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THE UNSHAMEABLE MIND OF EZRA KLEIN

November 16, 2025 at 1:20 PM

Jerry Long

@longjerry.bsky.social

THE UNSHAMEABLE MIND OF EZRA KLEIN
open.substack.com/pub/jlbeggar...

In American media and politics, the tree of conventional wisdom has a deep and endlessly intrusive root system which binds any possibility of constructive change into harmless bipartisan jargon.

THE UNSHAMEABLE MIND OF EZRA KLEIN

October 5, 2025 at 4:09 PM

Jerry Long

@longjerry.bsky.social

I wrote about #EzraKlein
I hope you'll give it a read and a share. Thanks & best!
open.substack.com/pub/jlbeggar...

In American media and politics, the tree of conventional wisdom has a deep and endlessly intrusive root system which binds any possibility of constructive change into harmless bipartisan jargon.

BACK WHEN TRUMP WAS FUNNY

October 5, 2025 at 1:46 PM

Jerry Long

@longjerry.bsky.social

It's the 10th anniversary of a thing I wrote!
#Trump #History #Lincoln #politics #comedy

open.substack.com/pub/jlbeggar...

10 years ago this month, the Long Brothers’ “Abraham Trump’s Gettysburg Address” was published at Funny Or Die…

IF ISRAEL RAN MY FARMERS MARKET

August 19, 2025 at 11:22 AM

Jerry Long

@longjerry.bsky.social

me: "to save my sanity I have become virulently anti-semantic. I now hate any American politician, Jewish or Christian, who tries to define #Gaza as a nuanced and complex situation."
@ghostpanther.bsky.social @davidhogg.bsky.social @mehdirhasan.bsky.social

jlbeggar.substack.com/p/if-israel-...

An Exercise In Empathy

NO KINGS!!! BUT THE NOBLES ALSO SUCK

August 4, 2025 at 12:54 PM

Jerry Long

@longjerry.bsky.social

NO KINGS!!! BUT THE NOBLES ALSO SUCK
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It’s the photo ops which set me off. Dozens of smiling Republicans with their left thumb raised to placate the spoiled brat at the big desk.

MY QUARTER CENTURY OF “ANTISEMITISM”

July 25, 2025 at 2:09 PM

Jerry Long

@longjerry.bsky.social

Not having #Medicaid and #Snap will suck for so many. But on the bright side, if #HakeemJeffries has the same literary agent as #CoreyBooker the poor and powerless will be able to find “Talkin With My Hands” next to “Stand” when they sift through remainder bins. #Democrats

July 3, 2025 at 6:44 PM

Jerry Long

@longjerry.bsky.social

In light of the wonderful success of #ZohranMamdani I’m posting an old Op-ed I wrote about the United States and #Israel. I hope you’ll give it a read and decide for yourself whether the conversation has improved or stagnated regarding charges of #antisemitism.
jlbeggar.substack.com/p/my-quarter...

Nearly 25 years ago, my first serious Op-Ed about the United States’ support for Israel was published in The Philadelphia Inquirer.

As breakups go, I don’t think the billionaire cult leader President of the United States, or his - you’ll pardon the expression - “X”, the richest guy on the planet, will have trouble making ends meet...

June 28, 2025 at 12:45 PM

Jerry Long

@longjerry.bsky.social

People forget that #DOGE is still out there running amok. But I just got notified that #ElonMusk wants to have my child. I hope you'll share my nightmare. #Trump #Medicaid
jlbeggar.substack.com/p/my-ketamin...

MY KETAMINE NIGHTMARE

DEMOCRATS SEARCH FOR THE SAME PAGE

June 17, 2025 at 11:52 AM

Jerry Long

@longjerry.bsky.social

@ghostpanther.bsky.social Can't help thinking #Democrats will use the #Trump-Musk spat to court #Elon's money rather than join me in classifying him as "the most dangerous and powerful foreign-born terrorist ever vomited up on American shores since Netanyahu."
jlbeggar.substack.com/p/democrats-...

I come from several generations of Slovak steelworkers.

