Matthew
@matthewtheobald.bsky.social
He/Him. Interested in advancing equity. Science. TTRPGs. Science Fiction/Fantasy. Video Games. Television/Movies. Protect LGBTQIA+ people! Fascism sucks!
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Time and again, successful resistance to Trump’s authoritarianism comes from ordinary Americans putting their actual bodies on the line, when institutional leaders can’t even deign to use strong language.
Watch that. And then tell me how we replace Schumer with her
January 21, 2026 at 2:08 AM
Time and again, successful resistance to Trump’s authoritarianism comes from ordinary Americans putting their actual bodies on the line, when institutional leaders can’t even deign to use strong language.
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Nick Fuentes urging Trump to invoke the Insurrection Act in Minnesota: "Bro, do it. Do something. Just stop chickening out. I'm just tired of the idle threats... Please pull the trigger. Please kill them, Mr. President. Please just kill them."
www.mediamatters.org/nick-fuentes...
www.mediamatters.org/nick-fuentes...
Nick Fuentes: “Please pull the trigger. Please kill them, Mr. President. … I'm not actually wishing for violence, but please send in the military and restore order.”
www.mediamatters.org
January 20, 2026 at 9:28 PM
Nick Fuentes urging Trump to invoke the Insurrection Act in Minnesota: "Bro, do it. Do something. Just stop chickening out. I'm just tired of the idle threats... Please pull the trigger. Please kill them, Mr. President. Please just kill them."
www.mediamatters.org/nick-fuentes...
www.mediamatters.org/nick-fuentes...
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Holy shit. HHS says the Africa CDC "is a powerless, fake organization attempting to manufacture credibility by repeating its claims publicly. It is not a reliable source, and its statements should be treated accordingly."
NEW: We're publishing an astonishing outburst the Dep of Health and Human Services left in our inbox.
In an unsolicited email about our coverage of a horrific vaccine experiment, the HHS insisted the Africa CDC was an unreliable source for information, calling it "fake" and "powerless."
In an unsolicited email about our coverage of a horrific vaccine experiment, the HHS insisted the Africa CDC was an unreliable source for information, calling it "fake" and "powerless."
Trump's HHS Trashes Top African Health Organization as "Fake" and "Powerless"
The HHS is disparaging its colleagues at the Africa CDC in coarse terms, that are striking even by the standards of the Trump administration.
futurism.com
January 20, 2026 at 7:38 PM
Holy shit. HHS says the Africa CDC "is a powerless, fake organization attempting to manufacture credibility by repeating its claims publicly. It is not a reliable source, and its statements should be treated accordingly."
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DOGE Social Security staff worked with group trying to ‘overturn election results’
DOGE Social Security staff worked with group trying to ‘overturn election results’
DOGE Social Security staff worked with group trying to ‘overturn election results’
www.independent.co.uk
January 21, 2026 at 12:31 AM
DOGE Social Security staff worked with group trying to ‘overturn election results’
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I made this post because I got tired of.explaining why this line of thinking seems unrealistic given the degradation of our democracy.
open.substack.com/pub/debraguc...
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You No Longer Live in a Democracy
It's Time to Admit: The United States Has Fallen
open.substack.com
January 20, 2026 at 10:13 PM
I made this post because I got tired of.explaining why this line of thinking seems unrealistic given the degradation of our democracy.
open.substack.com/pub/debraguc...
open.substack.com/pub/debraguc...
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"The same bungling that makes ICE officers look like clowns also makes them more likely to hurt people and spark chaos."
ICE Agents Are Even Worse At Being Cops Than You Think
Videos of agents falling down and dropping their guns feel beyond parody. But under-trained law enforcement officers are a real danger to the public.
interc.pt
January 21, 2026 at 1:24 AM
"The same bungling that makes ICE officers look like clowns also makes them more likely to hurt people and spark chaos."
