Hamilton Nolan
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Email: [email protected]
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“The world says ‘discover yourself.’ But Jesus said, ‘deny yourself!’” Graham thundered. Yet is Prestonwood Baptist denying itself? Has it denied itself its manicured campus, its gleaming buildings, its fitness center, its media company, its budgets, its empire?
America Is Becoming Dallas
Part One: The Lord of Plano.
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November 23, 2025 at 5:20 PM
“The world says ‘discover yourself.’ But Jesus said, ‘deny yourself!’” Graham thundered. Yet is Prestonwood Baptist denying itself? Has it denied itself its manicured campus, its gleaming buildings, its fitness center, its media company, its budgets, its empire?
The most ascendant version of America is, unfortunately, in Dallas. I went there to see our future.
Part one: The megachurch.
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Part one: The megachurch.
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America Is Becoming Dallas
Part One: The Lord of Plano.
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November 23, 2025 at 1:26 PM
The most ascendant version of America is, unfortunately, in Dallas. I went there to see our future.
Part one: The megachurch.
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Part one: The megachurch.
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Planned migration away from unsustainable areas is the only rational government policy and it is grimly funny to think about how far the US’s politics are from being able to accomplish that.
'Iran’s capital must be moved because the country “no longer has a choice,” President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Thursday in remarks carried by state media, warning that severe ecological strain has made Tehran impossible to sustain'
#Iran 🇮🇷
#Iran 🇮🇷
Iran president says capital move now a necessity as water crisis deepens
Iran’s capital must be moved because the country “no longer has a choice,” President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Thursday in remarks carried by state media, warning that severe ecological strain has mad...
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November 21, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Planned migration away from unsustainable areas is the only rational government policy and it is grimly funny to think about how far the US’s politics are from being able to accomplish that.
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In today's Laurels/Darts, I interview Jessica Schulberg, the Huffpost reporter who has extensively covered an unjust Oklahoma death-penalty case.
She was at the penitentiary when the the convict was spared -- exactly 2 minutes before he was scheduled to die.
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She was at the penitentiary when the the convict was spared -- exactly 2 minutes before he was scheduled to die.
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November 21, 2025 at 1:14 PM
In today's Laurels/Darts, I interview Jessica Schulberg, the Huffpost reporter who has extensively covered an unjust Oklahoma death-penalty case.
She was at the penitentiary when the the convict was spared -- exactly 2 minutes before he was scheduled to die.
www.cjr.org/laurels-and-...
She was at the penitentiary when the the convict was spared -- exactly 2 minutes before he was scheduled to die.
www.cjr.org/laurels-and-...
This is a good piece but curiously it does not mention Jeff Bezos gutting the Washington Post as a significant recent billionaire incursion into politics.
How billionaires took over American politics
The current concentration of wealth is unlike anything in history. So is billionaires’ involvement in politics.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 21, 2025 at 1:32 PM
This is a good piece but curiously it does not mention Jeff Bezos gutting the Washington Post as a significant recent billionaire incursion into politics.
This top comment on a housing story is like a bingo card of “Why is housing expensive?” myths but I especially like “the US doesn’t have a housing shortage crisis, it has a housing affordability crisis.” Oh okay. Wow.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/b...
November 20, 2025 at 7:50 PM
This top comment on a housing story is like a bingo card of “Why is housing expensive?” myths but I especially like “the US doesn’t have a housing shortage crisis, it has a housing affordability crisis.” Oh okay. Wow.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/b...
November 19, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Someone brought a Bluetooth speaker to this small apartment building gym to play “Bad To the Bone” out loud while making an instagram video of his gf doing 10 lb curls.
“The wickedness of the wicked shall be upon himself.” Ezekiel 18:20
“The wickedness of the wicked shall be upon himself.” Ezekiel 18:20
November 19, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Someone brought a Bluetooth speaker to this small apartment building gym to play “Bad To the Bone” out loud while making an instagram video of his gf doing 10 lb curls.
“The wickedness of the wicked shall be upon himself.” Ezekiel 18:20
“The wickedness of the wicked shall be upon himself.” Ezekiel 18:20
In 2028 I will vote for whoever will send Stephen Miller to The Hague.
79-year-old Paul Bojerski was born to Polish parents in a WWII German refugee camp. His family legally emigrated to the U.S. when he was 5.
He’s been taken by ICE in Florida.
www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/11/16/s...
He’s been taken by ICE in Florida.
www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/11/16/s...
Sanford grandfather, born in refugee camp, nabbed by ICE after 70 years in U.S.
Paul Bojerski never gained official residency, but he checked in regularly with ICE for years. Then in July, at age 79, he was detained and sent to Alligator Alcatraz.
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November 17, 2025 at 10:24 PM
In 2028 I will vote for whoever will send Stephen Miller to The Hague.
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All I can say is I attended a Democratic Party event in DALLAS, TEXAS 10 days ago with officials and candidates and the biggest cheers were for Mamdani and the most questions/most frequent topic of conversation was Epstein.
We should not overthink this.
We should not overthink this.
Pundits have said Zohran is a strictly-NYC phenomenon. But a DSA member named Kelsea Bond just got elected to the Atlanta City Council. I talked to her about how she won.
www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/the-dsa-ca...
www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/the-dsa-ca...
The DSA Candidate Who Won Down South
An interview with newly elected Atlanta City Council member Kelsea Bond
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November 16, 2025 at 5:29 AM
All I can say is I attended a Democratic Party event in DALLAS, TEXAS 10 days ago with officials and candidates and the biggest cheers were for Mamdani and the most questions/most frequent topic of conversation was Epstein.
We should not overthink this.
We should not overthink this.
