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Tamara Matthews @tamaramatthews.bsky.social · 19h

Wowwwww - the proposed capital is Yreka where my parents grew up! The more you know…

Tamara Matthews @tamaramatthews.bsky.social · 19h

Any Coloradan will tell you the eastern part of the state is “Kansas” so this tracks. I don’t know how I feel about “Jefferson” for redwood country though - I’ve never heard that?

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Tamara Matthews @tamaramatthews.bsky.social · 1d

(psst Dante is the name of the author and should not be italicized. Sorry but it was really bugging me while reading this but also lends fault to the writer for not following up on what works of Dante their New Yorker book club was reading- all of it?)

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Bookshop.org @bookshop.org · 1d

Can’t decide what to buy on Prime Day?

Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead 📚

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Tamara Matthews @tamaramatthews.bsky.social · 1d

“I think folks in Chicago want to feel free and safe to walk around and be able to visit and explore without fear of being attacked, assaulted or otherwise victimized,” says the man responsible for the people attacking, assaulting, and victimizing Chicagoans. 🥴

Block Club Chicago @blockclubchi.bsky.social · 1d

When will ICE leave Chicago? The field director says there's "no end date" for Operation Midway Blitz. blockclubchi.co/47dQfqH

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Tamara Matthews @tamaramatthews.bsky.social · 1d

Ope, let me scooch past ya.

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Tamara Matthews @tamaramatthews.bsky.social · 1d

My understanding is it’s a “double tap” - they think you’re passing your card to a friend. I mean, 18 minutes is excessive though!

Tamara Matthews @tamaramatthews.bsky.social · 2d

I sincerely hate the framing ”majority of the electorate” and “public opinion.” Where does this info that almost all Americans hate trans people come from? How are polling questions worded? Are they based on phone polling ffs?? Why is this just being accepted as true?

The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 3d

The Democratic party’s progressives seem determined to re-educate the public rather than compromise for their votes, Jonathan Chait argues:

Democrats Still Have No Idea What Went Wrong

The party’s progressives seem to think the problem is not with their platform but with voters.

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Tamara Matthews @tamaramatthews.bsky.social · 2d

How is that Victorian on Wellington going to pass a building inspection? The upper deck and that second floor supported by porch columns have me going 😱

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Andrew Weinstein @andrewjweinstein.com · 3d

ICE admits that up to 50% of arrests in its Chicago raids are "collateral.” These aren't statistics. They are parents taken from their children, neighbors taken from our communities. When does a "collateral" U.S. citizen child's trauma matter? This isn't law enforcement; it's a campaign of terror.

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Tamara Matthews @tamaramatthews.bsky.social · 3d

Could part of the problem be that this reality TV celebrity numb-nut doesn’t understand the difference between campaigning and governing? He’s always campaigning and never anticipated, learned or cared about the second part.

The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 3d

Trump, speaking to the U.S. Navy: "I wanna thank a group of women from North Carolina...This is number 151, you could call a 'rally.' This is sort of a rally. Let's face it, this is a rally."

Tamara Matthews @tamaramatthews.bsky.social · 3d

Listen, the five-hour train to Detroit sometimes gets stuck behind freight trains making it 6-7 hours. Sometimes you don’t want to deal with that.

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 5d

I’m told ICE attacked us—despite us being off the street, courtesy of the state police—to create a spectacle because Kristi Noem was present today. Here’s some footage of her and her team on the roof of Broadview. Everything is content creation to these fascists.

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Tamara Matthews @tamaramatthews.bsky.social · 9d

Excellent piece on the state of the publishing industry.

Tajja Isen @tajjaisen.bsky.social · 12d

I spent the summer reporting this essay on why it seems harder than ever to sell a book right now—especially if it isn't a debut and comes with the dreaded "sales track." I'm grateful to the writers, agents, editors, publishers & experts who spoke to me for this piece: thewalrus.ca/the-publishi...

The Publishing Industry Has a Gambling Problem | The Walrus

Companies keep betting on the next bestseller. Literature is poorer for it

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Tamara Matthews @tamaramatthews.bsky.social · 13d

Once again, f these people www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Trump Cancels Trail, Bike-Lane Grants Deemed ‘Hostile’ to Cars

The Trump administration canceled grants for street safety measures, pedestrian trails and bike lanes in communities around the country this month, each time offering a simple rationale for yanking ba...

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Tamara Matthews @tamaramatthews.bsky.social · 13d

omg I need a critical analysis of the music on reality TV these days. The music alone is making many of the shows insufferable (the content has always been insufferable yet guiltily watchable)

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Tamara Matthews @tamaramatthews.bsky.social · 15d

Sure, why not! Curious to see what he’ll say.

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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 16d

IT IS TIME.

It’s Decorative Gourd Season, Motherfuckers

First published on October 9, 2009, this classic by Colin Nissan is our most-read article of all time. We’re celebrating the 16th anniversary of th...

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Angela Benander @abenander.bsky.social · 19d

He. Is. Not. Popular. No one wants what Trump/Miller/SCOTUS are shoving down our throats

Poll Tracker 📊 @polltracker.bsky.social · 19d

AP-NORC poll | 9/11-9/15

President Trump approval
Disapprove 60% (+7)
Approve 39% (-6)

(shift since last poll)

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Pessimism about the direction of the country is growing among Republicans - AP-NORC

Forty-nine percent of Republicans say things in the United States are heading the right direction down from 75% in June.

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Tamara Matthews @tamaramatthews.bsky.social · 20d

It’s a persecution complex that unfortunately feeds into a lot of others’ persecution complex.

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 20d

There's so much to unpack -- his childish understanding of the world, his raw nerve of grievances, his sociopathy -- but I can't get past what a whiny, pathetic loser you'd have to be as president to stamp your little feet and cry that the media isn't "allowed" to be mean to you. Mom said so guys!

Adam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 20d

Trump:

"When you have a network, and you have evening shows, and all they do is hit Trump... They're not allowed to do that."

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Tamara Matthews @tamaramatthews.bsky.social · 20d

I feel you. I take comfort in the thought that it’s human will to persist. Humans have already survived a lot! I can’t imagine how people felt during World War II for instance but I’m glad people kept having kids because we wouldn’t be here!

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Tamara Matthews @tamaramatthews.bsky.social · 28d

Well it’s going to be a mayor or governor that wants them and not the people living there of course

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 28d

"Chicago's about to find out why it's called the Department of Well We Would But the Vibes Are Off"

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Tamara Matthews @tamaramatthews.bsky.social · 29d

Why are we hyping Apple anything at the moment? Groveling Tim Cook is on the shitlist (she types on her iPhone 🥴).

Tamara Matthews @tamaramatthews.bsky.social · 29d

“Guess-Stop-O” is sending me.

McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 29d

"As you’re smashing car windows and pulling people out of their cars, you might be wondering how to determine whether the person is undocumented or not, or even whether you should be violently detaining them in the first place."

ICE’s Training Manual for Determining Who to Terrorize

“The Supreme Court on Monday lifted a federal judge’s order prohibiting government agents from making indiscriminate immigration-related stops in t...

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