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John Ganz
@lioneltrolling.bsky.social
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dottore, ingegnere, avvocato

When the Clock Broke: Con Men, Conspiracists, and How America Cracked Up in the Early 1990s — out now from
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https://www.unpopularfront.news/
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John Ganz @lioneltrolling.bsky.social · Apr 6
The hardcover of When the Clock Broke is on sale at many outlets!
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When the Clock Broke
ONE OF THE WASHINGTON POST'S TEN BEST BOOKS OF 2024One of The New York Times's 100 Notable Books of 2024Longlisted for the National Book Critics Circle Award...
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lioneltrolling.bsky.social
I feel like we're in a weird world where the average Dem partisan, engaged voter is better informed than most of their representatives
jamellebouie.net jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 19h
seems to me that those democrats inclined not to fight perceive themselves as living through a somewhat ordinary cycle of presidential overreach and backlash and not something much more significant and dangerous
November 10, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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theresaganz.bsky.social
www.theresaganz.com

The thesis of my book Grand Illusion is that excesses of gold in architecture are a direct indication of despotism. As the White House festoons itself with golden doodads and proposes a gilded new ballroom, I think the thesis holds. Link in bio. 💛⚜️💛
Theresa Ganz
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August 8, 2025 at 5:03 PM
lioneltrolling.bsky.social
November 9, 2025 at 6:50 PM
lioneltrolling.bsky.social
The weekly round-up.—
www.unpopularfront.news/p/crackpot-m...
Crackpot meets Armchair; 'Political Capitalism' revisited; One Eddington After Another
Reading, Watching 11.09.25
www.unpopularfront.news
November 9, 2025 at 3:18 PM
lioneltrolling.bsky.social
I can't believe I forgot about Christine Todd Whitman!
November 8, 2025 at 1:04 PM
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jamellebouie.net
new episode up where john and i give our thoughts on tuesday's election
Unclear and Present Politics Episode 8 — The Beginning of the End? (Video) | Unclear and Present Patreon
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November 7, 2025 at 1:47 PM
lioneltrolling.bsky.social
Yesterday's live video with @maxread.info and Jay Caspian Kang now available.
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Read Max X Unpopular Front w/ Jay Kang
Talking Elections and More with the New Yorker's Jay Caspian Kang
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November 6, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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dmk1793.bsky.social
Thinking back to this excellent concluding paragraph from @lioneltrolling.bsky.social's Substack post after Zohran Mamdani's initial primary victory:
November 5, 2025 at 8:44 PM
lioneltrolling.bsky.social
the 1980s and 90s were bad
gggphd.bsky.social GGG, PhD @gggphd.bsky.social · 5d
When I first saw Spike Lee's "Do the Right Thing" in 1989 I wondered why NYC's ethnic groups so deeply hated one another. Was the film's depiction simply wrong, or has the vibe shifted dramatically toward the pluralism and tolerance you so eloquently describe?
November 5, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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maxread.info
Going live on Substack with @lioneltrolling.bsky.social and Jay Kang at 2pm ET. We'll talk about the elections and whatever else--recording will be available to paid subscribers tomorrow.

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LIVE SOON: Read Max X Unpopular Front w/ Jay Kang
Starting Nov 5 at 2:00 PM EST
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November 5, 2025 at 2:27 PM
lioneltrolling.bsky.social
FYI.
November 5, 2025 at 2:27 PM
lioneltrolling.bsky.social
Thoughts on Zohran's victory.
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Thoughts on a Victory
From Gaza to New York
www.unpopularfront.news
November 5, 2025 at 12:06 PM
lioneltrolling.bsky.social
Oh, the neocons are gonna find some secret weapon to stop the groypers? Would this be the same one they used to stop Trump?

