Jeff Maurer
jeffmightbwrong.bsky.social
Jeff Maurer
@jeffmightbwrong.bsky.social
Former Senior Writer for Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, current writer of the "I Might Be Wrong" Substack. Fair warning: Not 100% in line with everything John Oliver says.
Lotta people on social media cheering the "fuck social media" message.
September 2, 2025 at 2:30 PM
The Atlantic’s @jeffreygoldberg.bsky.social wasn’t the only one errantly sent the Trump administration’s war plans — they looped me in as well. Maybe they were trying to add some other Jeffrey?

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The Trump Administration Also Texted Me Its War Plans
Maybe it will be faster for journalists who DIDN'T get the war plans to speak up
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March 25, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Democrats want to “fight”, but what does that mean? Knitting more hats? Punching the side of the Capitol building? I think it has to mean “winning elections”.

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What Does "Democrats Should Fight!" Mean?
Does it mean "flail in a way that achieves catharsis and nothing else"?
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March 19, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Donald “The Dove of Peace” Trump strikes Yemen. The Pope announces plans to continue living. And the world celebrates the Irish by leaning hard into Irish stereotypes. This and much more in this week’s The News With Jokes.

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IMBW Audio: The News With Jokes, March 17, 2025
Plus: The bad boy of opera won't let a little near-death experience keep him from shredding some Wagner
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March 17, 2025 at 3:57 PM
No, I do not want to learn about the new features on your app.

No now, not ever.

Ever ever ever.

Never ever.

Until the end of time.

And beyond.
March 11, 2025 at 5:28 PM
I would like to read or watch the strongest possible argument for letting trans women compete in women’s sports. Where could I find that?

Thanks for the help!
March 8, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Normally, idiots’ bad ideas don’t get implemented, and then they get to sit back and say “You shoulda done it my way!” It looks like this time around might be different.

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There’s an Upside to the Dummies Winning a Few Rounds
We might as well make the best of this
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March 6, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Vladimir Putin, Norman Bates, the Babadook, Hamas…these are bad guys, right? Not everyone is so sure. How come?

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Why Have We Gotten Bad at Recognizing Bad Guys?
It's not like bad guys have gotten subtle
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March 5, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Time-saving life hack: Don’t watch the State of the Union, read the transcript.

Master-level hack: Also don’t do that.
March 5, 2025 at 2:05 PM
If you’re a Republican office holder, and woke up today thinking “what indefensible thing will Trump force me to defend now?”, the answer is: “A shitcoin purchase that is equal parts dumb and corrupt.”

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Trump’s Obviously Corrupt Plan to Use Taxpayer Money to Buy Shitcoins Is the Indefensible Thing That Republicans Must Defend Today
Here's what needs to be rationalized in order to make it to Wednesday
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March 4, 2025 at 6:31 PM
For potty training, I highly recommend Potty Time Elmo, partly because you often come across Elmo looking like he got drunk and passed out next to the john.
February 25, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Somewhere, there's someone who believes both of these angles and can read this piece as a 100% non-ironic op-ed.

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Ukraine Should Not Have Attacked Russia, Just Like I Should Not Have Murdered O.J. Simpson
By Nicole Brown Simpson
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February 20, 2025 at 8:19 PM
IMHO, this is tragically misguided: Electric cars are good, full stop. If our priority is to fight climate change, we should encourage people to buy electric cars, and we should only shit on the concept of buying a Tesla if our priority is to virtue signal.
Resisting comes in all forms. Here is a very creative one starting to pop up.
February 19, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Do Democrats need a message beyond “That wasn’t me throwing bags of piss at cops in Portland five years ago”? I’d argue yes, and I think it could maybe be about housing costs.

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Democrats Have an Opening on Housing
In case we want a message other than "sorry about 2020"
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February 19, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Have you ever gotten a buzz on one night and dismantled feudalism, but then you woke up the next morning and didn’t know what “dismantle feudalism” means? That’s what happened in France on August 4, 1789, and it reminds me of what Elon Musk is doing now.

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Elon Thinks it's August 4, 1789
And it might be for him, but not for the rest of us
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February 18, 2025 at 9:30 PM