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This past Saturday I did what every conscientious citizen should’ve been doing with their placid summer weekend: asking random people on the Jersey Shore about Jeffrey Epstein.
The journey began improbably, when it turned out the very first guy we encountered had literally been on a boat tour of Epstein’s island. And it ended with a big barrel of laughs, as another guy, Bob, proved to be one of most naturally funny people I have eve...
By popular demand, I spent the weekend immersed in yet another Epstein deep-dive. I report my preliminary findings.
We’re giving the people what they want. And the people want Epstein.
Whether we like it or not, it’s the Summer of Epstein. Trump keeps denouncing his own supporters for fixating on the issue — today even going so far as to disown what he now calls the “stupid” MAGA Influencers who refuse to shut up about it. I keep getting requests to write and talk about Epstein mania, throwing a monkey wrench into my plans to c...
It was time for yet another dive into the Epstein humiliation tonight, this time with Richard Hanania. Agree with him or not, Richard tends to be a fairly well-informed person, so it was interesting to discover how little he fundamentally knew about the Epstein saga, and how easy it was to dispel various myths he’d just kind of ambiently absorbed...
Here’s my discussion with Lily Lynch, whom I met at the NATO Summit last week and considers herself a fellow journalistic “weirdo,” making it opportune to swap some observations.
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Here’s a recording of my weekly discussion with Richard Hanania.
Thank you Richard Hanania, Michael A Alexander, Crash Hall, Nick Huth, Chuck Nasmith, and many others for tuning into my live video with Richard Hanania! Join me for my next live video in the app.
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Since I’ve now figured out how to capture full video/audio broadcasts on Substack, I’m sending this out as an incredible end-of-year gift.
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Bit of a break from regular programming here — sorry if you were expecting another scintillating essay on Israel/Palestine. But for the first time, watching a movie motivated me to track down the director and interview him about it, in hopes that I could encourage more people to watch. The movie is called Some Kind of Heaven and it’s a documentary that defies any easy description. Ostensibly, it’s about The Villages, a massive reti...
Notwithstanding the comically intense online vitriol he often seems to provoke, Jesse Singal is a fairly laid-back guy. He also has a new book out this week, The Quick Fix, which I’ve read and can recommend. Upon its publication Singal has been greeted with a new wave of attempts to stigmatize both him and the book, primarily on the ground that he is allegedly “transphobic”—even though the book has nothing to do with Trans issues, ...
Helen Andrews’ fabulously acidic book Boomers has earned a rousing enough recommendation from me that I decided to feature her as the first guest in the newly revived M. Tracey podcast series, now hosted on Substack. Previously I’d been averse to demarcating political conflict by generational lines, but this book has spicily dispelled any lingering apprehension I had in that regard. There’s plenty of cancellable material in here if...
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I talked to Branko Marcetic, writer for Jacobin and In These Times, about the foreign policy positioning of the Democratic primary candidates (or lack thereof).
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I talked to Aaron Maté about the latest Ukraine/impeachment developments. This is derived from a YouTube livestream recorded September 25.
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I spoke to Ben Howe, author of the new book "The Immoral Majority," about his criticism of Evangelical Christian political power in the age of Trump. He himself is an Evangelical Christian and strongly dislikes Trump, but I tried to avoid the typical "Never Trump" discursive pitfalls!
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I spoke to Democratic presidential candidate Joe Sestak in New Hampshire. If you're not familiar with him, you're probably not alone. But even "minor" candidates deserve a fair hearing, and it was an interesting discussion.
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Fredrick Brennan, the founder of 8chan, has been in the news due to mass shooters posting "manifestos" on the site. We discuss his views on the contemporary internet.
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