Elizabeth Spiers
@espiers.bsky.social
NYT opinion writer, Slate Money co-host, Dem messaging consultant, NYU prof, former EIC The New York Observer, Dealbreaker founder and Gawker founding editor. Brooklyn via Bama. Rednexican. Striver with no chill.
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Epstein Class Clowns
One key revelation in the wide correspondence of the late pedophile: the rich and powerful just aren't all that bright.
www.thenation.com
I wrote about the Epstein files and how they illustrate the fact that the oligarchs are not exactly rigorous thinkers. www.thenation.com/article/soci...
Periodic workshop notification: my next personal essay workshop is this Sunday, and the next on on developing a writing and creative practice is March 8th: www.elizabethspiers.com/workshops/
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Learn to write professional op-eds and personal essays with Elizabeth Spiers, a contributing writer for The New York Times opinion section, former columnist at Fortune and Fast Company, and opinion co...
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February 19, 2026 at 12:44 PM
Periodic workshop notification: my next personal essay workshop is this Sunday, and the next on on developing a writing and creative practice is March 8th: www.elizabethspiers.com/workshops/
Hassett’s probably mad he’s not getting the Fed chair nomination but performing fealty to dear leader isn’t gonna change his mind
Next thing we know, they'll say that computing any inflation rate higher than 2% is treason...
February 19, 2026 at 11:55 AM
Hassett’s probably mad he’s not getting the Fed chair nomination but performing fealty to dear leader isn’t gonna change his mind
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The decline of right wing cultural production is just due to the fact that they don’t like culture, they like the signifiers of culture, ie “classic sculpture means white people are better.” They don’t like art at all except for this purpose. They don’t even like the nerd stuff they whine about
February 18, 2026 at 4:06 PM
The decline of right wing cultural production is just due to the fact that they don’t like culture, they like the signifiers of culture, ie “classic sculpture means white people are better.” They don’t like art at all except for this purpose. They don’t even like the nerd stuff they whine about
I read this earlier and of all the people in it, I think I like "Donald Boat" the most, and everyone else the least: harpers.org/archive/2026...
Child’s Play, by Sam Kriss
Tech’s new generation and the end of thinking
harpers.org
February 18, 2026 at 8:55 PM
I read this earlier and of all the people in it, I think I like "Donald Boat" the most, and everyone else the least: harpers.org/archive/2026...
The Washington Post opinion section would not have allowed this to run.
notorious radical left communist rag says tax the rich
February 18, 2026 at 8:51 PM
The Washington Post opinion section would not have allowed this to run.
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Is there a technology the left is excited about?" It's called the clamshell e-reader from It Follows, and I've been waiting for it since 2014
February 18, 2026 at 3:49 PM
Is there a technology the left is excited about?" It's called the clamshell e-reader from It Follows, and I've been waiting for it since 2014
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"Is there technology the left is excited about?" is the kind of question you only ask if you're wildly naive about technology.
mRNA vaccines. Heat pumps. Offshore wind. Urban mining. Sodium batteries.
But god forbid we're not fawning over every new implementation of Making Computers Bad At Math.
mRNA vaccines. Heat pumps. Offshore wind. Urban mining. Sodium batteries.
But god forbid we're not fawning over every new implementation of Making Computers Bad At Math.
February 18, 2026 at 2:58 PM
"Is there technology the left is excited about?" is the kind of question you only ask if you're wildly naive about technology.
mRNA vaccines. Heat pumps. Offshore wind. Urban mining. Sodium batteries.
But god forbid we're not fawning over every new implementation of Making Computers Bad At Math.
mRNA vaccines. Heat pumps. Offshore wind. Urban mining. Sodium batteries.
But god forbid we're not fawning over every new implementation of Making Computers Bad At Math.
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On the Epstein Files and Oligarchs with Room Temperature IQs
One of my ongoing frustrations of our culture's veneration of capitalistic success is that it causes people to ascribe positive qualities to rich people that they may or may not have--intelligence and...
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February 17, 2026 at 9:36 PM
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I will mail you a pipe bomb if you make me look at shirtless RFK Jr. and Kid Rock.
February 17, 2026 at 11:32 PM
I will mail you a pipe bomb if you make me look at shirtless RFK Jr. and Kid Rock.
If Peter Brian Hegseth was a REAL man and a true American warrior, he'd let himself be waterboarded to demonstrate how big and strong he is. I'm just saying.
