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Matt Fay

@mattfay1.bsky.social

Political scientist that sometimes pretends to be a runner. Lifelong Chicago Bears fan (god help me). Cautiously optimistic Notre Dame football fan.

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Latest posts by mattfay1.bsky.social on Bluesky

popular anti-fascism as taxpayer revolt...might have some legs

05.08.2025 00:43 β€” πŸ‘ 10467    πŸ” 2163    πŸ’¬ 170    πŸ“Œ 83

I think the invasion hoax is just as much about the idea about criminalizing the domestic supporters of immigrants (the Democrats) who are β€œtraitors” and β€œtreasonous” for not wanting to shoot the β€œinvaders.” So they can square this circle with more insane triangulation

03.08.2025 13:15 β€” πŸ‘ 305    πŸ” 89    πŸ’¬ 13    πŸ“Œ 0
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02.08.2025 01:33 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

America is suffering through an era of rule by jerks who are now inflicting their jerkiness on everyone because they have enough power that we can't ignore or walk away from them anymore.

01.08.2025 16:27 β€” πŸ‘ 57    πŸ” 14    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
31.07.2025 21:44 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

She's right about the problem, but cognitive tests or ethics rules or some kind of mandatory reporting... none of these are workable solutions and come with their own problems. The only answer is a flat, objective, across the board mandatory retirement age somewhere in the early-mid 70s.

31.07.2025 16:09 β€” πŸ‘ 179    πŸ” 19    πŸ’¬ 24    πŸ“Œ 5

Virtually every move Trump has made that touches housing policy is going to make homelessness worse, and his solution is to put homeless people in camps.

28.07.2025 19:09 β€” πŸ‘ 60    πŸ” 13    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Watch this US citizen being arrested. He says: "I got rights." The officers say: "You've got no rights." Then they say: "THEY're starting to resist more. We're going to end up shooting some of THEM." Who is THEM exactly? Racial profiling cops deserve to be in jails.

28.07.2025 16:49 β€” πŸ‘ 607    πŸ” 241    πŸ’¬ 26    πŸ“Œ 23
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27.07.2025 23:23 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

trump is first and foremost a vehicle for delusional extremists β€”Β most of whom are total mediocrities β€” to impose their ideologies on the country, with vought as a paradigmatic example

27.07.2025 14:29 β€” πŸ‘ 5897    πŸ” 1293    πŸ’¬ 243    πŸ“Œ 57
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27.07.2025 00:56 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

jesus goddamned christ.

This is a warning shot to anyone trying to save an agency or institution that Trump-Musk-DOGE illegally try to close: "if you save it, we'll make you wish you hadn't."

26.07.2025 01:50 β€” πŸ‘ 1050    πŸ” 299    πŸ’¬ 35    πŸ“Œ 2

This "golly, let's not let politics get in the way of friendship" pap that we hear from a lot of Trumpistas is basically a kind of gaslighting, as though burning down the constitutional order & kidnapping people to ship to gulags were just another ordinary policy disagreement.

24.07.2025 21:32 β€” πŸ‘ 2110    πŸ” 454    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 23
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Another one of those violent assaults on poor innocent ICE agents captured on video...

23.07.2025 00:34 β€” πŸ‘ 454    πŸ” 231    πŸ’¬ 26    πŸ“Œ 12

The hot doggiest hot dog meme event that ever happened. We can retire the format, there will never be another

23.07.2025 00:23 β€” πŸ‘ 33    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

β€œwrites chris cillizza”

22.07.2025 20:54 β€” πŸ‘ 5274    πŸ” 360    πŸ’¬ 253    πŸ“Œ 24
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Allentown grandfather’s family was told he died in ICE custody. Then they learned he’s alive β€” in a hospital in Guatemala, they say Family of Allentown grandfather Luis Leon, 82, said they were headed to a Guatemala hospital to reunite with him after he was taken into custody at a Philadelphia immigration office and disappeared…

We have two Pennsylvania senators who constantly talk about putting politics aside to solve problems. I expect them to set everything aside to help this man.

If anyone knows the family and they need help, legal or otherwise, I’ll do anything I can.

www.mcall.com/2025/07/18/l...

19.07.2025 21:20 β€” πŸ‘ 334    πŸ” 116    πŸ’¬ 13    πŸ“Œ 12

Right wing thinking on this is that there’s no consequential difference between the President using tools to influence CBS into canceling the Late Show and all of the various cancelations that happened under β€œWokeness.” No difference between Colbert and Roseanne, for example.

18.07.2025 19:52 β€” πŸ‘ 88    πŸ” 13    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 1

All these fucking weirdos are embracing eugenics by another name when the apex specimen of humanity already exists: Bo Jackson

17.07.2025 13:18 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Was just about to chime in to say "yellow unis seem fine... but probably would've been much better with the dark helmet"

15.07.2025 19:57 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I just feel like this isn't something defense contractors should need to promise

15.07.2025 18:09 β€” πŸ‘ 355    πŸ” 74    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 0

i think the last decade is a clear evidence that hypocrisy is preferable to honest displays of cruelty and depravity

13.07.2025 14:16 β€” πŸ‘ 3684    πŸ” 356    πŸ’¬ 57    πŸ“Œ 30
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I just left the Everglades Immigrant Interment Camp. No, I’m not using their ridiculous name. It was a very tough to witness humans in those cages. Every Floridian should be ashamed that our taxpayer money is being used for this.

12.07.2025 23:28 β€” πŸ‘ 45536    πŸ” 16925    πŸ’¬ 1893    πŸ“Œ 1000

So many β€˜heterodox’ writers spent the last two years claiming to be primarily motivated by free expression. There’s a new outlet that’s named itself for it.

And yet almost none of them will do more than the bare minimum of throat clearing / ass covering on Trump’s blatant war on free speech.

12.07.2025 14:39 β€” πŸ‘ 49    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

Rosie O’Donnell is a birthright citizen. I don’t care if she’s doing Jeffrey Dahmer crimes, denaturalization is a punishment that shouldn’t exist. It’s too dangerous to have available.

12.07.2025 14:14 β€” πŸ‘ 149    πŸ” 34    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 0

Immigration is... discrimination...?

12.07.2025 13:43 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Faster than a speeding jawn, more powerful than a jawn

12.07.2025 00:04 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Border Patrol itself is reporting that it is engaging in racial profiling and then attempting to arrest people who ignore its attempts at racial profiling and try to leave. Yet apparently nothing can be done to stop them? This is a crime. We need state prosecutors to step up.

09.07.2025 17:00 β€” πŸ‘ 548    πŸ” 208    πŸ’¬ 16    πŸ“Œ 25

The widespread β€œof course I’m staying on the Sieg Heil guy’s website with the programmed-to-be-pro-Hitler AI chatbot” combined with the government’s β€œwe have to destroy higher education in America to stop antisemitism” is pretty bleak, ngl.

09.07.2025 01:39 β€” πŸ‘ 1153    πŸ” 232    πŸ’¬ 14    πŸ“Œ 5

On X, Elon Musk Has Trained Grok To Be Overtly Anti-Semitic. But On Bluesky, Some People Say There Should Not Be Genocide Against Palestinians. Do American Jews Have Anywhere To Go? We Asked Stephen Miller

Tomorrow In The New York Times

08.07.2025 20:58 β€” πŸ‘ 2598    πŸ” 384    πŸ’¬ 37    πŸ“Œ 8

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