Michael Chandler
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Filmmaker at Pack Creek Productions. Admirer of U.S. Grant, FDR, Barney Frank, and pasta
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The Southern Baptist Convention will go its own way on immigration policy, the denomination’s top public policy official said Wednesday, breaking ties with a coalition of other evangelical Christian bodies focused on the issue.
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Southern Baptist Convention breaks with the Evangelical Immigration Table
(RNS)— The split reflects the dilemma immigration poses for evangelical leaders. Most evangelicals want reform that both secures the border and provides a path to citizenship — and want limited…
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September 19, 2025 at 4:02 PM
The Southern Baptist Convention will go its own way on immigration policy, the denomination’s top public policy official said Wednesday, breaking ties with a coalition of other evangelical Christian bodies focused on the issue.
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The remarks weren’t “about Charlie Kirk,” they were about how this administration is using Kirk’s death as an excuse to shut down critics … and they responded by proving him completely correct.
New: FCC chair threatens ABC and Disney over Jimmy Kimmel’s remarks about Charlie Kirk
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FCC chair threatens ABC and Disney over Jimmy Kimmel’s remarks about Charlie Kirk | CNN Business
“We can do this the easy way or the hard way,” Carr warned. “These companies can find ways to change conduct and take actions on Kimmel, or there’s going to be additional work for the FCC ahead.”
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September 17, 2025 at 10:42 PM
The remarks weren’t “about Charlie Kirk,” they were about how this administration is using Kirk’s death as an excuse to shut down critics … and they responded by proving him completely correct.
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Joy Reid. Karen Attiah. Gene Robinson. Jonathan Capehart. There are lots of others. Circumstances differ. But really sad to see new organizations not keeping super-talented Black staffers. The news industry spent decades talking about diversity, improved some from 2014-2020 and is now going back.
Some personal news:
I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting.
Thread incoming.
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I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting.
Thread incoming.
substack.com/@karenattiah...
The Washington Post Fired Me — But My Voice Will Not Be Silenced.
I spoke out against hatred and violence in America — and it cost me my job.
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September 15, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Joy Reid. Karen Attiah. Gene Robinson. Jonathan Capehart. There are lots of others. Circumstances differ. But really sad to see new organizations not keeping super-talented Black staffers. The news industry spent decades talking about diversity, improved some from 2014-2020 and is now going back.
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Some personal news:
I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting.
Thread incoming.
substack.com/@karenattiah...
I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting.
Thread incoming.
substack.com/@karenattiah...
The Washington Post Fired Me — But My Voice Will Not Be Silenced.
I spoke out against hatred and violence in America — and it cost me my job.
substack.com
September 15, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Some personal news:
I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting.
Thread incoming.
substack.com/@karenattiah...
I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting.
Thread incoming.
substack.com/@karenattiah...
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Hakeem Jefferies’s team is now openly mocking fellow Democrats who are criticizing him for refusing to endorse the Democratic nominee for NYC mayor.
Democrat party is 30 points underwater. Mamdani is 16 points above water. Imagine the arrogance of being down nearly 50 points & still talking smack.
Democrat party is 30 points underwater. Mamdani is 16 points above water. Imagine the arrogance of being down nearly 50 points & still talking smack.
September 14, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Hakeem Jefferies’s team is now openly mocking fellow Democrats who are criticizing him for refusing to endorse the Democratic nominee for NYC mayor.
Democrat party is 30 points underwater. Mamdani is 16 points above water. Imagine the arrogance of being down nearly 50 points & still talking smack.
Democrat party is 30 points underwater. Mamdani is 16 points above water. Imagine the arrogance of being down nearly 50 points & still talking smack.
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It was weirdly fitting that the Charlie Kirk murder blended into the 9/11 anniversary as once again Americans were told to “watch what they say”
The hypocritical censorship around a “free speech hero.” My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/comm...
The hypocritical censorship around a “free speech hero.” My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/comm...
Americans told to watch what we say about ‘free speech icon’ Charlie Kirk
Professors, teachers, journalists and others get canceled for what they said about right-wing free speech advocate Charlie Kirk.
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September 14, 2025 at 6:33 PM
It was weirdly fitting that the Charlie Kirk murder blended into the 9/11 anniversary as once again Americans were told to “watch what they say”
The hypocritical censorship around a “free speech hero.” My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/comm...
