Parker Molloy
@parkermolloy.com
I write the media/internet/culture/politics/whatever newsletter The Present Age: www.readtpa.com
Chicagoan / wife of @kaylapekkala.com / second favorite human to two dogs / not an activist / likes baseball
Chicagoan / wife of @kaylapekkala.com / second favorite human to two dogs / not an activist / likes baseball
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The Wrong Question
Two federal judges found no evidence Don Lemon committed a crime. The government arrested him anyway.
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Today's newsletter: Chris Cillizza's response to Don Lemon's arrest was to ask whether Lemon is really a journalist. The DOJ is making the exact same argument. Funny how that works. www.readtpa.com/p/the-wrong-...
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I personally do not think some rich man should be able to buy an institution like this like a toy and then break it when he doesn’t want to play with it anymore. bsky.app/profile/benm...
New: Washington Post Executive Editor Matt Murray and HR Chief Wayne Connell tell employees to stay home for a zoom webinar ahead of “significant actions across the company.” Widely expected layoffs are scheduled to begin today.
February 4, 2026 at 11:53 AM
I personally do not think some rich man should be able to buy an institution like this like a toy and then break it when he doesn’t want to play with it anymore. bsky.app/profile/benm...
Great video if you're interested youtu.be/7UFgyLj87R4?...
The Sharp Fall of Ben Shapiro
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February 4, 2026 at 1:48 PM
Great video if you're interested youtu.be/7UFgyLj87R4?...
Watching Ben Shapiro lose audience and influence has been fun, tbh. Unfortunately, the right-wing commentators who've risen up in his place have been absolute lunatics, but at least Ben is struggling
February 4, 2026 at 1:47 PM
Watching Ben Shapiro lose audience and influence has been fun, tbh. Unfortunately, the right-wing commentators who've risen up in his place have been absolute lunatics, but at least Ben is struggling
Apparently, the whole thing is just a mess. There's a suggested community note on it, but 🤷♀️
February 4, 2026 at 1:10 PM
Apparently, the whole thing is just a mess. There's a suggested community note on it, but 🤷♀️
Bonus: Naturally, Elon also gave that Nick Shirley grifter $100k, too. Because hey, why not?
February 4, 2026 at 1:04 PM
Bonus: Naturally, Elon also gave that Nick Shirley grifter $100k, too. Because hey, why not?
... and naturally, the guy they gave it to is a straight-up Nazi (2/2)
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Weird that he looks so happy while hanging out with literally Hitler.
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It's okay to dislike Israel.
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I would say there's a difference between not liking Israel (or disagreeing with a given Israeli policy) and anti-semitism.
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February 4, 2026 at 12:59 PM
... and naturally, the guy they gave it to is a straight-up Nazi (2/2)
So over on Twitter, they did a "$1 million article contest." This is the guy who won the million dollar prize: (1/2)
February 4, 2026 at 12:59 PM
So over on Twitter, they did a "$1 million article contest." This is the guy who won the million dollar prize: (1/2)
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you don't say? at some point we're going to acknowledge what every study ever on this subject has said, right? right? www.independent.co.uk/news/science...
Trans athletes may not have fitness advantage in women’s sport, landmark study finds
Findings suggest physical performance in trans women converges toward that of cis women over time
www.independent.co.uk
February 4, 2026 at 12:30 PM
you don't say? at some point we're going to acknowledge what every study ever on this subject has said, right? right? www.independent.co.uk/news/science...
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Fucking crazy to me that this song was the main musical focus for a scene in Osmosis Jones
February 4, 2026 at 1:47 AM
Fucking crazy to me that this song was the main musical focus for a scene in Osmosis Jones
It's genuinely kind of funny that the ALL-AMERICAN MAGA HALFTIME SHOW is going to have the guy who sang this as its headliner right in the middle of all the Epstein stuff
February 4, 2026 at 1:43 AM
It's genuinely kind of funny that the ALL-AMERICAN MAGA HALFTIME SHOW is going to have the guy who sang this as its headliner right in the middle of all the Epstein stuff
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Hello I love this podcast and helped them set up their video editing process in the background and you should support their Kickstarter.
Some **PERSONAL NEWS** as the go-getters say.
@burnitalldownpod.com has been on a hiatus for a couple of years. We are SO READY to return, but need your help because we don't have backing by a corporation, and need this to be sustainable.
Enter Kickstarter: www.kickstarter.com/projects/bur...
@burnitalldownpod.com has been on a hiatus for a couple of years. We are SO READY to return, but need your help because we don't have backing by a corporation, and need this to be sustainable.
Enter Kickstarter: www.kickstarter.com/projects/bur...
Burn It All Down, the feminist sports podcast you need
A new season of what haters have called a "capitalist-hating, Trump-hating, NFL protest-loving group of far-Left women."
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February 4, 2026 at 1:07 AM
Hello I love this podcast and helped them set up their video editing process in the background and you should support their Kickstarter.
