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How the Tariffs (Nearly) Stole Christmas • Plus: My take on the Bari Weiss ‘60 Minutes’ decision, Tyra Banks’ “hot” ice cream & why are Democrats getting gussied up?
How the Tariffs (Nearly) Stole Christmas
Plus: My take on the Bari Weiss ‘60 Minutes’ decision, Tyra Banks’ “hot” ice cream & why are Democrats getting gussied up?
mikepesca.substack.com
December 22, 2025 at 11:10 PM
How the Tariffs (Nearly) Stole Christmas • Plus: My take on the Bari Weiss ‘60 Minutes’ decision, Tyra Banks’ “hot” ice cream & why are Democrats getting gussied up?
The Great White Man Rapture • Elite industries all-but stopped hiring white guys for a few years there
The Great White Man Rapture
Elite industries all-but stopped hiring white guys for a few years there
mikepesca.substack.com
December 19, 2025 at 11:07 PM
The Great White Man Rapture • Elite industries all-but stopped hiring white guys for a few years there
EVs: Eviscerated Vehicles • Plus: ISIS goes digital, mail order brains & Fani Willis does nothing in half measures.
EVs: Eviscerated Vehicles
Plus: ISIS goes digital, mail order brains & Fani Willis does nothing in half measures.
mikepesca.substack.com
December 18, 2025 at 11:09 PM
EVs: Eviscerated Vehicles • Plus: ISIS goes digital, mail order brains & Fani Willis does nothing in half measures.
Charter Schools Passing the Buck • Plus: How Epstein made his millions, the White House defends Susie Wiles after wild interview & the meat company NOT cashing in on the protein craze.
Charter Schools Passing the Buck
Plus: How Epstein made his millions, the White House defends Susie Wiles after wild interview & the meat company NOT cashing in on the protein craze.
mikepesca.substack.com
December 17, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Charter Schools Passing the Buck • Plus: How Epstein made his millions, the White House defends Susie Wiles after wild interview & the meat company NOT cashing in on the protein craze.
What Survives Gun Control Reform? • Plus: Why panda diplomacy works, pig symbolism toppled a government & cloning your dog won’t bring it back.
What Survives Gun Control Reform?
Plus: Why panda diplomacy works, pig symbolism toppled a government & cloning your dog won’t bring it back.
mikepesca.substack.com
December 16, 2025 at 11:09 PM
What Survives Gun Control Reform? • Plus: Why panda diplomacy works, pig symbolism toppled a government & cloning your dog won’t bring it back.
The Museum of Idiocy • Plus: Why a Namibian man named Adolf Hilter keeps winning elections, how much Trump has made off of meme coins & why French farmers are protesting with manure.
The Museum of Idiocy
Plus: Why a Namibian man named Adolf Hilter keeps winning elections, how much Trump has made off of meme coins & why French farmers are protesting with manure.
mikepesca.substack.com
December 15, 2025 at 11:09 PM
The Museum of Idiocy • Plus: Why a Namibian man named Adolf Hilter keeps winning elections, how much Trump has made off of meme coins & why French farmers are protesting with manure.
The Liberace of Border Patrol • Plus: Medical marijuana doesn’t have that big of a benefit, a Minnesota town tries municipal euthanasia & the cutest cashless economy on Earth.
The Liberace of Border Patrol
Plus: Medical marijuana doesn’t have that big of a benefit, a Minnesota town tries municipal euthanasia & the cutest cashless economy on Earth.
mikepesca.substack.com
December 12, 2025 at 11:11 PM
The Liberace of Border Patrol • Plus: Medical marijuana doesn’t have that big of a benefit, a Minnesota town tries municipal euthanasia & the cutest cashless economy on Earth.
A Margin of Error To Die For • Plus: The great American typeface war, the burger joint that is banning order number 67 & why AI won't be able to help you with your chores.
A Margin of Error To Die For
Plus: The great American typeface war, the burger joint that is banning order number 67 & why AI won't be able to help you with your chores.
mikepesca.substack.com
December 11, 2025 at 11:12 PM
A Margin of Error To Die For • Plus: The great American typeface war, the burger joint that is banning order number 67 & why AI won't be able to help you with your chores.
