Matthew Dalto

I’m mostly just here to retweet smarter people. When I’m not doing that, I work with health care data.

[Derek Thompson @DKThomp]

Hard to know if the Iran war's been a success.

On the one hand, we've failed to achieve our main objectives, driven up the price of various commodities, and shown Iran that they can squeeze the Strait of Hormuz.

On the other hand, all it took was the virtual exhaustion of our entire long-range precision missile supplies.

[Tim O'Brien @TimOBrien]

Trump says banks closed his accounts after the Jan. 6 insurrection for political reasons. Capital One Financial Corp. said in a court filing that it closed them after an internal review by the bank’s anti-money laundering team raised red flags.
https://t.co/5U6rRekFcj

[Jon Favreau @jonfavs]

Big contrast between Nithya Raman and Karen Bass on a top issue in the LA mayor's race:

"Street homelessness — people living outdoors or in their vehicles — went down by 49% in Raman’s district compared to the previous year"

"Citywide, street homelessness increased nearly 8%"

[Headquarters @HQNewsNow]

Sen. @Ossoff: I don't need to recite for you all the litany of terribles that are being forced on us right now. What we are dealing with is deeper than the ordinary conflict over policy and ideas. The folks in the White House right now have one agenda, and that is to amass as much power and wealth in one family as possible.

[Patrick De Haan @GasBuddyGuy]

BREAKING: $4 is back. according to GasBuddy data, the national average just hit $4/gal again. 2026 is now the first year ever to reach $4 in two separate surges: once in the spring, now again. that didn't happen in 2008, not in 2022, not ever. two $4 runs in the same year.

[Rebecca Ballhaus @rebeccaballhaus]

As COO at JP Morgan more than a decade ago, the man who now runs the IRS spied on fellow executives, using his authority over the security department and position to access sensitive information and internal communications without an apparent business justification, people familiar with the matter said.

“One executive said he suspected the spying and put a code phrase in his email, which he said Bisignano repeated back to him.”

Wild story by @ajsaeedy: https://t.co/QvfH3HhPt0

[scary lawyerguy @scarylawyerguy]

Iran is rope-a-dopeying us into burning through our entire stockpile of air defense and long range munitions and *THE PRESIDENT IS NOT AWARE OF THIS* like, I'm sorry but what in the ever loving fuck is going on here?

[Dan Lamothe @DanLamothe]

Number of nights of consecutive bombing: 7.

Number of press briefings in that time frame by any defense official to explain to the American people what is happening on their behalf: 0.

[Mike Sisak @mikesisak]

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — AP Exclusive: ICE officer who shot Maine migrant has history of threatening behavior, family and court documents say.

[The Washington Post @washingtonpost]

Breaking news: The lining of the Lincoln Memorial’s Reflecting Pool peeled in at least seven places along seams that were created when the material was applied, indicating likely problems in how it was installed, according to experts and a Post analysis. https://t.co/FemkyQL6Ro

[Books Behind Borders @MHTruthUltra]

I honestly hate that we've normalized the idea that all opinions are valid. I think we should get back to telling people that they are ill informed & ignorant

[Headquarters @HQNewsNow]

Houston Mayor John Whitmire: For the Salgado family, life will never be the same. At no fault of theirs, Mr. Salgado was chased by a unmarked vehicles. Before he could identify himself and speak as a Houstonian, he was shot and killed. We will use all of our resources to pursue an independent and transparent investigation.

[Arelis R. Hernández @arelisrhdz]

BREAKING EXCLUSIVE: The men arrested alongside Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, including his brother, are contesting DHS account of the fatal shooting, say he didn’t ram any ICE officers.
https://t.co/WL4Ej7s1XE

[Erin Banco @ErinBanco]

Because I was running around with kids and typing too fast, I made a dumb paraphrasing error. Fixed!

NEW: Trump has just fired all three remaining commissioners of the federal, bipartisan body (EAC) responsible for guiding states on things like voting procedures, voting machine system updates, etc.

[Phil Stewart @phildstewart]

MOHSEN REZAEI, ADVISOR TO IRAN'S SUPREME LEADER: IT IS QUITE CLEAR THAT THE U.S. WILL LEAD THE NEGOTIATIONS TO FAILURE

[Matthew Dalto @mpdalto]

@DrewSav Congratulations!!

[Matthew Chapman @fawfulfan]

'Should be deported!' Florida Republicans turn on each other over JD Vance https://t.co/Wz4k8xoRpn

[. @GregTSargent]

I think Obama's speech also implicitly urges Democrats to go bigger against Trump and MAGA. Small-bore politics and slogans about "affordability" aren't going to cut it. Obama was modeling a big argument for Dems:

https://t.co/DjMfvN883o

[Jeffrey Goldberg @JeffreyGoldberg]

"The humiliation is the point. Iran got the United States to sign a document that even Americans described as degrading, mortifying, a total capitulation. Who cares if the deal never really happens, or if each part turns out to be a little less sweet than it first appears?"
https://t.co/X9S5aU51O3

[Aaron Rupar @atrupar]

Obama: "The Founders fell terribly short of the declaration's promise, leaving slavery in tact, allowing states to restrict the franchise to white men who owned property. But in drafting a constitution and bill or rights, they did have the foresight -- the genius -- to provide us with a framework that allows each generation to make our union more perfect."