Matthew Sheffield
@matthew.flux.community
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🟦 Host, Theory of Change podcast
🟦 Former TV producer and pollster
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New book: What Republicans Know https://flux.community/book/what-republicans-know
🟦 Host, Theory of Change podcast
🟦 Former TV producer and pollster
🟦 As seen in NYT, WaPo, NBC, NPR, Variety ...
New book: What Republicans Know https://flux.community/book/what-republicans-know
RFK Junior accidentally hired someone competent and reasonably sane, so of course he is resigning rather than take part of the shitshow.
The nation’s top drug regulator, Richard Pazdur, has decided to retire three weeks after taking the job, according to two people familiar with his decision.
Top FDA drug regulator plans to depart weeks into job
Richard Pazdur had clashed with Trump officials on the legality and pace of their initiatives. He could still withdraw his resignation, but it is unlikely, one person said.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 3, 2025 at 12:29 AM
RFK Junior accidentally hired someone competent and reasonably sane, so of course he is resigning rather than take part of the shitshow.
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Congress is attempting to fast track KOSA and more than a dozen bills that would restrict internet access, censor speech and increase surveillance under the guise of protecting children.
Committee hearings begin tomorrow.
Committee hearings begin tomorrow.
Lawmakers to consider 19 bills for childproofing the internet
KOSA is back, along with more than a dozen other bills that will erode free speech and privacy in the name of protecting kids.
reason.com
December 2, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Congress is attempting to fast track KOSA and more than a dozen bills that would restrict internet access, censor speech and increase surveillance under the guise of protecting children.
Committee hearings begin tomorrow.
Committee hearings begin tomorrow.
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Over on x, David sacks is melting down about The New York Times reporting on his many conflicts of interest
December 2, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Over on x, David sacks is melting down about The New York Times reporting on his many conflicts of interest
This guy should be in a rest home, he clearly needs it.
December 2, 2025 at 5:56 PM
This guy should be in a rest home, he clearly needs it.
Another day, another Trump pardon for a drug kingpin www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
Trump officially pardons ex-Honduran president of drug trafficking conviction
The president has framed the case as yet another example of overreach from the administration of Joe Biden.
www.politico.com
December 2, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Another day, another Trump pardon for a drug kingpin www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
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Love how Democrats are judged by the most unhinged posts of random weirdos but Republicans are never called to answer for the actions of their elected representatives.
Sen. Bernie Moreno, R-Ohio, just introduced a bill to ban Americans from holding dual citizenship. The bill says that to “preserve the integrity of national citizenship, allegiance to the United States must be undivided.” It’s called the Exclusive Citizenship Act.
December 1, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Love how Democrats are judged by the most unhinged posts of random weirdos but Republicans are never called to answer for the actions of their elected representatives.
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Time to put the Trump regime's corruption, lawlessness, and betrayal front and center in our politics.
My latest 👇
www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/putting-th...
My latest 👇
www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/putting-th...
Putting The Trump Regime's Corruption, Lawlessness, And Betrayal Front And Center In Our Politics
Let's make December a very good month for our democracy
www.hopiumchronicles.com
November 30, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Time to put the Trump regime's corruption, lawlessness, and betrayal front and center in our politics.
My latest 👇
www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/putting-th...
My latest 👇
www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/putting-th...
Shockingly, the self-declared leader of global capital and the largest leader of global Christians have drastically differing viewpoints.
It's pretty funny how the Silicon Valley tech bros have all suddenly decided that the actual Pope is the villain in their little narrative. sfstandard.com/2025/11/10/m...
Marc Andreessen v. the pope: VC starts meme-war with Leo XIV
The venture capitalist quickly deleted his social media posts mocking the pontiff’s call to build moral AI.
sfstandard.com
November 30, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Shockingly, the self-declared leader of global capital and the largest leader of global Christians have drastically differing viewpoints.
Cognition is simultaneously about what you know and also what you allow yourself to know.
The problem for democracy is that people who know lots of things think that everyone else wants to do so.
The problem for democracy is that people who know lots of things think that everyone else wants to do so.
Imagining that the climate battle is about *information* -- that those who have good information will act; that those who aren't acting must be lacking information -- has been utterly disastrous for decades now, but advocates & pols can't seem to break out of it.
Many Fighting Climate Change Worry They Are Losing the Information War
www.nytimes.com
November 30, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Cognition is simultaneously about what you know and also what you allow yourself to know.
The problem for democracy is that people who know lots of things think that everyone else wants to do so.
The problem for democracy is that people who know lots of things think that everyone else wants to do so.
Open source to the rescue yet again as Google orphans older Nest thermostats liliputing.com/open-source-...
