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Whatever’s in these Epstein Files (and we have some idea) must be really bad.
January 18, 2026 at 4:25 AM
Whatever’s in these Epstein Files (and we have some idea) must be really bad.
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There is a reason he’s forced to cause all of this chaos. He has NO PLAN. He funds no programs, no healthcare, no education, no lower prices, money coming in only supports more chaos. He envies other dictators. I challenge ANYONE to tell me just one single thing he’s accomplished? Discussion open
January 17, 2026 at 11:52 AM
There is a reason he’s forced to cause all of this chaos. He has NO PLAN. He funds no programs, no healthcare, no education, no lower prices, money coming in only supports more chaos. He envies other dictators. I challenge ANYONE to tell me just one single thing he’s accomplished? Discussion open
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My take on the Iran protests, the brutal crackdown, US and Israeli involvement, and more.
It's time for us to be morally and politically consistent.
It's time for us to be morally and politically consistent.
Mehdi Reacts to the Intense Debate Over Iran's Protests
YouTube video by Zeteo
www.youtube.com
January 18, 2026 at 12:18 AM
My take on the Iran protests, the brutal crackdown, US and Israeli involvement, and more.
It's time for us to be morally and politically consistent.
It's time for us to be morally and politically consistent.
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there is a very small community of finance bros—the same ones who hyped NFTs—that are driving these financialization-of-everything trends
and if you're a journalist covering their hobbies without covering this cultural reality, I am side-eyeing you
(meaning these broadcasters, not Damon)
and if you're a journalist covering their hobbies without covering this cultural reality, I am side-eyeing you
(meaning these broadcasters, not Damon)
“The more that prediction markets are treated like news, especially heading into another election, the more every dip and swing in the odds may end up wildly misleading people about what might happen, or influencing what happens in the real world.” @saahildesai.bsky.social
America Is Slow-Walking Into a Polymarket Disaster
Why is the media obsessed with prediction markets?
www.theatlantic.com
January 17, 2026 at 4:47 PM
there is a very small community of finance bros—the same ones who hyped NFTs—that are driving these financialization-of-everything trends
and if you're a journalist covering their hobbies without covering this cultural reality, I am side-eyeing you
(meaning these broadcasters, not Damon)
and if you're a journalist covering their hobbies without covering this cultural reality, I am side-eyeing you
(meaning these broadcasters, not Damon)
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I genuinely don't understood how America took the emoluments clause -- the common-sense bar on a president using his powers to line his own pockets, a law children can understand -- and just said, nah, that doesn't apply for our Very Special Boy.
He’s turned the presidency into the world’s largest ATM machine.
January 17, 2026 at 1:26 AM
I genuinely don't understood how America took the emoluments clause -- the common-sense bar on a president using his powers to line his own pockets, a law children can understand -- and just said, nah, that doesn't apply for our Very Special Boy.
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Robert G. Kramer sold nearly 90,000 shares of his stock in Emergent BioSolutions, knowing that large quantities of vaccine materials were contaminated, the lawsuit said. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/u...
New York Sues Former C.E.O. of Covid Vaccine Maker Over Insider Trading
www.nytimes.com
January 15, 2026 at 10:43 PM
Robert G. Kramer sold nearly 90,000 shares of his stock in Emergent BioSolutions, knowing that large quantities of vaccine materials were contaminated, the lawsuit said. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/u...
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We have to be clear about what the Trump Administration is doing: They are taking basic American virtues and freedoms — the ability to speak truth to power and freely — and turning them into crimes. We must see through this.
January 11, 2026 at 1:43 AM
We have to be clear about what the Trump Administration is doing: They are taking basic American virtues and freedoms — the ability to speak truth to power and freely — and turning them into crimes. We must see through this.
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Before we succumb to the amnesia of Trump’s Upside Down World, let’s take a moment to remember what happened five years ago.
Because the shame of that day endures, and its consequences are all around us.
open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
Because the shame of that day endures, and its consequences are all around us.
open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
A Reminder: Donald Trump is the January 6 President
Never Forget.
open.substack.com
January 5, 2026 at 4:56 PM
Before we succumb to the amnesia of Trump’s Upside Down World, let’s take a moment to remember what happened five years ago.
