Sean Myers
@seanrmyers.bsky.social
Freelance writer who's been screaming that the right wing has been fabricating reality to justify their policies for an entire decade | Humor in McSweeney's Internet Tendency
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BREAKING: WATCH the full 60 Minutes CECOT segment here. This was sent to me anonymously. It appears to be the segment CBS' Bari Weiss killed. www.muellershewrote.com/p/watch-the-...
WATCH: The 60 Minutes CECOT Segment
I was sent the CECOT segment anonymously in a group chat.
www.muellershewrote.com
December 22, 2025 at 10:46 PM
BREAKING: WATCH the full 60 Minutes CECOT segment here. This was sent to me anonymously. It appears to be the segment CBS' Bari Weiss killed. www.muellershewrote.com/p/watch-the-...
The only reasonable way to read this decision is that the review recommends backing progressives, and that establishment Dems are doing whatever they can to hush it up apnews.com/article/demo...
Democrats keep 2024 election review under wraps, saying a public rehash won't help them win in 2026
Democrats won't issue a postelection report on their 2024 shellacking after all. The Democratic National Committee head has decided not to publish a formal assessment of the party’s defeat that return...
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December 19, 2025 at 1:45 AM
The only reasonable way to read this decision is that the review recommends backing progressives, and that establishment Dems are doing whatever they can to hush it up apnews.com/article/demo...
This is the foreseeable result of years of right-wing propaganda making facts and reality an engagement in subjective relativity: A mad-lib soup of words and anti-logic to justify very real policy decisions
Trump: "Venezuela is completely surrounded by the largest Armada ever assembled ... It will only get bigger, and the shock to them will be like nothing they have ever seen before — Until such time as they return to the USA all of the Oil, Land, and other Assets that they previously stole from us."
December 17, 2025 at 1:27 AM
This is the foreseeable result of years of right-wing propaganda making facts and reality an engagement in subjective relativity: A mad-lib soup of words and anti-logic to justify very real policy decisions
So if I have a deep belief that 2 + 2 = 5 and then fail a math exam... #OklahomaUniversity apnews.com/article/univ...
Oklahoma university instructor on leave after failing Bible-based essay on gender
A University of Oklahoma instructor has been placed on leave after a student complained about receiving a failing grade on a paper.
apnews.com
December 4, 2025 at 2:47 PM
So if I have a deep belief that 2 + 2 = 5 and then fail a math exam... #OklahomaUniversity apnews.com/article/univ...
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Anyone casually weighing in on this race needs to understand this.
If you ever wondered what GOP gerrymandering looks like in red states with blue cities, I present:
December 3, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Anyone casually weighing in on this race needs to understand this.
Fucking FINALLY someone with actual clout is saying what I've been screaming into the void for a fucking decade: It's not political polarization, it's factual polarization. The right wing is literally trying to cancel reality
New Column: Most of this column is a very interesting (to me!) explanation of why Trump has succeeded in politics: because he lies constantly, and lying is actually rewarded in our culture, at least the way he does it. newrepublic.com/article/2035... via @newrepublic.com
America Is Finally Starting to
See Trump for the Bullsh*t Artist He Is
He came to power through a relentless assault of lies. But the debt owed to the truth is coming due.
newrepublic.com
November 30, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Fucking FINALLY someone with actual clout is saying what I've been screaming into the void for a fucking decade: It's not political polarization, it's factual polarization. The right wing is literally trying to cancel reality
Remember: All authoritarians need to revise reality, and they often use pressure on others to do it
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 30, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Remember: All authoritarians need to revise reality, and they often use pressure on others to do it
Huh
Boring hobby I've picked up: Listening to a Grammy winning album in some genre I don't know much about. Probably not putting Silkroad and Yo-Yo Ma on heavy rotation but why not challenge myself a little as I work. Music that hasn't become familiar/comforting puts you in a different state of mind.
