Nate Clark
@nateclark.net
Studying American Politics and the media @UCLA. Recovering sketch comedian. https://nateclark.net
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As we all wait for Callais to come down, our piece showing that Shelby County increased the racial turnout gap in most of the covered parts of the country has cleared the replication check and is incoming at JOP.
Gutting the VRA was bad, actually.
Gutting the VRA was bad, actually.
November 24, 2025 at 12:47 AM
As we all wait for Callais to come down, our piece showing that Shelby County increased the racial turnout gap in most of the covered parts of the country has cleared the replication check and is incoming at JOP.
Gutting the VRA was bad, actually.
Gutting the VRA was bad, actually.
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We spent a year investigating billionaires for @washingtonpost.com.
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
November 21, 2025 at 2:56 PM
We spent a year investigating billionaires for @washingtonpost.com.
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
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On the left, the refurbished Lincoln bathroom. On the right, picture I took in Saddam Hussein's palace in Basra in 2005.
October 31, 2025 at 5:57 PM
On the left, the refurbished Lincoln bathroom. On the right, picture I took in Saddam Hussein's palace in Basra in 2005.
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It probably doesn’t matter but I would be flooding the zone with images of the White House destruction right now.
October 23, 2025 at 2:50 PM
It probably doesn’t matter but I would be flooding the zone with images of the White House destruction right now.
Logged into the SBA website this morning to check the status of our disaster loan—we lost our home in the Palisades Fire—and was greeted by the Trump administration blaming Democrats for the shutdown.
Partisan misinformation on a non-partisan government website.
None of this is normal, folks.
Partisan misinformation on a non-partisan government website.
None of this is normal, folks.
October 22, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Logged into the SBA website this morning to check the status of our disaster loan—we lost our home in the Palisades Fire—and was greeted by the Trump administration blaming Democrats for the shutdown.
Partisan misinformation on a non-partisan government website.
None of this is normal, folks.
Partisan misinformation on a non-partisan government website.
None of this is normal, folks.
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Thanks to this administration and Congress, KCRW has laid off 10% of the staff today. This is a dark day amid very dark times. Please support us if you can. KCRW.com/donate.
Become a KCRW member today!
Get to know your neighbors over great conversations, shared experiences, and impromptu dance parties. Go to kcrw.com/join.
KCRW.com
October 17, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Thanks to this administration and Congress, KCRW has laid off 10% of the staff today. This is a dark day amid very dark times. Please support us if you can. KCRW.com/donate.
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This should be a far bigger story than it is.
Mike Johnson is refusing the basic constitutional right of representation to hundreds of thousands of Americans.
Mike Johnson is refusing the basic constitutional right of representation to hundreds of thousands of Americans.
It's been 23 days since Adelita Grijalva was elected by the people of Arizona's seventh congressional district to represent them in Congress.
Mike Johnson still refuses to swear her in.
Mike Johnson still refuses to swear her in.
October 16, 2025 at 2:32 PM
This should be a far bigger story than it is.
Mike Johnson is refusing the basic constitutional right of representation to hundreds of thousands of Americans.
Mike Johnson is refusing the basic constitutional right of representation to hundreds of thousands of Americans.
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Looks like Pulte filed his backdated Form 3 yesterday, the day we published my story. Better 7 months late than never! fanniemae.gcs-web.com/static-files...
New from me: In March, FHFA director Bill Pulte made himself chairman of the board of Fannie Mae. But after, he did not file a required disclosure form tied to the role with the SEC—the same kind of paperwork error he has used to attack Trump's political foes. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
The attack dog targeting Trump opponents over their paperwork hasn’t even filed his own
As chairman of the board of Fannie Mae, Bill Pulte was required to file a disclosure form with the SEC. He didn’t.
www.motherjones.com
October 15, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Looks like Pulte filed his backdated Form 3 yesterday, the day we published my story. Better 7 months late than never! fanniemae.gcs-web.com/static-files...
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I was trying to put my finger on what bothered me about this portrayal and I think it’s that it just takes the guy’s words at face value, like he was a nice guy and reaction to Charlie Kirk’s death just pushed him over the edge www.nytimes.com/2025/10/12/u...
She Despised Charlie Kirk. He Resolved to Make People Like Her Pay.
www.nytimes.com
October 12, 2025 at 2:58 PM
I was trying to put my finger on what bothered me about this portrayal and I think it’s that it just takes the guy’s words at face value, like he was a nice guy and reaction to Charlie Kirk’s death just pushed him over the edge www.nytimes.com/2025/10/12/u...
Current mood: Can someone please surgically remove this Golden earworm out of my brain? I didn’t ask for this.
October 7, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Current mood: Can someone please surgically remove this Golden earworm out of my brain? I didn’t ask for this.
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One of the delights of working for the Voice of America in the Cohen Federal Building was the New Deal era frescoes and murals. Along with VOA and its staff, it now appears these treasured American works of art are to be a DOGE casualty. newrepublic.com/article/20120... #SaveVOA
There Was a Plan to Save These New Deal Masterpieces. Then Trump Won.
A feasibility study was underway about restoring the ailing federal building that houses important Ben Shahn frescoes, Philip Guston murals, and other FDR-era artwork. But the Trump administration put a stop to it.
newrepublic.com
October 4, 2025 at 12:39 PM
One of the delights of working for the Voice of America in the Cohen Federal Building was the New Deal era frescoes and murals. Along with VOA and its staff, it now appears these treasured American works of art are to be a DOGE casualty. newrepublic.com/article/20120... #SaveVOA
Current mood: fighting not to roll my eyes when someone presses Floor 2 in the elevator.