Is That Bullshit? Suicide Spikes During the Holidays • Here's what can really kill you during the holidays.
Is That Bullshit? Suicide Spikes During the Holidays
Here's what can really kill you during the holidays.
mikepesca.substack.com
December 10, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Is That Bullshit? Suicide Spikes During the Holidays • Here's what can really kill you during the holidays.
Mike Pesca of The Gist • A recording from Mike Pesca and Matt Lewis's live video
Mike Pesca of The Gist
A recording from Mike Pesca and Matt Lewis's live video
mikepesca.substack.com
December 10, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Mike Pesca of The Gist • A recording from Mike Pesca and Matt Lewis's live video
Mike Pesca x Matt Lewis LIVE • I’m going live with Matt Robison on Wednesday, Dec. 10 at 10:30 a.m. ET.
Mike Pesca x Matt Lewis LIVE
I’m going live with Matt Robison on Wednesday, Dec. 10 at 10:30 a.m. ET.
mikepesca.substack.com
December 10, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Mike Pesca x Matt Lewis LIVE • I’m going live with Matt Robison on Wednesday, Dec. 10 at 10:30 a.m. ET.
The Crime Abatement Plans that Never Were • Plus: British wool prices rise, bobcat season ends 56 days early, gingko goes stinko & two men try to smuggle Nvidia chips to China.
The Crime Abatement Plans that Never Were
Plus: British wool prices rise, bobcat season ends 56 days early, gingko goes stinko & two men try to smuggle Nvidia chips to China.
mikepesca.substack.com
December 9, 2025 at 11:10 PM
The Crime Abatement Plans that Never Were • Plus: British wool prices rise, bobcat season ends 56 days early, gingko goes stinko & two men try to smuggle Nvidia chips to China.
A Borderline Disaster • Plus: Why someone is suing over Zootopia's portrayal of a snake, why peace talks over Ukraine are going to fail & the San Francisco schools using 3-year-olds' IQ tests for admissions.
A Borderline Disaster
Plus: Why someone is suing over Zootopia's portrayal of a snake, why peace talks over Ukraine are going to fail & the San Francisco schools using 3-year-olds' IQ tests for admissions.
mikepesca.substack.com
December 8, 2025 at 11:14 PM
A Borderline Disaster • Plus: Why someone is suing over Zootopia's portrayal of a snake, why peace talks over Ukraine are going to fail & the San Francisco schools using 3-year-olds' IQ tests for admissions.
Pesca × Matt Robison: The State of Media, from NPR to Narrative Collapse • A recording from Mike Pesca's live video
Pesca × Matt Robison: The State of Media, from NPR to Narrative Collapse
A recording from Mike Pesca's live video
mikepesca.substack.com
December 6, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Pesca × Matt Robison: The State of Media, from NPR to Narrative Collapse • A recording from Mike Pesca's live video
The Jan. 6 Bomb Narrative Goes BOOM • Plus: The tech subsidies behind "free" AI chatbots for students, a man tries to smuggle a Fabergé egg the way nature intended, and the government fights censorship with… censorship.
The Jan. 6 Bomb Narrative Goes BOOM
Plus: The tech subsidies behind "free" AI chatbots for students, a man tries to smuggle a Fabergé egg the way nature intended, and the government fights censorship with… censorship.
mikepesca.substack.com
December 5, 2025 at 11:09 PM
The Jan. 6 Bomb Narrative Goes BOOM • Plus: The tech subsidies behind "free" AI chatbots for students, a man tries to smuggle a Fabergé egg the way nature intended, and the government fights censorship with… censorship.
Pablo Torre Finds Outrage Pt. 2 • What better journalism looks like and why I care so much about this issue.
Pablo Torre Finds Outrage Pt. 2
What better journalism looks like and why I care so much about this issue.
mikepesca.substack.com
December 4, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Pablo Torre Finds Outrage Pt. 2 • What better journalism looks like and why I care so much about this issue.
Pablo Torre Finds Outrage • Pablo Torre Tears Apart Riley Gaines, and Why I Care.