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Resistance of the Day -Day 20
He's right. When we build real connections, we build power. Division weakens us, but friendship makes us unbreakable. Every bond formed is an act of defiance against those who thrive on fear and separation. Together, we're harder to control. #sheshed
He's right. When we build real connections, we build power. Division weakens us, but friendship makes us unbreakable. Every bond formed is an act of defiance against those who thrive on fear and separation. Together, we're harder to control. #sheshed
January 20, 2026 at 5:21 PM
Resistance of the Day -Day 20
He's right. When we build real connections, we build power. Division weakens us, but friendship makes us unbreakable. Every bond formed is an act of defiance against those who thrive on fear and separation. Together, we're harder to control. #sheshed
He's right. When we build real connections, we build power. Division weakens us, but friendship makes us unbreakable. Every bond formed is an act of defiance against those who thrive on fear and separation. Together, we're harder to control. #sheshed
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There’s no reforming this
New— An American citizen boarding flight from Boston to Lisbon just now told me after showing boarding pass, every passenger stopped on jetway by two ICE agents demanding to take their photo. When passenger asked why, ICE threatened to detain them. If they said no photo, couldn't board/TBD detained.
January 20, 2026 at 11:50 PM
There’s no reforming this
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This is the most astonishing graph of what the Trump regime has done to US science. They have destroyed the federal science workforce across the board. The negative impacts on Americans will be felt for generations, and the US might never be the same again.
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
January 20, 2026 at 10:53 PM
This is the most astonishing graph of what the Trump regime has done to US science. They have destroyed the federal science workforce across the board. The negative impacts on Americans will be felt for generations, and the US might never be the same again.
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
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NEW: Lab practices at the drug testing company Averhealth have been faulted by its own accreditor, and the company has been targeted in lawsuits and dropped by two child welfare agencies, a ProPublica investigation found.
A Child Welfare Agency Doubted the Accuracy of Drug Tests Used in Court. The Testing Company Dodged Questions.
Averhealth’s lab practices have been faulted by its own accreditor, and the company has been targeted in lawsuits and dropped by two child welfare agencies, a ProPublica investigation found.
www.propublica.org
January 20, 2026 at 2:00 PM
NEW: Lab practices at the drug testing company Averhealth have been faulted by its own accreditor, and the company has been targeted in lawsuits and dropped by two child welfare agencies, a ProPublica investigation found.
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As Homeland Security’s siege on Minneapolis enters its third week, locals are volunteering for patrol shifts, protesting in the streets, and keeping one another up to date in group texts.
Read more from @scottmeslow.bsky.social in Minneapolis:
Read more from @scottmeslow.bsky.social in Minneapolis:
It’s worse than it looks in Minneapolis
But locals are organizing to keep each other safe from ICE agents.
www.theverge.com
January 20, 2026 at 2:01 PM
As Homeland Security’s siege on Minneapolis enters its third week, locals are volunteering for patrol shifts, protesting in the streets, and keeping one another up to date in group texts.
Read more from @scottmeslow.bsky.social in Minneapolis:
Read more from @scottmeslow.bsky.social in Minneapolis:
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Cannot overstate how radical Kennedy’s takeover of public health has been. He gutted the nation’s vaccine panel, restocked it with anti-vaxxers and allies, then bypassed it entirely to slash a third of recommended childhood vaccines himself.
CDC staff ‘blindsided’ as child vaccine schedule unilaterally overhauled
The Trump administration took unprecedented steps to recommend fewer vaccines for children without extensive consultations with career scientists.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 7, 2026 at 3:06 PM
Cannot overstate how radical Kennedy’s takeover of public health has been. He gutted the nation’s vaccine panel, restocked it with anti-vaxxers and allies, then bypassed it entirely to slash a third of recommended childhood vaccines himself.
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This is important because we need to remind ourselves of these victims humanity when our government is working to systemically dehumanize them.
