Jack Mirkinson
@jackmirkinson.bsky.social
Senior editor, The Nation (@thenation.com) | Editor/co-owner, Discourse Blog (@discourseblog.com)
Get in touch: jmirkinson at thenation dot com / jack at discourseblog dot com
Get in touch: jmirkinson at thenation dot com / jack at discourseblog dot com
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Still trying rebuild our family life, it’s not easy rebuilding what my dad made in whole his life but I will not forgive ❤️🩹
The genocide in Gaza has ended, and I found myself without a home, without a city, and everything around me past, present, and perhaps future is destroyed. I am trying to rebuild my life, and I hope you will support me, even in a small way.
chuffed.org/project/1389...
chuffed.org/project/1389...
Help Jamal’s family leave the war zone and rebuild their life!
Hi my loves! My name is Caroline, and I created this fundraiser to help Jamal support his family as they fight to survive the genocide in Gaza, evacuate to safety, and eventually rebuild their lives f...
chuffed.org
December 16, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Still trying rebuild our family life, it’s not easy rebuilding what my dad made in whole his life but I will not forgive ❤️🩹
"rob reiner derailing donald trump's presidency from beyond the grave" is very much not how i thought this year would end
Trump doubles down on his Rob Reiner attack: "I wasn't a fan of his at all. He was a deranged person... He became like a deranged person, Trump Derangement Syndrome. So I was not a fan of Rob Reiner at all in any way, shape or form. I thought he was very bad for our country."
December 15, 2025 at 9:51 PM
"rob reiner derailing donald trump's presidency from beyond the grave" is very much not how i thought this year would end
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Hello friends, I recently lost my health insurance + benefits & am currently looking at a bill of over $16,000 for which I cannot pay. This would not necessarily be an issue if I were not visually impaired and currently out of full time work, but I am humbly asking for assistance now. Any bit helps.
Donate to Help EmissaryOfNight Pay Emergency Expenses, organized by Y, Al-Sheikh
I'm a blind writer and analyst who was just recently removed from receiving S… Y, Al-Sheikh needs your support for Help EmissaryOfNight Pay Emergency Expenses
gofund.me
December 14, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Hello friends, I recently lost my health insurance + benefits & am currently looking at a bill of over $16,000 for which I cannot pay. This would not necessarily be an issue if I were not visually impaired and currently out of full time work, but I am humbly asking for assistance now. Any bit helps.
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The Brand-New Pentagon Press Corps Is Gaga for Hegseth by @kathkrueger.bsky.social
theintercept.com/2025/12/13/h...
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The Brand-New Pentagon Press Corps Is Gaga for Hegseth
After nearly all legacy news organizations declined to sign on to Hegseth’s rules, the new Pentagon press corps is all his cheerleaders.
theintercept.com
December 15, 2025 at 5:01 AM
The Brand-New Pentagon Press Corps Is Gaga for Hegseth by @kathkrueger.bsky.social
theintercept.com/2025/12/13/h...
theintercept.com/2025/12/13/h...
beginning to suspect the right's whole "only say nice things about the dead or you're satan" thing when charlie kirk got killed was not entirely on the level
December 15, 2025 at 3:29 PM
beginning to suspect the right's whole "only say nice things about the dead or you're satan" thing when charlie kirk got killed was not entirely on the level
Today in @thenation.com: a beautiful piece from Hend Salama Abo Helow about her family's olive trees in Gaza—and how both the trees and their harvesters have refused to surrender to Israeli genocide. www.thenation.com/article/worl...
Israel Wants to Destroy My Family's Way of Life. We'll Never Give In.
My family's olive trees have stood in Gaza for decades. Despite genocide, drought, pollution, toxic mines, uprooting, bulldozing, and burning, they're still here—and so are we.
www.thenation.com
December 11, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Today in @thenation.com: a beautiful piece from Hend Salama Abo Helow about her family's olive trees in Gaza—and how both the trees and their harvesters have refused to surrender to Israeli genocide. www.thenation.com/article/worl...
two things: 1. never let it be said we weren't aware of exactly what is going on with all of this. 2. he looks nearly catatonic
Reporter: What happens to the oil on that ship?
