Matt Arnold
@mattarnold.org
I like trains and soccer and other things
My employer’s corporate PAC has America 250 merch for people who contribute via payroll conductions and like ew no but the merch looks so absurd it’s almost tempting.
October 6, 2026 at 7:55 PM
My employer’s corporate PAC has America 250 merch for people who contribute via payroll conductions and like ew no but the merch looks so absurd it’s almost tempting.
Come and take it flag with chips and salsa dot jpeg
Restaurants are warning that the tariffs Ken Paxton supports could end free chips and salsa.
October 3, 2026 at 7:41 PM
Come and take it flag with chips and salsa dot jpeg
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Restaurants are warning that the tariffs Ken Paxton supports could end free chips and salsa.
October 3, 2026 at 7:00 PM
Restaurants are warning that the tariffs Ken Paxton supports could end free chips and salsa.
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As a transphobic male senator, there is nothing more important to me than protecting women's sports. Here's why it never occurred to me that Jack Smith, a man, would choose to attend a women's college basketball game.
by Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-MO)
by Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-MO)
October 1, 2026 at 2:12 PM
As a transphobic male senator, there is nothing more important to me than protecting women's sports. Here's why it never occurred to me that Jack Smith, a man, would choose to attend a women's college basketball game.
by Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-MO)
by Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-MO)
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RONALD REAGAN IS IN HELL WAITING FOR HEAVEN TO TRICKLE DOWN
July 22, 2026 at 11:48 PM
RONALD REAGAN IS IN HELL WAITING FOR HEAVEN TO TRICKLE DOWN
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As a card-carrying sayer of "it's more complicated than that", sometimes it's not!!!!
Climate change is as straightforward as it gets: Democrats vote to address it and Republicans vote not to.
There's a weird tic among the pundit class where they think saying "it's more complicated than that" is the intelligent stance on everything but sometimes it's not complicated!
There's a weird tic among the pundit class where they think saying "it's more complicated than that" is the intelligent stance on everything but sometimes it's not complicated!
September 29, 2026 at 3:23 PM
As a card-carrying sayer of "it's more complicated than that", sometimes it's not!!!!
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what is a same sex bathroom dawg
September 24, 2026 at 1:45 PM
what is a same sex bathroom dawg
If y’all aren’t reading about curb cut drama in city documents you’re really missing out!
Join us for the upcoming Traffic and Parking Board Public Hearing on Monday, September 28 to weigh in on parking changes on Russell Road, Dawes Avenue, and Old Dominion Boulevard, and three proposed curb cuts among other topics. Learn more at alexandriava.gov/TrafficParkingBoard
September 24, 2026 at 7:44 PM
If y’all aren’t reading about curb cut drama in city documents you’re really missing out!
Y’all managed to make AUSTIN PD look good by comparison????
UPDATE—New video shows ICE did not give any medical aid to man they shot in the back.
Agents drag him out of car—handcuff him behind his back instead.
Only when Austin Police arrive did a local officer run to get medical gloves and start first aid.
Agents drag him out of car—handcuff him behind his back instead.
Only when Austin Police arrive did a local officer run to get medical gloves and start first aid.
September 21, 2026 at 8:16 PM
Y’all managed to make AUSTIN PD look good by comparison????
RABBIT ON THE PITCH IN FRISCO
September 20, 2026 at 2:18 AM
RABBIT ON THE PITCH IN FRISCO
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Should the Kennedy Center be torn down? Obviously not. But you know what should?
September 19, 2026 at 4:18 PM
Should the Kennedy Center be torn down? Obviously not. But you know what should?
Was not prepared to read those words in that order today
Our Deer Management Archery Program has started and runs through Feb. 13.
The program reduces and stabilizes the white-tailed deer population in the county to minimize safety and health hazards related to an overabundance of deer.
More: https://ow.ly/FrxY50ZPkGA
The program reduces and stabilizes the white-tailed deer population in the county to minimize safety and health hazards related to an overabundance of deer.
More: https://ow.ly/FrxY50ZPkGA
September 18, 2026 at 10:09 PM
Was not prepared to read those words in that order today
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Beyond the painfully obvious reply to this nonsense that "this is exactly what you voted for," Trump voters should if anything be upset that ICE has come nowhere near his explicit campaign promise to deport *one million people per year*
abcnews.com/Politics/jd-...
abcnews.com/Politics/jd-...
September 17, 2026 at 10:13 PM
Beyond the painfully obvious reply to this nonsense that "this is exactly what you voted for," Trump voters should if anything be upset that ICE has come nowhere near his explicit campaign promise to deport *one million people per year*
abcnews.com/Politics/jd-...
abcnews.com/Politics/jd-...
Hey so this is insane
DASH overspent its budget by $3.7 million. A spreadsheet error hid it for months.
DASH overspent its budget by $3.7 million. A spreadsheet error hid it for months.
