Jeff Shesol
@shesol.bsky.social
Historian. Co-Founder, West Wing Writers. Lapsed cartoonist. Author, Mercury Rising: John Glenn, John Kennedy, and the New Battleground of the Cold War.
Life might not imitate art but it does, increasingly, imitate satire.
Book Review: ‘Ghosts of Iron Mountain,’ by Phil Tinline
A new book by Phil Tinline recounts the history of a 1967 hoax and its ongoing influence as source code for antigovernment conspiracy theories.
www.nytimes.com
March 26, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Life might not imitate art but it does, increasingly, imitate satire.
Reposted by Jeff Shesol
Trump "has felt free — perhaps never freer than now — to show contempt for judges, juries, lawyers, the rule of law and the Constitution," writes Jeff Shesol. "The question is not whether Mr. Trump will defy the court, but how soon and to what extent."
Opinion | John Roberts Is on a Collision Course With Trump
Besieged on all sides, the chief justice faces his greatest test yet.
www.nytimes.com
February 23, 2025 at 6:06 AM
Trump "has felt free — perhaps never freer than now — to show contempt for judges, juries, lawyers, the rule of law and the Constitution," writes Jeff Shesol. "The question is not whether Mr. Trump will defy the court, but how soon and to what extent."
