☀️ Jon Schwarz ☀️
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☀️ The most important thing to understand about politics is that Head Monkey Good, Not Bad. Stop saying Head Monkey Bad. ☀️
I'm grateful Alan Dershowitz has lived long enough to learn that Woody Allen and Jeffrey Epstein were ridiculing him behind his back.
![Allen to Epstein: "He's the biggest self-promoter I've ever met. It's quite laughable how desperate he is. Also the biggest name dropper. It's [sic] makes me shutter [sic] it [sic] so embarrassing. He has no shame."
Epstein to Allen: "Worse than you know."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:kpzki7jkovhesbsh64aiumx2/bafkreicho7oedzci4um2md72fgphxxx4fm7snzmsfbz4ns24x4zfsxkblm@jpeg)
February 4, 2026 at 9:31 PM
I'm grateful Alan Dershowitz has lived long enough to learn that Woody Allen and Jeffrey Epstein were ridiculing him behind his back.
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In light of the gutting of the Washington Post:
from Jan. 3, 2025
anntelnaes.substack.com/p/why-im-qui...
"The cartoon that was killed criticizes the billionaire tech and media chief executives who have been doing their best to curry favor with incoming President-elect Trump."
from Jan. 3, 2025
anntelnaes.substack.com/p/why-im-qui...
"The cartoon that was killed criticizes the billionaire tech and media chief executives who have been doing their best to curry favor with incoming President-elect Trump."
Why I'm quitting the Washington Post
Democracy can't function without a free press
anntelnaes.substack.com
February 4, 2026 at 9:10 PM
In light of the gutting of the Washington Post:
from Jan. 3, 2025
anntelnaes.substack.com/p/why-im-qui...
"The cartoon that was killed criticizes the billionaire tech and media chief executives who have been doing their best to curry favor with incoming President-elect Trump."
from Jan. 3, 2025
anntelnaes.substack.com/p/why-im-qui...
"The cartoon that was killed criticizes the billionaire tech and media chief executives who have been doing their best to curry favor with incoming President-elect Trump."
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It's really important for people to internalize that, in the eyes of Washington DC's foreign policy establishment, the biggest sin of the Obama presidency was concluding a deal with Iran that objectively satisfied the demands that Washington DC pretends to believe in.
February 4, 2026 at 8:19 PM
It's really important for people to internalize that, in the eyes of Washington DC's foreign policy establishment, the biggest sin of the Obama presidency was concluding a deal with Iran that objectively satisfied the demands that Washington DC pretends to believe in.
Donald Graham didn't just sell the Washington Post to Jeff Bezos, who is merrily dismantling it today. Before that Graham let Mark Zuckerberg out of an agreement for the Post to buy 10 percent of Facebook for $6 million. Today that 10 percent would be worth $175 billion.
February 4, 2026 at 2:03 PM
Donald Graham didn't just sell the Washington Post to Jeff Bezos, who is merrily dismantling it today. Before that Graham let Mark Zuckerberg out of an agreement for the Post to buy 10 percent of Facebook for $6 million. Today that 10 percent would be worth $175 billion.
It's still incredible to me that ICE believes they can murder U.S. citizens in broad daylight with no consequences. Who do they think they are, the IDF?
February 3, 2026 at 9:37 PM
It's still incredible to me that ICE believes they can murder U.S. citizens in broad daylight with no consequences. Who do they think they are, the IDF?
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Happy worst month of the year to all those who observe
February 1, 2026 at 9:13 PM
Happy worst month of the year to all those who observe
Reading the Epstein emails makes me wonder if we'd be better off if the world were run by space lizards wearing human skin
February 1, 2026 at 8:02 PM
Reading the Epstein emails makes me wonder if we'd be better off if the world were run by space lizards wearing human skin
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so I'm about halfway through my re-read of "the rise and fall of the third reich," world war 2 is about to kick off, and one notable thing is how many times hitler would start off speeches and meetings talking about how badly he/germany had been treated, usually by countries he planned on crushing
February 1, 2026 at 6:49 PM
so I'm about halfway through my re-read of "the rise and fall of the third reich," world war 2 is about to kick off, and one notable thing is how many times hitler would start off speeches and meetings talking about how badly he/germany had been treated, usually by countries he planned on crushing
This is a weird & unappreciated fact about the people at the top of the world in every situation. If you read leaked government documents, you'll see they say pretty much the same thing in private as in public. They're true believers, which is scarier than them being genius lying supervillains.
February 1, 2026 at 7:32 PM
This is a weird & unappreciated fact about the people at the top of the world in every situation. If you read leaked government documents, you'll see they say pretty much the same thing in private as in public. They're true believers, which is scarier than them being genius lying supervillains.
Tough questions. Straight answers. CBS News has gathered the sharpest minds on the topics that matter most.
January 31, 2026 at 9:28 PM
Tough questions. Straight answers. CBS News has gathered the sharpest minds on the topics that matter most.
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Chris Rufo is so upset about the Minneapolis protests that he is resorting to anti-Nordic racism christopherrufo.com/p/the-curse-...
January 30, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Chris Rufo is so upset about the Minneapolis protests that he is resorting to anti-Nordic racism christopherrufo.com/p/the-curse-...
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Worst. Paywall. Ever.
January 30, 2026 at 10:42 PM
Worst. Paywall. Ever.
Trump hates the Iraqi politician Nouri al-Maliki. Donald Rumsfeld also hated al-Maliki, whom he privately disparaged as "not Syngman Rhee." In 1948 Syngman Rhee, then-dictator of South Korea, supervised the slaughter of over 100,000 South Koreans in the space of a few weeks.
