A few weeks back, PTI started to notice the way MAGA was painting James Talarico as gay, sometimes using AI. Stephen Miller called him transgender. (Which would be fine...?) For our Pride-themed episode. we tried to figure out what's going. It's a good one, featuring @parkermolloy.com:

There's a long list of people who believed in QAnon that went on to commit violent attacks and murders. Trump's first administration viewed QAnon as a type of domestic extremist threat. I guess we're supposed to think it's funny now.

I was curious how users on MAGA-heavy platforms have coped with the Reflecting Pool drama so I configured the @openmeasures.bsky.social Research Assistant to create a summary of the themes across ~2.6k posts that mentioned it this month. Something about seeing it presented this way is just so funny

Amazing that Gottheimer's trying this

Out now, everywhere podcasts around found: @parkermolloy.com returns to Posting Through It to talk about the Republican Party's anti-LGBTQ+ hate machine and how it's guiding partisan attacks in Texas against US Senate candidate James Talarico podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/1...

Out tomorrow AM. In the meantime, make sure you're signed up for @parkermolloy.com's excellent newsletter www.readtpa.com

Pretty rich stuff from Rep. Brandon Gill considering he’s a carpetbagger in his district — which he oddly never seems to find time to talk about — and only has that congressional seat because his father in law is Dinesh D’Souza, a first generation immigrant.

Next up on Posting Through It, we're talking to @parkermolloy.com about the Right's anti-LGBTQ+ attacks against James Talarico and how they mirror the GOP's broader obsessions with queer people. www.patreon.com/PostingThrou...

Animal that does not get enough respect: the frog

nothing in the US is getting better until we start start treating this kind of thing as what it is: a form of bribery

It gets better. His company’s name: Greenwater Services. Did he once pay a bribe to Jim Traficant: yes, of course

I really appreciated the persistent use of #itysl in this episode.

My latest is for @talkingpointsmemo.com: The definitive history of Tucker the chameleon: Over the last three decades, he has continuously shifted his brand to meet the audience demands What does Tucker Carlson believe? Always do what's best for Tucker Carlson. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/a-defin...

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There is a lot of noise and tension around Graham Platner's campaign in Maine, stemming from personal scandals in the candidate's life. We tried to cut through the noise and make sense of what's going on in this week's Patreon subscriber episode.

The noise around Graham Platner and women and his tattoo are going to be part of MAGA’s attack on their critics for years to come. Sign up for our Patreon for more 👇🏽

pulling this shit in indie ball is grim. hating gay people so much you'd rather go back to working at autozone than be a professional athlete is insane

Out now: @michaelehayden.bsky.social and I unpack the many scandals that have plagued Graham Platner’s campaign for US Senate and how he’s managed to not only survive but thrive despite them. Voters seriously like the guy, even if he has serious baggage. www.patreon.com/PostingThrou...

Out tomorrow on Patreon and Kik

Can people change? Tomorrow, @michaelehayden.bsky.social and I grit our teeth and walk through the cascading scandals that have threatened to destroy the Maine candidate's campaign and how he's managed to outrun them on the path to dethrone Susan Collins this fall. www.patreon.com/PostingThrou...

We clearly lost the Iran War, but at least it resulted in needless deaths, costs us billions of dollars, and provided no benefit to normal people whatsoever.

Our findings suggest Telegram has made genuine efforts to identify and remove illegal content, but that it may not be winning that battle. Despite taking down millions of channels and groups, cybercriminal activity remains a major threat on the platform. Bad actors are rejoining and adapting tactics

Telegram has removed millions of channels and groups in its attempts to address illegal activity taking place on its app. But despite those efforts, the issue persists. Our latest looks at how cybercriminals have adapted to the company's policy changes and takedowns openmeasures.io/telegram-cra...

Oh yeah, it's BAD bad.

Big story on the latest way Trump is enriching himself via cryptocurrency by meshing the industry with our government. We talked about this sort of thing with @molly.wiki on Monday's pod for those interested in learning more about how we got to this point: www.patreon.com/PostingThrou...

while the DOJ is working on trumped-up charges against Minneapolis protesters, the Border Patrol "Commander-At-Large" who terrorized that city is sitting down for friendly interviews on white supremacist podcasts www.ms.now/news/greg-bo...

The DOJ has brought charges against 15 people who it claims belonged to Minneapolis "antifa" groups, citing messages sent in Signal group chats to make its case. MAGA media demanded feds investigate anti-ICE Signal chats earlier this year. We covered it at the time: openmeasures.io/alex-pretti-...

Earlier this year, online MAGA media figures urged the Trump Admin to investigate and prosecute members of Signal chats used to coordinate anti-ICE protests in Minneapolis. Kash Patel said he ordered an investigation after seeing tweets about it. Today, we saw the result of that feedback loop.

Reading through the indictment, most of the material the feds are using to support their charges are sourced out of local organizing Signal chats. As ridiculous as these charges read, I'll remind folks about our Bulletin episode discussing how to use Signal safely: www.patreon.com/PostingThrou...

my god

Many people noticed the UFC event at the White House was plastered in ads for sketchy products, including cryptocurrency and AI stuff. That’s no accident. The industries have been spending big in DC, hoping to buy favor from politicians like Trump. Feat @molly.wiki www.patreon.com/PostingThrou...

Under-discussed thing about Libs of TikTok: how much of its content today is plainly racist. Finishing up a piece that's had me looking hard at the LOTT account on Truth Social, and at least a third of what was posted there in the last two weeks was feeding anti-immigrant and anti-Black narratives.

Many people noticed the UFC event at the White House was plastered in ads for sketchy products, including cryptocurrency and AI stuff. That’s no accident. The industries have been spending big in DC, hoping to buy favor from politicians like Trump. Feat @molly.wiki www.patreon.com/PostingThrou...

Every so often, some washed up sitcom dude do this sort of thing where they pretend that they made some truly edgy and controversial comedy that couldn't be made today, and it's just like... you're saying this about THE OFFICE?

Tomorrow AM on the pod, we’ve got @molly.wiki joining to talk about how cryptocurrency and AI industries have been spending big in DC and getting a big bang for their buck

That would mean that someone in the admin is taping their meetings, no? Also what a heckuva book endorsement lol

Jesus, I see what you’ve done for New York, and I want that for Chicago

BING BONG

I can’t feel my face

What a game

Elon Musk having “a trillion dollars” doesn’t really mean anything except that the stock market is underregulated to such an extent that one morally insane capitalist can contaminate the entire global economy

Imagine if we treated Trump the way we treat people who miss the recertification deadlines for government assistance programs.

Watched a clip of Trump speaking from two years ago today and it is really is insane how much he’s deteriorated since the 2024 campaign. No wonder the guy is getting constantly checked out by doctors…

Wife got me a DIY guitar pedal kit. Despite my lack of soldering skills and apparent inability to read electrical diagrams, I got it working! Vintage spec fuzz face and treble booster combo.

I, along with two colleagues, wrote about the extremist influencers who have profited off of—and in some cases, seemingly try to guide—Trump's second administration. They were, in some ways, the real winners (pejorative) of 2025. Latest for @splcenter.org: www.splcenter.org/resources/re...

Wild story but my own thesis is this: what most of these guys actually want is a replacement mom, a sex toy, or something somewhere between the two. Weak men hate strong women.

All technology developed after Nintendogs has left our world worse-off

Props to CNN’s chyron writer:

PTI looked at the politics around these already iconic NBA Finals before talking about influencers doing paid content for betting markers. It's a fun one. Subscribe if you haven't already: www.patreon.com/PostingThrou...