New: I spoke with a Colombian asylum seeker who was the victim of a ‘Kavanaugh stop’ about what it was like to be racially profiled, abducted in front his family and held in ICE detention hours from home for more than a month—despite doing everything “the right way.”
This is Nick’s story.
This is Nick’s story.
The hell of being a target of a ‘Kavanaugh stop’
A Maryland man from Colombia describes his journey from detainment to incarceration—and miraculous freedom.
www.thehandbasket.co
January 7, 2026 at 2:42 PM
This is important because we need to remind ourselves of these victims humanity when our government is working to systemically dehumanize them.
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“If we can not collect the data, if we defund all these programs, and if nobody’s counting, then there’s the gaslighting that says, ‘Well, there’s no data to say there’s a problem,’” one professor says.
We Only Have a Small Window Into the Full Extent of ICE Violence
This story was originally reported by Candice Norwood of The 19th. Meet...
talkingpointsmemo.com
January 20, 2026 at 2:01 PM
“If we can not collect the data, if we defund all these programs, and if nobody’s counting, then there’s the gaslighting that says, ‘Well, there’s no data to say there’s a problem,’” one professor says.
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“They didn't show any warrant; they just broke down the door."
Federal immigration agents detained a U.S. citizen in Minnesota at gunpoint without a warrant. That's according to ChongLy “Scott” Thao, who says agents forced open his door, entered with guns drawn and led him outside in his underwear in freezing conditions.
U.S. citizen says ICE removed him from his Minnesota home in his underwear after warrantless search
Federal immigration agents have detained a U.S. citizen in Minnesota at gunpoint without a warrant. That's according to ChongLy “Scott” Thao, who says agents forced open his door, entered with guns dr...
www.mprnews.org
January 20, 2026 at 1:12 PM
“They didn't show any warrant; they just broke down the door."
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1. ICE has STOPPED PAYING for medical treatment for its 73,000 detainees
ICE has not paid its bills to 3rd party providers since OCTOBER and the situation will likely persist for MONTHS, a Popular Information investigation reveals
Meanwhile, critically ill ICE detainees are not receiving care
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ICE has not paid its bills to 3rd party providers since OCTOBER and the situation will likely persist for MONTHS, a Popular Information investigation reveals
Meanwhile, critically ill ICE detainees are not receiving care
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ICE has stopped paying for detainee medical treatment
ICE halted payments in October, and the situation will persist for at least several more months
popular.info
January 20, 2026 at 1:42 PM
1. ICE has STOPPED PAYING for medical treatment for its 73,000 detainees
ICE has not paid its bills to 3rd party providers since OCTOBER and the situation will likely persist for MONTHS, a Popular Information investigation reveals
Meanwhile, critically ill ICE detainees are not receiving care
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ICE has not paid its bills to 3rd party providers since OCTOBER and the situation will likely persist for MONTHS, a Popular Information investigation reveals
Meanwhile, critically ill ICE detainees are not receiving care
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Great piece. I’ll add to Andrea’s ideas for action this one: go to USA spending dot gov and look up active ICE contractors who do business in your state. Then organize boycotts and protests of those businesses.
I wrote about how concentration camp regimes evolve and why it's not too late to stop this, even though we are deep in it now.
Into the abyss
The correct response to Dachau was not better training for the guards.
degenerateart.beehiiv.com
January 20, 2026 at 1:07 PM
Great piece. I’ll add to Andrea’s ideas for action this one: go to USA spending dot gov and look up active ICE contractors who do business in your state. Then organize boycotts and protests of those businesses.
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January 20, 2026 at 2:45 AM
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Who are the Venezuelan immigrants Trump sent to CECOT?
Last July, we published a first-of-its-kind, case-by-case accounting of 238 Venezuelan men who were held in El Salvador.
These are their stories.
Last July, we published a first-of-its-kind, case-by-case accounting of 238 Venezuelan men who were held in El Salvador.
These are their stories.
