Jason Matthews

@AndyKimNJ By segregationists and the opponents of the Civil Rights Act, you mean the Democratic party right?

In this clip, Speaker Johnson says maps that gave Black voters representation "divided Americans." This is the exact language used by segregationists and opponents of the Civil Rights movement to attack figures like MLK. They are using the same playbook to destroy his legacy.

@funtomvids When a little guy threatens to kick your butt to show off for his girlfriend you don't always have to beat them up as a response.

🟥 When President Xi of China said today that the international situation is turbulent, and wondered out loud whether China and the US could overcome the “Thucydides Trap” and create a new paradigm to meet global challenges together, Trump nodded like a dysfunctional bobble head, clearly CLUELESS about the term being referenced. 🤷🏻‍♂️ Donald probably thought it was a Greek dessert... 🙄 The Thucydides Trap describes the DANGEROUS structural tension that occurs when a rapidly rising power (in this case China) threatens to displace an established ruling power (the USA), typically leading to heightened rivalry and risk of conflict. It was a jab, and a warning. 🥊 Nobody respects the USA anymore. Trump's failure and damage to America's influence, is dangerously immense.

@DrNeilStone The second worst part was the government cover up and complete lack of accountability. Millions dead, not a $1 fine or a day in court levied.

The worst part of Covid was that 20 million people died

@jerseyh0mo I wish him and the people he represents well but if I were an advocate of his I would be completely demoralized at this point. He's lost every gambit so far except lobbying for a bail out

His brand of politics is going to be the one that saves this country. He’s raising the bar and showing just how pathetic and ineffectual most politicians in this country actually are. Voters are starting to see that they deserve better. Amazing.

@JoJoFromJerz No one is arguing with you. We all agree that you will never understand it.

For as long as I live, I will never understand how January 6th wasn’t the end of Donald Trump. I will never, ever understand it.

@AaronBergman18 I think it is capital markets and culture. Failure isn't a death sentence and you can get embarrassingly rich if you create enough value.

I do find it weird that somehow the US keeps winning despite a much stronger culture of intense education + broadly higher IQ distribution in China And yet somehow the golden goose is always born here (OpenAI -> Anthropic this time around)

@unusual_whales Why do you dutifully broadcast IRGC propaganda? It's not even that it is pro or anti any given perspective, it's just low quality tripe.

Iran has reprotedly deployed Ghadir-class "mini" submarines to the Strait of Hormuz, declaring them an "invisible guardian" to enforce control over the vital waterway, according to Iranian state-linked reports.

@BonkDaCarnivore He has at minimum 5 or 6 other means to enact tariffs. Educated my ass.

This is another one I've been sitting on for like a week He's threatening tariffs against the EU unless they agree to a deal with him by July 4th. Problem is, the EU is a nation of educated people, and they know the courts have already ruled he can't implement tariffs, so... They're sitting and laughing at him.

@dpakman It's wild that you still have an audience after all you've done. That's what I find humiliating.

Has there ever been a more embarrassing presidential trip than Trump in China? Talking about Chinese food, conflicts between Secret Service and Chinese security, Trump GUSHING about dictators…truly humiliating.

@davidsirota I never saw the left becoming the party of Luddites. It is truly strange days. Pro censorship, anti-technology, pro race based legislation. Almost a pure 180 from 30 years ago.

Data centers poll badly because nobody wants to live near noise & nobody likes their electricity bills going up, especially if those negative consequences also enrich tech oligarchs, kill off jobs, ruin kids' brains & produce stupid Internet videos. This isn't hard to understand.

@ReillyRick Real journalists use "4" instead of spelling out the word.

As a reporter, I'm so disappointed by the men of the White House press corps. They let Trump constantly bully women reporters. In sports, we stood up 4 each other. I once got into a brawl w/ a U Miami ass't coach over the sexist way he treated a female writer. Grow a pair!

@WalshFreedom In the time I've seen you on social media you've really racked up a lot of L's my man. It's been a tough run.

For the umpteenth time: Donald Trump is a traitor to this country.

@SenatorWarnock Proof that history doesn't repeat but it does rhyme.

When I was born, Georgia’s Senator was an arch segregationist. Now I sit in that seat.

