Matthew Klempner
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Father, Husband, Catholic Christian, American, Progressive Democrat, Public Servant, Philosopher, World Traveler, Aspiring Writer. Lived in OH, CA, and 日本. Interested in Learning New Things, Cooking, Reading, Film, Coffee, Cats, and Building Communities.
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‘It’s not a part time job.’
Oof.
Scott Pelley and Sharyn Alfonsi absolutely leveled Bari Weiss at an emergency 60 Minutes staff meeting today.
Oof.
Scott Pelley and Sharyn Alfonsi absolutely leveled Bari Weiss at an emergency 60 Minutes staff meeting today.
December 22, 2025 at 9:50 PM
‘It’s not a part time job.’
Oof.
Scott Pelley and Sharyn Alfonsi absolutely leveled Bari Weiss at an emergency 60 Minutes staff meeting today.
Oof.
Scott Pelley and Sharyn Alfonsi absolutely leveled Bari Weiss at an emergency 60 Minutes staff meeting today.
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Read the full email Sharyn Alfonsi sent her team about CBS pulling their segment on the Trump admin’s deportations of Venezuelan migrants
December 22, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Read the full email Sharyn Alfonsi sent her team about CBS pulling their segment on the Trump admin’s deportations of Venezuelan migrants
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Kelly: I wish someone would tell him how math works. You know, that the prices are going to go down 500 or 600%. Anyone who's been through like the sixth grade by then knows that that is not a thing.
December 18, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Kelly: I wish someone would tell him how math works. You know, that the prices are going to go down 500 or 600%. Anyone who's been through like the sixth grade by then knows that that is not a thing.
Just finished: Little Brother by Cory Doctorow app.thestorygraph.com/books/d78dfe...
Little Brother by Cory Doctorow
Marcus, a.k.a w1n5t0n, is only seventeen years old, but he figures he already knows how the syste...
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December 15, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Just finished: Little Brother by Cory Doctorow app.thestorygraph.com/books/d78dfe...
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We are dealing with such corruption in every aspect of our government, I don't know how we undo the damage.
December 9, 2025 at 1:26 AM
We are dealing with such corruption in every aspect of our government, I don't know how we undo the damage.
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Ossoff: "This is so much deeper than the politics. What does it say about the moral condition of this Congress that the thing that has them all tied up in knots is a very simple question: Should people's health insurance premiums go up double or triple? This is a policy choice."
December 9, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Ossoff: "This is so much deeper than the politics. What does it say about the moral condition of this Congress that the thing that has them all tied up in knots is a very simple question: Should people's health insurance premiums go up double or triple? This is a policy choice."
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The stories of pregnant women in ICE detention — one shackled while miscarrying, another placed in solitary confinement with a high-risk pregnancy — are not one offs.
They're a clear pattern of neglect where ICE ignores its own rules. This cruelty must end.
They're a clear pattern of neglect where ICE ignores its own rules. This cruelty must end.
Pregnant immigrants held for months in detention despite rules against it
With the immigration crackdown, more pregnant women are being detained. The ACLU alleges a woman was shackled while miscarrying and others were denied prenatal care.
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December 8, 2025 at 12:45 AM
The stories of pregnant women in ICE detention — one shackled while miscarrying, another placed in solitary confinement with a high-risk pregnancy — are not one offs.
They're a clear pattern of neglect where ICE ignores its own rules. This cruelty must end.
They're a clear pattern of neglect where ICE ignores its own rules. This cruelty must end.
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Just finished reading An Ignatian Spirituality Reader by George W. Traub, SJ app.thestorygraph.com/books/e1fcb0...
An Ignatian Spirituality Reader by George W. Traub
An Ignatian Spirituality Reader is a collection of the finest short essays on Ignatian spirituali...
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December 5, 2025 at 5:36 AM
Just finished reading An Ignatian Spirituality Reader by George W. Traub, SJ app.thestorygraph.com/books/e1fcb0...
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When asked on Wednesday why the panel would target the Hep B vaccine, Cassidy said of Kennedy’s HHS: “The best I can tell is that they have a prejudice against science. That’s the best I can tell.”
Umm...thanks, Bill. Any thoughts on why we are in this mess?
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Umm...thanks, Bill. Any thoughts on why we are in this mess?
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Cassidy suggests HHS is anti-science ahead of hepatitis B meeting - Roll Call
Sen. Bill Cassidy said federal health officials might be biased agains science.
