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Jonathan M. Katz
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Author of GANGSTERS OF CAPITALISM and THE BIG TRUCK THAT WENT BY. Subscribe to my newsletter: http://theracket.news | Signal: jmkatz.18 | @KatzOnEarth on TikTok & Insta | Avi by @mollycrabapple.bsky.social
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Hello new followers and fellow Twitter refugees. I’m a journalist & author; an international and disaster correspondent turned analyst of U.S. empire and America’s fascist turn. I’m going to keep fighting from here.

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The Racket
Explore the unseen connections behind world affairs, politics, disaster, and more. By Jonathan M. Katz
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If I was this woman's lawyer i would advise her not to stop suing until she owned Glenn Beck's house

www.cbsnews.com/news/jan-6-p...
How an innocent woman's name was tied to the Jan. 6 pipe bombs
The FBI has ruled the woman out as a suspect in the 2021 plot, sources said, but only after her name circulated on social platforms and a conservative news site.
www.cbsnews.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:59 AM
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"A woman with a family connection to White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has been arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Revere, Massachusetts."

www.wcvb.com/article/karo...
November 26, 2025 at 6:01 AM
Credit where it’s due. But I don’t think it’s a coincidence that this new framing comes out after a Democratic wave election, the ascendance (and surprisingly broad acceptance) of Mamdani, and his steadily crashing poll numbers.

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...
Shorter Days, Signs of Fatigue: Trump Faces Realities of Aging in Office
www.nytimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Reposted by Jonathan M. Katz
The first official confirmation that Noem herself made the decision not to turn the planes around. A couple hundred men were tortured as a result — and soon after, the Supreme Court confirmed that the Trump admin’s Alien Enemies Act process was a total violation of due process.
BREAKING:

“After receiving that legal advice, Secretary Noem directed that the AEA detainees who had been removed from the United States before the Court’s order could be transferred to the custody of El Salvador. “
November 26, 2025 at 1:45 AM
I’m going for always
You can be truly insufferable at times
November 26, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Yeah the other thing is that Duffy clearly doesn’t fly
And the snacks were pretty solid on my United flights recently. Stroopwafel and crispy cookies?

Way better than nuts and unsalted pretzels.
November 26, 2025 at 1:57 AM
This is the ultimate “bring back a past I’m nostalgic for without recreating any of the material conditions that made that possible.” Peak MAGA brain.
Sean Duffy, the U.S. transportation secretary, has been urging people for the past week to dress and comport themselves better as a way of restoring “civility” to air travel. On Tuesday, he added another item to his list of concerns: the quality of the snacks handed out on commercial flights.
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy Wants Healthier In-Flight Snack Options
Sean Duffy, who has been promoting greater decorum among air travelers, said he would like to see choices besides salty pretzels and buttery cookies.
nyti.ms
November 26, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Best Star Wars movies, ranked:

1. The Empire Strikes Back
2. Star Wars
3. Star Trek (2009)
4. Aliens
5. The Last Jedi
6. The People vs. George Lucas
7. Dune: Part One (2021)
8. Dune (1984)
9. Flash Gordon (1980)
10. Spaceballs
November 26, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Reposted by Jonathan M. Katz
This is called “chain refoulment” and it’s illegal under both U.S. and international law. And the State Department and ICE know very well what Ghana is doing and simply don’t care.
ICE deported a woman who owned a home in the US for 30 years. A judge banned ICE from deporting her to Sierra Leone where she had been tortured, so it deported her to Ghana, which kidnapped her and sent her back Sierra Leone anyway. ICE is part of this illegal conspiracy.
November 25, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Reposted by Jonathan M. Katz
ah yes, the people yearn for the dersh
"elevate charismatic figures such as Alan Dershowitz"

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November 25, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Tbf they’re all pretty gross
Why do so many reporters so obviously want to fuck the grossest Kennedy?
November 25, 2025 at 5:30 AM
What was I supposed to do? *Not* ask the monkey's paw to boost sales?
I am really not appreciating how much Gangsters of Capitalism is increasing in relevance the more I read it. I’m starting to wonder if @katz.theracket.news cast some kind of curse
Rep. Salazar on Venezuela: "We're about to go in ... we need to go in ... Venezuela for the American oil companies will be a field day"
November 25, 2025 at 3:12 AM
OTOH the woods are nice
If Isaac Chotiner ever said this to me, I would move to the woods.
November 25, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Reposted by Jonathan M. Katz
Here is @katz.theracket.news, sanely explaining why the Epstein case matters a lot (pace David #$*&@#)(*$ Brooks)

The chaos and noise all around makes it real hard to focus on the obvious, which is why everyone needs real journalists like @katz.theracket.news

theracket.news/p/why-the-ep...
November 22, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Reposted by Jonathan M. Katz
This was a very good read. Worth your time.
November 22, 2025 at 3:27 PM
War criminal says what
November 23, 2025 at 8:24 PM
[brain worm intensifies]
Unreal: "The EPA is moving forward with approvals for pesticides containing 'forever chemicals' as an active ingredient... The agency also announced plans to relax a rule requiring companies to report products containing PFAS and has proposed weakening drinking water standards for the chemicals."
November 23, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Reposted by Jonathan M. Katz
November 22, 2025 at 2:45 PM
There’s a great children’s book about this too, called Brave Girl. My girls now love running around the house shouting “general strike” in Yiddish [kvells]

www.harpercollins.com/products/bra...
November 22, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Reposted by Jonathan M. Katz
Some thoughts on the case everyone is talking about and a response to David Brooks.

New Racket.

theracket.news/p/why-the-ep...
Why the Epstein case matters
Dismissing public interest in the Epstein case as heedless conspiracy-mongering ignores the power of the story.
theracket.news
November 21, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Reposted by Jonathan M. Katz
"This is, in fact, one of the big reasons why Epstein and his well-known links to Trump and his administrations have been so politically salient: They expose the hypocrisy of a right-wing populist movement..." - @katz.theracket.news theracket.news/p/why-the-ep...
Why the Epstein case matters
Dismissing public interest in the Epstein case as heedless conspiracy-mongering ignores the power of the story.
theracket.news
November 22, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Reposted by Jonathan M. Katz
when he posts you on grid UwU
November 22, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Some thoughts on the case everyone is talking about and a response to David Brooks.

New Racket.

theracket.news/p/why-the-ep...
Why the Epstein case matters
Dismissing public interest in the Epstein case as heedless conspiracy-mongering ignores the power of the story.
theracket.news
November 21, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Since this Epstein guy is in the news again, re-upping my deep dive into the material reality of his island, the much-ignored role that Virgin Islanders play in the story, and how it all fits into the much bigger saga of American and European empires.

theracket.news/p/epstein-an...
Epstein and Empire
There's an angle to the Trump-Epstein affair that most people are missing: In the Virgin Islands, silence and impunity have long been the price of paradise.
theracket.news
November 21, 2025 at 6:49 PM