Claire Bond Potter (Tenured Radical)
@tenuredradical.bsky.social
Opinion writer, reviewer & essayist | Emeritus History prof | podcaster | http://clairepotter.substack.com | antifascist | NYC & Northampton, MA | Repped by Roz Foster, Francis Goldin Literary Agency
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Knowing that it won’t be.
Justice Dept. again asks for Epstein grand jury testimony to be unsealed - The Washington Post
November 27, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Knowing that it won’t be.
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Senator Agrees to Pay Over $5 Million in Back Taxes to I.R.S.
www.nytimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 12:15 PM
We have zero knowledge about Olivia Nuzzi that has not come out of Ryan Lizza’s pie hole
So Olivia Nuzzi is clearly a piece of shit who can never work in journalism again after this.
And, also, Ryan Lizza is clearly a piece of shit who should never work in journalism again after this either.
We're all agree on that, right?
And, also, Ryan Lizza is clearly a piece of shit who should never work in journalism again after this either.
We're all agree on that, right?
November 27, 2025 at 2:24 AM
We have zero knowledge about Olivia Nuzzi that has not come out of Ryan Lizza’s pie hole
Today, on a Substack Live, historian Kevin Schultz and I talked about the opportunities for a renewed liberalism in this political moment. Here's a clip--and for the whole feature you can go to my Substack.
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November 26, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Today, on a Substack Live, historian Kevin Schultz and I talked about the opportunities for a renewed liberalism in this political moment. Here's a clip--and for the whole feature you can go to my Substack.
clairepotter.substack.com/p/does-every...
clairepotter.substack.com/p/does-every...
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The official statement from the MAGA White House as the US hits a rapidly increasing all-time high $38 trillion national debt, is:
“At this moment in time, the ballroom is really the president's main priority.”
“At this moment in time, the ballroom is really the president's main priority.”
October 24, 2025 at 7:02 PM
The official statement from the MAGA White House as the US hits a rapidly increasing all-time high $38 trillion national debt, is:
“At this moment in time, the ballroom is really the president's main priority.”
“At this moment in time, the ballroom is really the president's main priority.”
I had a few things to say about how Trump's DOJ minions botched the revenge prosecutions against James Comey and Letitia James--and why MAGA needs to understand that experts do matter.
youtu.be/bBx7I49isOE
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Why Experts Matter
YouTube video by Political Junkie Substack
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November 25, 2025 at 9:54 PM
I had a few things to say about how Trump's DOJ minions botched the revenge prosecutions against James Comey and Letitia James--and why MAGA needs to understand that experts do matter.
youtu.be/bBx7I49isOE
youtu.be/bBx7I49isOE
Claire Danes and Matthew Rhys: they will definitely succeed.
You’ve been kidnapped. The characters from the last TV show you watched are trying to rescue you. Who’s coming to save you?
RESULT!
RESULT!
November 25, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Claire Danes and Matthew Rhys: they will definitely succeed.
Har, har.
QUICK: Last week, the president -- I'm not sure if he was joking -- he said he loves everything you're doing but if you don't get the Fed to lower interest rates soon, he might fire your butt
BESSENT: Well Becky, if you were in the room he was joking
BESSENT: Well Becky, if you were in the room he was joking
November 25, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Har, har.
Before I retired, I always loved Thanksgiving week and that sense of the whole college slowly coming to a halt for a precious few days before the final push.
November 25, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Before I retired, I always loved Thanksgiving week and that sense of the whole college slowly coming to a halt for a precious few days before the final push.
If you live in Tennessee, don't imagine you will go to the library before Thanksgiving to borrow a movie or books: the librarians have been forced to close in order to make LGBTQ people invisible.
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Tennessee public libraries close for Trump-inspired book purge
One hundred and eighty-one public libraries in Tennessee are reviewing their children’s collections after Tennessee Secretary of State Tre Hargett (R) ordered them to remove books with LGBTQ themes or...
popular.info
November 25, 2025 at 12:49 PM
If you live in Tennessee, don't imagine you will go to the library before Thanksgiving to borrow a movie or books: the librarians have been forced to close in order to make LGBTQ people invisible.
popular.info/p/tennessee-...
popular.info/p/tennessee-...
November 24, 2025 at 4:41 PM
I could write or I could watch the cheetah cub cam.
November 24, 2025 at 3:01 PM
I could write or I could watch the cheetah cub cam.
Texas, it seems, is just bursting with lovely people.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/u...
2 Texas Men Plotted Coup of Haitian Island to Enslave Women and Children, U.S. Says
www.nytimes.com
November 23, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Texas, it seems, is just bursting with lovely people.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/u...
