David Klion
@davidklion.bsky.social
Working on a book about the legacy of neoconservatism. Columnist for The Nation, contributing editor at Jewish Currents, writer for many lefty mags. KLEE-on
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All day, many of you have been asking for a Cheney obituary from me. Get ready:
His Works Completed, Dick Cheney, Mass Murderer of Iraqis and American Democracy, Dies
As much as the Trumpists claim to disavow the War on Terror, they walk a path paved by the most powerful vice president in U.S. history.
www.thenation.com
November 4, 2025 at 5:55 PM
All day, many of you have been asking for a Cheney obituary from me. Get ready:
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The White House has posted a photo that shows Bari Weiss was in the room for the 60 Minutes interview of Donald Trump.
Weiss is obscured, but she's just to the right of Norah O'Donnell.
Weiss is obscured, but she's just to the right of Norah O'Donnell.
November 4, 2025 at 3:51 PM
The White House has posted a photo that shows Bari Weiss was in the room for the 60 Minutes interview of Donald Trump.
Weiss is obscured, but she's just to the right of Norah O'Donnell.
Weiss is obscured, but she's just to the right of Norah O'Donnell.
Men would rather release a crudely recorded, willfully anti-commercial album about heartland serial killers than go to therapy.
Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere Is a Biopic Without Mystique
Jeremy Allen White plays the Boss as a man haunted by the past and terrified of forming meaningful human connections.
newrepublic.com
October 30, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Men would rather release a crudely recorded, willfully anti-commercial album about heartland serial killers than go to therapy.
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This was just posted by a CBS News producer on their Instagram stories.
October 29, 2025 at 9:44 PM
This was just posted by a CBS News producer on their Instagram stories.
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so here’s the thing, Bari, you’re running an organization full of weapons-grade gossips who hate you www.nytimes.com/2025/10/19/b...
October 19, 2025 at 1:45 PM
so here’s the thing, Bari, you’re running an organization full of weapons-grade gossips who hate you www.nytimes.com/2025/10/19/b...
I slated about Bari
Everything’s Coming Up Bari
She sure knows her audience.
slate.com
October 15, 2025 at 1:26 PM
I slated about Bari
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Great @davidklion.bsky.social review of One Battle After Another. The Coates point changed my view of today & tomorrow when I heard it.
“not that things will necessarily be better in my lifetime, but that I will make the contribution that I am supposed to make.”
newrepublic.com/article/2011...
“not that things will necessarily be better in my lifetime, but that I will make the contribution that I am supposed to make.”
newrepublic.com/article/2011...
How One Battle After Another Imagines an Armed Left
The rebels in Paul Thomas Anderson’s movie resemble the Weather Underground less than the right’s conspiratorial image of “antifa supersoldiers.”
newrepublic.com
October 14, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Great @davidklion.bsky.social review of One Battle After Another. The Coates point changed my view of today & tomorrow when I heard it.
“not that things will necessarily be better in my lifetime, but that I will make the contribution that I am supposed to make.”
newrepublic.com/article/2011...
“not that things will necessarily be better in my lifetime, but that I will make the contribution that I am supposed to make.”
newrepublic.com/article/2011...
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"One generation’s failure to defeat fascism becomes the next generation’s shot at redemption, and the next after that, one battle after another. It’s not much consolation, but under our present circumstances it’s the only honest one." Great piece by @davidklion.bsky.social
How One Battle After Another Imagines an Armed Left
The rebels in Paul Thomas Anderson’s movie resemble the Weather Underground less than the right’s conspiratorial image of “antifa supersoldiers.”
newrepublic.com
October 14, 2025 at 1:59 PM
"One generation’s failure to defeat fascism becomes the next generation’s shot at redemption, and the next after that, one battle after another. It’s not much consolation, but under our present circumstances it’s the only honest one." Great piece by @davidklion.bsky.social
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First reading of @davidklion.bsky.social was his thoughtful review of The Outsider. Have since relished his political writing, now at Nation. Fitting to read here his 5-star review of 5-star One Battle After Another, both a delight: David does sublime movie justice.
newrepublic.com/article/2011...
newrepublic.com/article/2011...
How One Battle After Another Imagines an Armed Left
The rebels in Paul Thomas Anderson’s movie resemble the Weather Underground less than the right’s conspiratorial image of “antifa supersoldiers.”
newrepublic.com
October 14, 2025 at 1:11 PM
First reading of @davidklion.bsky.social was his thoughtful review of The Outsider. Have since relished his political writing, now at Nation. Fitting to read here his 5-star review of 5-star One Battle After Another, both a delight: David does sublime movie justice.
newrepublic.com/article/2011...
newrepublic.com/article/2011...
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It's so hard to describe this amazing movie, but @davidklion.bsky.social did it. Tho my read of its "when" is that it starts in 2026 & jumps to 2042. The hopeful explosions of the French 75 is where we are; Sensei's careful underground networks is where we're going.
October 14, 2025 at 12:08 PM
It's so hard to describe this amazing movie, but @davidklion.bsky.social did it. Tho my read of its "when" is that it starts in 2026 & jumps to 2042. The hopeful explosions of the French 75 is where we are; Sensei's careful underground networks is where we're going.
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“Most people, after all, aren’t looking to kill or be killed; most people just want to know how to build communities that can defend themselves.”
@davidklion.bsky.social on the durable resistance of OBAA’s Sensei Sergio in @newrepublic.com
@davidklion.bsky.social on the durable resistance of OBAA’s Sensei Sergio in @newrepublic.com
How One Battle After Another Imagines an Armed Left
The rebels in Paul Thomas Anderson’s movie resemble the Weather Underground less than the right’s conspiratorial image of “antifa supersoldiers.”
newrepublic.com
October 14, 2025 at 11:23 AM
“Most people, after all, aren’t looking to kill or be killed; most people just want to know how to build communities that can defend themselves.”
