Matt Herdman
@MattHerdman
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These days everything is a scam and it's no wonder people don't rate the economy highly (even before Trump crashed the economy) herdmentality.substack.com/p/the-scam-eco…
Incredible way to spin Trump having worse unemployment numbers than Biden did in 2022, 2023, or 2024
Kesha concert just opened with Kesha narrating an ad for kink friendly dating app feeld that quotes George W Bush
The Vengaboys are opening for Kesha (?) and their outfits can only be described as “what if ymca but gayer”
BE SMART: the newest Epstein reveal is just Trump trying to distract from the newest hesgeth signal leak reveal
New reporting reveals Pam Bondi told Trump in May that his name appeared "multiple times" in the Epstein files.
New reporting reveals Pam Bondi told Trump in May that his name appeared "multiple times" in the Epstein files.
Traditionally, philosophers defined a human as a “a biped without feathers” But that’s obviously insufficient, as it tells you nothing about whether they can correctly identify photos of traffic lights in a grid of nine photos
Republicans care more about protecting pedophiles than governing
Breaking News: Speaker Mike Johnson said he would shut down the House until September to block a vote on calling for the release of the Jeffrey Epstein files. nyti.ms/4nZtblR
Oh they’re gonna give Ghislaine a plea deal in exchange for her saying Trump did nothing wrong x.com/dagtoddblanche…
Justice demands courage. For the first time, the Department of Justice is reaching out to Ghislaine Maxwell to ask: what do you know? At @AGPamBondi’s direction, I’ve contacted her counsel. I intend to meet with her soon. No one is above the law—and no lead is off-limits.
The congressional gym costs like $20/month
Five months ago, Louisiana's ethics board told @LAGovJeffLandry's PAC it shouldn't pay for his congressional gym membership in D.C. Then Landry changed the law to allow PACs to cover dues to "recreational" facilities. Read on. #lalege lailluminator.com/2025/07/21/whe…
Older political comms consultants love to tell you about how we call clips “clips” because in the olden days staffers used to physically clip stories out of newspapers with scissors
With the caveat that obviously Hunter Biden going on podcasts does nothing to help Dems win, what podcast do you really want to see him do?
Kesha on Wednesday, Russian and Turkish Baths on Thursday, Gunnison Beach on Friday. Just have to make it through the next two days before the fun begins.
Anyone paying even the slightest bit of attention to how Johnson/Thune/Trump operate should know that you have to assume you're being lied to if someone says "don't worry, we'll take care of X after you vote yes"
Lisa Murkowski tells @adndotcom that “I feel cheated” after she made a deal to protect wind and solar projects in OBBA only to see Trump issue orders to quash them.
this Epstein survivor reported this encounter with Trump to the NYPD and the FBI in 1996 and 2006 and described it publicly in 2019 — nothing ever happened
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what is the university where evil people go to learn how to be more evil
This is a popular right wing talking point but if you think about it, it’s obviously bull Cities have very very very few Republicans (because Reps choose not to live next to Dems) and even the most rural of areas still have large Dem pops (because Dems choose to live near Reps)
Republicans can live next to Democrats but Democrats can’t live next to Republicans.
(BREAKING) Pope Crave has received the divine mandate of the Holy See Press Office!
"cheese is the byproduct of cheese production, and the cheese plants make more money off the whey production” nytimes.com/2025/07/16/bus…
Trump is making your summer bbqs more expensive
The average price of a pound of ground beef rose to $6.12 in June, up nearly 12% from a year ago, according to U.S. government data. The average price of all uncooked beef steaks rose 8% to $11.49 per pound. abcnews.link/jNi4V9P