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Reading Olivia Nuzzis writing has really helped with this: it’s made me feel so lucky and confident
November 21, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Reading Olivia Nuzzis writing has really helped with this: it’s made me feel so lucky and confident
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A blockbuster investigation by the AP, out today.
So much in it, give it a read, but starts with: "The U.S. Border Patrol is monitoring millions of American drivers nationwide in a secretive program to identify and detain people whose travel patterns it deems suspicious."
So much in it, give it a read, but starts with: "The U.S. Border Patrol is monitoring millions of American drivers nationwide in a secretive program to identify and detain people whose travel patterns it deems suspicious."
Border Patrol is monitoring US drivers and detaining those with 'suspicious' travel patterns
The U.S. Border Patrol is monitoring millions of American drivers nationwide in a secretive program to identify and detain people whose travel patterns it deems suspicious.
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November 20, 2025 at 5:51 PM
A blockbuster investigation by the AP, out today.
So much in it, give it a read, but starts with: "The U.S. Border Patrol is monitoring millions of American drivers nationwide in a secretive program to identify and detain people whose travel patterns it deems suspicious."
So much in it, give it a read, but starts with: "The U.S. Border Patrol is monitoring millions of American drivers nationwide in a secretive program to identify and detain people whose travel patterns it deems suspicious."
There need to be consequences for publishing the warmongering propaganda of Bret Stephens. Email proof you have canceled your New York Times subscription to [email protected] and we'll set you up with a free 1-year digital Current Affairs sub.
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November 20, 2025 at 9:15 PM
There need to be consequences for publishing the warmongering propaganda of Bret Stephens. Email proof you have canceled your New York Times subscription to [email protected] and we'll set you up with a free 1-year digital Current Affairs sub.
www.currentaffairs.org/news/there-h...
www.currentaffairs.org/news/there-h...
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I've studied a lot of right-wing propaganda but I've never encountered anyone whose output is as mindless and cruel as Stephen Miller:
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June 8, 2025 at 11:50 PM
I've studied a lot of right-wing propaganda but I've never encountered anyone whose output is as mindless and cruel as Stephen Miller:
www.currentaffairs.org/news/the-bra...
www.currentaffairs.org/news/the-bra...
on the day of Dick Cheney's funeral, we speak to Vice director @ghostpanther.bsky.social about the former VP's legacy of war crimes, torture, and lies
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Adam McKay on the Late, Unlamented Dick Cheney
The director of “Vice” reminds us that mass murder is Cheney’s only legacy.
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November 20, 2025 at 9:10 PM
on the day of Dick Cheney's funeral, we speak to Vice director @ghostpanther.bsky.social about the former VP's legacy of war crimes, torture, and lies
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expropriate him
November 7, 2025 at 12:16 AM
expropriate him
I've studied a lot of right-wing propaganda but I've never encountered anyone whose output is as mindless and cruel as Stephen Miller:
www.currentaffairs.org/news/the-bra...
www.currentaffairs.org/news/the-bra...
June 8, 2025 at 11:50 PM
I've studied a lot of right-wing propaganda but I've never encountered anyone whose output is as mindless and cruel as Stephen Miller:
www.currentaffairs.org/news/the-bra...
www.currentaffairs.org/news/the-bra...
musk's daughter is incredible
March 20, 2025 at 6:06 PM
musk's daughter is incredible
One of the most evil things that Elon Musk has done is reacting to his trans daughter not by supporting her but by berating her and then publicly declaring her dead
March 20, 2025 at 5:55 PM
One of the most evil things that Elon Musk has done is reacting to his trans daughter not by supporting her but by berating her and then publicly declaring her dead
Needs to be a complete boycott of Tesla.
Drive the share price to zero. Elon Musk is extremely vulnerable here. He depends on Democrats to buy his cars. (Republicans don't want EVs.) If they stop buying, the price plummets, and he will be ousted as CEO. This is his weak spot.
Drive the share price to zero. Elon Musk is extremely vulnerable here. He depends on Democrats to buy his cars. (Republicans don't want EVs.) If they stop buying, the price plummets, and he will be ousted as CEO. This is his weak spot.