November 25, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Huh
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I don’t talk about this that much but when I was young I had severe OCD that went unaddressed much longer than it should have. For a while, it wrecked (among other things) my gpa; for instance, I’d keep rewriting over and over my name at the top of my math homework (b/c the brain tells u it is…
A lot of education discourse is at root an inability to decide whether the purpose of our education system is to 1) teach material and measure learning 2) reward students who work hard 3) separate the smart kids (destined for smart guy jobs) from the dumb kids (destined to serve the smart guys)
November 15, 2025 at 6:56 PM
I don’t talk about this that much but when I was young I had severe OCD that went unaddressed much longer than it should have. For a while, it wrecked (among other things) my gpa; for instance, I’d keep rewriting over and over my name at the top of my math homework (b/c the brain tells u it is…
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Ah, off-cycle election night. Time to start obsessively following the returns for a faraway candidate I just learned about an hour ago.
November 5, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Ah, off-cycle election night. Time to start obsessively following the returns for a faraway candidate I just learned about an hour ago.
November 5, 2025 at 12:29 AM
I looked into this. Basically, there was a false ending to the interview ("Thank you for your time, Mr. President. Actually, two more questions.")
Trump's answer to the following (single) question was baaaad.
So they used the false ending in the "full" video, but the question made the transcript.
Trump's answer to the following (single) question was baaaad.
So they used the false ending in the "full" video, but the question made the transcript.
Just months after the Trump administration won a $16M settlement from Paramount for a supposedly “deceptively” edited 60 Minutes interview of Kamala Harris, Trump appeared open to being edited by CBS News. trib.al/jdTdb7u
November 4, 2025 at 1:03 AM
I looked into this. Basically, there was a false ending to the interview ("Thank you for your time, Mr. President. Actually, two more questions.")
Trump's answer to the following (single) question was baaaad.
So they used the false ending in the "full" video, but the question made the transcript.
Trump's answer to the following (single) question was baaaad.
So they used the false ending in the "full" video, but the question made the transcript.
Another great example of how authoritarians work. Their friends and supporters get special treatment while their perceived enemies get persecuted
Trump said he was “on it” to help cartoonist Scott Adams with his Kaiser treatment, but the health care provider said they were already “working closely” with Adams.
‘I am declining fast’: Bay Area creator of Dilbert begs Trump for help with Kaiser treatment
Trump said he was “on it” to help cartoonist Scott Adams with his Kaiser treatment, but the health care provider said they were already “working closely” with Adams.
bit.ly
November 3, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Another great example of how authoritarians work. Their friends and supporters get special treatment while their perceived enemies get persecuted
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Nine months ago I put most of my hope in major institutions continuing to hold fascism in check, but had little expectation that regular people with little to no power would step up and put themselves at risk.
I had it exactly backward.
I had it exactly backward.
signs like these are up all over Chicago cafes and storefronts (here, cafes in Brighton Park and Back of the Yards) warning ICE not to enter without a judicial warrant
October 26, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Nine months ago I put most of my hope in major institutions continuing to hold fascism in check, but had little expectation that regular people with little to no power would step up and put themselves at risk.
I had it exactly backward.
I had it exactly backward.
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Why does everyone keep calling it “The Epstein Ballroom?” Please stop repeating “The Epstein Ballroom” because it is not called “The Epstein Ballroom!” Don’t tell the news that it’s called “The Epstein Ballroom” and please don’t repost this!!!!!
October 22, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Why does everyone keep calling it “The Epstein Ballroom?” Please stop repeating “The Epstein Ballroom” because it is not called “The Epstein Ballroom!” Don’t tell the news that it’s called “The Epstein Ballroom” and please don’t repost this!!!!!
For real, if you still subscribe to @nytimes.com you need to cancel
The New York Times describes Trump demanding his own Justice Department pay him $230 million as a "potential" ethical conflict.
October 21, 2025 at 11:00 PM
For real, if you still subscribe to @nytimes.com you need to cancel
This is actually a pretty big deal. Now lots of people don't have to be on Twitter
This is, by the way, a huge sign that Bluesky has the juice. And would be a great time for the team to make sure they’re focused on rock-solid moderation and enabling developers to have a good base for building. Journalists always use these accounts to justify still being on X/Twitter.
