Rick Perlstein

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"O, let America be America again—
The land that never has been yet..."

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If all goes according to plan, I'll be on Chris Hayes's MSNBC show @ 6:45 cst tonight.

I wrote a thing about a thing. prospect.org/politics/202...

Say It Ain’t So, Joeprospect.org With democracy itself on the ballot, a statesman with character would know when to let go of power.

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Joe Biden's refusal to step down and let someone else take the reins, when the stakes are as high as democracy itself, is an indictment of his character in a career full of selfish and narcissistic decisions. From @rickperlstein.bsky.social:

Say It Ain’t So, Joeprospect.org With democracy itself on the ballot, a statesman with character would know when to let go of power.

Drinking game: every time Trump says "millions of people streaming across the border," insert "Jews."

They're both such selfish men.

Prezzy debates were always ridiculous. washingtonspectator.org/unmaking-pre...

The Unmaking of the Presidential Debate 2016washingtonspectator.org A friend of mine, the ace political journalist Tom Zoellner, writes of last week’s vice-presidential debate, “So Pence lies like a bad carpet and he’s proclaimed ‘the winner’ because he said it in a s...

News flash, Elon Musk thinks Black people and women are not intelligent. finance.yahoo.com/news/elon-mu...

Elon Musk and other DEI critics are latching on to ‘MEI,’ a new hiring catchphrase that experts say misses the pointfinance.yahoo.com A startup CEO’s blog post is gaining traction among the anti-DEI crowd.

On another platform, I asked for donations for a family in Gaza, as I did here. From a "human rights activist," I received the following response:

Every few weeks, I post an update about the messages I've received from my friend Gaza, whose family I have started a GoFundMe to help support. I'll post that URL here, then at the bottom of the thread. www.gofundme.com/f/ahmeds-fam...

Ahmed’s family to get out of Gaza, and simply to eat, organized by Eric Perlsteinwww.gofundme.com My name is Rick Perlstein of Chicago. You may know me as a writer … Eric Perlstein needs your support for Ahmed’s family to get out of Gaza, and simply to eat

Fave find in the Heritage Foundation's 2025 Project: point blaming "Biden Administration" for something, citing chart documenting said something from 2010-19. If you have expertise in any federal dept, especially if a past employee or even present one who wants to pull a Mark Felt, get in touch!

Don't mind saying so: this piece of mine I linked to in my Josh Marshall profile to illustrate how hopeless is mainstream media coverage of prezzie primaries, from 2015, is BOSS.

Woeful Political Punditry Leaves Readers Dazed and Confused - Newsweekwww.newsweek.com There is an utter failure to inform voters about presidential nomination contests.

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“If you are interested in how the American right went insane, @tpm.bsky.social is your actual publication of record, compiling a bountiful archive of the ways “extremism” and “mainstream” merged in the history of the Republican Party from the dawn of President George W. Bush to the present.”

I write a feel-good story, sort of... prospect.org/politics/202...

The Independent Media Hustleprospect.org How Josh Marshall has sustained Talking Points Memo amid the wreckage of modern journalism

TPM: Talking Points Memotalkingpointsmemo.com Independent, member-funded reporting and analysis on American politics, public policy and political culture

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In this week's installment of The Infernal Triangle, @rickperlstein.bsky.social details how political journalism can meet the moment, using @joshtpm.bsky.social's independent success as a case study.

The Independent Media Hustleprospect.org How Josh Marshall has sustained Talking Points Memo amid the wreckage of modern journalism

I write a feel-good story, sort of... prospect.org/politics/202...

The Independent Media Hustleprospect.org How Josh Marshall has sustained Talking Points Memo amid the wreckage of modern journalism

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It's the Long Con by @rickperlstein.bsky.social !

NEW: ProPublica identified a group of connected political nonprofits — with names like American Breast Cancer Coalition and National Coalition for Disabled Veterans — that appear to be funneling more than 90% of donations to fundraisers. www.propublica.org/article/poli...