Have they tested the health benefits of waterboarding on each other?
I would watch the shit out of RFK Jr waterboarding Kid Rock and vice versa. Maybe it will strengthen their immune systems! Or make their dicks bigger! They won't know unless they try.
I would watch the shit out of RFK Jr waterboarding Kid Rock and vice versa. Maybe it will strengthen their immune systems! Or make their dicks bigger! They won't know unless they try.
February 18, 2026 at 3:10 AM
If Peter Brian Hegseth was a REAL man and a true American warrior, he'd let himself be waterboarded to demonstrate how big and strong he is. I'm just saying.
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Phil Gonzalez from CBS, welcome to the Verge’s background policy www.theverge.com/policy/88000...
![CBS spokesperson Phil Gonzales provided The Verge with the same statement claiming
Colbert was not blocked from broadcasting the interview that was given to Variety and other outlets, but refused to attribute it by name per The Verge's background policy. Asked for a name, Gonzales wrote, "Respectfully, you don't need to use the statement. We will keep that in mind next time verge as us to reply [sic]."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:x56l2n7i7babgdzqul4bd433/bafkreiecp7ghxndbvxo2ek6gdld4lcehxv2dnrzzqccn347oyoexaz2ctq@jpeg)
February 17, 2026 at 11:16 PM
Phil Gonzalez from CBS, welcome to the Verge’s background policy www.theverge.com/policy/88000...
Imagine doing this with your one precious life. Other people are out there teaching children and curing cancer and you decide to spend your time telling outrageous, laughably unbelievable lies about a dementia-addled rapist and fraud whose legacy will be nearly ending US democracy
Leavitt: "I think it's frankly ridiculous that anyone in this room would even suggest that President Trump is doing anything for his own benefit. He left a life of luxury and a life of running a very successful real estate empire for public service."
February 18, 2026 at 2:48 AM
Imagine doing this with your one precious life. Other people are out there teaching children and curing cancer and you decide to spend your time telling outrageous, laughably unbelievable lies about a dementia-addled rapist and fraud whose legacy will be nearly ending US democracy
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At Harvard in the 90s, Randy Fine allegedly: bribed students to vote for him in the Republican club election & used student government to try cashing in a $8,000 EPA grant for himself.
A classmate said Fine “was a laughing stock: not just a pompous prig, but also outrageously corrupt.”
Read more:
A classmate said Fine “was a laughing stock: not just a pompous prig, but also outrageously corrupt.”
Read more:
Meet Randy Fine, America’s Most Racist Congressman
The Florida lawmaker says 'destroy' mainstream Muslims. Who is he and where did he come from?
From @premthakker.bsky.social. Read it here:
zeteo.com/p/meet-randy...
The Florida lawmaker says 'destroy' mainstream Muslims. Who is he and where did he come from?
From @premthakker.bsky.social. Read it here:
zeteo.com/p/meet-randy...
Meet Randy Fine, America’s Most Racist Congressman
The Florida lawmaker says 'destroy' mainstream Muslims. Who is he and where did he come from?
zeteo.com
February 17, 2026 at 6:42 PM
At Harvard in the 90s, Randy Fine allegedly: bribed students to vote for him in the Republican club election & used student government to try cashing in a $8,000 EPA grant for himself.
A classmate said Fine “was a laughing stock: not just a pompous prig, but also outrageously corrupt.”
Read more:
A classmate said Fine “was a laughing stock: not just a pompous prig, but also outrageously corrupt.”
Read more:
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I spent my childhood inside of American concentration camps. I know one when I see one. And that is what ICE is building.
February 17, 2026 at 9:00 PM
I spent my childhood inside of American concentration camps. I know one when I see one. And that is what ICE is building.
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A different 20-year-old refugee in Minneapolis got abducted by ICE then jailed in a cell 5x over capacity with an overflowing toilet and no beds or blankets. Fellow detainees were denied life-saving medication and forced to sleep standing in excrement. democracyforward.org/wp-content/u...
February 17, 2026 at 8:10 PM
A different 20-year-old refugee in Minneapolis got abducted by ICE then jailed in a cell 5x over capacity with an overflowing toilet and no beds or blankets. Fellow detainees were denied life-saving medication and forced to sleep standing in excrement. democracyforward.org/wp-content/u...
