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What we loved about Dan McQuade:
What We Loved About Dan McQuade | Defector
Today is Dan McQuade’s funeral. To celebrate our friend, we wanted to give the people he worked with a place to explain what they loved so much about him. If you would like to support Dan’s widow Jan,...
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February 5, 2026 at 2:04 PM
What we loved about Dan McQuade:
If you’ve seen a Defector sticker in the wild, credit Dan. Either he put it there or gave them to us. Dude once sent me video of one he put on a pole in Hawaii. He was so generous, kind, and enthusiastic about everything, even putting up stickers in shitty bar bathrooms. defector.com/dan-mcquade-...
Dan McQuade, 1983–2026 | Defector
Dan McQuade, our friend and colleague, died this week at the age of 43. He is survived by his wife and young son. At the end of 2024, Dan was diagnosed with neuroendocrine cancer. The news of his diag...
defector.com
January 29, 2026 at 6:05 PM
If you’ve seen a Defector sticker in the wild, credit Dan. Either he put it there or gave them to us. Dude once sent me video of one he put on a pole in Hawaii. He was so generous, kind, and enthusiastic about everything, even putting up stickers in shitty bar bathrooms. defector.com/dan-mcquade-...
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Dan McQuade, 1983–2026: defector.com/dan-mcquade-...
Dan McQuade, 1983–2026 | Defector
Dan McQuade, our friend and colleague, died this week at the age of 43. He is survived by his wife and young son. At the end of 2024, Dan was diagnosed with neuroendocrine cancer. The news of his…
defector.com
January 29, 2026 at 12:57 AM
Dan McQuade, 1983–2026: defector.com/dan-mcquade-...
Not disputing what Eric says here, but whenever Bill Melugin’s name comes up, I always think of that time in 2020 when he got duped by a cop who said a Starbucks worker put a tampon in his drink (it was a cleaning cloth that accidentally fell in)
January 26, 2026 at 1:54 AM
Not disputing what Eric says here, but whenever Bill Melugin’s name comes up, I always think of that time in 2020 when he got duped by a cop who said a Starbucks worker put a tampon in his drink (it was a cleaning cloth that accidentally fell in)
Haven’t heard back about Diggs. He has worn a few different versions this season going by game photos.
January 22, 2026 at 9:32 PM
Haven’t heard back about Diggs. He has worn a few different versions this season going by game photos.
NFL sends mixed signals in its stance on genocide: defector.com/nfl-sends-mi...
NFL Sends Mixed Signals In Its Stance On Genocide | Defector
After a 30-6 playoff win over the Pittsburgh Steelers, Houston Texans linebacker Azeez Al-Shaair appeared in an ESPN postgame interview and drew national attention for the message written on his eye b...
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January 22, 2026 at 4:58 PM
NFL sends mixed signals in its stance on genocide: defector.com/nfl-sends-mi...
Finally… news for MEN
Update — Here is what the new apparent CBS News segment "Whiskey Fridays with Tony Dokoupil" may look like:
January 14, 2026 at 1:22 AM
Finally… news for MEN
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There are Bari Weisses everywhere for those with the eyes to see defector.com/bari-weiss-i...
Bari Weiss Is The Symptom | Defector
Who says Bari Weiss doesn’t know how to run a newsroom? “My general view here,” the CBS News editor-in-chief wrote in a memo before shelving the now-infamous 60 Minutes report on El Salvador’s CECOT c...
defector.com
January 12, 2026 at 5:19 PM
There are Bari Weisses everywhere for those with the eyes to see defector.com/bari-weiss-i...
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Hard to get more racist than “I miss rhodesia“
January 11, 2026 at 4:45 PM
Hard to get more racist than “I miss rhodesia“
Yeah, I wrote that article too. What I actually said was that American police brutality was already horrific, but it has gotten worse in distinct ways over the past year. Then I gave pretty specific examples, one of them being ICE snatching up pro-Palestine students. Would suggest you read it again
January 11, 2026 at 4:59 PM
Yeah, I wrote that article too. What I actually said was that American police brutality was already horrific, but it has gotten worse in distinct ways over the past year. Then I gave pretty specific examples, one of them being ICE snatching up pro-Palestine students. Would suggest you read it again
Rolling Stone makes the absurd claim that women are not allowed to sing in Gaza: defector.com/rolling-ston...
Rolling Stone Makes The Absurd Claim That Women Are Not Allowed To Sing In Gaza | Defector
This week, Rolling Stone published an article in which writer Marisa Fox interviewed hostages who were held in Gaza after Oct. 7, talking to them about how music helped them. The artists mentioned in ...
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January 9, 2026 at 8:52 PM
Rolling Stone makes the absurd claim that women are not allowed to sing in Gaza: defector.com/rolling-ston...
There very much is deadlyexchange.org/immigration-...
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Deadly Exchange
The horrific impacts of border militarization and the practices of racist agencies like Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) on border communities, immigrants,...
deadlyexchange.org
January 8, 2026 at 11:48 PM
There very much is deadlyexchange.org/immigration-...
Last year, ICE agents used Canary Mission to kidnap pro-Palestine students for deportation. Yesterday, they prevented medical aid from reaching Renee Nicole Good. American law enforcement was already in horrific shape; it’s getting even worse in distinct ways. defector.com/ice-is-model...
