Greg Iwinski
@garyjackson.bsky.social
emmy-winning tv writer: late night, star wars. union guy. always sleepy. omgreg.com
I have a lot to say about this, but primarily… are you SURE that’s what you want, Brendan? Have you thought through how these government-mandated interviews would go? You think the state-sanctioned guests would look *better?*
Brendan Carr’s FCC is challenging long-held assumptions about late-night talk shows, warning that political guests may trigger equal-time requirements.
FCC Signals Scrutiny of Political Guests on Late-Night Talk Shows
Brendan Carr’s FCC is challenging long-held assumptions about late-night talk shows, warning that political guests may trigger equal-time requirements.
dlvr.it
January 21, 2026 at 11:58 PM
I have a lot to say about this, but primarily… are you SURE that’s what you want, Brendan? Have you thought through how these government-mandated interviews would go? You think the state-sanctioned guests would look *better?*
It is a moral failure of the Democratic Party to allow this man to hold any level of power.
Jeffries Won’t Whip Vote Against ICE Funding - The American Prospect
While the House Democratic leader announced personal opposition to a funding bill for the Department of Homeland Security, he won’t pressure his colleagues to do the same.
prospect.org
January 21, 2026 at 10:02 PM
It is a moral failure of the Democratic Party to allow this man to hold any level of power.
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500(ish) words a day on the news, from Emmy-winning comedy writer Greg Iwinski.
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January 21, 2026 at 5:02 PM
for 2026 I have begun writing 500 or so words a day about the news. longer than a tweet, shorter than a manifesto, in your inbox between a gcal alert and a subscription box ad.
it's free, and you can subscribe here:
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Remember what I said about how when Trump falters, the media inserts a fake, imaginary version of Trump into the news instead?
Right on cue, here are the push alerts from the 3 major newspapers lmao
January 21, 2026 at 4:46 PM
Remember what I said about how when Trump falters, the media inserts a fake, imaginary version of Trump into the news instead?
The underlying failure with commentariat personalities taking broadsides at @whstancil.bsky.social is: ultimately he's out there putting his ass on the line for what he believes is the moral good, which at the end of the day is infinitely more valuable than another 8 inches of opinion column.
January 21, 2026 at 4:39 PM
The underlying failure with commentariat personalities taking broadsides at @whstancil.bsky.social is: ultimately he's out there putting his ass on the line for what he believes is the moral good, which at the end of the day is infinitely more valuable than another 8 inches of opinion column.
when you ask "what is the difference between Biden saying he beat Medicare and Trump saying without the United States you don't have a country?" you eventually end up at:
press outlets made one a big deal and let the other slide.
and then you probably ask "why is that?"
press outlets made one a big deal and let the other slide.
and then you probably ask "why is that?"
Trump: "We should be paying the lowest interest rate of any country in the world, because without the United States you don't have a country." 🥴
January 21, 2026 at 4:30 PM
when you ask "what is the difference between Biden saying he beat Medicare and Trump saying without the United States you don't have a country?" you eventually end up at:
press outlets made one a big deal and let the other slide.
and then you probably ask "why is that?"
press outlets made one a big deal and let the other slide.
and then you probably ask "why is that?"
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The Democratic leaders in Congress have repeatedly shown that they have no interest in leading an effective opposition.
They have no appetite for the legislative trench warfare this moment requires. They don't even have the will to speak about it clearly. They just want to be left alone.
They have no appetite for the legislative trench warfare this moment requires. They don't even have the will to speak about it clearly. They just want to be left alone.
We have to get rid of Jeffries and Schumer. We have to. It’s unendurable that these men are the most prominent Democrats of the moment. They are two of the most broadly undistinguished men I could imagine in politics, zero fire, zero fight, zero zeal, machine politicians with sinecures.
January 21, 2026 at 4:00 PM
The Democratic leaders in Congress have repeatedly shown that they have no interest in leading an effective opposition.
They have no appetite for the legislative trench warfare this moment requires. They don't even have the will to speak about it clearly. They just want to be left alone.
They have no appetite for the legislative trench warfare this moment requires. They don't even have the will to speak about it clearly. They just want to be left alone.
we are all, perpetually, stuck drinking New Coke
I'd like to watch other matches, John, but the assholes at ESPN put it on the tier I can't access supposedly not because they don't have an agreement but because ESPN's backwards ass platform somehow can verify xfinity for everything else but that tier
January 21, 2026 at 5:09 AM
we are all, perpetually, stuck drinking New Coke
No joke, the most poorly-written thing I've seen from the AP in recent memory. Starts with using Bondi's framing as reality and only later casually mentions facts on the ground disproving it, ends with nuggets like going out of the way to ding which judges are Obama nominees, but not Trump noms.
Lindsey Halligan, who as a top Justice Department prosecutor pursued indictments against a pair of President Trump’s adversaries, is leaving her position, Attorney General Pam Bondi said Tuesday night.
Trump-appointed prosecutor who pursued indictments against the president's foes is leaving post
Lindsey Halligan, who as a top Justice Department prosecutor pursued indictments against a pair of President Donald Trump’s adversaries, is leaving her position.
bit.ly
January 21, 2026 at 4:03 AM
No joke, the most poorly-written thing I've seen from the AP in recent memory. Starts with using Bondi's framing as reality and only later casually mentions facts on the ground disproving it, ends with nuggets like going out of the way to ding which judges are Obama nominees, but not Trump noms.