March 13, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Needs to be a complete boycott of Tesla.
Drive the share price to zero. Elon Musk is extremely vulnerable here. He depends on Democrats to buy his cars. (Republicans don't want EVs.) If they stop buying, the price plummets, and he will be ousted as CEO. This is his weak spot.
Drive the share price to zero. Elon Musk is extremely vulnerable here. He depends on Democrats to buy his cars. (Republicans don't want EVs.) If they stop buying, the price plummets, and he will be ousted as CEO. This is his weak spot.
I don't know if anyone is still under the misconception that Elon Musk is intelligent but here I have explained why he is completely wrong to describe Social Security as a "Ponzi scheme" www.currentaffairs.org/news/why-soc...
Why Social Security Is Not a Ponzi Scheme
Old age insurance is not a scam, and it’s not destined to collapse. Proponents of privatizing or eliminating Social Security are constantly telling lies about it.
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March 7, 2025 at 6:06 PM
I don't know if anyone is still under the misconception that Elon Musk is intelligent but here I have explained why he is completely wrong to describe Social Security as a "Ponzi scheme" www.currentaffairs.org/news/why-soc...
"Gluey" continues to be among the worst Democrats in Congress www.currentaffairs.org/news/why-is-...
March 6, 2025 at 6:01 PM
"Gluey" continues to be among the worst Democrats in Congress www.currentaffairs.org/news/why-is-...
Amy Coney Barrett ruled against Trump in one legal case so now right-wingers are all immediately turning on her and calling her a "fake Catholic" and "DEI judge" with a suspicious face
March 6, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Amy Coney Barrett ruled against Trump in one legal case so now right-wingers are all immediately turning on her and calling her a "fake Catholic" and "DEI judge" with a suspicious face
meanwhile over on the other site
February 25, 2025 at 4:47 PM
meanwhile over on the other site
the kind of world these men are building is nightmarish and dystopian
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The Kind of World They Are Building
Where does the MAGA agenda take us? Toward a nightmare.
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February 12, 2025 at 7:42 PM
the kind of world these men are building is nightmarish and dystopian
www.currentaffairs.org/news/the-kin...
www.currentaffairs.org/news/the-kin...
our open mic night for writers is TONIGHT in new orleans! come join us: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
February 12, 2025 at 7:42 PM
our open mic night for writers is TONIGHT in new orleans! come join us: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
The opinions of Matt Yglesias have been even more irritating than usual lately, so I have written a careful explanation of what makes his work so consistently wrong. His ignorant, callous, smug commentary should be permanently ignored. www.currentaffairs.org/news/the-opi...
Matt Yglesias Is Confidently Wrong About Everything
The Biden administration’s favorite centrist pundit produces smug pseudo-analysis that cannot be considered serious thought. He ought to be permanently disregarded.
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December 4, 2024 at 9:57 PM
The opinions of Matt Yglesias have been even more irritating than usual lately, so I have written a careful explanation of what makes his work so consistently wrong. His ignorant, callous, smug commentary should be permanently ignored. www.currentaffairs.org/news/the-opi...
This is right. They're not interested in serious argument. Their job is to have terrible takes that annoy people. They thrive on the annoyance.
The opinion grift: US bloggers Matt Yglesias and Noah Smith have set up shop on Bluesky. Their business model is to write horrifically ill-informed, reactionary opinion pieces about subjects they know nothing about, sit back and let the backlash and subsequent revenue pile up.
Deleted a post about the latest horrible Noah Smith opinion piece, as I don't want to give him traffic.
I might in fact go one further and begin blocking people who post Noah Smith articles, or links to them.
I might in fact go one further and begin blocking people who post Noah Smith articles, or links to them.
December 3, 2024 at 3:03 AM
This is right. They're not interested in serious argument. Their job is to have terrible takes that annoy people. They thrive on the annoyance.
Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy are spreading malicious falsehoods about the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, a valuable agency that protects people like you from people like them. www.currentaffairs.org/news/billion...
