Micah Loewinger
@micahloewinger.bsky.social
Co-host of @onthemedia.bsky.social from WNYC
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mloewinger(at)wnyc,org Signal: (646) 753-2373
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What a strange framing and characterization. How does one describe his blatantly dishonest, racist question about taxes as “press[ing] the Mayor-elect on his policy proposals”? In what way does this lying troll emerge as a “winner“?
November 24, 2025 at 11:50 AM
What a strange framing and characterization. How does one describe his blatantly dishonest, racist question about taxes as “press[ing] the Mayor-elect on his policy proposals”? In what way does this lying troll emerge as a “winner“?
It’s hilarious and revelatory that a bunch of giant MAGA/America First X accounts are actually based in Eastern Europe and Nigeria.
Top MAGA Influencers Accidentally Unmasked as Foreign Actors
A new feature on Elon Musk’s X has given deeper insight into the online “America First” movement.
www.thedailybeast.com
November 23, 2025 at 3:07 PM
It’s hilarious and revelatory that a bunch of giant MAGA/America First X accounts are actually based in Eastern Europe and Nigeria.
In the span of 12 hours Trump called MTG a "traitor" and posted photos from his playdate with Zohran Mamdani. The only lesson I can take away is that anytime you find yourself trying to predict the future just stop
November 22, 2025 at 7:04 PM
In the span of 12 hours Trump called MTG a "traitor" and posted photos from his playdate with Zohran Mamdani. The only lesson I can take away is that anytime you find yourself trying to predict the future just stop
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More from my interview with WNYC's On The Media about whether Democrats need to substantially moderate their issue positions (the claims are especially re: social policy) to win elections: www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm...
The Battle for the Future of the Democratic Party | On the Media | WNYC Studios
Progressive and centrist Democratic candidates had big wins in the 2025 elections. On this week’s On the Media, a data scientist fact-checks the claim that Democrats need moderate vot...
www.wnycstudios.org
November 22, 2025 at 4:17 PM
More from my interview with WNYC's On The Media about whether Democrats need to substantially moderate their issue positions (the claims are especially re: social policy) to win elections: www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm...
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New midweek podcast! Check your feeds 👇
Hats off to @onthemedia.bsky.social for calling out the spam machines behind politics. Bravo! I for one, have created a series of filters and fake emails just to defeat this crapola pain in the butt money shilling. Damn, I hope Dems take the hint.
www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm...
www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm...
The Democratic Party's Spam Machine | On the Media | WNYC Studios
If you’ve ever donated to a Democratic candidate, you’ve probably been rewarded with a never-ending stream of pleas for more money.
www.wnycstudios.org
November 20, 2025 at 7:40 PM
New midweek podcast! Check your feeds 👇
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Remember the horrifying text messages that showed a Border Patrol agent bragging about shooting someone in Chicago last month?
The government just abandoned their charges against the woman who was shot to avoid even *more* embarrassing texts being released, it seems. New @motherjones.com
The government just abandoned their charges against the woman who was shot to avoid even *more* embarrassing texts being released, it seems. New @motherjones.com
The feds suddenly want to drop charges against a woman shot by a Border Patrol agent
The move avoids the release of more messages from a Border Patrol agent whose previous texts showed he had bragged about shooting her.
www.motherjones.com
November 20, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Remember the horrifying text messages that showed a Border Patrol agent bragging about shooting someone in Chicago last month?
The government just abandoned their charges against the woman who was shot to avoid even *more* embarrassing texts being released, it seems. New @motherjones.com
The government just abandoned their charges against the woman who was shot to avoid even *more* embarrassing texts being released, it seems. New @motherjones.com
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Politico: “‘President Trump has nothing to hide, but the Democrats should be very scared because they have secrets to hide,’ said a second White House official, granted anonymity to discuss internal thinking.”
This is malpractice. You don’t grant officials anonymity to lie.
This is malpractice. You don’t grant officials anonymity to lie.
