Posts by Matt Bernius

Matt Bernius
About Matt Bernius
Matt Bernius is a design researcher working to create more equitable government systems and experiences. Matt's most recent work has been in the civic tech space, working as a researcher and design strategist at Code for America and Measures for Justice. Prior to that he worked at Effective, a UX agency, and also taught at the Rochester Institute of Technology and Cornell. Matt has an MA from the University of Chicago.

Fox New Host: Involunatarily Execute Mentally Ill Homeless People

Yes it was said. No the context doesn’t make it better.

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On Ezra Klein, MLK, And Polite Politics

On politics, guns, and people killing people

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Messy Reflections On The Assassination Of A Political Opponent

To be fully human requires living with and in sometimes unresolvable contradictions

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth hosts a teleconference with NFL players Aaron Jones and Elijah Higgins during their visit to the 386th Air Expeditionary Wing in Kuwait from the Pentagon, April 2, 2025. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth hosts a teleconference with NFL players Aaron Jones and Elijah Higgins during their visit to the 386th Air Expeditionary Wing in Kuwait from the Pentagon, April 2, 2025.

Reports Suggest Pentagon Shifting Focus To Domestic Defense

Another day, another step closer towards military policing in the US.

[LLM image generated by President Trump's staff or a supporter and shared by President on Truth Social reading "Apocalypse Now" and President Trump in the role of antagonist Bill Kilgore] [LLM image generated by President Trump's staff or a supporter and shared by President on Truth Social reading "Apocalypse Now" and President Trump in the role of antagonist Bill Kilgore]

[Updated] A Trump Meme Says All The Quiet Parts Out Loud

A meme that is as muddled and authoritarian as the President who posted it

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Site Maintenance Update: Why We Can’t Have Nice Things

Whoever you are, please stop trying to register clearly fake accounts.

Site Update: Email Edition

A fix if you haven’t been getting comment updates.

Right Wing Media On Iran In 2025 Sounds A Lot Like It Did On Iraq In 2002/3

We’re officially past rhyming and into history (or at least rhetoric) repeating.

Trump And Miller At Functional Odds On Immigration Policy [Updated: Or maybe not]

The challenges and harms of meeting campaign promises.

Sec Def Peter Hegseth Jokes About Afghanistan Allies

Spoiler alert: the joke wasn’t funny

Some Random Tweets And Thoughts On The LA Protests

There’s always a tweet

Caching in

Help us help you help us.

Updated Update About Site Updates

The place to report bugs and post “test” comments

What Many On The Left Get Wrong When They Talk About Due Process

In particular in the Kilmar Abrego Garcia case

Senator Murkowski: “We Are All Afraid”

A chilling admission from a leader in the President’s OWN party

Trump Administration Cancels Food Shipments That Help US Food Banks And Farmers

They are also considering another US Farmer Bailout while simultaneously cutting funds to help US Farmers and other residents

What Will Be The Impact Of The Pause That Wasn’t?

Be prepared for a rocky day and potentially more changes to “the plan”

[Updating] President Trump Kinda Pauses(?) Implementation of Non-China Tariffs

Or they maybe happening at 10%… Who knows?! Clearly not the White House.

Fox And Friends Has Fallen!

Things have to be bad when they actually start to speak the truth to the President

Different Forms of Trump Apologist Copium

Remember Trump cannot fail, he can only be failed!

X/itter Truth Bomb Of The Day

This one should come with a warning label (especially as it cuts both ways)

Strong Jobs Report For March*

* – but the tariffs didn’t start until April 2