Standing with Nabisco workers on a picket line “solidified my understanding of how crucial labor organizing is if we want to win anything that we want in this country,” says Kelsea Bond, Atlanta’s newly elected socialist City Council member.
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The DSA Candidate Who Won Down South
An interview with newly elected Atlanta City Council member Kelsea Bond
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November 16, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Standing with Nabisco workers on a picket line “solidified my understanding of how crucial labor organizing is if we want to win anything that we want in this country,” says Kelsea Bond, Atlanta’s newly elected socialist City Council member.
www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/the-dsa-ca...
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Pundits have said Zohran is a strictly-NYC phenomenon. But a DSA member named Kelsea Bond just got elected to the Atlanta City Council. I talked to her about how she won.
www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/the-dsa-ca...
www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/the-dsa-ca...
The DSA Candidate Who Won Down South
An interview with newly elected Atlanta City Council member Kelsea Bond
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November 15, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Pundits have said Zohran is a strictly-NYC phenomenon. But a DSA member named Kelsea Bond just got elected to the Atlanta City Council. I talked to her about how she won.
www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/the-dsa-ca...
www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/the-dsa-ca...
The only interesting thing about the Olivia Nuzzi story is observing the tortured way that Serious Media does tabloid stories when they really want to do tabloid stories but cannot bring themselves to admit they would ever stoop to doing tabloid stories
November 14, 2025 at 6:53 PM
The only interesting thing about the Olivia Nuzzi story is observing the tortured way that Serious Media does tabloid stories when they really want to do tabloid stories but cannot bring themselves to admit they would ever stoop to doing tabloid stories
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As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
November 13, 2025 at 11:33 AM
As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Not to be nitpicky but these (Wapo/ WSJ) are bad headlines. Is the important news here "The Democrats released emails"? Or is the important news, you know, "Epstein says Trump spent hours with underage girl"? Put the important news in the headline!
November 12, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Not to be nitpicky but these (Wapo/ WSJ) are bad headlines. Is the important news here "The Democrats released emails"? Or is the important news, you know, "Epstein says Trump spent hours with underage girl"? Put the important news in the headline!
There’s actually an obscure state law that says that if you’re a white guy who went to Harvard and you can say “nothing can be done” in a snide tone while posing as a pragmatist, the New York Times is legally obligated to publish anything you write
Opinion | Chuck Schumer Is a Convenient Punching Bag. There Was No Happy Outcome for the Shutdown.
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November 11, 2025 at 9:08 PM
There’s actually an obscure state law that says that if you’re a white guy who went to Harvard and you can say “nothing can be done” in a snide tone while posing as a pragmatist, the New York Times is legally obligated to publish anything you write
Stocks Aren't Salvation
Political consequences of the ownership society
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November 11, 2025 at 1:53 PM
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“There are no clocks in a casino, so the dealers all set their phone alarms for noon. Everyone was a bundle of nerves. Before work, a couple of people threw up.”
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Indiana Casino Dealers Are Bringing Back the Recognition Strike
There are no clocks in a casino, so the dealers all set their phone alarms for noon. Everyone was a bundle of nerves. Before work, a couple of people threw up. But when the cacophony of alarms sounded...
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November 11, 2025 at 12:10 AM
“There are no clocks in a casino, so the dealers all set their phone alarms for noon. Everyone was a bundle of nerves. Before work, a couple of people threw up.”
labornotes.org/2025/11/indi...
labornotes.org/2025/11/indi...
"Broadening stock ownership" is a way to buy economic equality at the price of incentivizing the corporate capture of democracy. What if I told you there is an even better way???
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www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/stocks-are...
Stocks Aren't Salvation
Political consequences of the ownership society
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November 10, 2025 at 4:22 PM
"Broadening stock ownership" is a way to buy economic equality at the price of incentivizing the corporate capture of democracy. What if I told you there is an even better way???
www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/stocks-are...
www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/stocks-are...
A govt shutdown is like a strike in the sense that before you start it you MUST have a concrete idea of what your leverage is and what will cause your opponent to fold. Ironically the Dems' strongest leverage point was probably "fucked up Thanksgiving travel" and they folded just before it came.
November 10, 2025 at 2:40 PM
A govt shutdown is like a strike in the sense that before you start it you MUST have a concrete idea of what your leverage is and what will cause your opponent to fold. Ironically the Dems' strongest leverage point was probably "fucked up Thanksgiving travel" and they folded just before it came.
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Tell Conde Nast execs Chief People Officer Stan Duncan, CEO Roger Lynch, Chief Content Officer Anna Wintour and @newyorker.com Editor David Remnick to reinstate the Fired Four, reverse the suspensions and end the union-busting. Sign the petition!
actionnetwork.org/petitions/te...
actionnetwork.org/petitions/te...
November 9, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Tell Conde Nast execs Chief People Officer Stan Duncan, CEO Roger Lynch, Chief Content Officer Anna Wintour and @newyorker.com Editor David Remnick to reinstate the Fired Four, reverse the suspensions and end the union-busting. Sign the petition!
actionnetwork.org/petitions/te...
actionnetwork.org/petitions/te...
November 8, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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"If you are going to pursue an uncertain outcome, you might as well pursue the uncertain outcome that you want, rather than one that will not give you what you want even if it succeeds."
Fight For What You Actually Want remains the savviest political strategy even though it is the least embraced by the people who consider themselves the most savvy.
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Do What You Believe In
How to navigate a complex political world.
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November 7, 2025 at 5:05 PM
"If you are going to pursue an uncertain outcome, you might as well pursue the uncertain outcome that you want, rather than one that will not give you what you want even if it succeeds."