Matt Mendolera

Boston-based, Bravo-obsessed, Buffalo-born. Digital communications and brand marketing expert. Opinions=my own. He/Him/His.

[Bill Kristol @BillKristol]

On Feb. 26, 2026, the Strait of Hormuz was an open international waterway, as it had been for decades.

Five months later, thanks to Trump's war, the Strait is closed, we've lost 18 service members and spent ~$100b, and the U.S. is neither as liked nor as trusted nor as feared.

[Matt Mendolera @mattmendo]

@XfinitySupport I'll give compliments and credit where it's due too - today service tech Tommy came out to troubleshoot my installation and get my cable and internet working at my new place. He was outstanding - so nice, efficient and all-in-all a 10/10. Thank you!

[Matt Mendolera @mattmendo]

It's truly remarkable that within 30 seconds of calling @XfinitySupport, I'm so frustrated that I want to scream. Automated, non-human customer service on phone lines is one of the worst things to ever happen.

[anyone_want_chips @anyonewantchips]

With the mass shooting at Seattle Center, it might be good to mention that Bill Clinton’s assault weapons ban reduced mass shooting deaths by nearly half - but after George W Bush & Republicans let it expire, mass shooting deaths more than doubled - because it’s the fucking guns.

[John Færseth @JohnFaerseth]

It is irrelevant whether Balogun deserved a red card. Referees make stupid decisions all the time. If personal diplomacy and power can override decisions and the USA wins, it means outcomes are being decided off the field. That's match-fixing, and the end of sports.

[Chris Murphy 🟧 @ChrisMurphyCT]

This week Trump is going to try to ram through the Senate his bill to take over state elections so he can rig the vote in his favor. As he becomes historically unpopular, he’s getting desperate.

We cannot let this bill pass.

[Elizabeth Warren @ewarren]

ABC, Meta, X, and Paramount promised as much as $63 million in donations to Trump's future Presidential Library.

But now the Library Fund is dissolved, leaving the American people in the dark on the fate of millions of dollars.

Where did that money go? I’m pushing for answers.

[Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex]

In the dramatic circumstances of war, information must guard against the risk of turning into propaganda. It is every journalist's duty to verify the news, so as not to become a megaphone for power. They must show the suffering that war always brings to populations, which entails showing the face of war and recounting it through the eyes of victims.

[g. @GeauxGabrielle]

FINALLY. The American Academy of Pediatrics has sued and scored a MASSIVE win against Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s decimation of our public health system.

I have been praying the heavens down for this.

[Matt McManus @MattPolProf]

Yes. Everyone with sense did.

[Chris Murphy 🟧 @ChrisMurphyCT]

The is the federal government telling news stations to provide favorable coverage of the war or their licenses will be pulled.

A truly extraordinary moment.

We aren't on the verge of a totalitarian takeover. WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF IT.

Act like it.

[Brian Schatz @brianschatz]

This is a clear directive to provide positive war coverage or else licenses may not be renewed. This is worse than the comedian stuff, and by a lot. The stakes here are much higher. He’s not talking about late night shows, he’s talking about how a war is covered.

[Greg Olear @gregolear]

I don’t think enough has been written about what we lost in 2016—not because Trump became president (that part we know), but because HRC did not.

She was, by far, the most qualified non-incumbent ever. Because she’d already lived in the White House for eight years, there would have been no learning curve. She would have hit the ground running. (Like, she knows where the light switches are in the residence!) No candidate was ever more prepared for every aspect of the job.

She is excellent in small groups. She wins people over because she’s brilliant and humble. She had great ideas that would have actually helped people most in need of help. And she had the savvy and the determination to implement them.

Hillary Clinton would have been one of the greatest US presidents. That’s a hill I will die on. And our country hasn’t properly mourned this being stolen from us.

[scary lawyerguy @scarylawyerguy]

Trump's burned through FIVE YEARS worth of Tomahawk inventory in THREE DAYS, so naturally, the Pentagon will just ask Congress to light another FIFTY BILLION on fire and not one person in the media will ask "how will we pay for it?"

[Eric @EricG1247]

Her friend started a company 8 days ago and she gave them $143 million government contract.

Republicans are literally robbing US in broad daylight.

[Eliza Orlins @elizaorlins]

What just happened in Dallas County is one of the most blatant voter suppression operations I've ever seen—and it happened in a *primary*.

In March. Imagine November.

I broke it down here:

https://t.co/xr28D3uJ8h

[Seth Abramson @SethAbramson]

BREAKING: It seems we have arrived at the We Told You So part of the program

[Miles Taylor @MilesTaylorUSA]

The biggest electoral crime in American history might be unfolding.

[Ariana Jasmine @arianajasmine__]

Zohran launched $30/hr snow-shoveling jobs with $45/hr overtime, and Republicans mocked him.

Not only were sidewalks completely cleared within a day, but he did exactly what taxes are intended to do: take taxpayer money and invest it in people while producing results that benefit everyone.

[Hillary Clinton @HillaryClinton]

Here is my opening statement to the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee today.