Send the Army Corps of Engineers to investigate Tom Homan's mouth because that thing is *structurally collapsing.*
January 20, 2026 at 10:23 PM
Send the Army Corps of Engineers to investigate Tom Homan's mouth because that thing is *structurally collapsing.*
Damn I was gonna do a whole 28 minute long well sourced comedy monologue on how white people mean “whites”’ when they say “working class” and CNN just… published it
January 20, 2026 at 4:13 PM
Damn I was gonna do a whole 28 minute long well sourced comedy monologue on how white people mean “whites”’ when they say “working class” and CNN just… published it
Basketball is my favorite sport
I like the way they dribble up and down the court
Go Suns
I like the way they dribble up and down the court
Go Suns
January 20, 2026 at 1:46 AM
Basketball is my favorite sport
I like the way they dribble up and down the court
Go Suns
I like the way they dribble up and down the court
Go Suns
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i think it is simply true that for all intents and purposes stephen miller is the president of the united states
The Wrath of Stephen Miller
The man who turns President Trump’s most incendiary impulses into policy
www.theatlantic.com
January 19, 2026 at 8:06 PM
i think it is simply true that for all intents and purposes stephen miller is the president of the united states
A cool thing about the NYT is that they are the newspaper of record for people without object permanence.
January 19, 2026 at 6:36 PM
A cool thing about the NYT is that they are the newspaper of record for people without object permanence.
This Hall of Fame stat is the setup for one of my favorite party games: "How old were your grandparents in 1966?"
Martin Luther King, Jr.
National favorable rating via Gallup:
AUGUST 1966: 33% 👍 to 63% 👎
AUGUST 2011: 94% 👍 to 4% 👎
National favorable rating via Gallup:
AUGUST 1966: 33% 👍 to 63% 👎
AUGUST 2011: 94% 👍 to 4% 👎
January 19, 2026 at 5:17 PM
This Hall of Fame stat is the setup for one of my favorite party games: "How old were your grandparents in 1966?"
NFL postseason overtime is ALMOST perfect, only change should be: get rid of kicking and make the 22 guys on the field decide a winner.
January 19, 2026 at 3:03 AM
NFL postseason overtime is ALMOST perfect, only change should be: get rid of kicking and make the 22 guys on the field decide a winner.
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The last 14 years have been a bonanza for some.
January 18, 2026 at 9:04 PM
The last 14 years have been a bonanza for some.
1) how, like specifically how
2) the dementia smacked POTUS hard during the Bills loss - “I could have owned them” - he realized he “has” teams as commander in chief, and wants to make everyone watch them
2) the dementia smacked POTUS hard during the Bills loss - “I could have owned them” - he realized he “has” teams as commander in chief, and wants to make everyone watch them
January 18, 2026 at 3:55 AM
1) how, like specifically how
2) the dementia smacked POTUS hard during the Bills loss - “I could have owned them” - he realized he “has” teams as commander in chief, and wants to make everyone watch them
2) the dementia smacked POTUS hard during the Bills loss - “I could have owned them” - he realized he “has” teams as commander in chief, and wants to make everyone watch them
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The headline every day should be that across the nation, across every district of voters, across all wings of the party, there aren’t even a *dozen* elected Republicans who oppose any of this.
October 6, 2025 at 8:24 PM
The headline every day should be that across the nation, across every district of voters, across all wings of the party, there aren’t even a *dozen* elected Republicans who oppose any of this.
social media is absolutely psychotic as an idea, a place we are simultaneously supposed to
- organize against a tyrannical government
- reflect on MLK and our national struggle with racism
- talk about how the Kansas Jayhawks are starting to gel and these last two big wins will matter in March
- organize against a tyrannical government
- reflect on MLK and our national struggle with racism
- talk about how the Kansas Jayhawks are starting to gel and these last two big wins will matter in March
January 17, 2026 at 2:53 AM
social media is absolutely psychotic as an idea, a place we are simultaneously supposed to
- organize against a tyrannical government
- reflect on MLK and our national struggle with racism
- talk about how the Kansas Jayhawks are starting to gel and these last two big wins will matter in March
- organize against a tyrannical government
- reflect on MLK and our national struggle with racism
- talk about how the Kansas Jayhawks are starting to gel and these last two big wins will matter in March
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the leaders of the civil rights era could not propose or veto legislation. they had no "power." but they had legitimacy because they were out there. Letter from a Birmingham Jail was written...FROM JAIL. But with these guys "Hey it's crazy right now and we can't do much, but give us money." LOL ok.
January 16, 2026 at 5:37 PM
the leaders of the civil rights era could not propose or veto legislation. they had no "power." but they had legitimacy because they were out there. Letter from a Birmingham Jail was written...FROM JAIL. But with these guys "Hey it's crazy right now and we can't do much, but give us money." LOL ok.
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If you’re going to talk about how podcasts became video products you need to at least gesture toward both network TV and ESPN’s mid-day programming. The video podcast isn’t new, it’s just a talk show with worse guests and production values.
December 27, 2025 at 9:01 PM
If you’re going to talk about how podcasts became video products you need to at least gesture toward both network TV and ESPN’s mid-day programming. The video podcast isn’t new, it’s just a talk show with worse guests and production values.
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As the world burns, let's get one thing straight. A video podcast is just a TV show.
January 16, 2026 at 12:26 AM
As the world burns, let's get one thing straight. A video podcast is just a TV show.
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Trump: I invented water
Media: Trump, Inventor of Water, Sits for Wide-Ranging Interview
Media: Trump, Inventor of Water, Sits for Wide-Ranging Interview
January 16, 2026 at 2:42 AM
Trump: I invented water
Media: Trump, Inventor of Water, Sits for Wide-Ranging Interview
Media: Trump, Inventor of Water, Sits for Wide-Ranging Interview