DEMOCRATS SEARCH FOR THE SAME PAGE

June 6, 2025 at 1:43 PM

Jerry Long

@longjerry.bsky.social

"For serious Democratic thinkers the lure of the euphemism is eternal, the powerless can be bamboozled, and swing state majorities are always one grouping of impactful-sounding words away."

jlbeggar.substack.com/p/democrats-...

I come from several generations of Slovak steelworkers.

jlbeggar.substack.com/p/democrats-...

June 3, 2025 at 8:10 PM

Jerry Long

@longjerry.bsky.social

DEMOCRATS SEARCH FOR THE SAME PAGE

I come from several generations of Slovak steelworkers.

Dennis The Menace (Lost Episode)

June 3, 2025 at 2:22 PM

Jerry Long

@longjerry.bsky.social

Had #PopeFrancis not died I would never have known that a leading contender to replace him is named Pierbattista Pizzaballa.
Instead of writing his name down on a paper ballot, folding it and placing it in a chalice, I feel any cardinal voting "Pizzaballa" should simply throw in a garlic knot.

April 23, 2025 at 11:05 PM

Jerry Long

@longjerry.bsky.social

RIP #JayNorth. As any #DennisTheMenace fan can tell you, Joseph Kearns made that show.
youtu.be/SPXsJd0eLPM?...

YouTube video by Joe Long

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April 7, 2025 at 11:27 AM

Jerry Long

@longjerry.bsky.social

Sadly, as relevant today as when we shot it 35 years ago...
youtu.be/juA31lfYK2k?...
#FDA #RFKJR #Republicans

The GOP Market

YouTube video by Joe Long

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March 28, 2025 at 12:26 PM

Jerry Long

@longjerry.bsky.social

I wrote about #Trump and #Musk today. All reads and shares much appreciated! I'm new here.
www.counterpunch.org/2025/03/21/3...

Trump, Musk and Their Democratic "Opposition"

Turns out there’s a difference between living in interesting times and trying to exist amid delirium. How I envy those Trumpian Americans, their

March 21, 2025 at 12:40 PM

Jerry Long

@longjerry.bsky.social

BOLD #political prediction: If anyone hiring at @theprospect.bsky.social or @levernews.com or @thenation.com or @theintercept.com or @jacobinmagazin.bsky.social realizes readers can be reached through satire I'll be able to quit my part time food service job.
www.counterpunch.org/2025/01/10/s...

As an older man, I’ve learned to fully embrace joy in whatever form it chooses to reveal itself. To caress the fleeting happiness of existential

January 21, 2025 at 8:46 PM

Jerry Long

@longjerry.bsky.social

I wrote about the #PodSaveAmerica #Democrats: "All those strategic consultants and registered lobbyists and think tank employees and foundation founders whose every utterance is an audition and whose every belief is predicated on the check clearing."
www.counterpunch.org/2025/01/10/s...

As an older man, I’ve learned to fully embrace joy in whatever form it chooses to reveal itself. To caress the fleeting happiness of existential

January 12, 2025 at 1:01 PM

Jerry Long

@longjerry.bsky.social

I wrote about certain #Democrats: "The kind of people who find Rachel Maddow pithy and are exhilarated by Nancy Pelosi theatrically ripping bits of paper and wish The Mueller Report was more widely available in paperback." #Obama #Biden #Harris #Trump
www.counterpunch.org/2025/01/10/s...

As an older man, I’ve learned to fully embrace joy in whatever form it chooses to reveal itself. To caress the fleeting happiness of existential

January 12, 2025 at 12:55 PM

Jerry Long

@longjerry.bsky.social

www.counterpunch.org/2025/01/10/s...
Poll after poll shows Americans think our country is on the wrong track, so under what manic transference disorder would we classify our unending bipartisan mania to publicly proclaim our indispensable greatness and the glories of our hilltop-city radiance?

As an older man, I’ve learned to fully embrace joy in whatever form it chooses to reveal itself. To caress the fleeting happiness of existential

Notes on Drafting a Manifesto

January 10, 2025 at 7:31 PM

Jerry Long

@longjerry.bsky.social

Hi everyone!
I'm a political satirist willing to engage with anyone.
Here is a link to my most recent piece at CounterPunch:
www.counterpunch.org/2024/12/18/n...

“And even in their lies, pain which cannot forgive falls manifesto by manifesto upon the insurance industry, until in their own terror, against their