Jean Matchett

From FT comments

Well, I’m revoking the finding that gravity makes things fall on the floor

This is actually the really simple story of the collapse of American democracy. You can explain America’s constitutional collapse in a single coherent sentence:

From the Trumpvirus community on Reddit: 60 Minutes - Inside CECOT - Bootlegged episode not aired in USA Explore this post and more from the Trumpvirus community

When Bari Weiss and CBS decided to censor the report on El Salvador’s brutal prison, they didn’t realize that bootlegged copies would surface. Please share it with everyone you know and drive these fascists crazy.

CHICAGO: “My uncle was on his way home from getting groceries on his bike — they grabbed him and choked him and punched him… he’s a kind hardworking man. They’re racially profiling people.”

Trump’s ICE goons put an elderly man in the hospital and nearly choked him to death.

The ‘Anthropological Change’ Happening in Venezuela Maduro is still in place, but a pro-democracy movement is transforming the beleaguered country.

Congratulations to Maria Corina Machado, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize - her incredible optimism has already changed her country. I spoke to her, and wrote about her, at the beginning of this year:
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...

Oh this is not great

Bullets Found After the Charlie Kirk Shooting Carried Messages. Here’s What They Mean The inscriptions on bullets recovered near the scene of Charlie Kirk's murder appear to reference video games like ‘Helldivers 2’ and online furry roleplay, not a legible political ideology.

The inscriptions on bullets recovered near the scene of Charlie Kirk's murder appear to reference video games like ‘Helldivers 2’ and online furry roleplay, not a legible political ideology. www.wired.com/story/charli...

America Tips Into Fascism Today is different than before.

The precise moment when and where in recent weeks America crossed that invisible line from democracy into authoritarianism can and will be debated by future historians, but it’s clear that the line itself has been crossed. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/america-ti...

NPR: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth reposts video of pastors saying women shouldn't vote

You know how people called women hysterical for predicting the right wing would take down Roe v. Wade (which they've done) and then attack access to birth control (which they're doing)?

Hear me when I say that women's very right to vote is next.

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A self-aggrandizing, anti vaccine, raw milk drinking, AIDS denialist who believes he is smart, but is the personification of Dunning-Kruger, and who was called a predator by his cousin is in charge of HHS. It is going to get worse.

Page One in Des Moines.

@jemsinger.bsky.social

A drug addict usurped congressional power, and unilaterally gutted US soft power.

Members of the administration knew about, and were disturbed by, his drug use (WSJ).

Isn’t this a cover-up?

The Trump Administration Leaned on African Countries. The Goal: Get Business for Elon Musk. The State Department has intervened on behalf of Musk’s satellite internet company in five developing nations. In Gambia, U.S. diplomats have lobbied and browbeat at least seven government ministers…

In March, the U.S. ambassador to Gambia wrote to Gambia’s president with an “important request,” urging him to circumvent his country’s communications minister and “facilitate the necessary approvals for Starlink to commence operations.”

This is a shockingly mistaken understanding of due process by Stephen Miller. It is likely this misunderstanding that is informing the President’s misunderstanding.

‘Vaguely Threatening’: Federal Prosecutor Queries Leading Medical Journal The New England Journal of Medicine received a letter suggesting that it was biased and compromised by external pressure. Other journals have also received the letter.

Breaking News: A federal prosecutor interrogated the The New England Journal of Medicine — which is considered the world’s most prestigious medical journal — in what its editor described as a “vaguely threatening” letter.

Strong statement from a very alarmed @judgeluttig.bsky.social.

Now I see why they only let Vance write press releases in the Marines.

Think about what kind of person you have to be to lie about sending someone to a torture prison for life based on nothing bsky.app/profile/atru...

We should all be terrified to live in an America where legal residents can be detained, held at gunpoint, or deported because of the color of their skin or because the President disagrees with their views.

Let’s make America stupid

This feels like a sort of carnival-week funeral for the US republic. Beneath deep anger at Trump's orgy of vandalism and self-worship, I feel deep sadness. What a train wreck of a superpower.

Here is some truth: Putin invaded Ukraine. NATO is the most successful military alliance in history. Since 1945, American leadership has ensured freedom and security for ourselves and millions of others around the world.

Rubio terminated 5800 USAID contracts – more than 90% of its foreign aid programs – in defiance of the courts.

Here’s a list of just some of the lifesaving awards that were terminated. Nearly all were Congressionally mandated. They’ve saved millions of lives. 🧵

Found Spike’s “gotcha” story on blog spot . Thanks for sharing

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🚨 They’re not fixing science. They’re privatizing it. Thousands of scientists are being fired. Public research funding is being gutted. And the justification? That science has been "skewed" and needs ... TikTok video by Dr. Jess (PhD, RDN)

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The chronic disease issue in the United States is the result of decades of policies and systems that prioritize profits over public health. It isn’t just a medical issue - it's a societal and economic... TikTok video by Dr. Jess (PhD, RDN)

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A real scientist, she posts mostly on TikTok, provides excellent rebuttal to the misinformation re food, health etc