The Bupkes
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It rhymes with justice: A zine of side-eye journalism, cathartic satire, and literary relief with the curmudgeonly conviction in basic decency and a good sandwich.
Here, our half-baked ideas. More baked, thebupkes.com.
Here, our half-baked ideas. More baked, thebupkes.com.
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Ruining it for the rest of us
That's a nice Star of David you got there, shame if something were to happen to it.
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September 9, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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You say it like it's a bad thing.
August 19, 2025 at 11:00 PM
You say it like it's a bad thing.
It’s hard to fully grapple with the insanity of it if you didn’t grow up drinking the poison like it was a healthy smoothie (present company here included). Once you start to think of it like a cult, it starts to make more “sense.”
August 19, 2025 at 9:36 AM
It’s hard to fully grapple with the insanity of it if you didn’t grow up drinking the poison like it was a healthy smoothie (present company here included). Once you start to think of it like a cult, it starts to make more “sense.”
The Chronicle is for Christian Zionists. I mean, it’s in acronym: JC!
August 19, 2025 at 9:29 AM
The Chronicle is for Christian Zionists. I mean, it’s in acronym: JC!
Of course, this is the same mechanism of media complicity that buttresses far-right narratives on the domestic front — policing, immigrant communities, urban crime etc.
August 14, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Of course, this is the same mechanism of media complicity that buttresses far-right narratives on the domestic front — policing, immigrant communities, urban crime etc.
And our latest ConWatch looks at Germany’s decision to halt some weapons to Israel, and asks: Is what should have been enough now enough — and is it enough?
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ConWatch: Week 1,819
Does Germany have a constitution yet? This week: Germany says no to weapons for Israel now — kinda sorta maybe whatever.
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August 14, 2025 at 8:37 AM
And our latest ConWatch looks at Germany’s decision to halt some weapons to Israel, and asks: Is what should have been enough now enough — and is it enough?
open.substack.com/pub/thebupke...
open.substack.com/pub/thebupke...
Full episode here: open.substack.com/pub/thebupke...
The EU Left wants to rebuild community: "Talk about bupkes!" with Manus Carlisle
Listen now | The press guy for The Left group in European Parliament talks about the European Union's "grave" moment and why the internet is not really real.
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August 9, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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You don’t really buy the Applebaumian hegemonic worldview, do you?
August 7, 2025 at 7:57 AM
You don’t really buy the Applebaumian hegemonic worldview, do you?
NB: Germany does not have a “culture ministry” for similar historical reasons.
August 6, 2025 at 1:17 PM
NB: Germany does not have a “culture ministry” for similar historical reasons.
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The EU Left wants to rebuild community: "Talk about bupkes!" with Manus Carlisle
YouTube video by The Bupkes
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August 6, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Or on YouTube:
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youtu.be/SlmYKPROpSI?...