Air Force veteran, husband, father, firm believer in people’s rights to happiness and self-expression. Love is love.https://bsky.app/profile/mattbeth79.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/mattbeth79.bsky.social/post/3mccz2ak6v22uThe headline is "President Trump has canceled all meetings with Iranian officials..." but for a moment I really hoped it was the other c-word.13 Jan 2026 16:47 +0000at://did:plc:yfuql3tysilsjp3uu5kdvpd6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mccz2ak6v22uhttps://bsky.app/profile/mattbeth79.bsky.social/post/3lsn2zgjz3k2h@guster.bsky.social enjoying Guster live for the first time. Two songs in and I’m hooked.28 Jun 2025 02:06 +0000at://did:plc:yfuql3tysilsjp3uu5kdvpd6/app.bsky.feed.post/3lsn2zgjz3k2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/mattbeth79.bsky.social/post/3lbjcl3gk7c2wDemocrats need to stop playing by “the rules” and honoring traditions and decorum, because those things don’t exist anymore. Republicans lie and cheat and steal, all for power. Mitch McConnell systematically eroded “the rules” and Donald Trump destroyed them. If we want to win, we have to evolve.22 Nov 2024 06:02 +0000at://did:plc:yfuql3tysilsjp3uu5kdvpd6/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbjcl3gk7c2whttps://bsky.app/profile/mattbeth79.bsky.social/post/3lbhkfvp2gk2721 Nov 2024 13:17 +0000at://did:plc:yfuql3tysilsjp3uu5kdvpd6/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbhkfvp2gk27https://bsky.app/profile/mattbeth79.bsky.social/post/3lbhjukuc3k27This, but I would change “getting mad at” to blaming. Because that is how the next four years will go. Every bad decision, every unfavorable outcome, will not be the fault of the decision makers when they can blame Democrats and continue to stoke fear and hate. It’s all about messaging. [contains quote post or other embedded content]21 Nov 2024 13:08 +0000at://did:plc:yfuql3tysilsjp3uu5kdvpd6/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbhjukuc3k27https://bsky.app/profile/mattbeth79.bsky.social/post/3lbgdvgalfs2gAs relevant today as it was in 2016. “You don’t get to play the victim when people unfriend you on Facebook, as if being disliked for supporting a bigot is somehow worse than the suffering that marginalized people will endure under Trump.” https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/nov/19/hamilton-mike-pence-trump-voters-safe-space21 Nov 2024 01:48 +0000at://did:plc:yfuql3tysilsjp3uu5kdvpd6/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbgdvgalfs2g