Matt Erickson
@thematterickson.bsky.social
Co-host of America’s pre-eminent podcast about Chester A. Arthur.
a reason that Stevens lost and other AIPAC candidates are losing despite the huge infusions of money is that Dem voters don't want to vote for a candidate who is funded by the same org who will immediately turn around and fund the Republicans
Andrew Solender@andrewsolender.bsky.social · 16h agoAIPAC: "Our members remain determined to ensure that voters reject Dr. El-Sayed and his radical anti-Israel agenda in November."
(regular voter voice) Well ah I don't really know about Israel and all that but it sounds like this group wants to help Trump keep the Senate and enable his ongoing crime spree and I'm against that
Andrew Solender@andrewsolender.bsky.social · 16h agoAIPAC: "Our members remain determined to ensure that voters reject Dr. El-Sayed and his radical anti-Israel agenda in November."
Great airplane moment: someone got up right after they closed the door, and promptly got sent back to their seat. A tween a few rows ahead of me spit out, “Amateur!"
I heard “inshallah and the creek don’t rise” the other day.
A Wyoming doctor’s fight to keep abortion legal in her deep red state 19thnews.org/2026/08/wyom... via @19thnews.org
A Wyoming doctor’s fight to keep abortion legal in her deep red state
Giovannina Anthony has spent the past four years juggling her work as an gynecologist and abortion provider in Wyoming with a new task of suing state lawmakers to keep abortion legal.
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The Senate Judiciary Committee officially advanced Todd Blanche’s AG nomination, dealing a big middle finger to Epstein’s survivors, the GOP buffoons that feigned concern about Trump’s big slush fund, and anyone who cares about Americans’ reproductive rights www.jezebel.com/i-dont-know-...
I Don’t Know How Many More Horsemen of the Apocalypse I Can Take
Since 2007, Jezebel has been the Internet's most treasured source for everything celebrities, sex, and politics...with teeth.
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Agree with @jamellebouie.net that it's pretty clear Elon Musk wanted to eviscerate USAID *for the purpose of killing as many African people as possible.* Mass death wasn't an accidental byproduct of his "deep state" paranoia; it was a key mission of DOGE. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/29/o...
I’ve been wondering “Why Pakistan” on their solar boom and love that someone is chasing actual answers.
Jenny Chase@solarchase.bsky.social · 3d agoUnlike that of the rest of southeast Asia, Pakistan's gas demand has been falling. Pakistan's solar boom is partly attributable to excellent do-it-yourself videos on Tiktok and youtube, and partly to two other factors, says Zainaab Basil in an interview with BNEF. www.bnef.com/insights/40017
thinking back fondly to that time in 2012, 16 years into florida's charter school experiment, after almost 500 charter schools had already failed, when the republican legislature simply made it illegal to examine what happened to someone's last charter when they applied for a new one
Tampa Bay Times@tampabaytimes.bsky.social · 19h ago4 Hillsborough charter schools close amid financial, enrollment challenges
The Heritage Foundation asserts that women never needed sports in the first place. To prove that Title IX has become a tool of “feminist social engineering.” To demonstrate that women don’t need sports and that “clubs, intramurals, and exercise classes” is enough. open.substack.com/pub/jesspipe...
Give Them an Inch...
And they'll take away women's sports...
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Trump can defeat or abuse you, but he can't take your dignity. To lose your dignity to Trump, you must give it to him voluntarily, which so many have been willing to do.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2d agoCornyn: "There's nothing we could do to rein in the president"
David Ellison tried to convince the public he can be trusted with CNN. But staffers inside the network torched his New York Times essay in brutal comments to us, pointing to the Paramount chief's disastrous record at CBS News. Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/david-elli...
The Ellison Credibility Crisis
The Paramount boss tried to convince the public he can be trusted with CNN. But staffers inside the network torched his Times essay in brutal comments to Status, pointing to his disastrous record at C...
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I spoke with 10 CNNers about David Ellison's essay in The NYT, in which he tried to convince the public he'll be a good steward of CNN. Suffice to say, no one at the network is buying what he's selling. “We all have eyes and ears and see what’s happening at CBS." www.status.news/p/david-elli...
The Ellison Credibility Crisis
The Paramount boss tried to convince the public he can be trusted with CNN. But staffers inside the network torched his Times essay in brutal comments to Status, pointing to his disastrous record at C...
status.news
The recording of Blanche's call with faith leaders hosted by the White House Faith Office was still live as of a few hours ago, but has since been taken down.
AG nominee tells faith leaders he will take action to restrict abortion drug access • Stateline
Acting U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche is one step closer to confirmation after the Republican Judiciary Committee voted to advance his appointment on a party-line vote on Tuesday, and based on pro...