Billionaires Are Lying Shamelessly to Convince Us To Destroy Our Government
Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy do not care whether the stories they tell about agencies are true. They’re useful for whipping up hostility to government so that regulations can be cut and the rich can ...
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December 3, 2024 at 2:59 AM
Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy are spreading malicious falsehoods about the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, a valuable agency that protects people like you from people like them. www.currentaffairs.org/news/billion...
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Had a strong suspicion watching that video that it wouldn't hold up. Very funny that a lefty magazine editor had to do the legwork that 1,000 Beltway reporters apparently couldn't.
Why Is a Democratic Representative Claiming It’s Illegal to Peel Bananas in a Daycare?
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Why Is a Democratic Representative Claiming It’s Illegal to Peel Bananas in a Daycare?
Democrats may be tempted to shore up working-class support by telling exaggerated stories about big bad bureaucrats. Instead, they should portray government as the vehicle for achieving our collective...
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November 21, 2024 at 6:37 PM
Had a strong suspicion watching that video that it wouldn't hold up. Very funny that a lefty magazine editor had to do the legwork that 1,000 Beltway reporters apparently couldn't.
Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, a centrist Democrat who pushes conservative narratives on regulation, says that her state makes it illegal to peel bananas in a daycare. But when I asked, her office could not provide me with evidence that such a regulation exists. www.currentaffairs.org/news/why-is-...
Why Is a Democratic Representative Claiming It’s Illegal to Peel Bananas in a Daycare?
Democrats may be tempted to shore up working-class support by telling exaggerated stories about big bad bureaucrats. Instead, they should portray government as the vehicle for achieving our collective...
www.currentaffairs.org
November 21, 2024 at 6:47 PM
Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, a centrist Democrat who pushes conservative narratives on regulation, says that her state makes it illegal to peel bananas in a daycare. But when I asked, her office could not provide me with evidence that such a regulation exists. www.currentaffairs.org/news/why-is-...
I love the song "Hopeless Romantic" by Danny Bradley which is written from the perspective of a Jordan Peterson fan wondering why women seem repulsed by him soundcloud.com/user-9053460...
Hopeless Romantic (Live performance on the CA Podcast)
Voice overs * Jingles * Background music * Full Songs
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November 20, 2024 at 9:24 PM
I love the song "Hopeless Romantic" by Danny Bradley which is written from the perspective of a Jordan Peterson fan wondering why women seem repulsed by him soundcloud.com/user-9053460...
Dr. Oz ought to have been stripped of his medical license long ago, as my colleague Lily showed here: www.currentaffairs.org/news/2023/05...
Doctors Who Spread Medical Misinformation Should Lose Their Licenses. Why Don’t They?
Doctors have been some of the worst spreaders of medical misinformation in recent years. Why do most of them get away with it?
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November 19, 2024 at 10:57 PM
Dr. Oz ought to have been stripped of his medical license long ago, as my colleague Lily showed here: www.currentaffairs.org/news/2023/05...
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Current Affairs editors talk to Nathan J. Robinson about his new book, co-written with Noam Chomsky, detailing how US foreign policy endangers the world.
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What is the Myth of American Idealism?
The Current Affairs editors talk to Nathan J. Robinson about his new book, co-written with Noam Chomsky, detailing how US foreign policy endangers the world.
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November 13, 2024 at 9:09 PM
Current Affairs editors talk to Nathan J. Robinson about his new book, co-written with Noam Chomsky, detailing how US foreign policy endangers the world.
www.currentaffairs.org/news/reading...
www.currentaffairs.org/news/reading...
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The public schools in the United States today are an ethical embarrassment and a betrayal of democracy, says Jonathan Kozol.
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The Scandal of America's Apartheid Education System
Education critic and activist Jonathan Kozol on America's unequal public school system and what we can do about it.
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November 14, 2024 at 5:07 PM
The public schools in the United States today are an ethical embarrassment and a betrayal of democracy, says Jonathan Kozol.
www.currentaffairs.org/news/the-sca...
www.currentaffairs.org/news/the-sca...