Jeff kisseloff
@jeffkisseloff.bsky.social
journalists, historian, bad ukulele player, book that solves the Alger Hiss Case, "Rewriting Hisstory," finally, out after working on it over five decades.
Pinned
my wife upon hearing about the kidnapping of Maduro and his wife, "Why couldn't some country do that to us?"
January 4, 2026 at 8:10 PM
my wife upon hearing about the kidnapping of Maduro and his wife, "Why couldn't some country do that to us?"
Hugh Hewett's interview with conservaSive sociologist Reihan Salam began as they always do with, "do you think Alger Hiss was guilty?" In other words, "Are you as intellectually lazy and uninterested in the truth as I am?"
December 17, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Hugh Hewett's interview with conservaSive sociologist Reihan Salam began as they always do with, "do you think Alger Hiss was guilty?" In other words, "Are you as intellectually lazy and uninterested in the truth as I am?"
C-span's BookTV
will be showing the evening of wonderful conversation I had in September with Tony HIss about his Dad's case and about my book, "Rewriting Hisstory: A 50-Year Journey to Discover the Truth About Alger Hiss."
will be showing the evening of wonderful conversation I had in September with Tony HIss about his Dad's case and about my book, "Rewriting Hisstory: A 50-Year Journey to Discover the Truth About Alger Hiss."
November 9, 2025 at 10:32 AM
C-span's BookTV
will be showing the evening of wonderful conversation I had in September with Tony HIss about his Dad's case and about my book, "Rewriting Hisstory: A 50-Year Journey to Discover the Truth About Alger Hiss."
will be showing the evening of wonderful conversation I had in September with Tony HIss about his Dad's case and about my book, "Rewriting Hisstory: A 50-Year Journey to Discover the Truth About Alger Hiss."
The clearest example yet that Trump is suffering from some kind of dementia. But the Democrats need to hold a sober press conference with Hirono and a doctor or two to express serious concern. Just having her comment is not nearly enough.
www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2025/10/18/u...
www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2025/10/18/u...
US senator responds to Trump’s claims she wanted ‘railroad to Hawaii’
President Trump made the claims while answering questions during his meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
www.hawaiinewsnow.com
October 20, 2025 at 11:30 AM
The clearest example yet that Trump is suffering from some kind of dementia. But the Democrats need to hold a sober press conference with Hirono and a doctor or two to express serious concern. Just having her comment is not nearly enough.
www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2025/10/18/u...
www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2025/10/18/u...
The comments about Alger Hiss by Corey Robin on The New York Times's Ezra Klein podcast may have set a Times record for most errors in a single paragraph. Congratulations all around for such whoppers as Chambers would leave documents in a pumpkin for the Russians to pick up.
September 25, 2025 at 12:02 PM
The comments about Alger Hiss by Corey Robin on The New York Times's Ezra Klein podcast may have set a Times record for most errors in a single paragraph. Congratulations all around for such whoppers as Chambers would leave documents in a pumpkin for the Russians to pick up.
We love "Only Murders in the Building" but we'll live by canceling HULU. Since the GOP refuses to do anything, it's in our hands. Our subscription is only a 10th of a smidgen I'm sure but it's the first of many to protest against corporations who that canonize dead fascists.
September 20, 2025 at 9:18 PM
We love "Only Murders in the Building" but we'll live by canceling HULU. Since the GOP refuses to do anything, it's in our hands. Our subscription is only a 10th of a smidgen I'm sure but it's the first of many to protest against corporations who that canonize dead fascists.
Made the cover of Harper's!
August 18, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Made the cover of Harper's!
So what is stopping the Kennedy's (except rfk, jr., of course) from establishing a Kennedy center in exile, renting a hall, giving out the usual awards and having a grand old time without Trump, who will stamp around the White House having a fit because he was outfoxed?
August 13, 2025 at 6:30 PM
So what is stopping the Kennedy's (except rfk, jr., of course) from establishing a Kennedy center in exile, renting a hall, giving out the usual awards and having a grand old time without Trump, who will stamp around the White House having a fit because he was outfoxed?
In the entire history of rock n roll, indeed maybe even popular music, has there ever been a worse name for a band?
Can you imagine going into Tower Records and telling the clerk, "I"m really into the Final solution." Or, "Is the Final Solution here?
Can you imagine going into Tower Records and telling the clerk, "I"m really into the Final solution." Or, "Is the Final Solution here?
August 12, 2025 at 6:20 PM
In the entire history of rock n roll, indeed maybe even popular music, has there ever been a worse name for a band?
Can you imagine going into Tower Records and telling the clerk, "I"m really into the Final solution." Or, "Is the Final Solution here?
Can you imagine going into Tower Records and telling the clerk, "I"m really into the Final solution." Or, "Is the Final Solution here?