Not for nothing but if you’re gonna print the Trump White House’s attack strategy verbatim you might want to offer an assessment of whether it will actually work? www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
‘Democrats are going to come to regret this’: After Epstein vote, Trump ready to attack
The White House is frustrated about being backed into a corner on the Epstein vote. They plan to punish Democrats for it.
www.politico.com
November 19, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Politico: “‘President Trump has nothing to hide, but the Democrats should be very scared because they have secrets to hide,’ said a second White House official, granted anonymity to discuss internal thinking.”
This is malpractice. You don’t grant officials anonymity to lie.
This is malpractice. You don’t grant officials anonymity to lie.
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So this ad revenue metric is indicative of such a fascinating and weird set of business decisions by Google to inexplicably kill of SEO-- and I honestly don't get how they think this is going to pay off for them in the long run.
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Stereogum says Google's switch to AI Overviews reduced its ad revenue by *70 percent* www.theverge.com/entertainmen...
Stereogum soldiers on in the era of streaming and AI
Stereogum Founder Scott Lapatine on the importance of independent media in the age of AI slop and algorithms.
www.theverge.com
November 18, 2025 at 8:42 PM
So this ad revenue metric is indicative of such a fascinating and weird set of business decisions by Google to inexplicably kill of SEO-- and I honestly don't get how they think this is going to pay off for them in the long run.
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Stereogum says Google's switch to AI Overviews reduced its ad revenue by *70 percent* www.theverge.com/entertainmen...
Stereogum soldiers on in the era of streaming and AI
Stereogum Founder Scott Lapatine on the importance of independent media in the age of AI slop and algorithms.
www.theverge.com
November 17, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Stereogum says Google's switch to AI Overviews reduced its ad revenue by *70 percent* www.theverge.com/entertainmen...
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Was thrilled to help consult for this fantastic John Oliver segment on the tragic plight of U.S. public media and why, if we hope to be a democracy, we still need public media for so many things that commercial media will never provide. Deserves a wide viewership. www.youtube.com/watch?v=yknM...
Public Media: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
YouTube video by LastWeekTonight
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November 17, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Was thrilled to help consult for this fantastic John Oliver segment on the tragic plight of U.S. public media and why, if we hope to be a democracy, we still need public media for so many things that commercial media will never provide. Deserves a wide viewership. www.youtube.com/watch?v=yknM...
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Today:
- @eleanormueller.bsky.social on national politics, including the end of the shutdown and the Epstein releases;
- Working Families Party on Mamdani's win;
- @ilyamarritz.bsky.social on academia and the Trump admin;
- YOUR Friendsgiving menu
Live at 10 on 93.9 FM, AM820 or @wnyc.org
- @eleanormueller.bsky.social on national politics, including the end of the shutdown and the Epstein releases;
- Working Families Party on Mamdani's win;
- @ilyamarritz.bsky.social on academia and the Trump admin;
- YOUR Friendsgiving menu
Live at 10 on 93.9 FM, AM820 or @wnyc.org
November 17, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Today:
- @eleanormueller.bsky.social on national politics, including the end of the shutdown and the Epstein releases;
- Working Families Party on Mamdani's win;
- @ilyamarritz.bsky.social on academia and the Trump admin;
- YOUR Friendsgiving menu
Live at 10 on 93.9 FM, AM820 or @wnyc.org
- @eleanormueller.bsky.social on national politics, including the end of the shutdown and the Epstein releases;
- Working Families Party on Mamdani's win;
- @ilyamarritz.bsky.social on academia and the Trump admin;
- YOUR Friendsgiving menu
Live at 10 on 93.9 FM, AM820 or @wnyc.org
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our third & final episode of The Harvard Plan is out now, from @bostonglobe.com & @onthemedia.bsky.social
featuring:
- Trump highed ed strategist May Mailman
- Claudine Gay getting candid
- Vannevar Bush, the father of uni-gov't cooperation
www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm...
featuring:
- Trump highed ed strategist May Mailman
- Claudine Gay getting candid
- Vannevar Bush, the father of uni-gov't cooperation
www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm...
