Chris Anderson
@bookcoffeedog.bsky.social
New Yorker, Iowan, American, fan of books coffee and dogs. 🇺🇸 🏳️🌈 ❤️ 🏳️⚧️
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It is impossible to understand the writing, speaking, & policy views of Ezra Douthglesias & all of the other pundits & journalists still at the Nazi Bar in 2025 without grasping this essential point about the information environment in which they are writing, speaking, & forming their policy views.
If you’re a journalist who’s still on Twitter, from now on in your writing you have to replace “the American people want” with “troll bots in Eastern Europe demand”
Being there makes your judgment suspect. I don’t care how savvy you think you are, you’re marinating in a disinformation campaign.
Being there makes your judgment suspect. I don’t care how savvy you think you are, you’re marinating in a disinformation campaign.
November 23, 2025 at 7:43 PM
It is impossible to understand the writing, speaking, & policy views of Ezra Douthglesias & all of the other pundits & journalists still at the Nazi Bar in 2025 without grasping this essential point about the information environment in which they are writing, speaking, & forming their policy views.
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This essay is about a Jeremy Peters article, naturally
What an amazing essay from the former chair of Africana Studies at Bowdoin. I'll share a few sections in the reply but seriously, read the whole thing. It's all insightful and beautifully written.
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Maybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani
It’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen…
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November 9, 2025 at 2:07 PM
This essay is about a Jeremy Peters article, naturally
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Warning to the feds: if Trump sends soldiers to NYC, we have very varied sandwich options at our disposal. You will encounter a fusillade of bahm mi, BEC, gyro, chop cheese, BLT, doubles, lox bagel, croque-madame, torta and döner.
Hell, half a Katz’s pastrami on rye could wipe out a couple of guys.
Hell, half a Katz’s pastrami on rye could wipe out a couple of guys.
November 6, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Warning to the feds: if Trump sends soldiers to NYC, we have very varied sandwich options at our disposal. You will encounter a fusillade of bahm mi, BEC, gyro, chop cheese, BLT, doubles, lox bagel, croque-madame, torta and döner.
Hell, half a Katz’s pastrami on rye could wipe out a couple of guys.
Hell, half a Katz’s pastrami on rye could wipe out a couple of guys.
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The whole Third Term Project isn’t actually about Trump. The people behind it know he will likely be dead or enfeebled by 2029. It is about them, the vastly unpopular group around Trump, wanting to grift us forever without elections.
October 29, 2025 at 3:46 PM
The whole Third Term Project isn’t actually about Trump. The people behind it know he will likely be dead or enfeebled by 2029. It is about them, the vastly unpopular group around Trump, wanting to grift us forever without elections.
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Amen
Chicago priest Fr. Larry Dowling describes procession to ICE facility: “No one had the courage to speak directly to us. No one from Homeland Security could stand in the presence of the Monstrance holding the Blessed Sacrament. No wonder. Evil is repelled, recoils in the presence of Christ.”
October 11, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Amen
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I would like to know how we can identify the specific persons at CNN who researched, wrote, edited, and approved this and hang it around their necks for the rest of their professional lives.
Last year, CNN ran a “fact check” of Kamala HQ that claimed we were lying for saying Trump’s plan is Project 2025.
Now Trump is outright admitting it’s his plan.
Legacy media failed the country.
Now Trump is outright admitting it’s his plan.
Legacy media failed the country.
October 3, 2025 at 1:59 AM
I would like to know how we can identify the specific persons at CNN who researched, wrote, edited, and approved this and hang it around their necks for the rest of their professional lives.
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There’s a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for people to build on the rubble of what’s being destroyed before our eyes. Private corporations bending over to forcefeed everyone government-approved speech is evil and amoral, but more than anything this creates boring, inauthentic, unwatchable shit.
September 18, 2025 at 12:27 AM
There’s a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for people to build on the rubble of what’s being destroyed before our eyes. Private corporations bending over to forcefeed everyone government-approved speech is evil and amoral, but more than anything this creates boring, inauthentic, unwatchable shit.
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If you’re rich and not a coward, this is what you’d refer to as a “market opportunity” to dominate a media ecosystem that’s about to be covered in grotesque government slop. To be a pop of color in a sea of beige will be easier than ever. People will flock to it. You gotta be a little brave, though.
