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Ray Pride

@raypride.bsky.social

“Workplace”

February 7, 2026 at 8:38 PM

Erin Overbey

@erinoverbey.bsky.social

ross douthat has no time for a foreign policy discussion with seth harp but loads of time for this misogynistic culture war slop…

NY Times opinion piece:

Did Women Ruin the Workplace? hosted by Ross Douthat

February 7, 2026 at 8:30 PM

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Parker Molloy

@parkermolloy.com

👀 Apparently, Ross Douthat invited Seth Harp to debate him on Douthat's "Interesting Times" NYT podcast. Harp says that the episode was recorded, Douthat got crushed, and RD/NYT decided not to publish it.

What? x.com/sethharpesq/...

Seth Harp
@sethharpesq
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Ross Douthat @DouthatNYT challenged me to a debate on foreign policy. We recorded a 90-minute segment for his show, Interesting Times, on 1/15/26. But I defeated him so decisively that he refuses to air the footage. What an absolute coward.
Today 11:41 AM
Hi
Is the NYT still planning to publish
the interview I did with Ross three weeks ago?
Today 1:01 PM
Hey Seth, we've been working through the edit and it's looking like we aren't going to be able to make it work. We were kind of pummeled by the news cycle in the last 6 weeks and are going to pivot away from this story. Thanks for the time you put into it and for your expertise.
Unbelievable cowardice on Ross's part and a giant waste of my time. I'm going to make it known what actually happened: Ross challenged me to a debate on foreign policy, got crushed, and doesn't have the intellectual or journalistic integrity to air the footage.
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Seth Harp @sethharpesq. •6h
Five days after we recorded, an editor of mine asked me how it went. I told her that @DouthatNYT was surprisingly unprepared to defend his point of view, and I suspected even then that they would spike it.
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It seemed to go just fine from my perspective although it did get a little heated towards the end when we debated foreign policy. I was somewhat surprised that Ross wasn't better prepared defend his point of view. They may still decide to spike it, we'll see.
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Seth Harp @sethharpesq. 5h
I also told an editor at Harper's, on 1/30/26, that I suspected the NYT would spike the interview rather than publish video of me dog-walking @DouthatNYT and making a mockery of his defense of US regime-change wars
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It's been more than 2 weeks since I was interviewed for Ross Douthat's show. I murdered him in our debate over foreign policy and was genuinely surprised that he wasn't better prepared to defend his point of view.
Now I'm concerned that he will spike the episode.
Do you have a sense of how far ahead they usually record?
Also I really hope I get to hear this
My sense was that it was about a week
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Seth Harp @sethharpesq. •5h
Ross @DouthatNYT was unprepared to take on a subject matter expert, floundered around, and became irritable and sarcastic towards the end.
But spiking the episode is ten times worse for his journalistic credibility than simply losing a debate, which happens to us all.

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Ross @DouthatNYT's producer blames their decision to spike our foreign policy debate on the crazy news cycle. But the last three episodes they've aired have been on Roe v. Wade, Covid-19, and young men's church attendance.
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Seth Harp @sethharpesq. 1h
I'm hearing that prominent guests are cancelling scheduled appearances on @DouthatNYT's show due to his lack of journalistic integrity. Why would you spend hours, days, or weeks prepping for an interview when you know the show is rigged to ensure that you don't show up the host?
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February 6, 2026 at 1:57 AM

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NY Times Pitchbot

@nytpitchbot.bsky.social

I converted to Catholicism a couple weeks ago. Here’s what I think Jesus got wrong.

February 7, 2026 at 7:35 PM

Erin Overbey

@erinoverbey.bsky.social

a white liberal ‘influencer’ & pundit telling a longtime Black journalist & broadcaster who has already won two NAACP awards to “find some humility” during Black history month. dear reader….wtf!

Roland S Martin post:

Last I checked, I can say what the fuck I want on MY TL. And I don’t need to make headlines. I OWN my own media company. I can guarantee my voice is far more influential on these issues than yours.

