What we loved about Dan McQuade:

If you’ve seen a Defector sticker in the wild, credit Dan. Either he put it there or gave them to us. Dude once sent me video of one he put on a pole in Hawaii. He was so generous, kind, and enthusiastic about everything, even putting up stickers in shitty bar bathrooms. defector.com/dan-mcquade-...

Dan McQuade, 1983–2026: defector.com/dan-mcquade-...

Not disputing what Eric says here, but whenever Bill Melugin’s name comes up, I always think of that time in 2020 when he got duped by a cop who said a Starbucks worker put a tampon in his drink (it was a cleaning cloth that accidentally fell in)

NFL sends mixed signals in its stance on genocide: defector.com/nfl-sends-mi...

Finally… news for MEN

There are Bari Weisses everywhere for those with the eyes to see defector.com/bari-weiss-i...

Rolling Stone makes the absurd claim that women are not allowed to sing in Gaza: defector.com/rolling-ston...

Last year, ICE agents used Canary Mission to kidnap pro-Palestine students for deportation. Yesterday, they prevented medical aid from reaching Renee Nicole Good. American law enforcement was already in horrific shape; it’s getting even worse in distinct ways. defector.com/ice-is-model...

Time for some tortured prose. At 1 p.m. ET today, the Defector Twitch stream will present the nominees for the 2025 Shams Charania Award For Excellence In Divulging Of Information Through Syntax Comprehended By Many: www.twitch.tv/defectormedia (art by @mattielubchansky.com)

The ADL is having a Mamdani meltdown: defector.com/the-adl-is-h...

Let’s check in with people who threatened to leave Zohran Mamdani’s NYC: defector.com/lets-check-i...

Free Press reporter discovers that being an amoral dickhead can cost you friends: defector.com/free-press-r...

a person at Treasury gave Defector a rundown of how this process—which appears to be against the law—was expedited in order to avoid public scrutiny defector.com/treasury-dep...

This is who Charlie Kirk was: defector.com/this-is-who-...

Five years of Defector: defector.com/five-years-o...

I’ve been browsing the grids everyone’s making and really enjoying it. This one looks like a captcha where you have to select all the nu-metal band members to prove you’re a human

Somehow, getting on TV was the least eventful part of my Mets experience last night: defector.com/tnt-sports-a...

Concerning: During Tuesday’s MLB broadcast, TNT Sports gave airtime to a Palestinian with radical views. Read more here: defector.com/tnt-sports-a...

CHANGEOVER is out 8/19/25 www.simonandschuster.com/books/Change...

Writing this was cathartic, in a way: defector.com/why-your-tea...

If the WNBA in fact provides no value to its owners and can't work as a business, why don't they just shut the league down?

This week, the Defector staff was mentally Bill. Catch up with all the posts here: defector.com/category/bil...

Today, we’re happy to share that Press Forward, a coalition of funders committed to strengthening local newsrooms, has awarded our group a grant to build shared services for independent, worker-friendly local media organizations. defector.com/we-won-a-grant

all I'm saying is that books should be well-written and teach me something new. defector.com/christine-br...

The New York Times had to work with a eugenicist so they didn’t get scooped by a bigot: defector.com/the-new-york...

Kirsten Gillibrand has a racist meltdown over Zohran Mamdani on public radio: defector.com/kirsten-gill...

The politics of fear don’t work against a candidate who isn’t scared: defector.com/the-politics...

Christine Brennan won’t rest until Caitlin Clark’s muscle strain is treated as a national crisis: defector.com/christine-br...

The New York Times really asked Ms. Rachel if she’s paid by Hamas: defector.com/the-new-york...

✨🏀 The (fifth!) annual Defector WNBA preview is up today! always fun to work on these…last year a player’s dad emailed me to complain about something I wrote lol defector.com/2025-wnba-se...

The New York Times really asked Ms. Rachel if she's paid by Hamas: defector.com/the-new-york...

How the Japanese-American basketball leagues built Natalie Nakase: defector.com/how-the-japa...

In an interview with Hell Gate, the woman who was attacked by a pro-Israel mob in Crown Heights last Thursday, including being repeatedly kicked and spat-on, says she's now afraid to walk in her own neighborhood, and blames the NYPD for failing to intervene.

Seal up the pit that contains Fox Sports 1: defector.com/seal-up-the-...

Ms. Rachel is Hamas now: defector.com/ms-rachel-is...

Diana Taurasi retired while I was on vacation (her final troll) so here is my slightly late tribute to her and the life she wanted for herself. defector.com/diana-tauras...

Mahmoud Khalil is the target of a desperate agenda: defector.com/mahmoud-khal...

“I try to show every single person that telling his own story — it’s not going to help — but at least we need to share the truth, tell the world what happened here.” wapo.st/4bLnySH

I interviewed Pankaj Mishra about his new book, the memory of the Holocaust, and what Gaza portends: defector.com/the-world-af...

This is the logical endpoint of Zionism: defector.com/this-is-the-...

I made a stinky pilgrimage to the corpse flower, with notes of rat, sweat, and cheese defector.com/corpse-flowe...

What happens in prison when you can’t pee on command:

The ADL was a farce long before it made excuses for Elon Musk: defector.com/the-adl-was-...

Antoine Davis is back in the @defector.bsky.social to provide an update on his fantasy football season!

A tale of two Gooners: defector.com/a-tale-of-tw...

Heather Hardy, until recently one of the most popular women's boxers in America, speaks about her life with brain damage, and the price she paid. Well worth reading imo. www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/an-intervi...