Big John
@dcbigjohn.bsky.social
Editor in Chief, Gambit Weekly. Formerly BuzzFeed, Roll Call, Nat Journal, Your Mom’s House. John Fetterman bit my style. Basically a DC bama livin in New Orleans
I just saw that they still make Diet Pepsi, which implies the existence of people who drink Diet Pepsi. Which is a level of fucked up I didnt want to contemplate
November 11, 2025 at 12:17 AM
I just saw that they still make Diet Pepsi, which implies the existence of people who drink Diet Pepsi. Which is a level of fucked up I didnt want to contemplate
If I was emperor of the universe three of my first actions would be banning regular sized men from designing public bathroom sinks and urinals, banning weather requiring long pants and banning skirts/dresses with no pockets
November 11, 2025 at 12:03 AM
If I was emperor of the universe three of my first actions would be banning regular sized men from designing public bathroom sinks and urinals, banning weather requiring long pants and banning skirts/dresses with no pockets
My god I hate the tyranny of long pants. So constricting and uncomfortable
November 10, 2025 at 10:09 PM
My god I hate the tyranny of long pants. So constricting and uncomfortable
remember when we used call the times the paper of record and everybody in the business just deferred to them as the gold standard?
November 10, 2025 at 8:35 PM
remember when we used call the times the paper of record and everybody in the business just deferred to them as the gold standard?
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BREAKING: The Supreme Court DENIES former county clerk Kim Davis's request for the justices to take up her longshot bid to overturn 2015's Obergefell v. Hodges marriage equality decision. No justice even writes about the request.
November 10, 2025 at 2:34 PM
BREAKING: The Supreme Court DENIES former county clerk Kim Davis's request for the justices to take up her longshot bid to overturn 2015's Obergefell v. Hodges marriage equality decision. No justice even writes about the request.
I am not pleased with this long pants weather situation
November 10, 2025 at 7:41 PM
I am not pleased with this long pants weather situation
I would vote for Roxane as Empress of the Universe based on this statement alone
Let my gravestone read "PUNCTUATION GOES INSIDE THE QUOTATION MARKS."
November 10, 2025 at 6:14 PM
I would vote for Roxane as Empress of the Universe based on this statement alone
Checkout my Get Down interview with New Orleans Budget Chair Joe Giarrusso. We talked about the funding crisis, the ugly race to replace Giarrusso, Mayor Cantrell's difficulty with the truth and transparency and why Rep Troy Carter can't build a viable political machine
www.nola.com/gambit/news/...
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New Orleans Budget Chair Joe Giarrusso on the race to replace him, the spending crisis and more
Gambit Editor John Stanton sat down at R Bar with outgoing New Orleans City Council Budget Chairman Joe Giarrusso to talk about the state of play with the city’s budget
www.nola.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Checkout my Get Down interview with New Orleans Budget Chair Joe Giarrusso. We talked about the funding crisis, the ugly race to replace Giarrusso, Mayor Cantrell's difficulty with the truth and transparency and why Rep Troy Carter can't build a viable political machine
www.nola.com/gambit/news/...
www.nola.com/gambit/news/...
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Pretty soon all the MAGA Neo-Caths will be saying the Pope is illegitimate
quoted in CNN
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Six months in, Pope Leo is bringing an American flavor to the papacy | CNN
Pope Leo XIV, who on Saturday marked six months since his election, has in recent weeks stepped up his criticism of the Trump administration while bringing a distinctively American flavor to the papac...
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November 8, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Pretty soon all the MAGA Neo-Caths will be saying the Pope is illegitimate
New Orleans’ disgraced Sheriff Susan Hutson calling her PAC the Jedi Guardian Committee is fuuuuuckin bananas
November 7, 2025 at 9:29 PM
New Orleans’ disgraced Sheriff Susan Hutson calling her PAC the Jedi Guardian Committee is fuuuuuckin bananas
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The most Louisiana headline you’ll read today
NEW: Why didn't Orleans Sheriff Susan Hutson meet a deadline for filing a campaign finance report? @jsodonoghue.bsky.social reports the sheriff said it's because her attorney was incarcerated. lailluminator.com/briefs/orlea...
Orleans sheriff says she missed campaign report deadline because her attorney was incarcerated • Louisiana Illuminator
Orleans Parish Sheriff Susan Hutson successfully argued Friday that she shouldn’t have to pay the full fine for missing a campaign reporting deadline because her attorney was incarcerated at the time.
lailluminator.com
November 7, 2025 at 9:22 PM
The most Louisiana headline you’ll read today
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a beautiful noice
November 7, 2025 at 7:17 PM
a beautiful noice
New York Times doing a “oh look at this” story on a particular type of ladies getting gender affirming care while continuing its war on an other particular type of ladies struggling to get theirs is just super fucked up
November 2, 2025 at 9:45 PM
New York Times doing a “oh look at this” story on a particular type of ladies getting gender affirming care while continuing its war on an other particular type of ladies struggling to get theirs is just super fucked up
Based on the number of kids I’ve seen in the last hour alone doing the walk of shame in Spirit of Halloween costumes it’s safe to say another generation of college freshmen are learning the ropes of New Orleans
November 1, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Based on the number of kids I’ve seen in the last hour alone doing the walk of shame in Spirit of Halloween costumes it’s safe to say another generation of college freshmen are learning the ropes of New Orleans
One of the weirder conspiracy theories I hear shockingly often is Speaker Mike Johnson is/was on grindr. which ... come on. look at dude. In the the year of our lord 2025 even evangelicals aren't really on Al Gore's internet puttin' their whole ass out there, thinkin' nobody will see ... right?
