Matt Faris

Head of Production/Photographer/AD. Teller of stories, maker of things, co-creator of Ella and Owen.

[Matt Faris @bionicmattfaris]

I wrote this months ago. Let’s see how far off I was as the show develops. https://t.co/9N4gPqd28V

[anyone_want_chips @anyonewantchips]

Republicans went completely batshit when Lloyd Austin took three days to notify the White House about his emergency hospitalization - but when it’s been over three weeks and Mitch McConnell’s condition is still a mystery - not a fucking word.

[Neil Stone @DrNeilStone]

RFK Jr dissolved the CDC Division for Parasitic disease

Now a parasite is causing huge outbreaks of explosive diarrhoea across the US

What a foolish move

[The Halfway Post @HalfwayPost]

BREAKING: A reporter asked Mike Johnson at a press conference today, “Should we bother asking you any questions about Trump reigniting his illegal Iran War without any Constitutionally mandatory Congressional deliberation and authorization... or have you not heard about it yet?"

[BrooklynDad_Defiant!☮️ @mmpadellan]

Hey Republicans: We found that VOTER FRAUD y'all have been obsessing over.

But it wasn't an undocumented immigrant.
It was former Texas AG Ken Paxton.

So, you'll be holding him accountable, right?🙄

[The Lincoln Project @ProjectLincoln]

Taxpayers funding Trump using two jets for a single trip is the actual "waste, fraud and abuse" that they're telling you rural hospital funding, Social Security, or Medicare is.

[Jeremy @jeremyct]

The banks got bailed out in 2008.

The auto industry got bailed out in 2009.

The airlines got bailed out in 2020.

The corporations got PPP loans forgiven in 2020.

Every time the system fails the powerful the government writes a check.

Every time the system fails you they say pull yourself up.

Socialism for the rich.

Personal responsibility for everyone else.

Same country.
Every single time.

[Melanie D'Arrigo @DarrigoMelanie]

What an odd way of saying, “nearly half of American adults under 30 do not earn enough to afford housing.”

This isn’t “financial savvy.”
It’s a sign that there are limits to how far people can be exploited for housing.

[Senator Adam Schiff @SenAdamSchiff]

Our beautiful national parks are losing out on revenue meant for safety and trail maintenance because the administration is diverting park fees to fund Trump's vanity projects in D.C.

We need answers and receipts on this misappropriation of taxpayer money.

[COCO @TWOTIMESABITCH]

i just want to point out… the amount of money the U.S. has spent on war in the last 2.5 months is roughly the same cost that Bernie Sanders proposed for universal college. so the real question is never ‘can we afford it’… it’s what we choose to prioritize.

[Ronan Farrow @RonanFarrow]

Studies now present a striking picture of what happens when private equity firms acquire hospitals and nursing homes: predictable increases in harm and deaths. One landmark study shows: patient deaths up about 11% after such acquisitions.

[Aidan Faris @FarisAidan01]

2027 |SS/2B/RHP|
A solid weekend at the plate, defensively and pitching at the #KCMidsummerSD.Hit.400, with 2 doubles and 4 walks with an OPS of 1.171.Including this walk off bases clearing double off the wall to complete a crazy comeback!
@USNATSKC @EDGEBaseballKC @bissbaseball

[Historic Vids @historyinmemes]

“To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile but is morally treasonable to the American public.”

- Theodore Roosevelt 1918

Theodore Roosevelt wrote these words in 1918, during the final year of World War I, when debates over patriotism, loyalty, free speech, and dissent were at their peak.

Although he was no longer president, Roosevelt remained one of the most influential figures in American public life.

The quote comes from an editorial he wrote for the Kansas City Star, in which he argued that patriotism did not mean unquestioning loyalty to those in power. Roosevelt believed no president was above criticism. Instead, he argued that citizens had a responsibility to speak honestly about their leaders, praising them when they were right and criticizing them when they were wrong.

Those words carried particular weight because they were written during wartime, when criticism of government officials was often viewed as unpatriotic or even dangerous. Roosevelt argued the opposite: that a healthy republic depends on honest criticism, even when it is unpopular.

He wrote the passage in his May 7, 1918, editorial, Sedition, A Free Press, and Personal Rule, published just weeks before the Sedition Act of 1918 became law.

[Robert Reich @RBReich]

The corruption is endless.

[Cartoon by Mike Luckovich]

[Serious Sam @SeriousSam26]

Duh.

[Taylor A. Smith @FpotusTruth]

The ‘businessman as president‘, experiment has failed.

The ‘I know his character sucks and he’s an a**hole, but at least he gets things done’, experiment has failed.

The ‘he has no experience, he’s not a politician, and all of that’s a good thing’, experiment has failed.

The ‘well the system will stop him from doing illegal, inhumane, or irrational things’ experiment has failed.

The ‘anything is better than the Democrats’, experiment has failed.

The ‘Trump was right about everything’, experiment has failed.

FAILURE and CORRUPTION will be Donald Trump’s legacy.

He’s had two terms, two different times, and he’s still managed to fail terribly and embarrassingly both times.

You want to know what hasn’t failed, and what still stands strong today? The idea and experiment of Democracy. The promise, power, opportunity, and hope that Democracy provides.

All of this is worth remembering as we get closer to the 2026 midterms.

The buck stops with the people. So let’s make a difference, learn from the mistakes made, commit to being better as a whole, and forge a better future for our country, one that is better for our children to share, live in, and prosper.

[Chris 𝕏 @Chris__X__]

Dear America, please stop referring to members of the Senate and House as our "leaders." We do not answer to them. They are merely our representatives, and they should be reminded of that fact often.

[Bill Madden @maddenifico]

Do not stop demanding the unredacted Epstein files until corrupt pedophile protector Todd Blanche has no choice but to release them.

[Michael Steele @MichaelSteele]

We question Mr. Secretary because we know that ish did not happen. You know there are cameras on the Pool 24hrs, right?You do not have photographs of anyone submerging in the Reflecting Pool to cut a gash longer than a football field. But we do have video and photos of the liner peeling from the floor of the pool. Stop it. As soon as you are asked to prove vandalism, you whine about why are you being questioned about it.