The Men Trump Deported to a Salvadoran Prison
On March 15, President Donald Trump’s administration sent more than 230 Venezuelan immigrants to a maximum-security prison in El Salvador. Last week, the men were released as suddenly as they’d been t...
projects.propublica.org
January 20, 2026 at 4:00 AM
Who are the Venezuelan immigrants Trump sent to CECOT?
Last July, we published a first-of-its-kind, case-by-case accounting of 238 Venezuelan men who were held in El Salvador.
These are their stories.
Last July, we published a first-of-its-kind, case-by-case accounting of 238 Venezuelan men who were held in El Salvador.
These are their stories.
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May Minnesota's business leaders someday find the courage of our high school journalists:
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
‘My hands were really shaky’: high-school journalist documents ICE raids
Lila Dominguez was working on an article as agents came on to school grounds – their presence has jolted Minneapolis’s young people
www.theguardian.com
January 20, 2026 at 3:14 AM
May Minnesota's business leaders someday find the courage of our high school journalists:
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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“I think more than 350 of those cameras have gone out and are already deployed in the community now,” he said...
www.404media.co/how-one-guy-...
www.404media.co/how-one-guy-...
How One Guy Crowdsourced More Than 500 Dashcams for Minneapolis to Film ICE
‘We have to make sure people are watching. We have to make sure we’re keeping track of our community members.’
www.404media.co
January 18, 2026 at 7:37 PM
“I think more than 350 of those cameras have gone out and are already deployed in the community now,” he said...
www.404media.co/how-one-guy-...
www.404media.co/how-one-guy-...
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King Death, for when a totenkopf isn't enough to satisfy your Nazi loving ass.
Beyond the sickening barbarity, it's incredibly pathetic these hateful thugs needs special murder medals to commemorate their "victory" over the innocent people they ambush.
Beyond the sickening barbarity, it's incredibly pathetic these hateful thugs needs special murder medals to commemorate their "victory" over the innocent people they ambush.
Demonstrators apparently retrieved from the cars belonging to ICE these "challenge coins" that ICE mercenaries receive when they carry out arrests.
This one is decorated with a skull wearing a crown.
ICE mercenaries serve king death. They are evil incarnate.
This one is decorated with a skull wearing a crown.
ICE mercenaries serve king death. They are evil incarnate.
January 15, 2026 at 6:01 AM
King Death, for when a totenkopf isn't enough to satisfy your Nazi loving ass.
Beyond the sickening barbarity, it's incredibly pathetic these hateful thugs needs special murder medals to commemorate their "victory" over the innocent people they ambush.
Beyond the sickening barbarity, it's incredibly pathetic these hateful thugs needs special murder medals to commemorate their "victory" over the innocent people they ambush.
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holy shit (link for people who don't want to give wapo their email archive.ph/UoNMl)
January 20, 2026 at 3:32 AM
holy shit (link for people who don't want to give wapo their email archive.ph/UoNMl)
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If you know anything about the Vietnam War, you know why Hmong Americans are here in the US - they were US allies who risked their lives in Laos to aid the US and had to flee at the end of the war when the Pathet Lao won. Infuriating that members of their community are being targeted like this
New — I wrote about ChongLy Scott Thao, the elderly Hmong American wrongly arrested and forced out of his home by ICE in his underwear during the punishing Minnesota winter, what witnesses saw, and DHS's racist claim that he fit the description of another Asian man they were looking for.
My story:
My story:
Behind the disturbing image of ICE snatching a half-naked, elderly Hmong American from his home
DHS has claimed without evidence that they were looking for someone else when they took ChongLy Scott Thao.
www.thehandbasket.co
January 20, 2026 at 1:00 AM
If you know anything about the Vietnam War, you know why Hmong Americans are here in the US - they were US allies who risked their lives in Laos to aid the US and had to flee at the end of the war when the Pathet Lao won. Infuriating that members of their community are being targeted like this