Pokemon Go to the island
Jeffrey Epstein recommended Pokemon Go to Deepak Chopra and a member of the royal family of Qatar www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
February 4, 2026 at 1:07 AM
Pokemon Go to the island
lol. This! Yes, I've seen people posting stuff like "so and so donated to ICE!" and that's just not how anything works
February 3, 2026 at 11:23 PM
lol. This! Yes, I've seen people posting stuff like "so and so donated to ICE!" and that's just not how anything works
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This is interesting to me because I think right now a lot of people feel helpless and don't know what to do so they sort of glob on to this idea that they can just avoid certain companies to punish ICE, real or imagined. Same reason people just assume Starbucks is on the BDS list.
February 3, 2026 at 11:06 PM
This is interesting to me because I think right now a lot of people feel helpless and don't know what to do so they sort of glob on to this idea that they can just avoid certain companies to punish ICE, real or imagined. Same reason people just assume Starbucks is on the BDS list.
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New: Buc-ee's told me very forcefully that neither the company nor its CEO has "donated" money to ICE. But Buc-ee's CEO Arch Aplin III does have a long history of donating lots of money to Republicans -
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No, Buc-ee's CEO didn't give ICE $1M. Here's who he does donate to.
The rumors have sparked strong reactions from fans of the travel center.
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February 3, 2026 at 11:03 PM
New: Buc-ee's told me very forcefully that neither the company nor its CEO has "donated" money to ICE. But Buc-ee's CEO Arch Aplin III does have a long history of donating lots of money to Republicans -
www.chron.com/culture/arti...
www.chron.com/culture/arti...
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Interesting thing to notice here: the Tribune social accounts literally never post threads like this seemingly explaining their reason for endorsements and detailing how they view each candidate
They don’t do it in IL7 yesterday and I’m not sure I’ve seen a Tribune twitter thread like this before
They don’t do it in IL7 yesterday and I’m not sure I’ve seen a Tribune twitter thread like this before
February 3, 2026 at 10:54 PM
Interesting thing to notice here: the Tribune social accounts literally never post threads like this seemingly explaining their reason for endorsements and detailing how they view each candidate
They don’t do it in IL7 yesterday and I’m not sure I’ve seen a Tribune twitter thread like this before
They don’t do it in IL7 yesterday and I’m not sure I’ve seen a Tribune twitter thread like this before
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If evidence were so prevalent of trans women defeating cis women in sports, I don't think they'd continually scream about the same instance where a **cis woman beat a cis woman** over and over.
House Republicans are having a normal one while being laser focused on the big issues facing the American people this afternoon
February 3, 2026 at 10:50 PM
If evidence were so prevalent of trans women defeating cis women in sports, I don't think they'd continually scream about the same instance where a **cis woman beat a cis woman** over and over.
lol, right? Like... correct, kids shouldn't watch Big Mouth
February 3, 2026 at 10:36 PM
lol, right? Like... correct, kids shouldn't watch Big Mouth
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hey remember when I got shit on for years for trying to warn people that GamerGate was just Nazis and not just about harassing women and not just about some “consumer revolt”
The Epstein files reveal what powerful people see in video games: profit, coercion, and control
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February 3, 2026 at 9:47 PM
hey remember when I got shit on for years for trying to warn people that GamerGate was just Nazis and not just about harassing women and not just about some “consumer revolt”
Anyway, this will be the subject of my newsletter tomorrow. Subscribe here to get it: www.readtpa.com
February 3, 2026 at 10:26 PM
Anyway, this will be the subject of my newsletter tomorrow. Subscribe here to get it: www.readtpa.com
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LITERALLY STORMFRONT WAS OPENLY INVOLVED FROM THE FIRST MONTH and people acted like I was being hyperbolic and nagged me not to “godwins law”
It's wild to me that, even before all this, we had on record Bannon saying something along the lines of "we're going to use gamergate to turn kids into Nazis" and barely anyone flinched
February 3, 2026 at 9:56 PM
LITERALLY STORMFRONT WAS OPENLY INVOLVED FROM THE FIRST MONTH and people acted like I was being hyperbolic and nagged me not to “godwins law”
Here's the list in the report from the right-wing group. Yeah, a whole bunch of these (Cuties, Sex Education, Big Mouth) are straight-up rated TV-MA, so using them as examples of content Netflix is promoting to kids is a lie. Also, there's nothing wrong with any of the examples they list.
February 3, 2026 at 10:22 PM
Here's the list in the report from the right-wing group. Yeah, a whole bunch of these (Cuties, Sex Education, Big Mouth) are straight-up rated TV-MA, so using them as examples of content Netflix is promoting to kids is a lie. Also, there's nothing wrong with any of the examples they list.
Okay, I just finished watching the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing about the Netflix/WB acquisition. Ooof. Republicans kept ranting about the movie Cuties (remember that scandal?) from years ago, falsely claiming that it was "rated G" (it's actually rated TV-MA).
February 3, 2026 at 10:16 PM
Okay, I just finished watching the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing about the Netflix/WB acquisition. Ooof. Republicans kept ranting about the movie Cuties (remember that scandal?) from years ago, falsely claiming that it was "rated G" (it's actually rated TV-MA).