Because the shame of that day endures, and its consequences are all around us.
open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
Because the shame of that day endures, and its consequences are all around us.
open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
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January 5, 2026 at 5:01 PM
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Zohran Mamdani, New York City’s first Muslim and South Asian mayor and its youngest in more than a century, was inaugurated in a public celebration outside City Hall on Thursday. See highlights: www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
Read his inauguration speech: www.nytimes.com/2026/01/01/n...
Read his inauguration speech: www.nytimes.com/2026/01/01/n...
January 1, 2026 at 9:58 PM
Zohran Mamdani, New York City’s first Muslim and South Asian mayor and its youngest in more than a century, was inaugurated in a public celebration outside City Hall on Thursday. See highlights: www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
Read his inauguration speech: www.nytimes.com/2026/01/01/n...
Read his inauguration speech: www.nytimes.com/2026/01/01/n...
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Ignoring urgently needed reforms in favor of fruitlessly trying to find evidence of fraud, DOGE descended on the Social Security Administration “thinking it should work like a McDonald’s,” the agency’s former acting chief told ProPublica.
This is our #4 most-read story of 2025:
This is our #4 most-read story of 2025:
The Untold Saga of What Happened When DOGE Stormed Social Security
DOGE has ignored urgently needed reforms and upgrades at the Social Security Administration, according to dozens of insiders and 15 hours of candid interviews with the former acting chief of the agenc...
www.propublica.org
January 1, 2026 at 10:30 PM
Ignoring urgently needed reforms in favor of fruitlessly trying to find evidence of fraud, DOGE descended on the Social Security Administration “thinking it should work like a McDonald’s,” the agency’s former acting chief told ProPublica.
This is our #4 most-read story of 2025:
This is our #4 most-read story of 2025:
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“He is a man who rose to the moment.” — Tom Nichols on President Zelenskyy
@radiofreetom.bsky.social
@radiofreetom.bsky.social
December 28, 2025 at 9:22 PM
“He is a man who rose to the moment.” — Tom Nichols on President Zelenskyy
@radiofreetom.bsky.social
@radiofreetom.bsky.social
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GOP operatives Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman, convicted election fraudsters, were paid $960,000 in the second quarter to secure a pardon for a former nursing-home operator who defrauded the government of $38 million. Trump pardoned the man, Joseph Schwartz, last month.
Inside the New Fast Track to a Presidential Pardon
Even some of the president’s closest advisers have been surprised by a number of the recent series of pardons.
www.wsj.com
December 25, 2025 at 10:35 PM
GOP operatives Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman, convicted election fraudsters, were paid $960,000 in the second quarter to secure a pardon for a former nursing-home operator who defrauded the government of $38 million. Trump pardoned the man, Joseph Schwartz, last month.
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Trump’s speech exposed a broad spectrum of unwellness. Rushed, ranty, grievance-laden and a brutal slog for fact-checkers, the diatribe was a dog’s breakfast of barking self-pity, finger-pointing, statistical bullshit, and political tone-deafness.
open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
Envisioning a World Without Trump
A conversation with Tom Nichols
open.substack.com
December 18, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Trump’s speech exposed a broad spectrum of unwellness. Rushed, ranty, grievance-laden and a brutal slog for fact-checkers, the diatribe was a dog’s breakfast of barking self-pity, finger-pointing, statistical bullshit, and political tone-deafness.
open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
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BREAKING: The DC Circuit Court of Appeals denied DOGE's effort to prevent turning over much needed—and long overdue—information to CREW on its structure and operations.
This is a huge win for transparency and accountability!
This is a huge win for transparency and accountability!
DC Circuit unanimously denies DOGE effort to block discovery in CREW FOIA lawsuit - CREW | Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington
The DC Circuit Court of Appeals unanimously denied DOGE's latest attempt to prevent discovery in CREW's lawsuit.
www.citizensforethics.org
December 18, 2025 at 8:53 PM
BREAKING: The DC Circuit Court of Appeals denied DOGE's effort to prevent turning over much needed—and long overdue—information to CREW on its structure and operations.
This is a huge win for transparency and accountability!
