matthagen.bsky.social

Something like this?

Seriously! Where are the "No Step on Sneck" yellow flag libertarians right now?

Jan. 6 Panel Probes Donald Trump’s 187 Minutes as Capitol Attacked as Prime-Time Hearing Approaches The Thursday prime-time hearing will dive into the 187 minutes that Trump failed to act on Jan. 6, 2021, despite pleas from aides, allies and even his family.

As Trump calls the National Guard into DC for a fake emergency, let's remember that he waited 187 minutes to do it when there was a real emergency.

Trump Administration Live Updates: President to Deploy National Guard in Washington, D.C.

January 6, 2021 in the middle of an insurrection: Trump doesn't send the National Guard.

August 11, 2025, with crime down (but Big Balls got a boo-boo and Don needs a distraction from the Epstein files): "Send in the troops!"

JFC, this is the dumbest timeline.

www.nytimes.com/live/2025/08...

Here are the still images. Please share them widely.

"He stole her"

(Politico) - The president can sue you, but you can’t sue him. It seems like an absurd thing to say but that’s effectively the reality of our legal system today ..”

@politico.com
www.politico.com/news/magazin...

As my dad says, “They’re digging in our row!”

It is small comfort that their lives are shorter than ours, so that we may bear the burden of loss.

First up: magic math.

Republicans are rewriting the rules so that tax breaks for billionaires officially cost zero dollars.

They’re LYING to Americans to try and make their giant billionaire tax breaks make sense. I’m a NO.

Even if you’re super rich and think you would benefit, remember that this is the sort of cut that leads to revolutions, and those ain’t good for business.

Vivat academia!

Seattle’s UW campus was a great combination of graduation celebrations and protest today.

Probably shouldn’t let the anniversary of D-Day pass without a shout out to my grandfather Glen Allen Moe, tho took third place in WWII.

Bronze is third, right? Not a total win, but still up on the podium!

You put in your 10,000 hours. Now reap the reward.

Elon threatening to just leave people on the ISS is making a pretty good case for why you nationalize your space program!

must be incredibly frustrating and disheartening to have federal funding that was promised to you for important work suddenly and arbitrarily ripped away

We were a couple of days late, but we finally got our Pride skeleton up.

Happy Pride y’all!

San Antonio Express-News ® @ExpressNews Sen. Rafael Edward Cruz, who uses the preferred name Ted, has introduced a bill to limit the use of preferred names and pronouns.

headline construction masterclass

I’m so old I remember when violating the US constitution was a big deal, but now the Magna Carta? Jeez…

Can I get off? This timeline sucks.

"Trump decided to reopen Alcatraz right after watching Escape from Alcatraz" is far too ridiculous not to be exactly what happened

Jasper does the same thing. Great neck warmer!

This video should have the music from Benny Hill in the background.

The Millenarians would like their cult back.

Elon Musk and DOGE’s Savings May Be Erased by New Costs An expert on the federal work force estimates that the speed and chaos of Mr. Musk’s cuts to the bureaucracy will cost taxpayers $135 billion this fiscal year.

"The Partnership for Public Service, which studies the federal workforce, has used budget figures to produce a rough estimate that Trump's firings, re-hirings, lost productivity and paid leave of thousands of workers will cost upward of $135 billion this fiscal year."
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/24/u...

What a nice self-limiting feature! :)

Jonathan Swift has met his equal.

Trump administration deports gay makeup artist to prison in El Salvador A gay man with no known criminal record sought asylum in the U.S. He's since become one of 238 Venezuelan migrants deported to a notorious prison in El Salvador by the Trump administration.

60 Minutes found no criminal record for 75% of the Venezuelan migrants the U.S. sent to a mega-prison in El Salvador
www.cbsnews.com/news/venezue...