Trump: Well, we keep it, I guess... I assume we're going to keep the oil.
Trump: Well, we keep it, I guess... I assume we're going to keep the oil.
December 10, 2025 at 9:17 PM
two things: 1. never let it be said we weren't aware of exactly what is going on with all of this. 2. he looks nearly catatonic
surprise surprise: bari picks an ardent zionist whose biggest claim to fame until now was comparing ta-nehisi coates to a terrorist for being against israeli apartheid www.discourseblog.com/p/ta-nehisi-...
December 10, 2025 at 3:01 PM
surprise surprise: bari picks an ardent zionist whose biggest claim to fame until now was comparing ta-nehisi coates to a terrorist for being against israeli apartheid www.discourseblog.com/p/ta-nehisi-...
every time i think america is dominating the race for the dumbest country award the brits make a rally www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/12...
December 5, 2025 at 7:34 PM
every time i think america is dominating the race for the dumbest country award the brits make a rally www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/12...
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i know this is the "orange man bad" place but the implications of Netflix buying WBD are extinction level for cinema. there is nothing to celebrate in this deal
December 5, 2025 at 3:05 PM
i know this is the "orange man bad" place but the implications of Netflix buying WBD are extinction level for cinema. there is nothing to celebrate in this deal
eurovision choosing to destroy itself rather than hold israel accountable is a pretty bang-on symbol of Where We're At These Days
December 5, 2025 at 3:08 PM
eurovision choosing to destroy itself rather than hold israel accountable is a pretty bang-on symbol of Where We're At These Days
Today in @thenation.com: a rich, insightful piece from @jadsalfiti.bsky.social on the complex, decades-long intersection of the Palestine and queer movements, and why Palestine has become such a vital queer issue.
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
Why Palestine Matters So Much to Queer People
Palestinian identity can “upend the whole world order, if done right, if spun right, if we activate it enough. And I think queerness is a very similar kind of identity.”
www.thenation.com
December 5, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Today in @thenation.com: a rich, insightful piece from @jadsalfiti.bsky.social on the complex, decades-long intersection of the Palestine and queer movements, and why Palestine has become such a vital queer issue.
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
it is essential that every unionized newsroom gets a ban on this kind of insidious bullshit written into their contract
In a note to staff, Business Insider EIC Jamie Heller says the publication is launching a pilot program called Business Insider AI News Desk that will use AI to “help publish quick news stories.”
Several stories a day will now be “created by AI and edited by a person.”
Several stories a day will now be “created by AI and edited by a person.”
December 4, 2025 at 5:32 PM
it is essential that every unionized newsroom gets a ban on this kind of insidious bullshit written into their contract
Today in @thenation.com: a brilliant piece from Ghada Eyad, a writer and teacher in Gaza, about what her students are suffering through right now. The genocide has warped and derailed the ability of kids even to dream about their own lives. www.thenation.com/article/worl...
December 4, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Today in @thenation.com: a brilliant piece from Ghada Eyad, a writer and teacher in Gaza, about what her students are suffering through right now. The genocide has warped and derailed the ability of kids even to dream about their own lives. www.thenation.com/article/worl...
mohammed is building an incredible body of work. this is another must-read
"This is the dystopian consequence of technology, supplied in part by American companies, being placed into the hands of authorities who have virtually unlimited control over a captive population they have openly villainized." By @mohamhawish.bsky.social in @nymag.com nymag.com/intelligence...
Watched, Tracked, and Targeted in Gaza
Life under Israel’s all-encompassing surveillance regime.
nymag.com
December 3, 2025 at 5:15 PM
mohammed is building an incredible body of work. this is another must-read
nothing to see here, just a dentist's office in someone's house with terrifying art all around, as is common
So apparently Jeffrey Epstein had a room with weird masks hanging on the wall...