"If any songs are going to come out of World War III, we better start writing them now."
-- Tom Lehrer
-- Tom Lehrer
July 27, 2025 at 11:26 PM
"If any songs are going to come out of World War III, we better start writing them now."
-- Tom Lehrer
-- Tom Lehrer
While working on the Hiss case in the '70s, we were puzzled by FBI documents such as these. It wasn't a program we were familiar with. We soon learned the FBI was opening up concentration camps for leftists in case of "national emergency". sound familiar? One excerpt:
June 30, 2025 at 5:06 PM
While working on the Hiss case in the '70s, we were puzzled by FBI documents such as these. It wasn't a program we were familiar with. We soon learned the FBI was opening up concentration camps for leftists in case of "national emergency". sound familiar? One excerpt:
By far the greatest comedic moment in TV history, hell the greatest moment of any type in TV history.
But here's why I'm sure it was a setup. Mr. Ed could never have hit Koufax, now Don Drysdale would have been another matter:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NlVr...
But here's why I'm sure it was a setup. Mr. Ed could never have hit Koufax, now Don Drysdale would have been another matter:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NlVr...
Mister Ed Plays Baseball
YouTube video by Kenneko
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June 29, 2025 at 7:12 PM
By far the greatest comedic moment in TV history, hell the greatest moment of any type in TV history.
But here's why I'm sure it was a setup. Mr. Ed could never have hit Koufax, now Don Drysdale would have been another matter:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NlVr...
But here's why I'm sure it was a setup. Mr. Ed could never have hit Koufax, now Don Drysdale would have been another matter:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NlVr...
June 19, 1953, a day that will live infamy: the murder of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg by the US government
June 19, 2025 at 6:08 PM
June 19, 1953, a day that will live infamy: the murder of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg by the US government
Remembering the result when the National Guard was called out to end protests in Kent, Ohio:
June 9, 2025 at 4:57 AM
Remembering the result when the National Guard was called out to end protests in Kent, Ohio:
if Donald Trump watched Good Night and Good Luck last night the only thing that would have interested him would have been the loyalty oath. I'm sure he would have loved to see it so he could adapt it for his own use.
For anyone else curious about it, here is the CBS loyalty oath:
For anyone else curious about it, here is the CBS loyalty oath:
June 8, 2025 at 1:33 PM
if Donald Trump watched Good Night and Good Luck last night the only thing that would have interested him would have been the loyalty oath. I'm sure he would have loved to see it so he could adapt it for his own use.
For anyone else curious about it, here is the CBS loyalty oath:
For anyone else curious about it, here is the CBS loyalty oath:
Reposted by Jeff kisseloff
AOC: “The girls are fighting, aren’t they?”
June 6, 2025 at 1:17 AM
AOC: “The girls are fighting, aren’t they?”
Twenty two minutes in, and it's time to talk about the Alger Hiss case and my new book on it. Book is called "Rewriting Hisstory: A 50-Year Journey to Uncover the Truth About Alger Hiss."
www.thenation.com/podcast/arch...
www.thenation.com/podcast/arch...
From the 1950s Red Scare to Trump, Plus the Alger Hiss Case
On this episode of Start Making Sense, historian Beverly Gage compares Trump’s attacks on universities with those of the McCarthy Era, and Jeff Kisseloff argues that Whittaker Chambers lied about a So...
www.thenation.com
April 30, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Twenty two minutes in, and it's time to talk about the Alger Hiss case and my new book on it. Book is called "Rewriting Hisstory: A 50-Year Journey to Uncover the Truth About Alger Hiss."
www.thenation.com/podcast/arch...
www.thenation.com/podcast/arch...
Hands off in Tucson
April 5, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Hands off in Tucson
@chrislhayes.bsky.socialI am writing this as a fan. On your and other MSNBC programs are ads for the ACLU, NAACP, anti-Hunger, St. Judes, SPLC. The ads are similar; all want 63 cents a day and $19 a month. Who does them? How much of a cut do they get? Shouldn't donors know where their money goes?
January 31, 2025 at 7:08 PM
@chrislhayes.bsky.socialI am writing this as a fan. On your and other MSNBC programs are ads for the ACLU, NAACP, anti-Hunger, St. Judes, SPLC. The ads are similar; all want 63 cents a day and $19 a month. Who does them? How much of a cut do they get? Shouldn't donors know where their money goes?
Fascinating to do a search for Alger Hiss and see most think he was guilty. If anyone wants to chat civilly with someone who knows otherwise, I am here.
January 13, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Fascinating to do a search for Alger Hiss and see most think he was guilty. If anyone wants to chat civilly with someone who knows otherwise, I am here.
searching for old familiar faces
January 13, 2025 at 11:35 AM
searching for old familiar faces