Open source project keeps old Nest thermostats working after Google has ended support - Liliputing
Open source project keeps old Nest thermostats working after Google has ended support
liliputing.com
November 29, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Open source to the rescue yet again as Google orphans older Nest thermostats liliputing.com/open-source-...
I hope you're having a happy Thanksgiving. Here's a great piece from @kaliholloway.bsky.social on how Turkey Day was long opposed by white evangelicals as a holiday for woke Yankees www.thenation.com/article/soci...
Make Thanksgiving Radical Again
The holiday’s real roots lie in abolition, liberation, and anti-racism. Let’s reconnect to that legacy.
www.thenation.com
November 27, 2025 at 9:40 PM
I hope you're having a happy Thanksgiving. Here's a great piece from @kaliholloway.bsky.social on how Turkey Day was long opposed by white evangelicals as a holiday for woke Yankees www.thenation.com/article/soci...
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Thanks, @jamellebouie.net for this powerful endorsement of what Liberal Currents stands for
You heard the man, folks. Support Liberal Currents and help create the media you want to see in the world!
You heard the man, folks. Support Liberal Currents and help create the media you want to see in the world!
you should support liberal currents!
November 27, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Thanks, @jamellebouie.net for this powerful endorsement of what Liberal Currents stands for
You heard the man, folks. Support Liberal Currents and help create the media you want to see in the world!
You heard the man, folks. Support Liberal Currents and help create the media you want to see in the world!
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This is true. It is the best email I got this year.
November 26, 2025 at 9:50 PM
This is true. It is the best email I got this year.
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Democrats :: 2026 is Time to Go Big
open.substack.com/pub/reedgale...
open.substack.com/pub/reedgale...
Democrats :: 2026 is Time to Go Big
No More Nibbling, No More Trimming Sails, Go All In to Win
open.substack.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Democrats :: 2026 is Time to Go Big
open.substack.com/pub/reedgale...
open.substack.com/pub/reedgale...
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Political Gap Between Pastors & Pews
“Political partisanship of the average mainline pastor diverges significantly from the politics of the folks sitting in their pews.”
Ryan Burge analyzes recent PRRI data to highlight pervasive pattern in Mainline Christianity 👉 open.substack.com/pub/ryanburg...
“Political partisanship of the average mainline pastor diverges significantly from the politics of the folks sitting in their pews.”
Ryan Burge analyzes recent PRRI data to highlight pervasive pattern in Mainline Christianity 👉 open.substack.com/pub/ryanburg...
November 17, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Political Gap Between Pastors & Pews
“Political partisanship of the average mainline pastor diverges significantly from the politics of the folks sitting in their pews.”
Ryan Burge analyzes recent PRRI data to highlight pervasive pattern in Mainline Christianity 👉 open.substack.com/pub/ryanburg...
“Political partisanship of the average mainline pastor diverges significantly from the politics of the folks sitting in their pews.”
Ryan Burge analyzes recent PRRI data to highlight pervasive pattern in Mainline Christianity 👉 open.substack.com/pub/ryanburg...
Texas is the best possible proof that people do not vote on issues. There is no "Islamic invasion" of the United States and there were fewer than 10 trans athletes out of more than 550,000 NCAA athletes.
A prominent Texas Republican is running for Railroad Commission in order to fight the "Islamic invasion." He's vying for a seat vacated by a former commissioner, who is now running for Texas Comptroller on a vow to protect girls' sports.
The latest on Texas' (increasingly Islamophobic) primaries:
The latest on Texas' (increasingly Islamophobic) primaries:
What Does the Railroad Commision Have to Do With “Radical Islam”? Everything, One Candidate Says
Tarrant County GOP chair Bo French, known for his incendiary online presence, recently tendered his resignation to seek a position on the regulatory body that oversees the oil-and-gas industry.
www.texasmonthly.com
November 26, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Texas is the best possible proof that people do not vote on issues. There is no "Islamic invasion" of the United States and there were fewer than 10 trans athletes out of more than 550,000 NCAA athletes.
There's so much wrong with this strategy.
"elevate charismatic figures such as Alan Dershowitz"
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November 25, 2025 at 4:52 AM
There's so much wrong with this strategy.
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this dumb shit is what i mean when i say this is a purely aesthetic “politics.” yeah man, why can’t we have a fusion of cosmopolitan social democracy and revanchist hierarchies of wealth and privilege? tough question.
Matt Stoller: “..Trump & Mamdani defeated establishment in their own way, representing hunger of voters on the right & left who want something different. If those sides cd come together.. that would be a sea change in how we organize our political economy”.
www.thebignewsletter.com/p/monopoly-r...
www.thebignewsletter.com/p/monopoly-r...
