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THE UNSHAMEABLE MIND OF EZRA KLEIN

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Jerry Long @longjerry.bsky.social · 2d

I wrote about #EzraKlein
I hope you'll give it a read and a share. Thanks & best!
open.substack.com/pub/jlbeggar...

In American media and politics, the tree of conventional wisdom has a deep and endlessly intrusive root system which binds any possibility of constructive change into harmless bipartisan jargon.

BACK WHEN TRUMP WAS FUNNY

Jerry Long @longjerry.bsky.social · Aug 19

It's the 10th anniversary of a thing I wrote!
#Trump #History #Lincoln #politics #comedy

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10 years ago this month, the Long Brothers’ “Abraham Trump’s Gettysburg Address” was published at Funny Or Die…

IF ISRAEL RAN MY FARMERS MARKET

Jerry Long @longjerry.bsky.social · Aug 4

me: "to save my sanity I have become virulently anti-semantic. I now hate any American politician, Jewish or Christian, who tries to define #Gaza as a nuanced and complex situation."
@ghostpanther.bsky.social @davidhogg.bsky.social @mehdirhasan.bsky.social

jlbeggar.substack.com/p/if-israel-...

An Exercise In Empathy

NO KINGS!!! BUT THE NOBLES ALSO SUCK

Jerry Long @longjerry.bsky.social · Jul 25

NO KINGS!!! BUT THE NOBLES ALSO SUCK
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It’s the photo ops which set me off. Dozens of smiling Republicans with their left thumb raised to placate the spoiled brat at the big desk.

Jerry Long @longjerry.bsky.social · Jul 3

Not having #Medicaid and #Snap will suck for so many. But on the bright side, if #HakeemJeffries has the same literary agent as #CoreyBooker the poor and powerless will be able to find “Talkin With My Hands” next to “Stand” when they sift through remainder bins. #Democrats

MY QUARTER CENTURY OF “ANTISEMITISM”

Jerry Long @longjerry.bsky.social · Jun 28

In light of the wonderful success of #ZohranMamdani I’m posting an old Op-ed I wrote about the United States and #Israel. I hope you’ll give it a read and decide for yourself whether the conversation has improved or stagnated regarding charges of #antisemitism.
jlbeggar.substack.com/p/my-quarter...

Nearly 25 years ago, my first serious Op-Ed about the United States’ support for Israel was published in The Philadelphia Inquirer.

As breakups go, I don’t think the billionaire cult leader President of the United States, or his - you’ll pardon the expression - “X”, the richest guy on the planet, will have trouble making ends meet...

Jerry Long @longjerry.bsky.social · Jun 17

People forget that #DOGE is still out there running amok. But I just got notified that #ElonMusk wants to have my child. I hope you'll share my nightmare. #Trump #Medicaid
jlbeggar.substack.com/p/my-ketamin...

MY KETAMINE NIGHTMARE

DEMOCRATS SEARCH FOR THE SAME PAGE

Jerry Long @longjerry.bsky.social · Jun 6

@ghostpanther.bsky.social Can't help thinking #Democrats will use the #Trump-Musk spat to court #Elon's money rather than join me in classifying him as "the most dangerous and powerful foreign-born terrorist ever vomited up on American shores since Netanyahu."
jlbeggar.substack.com/p/democrats-...

I come from several generations of Slovak steelworkers.

DEMOCRATS SEARCH FOR THE SAME PAGE

Jerry Long @longjerry.bsky.social · Jun 3

"For serious Democratic thinkers the lure of the euphemism is eternal, the powerless can be bamboozled, and swing state majorities are always one grouping of impactful-sounding words away."

jlbeggar.substack.com/p/democrats-...

I come from several generations of Slovak steelworkers.

jlbeggar.substack.com/p/democrats-...

Jerry Long @longjerry.bsky.social · Jun 3

DEMOCRATS SEARCH FOR THE SAME PAGE

I come from several generations of Slovak steelworkers.

Dennis The Menace (Lost Episode)

Jerry Long @longjerry.bsky.social · Apr 23

Had #PopeFrancis not died I would never have known that a leading contender to replace him is named Pierbattista Pizzaballa.
Instead of writing his name down on a paper ballot, folding it and placing it in a chalice, I feel any cardinal voting "Pizzaballa" should simply throw in a garlic knot.

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Jerry Long @longjerry.bsky.social · Apr 7

RIP #JayNorth. As any #DennisTheMenace fan can tell you, Joseph Kearns made that show.
youtu.be/SPXsJd0eLPM?...

