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Matt Wagner

@mattwag.bsky.social

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Recovering news addict trying to focus on other things.

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Matt Wagner @mattwag.bsky.social · Oct 17

I see a lot of new users are showing up, and I should probably put this out there.

Do you like legendary comic book creator, Matt Wagner?

So do I!

However, I am a secret other Matt Wagner that is not in any way affiliated with him.

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Matt Wagner @mattwag.bsky.social · 13h

I had a roommate who was obsessed then moved to just drinking Kahlúa straight.

Let me tell you, a dorm room cannot handle the smell of someone throwing up straight Kahlúa all night.

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Matt Wagner @mattwag.bsky.social · 17h

I don’t know why, but the thought of Jennifer Lopez grabbing anything from Dunkin Donuts seems outlandish and alien, and yet surely it has happened.

Matt Wagner @mattwag.bsky.social · 1d

I always think, “Look at all these fun little guys I could play, time to make another human!”

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Matt Wagner @mattwag.bsky.social · 1d

Well we now know Keith Urban doesn’t have classic French style

Matt Wagner @mattwag.bsky.social · 2d

Excited for a new Supreme Court term!

Although I do find the official theme of this term to be puzzling:

“Checks AND Balances? In this economy?”

Matt Wagner @mattwag.bsky.social · 2d

It’s so annoying having to repeat yourself.

Mr. Joshua @pantspants.bsky.social · 2d

Matt Wagner @mattwag.bsky.social · 3d

My uber is here

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Matt Wagner @mattwag.bsky.social · 3d

It’s exhausting filling out the scorecard of every child, but having standards is important.

Plus it will hopefully make some kids think twice about what they choose to wear next year.

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Matt Wagner @mattwag.bsky.social · 3d

Fight. Fight. Black Maroon and White.

Matt Wagner @mattwag.bsky.social · 3d

Rare sports post from me, but I 100% agree with this. Having the game on in the background has thrown me a couple times tonight.

Jason Voorhees Darr @jasondtx.bsky.social · 3d

If I were coaching Texas A&M right now my half time adjustment would be changing into maroon uniforms so I can stop mixing the teams up.

Matt Wagner @mattwag.bsky.social · 3d

Normalize 👏 reading 👏 all 👏 your 👏 texts 👏 aloud 👏 so 👏 it 👏 feels 👏 natural 👏 when 👏 it 👏 happens 👏 on 👏 screen!

Matt Wagner @mattwag.bsky.social · 4d

When I worked in the music industry, we had an incident where someone had left a note pad with a few notes about a release plan for a Kenny Chesney album in a conference room for about 15 minutes before they went back for it

That person faced more consequences than the aide using signal in public.

Matt Wagner @mattwag.bsky.social · 4d

Not now rare creature, too much happening right now for us to pay attention to you.

SeaTea @tierno158.bsky.social · 4d

This is rarely a good thing.

A news article that says that a rare creature was spotted leaping from the ocean of Japan's Coast.

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Matt Wagner @mattwag.bsky.social · 5d

I keep a detailed notebook that I can cross reference when deciding what to watch, like a normal person.

Matt Wagner @mattwag.bsky.social · 5d

I would not be shocked if this model implies there is an extra leg muscle in some athletes it is tracking.

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Matt Wagner @mattwag.bsky.social · 6d

Anyone know where I can get a MSAORCGA hat?

A screenshot of a Truth from Donald J Trump that says:

The Soybean Farmers of our Country are being hurt because China is, for "negotiating" reasons only, not buying. We've made so much money on Tariffs, that we are going to take a small portion of that money, and help our Farmers. I WILL NEVER LET OUR FARMERS DOWN! Sleepy Joe Biden didn't enforce our Agreement with China, where they were going to purchase Billions of Dollars of our Farm Product, but Soybeans, in particular. It's all going to work out very well. I LOVE OUR PATRIOTS, AND EVERY FARMER IS EXACTLY THAT! I'll be meeting with President Xi, of China, in four weeks, and Soybeans will be a major topic of discussion. MAKE SOYBEANS, AND OTHER ROW CROPS, GREAT AGAIN!

Matt Wagner @mattwag.bsky.social · 6d

Epic handshake meme with Donald Trump and Cardi B agreeing on Posting DMs on main

Matt Wagner @mattwag.bsky.social · 6d

The benefit of having them all in the same place is that they can have sidebar conversations about how to respond to blatantly unconstitutional orders when told to fire on American citizens.

Reposted by Matt Wagner

James Downie @jamescdownie.bsky.social · 6d

Co-signing everything in these three points from @brianbeutler.bsky.social: www.offmessage.net/p/20-thought...

But insofar as Democrats approached the funding deadline without a plan, cobbled one together clumsily and late in the game, and entered the shutdown in a confused posture that they are unlikely to sustain, I have serious misgivings about the terms they set for the fight.

The confusion in their posture stems from the fact that the nature of public misgivings over the Trump regime stem from his dictatorial abuses, rather than quotidian policy disputes, but Democrats outsource their strategic thinking to pollsters and strategists who try to steer every crisis toward health care in knee-jerk fashion.

In short (and to repeat myself) as long as Democrats insist their bottom-line demand pertains to extraneous health-care subsidies, I suspect they will have a difficult time maintaining an upper-hand in the determinative battle for public opinion. And that risks squandering their latest and perhaps final opportunity to either pull the country back from the brink of constitutional collapse, or tacitly declare “no confidence” in the Trump regime.

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Matt Wagner @mattwag.bsky.social · 7d

For the first time I ever remember, I saw 73% lean ground beef on sale at my local Walmart

It was still $6/lb

Matt Wagner @mattwag.bsky.social · 7d

Does the shutdown mean the Democrats took away our MedBeds?

Matt Wagner @mattwag.bsky.social · 7d

For Spirit Week at my daughter’s high school, tomorrow is “dress like Adam Sandler” day, and I caught her attempting to raid my closet.

First of all, that’s a weird theme

Secondly, how dare she think she would find something in my closet that would fit the bill!

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Matt Wagner @mattwag.bsky.social · 7d

Oh this story gets better.

Since planes were grounded, and he wanted to get back to LA, Jackson got in a car with Elizabeth Taylor and Marlon Brando for a cross-country road trip that has been begging for a movie

www.theguardian.com/film/2011/ma...

Elizabeth Taylor, Michael Jackson and Marlon Brando 'fled 9/11 in hire car'

Trio reportedly embarked on cross-country dash following terrorist attacks on New York in 2001, claims Taylor's former PA

www.theguardian.com

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Matt Wagner @mattwag.bsky.social · 7d

Glad to see all the top military brass brought together for the launch of Jade Helm 25!

Matt Wagner @mattwag.bsky.social · 7d

Coming out of retirement for one last whimsy

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