Matthew Dickey

Husband-Dad-Coach of a 2nd place U8 girls soccer team-

[Ramit Sethi @ramit]

One of my favorite types of comments: when Republicans are forced to face reality, which plainly contradicts the right-wing lies they've willingly swallowed (e.g., "climate change isn't real" while their house floods, "tax cuts to the rich trickle down" while I get tens of millions of dollars in tax benefits and they struggle to buy bologna, and "vaccines don't work" while unvaccinated Republicans disproportionately died of COVID)

Anyway, below are thousands of Republicans furious that a white actor represents a recipient of government assistance in Arkansas, which is statistically true

[Ramit Sethi @ramit]

10 things Republicans have done in the last 10 days 🧵

1. DHS deported Brian Morales, a UNITED STATES CITIZEN born in Denver, after multiple officers refused to investigate his claim of citizenship. None of these officers will be charged

[Matthew Dickey @chief5tooth]

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[OSU Gear @OSUGear]

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[Really American 🇺🇸 @ReallyAmerican1]

Q: “What would you say to Elon Musk about waste, fraud, and abuse?”

Zohran Mamdani: “I would say that this isn’t actually a right wing concern. It’s a concern right at the heart of leftwing politics because as people who care deeply about public goods, we care just as deeply about public excellence. And we know that if we want New Yorkers to believe in the power of government to deliver for them, we have to show that every single dollar in our budget is going towards exactly that. We’re proud to be looking for inefficiencies or examples of fraud or waste across city government, eliminating them, and then delivering on what people actually voted for”

[Zach W. Lambert @ZachWLambert]

Pam Bondi will go down in history as the Attorney General who viewed thousands of videos and pictures of men sexually assaulting children and chose to protect the abusers.

[Billy Misanthrope @notesfromspain]

Probably the most accurate nailing of the MAGA base I have ever seen.

[Ramit Sethi @ramit]

It’s actually a good thing that Americans are seeing high gas prices and long lines at airports. These are direct results of Republican policies

More people need to feel the direct pain of Republican policies in their lives

Politics is not some abstract concept. It is your grocery bill, your medical insurance costs, your ability to get childcare and hold companies accountable for fraud, and wealthy guys like me getting massive unnecessary tax cuts while you pay thousands more for a pointless war and tariffs

[Everton Blair, Jr. @evertonblairjr]

“How are you going to pay for Medicare for All?" 

I don't know, how did we pay for a war in Iran that costs $1 billion a day? Weird how the money is always there for bombs and never there for hospitals.

[Thomas Horrocks @thomaslhorrocks]

I think one of the reasons the right-wing Christian Nationalists are coming out so hard against James Talarico is that they know his version of Christianity looks a whole lot more like Jesus than theirs does and they know people are catching on.

[Mark Cuban @mcuban]

Apparently @jamestalarico won with a huge turnout from young adults. Want to know why? Here is my guess:

On social media, the algorithms give you more of what you consume. Talarico’s messages are positive. To the point of being “syrupy”.

Voters that committed to watching his social posts, got more of not only his posts, but also other positive messages.

Contrast that with historically negative messaging across past elections, and I think the contrast was striking and motivational for many. Enough to draw record numbers to a primary.

It may be crazy to some, but the idea of “my feed and FYP got better the more I watched his videos” is enough to get voters excited to support and vote for him.

Call it “PositivityMaxxing” 😂. But I truly believe that candidates that can give positive messages, authentically and confidently , can be part of a new successful trend. Regardless of party or office.

Thoughts ?

[Zach W. Lambert @ZachWLambert]

If your theology justifies bombing nations in the Middle East but ignores Jesus’ command to love, protect, and care for the most vulnerable, something has gone terribly wrong.

[Rev. Benjamin Cremer @Brcremer]

Beware of any Christian movement that acts as though the world is full of enemies to be destroyed rather than full of neighbors to be loved.

[Mason Mennenga @masonmennenga]

baptists: “i believe the bible is literal”

also baptists: “jesus meant grape juice”

[Zach Seidel @Seidel_Z]

Me watching the Bad Bunny halftime show and not understanding a single word but vibing and enjoying it because it’s pissing off all the worst people

[Jamie Bonkiewicz @JamieBonkiewicz]

Imagine being angrier at Olympic athletes using their platform to speak up about this administration than at the President of the United States posting racist shit and raping kids

[Andrea Junker @Strandjunker]

If you still support Trump and his administration, I don’t judge you for your choice of political party.

I judge you for your lack of morals, ethics, compassion & humanity.

I judge you for your support of pedophilia, racism, treason & fascism.

So will others. So will history.

[Michael Steele @MichaelSteele]

This part.

[Aes🇺🇸 @AesPolitics1]

The economy is fucking shit.

Fascism is rampant.

Americans are getting killed by ICE.

The country is falling apart.

The dollar is collapsing.

We are about to bomb Iran again because the president is on the Epstein list.

I hope you got what you voted for, you stupid fucks.