@matthewconradt.bsky.social
Artist based in Brooklyn; kinda reluctantly on Insta as well
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Yes, people like the woman in that clip being insulted, bullied and pushed around by comfortable, middle aged wankers has been the entire selling point of right wing politics for *at least* two decades. “We will harm people you irrationally hate and make them cry” is most of the sales pitch.
Just look at the glee on Nigel Farage’s face as he watches a Piddington resident cry about the overt racism she, her Caribbean heritage husband, and their two children have felt in the village during the referendum.
Time and again he’s showing us exactly who he is.
Time and again he’s showing us exactly who he is.
September 17, 2026 at 8:34 AM
Yes, people like the woman in that clip being insulted, bullied and pushed around by comfortable, middle aged wankers has been the entire selling point of right wing politics for *at least* two decades. “We will harm people you irrationally hate and make them cry” is most of the sales pitch.
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I know I am not the median voter. But when I watch Trump performances like the one we just endured in North Carolina, I can't escape the feeling that our problems go much deeper than "affordability" and we're whistling past the graveyard if we reduce our politics to that issue.
September 17, 2026 at 1:12 AM
I know I am not the median voter. But when I watch Trump performances like the one we just endured in North Carolina, I can't escape the feeling that our problems go much deeper than "affordability" and we're whistling past the graveyard if we reduce our politics to that issue.
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The season premiere of '60 Minutes' featured a segment on an airman who was rescued from Iran after his aircraft was shot down amid Trump’s war in the region... but a retired four-star general is calling bull.
Army Airborne Hero Calls BS on ‘60 Minutes’ Pilot’s Claims
A retired Army general is raising questions about a “60 Minutes” segment on an intense military rescue behind enemy lines.
www.thedailybeast.com
September 17, 2026 at 12:20 AM
The season premiere of '60 Minutes' featured a segment on an airman who was rescued from Iran after his aircraft was shot down amid Trump’s war in the region... but a retired four-star general is calling bull.
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Trump threatens to cut off all trade with Europe if Canada associates closer with the EU
September 16, 2026 at 11:06 PM
Trump threatens to cut off all trade with Europe if Canada associates closer with the EU
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In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
“The Republican Party has a neo-Nazi problem,” our columnist Jamelle Bouie writes. “This is not slander or pejorative or innuendo; it is the plain truth of the matter, a conclusion drawn from simple observation.”
“The Republican Party has a neo-Nazi problem,” our columnist Jamelle Bouie writes. “This is not slander or pejorative or innuendo; it is the plain truth of the matter, a conclusion drawn from simple observation.”
Opinion | The G.O.P. Has Gone Off the Deep End
The Republican fringe is becoming the Republican mainstream.
nyti.ms
September 17, 2026 at 1:00 AM
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
“The Republican Party has a neo-Nazi problem,” our columnist Jamelle Bouie writes. “This is not slander or pejorative or innuendo; it is the plain truth of the matter, a conclusion drawn from simple observation.”
“The Republican Party has a neo-Nazi problem,” our columnist Jamelle Bouie writes. “This is not slander or pejorative or innuendo; it is the plain truth of the matter, a conclusion drawn from simple observation.”
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chat I’m gonna be honest here I’m not sure “be grateful for the high gas prices” is a winning midterm message
Trump on his Iran war: "You have a higher gas -- it's a very inexpensive price to pay for what we've done. Remember that. It's a little more. Frankly, even if it was a lot more."
September 17, 2026 at 12:47 AM
chat I’m gonna be honest here I’m not sure “be grateful for the high gas prices” is a winning midterm message
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We’re just letting this guy destroy our whole civilization. He’s got the IQ of a horse
Trump: "If we lose $50 billion a year with a country, and we say 'we're not going to trade with you anymore,' we don't lose $50 billion a year. It's very simple. Right?"
September 17, 2026 at 1:08 AM
We’re just letting this guy destroy our whole civilization. He’s got the IQ of a horse
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The dumbest asshole in the country and the President need to be two different people moving forward
Trump: "If we lose $50 billion a year with a country, and we say 'we're not going to trade with you anymore,' we don't lose $50 billion a year. It's very simple. Right?"
September 17, 2026 at 1:17 AM
The dumbest asshole in the country and the President need to be two different people moving forward
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In the halls of the Capitol that are open to the public?
September 15, 2026 at 12:42 AM
In the halls of the Capitol that are open to the public?
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@atrupar.com has gone wall-to-wall
September 15, 2026 at 12:38 AM
@atrupar.com has gone wall-to-wall
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One of the stubborn dynamics in climate politics is conservatives being simply unwilling to believe that their ideological opponents were/are right about something very important. Lots of conservatives really did covince themselves it was all a conspiracy to impose more government control.
September 13, 2026 at 4:18 PM
One of the stubborn dynamics in climate politics is conservatives being simply unwilling to believe that their ideological opponents were/are right about something very important. Lots of conservatives really did covince themselves it was all a conspiracy to impose more government control.
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What I like about the EW article is that it doesn't let her rep's lie stand, it lists several items to the contrary. More outlets could take a lesson from that.
Eye-wateringly stupid defence from Rowling’s team here - ‘She does not support legal actions aimed at harming transgender people.’ - Really? So that £70,000 towards the bathroom ban was by accident? The JKR Women’s Fund was made by an impersonator? At least have the spine to admit you want us dead
J.K. Rowling’s rep responds to Lilly Wachowski’s accusation of ‘funding trans genocide’ (exclusive)
J.K. Rowling’s representative responded to Lilly Wachowski accusing the author of ‘funding trans genocide’: ‘She does not support legal actions aimed at harming transgender people.’
ew.com
September 12, 2026 at 10:31 PM
What I like about the EW article is that it doesn't let her rep's lie stand, it lists several items to the contrary. More outlets could take a lesson from that.
