Hephixt Brett-Price
@ecm.bsky.social
Fantasy, SF, Comics, Mass Transit, MMT, Socialism
Avid reader of Erikson, Wurts, Dickens, Dostoevsky
Currently reading:
No Life Forsaken - Steven Erikson
Avid reader of Erikson, Wurts, Dickens, Dostoevsky
Currently reading:
No Life Forsaken - Steven Erikson
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I don't think every or even most journalists are this utterly corrupt. The investigative folks I know have always conducted themselves pretty scrupulously, and I'm currently forced to conclude that's why they haven't hit the big-time
November 27, 2025 at 2:49 AM
I don't think every or even most journalists are this utterly corrupt. The investigative folks I know have always conducted themselves pretty scrupulously, and I'm currently forced to conclude that's why they haven't hit the big-time
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So. Can any of us look at our colleagues in the political press corps of Washington/New York and say, with a straight face, that none of *them* would do this? That none of them would hold important stuff back to their own benefit? Throw sources over to cultivate bigger ones? Fuck a subject?
November 27, 2025 at 2:36 AM
So. Can any of us look at our colleagues in the political press corps of Washington/New York and say, with a straight face, that none of *them* would do this? That none of them would hold important stuff back to their own benefit? Throw sources over to cultivate bigger ones? Fuck a subject?
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And of course, if Lizza *isn't* lying, then Nuzzi has broken every concievable ethical rule in journalism: fucking subjects, freelancing PR work, betraying sources, running catch and kill ops, all while pretending to be an objective writer. It is an absolutely jaw dropping level of corruption
November 27, 2025 at 2:28 AM
And of course, if Lizza *isn't* lying, then Nuzzi has broken every concievable ethical rule in journalism: fucking subjects, freelancing PR work, betraying sources, running catch and kill ops, all while pretending to be an objective writer. It is an absolutely jaw dropping level of corruption
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And even if his allegations are wrong, Nuzzi *already* stood revealed as one of the most singularly dishonest and ethically compromised people in the industry. This was a known fact, and not only was she rewarded, many of her colleagues rushed to publicly congratulate her hiring to a plum job
November 27, 2025 at 2:22 AM
And even if his allegations are wrong, Nuzzi *already* stood revealed as one of the most singularly dishonest and ethically compromised people in the industry. This was a known fact, and not only was she rewarded, many of her colleagues rushed to publicly congratulate her hiring to a plum job
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It is the ugliest, most naked form of the old "save the *really* juicy stuff for the book" political journalist grift, and by its sheer tackiness reveals how slimy that broader grift is
November 27, 2025 at 2:21 AM
It is the ugliest, most naked form of the old "save the *really* juicy stuff for the book" political journalist grift, and by its sheer tackiness reveals how slimy that broader grift is
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I don't know what — or really, if anything — in Lizza's account is true, because I don't trust him as far as I can throw him. If *any* of it is true, the fact that we are only hearing about it now, after the fact, to drive subscriptions to his paywalled private newsletter, is frankly vile!
November 27, 2025 at 2:19 AM
I don't know what — or really, if anything — in Lizza's account is true, because I don't trust him as far as I can throw him. If *any* of it is true, the fact that we are only hearing about it now, after the fact, to drive subscriptions to his paywalled private newsletter, is frankly vile!
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The reason that we reporters are focused so intensely on the L'affair Nuzzi is that, as Olivia notes, it is a basically apocalyptic scandal in the most literal sense of that term: a dropping of masks. It's acting as confirmation of every hideous story anybody's ever told about political journalists
this was bad before, but these are the most troubling and serious allegations you can make about a journalist. if they’re true, i genuinely can’t think of a worse scandal in the history of political journalism. devastating to our industry, to public trust as a whole, and to everyone in its orbit
November 27, 2025 at 2:14 AM
The reason that we reporters are focused so intensely on the L'affair Nuzzi is that, as Olivia notes, it is a basically apocalyptic scandal in the most literal sense of that term: a dropping of masks. It's acting as confirmation of every hideous story anybody's ever told about political journalists
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this was bad before, but these are the most troubling and serious allegations you can make about a journalist. if they’re true, i genuinely can’t think of a worse scandal in the history of political journalism. devastating to our industry, to public trust as a whole, and to everyone in its orbit
November 26, 2025 at 9:21 PM
this was bad before, but these are the most troubling and serious allegations you can make about a journalist. if they’re true, i genuinely can’t think of a worse scandal in the history of political journalism. devastating to our industry, to public trust as a whole, and to everyone in its orbit
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We spent the Iraq War era futilely arguing this point and he just tweeted it out.
Rep. Salazar on Venezuela: "We're about to go in ... we need to go in ... Venezuela for the American oil companies will be a field day"
November 26, 2025 at 5:03 PM
We spent the Iraq War era futilely arguing this point and he just tweeted it out.
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"Chuck Schumer should go ... he's no longer capable of leading the Democratic Party."
"I am an establishment Democrat and I'm here to say that Bernie Sanders is much more in line with where I and many other Democrats are today than Chuck Schumer is."
"I am an establishment Democrat and I'm here to say that Bernie Sanders is much more in line with where I and many other Democrats are today than Chuck Schumer is."