How a Network of Nonprofits Enriches Fundraisers While Spending Almost Nothing on Its Stated Causeswww.propublica.org ProPublica identified a group of connected political nonprofits — with names like American Breast Cancer Coalition and National Coalition for Disabled Veterans — that appear to be funneling more than ...

The Long Con | Rick Perlsteinthebaffler.com Mitt Romney lies to be loved.

My new column, in the comments, is about a forgotten Roger Stone ratfuck from 2004. prospect.org/politics/202...

Remembrance of Ratf**ks Pastprospect.org As Cornel West is receiving ballot access help from Republicans, 20 years ago Al Sharpton’s campaign for president was largely orchestrated by Roger Stone.

youtu.be/grKOl66cY6k?... More from the universal spiritual eddies and streams John Coltrane pulled from. Last time I posted qawali funeral music. Tonight: Andelusian "deep song."

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Keep in mind: There’s a ballot measure in Arizona this fall, put there by the GOP, that’d pretty much kill popular initiatives there. Direct retaliation for progressive measures on minimum wage, gerrymandering, abortion, campaign finance. boltsmag.org/arizona-ball...

Arizona Republicans Set Up a Ballot Measure to Squash Future Ballot Measuresboltsmag.org A constitutional amendment, placed on the November ballot by GOP lawmakers, would severely restrict direct democracy through strict geographic requirements on ballot petitions.

Here's how the hostage resuce looks to my friend Ahmed: "A short while ago, Israeli army planes committed a massacre in Nuseirat, claiming the lives of 220...destroying an entire neighborhood." A 2024 version of "One man's terrorist is another man's freedom-fighter," I guess.

I feel like this picture of I took with my phone of a bare-knuckle boxing match on my tv screen could make the Whitney Biennial..

DO NOT FUCK WITH MO TKACIK! prospect.org/health/2024-...

Why Is NIH Perpetuating Long COVID Denial?prospect.org Documents obtained by The Sick Times reveal the bastion of the medical establishment squandered a billion dollars on a long COVID study that seems suspiciously designed to fail.

I would suggest a different dynamic at play: for cats like these, Trump's legal jeopardy is an opportunity. Back him to the hilt when he's down, and they can cash in the chit when he's up.

The Long Con by @rickperlstein.bsky.social was prophecy thebaffler.com/salvos/the-l...

For some reason, my latestcolumn, on the bloodlust of the right-wing activist bsse after Trump's guilty verdict. isn't finding much of an audience. I feae people feel I'm crying wolf at this point. I guess I'll move on for a bit and take on the Democrats for next week...

Spectacular piece, both as reporting and as literature.

“Patriarchy is so ingrained, I cannot come in with a poster that says ‘smash patriarchy,’ I cannot [dismantle it] overnight. It’s a slow unravel. It takes a lot of time. But slowly, slowly, slowly, we can break things one by one.” —Panthea Lee inthesetimes.com/article/femi...

Weaving a Feminist Movementinthesetimes.com Women in Bengaluru are unraveling patriarchy, stitch by stitch, song by song.

I wrote about right-wing response to the Trump verdict, and what you're not reading about that response in mainstream media. “Never forget 5/30/2024. The date the leftist devils chose civil war for this nation. Trump WILL be my president, by God.” prospect.org/politics/202...

The Republican Idprospect.org Rather than visiting red-state diners, reporters ought to journey to the venerable conservative message board where the talk after the Trump verdict was nihilistic and bloody.

My friend in Gaza sent me a video of the acres of garbage beside his tent city. Also a media image of a starving child, ribs protruding, like the ones you've seen from Auschwitz. I'll spare you that one. I realize...

None; that's the gag. Clever but not funny. As I've put it, trials themselves were on trial in New York. And here's our verdict: of the country's two parties believes the decision of one of the three Constitutional branches to be illegitimate when they fail their leader. This is Führerprinzip.

All The GOP Officials Telling Trump To Drop Out After His Felony Convictionwww.huffpost.com These are the Republican leaders standing up and putting country before party.

No. Biden just announced Ukraine can use U.S. weapons. Very very dangerous.

The timeline right now looks like an Ewok party after the Death Star exploded

A world war is possible.

Terrorism is possible.