FYI - if you follow me here and wanna get my columns directly into your inbox, I also send them out via my personal newsletter, which you can sign up for here: www.elizabethspiers.com/on-the-epste...
On the Epstein Files and Oligarchs with Room Temperature IQs
One of my ongoing frustrations of our culture's veneration of capitalistic success is that it causes people to ascribe positive qualities to rich people that they may or may not have--intelligence and...
www.elizabethspiers.com
February 17, 2026 at 9:36 PM
FYI - if you follow me here and wanna get my columns directly into your inbox, I also send them out via my personal newsletter, which you can sign up for here: www.elizabethspiers.com/on-the-epste...
A friend just referred to Epstein as a "a Wikipedia intellectual" and I think that captures it.
I wrote about the Epstein files and how they illustrate the fact that the oligarchs are not exactly rigorous thinkers. www.thenation.com/article/soci...
Epstein Class Clowns
One key revelation in the wide correspondence of the late pedophile: the rich and powerful just aren't all that bright.
www.thenation.com
February 17, 2026 at 5:45 PM
A friend just referred to Epstein as a "a Wikipedia intellectual" and I think that captures it.
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Jesus Christ these people are monsters.
How is it possible that Kristi Noem still has this job. Imagine if you’re a family member or a shipmate of this guardsman.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/imm...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/imm...
February 17, 2026 at 3:20 PM
Jesus Christ these people are monsters.
Wow Peter Thiel bankrolling a high profile racist, where have we seen that before
A strange find from the Epstein files:
A hacker named Vincenzo Iozzo shares with Epstein a rumor that Peter Thiel was "bankrolling" the neo-Nazi white supremacist hacker troll known as "weev."
Conversation is about financial strategies and "currencies."
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
A hacker named Vincenzo Iozzo shares with Epstein a rumor that Peter Thiel was "bankrolling" the neo-Nazi white supremacist hacker troll known as "weev."
Conversation is about financial strategies and "currencies."
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
February 17, 2026 at 3:26 PM
Wow Peter Thiel bankrolling a high profile racist, where have we seen that before
I wrote about the Epstein files and how they illustrate the fact that the oligarchs are not exactly rigorous thinkers. www.thenation.com/article/soci...
Epstein Class Clowns
One key revelation in the wide correspondence of the late pedophile: the rich and powerful just aren't all that bright.
www.thenation.com
February 17, 2026 at 2:08 PM
I wrote about the Epstein files and how they illustrate the fact that the oligarchs are not exactly rigorous thinkers. www.thenation.com/article/soci...
Reposted by Elizabeth Spiers
Even at it's most reductive, this is still a poll tax for wives.
the new Republican talking point is that it's insulting to complain about requiring women to show their birth certificate and passport in order to vote because they're smart enough to figure it out
February 16, 2026 at 11:12 PM
Even at it's most reductive, this is still a poll tax for wives.
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Welcome, CBS, to the “Your Storied Brand Is Now Dogshit” world the Washington Post lives in now.
Recent CBS News news:
1. Anderson Cooper leaves 60 Minutes after two decades
2. Stephen Colbert reveals network won’t let him air interview with Dem
3. Producer says politics dictating what airs
4. Owner’s bid for CNN parent back on the table.
5. Not firing Epstein pal.
1. Anderson Cooper leaves 60 Minutes after two decades
2. Stephen Colbert reveals network won’t let him air interview with Dem
3. Producer says politics dictating what airs
4. Owner’s bid for CNN parent back on the table.
5. Not firing Epstein pal.
February 17, 2026 at 12:53 PM
Welcome, CBS, to the “Your Storied Brand Is Now Dogshit” world the Washington Post lives in now.
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Next thing you know you're driving your teenager, who is too young to get a driver's license, to his hard labor work-site.
Florida AG James Uthmeier: "We need to focus on getting people into the workforce even earlier. We passed legislation last year to help high school students get their hands dirty and get on job sites more quickly."
February 17, 2026 at 1:01 PM
Next thing you know you're driving your teenager, who is too young to get a driver's license, to his hard labor work-site.
I just wrote a column about rich people being accorded the presumption that they’re smart when they’re really dumb and it is publishing tomorrow but …she just skeeted it out.
February 17, 2026 at 5:07 AM
I just wrote a column about rich people being accorded the presumption that they’re smart when they’re really dumb and it is publishing tomorrow but …she just skeeted it out.