I have little doubt that the phrase “children’s literature class” is generating all sorts of unwarranted alarm amongst people who are disregarding the fact that this is a university-level course

I'm sorry but that's nuts even for him, who the hell says "enjoy what may be your last merry christmas" except, like, a movie villain

THE YEAR IN REVIEW, PART 1 A Year of Trump, Musk, A.I., and Other Sh*t That Was Absolutely Impossible to Avoid: open.substack.com/pub/dreamwea...

It’s erupting all over the place. Everyone is freaking out. “HOLY SHIT, CAN YOU BELIEVE THIS!?” “WHAT ARE WE WAITING FOR?”Threads is treating the new Epstein revelations like urgent breaking news unfolding right in front of us, like January 6th or even 9/11. And everywhere else? Same ol’ same ol’.

To reiterate: Whataboutism is oxygen to Trump supporters. To make the argument fair, they NEED us to revere Bill Clinton the way they revere Donald Trump. But we don’t revere the same kinds of people.

It’s the strangest thing… the latest report from the Epstein Files is absolutely *boiling* on Threads, but it’s pretty much radio silence on Twitter, Bluesky & Substack

Trying to imagine what would have happened if Biden had released the Epstein Files the very same month as the Vance-Walz debate and the racist Madison Square Garden rally and the McDonald’s stunt and the garbageman stunt and…

PEPE THE FROG: Hey, I’m not racist, and I never wanted to hurt anybody. But all of these alt-right assholes on social media have sullied my good name by associating my likeness with white-supremacist propaganda COOKIE MONSTER: Me know just how you feel

1. Keep your eye on the ball, people That Epstein-Larry Nassar letter has fake written all over it -- N. Virginia postmark, after JE's death, in a handwriting that appears not his own It's hard not to think DOJ WANTED this out there to then be debunked and thus discredit every mention of Trump...

Reasons This Is Perfect: 1. It’s a monument she placed there herself 2. Like her commitment to “free speech,” it represents a version of herself that no longer exists, if it ever really did 3. The unblemished alabaster façade represents her vision for American media

A similar observation can be made regarding the issue of trans women in public restrooms, where the goalposts of “a threat to women’s safety” have moved to “it could make them FEEL unsafe.”

1. It’s because Weiss believes that her words will carry more weight if they are coming from someone who is not beholden to conservative orthodoxy 2. Inherent in this belief is the understanding that conservatives in general and Trump supporters in particular are not to be trusted

CBS: We have reached out to the Trump Administration for comment on the El Salvador prison where they send Venezuelan detainees TRUMP: Go fuck yourselves WEISS: I guess we can’t run the piece CBS: Why not? WEISS: We didn’t hear from both sides

The entire american "free speech" panic was about elites being criticized, which is why anyone who ever took it seriously should be ignored forever

CBS: Our 60 Minutes segment on the El Salvador prison where Trump sends detainees is ready to go WEISS: We can’t run that! It is missing important context CBS: expletive THE FREE PRESS: Why Are Campus Protesters So Anti-Semitic? Have They Been Brainwashed by TikTok?

They NEED us to fear Bill Clinton being punished for the Epstein Files because Whataboutism is the only arrow in their quiver.

The number of current Republicans who care that Trump is betraying the legacy of Reagan is EXACTLY THE SAME as the number of current Democrats who care that Bill Clinton is in the Epstein Files. It’s a nice round number.

ME IN 2025: Go, Thomas Massie ME IN 2024: Are you fucking serious? ME IN 2025: Look, it’s a long story ME IN 2026: You ain’t seen nothin’ yet

GOP: We have released the Epstein Files and proved beyond a shadow of a doubt that President Trump is innocent DEMS: You’ve blacked out almost every word of the text, including the word “Epstein” in the title GOP: BUT BILL CLINTON’S IN THERE 🤣

The purpose of the 2024 Supreme Court immunity ruling was not only to protect Trump, but to inform America that this Supreme Court will bend every rule in the book to protect Trump. It was intended to signal to Democrats that prosecuting Trump would be a waste of time.

1. The people who were thinking didn’t vote for Trump 2. The people who voted for Trump weren’t thinking

You would think they’d be better at this with the consequences being so high.

TEN POTENTIAL FEATURES THAT BARI WEISS HAS PROPOSED FOR CBS NEWS 10. Why aren’t Democrats doing more to stop the migrant invasion of sanctuary cities 9. Has Feminism Failed Women? I must concede that my career was going nowhere when I used to be one

- If Bill Clinton were implicated in the Epstein Files, the overwhelming majority of Democrats would want to see him prosecuted. - If Donald Trump were implicated in the Epstein Files, the overwhelming majority of Republicans would make excuses for him.

TEN POTENTIAL FEATURES THAT BARI WEISS HAS PROPOSED FOR CBS NEWS 10. Why aren’t Democrats doing more to stop the migrant invasion of sanctuary cities 9. Has Feminism Failed Women? I must concede that my career was going nowhere when I used to be one

At least he’ll die someday. So we’ve got that going for us.

Makes perfect sense

THE DEVIL YOU SAY! (drops monocle into pudding)

the well-worn tech path: 1. invent thing 2. people like thing 3. you make money off thing 4. you have to keep increasing the amount of money you make off thing 5. subscription????

A FEW RANDOM THOUGHTS ABOUT ANTI-SEMITISM New blog post: open.substack.com/pub/dreamwea...

Who can forget the immortal words of President Trump-Kennedy? “Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what your country can do for me.”

Can confirm

Underrated post

America has deindustrialized so much they can't even manufacture consent

The problem with performing Adam Sandler‘s “Hanukkah Song” at Hanukkah parties is that it’s a list of Jewish celebrities that was compiled 30 years ago and kids will have no idea who most of these people are

Yeah, I think we can retire this hacky line about vice-presidents. Nobody that matters thinks Trump is The Lesser of Two Evils.

TEN THINGS DONALD TRUMP PLANS TO TALK ABOUT DURING WEDNESDAY NIGHT’S ADDRESS TO THE NATION 10. He will celebrate the U.S. Gross National Product finally reaching an unprecedented value of 2 quadzillion dollars

OF COURSE THEY WERE NEVER GOING TO HOLD A VOTE TO EXTEND THE SUBSIDIES

It was the best of times, it was the “bear with me” of times

“Mean Tweets” is a euphemism for “He’s an asshole.” Always has been.

HOW IS “WARNING” AN IMPROVEMENT?!

EVEN MORE ADVENTURES OF THE WORLD’S BIGGEST ASSHOLE New blog post: open.substack.com/pub/dreamwea...

We all know that Donald Trump is the most loathsome American currently living. I look forward to the day when someone takes his place.

I was tempted to include something about Rob & Michelle Reiner in this post until it dawned on me that I really had no idea if guns were involved. And I don’t know how many people would’ve got the “All in the Family” reference if I’d suggested that they’d been pushed out of windows.

RORSCHACH TEST “Kill ‘em all and let God sort ‘em out” is a ________ remedy for terrorism. 🔵: counterproductive 🔴: perfect

My deeply-considered sentiment about the shootings in Providence and Sydney: GODDAMN IT