The hypocritical censorship around a “free speech hero.” My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/comm...
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Feel like I’m going insane with the revisionist history that Charlie Kirk fostered open debate. He chilled speech and his targeting of professors for wrongthink led to threats, harassment, and being forced out of their jobs. His legacy is chilling speech right now, about him
September 13, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Feel like I’m going insane with the revisionist history that Charlie Kirk fostered open debate. He chilled speech and his targeting of professors for wrongthink led to threats, harassment, and being forced out of their jobs. His legacy is chilling speech right now, about him
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Maybe we could fix our country’s broken moral compass if New York Times writers would use “abhorrent” instead of “controversial” when clearly warranted.
September 14, 2025 at 5:36 AM
Maybe we could fix our country’s broken moral compass if New York Times writers would use “abhorrent” instead of “controversial” when clearly warranted.
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One more thing: Being a "Debate me!" guy is not the same as genuinely believing in diversity of opinion; it comes from a belief that you can crush dissent by winning every argument, often with sophistry. Kirk started a McCarthyite website that targeted professors on the left. He was no pluralist...>
September 11, 2025 at 3:11 PM
One more thing: Being a "Debate me!" guy is not the same as genuinely believing in diversity of opinion; it comes from a belief that you can crush dissent by winning every argument, often with sophistry. Kirk started a McCarthyite website that targeted professors on the left. He was no pluralist...>
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You can write this only if, by virtue of your income, identity, or both, you are utterly removed from the consequences of politics. To pretend that the racist, misogynistic, anti-gay vileness that Kirk spent his life spreading is secondary to the fact that he spread it "the right way" is appalling.
Charlie Kirk Was Practicing Politics the Right Way
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Opinion | Charlie Kirk Was Practicing Politics the Right Way
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September 11, 2025 at 12:21 PM
You can write this only if, by virtue of your income, identity, or both, you are utterly removed from the consequences of politics. To pretend that the racist, misogynistic, anti-gay vileness that Kirk spent his life spreading is secondary to the fact that he spread it "the right way" is appalling.
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Scott Jennings and Ben Shapiro are currently both sitting at a panel table on CNN, not OANN. Seems like a pretty good barometer of where things are in this country. 😕🇺🇸
September 3, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Scott Jennings and Ben Shapiro are currently both sitting at a panel table on CNN, not OANN. Seems like a pretty good barometer of where things are in this country. 😕🇺🇸
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Oh, I was so close.
September 3, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Oh, I was so close.
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To be a political reporter in 2025, you have to be gullible enough to believe that a convicted felon who launched a violent coup attempt is worried about crime.
Or you just have to be willing to pretend you’re that gullible.
Either way, we deserve better.
Or you just have to be willing to pretend you’re that gullible.
Either way, we deserve better.
September 2, 2025 at 9:55 PM
To be a political reporter in 2025, you have to be gullible enough to believe that a convicted felon who launched a violent coup attempt is worried about crime.
Or you just have to be willing to pretend you’re that gullible.
Either way, we deserve better.
Or you just have to be willing to pretend you’re that gullible.
Either way, we deserve better.
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The president is sending the military to control American cities and if you're a reporter who's framing that illegal power grab as "pushing the boundaries of constitutionality" or "acting boldly to fight crime" or whatever, please go find another line of work where you won't get us all killed.
September 2, 2025 at 8:56 PM
The president is sending the military to control American cities and if you're a reporter who's framing that illegal power grab as "pushing the boundaries of constitutionality" or "acting boldly to fight crime" or whatever, please go find another line of work where you won't get us all killed.
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I hope people realize how absolutely fucked this situation is.
This isn’t normal. People are resigning all over the place because the government is mishandling our data, ruining our public health services, and generally making Americans less safe.
This isn’t normal. People are resigning all over the place because the government is mishandling our data, ruining our public health services, and generally making Americans less safe.
August 29, 2025 at 8:13 PM
I hope people realize how absolutely fucked this situation is.
This isn’t normal. People are resigning all over the place because the government is mishandling our data, ruining our public health services, and generally making Americans less safe.