October 31, 2025 at 1:22 AM
One of the weirder conspiracy theories I hear shockingly often is Speaker Mike Johnson is/was on grindr. which ... come on. look at dude. In the the year of our lord 2025 even evangelicals aren't really on Al Gore's internet puttin' their whole ass out there, thinkin' nobody will see ... right?
Louisiana Rep. Clay Higgins thinks soldiers’ kids can go ahead and starve because they smoke crack
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Louisiana Rep. Clay Higgins thinks soldiers’ kids can starve
Noted racist and dark magic enthusiast Republican Louisiana Rep. Clay Higgins thinks the thousands of active duty U.S. military families in America are smoking crack and don’t need the paltry
www.nola.com
October 31, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Louisiana Rep. Clay Higgins thinks soldiers’ kids can go ahead and starve because they smoke crack
www.nola.com/gambit/news/...
www.nola.com/gambit/news/...
Somewhere Stephen Miller is really regretting gettin married when he did and not waitin’ till lil mans’ wife got freed up
October 30, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Somewhere Stephen Miller is really regretting gettin married when he did and not waitin’ till lil mans’ wife got freed up
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CBS went to a military food pantry (those words, in order) to interview moms. 13% of military families rely on SNAP/WIC. When a military spouse of a deployed soldier on enlisted salary was asked if people should be surprised: “No they shouldn’t. We live in poverty just like everybody else.”
October 30, 2025 at 1:06 PM
CBS went to a military food pantry (those words, in order) to interview moms. 13% of military families rely on SNAP/WIC. When a military spouse of a deployed soldier on enlisted salary was asked if people should be surprised: “No they shouldn’t. We live in poverty just like everybody else.”
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what a terrible day to have eyes and be literate
October 30, 2025 at 9:12 PM
what a terrible day to have eyes and be literate
Oh shit so Bari Weiss went to the Jonah Peretti school of management. I am surprised she didn’t bring Ben Smith on board first, to be honest. Looking forward to CBS News being just AI trash in the coming months
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
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CBS News fired 8 on-air personalities in latest layoffs. All of them are women
EXCLUSIVE: Multiple sources told The Independent that senior foreign correspondent Debora Patta was added to the layoff list following a last-minute change by editor-in-chief Bari Weiss.
www.independent.co.uk
October 30, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Oh shit so Bari Weiss went to the Jonah Peretti school of management. I am surprised she didn’t bring Ben Smith on board first, to be honest. Looking forward to CBS News being just AI trash in the coming months
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
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No one talking about that bondage podium?
Calling it now. JD and Usha divorce and he marries Charlie Kirk’s widow Erika BEFORE the next GOP primary.
October 30, 2025 at 10:05 PM
No one talking about that bondage podium?
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NEW: ICE is planning to build a shadow deportation network in Texas. A proposal outlines a 24/7 transport operation run by armed contractors—turning Texas into the logistical backbone of an industrialized deportation machine.
My latest @wired.com: www.wired.com/story/ice-is...
My latest @wired.com: www.wired.com/story/ice-is...
October 30, 2025 at 4:52 PM
NEW: ICE is planning to build a shadow deportation network in Texas. A proposal outlines a 24/7 transport operation run by armed contractors—turning Texas into the logistical backbone of an industrialized deportation machine.
My latest @wired.com: www.wired.com/story/ice-is...
My latest @wired.com: www.wired.com/story/ice-is...
Sounds like New Orleans' government internet may once again be fubar so that's fun.
October 30, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Sounds like New Orleans' government internet may once again be fubar so that's fun.
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“An administrator has… the ability to defund… programs Republicans vehemently oppose. …could defund city vaccination programs, education programs for kids in detention, programs for the unhoused or maternity programs that don’t discriminate on the basis of gender identity or marital status” #nolasky
Landry push to takeover New Orleans scuttles $125 million stopgap spending plan
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Landry push to takeover New Orleans scuttles $125 million stopgap spending plan
New Orleans city officials Oct. 29 dropped their plan to ask for a short-term $125 million dollar stopgap loan through the end of the year after Gov. Jeff Landry’s administration
www.nola.com
October 29, 2025 at 11:55 PM
“An administrator has… the ability to defund… programs Republicans vehemently oppose. …could defund city vaccination programs, education programs for kids in detention, programs for the unhoused or maternity programs that don’t discriminate on the basis of gender identity or marital status” #nolasky
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“I’m willing to do all sorts of oversight measures, but I'm not going to have a state fiscal administrator come in and take over the city of New Orleans,” Moreno said.
Landry push to takeover New Orleans scuttles $125 million stopgap spending plan
www.nola.com/gambit/news/...
www.nola.com/gambit/news/...
Landry push to takeover New Orleans scuttles $125 million stopgap spending plan
New Orleans city officials Oct. 29 dropped their plan to ask for a short-term $125 million dollar stopgap loan through the end of the year after Gov. Jeff Landry’s administration
www.nola.com
October 30, 2025 at 12:42 AM
“I’m willing to do all sorts of oversight measures, but I'm not going to have a state fiscal administrator come in and take over the city of New Orleans,” Moreno said.