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Media Analyst at Media Matters For America. Views are my own. author page: https://www.mediamatters.org/author/reed-mcmaster

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Andrew Cuomo: I'd like fries w that

Andrew Cuomo: I'd like fries w that

08.11.2025 18:06 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Looking back fondly on this specific crashout

08.11.2025 18:02 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Panera’s moderately caffeinated lemonade was loosely associated with 2 deaths before it was taken off market.

This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.

07.11.2025 22:56 β€” πŸ‘ 9719    πŸ” 3781    πŸ’¬ 108    πŸ“Œ 180
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Laura Loomer pitches banning Muslims from running for office to members of Congress Far-right influencer Laura Loomer has had an unusual amount of power over staffing and foreign policy decisions in the current Trump administration. Now, she is promoting anti-Muslim bills and pressur...

After successfully advocating U.S. policy shifts in the Trump admin, Laura Loomer is now pitching banning Muslims from elected office to members of Congress

New from me @mmfa.bsky.social:
www.mediamatters.org/laura-loomer...

07.11.2025 20:35 β€” πŸ‘ 61    πŸ” 31    πŸ’¬ 16    πŸ“Œ 7

It gets funnier

07.11.2025 17:24 β€” πŸ‘ 16    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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This Virginia Election Was a Warning for Data Centers John McAuliff ran his campaign almost entirely on data centers β€” and won.

Did you know a former White House climate advisor flipped a GOP stronghold in Virginia by running entirely on putting a stop to more AI data centers?

For @heatmap.news I profiled John McAuliff and a campaign that will be a roadmap for all future anti-AI politicians moving forward.

07.11.2025 15:35 β€” πŸ‘ 992    πŸ” 381    πŸ’¬ 11    πŸ“Œ 41
The Onion: DHS: β€˜Daycare Workers Have Walked Freely in This Country For Far Too Long’

The Onion: DHS: β€˜Daycare Workers Have Walked Freely in This Country For Far Too Long’

07.11.2025 14:31 β€” πŸ‘ 15767    πŸ” 3215    πŸ’¬ 282    πŸ“Œ 122

Obviously she won't win, but you can safely predict that Stefanik's antisemitic conspiracy theories about "Soros" and "globalists" and aides/staffers of hers being in the youth GOP "I love Hitler"/"Throw them in the gas chambers" chat will get nowhere near the scrutiny Mamdani did.

07.11.2025 00:12 β€” πŸ‘ 364    πŸ” 80    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 0

great day for the legal theory of "not guilty if it's funny enough"

06.11.2025 19:55 β€” πŸ‘ 5699    πŸ” 928    πŸ’¬ 28    πŸ“Œ 36
I was one of the four people who got canned.

In the interim, you can subscribe to my newsletter, Straight From The Hut. No paywall, but feel free to choose the pay to support model. I'm not going anywhere β€” the show goes on, and I'll be back on MSNBC this weekend: https://straightfromthehut.substack.com

I was one of the four people who got canned. In the interim, you can subscribe to my newsletter, Straight From The Hut. No paywall, but feel free to choose the pay to support model. I'm not going anywhere β€” the show goes on, and I'll be back on MSNBC this weekend: https://straightfromthehut.substack.com

Uhhhhh, what the actual...???

The thing is, Jake has been a scoop machine since joining Wired a few months ago. Conde Nast just made Wired worse off with this action.

It was just a few days ago that he broke the Nancy Mace police meltdown story.

06.11.2025 18:29 β€” πŸ‘ 96    πŸ” 32    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2
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If it's true that RealClearPolitics removed their polling average of the VA Attorney General race because it was wrong, that should really be the nail in the coffin for them. It's GOP polling propaganda that hasn't been rigorous or transparent in a long time (www.gelliottmorris.com/p/the-pollin...)

06.11.2025 15:50 β€” πŸ‘ 1744    πŸ” 365    πŸ’¬ 42    πŸ“Œ 28

It's awesome they're doing these hits now even though no one forced Trump to mass arrest and deport Hispanic people or raise the price of coffee because Lula made him feel small

06.11.2025 04:11 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

hitting like the purest crack

06.11.2025 00:35 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Cernovich
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If you didn’t know anything about politics, you would say, β€œThis is the side I want to be on.” Conservative Inc is joyless. It’s a house of scolding nags. It offers young men nothing beyond a moralizing and hypocritical lecture.
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This is a rowdy masculine environment. You can feel the energy. As the Heritage Foundation is putting members through a struggle session and demanding a DEI dean, the left is winning.

Cernovich @Cernovich If you didn’t know anything about politics, you would say, β€œThis is the side I want to be on.” Conservative Inc is joyless. It’s a house of scolding nags. It offers young men nothing beyond a moralizing and hypocritical lecture. Quote Cernovich @Cernovich Β· 3h This is a rowdy masculine environment. You can feel the energy. As the Heritage Foundation is putting members through a struggle session and demanding a DEI dean, the left is winning.

