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Great piece in the newsletter today by the one and only @seamus-malekafzali.com on media cowardice in the aftermath of the American power grab in Venezuela
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When the media is less honest than Trump
On coverage of the Maduro kidnapping
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January 9, 2026 at 4:44 PM
Great piece in the newsletter today by the one and only @seamus-malekafzali.com on media cowardice in the aftermath of the American power grab in Venezuela
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Don’t miss his Issue Sixteen essay, in which he argued that Trump’s foreign policy is an extension of, not a break from, the neoconservative movement.
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Be Grateful
Trump’s Latter-day Neoconservatism
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January 9, 2026 at 4:39 PM
Don’t miss his Issue Sixteen essay, in which he argued that Trump’s foreign policy is an extension of, not a break from, the neoconservative movement.
www.thedriftmag.com/be-grateful/
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Even as “Trump has dropped almost all pretenses regarding the United States’s real designs, the media seems determined to keep the consent-manufacturing machine running.” Read @seamus-malekafzali.com on media coverage of the Maduro kidnapping:
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When the media is less honest than Trump
On coverage of the Maduro kidnapping
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January 9, 2026 at 4:39 PM
Even as “Trump has dropped almost all pretenses regarding the United States’s real designs, the media seems determined to keep the consent-manufacturing machine running.” Read @seamus-malekafzali.com on media coverage of the Maduro kidnapping:
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Hope to see you in New York next week!
Our Issue Sixteen party is one week away! Featuring readings by @andycawley.bsky.social, Daniel Yadin, Elisa Gonzalez, @erikmbaker.bsky.social, @alienvsrobbins.bsky.social, Katie Way, Max Hancock, Mimi Diamond, Pranay Somayajula, @seamus-malekafzali.com, and Yoni Gelernter.
January 7, 2026 at 4:06 PM
Hope to see you in New York next week!
ALLIEM, LUDWIG, and Virtual Kiss will be DJ'ing. Don't miss it!
January 7, 2026 at 4:05 PM
ALLIEM, LUDWIG, and Virtual Kiss will be DJ'ing. Don't miss it!
Our Issue Sixteen party is one week away! Featuring readings by @andycawley.bsky.social, Daniel Yadin, Elisa Gonzalez, @erikmbaker.bsky.social, @alienvsrobbins.bsky.social, Katie Way, Max Hancock, Mimi Diamond, Pranay Somayajula, @seamus-malekafzali.com, and Yoni Gelernter.
January 7, 2026 at 4:05 PM
Our Issue Sixteen party is one week away! Featuring readings by @andycawley.bsky.social, Daniel Yadin, Elisa Gonzalez, @erikmbaker.bsky.social, @alienvsrobbins.bsky.social, Katie Way, Max Hancock, Mimi Diamond, Pranay Somayajula, @seamus-malekafzali.com, and Yoni Gelernter.
“Aphrodite’s like sigh what now / Sappho, what’s your crazy heart / want now?”
Read “Domme Song 5” by @alienvsrobbins.bsky.social in Issue Sixteen.
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Read “Domme Song 5” by @alienvsrobbins.bsky.social in Issue Sixteen.
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Domme Song 5
Poetry
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January 6, 2026 at 4:03 PM
“Aphrodite’s like sigh what now / Sappho, what’s your crazy heart / want now?”
Read “Domme Song 5” by @alienvsrobbins.bsky.social in Issue Sixteen.
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Read “Domme Song 5” by @alienvsrobbins.bsky.social in Issue Sixteen.
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In the West Bank, Jasper Nathaniel writes in today’s newsletter, the “Israeli occupation bars Palestinians from maintaining their own heritage sites, then cites the resulting deterioration as justification for taking them.”
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Israel's archaeological apartheid: an update
A new report from Jasper Nathaniel
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December 19, 2025 at 4:22 PM
In the West Bank, Jasper Nathaniel writes in today’s newsletter, the “Israeli occupation bars Palestinians from maintaining their own heritage sites, then cites the resulting deterioration as justification for taking them.”
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Walking the Thin Blue Line
Bill de Blasio, Zohran Mamdani, and the NYPD
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December 18, 2025 at 4:24 PM
A Bureaucratic and Feminine Mind
The Right’s Misogyny Politics
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December 18, 2025 at 4:24 PM
“How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love My Shitty Life” by @erikmbaker.bsky.social
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How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love My Shitty Life
Self-Help Gets Philosophical
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December 18, 2025 at 4:24 PM
“How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love My Shitty Life” by @erikmbaker.bsky.social
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We’re grateful to everyone who spent time with our work this year. Don’t miss our most-read pieces of 2025!
December 18, 2025 at 4:24 PM
We’re grateful to everyone who spent time with our work this year. Don’t miss our most-read pieces of 2025!
Save the date: join us on January 14 to celebrate Issue Sixteen!
December 17, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Save the date: join us on January 14 to celebrate Issue Sixteen!
In today’s newsletter, James Wood charts the course of the political year in thirty insults:
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The Year in Thirty Insults
The following insults loosely chart the course of the political year.
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December 16, 2025 at 4:44 PM
In today’s newsletter, James Wood charts the course of the political year in thirty insults:
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We’ll be at Pioneer Works for Press Play on Sunday, Dec. 14 from 12-7pm. Come say hi!
December 12, 2025 at 3:23 PM
We’ll be at Pioneer Works for Press Play on Sunday, Dec. 14 from 12-7pm. Come say hi!
This year, we were proud to publish eleven short stories. In the newsletter today, we reflect on the writers and editors who make our fiction section possible. We hope you’ll read or revisit our 2025 fiction, and consider donating to our magazine.
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The year in Drift fiction
Plus: subscribe today to receive Issue Sixteen
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December 11, 2025 at 6:25 PM
This year, we were proud to publish eleven short stories. In the newsletter today, we reflect on the writers and editors who make our fiction section possible. We hope you’ll read or revisit our 2025 fiction, and consider donating to our magazine.
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The Drift holiday sale continues! Today is the last day to subscribe to receive Issue Sixteen in the mail, and the last day to order merch to ensure it will arrive before Christmas.
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December 11, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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