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December 4, 2025 at 4:52 PM
When asked on Wednesday why the panel would target the Hep B vaccine, Cassidy said of Kennedy’s HHS: “The best I can tell is that they have a prejudice against science. That’s the best I can tell.”
Umm...thanks, Bill. Any thoughts on why we are in this mess?
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Umm...thanks, Bill. Any thoughts on why we are in this mess?
rollcall.com/2025/12/04/c...
Just finished: Burning Chrome by William Gibson as I continue my Utopian/Dystopian readings. app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/9199...
Review by mrklempner - Burning Chrome
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December 4, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Just finished: Burning Chrome by William Gibson as I continue my Utopian/Dystopian readings. app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/9199...
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The phrase refers to online content that is “deliberately designed to elicit anger or outrage by being frustrating, provocative or offensive,” with the aim of driving traffic to a particular social media account, Oxford said in a statement. https://to.pbs.org/49QjPVc
Oxford University Press names 'rage bait’ as 2025 word of the year
The phrase refers to online content that is deliberately designed to elicit anger in order to drive traffic to a particular social media account.
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December 1, 2025 at 9:02 PM
The phrase refers to online content that is “deliberately designed to elicit anger or outrage by being frustrating, provocative or offensive,” with the aim of driving traffic to a particular social media account, Oxford said in a statement. https://to.pbs.org/49QjPVc
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Pope Leo XIV, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I and other Christian leaders met on the shores of Lake Iznik, the site of the Council of Nicaea that produced a creed, or statement of faith, that is still recited by millions of Christians today. https://to.pbs.org/3M4DGWO
Pope joins Eastern and Western patriarchs at historic Christian site in Turkey to pray for unity
The prayer marked the highlight of Pope Leo XIV's visit to Turkey and the main reason for his trip, the first of his pontificate.
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November 29, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Pope Leo XIV, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I and other Christian leaders met on the shores of Lake Iznik, the site of the Council of Nicaea that produced a creed, or statement of faith, that is still recited by millions of Christians today. https://to.pbs.org/3M4DGWO
Finished Reading The New Organon by Francis Bacon. app.thestorygraph.com/books/b5f451...
The New Organon by Sir Francis Bacon
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November 25, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Finished Reading The New Organon by Francis Bacon. app.thestorygraph.com/books/b5f451...
Continuing my Utopian/Dystopian readings. Just finished Mona Lisa Overdrive (Sprawl #3) by William Gibson app.thestorygraph.com/books/ef64ef...
Mona Lisa Overdrive by William Gibson
William Gibson, author of the extraordinary multiaward-winning novel Neuromancer, has written his...
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November 17, 2025 at 5:29 AM
Continuing my Utopian/Dystopian readings. Just finished Mona Lisa Overdrive (Sprawl #3) by William Gibson app.thestorygraph.com/books/ef64ef...
Just finished: The Autobiography is St. Ignatius app.thestorygraph.com/books/caa820...
The Autobiography of St. Ignatius by Ignatius of Loyola, J.F.X. O'Conor
This book was converted from its physical edition to the digital format by a community of volunte...
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November 10, 2025 at 4:59 AM
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Just Finished: The Essays by Francis Bacon app.thestorygraph.com/books/997100...
The Essays by Sir Francis Bacon
The genius of Francis Bacon is nowhere better revealed than in his essays. Bacon's education was...
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November 9, 2025 at 4:58 AM
Just Finished: The Essays by Francis Bacon app.thestorygraph.com/books/997100...
Continuing my Utopian/Dystopian Readings, Just finished: Count Zero by William Gibson app.thestorygraph.com/books/4a0a7a...
Count Zero by William Gibson
A corporate mercenary wakes in a reconstructed body, a beautiful woman by his side. Then Hosaka C...
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November 6, 2025 at 4:46 AM
Continuing my Utopian/Dystopian Readings, Just finished: Count Zero by William Gibson app.thestorygraph.com/books/4a0a7a...
US Bishops and Jesuits reject government plan to honour soldiers who killed hundreds at Wounded Knee | ICN share.google/178G4iZkr09E...
US Bishops and Jesuits reject government plan to honour soldiers who killed hundreds at Wounded Knee | ICN
On 26 September 2025, US Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth announced that the twenty soldiers who participated in the 1890 massacre of hundreds of Lakota men, women, and children at Wounded Knee would...
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US Bishops and Jesuits reject government plan to honour soldiers who killed hundreds at Wounded Knee | ICN share.google/178G4iZkr09E...