YouTube video by Joe Long

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Jerry Long @longjerry.bsky.social · Mar 28

Sadly, as relevant today as when we shot it 35 years ago...
youtu.be/juA31lfYK2k?...
#FDA #RFKJR #Republicans

The GOP Market

YouTube video by Joe Long

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Jerry Long @longjerry.bsky.social · Mar 26

My view of #DemocraticParty: "find it safest to be neither fox nor hedgehog. To know neither many things nor one great one. Taking shelter in a lack of complexity, they have become the simplest of organisms… bacteria.
www.counterpunch.org/2025/03/21/3...

Turns out there’s a difference between living in interesting times and trying to exist amid delirium. How I envy those Trumpian Americans, their

Jerry Long @longjerry.bsky.social · Mar 26

@stephaniekelton.bsky.social Yup! The #DemocraticParty is ALL OVER this: "they remain torn between inertia and appearance, while their perpetually paid consultants flail to rephrase spinelessness as sagacity."
www.counterpunch.org/2025/03/21/3...

Turns out there’s a difference between living in interesting times and trying to exist amid delirium. How I envy those Trumpian Americans, their

Jerry Long @longjerry.bsky.social · Mar 25

Am I the only one who finds the biggest revelation to be that #JeffreyGoldberg is considered a journalist?
www.counterpunch.org/2025/03/21/3...

Turns out there’s a difference between living in interesting times and trying to exist amid delirium. How I envy those Trumpian Americans, their

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Jerry Long @longjerry.bsky.social · Mar 25

#Musk and #Trump shred the social compact while #Democrats focus their energies on #JeffreyGoldberg being included in an email chain.
www.counterpunch.org/2025/03/21/3...

Turns out there’s a difference between living in interesting times and trying to exist amid delirium. How I envy those Trumpian Americans, their

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Jerry Long @longjerry.bsky.social · Mar 23

My pleasure. Thank YOU

Jerry Long @longjerry.bsky.social · Mar 21

I wrote about #Trump and #Musk today. All reads and shares much appreciated! I'm new here.
www.counterpunch.org/2025/03/21/3...

Turns out there’s a difference between living in interesting times and trying to exist amid delirium. How I envy those Trumpian Americans, their

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Jerry Long @longjerry.bsky.social · Mar 21

I wrote about #Trump and #Musk today. All reads and shares much appreciated! I'm new here.
www.counterpunch.org/2025/03/21/3...

Turns out there’s a difference between living in interesting times and trying to exist amid delirium. How I envy those Trumpian Americans, their

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Jerry Long @longjerry.bsky.social · Jan 21

BOLD #political prediction: If anyone hiring at @theprospect.bsky.social or @levernews.com or @thenation.com or @theintercept.com or @jacobinmagazin.bsky.social realizes readers can be reached through satire I'll be able to quit my part time food service job.
www.counterpunch.org/2025/01/10/s...

As an older man, I’ve learned to fully embrace joy in whatever form it chooses to reveal itself. To caress the fleeting happiness of existential

Jerry Long @longjerry.bsky.social · Jan 13

Love your work. Here's a recent bit of mine regarding #Democrats & #Republicans & what unites #WallStreet & the Top 1%: "They do not want legislators who will oversee them. They want pseudo-oversight from legislators who are pliable scum."
www.counterpunch.org/2025/01/10/s...

As an older man, I’ve learned to fully embrace joy in whatever form it chooses to reveal itself. To caress the fleeting happiness of existential

Jerry Long @longjerry.bsky.social · Jan 12

I wrote about the #PodSaveAmerica #Democrats: "All those strategic consultants and registered lobbyists and think tank employees and foundation founders whose every utterance is an audition and whose every belief is predicated on the check clearing."
www.counterpunch.org/2025/01/10/s...

As an older man, I’ve learned to fully embrace joy in whatever form it chooses to reveal itself. To caress the fleeting happiness of existential

Jerry Long @longjerry.bsky.social · Jan 12

I wrote about certain #Democrats: "The kind of people who find Rachel Maddow pithy and are exhilarated by Nancy Pelosi theatrically ripping bits of paper and wish The Mueller Report was more widely available in paperback." #Obama #Biden #Harris #Trump
www.counterpunch.org/2025/01/10/s...

As an older man, I’ve learned to fully embrace joy in whatever form it chooses to reveal itself. To caress the fleeting happiness of existential