Matt Bracaglia
@mattbracaglia.bsky.social
Academic and Tech Researcher, Currently looking for work, reach out at [email protected].
I can't run for office, but as they say, "Those who can, do. Those who can't, write on Substack." https://substack.com/@matthewbracaglia
I can't run for office, but as they say, "Those who can, do. Those who can't, write on Substack." https://substack.com/@matthewbracaglia
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Matt Bracaglia
@mattbracaglia.bsky.social
· Nov 24
Maybe instead of accepting conservatives lies, point them out.
At CrookedCon, a panel run by Jon Favreau with Jen Psaki and other Democratic strategists talked about how to beat Trump and MAGA.
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I wrote a piece on how the Democrats need to stop helping conservatives lie about trans issues. Earlier this month, I went to Crooked Con, an event @crooked.com hosted, in Washington, DC. While I found hope that Dems won’t push out people like Mamdani, one conversation frustrated me. 🧵1/9
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Here's screenshots of full statement to make it easier to read...
December 30, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Here's screenshots of full statement to make it easier to read...
This article is basically "Why isn't anyone talking about the almost 50% of people who didn't vote for Mamdani?" Like they just discovered how democracy works when they are not constantly getting what they want.
Nearly half of NYC voted against Zohran Mamdani. What do they do now?
Some are protesting to support Israel. Others want to help moderate Democrats in the midterms.
www.yahoo.com
December 29, 2025 at 2:03 AM
This article is basically "Why isn't anyone talking about the almost 50% of people who didn't vote for Mamdani?" Like they just discovered how democracy works when they are not constantly getting what they want.
I hope someone in management at CBS sends out an anonymous survey asking what everyone thinks about how CBS is doing so far under Bari Weiss's leadership. And I hope when they get it back they tell her that most people thinks she's a joke and has no respect for her leadership.
December 25, 2025 at 5:21 AM
I hope someone in management at CBS sends out an anonymous survey asking what everyone thinks about how CBS is doing so far under Bari Weiss's leadership. And I hope when they get it back they tell her that most people thinks she's a joke and has no respect for her leadership.
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[borat voice] bari weiss
December 17, 2024 at 9:12 PM
[borat voice] bari weiss
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All of these links went to promotion of this story earlier today. All these links are dead now — that's how thoroughly they've scrubbed this.
December 21, 2025 at 10:57 PM
All of these links went to promotion of this story earlier today. All these links are dead now — that's how thoroughly they've scrubbed this.
I'm rewatching Bob's Burgers, and was wondering if anyone else gets sad that Tina won't ever go to the (H.S.) prom because she lives in a world where they're all trapped in a time loop and they have +10 of each major holidays but never age, so Tina will never be in highschool? Or is that just me?
December 21, 2025 at 11:42 PM
I'm rewatching Bob's Burgers, and was wondering if anyone else gets sad that Tina won't ever go to the (H.S.) prom because she lives in a world where they're all trapped in a time loop and they have +10 of each major holidays but never age, so Tina will never be in highschool? Or is that just me?
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Thank you to Fredricka Whitfield and @cnn.com for having me on today to talk about the recent political attacks on gender-affirming medical care for adolescents with gender dysphoria.
December 21, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Thank you to Fredricka Whitfield and @cnn.com for having me on today to talk about the recent political attacks on gender-affirming medical care for adolescents with gender dysphoria.
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Pediatric phalloplasty is something that takes place when there is severe genital injury or a congenital condition. I have not been able to find a single report of phalloplasty performed on a transgender minor.
This is grotesque fear-mongering.
This is grotesque fear-mongering.
Dr Oz: "The creation of a penis costs on average in America $150,000 per child ... if you add testicles, that's extra"
December 18, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Pediatric phalloplasty is something that takes place when there is severe genital injury or a congenital condition. I have not been able to find a single report of phalloplasty performed on a transgender minor.
This is grotesque fear-mongering.
This is grotesque fear-mongering.
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cis people on the skyline are genuinely more distressed by karoline leavitt’s lip fillers than the fact that congress just said, “what we should do is put any doctor or pharmacist in prison who gives lifesaving medical care to this specific kind of child we find gross.”
Bluesky tonight is neatly divided between trans people and family members appropriately angry and freaking out and everyone else who has barely noticed.