Monopoly Round-Up: Why the Establishment Freaked Out Over a Mamdani-Trump Press Conference
Meta wins its antitrust case, there are now two fire truck antitrust claims, the stock market got wobbly, and Larry Summers was exiled from the establishment, at least for now.
www.thebignewsletter.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:04 PM
this dumb shit is what i mean when i say this is a purely aesthetic “politics.” yeah man, why can’t we have a fusion of cosmopolitan social democracy and revanchist hierarchies of wealth and privilege? tough question.
I loved it as well. Please do watch or read the transcript!
I meant to post this a few weeks ago. Thanks for the great conversation @matthew.flux.community!
Deva Woodly on how political change is made--and how it isn't
YouTube video by Theory of Change
www.youtube.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:45 PM
I loved it as well. Please do watch or read the transcript!
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Threatening to execute Democratic officials, Donald Trump tacitly admits he can't beat them politically
Opponents should highlight his crazed rhetoric and the fundamental weakness driving it plus.flux.community/p/threatenin...
Opponents should highlight his crazed rhetoric and the fundamental weakness driving it plus.flux.community/p/threatenin...
Threatening to execute Democratic officials, Donald Trump tacitly acknowledges he can't beat them politically
As the president acts in increasingly erratic and dangerous ways, opponents should highlight his crazed rhetoric and the fundamental weakness driving it
plus.flux.community
November 23, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Threatening to execute Democratic officials, Donald Trump tacitly admits he can't beat them politically
Opponents should highlight his crazed rhetoric and the fundamental weakness driving it plus.flux.community/p/threatenin...
Opponents should highlight his crazed rhetoric and the fundamental weakness driving it plus.flux.community/p/threatenin...
MAHA is just what you thought it was, a movement for grifters, their victims, and religious extremists who want witch doctoring and faith healing to be healthcare.
About that exclusive, "closed-to-press" MAHA summit last week with RFK and JD Vance: I got in.
Here's what I saw. 🧵 🧪
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Here's what I saw. 🧵 🧪
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
November 23, 2025 at 7:13 PM
MAHA is just what you thought it was, a movement for grifters, their victims, and religious extremists who want witch doctoring and faith healing to be healthcare.
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“'The president has no statutory authority': Judge rebukes and reverses Trump admin funding cuts intended to 'dismantle' federal agencies, issues permanent injunction “
November 23, 2025 at 4:20 AM
“'The president has no statutory authority': Judge rebukes and reverses Trump admin funding cuts intended to 'dismantle' federal agencies, issues permanent injunction “
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It’s crazy to think about the crimes we’re going to learn about after this regime ends.
We’re already hearing about Watergate level crimes every week. Imagine what will come out after it’s over.
We’re going to need a full accounting of all that’s been done in violation of the constitution.
We’re already hearing about Watergate level crimes every week. Imagine what will come out after it’s over.
We’re going to need a full accounting of all that’s been done in violation of the constitution.
November 22, 2025 at 10:05 PM
It’s crazy to think about the crimes we’re going to learn about after this regime ends.
We’re already hearing about Watergate level crimes every week. Imagine what will come out after it’s over.
We’re going to need a full accounting of all that’s been done in violation of the constitution.
We’re already hearing about Watergate level crimes every week. Imagine what will come out after it’s over.
We’re going to need a full accounting of all that’s been done in violation of the constitution.
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It sounds outrageous on the surface: We need more women in office even if they’re terrible. But let’s be brutally honest: we’ve tolerated terrible men in office for centuries. Mediocre men. Corrupt men. Dangerous, incompetent, impulsive, self-serving men.
We Need More Women in Office—Even if They’re Terrible
Marjorie Taylor Greene, Lauren Boebert, and Nancy Mace aren’t exactly feminist firebrands, but they didn’t need to be to defy Trump.
slate.com
November 22, 2025 at 11:15 AM
It sounds outrageous on the surface: We need more women in office even if they’re terrible. But let’s be brutally honest: we’ve tolerated terrible men in office for centuries. Mediocre men. Corrupt men. Dangerous, incompetent, impulsive, self-serving men.
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The bar to be an OnlyFans or Pornhub creator is officially higher than the bar to become the President of the US!
www.xbiz.com/news/293733/...
www.xbiz.com/news/293733/...
OnlyFans Institutes Criminal Background Checks for US Creators
OnlyFans will screen creators in the United States for criminal convictions, CEO Keily Blair has announced in a post on LinkedIn.
www.xbiz.com
November 19, 2025 at 2:16 AM
The bar to be an OnlyFans or Pornhub creator is officially higher than the bar to become the President of the US!
www.xbiz.com/news/293733/...
www.xbiz.com/news/293733/...