The manosphere bros are freaking out.

05.11.2025 21:29 β€” πŸ‘ 2184    πŸ” 199    πŸ’¬ 76    πŸ“Œ 51
Screencap of NELK boys video where they interview Eric Trump

Screencap of NELK boys video where they interview Eric Trump

Top comments on NELK boys YouTube video.
Some comments listed: 
"I'm currently losing brain cells listening to these idiots."
"Ask him about their crypto fraud."
"What a spineless group of weaklings. They are selling out the masses for tax cuts and political favors."

Top comments on NELK boys YouTube video. Some comments listed: "I'm currently losing brain cells listening to these idiots." "Ask him about their crypto fraud." "What a spineless group of weaklings. They are selling out the masses for tax cuts and political favors."

For anyone curious about what it's like in the bro podcast world that went hard for Trump. The NELK boys posted this interview with Eric Trump and are getting flamed in their comment section.

05.11.2025 21:28 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Screenshot of the PokΓ©mon anime showing a bunch of slowpoke hanging around a slowpoke themed fountain

Screenshot of the PokΓ©mon anime showing a bunch of slowpoke hanging around a slowpoke themed fountain

wish I was here

05.11.2025 20:13 β€” πŸ‘ 1242    πŸ” 405    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 10

A 34-year-old as a politician: My god he's like a baby. It's like they just elected an infant to be their mayor.

A 34-year-old as an athlete: You have to admire the bravery of him attempting that dunk, knowing full well the grim reaper is right behind him.

05.11.2025 05:45 β€” πŸ‘ 11312    πŸ” 2474    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 68

Republicans spent $21.8 million dollars to defend a seat from a deeply flawed candidate only to lose by over 5 points

05.11.2025 16:23 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Another important wrinkle in this: Jay Jones was outspent by $7 million.

05.11.2025 16:22 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

It's winning with minority groups Trump made gains with. Almost like they voted for him to fix the economy not build a ballroom

05.11.2025 14:42 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It's funny the right is pretending Zohran's some frothing maniac when in reality it's far worse for them: he's got Obama level charisma

05.11.2025 05:39 β€” πŸ‘ 941    πŸ” 85    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 0
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Jay Jones leads by ~200,000 votes with 95% counted. This will be a comfortable victory.

05.11.2025 04:17 β€” πŸ‘ 100    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 10

The latest, 11pm:

β€”Prop 50 wins
β€”VA Dems flip Gov, LG, AG; & gain in House
β€”Dems win NJ-Gov
β€”Mamdani wins
β€”PA Dems win supreme court
β€”ME vote-restricting measure loses
β€”Krasner & Bragg win
β€”JD's half-brother loses
β€”GA Dems flip 2 statewide offices
+ Dem are leading to flip so many local offices.

05.11.2025 04:10 β€” πŸ‘ 4106    πŸ” 1034    πŸ’¬ 66    πŸ“Œ 72

After tonight, the last thing you'd want to do is remind the American voter of that

05.11.2025 03:24 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

The last month of the anti-Mamdani campaign was an absolutely shameful undertaking, an attempt to rip the city and Democratic coalition apart and I'm very happy to see it failed.

05.11.2025 03:15 β€” πŸ‘ 37073    πŸ” 4055    πŸ’¬ 423    πŸ“Œ 127

Man EVERYONE flopped on predicting the NJ governors race huh?

05.11.2025 03:00 β€” πŸ‘ 45    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 2

if democrats are serious about winning they need to learn from tonight and convert to islam

05.11.2025 02:48 β€” πŸ‘ 9746    πŸ” 1557    πŸ’¬ 68    πŸ“Œ 63
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Other than Trump wins, Jack Posobiec has cursed every race where the candidate enlisted him as a hype man.

From Pennsylvania to Arizona to Georgia and now New Jersey, an appearance from β€œAgent Poso” means a guaranteed loss. πŸͺ¦

05.11.2025 02:32 β€” πŸ‘ 178    πŸ” 24    πŸ’¬ 11    πŸ“Œ 2
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the vice president attempted to do de-ba’athification of the federal workforce and now federal workers are acting like they’re riding in pick-up trucks about to capture mosul

05.11.2025 02:05 β€” πŸ‘ 233    πŸ” 47    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 4

I think a thing we'll learn tonight is that people fucking hate what is going on and they will straight ticket vote against anyone involved in starving people while pillaging the country and kidnapping their neighbors. I don't think it matters at all who that person is.

05.11.2025 00:44 β€” πŸ‘ 14951    πŸ” 2676    πŸ’¬ 214    πŸ“Œ 118

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