In fact, one of a trio of government censorship conspiracy allegations that Roth was listing and demolishing one by one. Misrepresentation so brazen as to beggar belief, getting accolades from leading publishers. This is what an actual "clown world" looks like. 🤦 knightcolumbia.org/blog/getting...

one lesser awful thing about the Epstein files is that genuine crimes against a huge number of children are being morphed into fuel for the influencer industrial complex who don't care about truth or accuracy and just want grist for the content mills

BREAKING: by an apparent vote of 7–2, the Supreme Court has *denied* President Trump‘s plea to deploy National Guard troops in Chicago

Latest from me at @journalspectre.bsky.social: I trace how Richard Spencer and other white nationalists have shifted their strategy to stay relevant and rebuild after years of delay forming and antifascist resistance. They are building a new cadre, and have less opposition today.

Ok. Now had a chance to check and, well, at least some docs do appear to be straight up classic redaction fail. And there are some *interesting* bits here. www.justice.gov/multimedia/C...

Merry Christmas from Saddam Hussein (the cat)

I just uploaded @jasonparis.bsky.social 's recording of the segment CBS News pulled from "60 Minutes" to YouTube:

there's very little chance one of these sets sail during his lifetime, let alone his Presidency, if indeed they ever do

Anyone who sends people to concentration camps to be tortured should be tried and, if found guilty, hanged like the Nazis they are.

torrenting was always morally righteous and strategically sound.

this is a great article

all I want for Christmas is the ability to remotely induce heart attacks in other people using my mind

It was great to talk with @danaelkurd.bsky.social on It Could Happen Here about rising MAGA antisemitism, conspiracy theories and white Christian nationalism; where Israel fits in; and how our progressive Palestine solidarity politics can avoid allying with the Right

I spoke with @benlorber8.bsky.social on antisemitism, the antizionist right wing, and how we can understand this moment. www.iheart.com/podcast/105-...

Can confirm: Pulled 60 Minutes “Inside CECOT” segment on the El Salvador mega prison housing hundreds of Venezuelan deportees sent by the U.S. is on Global TV’s free app

Jeep leaf spring

this is strong evidence that while kids being hit by their parents or guardians is always bad, some adolescents do need to get socked in the mouth. abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory...

Galaxy Quest, like Iron Giant , Fury Road and Tremors, is one of those rare movies without flaws. It's not just good, but miraculous.

they better search the hell out of Bernie before letting him in the room, that's all I'll say

Excited to see our work finally published! I co-wrote this article w/ @tristanl.ee. It's shocking to see the number of far-right patches for sale on this website- several are officially labeled as terror organizations in many countries. This includes the Order of Nine Angles, MKY, the Base and AWD.

A car bomb in Moscow last night killed Lieutenant General Fanil Sarvarov, head of the General Staff’s Operational Training Directorate. He becomes at least one of a dozen Russian generals confirmed killed since the full-scale invasion.

Also screw the BBC for its naked agenda. It refused to carry a hugely expensive first ever YouGov survey we commissioned showing how awful trans lives in the UK have become because it was "not strong enough" but there's no piece of anti-trans hatred too petty for it to platform.

it's a mark of how fucked up the world is that this doesn't even phase me. at least he's paying the people he tortured. could be worse. off to read about conditions in our government's latest concentration camp.

The running theme between the Epstein story, banning trans healthcare for minors, religious homeschooling and the complaints about adult children estranging themselves is a fundamental American belief that children are property with no rights of their own

First political hunger strikes in American history occurred on the Middle Passage ships carrying kidnapped Africans to be sold. Read about the term "speculum oris", a Medieval torture device used to force-feed enslaved Africans.

thinking back on the time felix biederman said “hassids own so much” when they violated lockdown in nyc and nyt chief millennial correspondent bari weiss thought he meant they were rich and pulled out income data

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“Our story was screened 5 times cleared by CBS attorneys & Standards & Practices,” Ms. Alfonsi wrote in the note. “It is factually correct. In my view, pulling it now, after every rigorous internal check has been met, is not an editorial decision, it is a political one.”

Expect a "revolt" among 60 Minutes staff over Bari Weiss pulling the CECOT segment at the last minute, one network insider told me. Another CBS News reporter added that a Rubicon had been crossed with this decision, which 60 Minutes correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi called "political" and not editorial.

It's gone. This story is being memory holed as we speak.

Tonight’s dumb napkin cartoon…

say what you will about Andrew Tate, but his decision to not have a chin likely saved his life in that fight. Just one of those uppercuts would've killed Bruce Campbell.

started / going

new policy proposal: registered organ donors each get one free kill

minaj is on the verge of having her $20M home forcibly sold by the court to cover a $500K debt, in case you wonder what’s going on here

As the year wraps up, & the breakout of conflict in the Horn of Africa looks increasingly inevitable in 2026, this indepth probe by @clairelwilmot.bsky.social into illegal gold mining from Tigray to the UAE mostly by the way of Eritrea...is a good 101er for how factions are likely to arm themselves.

Advice to all writers from my most fucked up character.

simply having a wonderful Christmas time

next time you get imposter syndrome remember that NYT columnist @kevinroose.com exists. you can't be more of a fraud than that fucker.

the first play of this Packers / Bears game started with attempted murder. pretty psyched to see where it goes from here!

🚨 Andrew Tate has been BATTERED and comprehensively beaten by a novice boxer, Chase DeMoor

to add to the Jake Paul schadenfreude, Andrew Tate also lost a fight to some reality TV influencer. most analysis of the fight I've read described his opponent as deeply untalented but Andrew lost anyway. Tate's endurance was awful and he was gassed after the first round.

At least 16 files from Epstein release disappeared from DOJ webpage, including photo of Donald Trump, with no explanation. - AP

Justice Department files related to Jeffrey Epstein, included a 1996 complaint to the FBI about the disgraced financier allegedly possessing and distributing “child pornography” about a decade before a federal investigation was launched.

CATO INSTITUTE: Despite DOGE slashing jobs, government spending in every month of 2025 “was greater than in every other year .. An observer who did not know when DOGE started could not identify it” on a chart. 🤡 www.cato.org/blog/doge-pr...

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Officials in Tennessee aren't just banning books, they're now demanding information on who checked out contested (largely LGBTQ+) books, including names, addresses, and "household composition." A librarian who was given the directive has come forward asking for whistleblower protections.

Many racists meltdown incoming from the culture war tourists following that DLC reveal for Space Marine 2.

i wish it were more satisfying to watch Ben Shapiro get eaten alive by the monsters he made his bed with, but unfortunately we have to live with the fuckers too.