This isn’t normal. People are resigning all over the place because the government is mishandling our data, ruining our public health services, and generally making Americans less safe.
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"I had never seen anyone virtue-signal so gracefully, so effortlessly. I was like, 'I have to work with this guy.'"
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Meet Cory Booker's (fake) political consultant, played by Zeteo's very own @heycapello.
"No one does it like Cory."
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😂😂😂😂
Meet Cory Booker's (fake) political consultant, played by Zeteo's very own @heycapello.
"No one does it like Cory."
zeteo.com/subscribe
August 29, 2025 at 3:39 PM
"I had never seen anyone virtue-signal so gracefully, so effortlessly. I was like, 'I have to work with this guy.'"
😂😂😂😂
Meet Cory Booker's (fake) political consultant, played by Zeteo's very own @heycapello.
"No one does it like Cory."
zeteo.com/subscribe
😂😂😂😂
Meet Cory Booker's (fake) political consultant, played by Zeteo's very own @heycapello.
"No one does it like Cory."
zeteo.com/subscribe
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Ashli Babbitt died doing what she loved—being a domestic terrorist.
August 28, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Ashli Babbitt died doing what she loved—being a domestic terrorist.
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Federal agents detained crews and arrested firefighters battling the Washington state wildfire!!
Reasons for the arrests remain unclear after federal agents detained members of a private contractor crew during an ID check during the Bear Gulch Fire.
This is dangerous to the public’s safety!!
Reasons for the arrests remain unclear after federal agents detained members of a private contractor crew during an ID check during the Bear Gulch Fire.
This is dangerous to the public’s safety!!
August 28, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Federal agents detained crews and arrested firefighters battling the Washington state wildfire!!
Reasons for the arrests remain unclear after federal agents detained members of a private contractor crew during an ID check during the Bear Gulch Fire.
This is dangerous to the public’s safety!!
Reasons for the arrests remain unclear after federal agents detained members of a private contractor crew during an ID check during the Bear Gulch Fire.
This is dangerous to the public’s safety!!
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RFK Jr is driving this country towards an almost certain public health disaster.
If Democrats can’t stop it, at the very least they can get it on the record now that they wanted him gone and the GOP wanted him kept in.
Underline how they own the disasters to come. It’s Politics 101.
If Democrats can’t stop it, at the very least they can get it on the record now that they wanted him gone and the GOP wanted him kept in.
Underline how they own the disasters to come. It’s Politics 101.
House Democrats could force a vote on impeaching RFK any time they want. Of course it would fail. But do you want to make an issue of it or not?
This is such a no-brainer that the lack of a coordinated response feels deeply damning. A Democratic leadership team that can't mobilize an instant all-hands-on-deck effort on RFK Jr. isn't a leadership team at all.
August 28, 2025 at 4:17 PM
RFK Jr is driving this country towards an almost certain public health disaster.
If Democrats can’t stop it, at the very least they can get it on the record now that they wanted him gone and the GOP wanted him kept in.
Underline how they own the disasters to come. It’s Politics 101.
If Democrats can’t stop it, at the very least they can get it on the record now that they wanted him gone and the GOP wanted him kept in.
Underline how they own the disasters to come. It’s Politics 101.
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The @uaw.org has claimed a narrow victory in a union election at the BlueOval battery plant in Kentucky, a historic win.
The tally is 526-515 for unionization.
Ford is contesting 41 ballots, a challenge the union is urging them to drop.
The tally is 526-515 for unionization.
Ford is contesting 41 ballots, a challenge the union is urging them to drop.
August 28, 2025 at 3:38 PM
The @uaw.org has claimed a narrow victory in a union election at the BlueOval battery plant in Kentucky, a historic win.
The tally is 526-515 for unionization.
Ford is contesting 41 ballots, a challenge the union is urging them to drop.
The tally is 526-515 for unionization.
Ford is contesting 41 ballots, a challenge the union is urging them to drop.
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Ashley Babbit dishonored her service by committing insurrection against her country. While her death is absolutely tragic and I wish it hadn’t happened, the Air Force giving her honors is in itself a dishonor.
August 28, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Ashley Babbit dishonored her service by committing insurrection against her country. While her death is absolutely tragic and I wish it hadn’t happened, the Air Force giving her honors is in itself a dishonor.