November 10, 2025 at 5:44 PM
"Chuck Schumer should go ... he's no longer capable of leading the Democratic Party."
"I am an establishment Democrat and I'm here to say that Bernie Sanders is much more in line with where I and many other Democrats are today than Chuck Schumer is."
"I am an establishment Democrat and I'm here to say that Bernie Sanders is much more in line with where I and many other Democrats are today than Chuck Schumer is."
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it’s important to understand that Nate Silver’s entire consciousness is filtered through the lens of being a gross nerd his entire life. the opportunity to feel like he’s one of the cool kids is something he can’t pass up, it’s load-bearing for his dork psyche.
the hipsters, they’re ordering double frufru mocha soy frappuccino. doesn’t anybody order a black coffee anymore
November 10, 2025 at 5:48 PM
it’s important to understand that Nate Silver’s entire consciousness is filtered through the lens of being a gross nerd his entire life. the opportunity to feel like he’s one of the cool kids is something he can’t pass up, it’s load-bearing for his dork psyche.
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in 2011, the president of antifa hired me to give fashion consultancy to the organization. i recommended everyone wear navy suits with tan shoes, dress sneakers, and golf polos with slim chinos. if you arrested everyone today wearing these things, you'd destroy antifa
October 11, 2025 at 4:58 AM
in 2011, the president of antifa hired me to give fashion consultancy to the organization. i recommended everyone wear navy suits with tan shoes, dress sneakers, and golf polos with slim chinos. if you arrested everyone today wearing these things, you'd destroy antifa
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there is a real “guy who has only seen the boss baby” aspect to TCW’s work. the 2020 protests appear to be his only frame
of reference for the world, and so everything must be made to fit into his (incredibly stupid) idea of what they were.
of reference for the world, and so everything must be made to fit into his (incredibly stupid) idea of what they were.
October 3, 2025 at 1:17 PM
there is a real “guy who has only seen the boss baby” aspect to TCW’s work. the 2020 protests appear to be his only frame
of reference for the world, and so everything must be made to fit into his (incredibly stupid) idea of what they were.
of reference for the world, and so everything must be made to fit into his (incredibly stupid) idea of what they were.
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not that it will happen but at the very least any reporter who wrote about trump “distancing” from project 2025 owes their readers an explanation for why they published obvious lies
I find this attempt to rewrite history to absolve the media of its failures problematic. We can't get better coverage if we won't acknowledge how the media failed. And this @politico.com piece that I referenced did not reflect that "everyone was very skeptical" www.politico.com/news/2024/10...
October 3, 2025 at 11:55 AM
not that it will happen but at the very least any reporter who wrote about trump “distancing” from project 2025 owes their readers an explanation for why they published obvious lies
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This machine fights fascists.
ICE Nazis in Chicago tried to kidnap a food delivery worker but my man was too fast for those slow bastards
September 29, 2025 at 1:46 PM
This machine fights fascists.
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they're going around and documenting flags that aren't at half-mast for Charlie Kirk
September 15, 2025 at 6:01 PM
they're going around and documenting flags that aren't at half-mast for Charlie Kirk
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A masterclass in introducing a bunch of superheroes (most of whom aren’t new to one another so nobody’s expositing) without it ever becoming confusing or crowded - though Gunn always has been good at that.
August 5, 2025 at 1:52 PM
A masterclass in introducing a bunch of superheroes (most of whom aren’t new to one another so nobody’s expositing) without it ever becoming confusing or crowded - though Gunn always has been good at that.
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Enjoyed Superman a lot. Among other things demonstration of why sometimes you tell not show (4 short sentences to set up the world rather than the first 40 mins of the film) and also
August 5, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Enjoyed Superman a lot. Among other things demonstration of why sometimes you tell not show (4 short sentences to set up the world rather than the first 40 mins of the film) and also
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A journalist with Canada’s public broadcaster was not allowed on the Canadian plane air dropping aid into Gaza because of Israeli restrictions.
When she made it onto a Jordanian plane, she was not allowed to film what she saw on the ground in Gaza because Israel forbids it from being shown.
When she made it onto a Jordanian plane, she was not allowed to film what she saw on the ground in Gaza because Israel forbids it from being shown.
August 5, 2025 at 4:06 AM
A journalist with Canada’s public broadcaster was not allowed on the Canadian plane air dropping aid into Gaza because of Israeli restrictions.
When she made it onto a Jordanian plane, she was not allowed to film what she saw on the ground in Gaza because Israel forbids it from being shown.
When she made it onto a Jordanian plane, she was not allowed to film what she saw on the ground in Gaza because Israel forbids it from being shown.
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Favorite little freaks I drew last year (for Scourge of the Sarafan TTRPG)
July 17, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Favorite little freaks I drew last year (for Scourge of the Sarafan TTRPG)
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NYC Comptroller Brad Lander: "I don't think the line for the [Democratic] party right now is between progressives and moderates; I think it's between fighters and folders."
June 28, 2025 at 1:08 AM
NYC Comptroller Brad Lander: "I don't think the line for the [Democratic] party right now is between progressives and moderates; I think it's between fighters and folders."
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Vote Blue No Matter Who unless its a muslim guy who wants to tax rich people
June 27, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Vote Blue No Matter Who unless its a muslim guy who wants to tax rich people