S2 - Episode 3: The Harvard Plan | On the Media | WNYC Studios
The Trump administration is asking universities to sign an agreement in exchange for preferential access to federal funding. On this week’s On the Media, how the arrangement would rad...
www.wnycstudios.org
November 16, 2025 at 5:29 PM
our third & final episode of The Harvard Plan is out now, from @bostonglobe.com & @onthemedia.bsky.social
featuring:
- Trump highed ed strategist May Mailman
- Claudine Gay getting candid
- Vannevar Bush, the father of uni-gov't cooperation
www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm...
featuring:
- Trump highed ed strategist May Mailman
- Claudine Gay getting candid
- Vannevar Bush, the father of uni-gov't cooperation
www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm...
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This is fantastic.
An extremely clear, concise, and logical summation/primer on the state of *actual* anti-semitism in the MAGA Cinematic Universe.
Kudos to @micahloewinger.bsky.social and @zackbeauchamp.bsky.social for the precision and info-density of the chat.
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An extremely clear, concise, and logical summation/primer on the state of *actual* anti-semitism in the MAGA Cinematic Universe.
Kudos to @micahloewinger.bsky.social and @zackbeauchamp.bsky.social for the precision and info-density of the chat.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/o...
The Republican Party's 'Civil War'
Podcast Episode · On the Media · 11/12/2025 · 26m
podcasts.apple.com
November 16, 2025 at 5:05 PM
This is fantastic.
An extremely clear, concise, and logical summation/primer on the state of *actual* anti-semitism in the MAGA Cinematic Universe.
Kudos to @micahloewinger.bsky.social and @zackbeauchamp.bsky.social for the precision and info-density of the chat.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/o...
An extremely clear, concise, and logical summation/primer on the state of *actual* anti-semitism in the MAGA Cinematic Universe.
Kudos to @micahloewinger.bsky.social and @zackbeauchamp.bsky.social for the precision and info-density of the chat.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/o...
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Seriously, what is wrong with these people?
November 16, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Seriously, what is wrong with these people?
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NEW: We’ve uncovered the first known example of taxpayer money flowing from DHS to businesses controlled by Kristi Noem’s allies and friends.
It’s part of a money trail that’s been shrouded in secrecy—and involves $220 million, a mysterious Delaware LLC & a horse named Gill.
It’s part of a money trail that’s been shrouded in secrecy—and involves $220 million, a mysterious Delaware LLC & a horse named Gill.
November 14, 2025 at 12:20 PM
NEW: We’ve uncovered the first known example of taxpayer money flowing from DHS to businesses controlled by Kristi Noem’s allies and friends.
It’s part of a money trail that’s been shrouded in secrecy—and involves $220 million, a mysterious Delaware LLC & a horse named Gill.
It’s part of a money trail that’s been shrouded in secrecy—and involves $220 million, a mysterious Delaware LLC & a horse named Gill.
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Kind of crazy that evidence is mounting that the world is run by a group of rapists, pedophiles, and men convinced of women’s inmate natural inferiority, and the pundit class is trying to convince us that the real social crisis is that men are victimized and lonely because women have too many jobs.
You just know that “Did Women Ruin the Workplace?” bit would have done NUMBERS in this little clique
Something absolutely perfect about Larry Summers riffing about the scourge of woke cancel culture being unfair to predatory men in a friendly email to his pal JEFFREY EPSTEIN.
November 13, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Kind of crazy that evidence is mounting that the world is run by a group of rapists, pedophiles, and men convinced of women’s inmate natural inferiority, and the pundit class is trying to convince us that the real social crisis is that men are victimized and lonely because women have too many jobs.
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Kevin Roberts, the president of the Heritage Foundation, faced blowback after defending Tucker Carlson's interview with a white nationalist. He later apologized and said he erred out of ignorance, because he did not keep up with the news and had simply read an aide’s script.