@davidklion.bsky.social on the durable resistance of OBAA’s Sensei Sergio in @newrepublic.com
@davidklion.bsky.social on the durable resistance of OBAA’s Sensei Sergio in @newrepublic.com
Obviously the Godfathers, obviously Annie Hall and her other stuff with him (with all the caveats, which I’ve written all about). But this is a personal favorite: Diane, Jack, the Elaine May dialogue, the perennial intraleft tensions perfectly captured: youtu.be/JXP5LQx4slc?...
Reds - Best Scene
YouTube video by funtimes78
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October 11, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Obviously the Godfathers, obviously Annie Hall and her other stuff with him (with all the caveats, which I’ve written all about). But this is a personal favorite: Diane, Jack, the Elaine May dialogue, the perennial intraleft tensions perfectly captured: youtu.be/JXP5LQx4slc?...
The email from hell
October 10, 2025 at 2:36 PM
The email from hell
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News: Bari Weiss just sent a memo to staffers at CBS News asking them to produce a memo explaining "how you spend your working hours—and ideally, what you've made (or are making) that you're most proud of."
One CBS News staffer puts it like this to me: "We just got Elon Musked."
One CBS News staffer puts it like this to me: "We just got Elon Musked."
October 10, 2025 at 2:13 PM
News: Bari Weiss just sent a memo to staffers at CBS News asking them to produce a memo explaining "how you spend your working hours—and ideally, what you've made (or are making) that you're most proud of."
One CBS News staffer puts it like this to me: "We just got Elon Musked."
One CBS News staffer puts it like this to me: "We just got Elon Musked."
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Fun to see @davidklion.bsky.social for the first time. Didn't know he went to college with Bari Weiss. Unsure which one is the other's Wario.
Bari Weiss to Head CBS News as Pro-Trump, Pro-Israel Billionaire Ellison Family Expands Media Empire
YouTube video by Democracy Now!
www.youtube.com
October 9, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Fun to see @davidklion.bsky.social for the first time. Didn't know he went to college with Bari Weiss. Unsure which one is the other's Wario.
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Paramount has bought the digital outlet @thefp.com and made its founder Bari Weiss the new editor-in-chief of CBS News.
Journalist @davidklion.bsky.social details how the "anti-woke" crusader and pro-Israel pundit rose to the top of the media industry.
Journalist @davidklion.bsky.social details how the "anti-woke" crusader and pro-Israel pundit rose to the top of the media industry.
October 8, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Paramount has bought the digital outlet @thefp.com and made its founder Bari Weiss the new editor-in-chief of CBS News.
Journalist @davidklion.bsky.social details how the "anti-woke" crusader and pro-Israel pundit rose to the top of the media industry.
Journalist @davidklion.bsky.social details how the "anti-woke" crusader and pro-Israel pundit rose to the top of the media industry.
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"The pattern is clear: if you work at a liberal institution and you want the Trump-controlled federal government to step in and discipline it, Bari Weiss is there to help."
www.theguardian.com/media/ng-int...
www.theguardian.com/media/ng-int...
Disgruntled NYT journalist to ‘anti-woke’ power grab: how far can Bari Weiss go?
After leaving the New York Times, she turned her Substack into an unshakable pro-Israel voice. Now as Paramount eyes acquisition of her company, Weiss is poised to become Trump’s ally among media elit...
www.theguardian.com
October 7, 2025 at 6:45 AM
"The pattern is clear: if you work at a liberal institution and you want the Trump-controlled federal government to step in and discipline it, Bari Weiss is there to help."
www.theguardian.com/media/ng-int...
www.theguardian.com/media/ng-int...
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As a news nerd I'm always fascinated by org charts, and to me even more telling than who Bari reports to is who will report to her. Troops, territory and budgets are the actual stuff that shapes news coverage. Controlling them is how you control the narrative a news org shapes.
The notion that Bari will be "running CBS News" is slightly misleading. What the reporting suggests is that Tom Cibrowski, a guy with normal qualifications, will be doing that. Bari will be Emperor Ellison's Vader-esque enforcer, outside the chain of command, intervening at will.
October 7, 2025 at 2:36 PM
As a news nerd I'm always fascinated by org charts, and to me even more telling than who Bari reports to is who will report to her. Troops, territory and budgets are the actual stuff that shapes news coverage. Controlling them is how you control the narrative a news org shapes.
The notion that Bari will be "running CBS News" is slightly misleading. What the reporting suggests is that Tom Cibrowski, a guy with normal qualifications, will be doing that. Bari will be Emperor Ellison's Vader-esque enforcer, outside the chain of command, intervening at will.
October 7, 2025 at 1:52 PM
The notion that Bari will be "running CBS News" is slightly misleading. What the reporting suggests is that Tom Cibrowski, a guy with normal qualifications, will be doing that. Bari will be Emperor Ellison's Vader-esque enforcer, outside the chain of command, intervening at will.
The two most cynical people I've ever known are both in the news today. One of them, you've no doubt heard, is taking over CBS News. The other is this guy:
C.I.A. Deputy Director Has Replaced Agency’s Top Legal Official With Himself
www.nytimes.com
October 6, 2025 at 9:01 PM
The two most cynical people I've ever known are both in the news today. One of them, you've no doubt heard, is taking over CBS News. The other is this guy:
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(get the numbers wrong by a full order of magnitude and then) do the math
October 6, 2025 at 6:25 PM
(get the numbers wrong by a full order of magnitude and then) do the math