December 3, 2025 at 5:09 PM
nothing to see here, just a dentist's office in someone's house with terrifying art all around, as is common
hillary clinton has been peddling this tired nonsense for over a year...as i wrote about for @discourseblog.com. it was bullshit then and it still is! www.discourseblog.com/p/and-now-so...
December 2, 2025 at 9:31 PM
hillary clinton has been peddling this tired nonsense for over a year...as i wrote about for @discourseblog.com. it was bullshit then and it still is! www.discourseblog.com/p/and-now-so...
pure uncut nazi shit
Trump on Somalis: "We're gonna go the wrong way if we keep taking in garbage into our country. Ilhan Omar is garbage. She's garbage. Her friends are garbage."
December 2, 2025 at 9:17 PM
pure uncut nazi shit
a real tell in all of this is that the trans instructor wasn't alone in trashing this essay! a whole other person also said they agreed completely that it sucked. but as far as i can tell only the trans person is getting punished. www.oklahoman.com/story/news/e...
December 1, 2025 at 9:05 PM
a real tell in all of this is that the trans instructor wasn't alone in trashing this essay! a whole other person also said they agreed completely that it sucked. but as far as i can tell only the trans person is getting punished. www.oklahoman.com/story/news/e...
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If a man personally implicated in war crimes can remain atop the Pentagon, why would he stand by and risk his freedom should Vance (or Trump again) lose the 2028 election?
And unless Bradley sees the inside of a brig, the message to USSOCOM's chain of command is that no action is impermissible.
And unless Bradley sees the inside of a brig, the message to USSOCOM's chain of command is that no action is impermissible.
Pete Hegseth And Adm. Mitch Bradley Belong In Prison
The South American boat strikes are plainly murders. Now we have the names of the murderers. Do we have the political will to lock them up?
www.forever-wars.com
December 1, 2025 at 6:08 PM
If a man personally implicated in war crimes can remain atop the Pentagon, why would he stand by and risk his freedom should Vance (or Trump again) lose the 2028 election?
And unless Bradley sees the inside of a brig, the message to USSOCOM's chain of command is that no action is impermissible.
And unless Bradley sees the inside of a brig, the message to USSOCOM's chain of command is that no action is impermissible.
tapping the sign www.thenation.com/article/poli...
December 1, 2025 at 7:28 PM
tapping the sign www.thenation.com/article/poli...
this is an accurate enough rap sheet but it still clings to the myth that biden's crimes stemmed from a botched effort to exert "leverage" over israel—rather than accepting the obvious reality, which is that biden was simply a willing and active participant in genocide
December 1, 2025 at 6:50 PM
this is an accurate enough rap sheet but it still clings to the myth that biden's crimes stemmed from a botched effort to exert "leverage" over israel—rather than accepting the obvious reality, which is that biden was simply a willing and active participant in genocide
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Zohran Mamdani standing beside the President of the United States just said that the US is funding Israel's genocide and yet can't take care of its own unhoused children on live television.
I never thought I'd see something like that in my lifetime
I never thought I'd see something like that in my lifetime
November 21, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Zohran Mamdani standing beside the President of the United States just said that the US is funding Israel's genocide and yet can't take care of its own unhoused children on live television.
I never thought I'd see something like that in my lifetime
I never thought I'd see something like that in my lifetime
trump cheerfully and unwittingly driving a stake through every attack line about zohran is the funniest thing I have seen all year
November 22, 2025 at 12:03 AM
trump cheerfully and unwittingly driving a stake through every attack line about zohran is the funniest thing I have seen all year
somewhere in westchester andrew cuomo lets out a bloodcurdling scream
Q: would you feel comfortable living in NYC under a Mamdani administration ?
TRUMP: I would. I really would.
TRUMP: I would. I really would.
November 21, 2025 at 9:06 PM
somewhere in westchester andrew cuomo lets out a bloodcurdling scream