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Scam insurance posing as Obamacare gets bought by unsuspecting consumers thanks to Google ranking sponsored links higher. Per FTC records from people who got scammed. www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
Americans Googling Obamacare Are Finding 'Junk Insurance' Instead
During open enrollment, ads from telemarketers are crowding out official health exchanges.
www.bloomberg.com
November 22, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Scam insurance posing as Obamacare gets bought by unsuspecting consumers thanks to Google ranking sponsored links higher. Per FTC records from people who got scammed. www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
What it means to work on something until you succeed: well done, Mr. PIttman.
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www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
After a lifetime championing Black history, he finally got an apology for slavery
Anne Arundel County Executive Steuart Pittman will apologize for slavery on the county’s behalf. Meet one of the civil rights leaders who made it happen.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 22, 2025 at 2:55 PM
What it means to work on something until you succeed: well done, Mr. PIttman.
www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
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Impeach him. Call it Cassidy's Atonement.
Breaking News: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he personally instructed the CDC to abandon its position that vaccines do not cause autism. The move underscores his determination to challenge scientific orthodoxy — in this case, that vaccines save lives — and bend the health department to his will.
RFK Jr. Says He Instructed CDC to Change Vaccines and Autism Language on Website
In an interview, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. cited gaps in vaccine safety research. His critics say he is ignoring a larger point: Vaccines save lives.
nyti.ms
November 21, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Impeach him. Call it Cassidy's Atonement.
In which Neil and I explain that winter is coming--for MAGA.
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Quiet, Piggy
YouTube video by Political Junkie Substack
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November 21, 2025 at 8:39 PM
In which Neil and I explain that winter is coming--for MAGA.
youtu.be/6WPXc17oz88
youtu.be/6WPXc17oz88
Why do we need hints on saving money if the economy is great?
Fox guest on how to save money during the holidays:
"Remember, adults don't need gifts. Focus on the people in your life who are aged 3 to 18. Grandma doesn't need slippers. If they don't live by you, don't get them a gift."
"Remember, adults don't need gifts. Focus on the people in your life who are aged 3 to 18. Grandma doesn't need slippers. If they don't live by you, don't get them a gift."
November 17, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Why do we need hints on saving money if the economy is great?
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Claire Potter @tenuredradical.bsky.social in the @yalereview.bsky.social writing on Susan Brownmiller's radical blockbuster, AGAINST OUR WILL: "The book [was] a larger rebuke of a society that rendered women, and the violence used to keep them in check, invisible.⬇️
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Claire Bond Potter: “The Book That Changed How We Think About Rape”
Claire Bond Potter on Susan Brownmiller’s landmark 1975 book, Against Our Will , fifty years later.
yalereview.org
November 17, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Claire Potter @tenuredradical.bsky.social in the @yalereview.bsky.social writing on Susan Brownmiller's radical blockbuster, AGAINST OUR WILL: "The book [was] a larger rebuke of a society that rendered women, and the violence used to keep them in check, invisible.⬇️
yalereview.org/article/clai...
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What I find least appalling is that the married Summers behaved like a jejeune pig towards towards this young woman. But it is pathetic that a grown man who had won every prize needed a shitbag like Epstein to admire him.
When former Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers was pursuing a romantic relationship with a woman he described as a mentee, he turned to a longtime associate for guidance: Jeffrey E. Epstein.
Dhruv T. Patel and Cam N. Srivastava report.
Dhruv T. Patel and Cam N. Srivastava report.
As Summers Sought Clandestine Relationship With Woman He Called a Mentee, Epstein Was His ‘Wing Man’ | News | The Harvard Crimson
When former Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers was pursuing a romantic relationship with a woman he described as a mentee, he turned to a longtime associate for guidance: convicted sex offender…
www.thecrimson.com
November 17, 2025 at 4:24 AM
What I find least appalling is that the married Summers behaved like a jejeune pig towards towards this young woman. But it is pathetic that a grown man who had won every prize needed a shitbag like Epstein to admire him.
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NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 16, 2025 at 11:43 PM
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Me (to mom): Do you have any Saltines?
Mom: No. Too much salt.
Me: If I found saltines without salt, would you like me to buy them?
Mom: But without salt, they aren't Saltines.
Mom: No. Too much salt.
Me: If I found saltines without salt, would you like me to buy them?
Mom: But without salt, they aren't Saltines.
November 16, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Me (to mom): Do you have any Saltines?
Mom: No. Too much salt.
Me: If I found saltines without salt, would you like me to buy them?
Mom: But without salt, they aren't Saltines.
Mom: No. Too much salt.
Me: If I found saltines without salt, would you like me to buy them?
Mom: But without salt, they aren't Saltines.