Matt Loar

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Former software engineer for big tech companies, current in-house privacy counsel for a slightly smaller tech company, future subsistence farmer

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Political reporting, 2024

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WaPo just being racist and hoping it was Lieu (because of his position of influence, and it helps their narrative) and not following up speaks to why you should take everything they print with a shaker of salt.

WaPo confused Mark Takano with Ted Lieu. Oy. "The House Democrats who said Biden should drop out of the race were Adam Smith of Washington, Jerry Nadler of New York, Mark Takano of California and Joe Morelle of New York." www.nbcnews.com/politics/202...

Four more Democrats in Congress call for Biden to step aside in the 2024 racewww.nbcnews.com The new calls come from lawmakers who hold top Democratic positions on key congressional committees.

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France out here proving that actually you can tell the far right to go to hell even when it looks like they’re on track for a big victory are we going to let ourselves be shown up by the French?

French exit poll news and which seems a good sign

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It appears that the solidarity shown by the non-fascist parties in France has led to the defeat, at least for today, of the fascists. Specifically, left & center coordinated to support the candidate most likely to defeat the fascists in hundreds of constituencies. There’s a lesson to be learned.

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BREAKING NEWS: Voters turned out in numbers not seen in decades to stop the far-right National Rally from taking power in the French National Assembly. Polls predicted a first-place finish for National Rally, which instead came in third in initial results as polling stations closed.

Projections in France's election show voters rejecting the far rightwww.npr.org Voters turned out in numbers not seen in decades to stop the far-right National Rally from taking power in the French National Assembly. Polls predicted a first-place finish for National Rally, which ...

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I don’t know if it’s Joever but it’s feeling very Joever-ish.

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Excellent, clear-eyed piece that perfectly dismantles this garbage ruling

Among other questions, I wonder how we got to the point where “separation of powers” means the judiciary can prohibit the executive from holding itself accountable. radleybalko.substack.com/p/the-suprem...

The Supreme Court foldsradleybalko.substack.com Faced with the most potent threat to democracy in more than a century, our most revered institution didn't just fail to hold, it aligned itself with the threat

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Well this is grim

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very hard to figure out what this use of DEI could mean other than the n word

Subtle. Very subtle.

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Biden has a bad debate night: calls to step down Documents released that show two underage women accused Trump of raping them on Epstein’s island, under oath: total media silence except in a few blogs and foreign news The media double standard is incredible to see

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making a single exception to my open borders views, Elon Musk should be deported back to South Africa posthaste

I think this is the first time Musk has suggested fellow Americans should be executed.

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Look, I was there, he corrected himself quickly and fluidly. He does have a speech impediment: the issue at hand is his mental acuity, and if anything this showed me that he recognized a mistake and fixed it

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And at the very least, tell everyone you know to stop giving money to the New York Times, a newspaper run by elitist ghouls who want to kill us.

A. G. Sulzberger, New York Times publisher and chairman, is an evil enemy of democracy and the American people. Yank the fucking choke chain on this rabid cur.

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The discourse around biden needing more sleep is fully insane. Does no one remember "Executive Time," the thing Trump spent the majority(!) of his schedule on where he would just watch TV and tweet? Dude was categorically unable to fulfill any of the demands of the office and the press barely cared

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"Executive Time" fell out of the coverage of Donald Trump in the most incredible way. Nobody writing about his quest to become president again ever mentions the fact that he hated the job when he had it and he couldn't and wouldn't really do it!

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Post-SCOTUS overturning Chevron, the long-term death by a thousand cuts of policy initiatives big and small has begun. It's critical for political leaders and the press to remind the public that these cuts are a result of an imperial judiciary (h/t @marklemley.bsky.social), not inept bureaucrats.

Biden Priorities Quickly Tripped Up in Courts by Chevron Demisenews.bloomberglaw.com Biden administration rules prohibiting transgender discrimination in health care and public schools were among the first to run afoul of less deferential judges after a landmark US Supreme Court admin...

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A Second Trump Term Will Usher In Deadly White Supremacist Christofascism According to Explicit Manifesto vs. No It Won’t

even trump’s campaign staff (i assume he didn’t write this) knows that the reactionary, authoritarian agenda that’s project 2025 is going to be unpopular with the average voter.

If Trump is reelected, his new weekly show "Who Wants To Buy a Pardon?" is going to be a commercial smash.

Monty Python - Blackmail Videoyoutu.be A hilarious concept on the art of blackmailing someone for money.

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Any response which ignores the text of the Chicago DSA statement is shifting the goalposts and playing victim. Just admit you want to punish democrats by forcing them to live under Trump.

So the goal in that statement is not changing course on any policy. It’s stated right in the text that the intent is political disaster, thus electing Trump, who will apparently be better? Like, what’s the end goal here other than punishing people who don’t want Trump elected?

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OMG now they're airing Origins: Catherine which seems to be as terrible as everyone said

PlutoTV Stargate channel is showing the feature film rn

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that "don't vote" piece may be the worst guest editorial in the NYT since they let Tom Cotton use the space to call for calling in the military against protesters.

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The NYT, the most influential paper in the country, just ran an Op Ed called 'Why I Don't Vote' by a guy who votes. It's that simple. The NYT is a farce. You cannot trust anything they print.

Why I Don't Vote (OK, I Do Vote, but I Would Like to Discourage You, NY Times Reader, For Doing So For Some Reason) Via @bubbaprog.ilovecitr.us

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I don't post often on Substack, but today felt like a good day to write about my decision to cancel my @nytimes.com subscription. I'd been wanting to for a while, but the last straw was them publishing the "hey, you don't need to vote" nonsense. Enjoy! mirandayaver.substack.com/p/why-i-canc...

Why I canceled my NYT subscriptionmirandayaver.substack.com Better late than never

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How Americans view America. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

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DC folks, there is a boil water advisory for the whole city! Plus the Pentagon, Arlington National Cemetery and Reagan National Airport. www.dcwater.com/about-dc-wat...

My superpower: watching the first five seconds of a Stargate episode before going, "Oh, this one!"

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Seems like a pretty big change in focus!

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