September 18, 2025 at 12:31 AM
If you’re rich and not a coward, this is what you’d refer to as a “market opportunity” to dominate a media ecosystem that’s about to be covered in grotesque government slop. To be a pop of color in a sea of beige will be easier than ever. People will flock to it. You gotta be a little brave, though.
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Yeah, at the end of the day all the discussions of what made marginal differences are moot. The choice was the starkest in American history, & we, the voters, totally blew it. It should have been 70/30, not 48.3/49.8. And no one knows how to fix that.
August 25, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Yeah, at the end of the day all the discussions of what made marginal differences are moot. The choice was the starkest in American history, & we, the voters, totally blew it. It should have been 70/30, not 48.3/49.8. And no one knows how to fix that.
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I’ve seen so many people spreading the misinformation that PBS is shut down or is shutting down.
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting has been shut down and PBS has been defunded.
HOWEVER!!! PBS still exists. It is more important now than ever that you donate to PBS if you can.
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting has been shut down and PBS has been defunded.
HOWEVER!!! PBS still exists. It is more important now than ever that you donate to PBS if you can.
August 22, 2025 at 3:08 PM
I’ve seen so many people spreading the misinformation that PBS is shut down or is shutting down.
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting has been shut down and PBS has been defunded.
HOWEVER!!! PBS still exists. It is more important now than ever that you donate to PBS if you can.
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting has been shut down and PBS has been defunded.
HOWEVER!!! PBS still exists. It is more important now than ever that you donate to PBS if you can.
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ICE mass deportation agents “scattered” as Bishop-elect Pham, newly appointed by Pope Leo XIV, and other clergy visited immigration court on Friday:
timesofsandiego.com/life/2025/06... #WorldRefugeeDay
timesofsandiego.com/life/2025/06... #WorldRefugeeDay
ICE agents scatter as SD Bishop Pham, other clergy visit immigration court
"Our presence made a difference," one priest said, quoting an immigration lawyer saying their client was given more time to prepare for another hearing.
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June 20, 2025 at 11:05 PM
ICE mass deportation agents “scattered” as Bishop-elect Pham, newly appointed by Pope Leo XIV, and other clergy visited immigration court on Friday:
timesofsandiego.com/life/2025/06... #WorldRefugeeDay
timesofsandiego.com/life/2025/06... #WorldRefugeeDay
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Andry José Hernández Romero, I remember you, even if I do not know how to articulate my horror, rage, & sorrow at your treatment by my government.
No one has heard from you in 72 days.
As vigil, I’m posting a photo (& today a video) of you every day until you are returned from El Salvador.
No one has heard from you in 72 days.
As vigil, I’m posting a photo (& today a video) of you every day until you are returned from El Salvador.
May 27, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Andry José Hernández Romero, I remember you, even if I do not know how to articulate my horror, rage, & sorrow at your treatment by my government.
No one has heard from you in 72 days.
As vigil, I’m posting a photo (& today a video) of you every day until you are returned from El Salvador.
No one has heard from you in 72 days.
As vigil, I’m posting a photo (& today a video) of you every day until you are returned from El Salvador.
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Three things made the US a rich and powerful nation: the rule of law, its science & innovation system, and openness to foreign talent. Remarkable how Trump has taken a sledgehammer to all three. No enemy of this country could do more.
May 22, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Three things made the US a rich and powerful nation: the rule of law, its science & innovation system, and openness to foreign talent. Remarkable how Trump has taken a sledgehammer to all three. No enemy of this country could do more.
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President Trump is refusing to release the guest list of his pay-to-pay crypto dinner, as his press secretary Karoline Leavitt argues that the dinner is in his “personal time."
Personal time that brought in $147,586,796.41.
https://trib.al/jEHleIz
Personal time that brought in $147,586,796.41.
https://trib.al/jEHleIz
Karoline Leavitt Says You’ll Never Know Who’s at Trump’s Crypto Dinner
Trump’s press secretary made a shocking defense of the obvious pay-to-play dinner with Trump.
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May 22, 2025 at 10:00 PM
President Trump is refusing to release the guest list of his pay-to-pay crypto dinner, as his press secretary Karoline Leavitt argues that the dinner is in his “personal time."