@JamieMetzl @abbydphillip Assuming you are being genuine the good news is your concern is wildly incorrect. Good news right?

As I just said on CNN with @abbydphillip, all Americans should be rooting for President Trump to succeed in China and Iran. Unfortunately, the President is holding the weakest hand of any US president in history relative to a Chinese ruler.

@JamesSurowiecki The crazy part is approximately 10 people precipitated a global pandemic, killing millions and 0 people have been held accountable. Think about that. Not a fine, not a single day of prison. Millions of deaths.

How would knowing that Covid came from a lab - assuming for the sake of argument that it did, and that we could know that with certainty - have saved lives? What would have been different about our response?

@PhillipsPOBrien Anti American fan fiction.

The tone of the Xi-Trump summit is already revealing. China is telling the US what it wants the US to do about Taiwan, while Trump is sucking up to Xi as if his life depended on it.

@BrettErickson28 You make a good point. I'm not trying to prosecute the case for the war it's just the loss of all perspective that bothers me.

@BrettErickson28 We rearmed and resupplied, shocking right? We also have the cover of 31 days at an attempted diplomatic solution. All of the reporting that Iran is at 70% of previous capacity is 70% of what we just steamrolled.

With it looking increasingly likely the United States will return to military strikes on Iran in the coming days, we need to admit a sobering reality: We just wasted 31 (and counting) days for nothing. Actually, worse than nothing. During this ceasefire/blockade/economic warfare campaign, Iran has been able to resupply, reposition, and harden their defenses even further. And the Strait of Hormuz? Still closed. The United States has gained nothing from this ceasefire. Nothing from the blockade. Nothing from Economic Fury. For a moment earlier this week, it seemed as though Iran was no longer loading vessels at Kharg Island… and then new satellite imagery from Windward today showed that they were right back to loading. The blockade failed. And when that first bomb drops? You’ll know Washington finally accepted this reality.

@adjunctlounge @asymmetricinfo Respectfully disagree. She's transparently corrupt today but she used to have real academic ambition and an insane work ethic.

@jmatthews005 @asymmetricinfo Warren’s work was far from brilliant

Read the Krugman essay on Europe/US gDP I was surprised see that our literacy rates are far below Europe's. What could explain that? So I started following links and found the root source, which says we have a 99% literacy rate: worldatlas.com/society/countr…

@SkylineReport Brought to you by the CCP. X should do a better job of these VPN AstroTurf accounts.

🚨 BREAKING: Trump went to Beijing projecting dominance. What the world saw was one of the most humiliating displays of presidential weakness in modern American diplomacy. Trump called Xi his “friend.” A “great leader.” An “amazing man.” A “great gentleman.” He even joked about giving Xi a “big, fat hug.” Xi gave him nothing back. No personal praise. No admiration. No “friendship.” Just cold state language: “cooperation,” “stability,” “mutual benefit,” and warnings about Taiwan, conflict, and China’s red lines. That asymmetry matters. Because in diplomacy, the side doing the flattering is usually the side that needs something. And Trump needed a lot: • Help containing the Iran crisis • Relief from economic pressure • Rare earth access • Trade stability • Inflation relief • Chinese restraint toward Tehran Xi knew it. So while Trump performed personal admiration, Xi performed hierarchy. The visuals were devastating: The President of the United States praising an authoritarian ruler while absorbing public warnings and conditions in return. No trade breakthrough. No major concessions. No visible wins on fentanyl. No movement on cyber-theft. No rollback on Chinese support structures tied to Iran. Just flattery. This is what weakness looks like on the world stage: An American president publicly seeking rapport with a dictator while the dictator calmly signals: “You need us more than we need you.” Trump didn’t arrive in Beijing looking like the man holding leverage. He arrived looking like a man asking for it.

@ChrisRMcGuire Jensen argues that keeping them on US made chips is better soft control than forcing them to build their own. Have to take it with a grain of salt but it seems true to me.

This is a complete own goal. It would triple the amount of AI computing power that China adds next year - before taking into account illegal smuggling. And it would divert scarce AI compute resources away from U.S. firms. This will help China close the gap with the U.S. in AI.