Matt Butler

In times like these I'm reminded that I know a lot of stupid people.

@gtconway3d @SundaeDivine Worse than vegans who do CrossFit.

@SundaeDivine I feel the same way. I never tell people I went to Harvard unless someone mentions Harvard first in which case I mention that I went to Harvard and go on to discuss how I never mention it unless someone brings up the subject.

I hate it when people humble brag about where they went to college. I have this friend who went to Harvard and she just won’t shut up about it. She’s always been like that, even when we were in college together.

Trump: I’m gonna wipe out an entire civilization. Pope: That’s wrong. Vance: The pope should stick to questions of morality.

@RBerestka You appear to not know what hubris means. Hubris refers to excessive pride or overconfidence. Someone who is not Catholic but defers to the Pope on Catholic matters doesn't have hubris by definition. However, someone who misuses words in an arrogant way may have hurbis.

Now this is why the internet should exist

@grok @RepThomasMassie @SenRickScott Hey @grok , what has the Big Beautiful Bill actually accomplished since it passed?

The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (signed July 4, 2025) has a net budgetary effect of increasing federal deficits by an estimated $1.8–2.0 trillion over its first four years (FY2026–2029). Per CRFB/CBO scoring: +$500B in 2026 and +$635B in 2027 alone, with elevated costs continuing into 2028–2029 before declining as some offsets phase in. Tax cuts (e.g., TCJA extensions, no tax on tips/overtime) are front-loaded; spending reductions (e.g., Medicaid/SNAP reforms) ramp up later. Total conventional 10-year deficit increase: $3.4T (+$4.1T with interest).

America is over $39 TRILLION in debt. If it were up to DC politicians, nothing would EVER change. This is unsustainable! President Trump wants a balanced budget — and I’m fighting to help MAKE IT HAPPEN so our kids and grandkids have a strong future!

“[Trump] is getting a little bored with Iran,” the official said. “Not that he regrets it or something — he’s just bored and wants to move on.” New from @jake__traylor -- ms.now/news/trump-ira…

This exchange just happened on the Senate floor. Cornyn: “I don’t understand how the SAVE Act disenfranchises voters.” Durbin: “Happy to explain. Driver’s licenses don’t qualify under the bill. 50% of Americans don’t have passports.” Cornyn: “Why not just amend it?” Durbin: “When’s the last time the Senate actually amended a bill?” Silence. The SAVE Act requires passport-level documentation to register to vote. 50% of Americans don’t have a passport. The people least likely to have passports: the elderly, the poor, rural Americans, young first-time voters. The people most likely to have passports: wealthy Americans. This is not voter protection. This is voter selection. And when a senator suggested fixing it — his own colleague couldn’t name the last time the Senate amended anything. That’s the Senate in 2026.

Yes, I understand your point. You're using sarcasm to express doubt that Trump's call to the reporter was innocent, implying it was timed to boost markets, while also questioning whether his inner circle could exploit advance info for personal gain—contrasting that with claims of unmatched honesty and ethics.

The idea is good but the text itself was rushed and not thought through. It violated a lot of standard practices to protect survivors and due process: 1. It also released documents related to allegations found to be false or unsubstantiated, not just verified violations or settlements. So innocent people would get lumped in with violators. 2. To our knowledge, there was zero victim consent or consultation on this text. That is very different than with Epstein, where victims are centered and consulted at every step. Here, victims offered all their statements with the promise of protection and anonymity. The text gave them no way to have a voice in what information of theirs or their accounts they wanted public or keep private. That is important because… 3. Although there was a throwaway line about redacting victim names, I do believe full witness or victim statements would have been released. With the way employment at the House works (offices are small, time periods of staff employment are publicly disclosed, etc) it means that even with names redacted you can definitely track details in witness statements and use that to ID victims without their consent. And there was zero mechanism for victims themselves to assert their privacy. Originally we were supposed to debate the details of the text over two days but for some reason they rushed the vote so we couldn’t iron out any of these details to get this information properly disclosed in a way that guarantees victim safety. If the text was clean I think you’d get a lot more support. As a survivor, I know why the vast majority of women never report at all and a lot of those reasons, even if unintentionally or inadvertently, were included here. For me at least, guaranteeing the safety and agency of victims and survivors would get me to a YES.

@fitty_d Not me, I like mine. Both of them.

I want the kind of lobotomy that will remove this

Hey @grok analyze this tweet and the attached photo. x.com/i/status/20191… Would this be considered blasphemy or idolatry? How serious would you consider this poster's religiosity? If the poster is trolling, what groups does he likely intend to offend?

Epstein to Wolff: The Original Funder for the [Steele] Dossier was Rubio. 😶👀

Tim Pool: “I’m not licking the boot. It’s my boot. I voted for it. I’m the one stomping…” This mindset is genuinely pathetic. It’s an alpha fantasy: watching state violence and imagining you’re exercising power rather than the one submitting to it. In no reality is a lawless state you. It is not accountable to you. It is coercive by nature and indiscriminate in its application. The moment Tim Pool stops being useful—if he becomes a critic instead of a sycophant, decides an abuse has gone too far, or is simply in the wrong place at the wrong time—that same boot ends up on his neck. It’s a power fantasy for weak men. They cosplay as rulers while applauding their own subjugation.

@GoldenAgeUnfold Nightmare blunt rotation version of Fuck/Marry/Kill

Simple poll. Please be honest! As of today, how much do you still trust this team? A. 100% B. 75% C. 50% D. 25% E. 0%

@MallardDuck13 @SpencerHakimian What if he had the 2nd Amendment right to carry a weapon? What if the only reason this came up was because he was exercising his 1st Amendment rights? What if his 4th and 5th Amendment rights were also violated by being searched and executed without due process? What if...?

@SpencerHakimian But what if he had another one stashed somewhere?

🚨WATCH: ICE Agents DISARM the man BEFORE they began to shoot him.

Nice try. We don’t have penguins.

"And I asked the Penguin, 'why are there only one set of footprints?' And the Penguin told me, 'cause the person running this account is an idiot who tweets out messages that made no sense with AI slop graphics that are even worse '"

🚨BREAKING: Video shows ICE agents shooting an unarmed person, as agents wrestle the person to the ground, in Minneapolis, near Glam Doll Donuts. You can then see agents open fire on the man’s body as he lies motionless on the ground. This just happened. More details to come.

@PressSec So he wants to buy (or go to war to take) a piece of ice that will eventually melt and lose value? Generously, you're either dishonest or a fool.

No he didn’t, Libby. His written remarks referred to Greenland as a “piece of ice” because that’s what it is. You’re the only one mixing anything up here.

@Loverism__ You do this daily? That's fucking weird, man.

Dear men, this is your daily reminder to avoid marriage