The transit system's own reports showed it nearly balanced until the fiscal year closed. Mayor Alyia Gaskins has refused a request to delay next Wednesday's joint work session, saying the city needs answers now.
dlvr.it
September 17, 2026 at 2:17 PM
Hey so this is insane
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i’m a trans Texan and i’ll be voting for Talarico and strongly encouraging others to vote for him, but i still think he’s a coward for acquiescing to whatever bad advice he received.
to some folks that’s unforgivable. i respect that, and you should too.
either way, please read the piece.
to some folks that’s unforgivable. i respect that, and you should too.
either way, please read the piece.
This is a powerful story from a trans Texan (who's also quite a talented independent journalist).
I've been arguing that trans people have the right to be upset with Talarico, and I think we do. This is the case for vote for him anyway, eloquently made, and by someone with the standing to make it.
I've been arguing that trans people have the right to be upset with Talarico, and I think we do. This is the case for vote for him anyway, eloquently made, and by someone with the standing to make it.
I’m a Texan trans kid who almost died because of Ken Paxton. The world should know what he’s done.
This was very difficult for me to write, but given what's at stake, I cannot bear to stay silent about what I went through at Paxton's hands.
He must not be rewarded for what he's done to trans kids.
This was very difficult for me to write, but given what's at stake, I cannot bear to stay silent about what I went through at Paxton's hands.
He must not be rewarded for what he's done to trans kids.
September 14, 2026 at 5:49 PM
i’m a trans Texan and i’ll be voting for Talarico and strongly encouraging others to vote for him, but i still think he’s a coward for acquiescing to whatever bad advice he received.
to some folks that’s unforgivable. i respect that, and you should too.
either way, please read the piece.
to some folks that’s unforgivable. i respect that, and you should too.
either way, please read the piece.
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Just did a quick look around and I don't see very many headlines about the President of the US making people pledge allegiance to him personally while telling everyone to commit election fraud and "cheat like hell" to support his party.
Seems like it should be a story?
Seems like it should be a story?
Trump: "Please right your right hand. I pledge to the greatest president in the history of the United States. That loves us so much he can't even breath. That I will go out with my family, my friends, I'll do it any way - I don't care if I'm registered or not, I'm going to try to cheat like hell..."
September 11, 2026 at 4:59 PM
Just did a quick look around and I don't see very many headlines about the President of the US making people pledge allegiance to him personally while telling everyone to commit election fraud and "cheat like hell" to support his party.
Seems like it should be a story?
Seems like it should be a story?
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Talarico is wrong on this. Period. Whatever his personal beliefs about (extraordinarily rare) care, a national ban steps between the people who should be the ones making these decision: families and trusted providers.
This doesn’t win votes. And it harms real people.
This doesn’t win votes. And it harms real people.
Talarico says he would vote in favor of a national ban for transgender surgeries for minors
September 10, 2026 at 12:39 AM
Talarico is wrong on this. Period. Whatever his personal beliefs about (extraordinarily rare) care, a national ban steps between the people who should be the ones making these decision: families and trusted providers.
This doesn’t win votes. And it harms real people.
This doesn’t win votes. And it harms real people.
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if you were thinking about getting an ebike to reduce your number of car trips to save on gas, the best time was earlier this year but the second best time is now!!!!
Oil hit $100 a barrel this morning.
September 9, 2026 at 5:54 PM
if you were thinking about getting an ebike to reduce your number of car trips to save on gas, the best time was earlier this year but the second best time is now!!!!
Sorry I can’t my show is on.
*cuts to YouTube stream of an NTSB media briefing*
*cuts to YouTube stream of an NTSB media briefing*
September 9, 2026 at 2:58 PM
Sorry I can’t my show is on.
*cuts to YouTube stream of an NTSB media briefing*
*cuts to YouTube stream of an NTSB media briefing*
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The view of a parking garage from the parking lot on the UC Irvine campus where obviously a dean of public health would ask themselves "What's up with all these e-bikes?!"
September 3, 2026 at 6:50 PM
The view of a parking garage from the parking lot on the UC Irvine campus where obviously a dean of public health would ask themselves "What's up with all these e-bikes?!"
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I just think more people should try my “know next to nothing about Hasan Piker” strategy
This only "becomes a political and moral crisis" if reactionary centrists relentlessly frame it as one.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
August 28, 2026 at 7:08 PM
I just think more people should try my “know next to nothing about Hasan Piker” strategy
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seriously why isn’t “every republican president destroys the economy” the most ubiquitous phrase in american politics?!?!
New in PN: Are voters finally realizing that GOP presidents are disasters?
"The last 3 R presidents have handed their D successors an economic catastrophe, & the last 3 Ds have had to do their best to clean it up. Why don’t Ds ever say that? I think it would make a difference" — @mjtoma.bsky.social
"The last 3 R presidents have handed their D successors an economic catastrophe, & the last 3 Ds have had to do their best to clean it up. Why don’t Ds ever say that? I think it would make a difference" — @mjtoma.bsky.social
Are voters finally realizing GOP presidents are disasters?
Michael Tomasky makes the case that they are.
www.publicnotice.co
August 28, 2026 at 3:07 PM
seriously why isn’t “every republican president destroys the economy” the most ubiquitous phrase in american politics?!?!