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Don't look now, but the world has now installed 3TW of solar. Took 10 years to get from 100GW to 1TW. Less than 3 years to get to 2TW. Less than 2 years to get to 3TW. Analysts expect *9TW* by 2036.
The World Crossed a Major Solar Milestone. No One Noticed
The next phase of the boom may reveal a shift in who is gaining access to the technology.
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I think Flake became maybe the only former GOP Senator that actually endorsed Democrats over Republicans instead of just doing generic worthless statements about Trump bad?
MeidasTouch@meidastouch.com · 2d agoNEWS: Former Senator Jeff Flake (R-AZ) has endorsed Senator Jon Ossoff (D-GA) for re-election Flake: “I’m still a conservative Republican. But character matters. And I want someone in that seat who takes the institution seriously and will protect the institution.”
"new state laws and safety codes are reclassifying these plug-in kits as standard appliances — meaning renters can finally treat home solar like a simple toaster oven, plugging a personal power plant into any wall socket and cutting electricity bills by up to 25% with zero landlord approval."
Renters have been locked out of solar energy for years, and a tiny balcony device now "picking the lock" is spreading through 8 states
Renters have been locked out of solar energy for years, and a tiny balcony device now "picking the lock" is spreading through 8 states to make it available.
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This is the definitive yarn you want to read about data center resistance and the unlikely political bedfellows the movement has drawn. excellent feature by @mollytaft.com www.wired.com/story/how-da...
How Data Centers Broke American Politics
What the Unabomber, Steve Bannon’s tech guy, and Bernie Sanders taught me about the great data center backlash of 2026.
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E-bikes give people affordable, clean transportation. If kids are getting hit by pickup trucks, the answer isn’t to treat e-bikes like the problem; it’s protected bike lanes, safer crossings, lower traffic speeds, and infrastructure that keeps everyone separated from multi-ton vehicles.
I would like to propose the Taco Bell Principle When a person/institution Did A Problem, & IMMEDIATELY fesses up & takes proactive steps to solve it That's exactly what we want them to do? So how bout we let them live ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Sarah Taber@sarahtaber.bsky.social · 3w agoA quick word on Taco Bell: That's where we found the suspected lettuce, and it's not bc Taco Bell is gross. It's bc Taco Bell is REALLY GOOD at tracing product! Keeping track of exactly where they got their ingredients, & exactly what restaurants each shipment of ingredients went to!
Content warning: suicide After May Pollard died on a late-January morning, a detective asked her parents a question: Had anyone wanted to hurt her? “A lot of America,” her mother answered. 1/ www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
Idaho pushed anti-trans laws for years. Then a teen died.
The life and death of May Pollard, 16, provides a window into the tragic effect that legislation and political rhetoric have had on trans people in America.
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Bombshell new report out from my investigators this morning spanning our four year investigation into Jeffrey Epstein’s financial records. This report shows exactly how Wall Street protected Epstein and enabled his sex trafficking for decades. Mega thread following with some key points:
Deutsche Bank, JPMorgan, BofA Enabled Epstein, Wyden Report Says
Democrat Ron Wyden cited nonpublic documents held by the US Treasury in a report that says banks delayed reporting suspicious financial transactions and calls for tougher anti-money-laundering rules, ...
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Absolutely unbelievable how solar power has taken off worldwide during the Hormuz oil crisis. You don't have to hand it to him, but Trump may have done more to finally kick off a global civilization of effete librul solar users than anyone else in the West
Time it took the world to deploy 3+ terawatts of solar power: 1/10th of a terawatt: 50+ years 1 terawatt: 10 years (2012 - 2022) 1 terawatt: 3 years (2022 - 2025) 1 terawatt: <2 years (2025 - 2026) 1 terawatt = all US power demand. Fossil fuels have no future. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
The World Crossed a Major Solar Milestone. No One Noticed
The next phase of the boom may reveal a shift in who is gaining access to the technology.
bloomberg.com
Still can’t over the fact that the president of the United States just told an entire state to pound sand after getting cyberattacked by a foreign adversary because they didn’t vote for him and it was treated like a Tuesday lol
Senate Republicans Rush to Immunize Money Launder-in-Chief's Tax Crimes emptywheel.net/2026/08/03/s...
Senate Republicans Rush to Immunize Money Launder-in-Chief's Tax Crimes - emptywheel
Just days after learning that Donald Trump, his companies, and his spawn have, as recently as 2021, been laundering money, the Senate GOP is rushing to sanction DOJ's illegal decision to pardon those ...
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