Pablo Torre Finds Outrage
Pablo Torre Tears Apart Riley Gaines, and Why I Care.
mikepesca.substack.com
December 3, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Pablo Torre Finds Outrage • Pablo Torre Tears Apart Riley Gaines, and Why I Care.
Pardon My (500 Tons of) Cocaine • Plus: Why a Campbell’s exec got canned, Dragon Land seeks statehood & why is everyone getting test accommodations?
Pardon My (500 Tons of) Cocaine
Plus: Why a Campbell’s exec got canned, Dragon Land seeks statehood & why is everyone getting test accommodations?
mikepesca.substack.com
December 2, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Pardon My (500 Tons of) Cocaine • Plus: Why a Campbell’s exec got canned, Dragon Land seeks statehood & why is everyone getting test accommodations?
Bully Boy-Friendly Tactics • Plus: Medieval PTO, mercenaries in Mali & the House Republicans who’d like to log off now, please.
Bully Boy-Friendly Tactics
Plus: Medieval PTO, mercenaries in Mali & the House Republicans who’d like to log off now, please.
mikepesca.substack.com
November 26, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Bully Boy-Friendly Tactics • Plus: Medieval PTO, mercenaries in Mali & the House Republicans who’d like to log off now, please.
MAGA's Aquatic Valkyrie • Pablo Torre Finds Out that Conservative Icon Riley Gaines is Funded By Conservatives.
MAGA's Aquatic Valkyrie
Pablo Torre Finds Out that Conservative Icon Riley Gaines is Funded By Conservatives.
mikepesca.substack.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:11 PM
MAGA's Aquatic Valkyrie • Pablo Torre Finds Out that Conservative Icon Riley Gaines is Funded By Conservatives.
Get The Gist List for $49 Before the Price Goes Up • A holiday deal with no crowds, no lines, and no chaos.
Get The Gist List for $49 Before the Price Goes Up
A holiday deal with no crowds, no lines, and no chaos.
mikepesca.substack.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Get The Gist List for $49 Before the Price Goes Up • A holiday deal with no crowds, no lines, and no chaos.
Reverse Jussie in Jersey • Plus: The Government’s air passenger civility campaign, Ohio police shooting judgement & robot dogs with a PR problem.
Reverse Jussie in Jersey
Plus: The Government’s air passenger civility campaign, Ohio police shooting judgement & robot dogs with a PR problem.
mikepesca.substack.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:01 AM
Reverse Jussie in Jersey • Plus: The Government’s air passenger civility campaign, Ohio police shooting judgement & robot dogs with a PR problem.
Reverse Dorian Gray: The Tale of Bill Pulte • Plus: Why Florida’s 21st can’t seem to get a good representative, the Coast Guard’s swastika downgrade, and why Americans suddenly love gerrymandering.
Reverse Dorian Gray: The Tale of Bill Pulte
Plus: Why Florida’s 21st can’t seem to get a good representative, the Coast Guard’s swastika downgrade, and why Americans suddenly love gerrymandering.
mikepesca.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Reverse Dorian Gray: The Tale of Bill Pulte • Plus: Why Florida’s 21st can’t seem to get a good representative, the Coast Guard’s swastika downgrade, and why Americans suddenly love gerrymandering.
The Wire Episode That Ground Baltimore to a Halt • Plus: Bear-suit bureaucrats in Japan, gay sheep couture, and why Futurism wants you terrified of chatbots.
The Wire Episode That Ground Baltimore to a Halt
Plus: Bear-suit bureaucrats in Japan, gay sheep couture, and why Futurism wants you terrified of chatbots.
mikepesca.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:38 PM
The Wire Episode That Ground Baltimore to a Halt • Plus: Bear-suit bureaucrats in Japan, gay sheep couture, and why Futurism wants you terrified of chatbots.
Could Someone, Anyone, Please Get the Unfairness of Gerrymandering Right? • FINE. It'll have to be me.
Could Someone, Anyone, Please Get the Unfairness of Gerrymandering Right?
FINE. It'll have to be me.
mikepesca.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Could Someone, Anyone, Please Get the Unfairness of Gerrymandering Right? • FINE. It'll have to be me.