December 18, 2025 at 12:56 AM
cis people on the skyline are genuinely more distressed by karoline leavitt’s lip fillers than the fact that congress just said, “what we should do is put any doctor or pharmacist in prison who gives lifesaving medical care to this specific kind of child we find gross.”
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Really seriously please take the 30 seconds and actually fill out the form.
Tomorrow, the House of Representatives will vote on a bill that bans gender-affirming medical care for any transgender person under 18, and threatens any medical professional providing this care to youth with 10 years in prison.
Tell Congress to protect trans youth and vote NO.
Tell Congress to protect trans youth and vote NO.
Protect Trans Care Now
As wave after wave of extreme measures to criminalize and strip trans people of rights and safety continue, tell Congress to act.
action.aclu.org
December 16, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Really seriously please take the 30 seconds and actually fill out the form.
I wrote about the story that went viral after Thanksgiving weekend, where a student got a 0 for a paper on gender expectations by a TA who is trans, because she wrote god made us that way, and is now grifting by saying she is being discriminated against. This type of grift is becoming popular.
Lather, Lie, Grift, Repeat: How being anti-trans can be an easy career
Over the Thanksgiving weekend, a story went viral about a student at the University of Oklahoma who got a 0 on a two-page psychology paper.
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December 12, 2025 at 4:14 PM
I wrote about the story that went viral after Thanksgiving weekend, where a student got a 0 for a paper on gender expectations by a TA who is trans, because she wrote god made us that way, and is now grifting by saying she is being discriminated against. This type of grift is becoming popular.
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So an instructor at OU excused any students who missed class to go to a protest in support of the trans grad student who was put on leave. A student asked if it would be the same if they went to a counter protest, didn't like the answer, and they complained. Now that the instructor is also on leave.
Another instructor removed by University of Oklahoma amid protest over student’s failing grade
Another OU instructor has been removed amidst the controversy over one student's failing grade.
www.yahoo.com
December 9, 2025 at 12:23 AM
So an instructor at OU excused any students who missed class to go to a protest in support of the trans grad student who was put on leave. A student asked if it would be the same if they went to a counter protest, didn't like the answer, and they complained. Now that the instructor is also on leave.
I wrote a piece on how the Democrats need to stop helping conservatives lie about trans issues. Earlier this month, I went to Crooked Con, an event @crooked.com hosted, in Washington, DC. While I found hope that Dems won’t push out people like Mamdani, one conversation frustrated me. 🧵1/9
Maybe instead of accepting conservatives lies, point them out.
At CrookedCon, a panel run by Jon Favreau with Jen Psaki and other Democratic strategists talked about how to beat Trump and MAGA.
mattbracaglia.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:35 PM
I wrote a piece on how the Democrats need to stop helping conservatives lie about trans issues. Earlier this month, I went to Crooked Con, an event @crooked.com hosted, in Washington, DC. While I found hope that Dems won’t push out people like Mamdani, one conversation frustrated me. 🧵1/9
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On this Trans Day of Remembrance, we remember the bright and courageous trans people whose lives were stolen by hatred. Their absence is felt across our city.
We will honor them by building a New York where every trans person can live safely, fully and freely.
We will honor them by building a New York where every trans person can live safely, fully and freely.
November 20, 2025 at 4:57 PM
On this Trans Day of Remembrance, we remember the bright and courageous trans people whose lives were stolen by hatred. Their absence is felt across our city.
We will honor them by building a New York where every trans person can live safely, fully and freely.
We will honor them by building a New York where every trans person can live safely, fully and freely.
My brain has been scattered the past week or so, got a little behind. This is my new article about how what people thought cancel culture wasn't really what people thought, and whatever it was, might be over.
"Cancel Culture" is dead?
I know this sounds crazy, but I think “Cancel Culture” is dead.
mattbracaglia.substack.com
November 13, 2025 at 5:10 AM
My brain has been scattered the past week or so, got a little behind. This is my new article about how what people thought cancel culture wasn't really what people thought, and whatever it was, might be over.
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As many have pointed out, Mamdani didn't stand apart from our trans brothers and sisters. He didn't play the "Gee, gosh, it sure is complicated," milquetoast moderate card. And he crushed.
The way forward is together, not over the bodies of our own.
The way forward is together, not over the bodies of our own.
