Well the cool thing is you don't get to choose how your dollars are parsed up so you're also supporting Douthat, their minimization of genocide, their anti-trans rhetoric, and bretbug.
November 6, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Well the cool thing is you don't get to choose how your dollars are parsed up so you're also supporting Douthat, their minimization of genocide, their anti-trans rhetoric, and bretbug.
Bretbug Stephens and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
because i'm a dumb little baby who has no grip on reality
November 5, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Bretbug Stephens and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
Good night, sleep tight, don't let the Bretbug write.
October 22, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Good night, sleep tight, don't let the Bretbug write.
Did not realize Bretbug was Jewish, he’s got big WASP energy
October 22, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Did not realize Bretbug was Jewish, he’s got big WASP energy
I'm done with the word "extremist" and this is a perfect example of why. If Bretbug has a substantive problem, he should name it. "Extremist" lets him not do that, and to equate Mamdani with the fascism Stephens says he opposes.
BTW, I'm a Jew and not afraid of Mamdani. Ain't about Judaism.
BTW, I'm a Jew and not afraid of Mamdani. Ain't about Judaism.
because i'm a dumb little baby who has no grip on reality
October 22, 2025 at 3:05 PM
I'm done with the word "extremist" and this is a perfect example of why. If Bretbug has a substantive problem, he should name it. "Extremist" lets him not do that, and to equate Mamdani with the fascism Stephens says he opposes.
BTW, I'm a Jew and not afraid of Mamdani. Ain't about Judaism.
BTW, I'm a Jew and not afraid of Mamdani. Ain't about Judaism.
I mean, I think this about whole paragraphs / stories / careers (e.g. the Bretbug, Douthat, &c.) there now. To say nothing of their most famous alumnus grifter Bari Weiss.
Also genuinely unclear to me whether NYT op-ed writers undergo fact-checking. I've tried to find this out before.
Also genuinely unclear to me whether NYT op-ed writers undergo fact-checking. I've tried to find this out before.
October 11, 2025 at 9:04 PM
I mean, I think this about whole paragraphs / stories / careers (e.g. the Bretbug, Douthat, &c.) there now. To say nothing of their most famous alumnus grifter Bari Weiss.
Also genuinely unclear to me whether NYT op-ed writers undergo fact-checking. I've tried to find this out before.
Also genuinely unclear to me whether NYT op-ed writers undergo fact-checking. I've tried to find this out before.
Coming up in @nytopinion.bsky.social :
Palestinians must understand that international recognition is not in their interests because I don’t like it.
By #Bretbug
apnews.com/article/brit...
Palestinians must understand that international recognition is not in their interests because I don’t like it.
By #Bretbug
apnews.com/article/brit...
In historic move, UK recognizes a Palestinian state despite opposition from US and Israel
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer says the U.K. is formally recognizing a Palestinian state despite opposition from the U.S. and Israel.
apnews.com
September 21, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Coming up in @nytopinion.bsky.social :
Palestinians must understand that international recognition is not in their interests because I don’t like it.
By #Bretbug
apnews.com/article/brit...
Palestinians must understand that international recognition is not in their interests because I don’t like it.
By #Bretbug
apnews.com/article/brit...
of course, I check in here and see that Olivia Nuzzi has failed upward into a new job and the Bretbug wants us to listen to Trump voters, so what the fuck is the purpose of writing anyway
September 19, 2025 at 5:06 PM
of course, I check in here and see that Olivia Nuzzi has failed upward into a new job and the Bretbug wants us to listen to Trump voters, so what the fuck is the purpose of writing anyway
Cue Bretbug with the “if you don’t think the times should publish hasbara you endorse rape” op-ed
March 6, 2024 at 4:20 PM
Cue Bretbug with the “if you don’t think the times should publish hasbara you endorse rape” op-ed
I see the racism Bretbug! When he’s just holding a giant sign saying “I am a big racist!” I’m not gonna really dig deep into his charisma or whatever
July 17, 2024 at 1:55 AM
I see the racism Bretbug! When he’s just holding a giant sign saying “I am a big racist!” I’m not gonna really dig deep into his charisma or whatever
that we have various flavors of bretbug and taylor "not my party" lorenz and very few outlets (and journalists) truthfully covering AI and antisemitism in the US is not by accident
these people are hired by and to appeal to a specific audience AND us, not just us, and not primarily us
these people are hired by and to appeal to a specific audience AND us, not just us, and not primarily us
exactly
it's kinda all mixed together right now, so you have to go look for the actual experts yourself because the selection of platforms we have in reality are wary giving these expert journalists dedicated support
it's kinda all mixed together right now, so you have to go look for the actual experts yourself because the selection of platforms we have in reality are wary giving these expert journalists dedicated support
November 16, 2023 at 11:06 PM
that we have various flavors of bretbug and taylor "not my party" lorenz and very few outlets (and journalists) truthfully covering AI and antisemitism in the US is not by accident
these people are hired by and to appeal to a specific audience AND us, not just us, and not primarily us
these people are hired by and to appeal to a specific audience AND us, not just us, and not primarily us
It's the Bretbug episode!
This month's premium episode is an introduction to Bret Stephens, the most racist tattletale at The New York Times.
Pundit Portrait: Bret Stephens | If Books Could Kill
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August 25, 2025 at 5:54 PM
It's the Bretbug episode!
Bretbug always finds a new low to scuttle under.
January 30, 2024 at 7:11 PM
Bretbug always finds a new low to scuttle under.
Likewise, I canceled my NYT sub due to Bretbug.
November 5, 2024 at 1:52 AM
Likewise, I canceled my NYT sub due to Bretbug.
I have UCH unfortunately and can attest to this. They denied the medication that works for me because it wasn’t the “preferred drug” (I.e. it wasn’t manufactured by the pharma company UHC made the most $$ from). I had to “fail” the preferred med first, which I did, at risk to my life. 1/2
Are you paying ATTENTION, yet?! 👇
December 15, 2024 at 4:02 PM
this is my favorite thing i think i have read from you and that includes taking a hammer and tongs to bretbug
October 18, 2023 at 6:18 PM
this is my favorite thing i think i have read from you and that includes taking a hammer and tongs to bretbug
I feel like bretbug Steven’s fits that mold better. I just find douthat to be a risible idiot. I guess both types here work for that model.
January 12, 2025 at 12:59 PM
I feel like bretbug Steven’s fits that mold better. I just find douthat to be a risible idiot. I guess both types here work for that model.
That’s well-known Maoist cadre leader Lee Bollinger
(H/t #Bretbug and the guys who pay him, @nytopinion.nytimes.com )
(H/t #Bretbug and the guys who pay him, @nytopinion.nytimes.com )
From interview of Lee Bollinger, 1st Amendment scholar who served as dean of @UMichLaw, president of @UMich, and president of Columbia University.
www.chronicle.com/article/were...
www.chronicle.com/article/were...
March 15, 2025 at 8:48 PM
That’s well-known Maoist cadre leader Lee Bollinger
(H/t #Bretbug and the guys who pay him, @nytopinion.nytimes.com )
(H/t #Bretbug and the guys who pay him, @nytopinion.nytimes.com )
Douthat slugging back an entire bottle of communion wine with a sigh after he loses the coin flip with Bretbug and has to write the “actually Trump understood that the most pressing issue for American voters is which golfers have massive dongs” op-ed
October 20, 2024 at 1:49 AM
Douthat slugging back an entire bottle of communion wine with a sigh after he loses the coin flip with Bretbug and has to write the “actually Trump understood that the most pressing issue for American voters is which golfers have massive dongs” op-ed