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Trump regime: When inflation goes up, that means it's going down.
Hassett: “Inflation is clearly decelerating even with this slight uptick” 🙃
September 12, 2026 at 10:48 PM
Trump regime: When inflation goes up, that means it's going down.
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"The mainstream media, is, unsurprisingly, not covering itself in glory as it struggles to avoid saying that either the president’s brain has completely left the station or that he’s a mendacious liar who knows no bounds, or both."
The muted response to Trump 9/11 fantasy is a media failure
It’s not “disputed.” He’s delusional.
www.publicnotice.co
September 11, 2026 at 1:31 PM
"The mainstream media, is, unsurprisingly, not covering itself in glory as it struggles to avoid saying that either the president’s brain has completely left the station or that he’s a mendacious liar who knows no bounds, or both."
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inflation might be a fascism factory but austerity is worst
September 11, 2026 at 8:19 PM
inflation might be a fascism factory but austerity is worst
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Welp.
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 2:33 AM
Welp.
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"Please right your right hand. I pledge to the greatest president in history that loves us so much he can't even breathe" -- in extremely culty scene, Trump has his supporters pledge to him that they will vote, then tells them they will "go to hell" if they don't
Here's the full sequence:
Here's the full sequence:
September 11, 2026 at 2:40 AM
"Please right your right hand. I pledge to the greatest president in history that loves us so much he can't even breathe" -- in extremely culty scene, Trump has his supporters pledge to him that they will vote, then tells them they will "go to hell" if they don't
Here's the full sequence:
Here's the full sequence:
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This is batshit insane.
Wow -- RNC video: "On June 14th, 1946, God looked down on his planned paradise and said, 'I need a caretaker,' so God gave us Trump."
It only gets more unhinged and culty from there.
It only gets more unhinged and culty from there.
September 11, 2026 at 12:51 AM
This is batshit insane.
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This is chilling. I’d like to make fun of it, and there are certainly ample ways to make fun of it, but it’s honestly just chilling.
Wow -- RNC video: "On June 14th, 1946, God looked down on his planned paradise and said, 'I need a caretaker,' so God gave us Trump."
It only gets more unhinged and culty from there.
It only gets more unhinged and culty from there.
September 11, 2026 at 1:01 AM
This is chilling. I’d like to make fun of it, and there are certainly ample ways to make fun of it, but it’s honestly just chilling.
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That discourse about 'men don't understand the MAHA Moms' and on cue here is the leader of the MAHA Men saying 'you women need to shut the fuck up about the sexual assault' is just too perfect
RFK Jr: "The party of Me Too -- remember that we were all supposed to listen to women, and to believe women? -- they cruelly silenced the voices of tens of thousands of mothers who believe that their children had suffered vaccine injuries"
September 11, 2026 at 1:09 AM
That discourse about 'men don't understand the MAHA Moms' and on cue here is the leader of the MAHA Men saying 'you women need to shut the fuck up about the sexual assault' is just too perfect
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"Hi there! I'm the Secretary of Agriculture in a nation where just about every single kind of food has been recalled because it will give you explosive shits and then kill you dead. Well, I'm here to tell you about how government regulation and oversight is baaaaaaaad."
Brooke Rollins: "Do you remember, especially the moms out there, when they told us what light bulbs that we could screw into our light fixtures, which washing machines we could use, and which toilets we could flush?"
September 9, 2026 at 11:02 PM
"Hi there! I'm the Secretary of Agriculture in a nation where just about every single kind of food has been recalled because it will give you explosive shits and then kill you dead. Well, I'm here to tell you about how government regulation and oversight is baaaaaaaad."
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Obviously this is a hilarious and obvious lie but it's instructive in that Trump knows he's supposed to care about this thing, and manifestly does not and cannot care about it, and so he has to put himself into the story just to make it something he can talk about. He almost died that day!
Trump on 9/11: "I just thank my people. I was building a big building in New York & I took the whole crew down there right after this happened & they had no hesitation. Everybody went down with me... we thought it was coming down on top of us... two fireman lifted me up and started running with me"
September 8, 2026 at 3:51 PM
Obviously this is a hilarious and obvious lie but it's instructive in that Trump knows he's supposed to care about this thing, and manifestly does not and cannot care about it, and so he has to put himself into the story just to make it something he can talk about. He almost died that day!
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There was a ton of press downtown in the days after 9/11, and Trump was a very famous person even in 2001, so could someone pls send photos of this lifting-up thing? Thank you
Trump on 9/11: "I just thank my people. I was building a big building in New York & I took the whole crew down there right after this happened & they had no hesitation. Everybody went down with me... we thought it was coming down on top of us... two fireman lifted me up and started running with me"
September 8, 2026 at 4:37 PM
There was a ton of press downtown in the days after 9/11, and Trump was a very famous person even in 2001, so could someone pls send photos of this lifting-up thing? Thank you
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More evidence that he can no longer distinguish between his fantasies and the real world.
Trump claims he was basically lifted out of the rubble on 9/11: "Two fireman, big strong guys, they grabbed me under the arms -- 'got to get our of here!' -- and they literally lifted me up, and they started running with me."
September 8, 2026 at 4:36 PM
More evidence that he can no longer distinguish between his fantasies and the real world.
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