November 5, 2025 at 2:52 AM
As many have pointed out, Mamdani didn't stand apart from our trans brothers and sisters. He didn't play the "Gee, gosh, it sure is complicated," milquetoast moderate card. And he crushed.
The way forward is together, not over the bodies of our own.
The way forward is together, not over the bodies of our own.
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Congratulations, Andrew Cuomo!
I know how hard you worked for this.
I know how hard you worked for this.
![Red Trump-style graphic with images of Donald Trump and Andrew Cuomo.
At the top it says, "I'm going to pick [Cuomo]." - Donald Trump, 60 Minutes Interview, 11-2-25
Then beneath it
TRUMP ENDORSES CUOMO](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:j5hrotody26iqi24hcusufxu/bafkreib7wnor7hl45ryvmifde4sov74rrnexa3iecbyu7zxjx6brrslsiy@jpeg)
November 3, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Congratulations, Andrew Cuomo!
I know how hard you worked for this.
I know how hard you worked for this.
I just saw an ad for an external charger that said "Have you noticed that wealthy people in Shanghai never carry phone chargers?" and all I thought was, yes I have. All my friends have. We spend hours talking about how wealthy people in Shanghai never carry phone chargers. HOW DO THEY DO IT?
November 2, 2025 at 10:52 PM
I just saw an ad for an external charger that said "Have you noticed that wealthy people in Shanghai never carry phone chargers?" and all I thought was, yes I have. All my friends have. We spend hours talking about how wealthy people in Shanghai never carry phone chargers. HOW DO THEY DO IT?
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In this study of 220 #trans adolescents who received gender affirming medical care, only 4% expressed any regret about treatment, and half of those continued with treatment, suggesting the benefits outweighed the downsides.
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39432272
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39432272
November 1, 2025 at 8:20 PM
In this study of 220 #trans adolescents who received gender affirming medical care, only 4% expressed any regret about treatment, and half of those continued with treatment, suggesting the benefits outweighed the downsides.
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39432272
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39432272
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The strength of Platner's fundraising and his polling even after all this came out should speak to the electoral potential of attacking billionaires and advocating for strong social programs.
an unfortunate number of leftists have concluded "only this one guy can sell this platform to voters"
an unfortunate number of leftists have concluded "only this one guy can sell this platform to voters"
October 30, 2025 at 4:18 AM
The strength of Platner's fundraising and his polling even after all this came out should speak to the electoral potential of attacking billionaires and advocating for strong social programs.
an unfortunate number of leftists have concluded "only this one guy can sell this platform to voters"
an unfortunate number of leftists have concluded "only this one guy can sell this platform to voters"
I don't understand why anyone would write an article like this without painting him as the villain of the story.
Billionaire Warren Buffett Says '$1 Million Isn't Going To Make You Happy' Because Once You See Someone With $2 Million, 'Your Happiness Will Disappear'
Warren Buffett's late wife, Susan, once said he turned to her early in their marriage and told her flat-out: he was going to be the richest man in the world. And he meant it. "It wasn't the money itse...
www.yahoo.com
October 29, 2025 at 7:37 PM
I don't understand why anyone would write an article like this without painting him as the villain of the story.
This week I talk about the blaten Islamophobia surrounding Zohran Mamdani's mayoral campaign.
More Islamophobia surrounds Zohran Mamdani's mayoral campaign
Zohran Mamdani, in his bid to become mayor, has been in New York City taking photos for his campaign.
open.substack.com
October 26, 2025 at 3:24 PM
This week I talk about the blaten Islamophobia surrounding Zohran Mamdani's mayoral campaign.
My new article about how people in the media have to stop pretending their views fit "most" Americans' views. In general, most people disagree with most people.
People in media have to stop pretending they represent most of Americans
One of the biggest mistakes that people in the media make is assuming that their point of view represents the views of most Americans.
mattbracaglia.substack.com
October 17, 2025 at 10:09 PM
My new article about how people in the media have to stop pretending their views fit "most" Americans' views. In general, most people disagree with most people.
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Fox News' Will Cain calls Zohran Mamdani a “threat to Western civilization”
Fox News' Will Cain calls Zohran Mamdani a "threat to Western civilization"
www.mediamatters.org
October 15, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Fox News' Will Cain calls Zohran Mamdani a “threat to Western civilization”