Personal time that brought in $147,586,796.41.
https://trib.al/jEHleIz
Personal time that brought in $147,586,796.41.
https://trib.al/jEHleIz
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Starting to wonder if we took one for global civic democracy. Electing Trump basically seems to have knee-capped every revanchist far-right candidate in the world. You're welcome, world.
May 18, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Starting to wonder if we took one for global civic democracy. Electing Trump basically seems to have knee-capped every revanchist far-right candidate in the world. You're welcome, world.
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Literally why the Impeachment Clause exists
May 5, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Literally why the Impeachment Clause exists
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This will sound weird but love yourself enough to write your own term papers.
May 5, 2025 at 4:12 PM
This will sound weird but love yourself enough to write your own term papers.
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One of many moments in Omar El Akkad’s new book, “One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This,” that will stop you in your tracks.
March 29, 2025 at 8:31 PM
One of many moments in Omar El Akkad’s new book, “One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This,” that will stop you in your tracks.
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Goodnight humans 🌊 🌊
Be kind and smile more
Be kind and smile more
April 28, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Goodnight humans 🌊 🌊
Be kind and smile more
Be kind and smile more
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ICYMI: Georgetown Law students made a 853-row spreadsheet of Trump-caving firms. It drew national headlines. Recruiters noticed some talent looked elsewhere. Firms lobbied to change their designation.
An organizer tells @www.AllRiseNews.com the background www.allrisenews.com/p/skadden-st...
An organizer tells @www.AllRiseNews.com the background www.allrisenews.com/p/skadden-st...
April 25, 2025 at 1:23 PM
ICYMI: Georgetown Law students made a 853-row spreadsheet of Trump-caving firms. It drew national headlines. Recruiters noticed some talent looked elsewhere. Firms lobbied to change their designation.
An organizer tells @www.AllRiseNews.com the background www.allrisenews.com/p/skadden-st...
An organizer tells @www.AllRiseNews.com the background www.allrisenews.com/p/skadden-st...
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Went to a protest today and I have to tell you what is getting people most amped up is not tariffs not cuts not any single thing. It's democracy itself. This was a crowd cheering the founders, cheering the Constitution, waving the flag. Don't know why so many in the consultant class can't see that.
April 19, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Went to a protest today and I have to tell you what is getting people most amped up is not tariffs not cuts not any single thing. It's democracy itself. This was a crowd cheering the founders, cheering the Constitution, waving the flag. Don't know why so many in the consultant class can't see that.
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Constituents to Chuck Grassley: "Are you bringing back that guy from El Salvador?"
Senior Citizen: “If I get an order to pay a ticket to pay $1200 and I just say ‘no’, does that stand up? Because he just got an order from the Supreme Court and he just said ‘screw it’”
“I’M PISSED!”
Senior Citizen: “If I get an order to pay a ticket to pay $1200 and I just say ‘no’, does that stand up? Because he just got an order from the Supreme Court and he just said ‘screw it’”
“I’M PISSED!”
April 15, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Constituents to Chuck Grassley: "Are you bringing back that guy from El Salvador?"
Senior Citizen: “If I get an order to pay a ticket to pay $1200 and I just say ‘no’, does that stand up? Because he just got an order from the Supreme Court and he just said ‘screw it’”
“I’M PISSED!”
Senior Citizen: “If I get an order to pay a ticket to pay $1200 and I just say ‘no’, does that stand up? Because he just got an order from the Supreme Court and he just said ‘screw it’”
“I’M PISSED!”
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We're in a car driven by somebody who is blackout drunk.
A clip from today's @morningjoe-msnbc.bsky.social:
A clip from today's @morningjoe-msnbc.bsky.social:
April 9, 2025 at 1:05 PM
We're in a car driven by somebody who is blackout drunk.
A clip from today's @morningjoe-msnbc.bsky.social:
A clip from today's @morningjoe-msnbc.bsky.social:
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I just want to reiterate that the White House Press Secretary — predictably but notably — lied through her teeth about this when asked.
April 9, 2025 at 2:53 PM
I just want to reiterate that the White House Press Secretary — predictably but notably — lied through her teeth about this when asked.