social · 2d

This industry sucks. The worst, least talented people reap the most rewards. The media needs a complete teardown. Run it all as non-profit, worker run co-ops I say.

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Mathew Foresta @mathewforesta.bsky.social · 2d

So CBS is just a dumping ground for NYT's fail children now?

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Mathew Foresta @mathewforesta.bsky.social · 2d

"I'm Bari Weiss, and tonight on 60 Minutes, why genocide is good, actually."

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Mathew Foresta @mathewforesta.bsky.social · 2d

Facts.

Mathew Foresta @mathewforesta.bsky.social · 2d

They could have been better, but I'm stanning Hernandez for speaking out, and at least they evicted ICE from their property. The Nationals and Cubs didn't say shit in their cities.

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