October 3, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Current mood: fighting not to roll my eyes when someone presses Floor 2 in the elevator.
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A key component of this campaign is generating websites purely for the purposes of webscrapers, hoping to manipulate the corpuses of commercial LLMs into reproducing their propaganda.
This didn't get much circulation but feel like this should be bigger news - Trump's ex digital guru Brad Parscale's firm Clock Tower X LLC is being paid $6 million for a 4-month stint for a pro-Israel media campaign targeting mostly Gen Z
Trump's ex digital guru Brad Parscale has signed an agreement through his company Clock Tower LLC for a $6 million 4 month engagement with Havas Media Germany GmbH to run a US media campaign in support of Israel with 80% of content focused on Gen Z
www.odwyerpr.com/story/public...
www.odwyerpr.com/story/public...
October 1, 2025 at 1:07 PM
A key component of this campaign is generating websites purely for the purposes of webscrapers, hoping to manipulate the corpuses of commercial LLMs into reproducing their propaganda.
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Another thing about Lindsey Halligan is that she has never prosecuted a case
Who is Lindsey Halligan?
- Former Florida insurance lawyer turned Trump defense attorney
- Filed the special master lawsuit that delayed Trump’s classified docs case
- Convinced Trump to sign an executive order putting her in charge of reviewing Smithsonian bc she didn’t like some of the exhibits
- Former Florida insurance lawyer turned Trump defense attorney
- Filed the special master lawsuit that delayed Trump’s classified docs case
- Convinced Trump to sign an executive order putting her in charge of reviewing Smithsonian bc she didn’t like some of the exhibits
Trump says he will be nominating one of his former personal defense lawyers, Lindsey Halligan, to serve as United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia
September 21, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Another thing about Lindsey Halligan is that she has never prosecuted a case
Who is Ezra Klein trolling with this nonsense?
Ezra Klein 🤝 Neera Tanden
Despite the overwhelming popularity of abortion rights in all states, we should surrender instead
Despite the overwhelming popularity of abortion rights in all states, we should surrender instead
September 20, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Who is Ezra Klein trolling with this nonsense?
It seems that a small but powerful segment of the public no longer believes in democracy. How do we explain what's happening to people who don't seem to care? What’s left to say?
September 18, 2025 at 9:33 PM
It seems that a small but powerful segment of the public no longer believes in democracy. How do we explain what's happening to people who don't seem to care? What’s left to say?
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The last political column I was allowed to write in the @washingtonpost.com was a criticism of Obama.
His people took issue with my piece, but we were respectful.
Now he is tweeting in support of me.
This is how free political speech and respect for debate *actually works*.
Or used to work.
His people took issue with my piece, but we were respectful.
Now he is tweeting in support of me.
This is how free political speech and respect for debate *actually works*.
Or used to work.
September 18, 2025 at 2:56 PM
The last political column I was allowed to write in the @washingtonpost.com was a criticism of Obama.
His people took issue with my piece, but we were respectful.
Now he is tweeting in support of me.
This is how free political speech and respect for debate *actually works*.
Or used to work.
His people took issue with my piece, but we were respectful.
Now he is tweeting in support of me.
This is how free political speech and respect for debate *actually works*.
Or used to work.
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genuinely crazy that this is happening on behalf of charlie kirk of all people
September 18, 2025 at 12:49 AM
genuinely crazy that this is happening on behalf of charlie kirk of all people
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Obama on Charlie Kirk:
September 17, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Obama on Charlie Kirk:
This 💯. Stop normalizing white nationalist authoritarianism as a legitimate democratic policy opinion.
“A democratic society needs people in Ezra Klein’s position to treat Charlie Kirk’s anti-democracy stances as disqualifying, rather than pretend they’re just another policy opinion…”
@nicholasgrossman.bsky.social w/an excellent critique of Kirk hagiography
www.arcdigital.media/p/ezra-klein...
@nicholasgrossman.bsky.social w/an excellent critique of Kirk hagiography
www.arcdigital.media/p/ezra-klein...
Ezra Klein Accidentally Shows How the Media Brought Us Trump
The prominent liberal pundit made up a fake version of Charlie Kirk to praise, laundering his reputation the way a lot of mainstream media launders MAGA
www.arcdigital.media
September 17, 2025 at 7:24 PM
This 💯. Stop normalizing white nationalist authoritarianism as a legitimate democratic policy opinion.
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American media has been manufacturing parasocial reactionaries for decades. Limbaugh, Beck, Shapiro, Jones, Carlson, Hannity, etc. The importance of these figures is not ideological purity, consistency, inventiveness, etc. It’s that they keep you company in your cab, your cubicle, on your commute.
September 17, 2025 at 2:35 AM
American media has been manufacturing parasocial reactionaries for decades. Limbaugh, Beck, Shapiro, Jones, Carlson, Hannity, etc. The importance of these figures is not ideological purity, consistency, inventiveness, etc. It’s that they keep you company in your cab, your cubicle, on your commute.
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How now-DHS Secretary Kristi Noem felt about a president potentially federalizing the National Guard one year ago:
June 8, 2025 at 5:23 PM
How now-DHS Secretary Kristi Noem felt about a president potentially federalizing the National Guard one year ago:
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Elon Musk leaving the administration to spend more time with his explosions
May 29, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Elon Musk leaving the administration to spend more time with his explosions