ICE Is Modeling Its Brutality After The IDF | Defector
Call it recency bias, personal interest, or perhaps just a general concern for society’s trajectory right now, but as I followed Wednesday’s news of an ICE agent killing 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good ...
defector.com
January 8, 2026 at 11:19 PM
Last year, ICE agents used Canary Mission to kidnap pro-Palestine students for deportation. Yesterday, they prevented medical aid from reaching Renee Nicole Good. American law enforcement was already in horrific shape; it’s getting even worse in distinct ways. defector.com/ice-is-model...
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Time for some tortured prose. At 1 p.m. ET today, the Defector Twitch stream will present the nominees for the 2025 Shams Charania Award For Excellence In Divulging Of Information Through Syntax Comprehended By Many: www.twitch.tv/defectormedia
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December 8, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Time for some tortured prose. At 1 p.m. ET today, the Defector Twitch stream will present the nominees for the 2025 Shams Charania Award For Excellence In Divulging Of Information Through Syntax Comprehended By Many: www.twitch.tv/defectormedia
(art by @mattielubchansky.com)
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The ADL is having a Mamdani meltdown: defector.com/the-adl-is-h...
The ADL Is Having A Mamdani Meltdown | Defector
The focus of the Anti-Defamation League has become entirely warped. Support for Israel was always part of the organization’s goals, but typically that was nested within a broader declaration to fight ...
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November 7, 2025 at 8:40 PM
The ADL is having a Mamdani meltdown: defector.com/the-adl-is-h...
Let’s check in with people who threatened to leave Zohran Mamdani’s NYC: defector.com/lets-check-i...
Let's Check In With People Who Threatened To Leave Zohran Mamdani's NYC | Defector
When Zohran Mamdani upset Andrew Cuomo to win the New York City Democratic mayoral primary in June, it led to a lot of histrionics. The usual fear tactics against a young Muslim democratic socialist h...
defector.com
November 6, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Let’s check in with people who threatened to leave Zohran Mamdani’s NYC: defector.com/lets-check-i...
Good suggestion, it’s there now
October 23, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Good suggestion, it’s there now
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Free Press reporter discovers that being an amoral dickhead can cost you friends: defector.com/free-press-r...
Free Press Reporter Discovers That Being An Amoral Dickhead Can Cost You Friends | Defector
It can be hard to maintain friendships as an adult. People move to new cities, start families, and experience all sorts of other life events that make it difficult to keep in touch. Sometimes, you…
defector.com
October 15, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Free Press reporter discovers that being an amoral dickhead can cost you friends: defector.com/free-press-r...
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a person at Treasury gave Defector a rundown of how this process—which appears to be against the law—was expedited in order to avoid public scrutiny
defector.com/treasury-dep...
defector.com/treasury-dep...
Treasury Department Has Plans To Mint Dollar Coin Featuring Donald Trump's Likeness | Defector
The United States Department of the Treasury has developed, to the brink of production, a dollar coin that features the face and likeness of President Donald Trump, according to a source within the Tr...
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October 3, 2025 at 6:37 PM
a person at Treasury gave Defector a rundown of how this process—which appears to be against the law—was expedited in order to avoid public scrutiny
defector.com/treasury-dep...
defector.com/treasury-dep...
This is who Charlie Kirk was: defector.com/this-is-who-...
This Is Who Charlie Kirk Was | Defector
Certainly the dead tend to be thought of more fondly than they were in life. Still, it’s quite disorienting to watch American institutions obediently line up to display the utmost solemnity for a bigo...
defector.com
September 12, 2025 at 4:45 PM
This is who Charlie Kirk was: defector.com/this-is-who-...
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Five years of Defector: defector.com/five-years-o...
September 10, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Five years of Defector: defector.com/five-years-o...
I’ve been browsing the grids everyone’s making and really enjoying it. This one looks like a captcha where you have to select all the nu-metal band members to prove you’re a human
September 3, 2025 at 2:15 AM
I’ve been browsing the grids everyone’s making and really enjoying it. This one looks like a captcha where you have to select all the nu-metal band members to prove you’re a human
Somehow, getting on TV was the least eventful part of my Mets experience last night: defector.com/tnt-sports-a...
TNT Sports Airs Guerrilla Marketing For Worker-Owned Website That Isn't Defector | Defector
It wasn’t my intent to attend back-to-back Phillies-Mets games. Over the past month there had been two separate, developing conversations about how it’d be great to catch some baseball, and eventually...
defector.com
August 27, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Somehow, getting on TV was the least eventful part of my Mets experience last night: defector.com/tnt-sports-a...
Concerning: During Tuesday’s MLB broadcast, TNT Sports gave airtime to a Palestinian with radical views. Read more here: defector.com/tnt-sports-a...
TNT Sports Airs Guerrilla Marketing For Worker-Owned Website That Isn't Defector | Defector
It wasn’t my intent to attend back-to-back Phillies-Mets games. Over the past month there had been two separate, developing conversations about how it’d be great to catch some baseball, and eventually...
defector.com
August 27, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Concerning: During Tuesday’s MLB broadcast, TNT Sports gave airtime to a Palestinian with radical views. Read more here: defector.com/tnt-sports-a...