This is a huge win for transparency and accountability!
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This is a blow to the conservative effort to embed Christian teachings in state standards in Oklahoma. There have been a number of efforts to push education in the state to the right, which I detailed in this story. It has been a testing ground and remains an interesting state to watch.
December 17, 2025 at 10:31 PM
This is a blow to the conservative effort to embed Christian teachings in state standards in Oklahoma. There have been a number of efforts to push education in the state to the right, which I detailed in this story. It has been a testing ground and remains an interesting state to watch.
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The University of Michigan’s Will Thomas joins @davidfrum.bsky.social to discuss how Donald Trump is using cryptocurrencies to enrich himself and his allies. Plus: David on the attack at Bondi Beach.
Listen to “The David Frum Show”:
Listen to “The David Frum Show”:
How Crypto Is Turning America Into a Kleptocracy
The University of Michigan’s Will Thomas on how President Donald Trump is using cryptocurrencies to enrich himself and his allies. Plus: David on the attack at Bondi Beach and lessons on courage from Joseph Conrad’s Lord Jim.
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December 17, 2025 at 11:15 PM
The University of Michigan’s Will Thomas joins @davidfrum.bsky.social to discuss how Donald Trump is using cryptocurrencies to enrich himself and his allies. Plus: David on the attack at Bondi Beach.
Listen to “The David Frum Show”:
Listen to “The David Frum Show”:
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“Hasan is known as one of the most formidable interviewers in journalism; unabashedly direct, unrelenting in his line of questioning, and notorious for fact-checking and correcting response-avoidant guests in real time.”
Thank you to GQ Middle East for this profile of me:
Thank you to GQ Middle East for this profile of me:
Mehdi Hasan Says So
Gaza. Sudan. The silence – and the spin – of mainstream media. Islamophobia, fascism, authoritarianism, racism. The award-winning journalist, broadcaster, and author has seen enough
www.gqmiddleeast.com
December 17, 2025 at 7:14 PM
“Hasan is known as one of the most formidable interviewers in journalism; unabashedly direct, unrelenting in his line of questioning, and notorious for fact-checking and correcting response-avoidant guests in real time.”
Thank you to GQ Middle East for this profile of me:
Thank you to GQ Middle East for this profile of me:
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They updated the website today to remove the word "independent"
Before (left), after (right)
Before (left), after (right)
December 17, 2025 at 8:25 PM
They updated the website today to remove the word "independent"
Before (left), after (right)
Before (left), after (right)
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The Vanity Fair photographer from the Susie Wiles story.
Holy. Shit.
www.washingtonpost.com/style/power/...
Holy. Shit.
www.washingtonpost.com/style/power/...
December 17, 2025 at 8:34 PM
The Vanity Fair photographer from the Susie Wiles story.
Holy. Shit.
www.washingtonpost.com/style/power/...
Holy. Shit.
www.washingtonpost.com/style/power/...
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December 16, 2025 at 7:38 PM
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I cried the first time I saw it. And Mary Tyler Moore should have gotten an Oscar over Sissy Spacek. It's a movie that hurts on different levels as you rewatch it at different points in your life.
Ordinary People. Fantastic movie. Fantastic acting. Makes me ugly cry every time.
December 16, 2025 at 2:28 AM
I cried the first time I saw it. And Mary Tyler Moore should have gotten an Oscar over Sissy Spacek. It's a movie that hurts on different levels as you rewatch it at different points in your life.
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Arizona, the model for voucher programs across the country, spent so much money paying private schoolers’ tuition that it faced hundreds of millions in budget cuts to critical state programs and projects last year.
(Published July 2024)
(Published July 2024)
School Vouchers Were Supposed to Save Taxpayer Money. Instead They Blew a Massive Hole in Arizona’s Budget.
Arizona, the model for voucher programs across the country, has spent so much money paying private schoolers’ tuition that it’s now facing hundreds of millions in budget cuts to critical state program...
www.propublica.org
December 16, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Arizona, the model for voucher programs across the country, spent so much money paying private schoolers’ tuition that it faced hundreds of millions in budget cuts to critical state programs and projects last year.
(Published July 2024)
(Published July 2024)