Yes, it does look like the government accounts joining Bluesky are real, including Homeland Security and the White House. They're tweeting about it on X.
October 17, 2025 at 11:10 PM
This is actually a pretty big deal. Now lots of people don't have to be on Twitter
The jury deliberated for less than 2 hours www.huffpost.com/entry/sidney...
Jeanine Pirro Strikes Out Yet Again In Federal Court
Prosecutor Jeanine Pirro failed to secure a felony indictment against the woman three times, then lost a jury trial on a misdemeanor charge. Ouch.
www.huffpost.com
October 16, 2025 at 10:29 PM
The jury deliberated for less than 2 hours www.huffpost.com/entry/sidney...
Mitch McConnell showing a change in tactics from bending over backwards to not answer a question
Mitch McConnell (Senator R-KY) fell again today when asked a question about ICE. He has now fallen multiple times in the last year, making the question of term limits a continuing subject.
October 16, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Mitch McConnell showing a change in tactics from bending over backwards to not answer a question
The new article on @vox.com (www.vox.com/politics/463...) dances multiple times around the concept of the Breitbart doctrine not going far enough (cancellingreality.substack.com/p/the-breitb...), without ever mentioning it. Infuriating
How everything became left or right “coded”
The answer isn’t just about parties dividing on policies.
www.vox.com
October 9, 2025 at 2:00 PM
The new article on @vox.com (www.vox.com/politics/463...) dances multiple times around the concept of the Breitbart doctrine not going far enough (cancellingreality.substack.com/p/the-breitb...), without ever mentioning it. Infuriating
You know that no one on the right sees the irony of this
Solidarity with @mark-bray.bsky.social, a fantastic, thoughtful, and generous scholar whose work about antifa is so important in this moment.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Rutgers professor moving to Europe after threats over antifa accusations
Mark Bray says threats intensified after a Turning Point USA petition accused him of promoting political violence
www.theguardian.com
October 9, 2025 at 12:51 AM
You know that no one on the right sees the irony of this
Here's a question.
That mass shooting of a Mormon church in Michigan: If the shooter was acting out of revenge for Kirk's death IN UTAH, do you think that Kash Patel's FBI will try to cover that up?
When authoritarians twist reality for their ends, truth gets more subjective. Scary times
That mass shooting of a Mormon church in Michigan: If the shooter was acting out of revenge for Kirk's death IN UTAH, do you think that Kash Patel's FBI will try to cover that up?
When authoritarians twist reality for their ends, truth gets more subjective. Scary times
October 1, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Here's a question.
That mass shooting of a Mormon church in Michigan: If the shooter was acting out of revenge for Kirk's death IN UTAH, do you think that Kash Patel's FBI will try to cover that up?
When authoritarians twist reality for their ends, truth gets more subjective. Scary times
That mass shooting of a Mormon church in Michigan: If the shooter was acting out of revenge for Kirk's death IN UTAH, do you think that Kash Patel's FBI will try to cover that up?
When authoritarians twist reality for their ends, truth gets more subjective. Scary times
Made the mistake of watching the Tyreek Hill injury.
If you're watching live football then you're exposing yourself to the risk of seeing that sort of thing. But replays should have a trigger warning.
I'm also reminded of Joe Buck saying, "Yes, you can see his arm breaking. Now in slow motion."
If you're watching live football then you're exposing yourself to the risk of seeing that sort of thing. But replays should have a trigger warning.
I'm also reminded of Joe Buck saying, "Yes, you can see his arm breaking. Now in slow motion."
September 30, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Made the mistake of watching the Tyreek Hill injury.
If you're watching live football then you're exposing yourself to the risk of seeing that sort of thing. But replays should have a trigger warning.
I'm also reminded of Joe Buck saying, "Yes, you can see his arm breaking. Now in slow motion."
If you're watching live football then you're exposing yourself to the risk of seeing that sort of thing. But replays should have a trigger warning.
I'm also reminded of Joe Buck saying, "Yes, you can see his arm breaking. Now in slow motion."