January 27, 2026 at 10:09 PM
Trump hates the Iraqi politician Nouri al-Maliki. Donald Rumsfeld also hated al-Maliki, whom he privately disparaged as "not Syngman Rhee." In 1948 Syngman Rhee, then-dictator of South Korea, supervised the slaughter of over 100,000 South Koreans in the space of a few weeks.
One of the sharpest minds just hired by CBS is Niall Ferguson. Just after the invasion of Iraq in 2003, Ferguson declared "I am a fully paid-up member of the neoimperialist gang."
January 27, 2026 at 8:55 PM
One of the sharpest minds just hired by CBS is Niall Ferguson. Just after the invasion of Iraq in 2003, Ferguson declared "I am a fully paid-up member of the neoimperialist gang."
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I have a piece today in Defector making the case for "more training" for ICE agents. A *lot* more training. defector.com/i-have-a-gre...
I Have A Great Idea For Retraining ICE Agents | Defector
The several thousand federal agents currently running rampant in the Twin Cities have so far achieved little in the way of legitimate law enforcement objectives, but they have been rather more success...
defector.com
January 26, 2026 at 5:18 PM
I have a piece today in Defector making the case for "more training" for ICE agents. A *lot* more training. defector.com/i-have-a-gre...
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Okay I think I've mapped out ICE politics as of Monday night
January 27, 2026 at 2:47 AM
Okay I think I've mapped out ICE politics as of Monday night
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One of the hardest things to do is bring campaign-level communications to the work of governance, and snowstorms are notoriously one of the biggest litmus tests that less-engaged voters use to judge mayoral administrations. This is an excellent way to communicate.
January 25, 2026 at 4:39 PM
One of the hardest things to do is bring campaign-level communications to the work of governance, and snowstorms are notoriously one of the biggest litmus tests that less-engaged voters use to judge mayoral administrations. This is an excellent way to communicate.
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My friend Sara posted this about the superb care her father received from with Alex Pretti
Absolutely heartbreaking
Absolutely heartbreaking
January 25, 2026 at 4:19 PM
My friend Sara posted this about the superb care her father received from with Alex Pretti
Absolutely heartbreaking
Absolutely heartbreaking
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A logical path forward seems to be what happened to Newsweek, a longstanding journalistic outlet that was sold off for parts until it was just a place for weird editorials from random losers. You’ll pull up WaPo in three years and Catturd2 will be posting about how Yoga pants destroy marriages
If this is true (and that’s not a small if), it is reasonable to posit that Bezos is trying to offload the Post. Or kill it altogether.
Sports is a top driver of traffic and subscriptions for most news sites.
And we’ve seen how Bezos and Lewis have mangled the Opinion section.
Sports is a top driver of traffic and subscriptions for most news sites.
And we’ve seen how Bezos and Lewis have mangled the Opinion section.
January 25, 2026 at 6:30 PM
A logical path forward seems to be what happened to Newsweek, a longstanding journalistic outlet that was sold off for parts until it was just a place for weird editorials from random losers. You’ll pull up WaPo in three years and Catturd2 will be posting about how Yoga pants destroy marriages
In 1915 David Ben-Gurion explained that the Zionist movement was going to settle Palestine exactly like the Dutch settled South Africa. But what did that dummy know? We must listen to Scott (NYC's former comptroller), who understands the two situations are completely different.
January 22, 2026 at 9:36 PM
In 1915 David Ben-Gurion explained that the Zionist movement was going to settle Palestine exactly like the Dutch settled South Africa. But what did that dummy know? We must listen to Scott (NYC's former comptroller), who understands the two situations are completely different.
"Yes, in the past there have been many governments that sent men out in masks to kidnap and kill people. And yes, we now understand that was always bad. But today we need the moral courage to ask: Is this time different?"
— from my new article in the Atlantic
— from my new article in the Atlantic
January 22, 2026 at 8:54 PM
"Yes, in the past there have been many governments that sent men out in masks to kidnap and kill people. And yes, we now understand that was always bad. But today we need the moral courage to ask: Is this time different?"
— from my new article in the Atlantic
— from my new article in the Atlantic
In honor of Penguin Appreciation Day today, here is "Cute Animal Facts," a song by Caitlin Cook. It is one of the greatest, funniest and most horrifying works of art of the 21st century. youtu.be/9G9Wjzjijyg?...
Cute Animal Facts - (Unofficial Music Video)
YouTube video by VictimofGLaDOS
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January 20, 2026 at 3:23 PM
In honor of Penguin Appreciation Day today, here is "Cute Animal Facts," a song by Caitlin Cook. It is one of the greatest, funniest and most horrifying works of art of the 21st century. youtu.be/9G9Wjzjijyg?...
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We can do great things on what now
Trump posts what appears to be a private text message sent to him by Macron
January 20, 2026 at 2:54 PM
We can do great things on what now
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It’s Penguin Awareness Day which seems like a great excuse to post the greatest ever Wikipedia edit.
January 20, 2026 at 9:37 AM
It’s Penguin Awareness Day which seems like a great excuse to post the greatest ever Wikipedia edit.
CBS News was doomed no matter what, but it's very funny to see Bari Weiss speeding up the process. It's like she's enthusiastically stabbing someone with terminal cancer.
January 20, 2026 at 12:47 AM
CBS News was doomed no matter what, but it's very funny to see Bari Weiss speeding up the process. It's like she's enthusiastically stabbing someone with terminal cancer.