www.unpopularfront.news/p/who-will-w...
Who Will Win the GOP Civil War?
Hint: Not the Neocons.
www.unpopularfront.news
November 4, 2025 at 12:05 PM
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maiamindel.bsky.social
November 3, 2025 at 7:06 PM
lioneltrolling.bsky.social
Being There presidency
sharonk.bsky.social Sharon @sharonk.bsky.social · 8d
lol Reagan
President Reagan was uncomfortable with these conflicts among his advisers. When his officials could not agree, Reagan avoided choosing sides, preferring instead to dispel the tension with humorous anecdotes. Indeed, he contributed to the problem by making remarks that seemed to support each group. Advisers were frequently left to divine the president’s wishes, and they often came into conflict with each other, each claiming to represent the “true” Reagan.21 As Haig described it at the time, “Because of his habitual cheery courtesy, it is at times difficult to know when [President Reagan] is agreeing or disagreeing, approving or disapproving.”22 The president’s mixed signals undermined his administration’s ability to craft a coherent policy toward the USSR.
November 2, 2025 at 9:03 PM
lioneltrolling.bsky.social
Re-sharing this. www.unpopularfront.news/p/the-fatal-...
The Fatal Embrace
Reading, Watching 07.27.25
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October 31, 2025 at 12:32 PM
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sharonk.bsky.social
@lioneltrolling.bsky.social:
If you needed any additional evidence that MAGA is more of a kleptocratic demimonde or criminal racket than a political movement, look at how Steve Bannon gravitated to Jeffrey Epstein just as the stench of disgrace became unbearable for most others. Or look at Trump’s otherwise inexplicable commutation of the sentence of fraudster George Santos. Marx wrote that the mob was drawn partially from “discharged jailbirds”—in Santos’s case, it’s literally true. The message there is clearly: “Support me, and I’ll take care of you.”
October 30, 2025 at 2:11 PM
lioneltrolling.bsky.social
Right-wingers with their petulant anti-anti-racism nourished the viper of antisemitism in their bosom.— www.unpopularfront.news/p/a-viper-in...
A Viper in its Bosom
The Right nourished and protected its Antisemitic Wing
www.unpopularfront.news
October 30, 2025 at 1:04 PM
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jacobkornbluh.bsky.social
BREAKING: Both Satmar factions decide not to endorse a candidate for mayor and decry the vicious campaign against Mamdani that paints him as hostile to Jews.

In letters to their community members, the Satmar leadership calls the attacks against Mamdani false and dangerous.
October 29, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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jacobinmag.bsky.social
After World War I, city hall Socialists around Italy built an impressive array of welfare programs, schools, and libraries.

The Fascist backlash soon showed the limits of their strength and the impossibility of relying on urban citadels of power alone.
When Fascism Destroyed Italy’s Socialist City Halls
After World War I, city hall Socialists around Italy built an impressive array of welfare programs, schools, and libraries. The Fascist backlash soon showed the limits of their strength and the impossibility of relying on urban citadels of power alone.
jacobin.com
October 28, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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jakemgrumbach.bsky.social
Good piece, reminded me of this from John ganz a while back
Perhaps pro- and para-Trump conservative elites have not fully realized they are making common cause with full-blown cynics and nihilists. Perhaps they truly don't grasp that their provisional allies on the alt-right are not simply against the present disposition of American institutions, but also devoted to demolishing the restraining influence of standards and institutions altogether. Or perhaps, long saddled with the wounded self-consciousness of outsiders, conservative elites now view the mob as their cousins, sharing a common resentment against the mainstream society from which they, too, feel excluded. At a minimum, the ease with which figures now pass back and forth between the worlds of the alt-right and the conservative sanctums of elite discourse means that we have diminishing cause to distinguish the one world from the other anymore.
October 28, 2025 at 3:46 PM
lioneltrolling.bsky.social
We're at the "Papers please" phase
davidjbier.bsky.social David Bier @davidjbier.bsky.social · 17d
What a sick world.
October 27, 2025 at 12:34 PM
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jamellebouie.net
very rare to see someone say out loud what i suspect, which is that there are plenty of people evaluate my work based on my profile picture and not the actual words i use
October 26, 2025 at 2:29 PM
lioneltrolling.bsky.social
Google "Black September," moron.
drewpavlou.bsky.social Drew Pavlou @drewpavlou.bsky.social · 16d
This actually proves my point. You didn’t carry out suicide bombing attacks against the Egyptians in Gaza or the Jordanians from 48 to 67
diplomatofnight.com Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 16d
Pro-Israel talking points are basically contingent upon you never reading about anything that has ever happened. It is not like we revolted against the British in 1936, or were immediately suppressed politically by the Jordanians from 48 to 67 or engaged in civil war in 71, or fought Egypt in Gaza.
October 27, 2025 at 11:36 AM
lioneltrolling.bsky.social
Spoke to historian @williamhogeland.bsky.social about the myths and the reality of the Founding Generation.
www.unpopularfront.news/p/talking-to...
Talking to historian William Hogeland about the Founders
Author Series No. 3
www.unpopularfront.news
October 24, 2025 at 12:13 PM