Historian | writer | podcaster | antifascist | Political Junkies (Basic Books, 2020) | Rep: Roz Foster, Frances Goldin Lit
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My piece on the 50th anniversary of The Hite Report, published with all the dirty words intact:
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Cornel West is kind of a shitbag.
NEW: The group behind Cornel West's 2024 ballot push was wholly funded through Elon Musk's dark money network, according to Sludge's review of tax documents. readsludge.com/2026/10/26/mu…
Scott Bessent owns a beach house in Provincetown, a true community of the people.
FINE DINING: Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent just dined at The Cheesecake Factory today and called out Barack Obama for his HIDEOUS library saying that it "looks like Darth Vader’s tomb."
Bessent ate the French dip cheeseburger and explained to Fox Business that the "Martha’s Vineyard set" should try it.
Being an evil little bitch finally has a cost.
(Zeteo) Venues Start Canceling on Vivek Ramaswamy Over Ad: "People Don’t Want Him There"
Businesses have begun pulling out of Vivek Ramaswamy’s bus tour with other GOP candidates. "It’s that damn ad," a top Ohio Republican tells Zeteo.
zeteo.com/p/venues-start-can…
Two fascists go down in one night!
Aleksandar Vucic, Serbia’s longtime nationalist strongman, conceded defeat Sunday in a general election held after his once-tight grip on power was weakened by nearly two years of student-led protests. nyti.ms/4jGxrHn
Spoken like someone who does not understand how the NFL works.
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I would like to think that one lesson the GOP will learn from this cycle is that being an proudly amoral and sh*tty person, and following Trump everywhere no mater how deranged, does not pay in the end--except for about two dozen people who did get paid. Everyone else in Trump's MAGA coalition is roadkill, even if they do survive the election.
Shades of the 1960s. What could ground beef in a can even taste like other than rubber?
In a focus group convened by @SarahLongwell25, Vivek's deplorable ad against Amy Acton eroded support for him.
thebulwark.com/p/how-ohio-tr…
Many of us always believed OJ Simpson killed his estranged wife and her friend. Now, there is more testimony that says he did. Listen to Neil and I discuss why the Simpson case was a pivot point for the nation.
youtu.be/dsyU_GHPJPM
#OJSimpson is back in the news--and Political Junkie is all over it.
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When a New York Times investigative report revisited the OJ Simpson case, @NeilJYoung17 and I discuss how American culture pivoted around around a brutal murder and its aftermath.
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@CookPolitical: "The trajectory of Vivek Ramaswamy’s odds in the Ohio governor’s race has been clear to us for the last few weeks. But the campaign’s decision this week to air a deeply personal attack ad against opponent Amy Acton confirmed that the race is slipping away from him — and perhaps creating some collateral damage for fellow Republicans on the way. We are moving this race from Toss Up to Lean Democrat."