Tim Dickinson
@timdickinson.bsky.social
Senior Writer & Editor, The Contrarian contrarian.substack.com
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I regret to inform you that Trump is back on his bullshit
November 23, 2025 at 5:13 PM
I regret to inform you that Trump is back on his bullshit
Take my hand, we'll make it, I swear...
November 23, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Take my hand, we'll make it, I swear...
Hey, I just met you, and this is crazy....
November 22, 2025 at 4:26 AM
Hey, I just met you, and this is crazy....
I breakdown the panic over Seattle's new socialist mayor Katie Wilson
November 21, 2025 at 2:34 AM
I breakdown the panic over Seattle's new socialist mayor Katie Wilson
I think I broke Grok.
It went The Shining on me...
It went The Shining on me...
November 21, 2025 at 2:17 AM
I think I broke Grok.
It went The Shining on me...
It went The Shining on me...
Grok is really on one...
November 21, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Grok is really on one...
This is a foul development:
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
November 20, 2025 at 7:02 PM
This is a foul development:
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Trump 're-Truthing' a call for those lawmakers to be hanged.
November 20, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Trump 're-Truthing' a call for those lawmakers to be hanged.
Jeffries responds:
November 20, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Jeffries responds:
Here's that PSA that the President wants to punish by death
November 20, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Here's that PSA that the President wants to punish by death
Very normal Trump reaction to that PSA
November 20, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Very normal Trump reaction to that PSA
Sometimes in a 1-party (marginalized GOP) state like Oregon, policy fault lines are hard to spot.
But note the difference between AG Dan Rayfield who is busting up price-fixing landlords, and Portland city councilor Dan Ryan who is trying to rebrand price-fixing landlords as 'housing providers' 🤔
But note the difference between AG Dan Rayfield who is busting up price-fixing landlords, and Portland city councilor Dan Ryan who is trying to rebrand price-fixing landlords as 'housing providers' 🤔
November 20, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Sometimes in a 1-party (marginalized GOP) state like Oregon, policy fault lines are hard to spot.
But note the difference between AG Dan Rayfield who is busting up price-fixing landlords, and Portland city councilor Dan Ryan who is trying to rebrand price-fixing landlords as 'housing providers' 🤔
But note the difference between AG Dan Rayfield who is busting up price-fixing landlords, and Portland city councilor Dan Ryan who is trying to rebrand price-fixing landlords as 'housing providers' 🤔
Put a finger down if your dog gets nervous for no good reason and becomes your writing copilot for the afternoon
November 19, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Put a finger down if your dog gets nervous for no good reason and becomes your writing copilot for the afternoon
Read my Q&A with the (recently arrested) Rev. Michael Woolf on why ICE's foul treatment of immigrants at Broadview is an affront to Judeo-Christian values:
open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
November 19, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Read my Q&A with the (recently arrested) Rev. Michael Woolf on why ICE's foul treatment of immigrants at Broadview is an affront to Judeo-Christian values:
open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
Well this is gross.
Harvard prof. Writing Jeffrey Epstein about reading Lolita and recommending a similar text...
Harvard prof. Writing Jeffrey Epstein about reading Lolita and recommending a similar text...
November 19, 2025 at 3:40 AM
Well this is gross.
Harvard prof. Writing Jeffrey Epstein about reading Lolita and recommending a similar text...
Harvard prof. Writing Jeffrey Epstein about reading Lolita and recommending a similar text...
Couple of Clinton references in the Epstein/Maxwell docs...
November 19, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Couple of Clinton references in the Epstein/Maxwell docs...
It's like a replay of this. It's his utter lack of decency on proud, nasty display.
And then the moral injury of living in a political environment where he gets away with it.
And then the moral injury of living in a political environment where he gets away with it.
November 19, 2025 at 12:33 AM
It's like a replay of this. It's his utter lack of decency on proud, nasty display.
And then the moral injury of living in a political environment where he gets away with it.
And then the moral injury of living in a political environment where he gets away with it.
For my money, no image captures the moral upsidedown of the Trump era quite like this one:
November 18, 2025 at 8:32 PM
For my money, no image captures the moral upsidedown of the Trump era quite like this one:
On Veterans Day, @contrariannews.org sent me and @thecierastour.bsky.social to cover nationwide protests -- of Vets saying "hell no" to the Trump administration's militarization of U.S. cities.
We met some extraordinary defenders of democracy:
We met some extraordinary defenders of democracy:
November 14, 2025 at 7:47 PM
On Veterans Day, @contrariannews.org sent me and @thecierastour.bsky.social to cover nationwide protests -- of Vets saying "hell no" to the Trump administration's militarization of U.S. cities.
We met some extraordinary defenders of democracy:
We met some extraordinary defenders of democracy:
Shorter Trump:
The Epstein files are a "hoax" except for my enemies who are also in the files, for whom it real and must be prosecuted
you can almost smell the flop sweat
The Epstein files are a "hoax" except for my enemies who are also in the files, for whom it real and must be prosecuted
you can almost smell the flop sweat
November 14, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Shorter Trump:
The Epstein files are a "hoax" except for my enemies who are also in the files, for whom it real and must be prosecuted
you can almost smell the flop sweat
The Epstein files are a "hoax" except for my enemies who are also in the files, for whom it real and must be prosecuted
you can almost smell the flop sweat
Epstein clearly saw insecure nerds as marks in some way.
The way Larry Summers leans on Epstein for relationship counseling is... something
The way Larry Summers leans on Epstein for relationship counseling is... something
November 14, 2025 at 4:52 AM
Epstein clearly saw insecure nerds as marks in some way.
The way Larry Summers leans on Epstein for relationship counseling is... something
The way Larry Summers leans on Epstein for relationship counseling is... something
"Dec visit me Caribbean"
(Politico also flagged this and got a response from a Thiel spox saying he never visited the island)
(Politico also flagged this and got a response from a Thiel spox saying he never visited the island)
November 13, 2025 at 8:28 PM
"Dec visit me Caribbean"
(Politico also flagged this and got a response from a Thiel spox saying he never visited the island)
(Politico also flagged this and got a response from a Thiel spox saying he never visited the island)
looks like Epstein also sent a version of this email to Wolff
November 13, 2025 at 7:48 PM
looks like Epstein also sent a version of this email to Wolff