In Explaining His Gaffe, Heritage Foundation Leader Pleads Ignorance
Kevin Roberts, under fire for defending Tucker Carlson’s interview with a white nationalist, said that he did not keep up with the news and that he had simply read an aide’s script.
nyti.ms
November 13, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Kevin Roberts, the president of the Heritage Foundation, faced blowback after defending Tucker Carlson's interview with a white nationalist. He later apologized and said he erred out of ignorance, because he did not keep up with the news and had simply read an aide’s script.
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In 1999 Tucker Carlson called out Pat Buchanan’s conspiratorial antisemitism for the toxic threat it posed to American politics. Today he’s giving softball interviews to straight up neo-Nazis like Nick Fuentes who make Pat seem quite tame in comparison. youtu.be/AC9QBYdInJk?...
Tucker Carlson has become his exact characterization of Pat Buchanan in 1999
YouTube video by Nerva
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November 13, 2025 at 3:03 AM
In 1999 Tucker Carlson called out Pat Buchanan’s conspiratorial antisemitism for the toxic threat it posed to American politics. Today he’s giving softball interviews to straight up neo-Nazis like Nick Fuentes who make Pat seem quite tame in comparison. youtu.be/AC9QBYdInJk?...
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A direct email exchange from 2011 between Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, just released by House Oversight Committee Democrats.
November 12, 2025 at 1:48 PM
A direct email exchange from 2011 between Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, just released by House Oversight Committee Democrats.
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New pod is up! @micahloewinger.bsky.social speaks with @zackbeauchamp.bsky.social about the GOP’s “civil war” over Nick Fuentes, Tucker Carlson, and antisemitism in the party.
www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm...
www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm...
www.wnycstudios.org
November 12, 2025 at 2:42 PM
New pod is up! @micahloewinger.bsky.social speaks with @zackbeauchamp.bsky.social about the GOP’s “civil war” over Nick Fuentes, Tucker Carlson, and antisemitism in the party.
www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm...
www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm...
I was under the impression that Trump incited an insurrection by spending months lying to his followers that the election was stolen and then asking them to show up at the Capitol on January 6th. But now I'm learning that I only thought that bc of an edit in a 2024 BBC documentary. Oops!
November 11, 2025 at 5:25 PM
I was under the impression that Trump incited an insurrection by spending months lying to his followers that the election was stolen and then asking them to show up at the Capitol on January 6th. But now I'm learning that I only thought that bc of an edit in a 2024 BBC documentary. Oops!
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November 11, 2025 at 1:23 AM
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Ms Rachel says The New York Times asked her if she’s funded by Hamas
November 10, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Ms Rachel says The New York Times asked her if she’s funded by Hamas
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There needs to be a new word for radio journalism to distinguish incredible outfits like @onthemedia.bsky.social from “podcasts”. This series on the trump’s war on academia is phenomenal- open.spotify.com/episode/729x...
S2 - Episode 2: The Harvard Plan
open.spotify.com
November 8, 2025 at 6:59 AM
There needs to be a new word for radio journalism to distinguish incredible outfits like @onthemedia.bsky.social from “podcasts”. This series on the trump’s war on academia is phenomenal- open.spotify.com/episode/729x...
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As someone who spent 7 years on NPR's digital desk rewriting/editing radio stories for the website, this is incredibly disappointing. I understand the financial strains they are under post-rescission, but this is not the way.
"Last week, NPR’s leadership proposed testing the use of artificial intelligence to produce digital versions of radio stories, to make the middle of the editorial process more efficient."
Please DM/email/signal me if you know something about this!
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/b...
Please DM/email/signal me if you know something about this!
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/b...
Who Wrote That Headline? Maybe a Robot.
www.nytimes.com
November 7, 2025 at 11:09 PM
As someone who spent 7 years on NPR's digital desk rewriting/editing radio stories for the website, this is incredibly disappointing. I understand the financial strains they are under post-rescission, but this is not the way.