Keith Edwards post:

my videos on this eace have more views than “your media company”

maybe find some humility

February 7, 2026 at 7:20 PM

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William Shakespeare

@shakespeare.lol

Go to, sir, you were beaten in Italy

February 6, 2026 at 10:27 PM

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ElieNYC

@elienyc.bsky.social

The mainstream news media will never call Trump explicity racist. They'll always dodge the allegation. That's because the white people running the joints need to believe that there is a distinction between donig racist things and promoting racist polices, versus being *personally* racist.

February 6, 2026 at 4:52 PM

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Acyn

@acyn.bsky.social

Reporter: Will you apologize for that racist video?

Trump: *walks away*

February 7, 2026 at 12:01 AM

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Toby Earle 🇺🇦

@tobyontv.bsky.social

it’s just a mystery how known racist Donald Trump could possibly have posted a racist video

February 6, 2026 at 7:05 PM

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The Tennessee Holler

@thetnholler.bsky.social

OBAMA: “People make excuses for him. They say he’s not serious. Everything a president says is serious!”🔥

February 7, 2026 at 4:23 AM

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Alt National Park Service

@altnps.bsky.social

Trump removed his post that included a racist video portraying former President Barack Obama and former First Lady Michelle Obama as apes. Simply deleting it is not enough a public apology is warranted.

February 6, 2026 at 7:34 PM

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Mark Hamill

@markhamillofficial.bsky.social

Are they going to also "blame a staffer" for Obama permanently living, 24/7, rent-free in his head?

#pathetic

February 6, 2026 at 8:04 PM

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MeidasTouch

@meidastouch.com

JUST IN: Trump DELETES racist post depicting Barack and Michelle Obama as apes, blames a "White House staffer."

Karoline Leavitt previously defended the post and criticized the public outcry as "fake outrage."

February 6, 2026 at 5:06 PM

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Jon Cooper

@joncooper-us.bsky.social

Donald Trump declined to apologize for sharing a video depicting former President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama as apes, telling reporters "I didn't make a mistake."

'I didn't make a mistake' Trump says of post depicting Obamas as apes

"I look at a lot of, thousands, of things," Trump said of the video. "And I looked at the beginning of it, it was fine."

www.aol.com

February 7, 2026 at 2:40 AM

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Carl Quintanilla

@carlquintanilla.bsky.social

(CBS News) - U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick has said he had "limited interactions" with Jeffrey Epstein, but documents show they were in business together as recently as 2014.

@cbsnews.com
www.cbsnews.com/news/howard-...

Lutnick and Epstein were in business together, Epstein files show

Though the commerce secretary has called his interactions with Epstein as "limited," the two were in business together four years after Epstein's 2008 guilty plea.

www.cbsnews.com

February 7, 2026 at 4:07 AM

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Katie Martin

@katie0martin.ft.com

Please, my magic bean, it is very sick

February 5, 2026 at 6:51 PM

Erin Overbey

@erinoverbey.bsky.social

this aged well, imho (*from 2024). i dunno, maybe listen to women….re *everything* but also re bad media hires like WashPo publisher Will Lewis?😐 #washingtonpost

My post from June 2024:

but it’s just some 3rd rate burglary at a hotel. besides, my golfing buddy tim is part owner of the watergate. hardly seems worth our valuable time. let’s drop it…thanks

—@washingtonpost’s new ceo will lewis to ben bradlee in 1972 probably

February 5, 2026 at 8:44 PM

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Chris Geidner

@chrisgeidner.bsky.social

He literally pulled a "you should smile more" IN RESPONSE TO AN EPSTEIN QUESTION.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4d

KAITLAN COLLINS: What would say to Epstein survivo---

TRUMP: You are so bad. You are the worst report. No wonder CNN has no ratings. She's a young woman. I don't think I've ever seen you smile. They should be ashamed of you.