T.A. Frank @tafrank
Writer-at-Large, Vanity Fair [email protected] Seattle, WA Joined September 2008-
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I covered Mike Pence, who is running as a 2003 conservative in 2023. washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2023…
I fear it may be necessary to subject Surowiecki to L3 deamplification.
I fear it may be necessary to subject Surowiecki to L3 deamplification.
It is certainly one thing to hate about the term. But "hate most" about it? I'd nominate its use as a tool to erode fundamental liberties.
It is certainly one thing to hate about the term. But "hate most" about it? I'd nominate its use as a tool to erode fundamental liberties.
What went wrong with Seattle? I put together a cop's-eye view of the story: unherd.com/2022/03/the-fa…
@JamesSurowiecki @SkipSchweiss How did you decide?
"The Steele dossier as a case study in how reporters can get manipulated or allow themselves to be manipulated," says "Spooked" author @BarryMeier. He spoke with @tafrank about how reporters should guard themselves against being dupes in an unseen game nym.ag/3ksj8rh
@tafrank interviews me about “Spooked.” @praddenkeefe was right in “Empire of Pain.” I do curse a lot. nymag.com/intelligencer/…
Will journalists learn anything from the Steele dossier debacle? @BarryMeier considers such questions and others from me in this interview: nymag.com/intelligencer/…
This discussion started several months ago when Twitter labelled Chinese and Russian media "state-affiliated" without doing the same with the state-owned BBC, DW, VoA etc. It absolutely made no sense except if you take it that Twitter is an arbiter of truth.
The number of educated Americans who are pro-censorship now is nauseating.
Important article. YouTube is pulling down Fischer's raw footage of protests but allowing mainstream outlets to post and monetize the same thing. Fischer owns his copyright. He is documenting in the public interest. What's wrong here? Similar things have happened to me.
Important article. YouTube is pulling down Fischer's raw footage of protests but allowing mainstream outlets to post and monetize the same thing. Fischer owns his copyright. He is documenting in the public interest. What's wrong here? Similar things have happened to me.
The “incarcerated firefighter” has been serving a sentence for a drive by shooting that hit two people and killed one. One weird thing about today’s pundits is how many of them not only accept agitprop but crave it.
The “incarcerated firefighter” has been serving a sentence for a drive by shooting that hit two people and killed one. One weird thing about today’s pundits is how many of them not only accept agitprop but crave it.
Steve Sailer @Steve_Sailer
121K Followers 1K Following My pronouns, like Stalin's, are Who vs. Whom. Pre-order my anthology "Noticing" in paperback for $29.95: https://t.co/VpzBKeEO89
Michael Brendan Dough.. @michaelbd
70K Followers 3K Following author of My Father Left Me Ireland. Senior Writer @NRO. Visiting Fellow for the Social, Cultural, and Constitutional Studies division at AEI. Yes, DMs.
Wesley Yang @wesyang
136K Followers 9K Following Writing on Substack. Author https://t.co/XpCqfzGhUI. Tips accepted here: https://t.co/yOYgoS3FtN…
Aaron Maté @aaronjmate
409K Followers 4K Following Host, @PushbackShow @TheGrayzoneNews. Writing: https://t.co/y3NxUhLQQm. Co-host: @UsefulIdiotpod. [email protected]
Jesse Singal @jessesingal
157K Followers 3K Following I make text and voice words. @fsgbooks, former @NYMag. Cohost @TheBARPod, the first-ever podcast: https://t.co/1qH8Ez9XYO * [email protected]
Walter Kirn @walterkirn
153K Followers 7K Following Editor-at-Large @CountyHwy Co-host @AmericaWeek w/@mtaibbi Books: Blood Will Out, Up in the Air, Thumbsucker, Mission to America, etc
Matt Stoller @matthewstoller
144K Followers 3K Following Hi. I work at the American Economic Liberties Project. I wrote a book called Goliath and the monopoly-focused newsletter BIG: https://t.co/8QDW3bH1y3
Lomez @L0m3z
55K Followers 2K Following "A good boy. Senile bookcel. Physically fit. And basically normal.”
Philippe Lemoine @phl43
44K Followers 2K Following Technically a philosopher, who hopefully will finish his PhD one day. I write on Substack and @CSPICenterOrg. "At least he's pretty smart." (@bechhof)
Joe Gabriel Simonson @SaysSimonson
31K Followers 2K Following @freebeacon. Get in touch: [email protected] DM for Signal
Razib 🥥 Khan 🧬 .. @razibkhan
72K Followers 4K Following Genes/Evolution/History/Politics Website: https://t.co/RMRko6gLtr Cofounder: @genrait_inc YouTube: https://t.co/8qv9j8hXSQ Advisor: @boltzmann_net
Helen Andrews @herandrews
30K Followers 7K Following senior editor @amconmag, author @SentinelBooks, site https://t.co/sWgUwL5qxZ
Saagar Enjeti @esaagar
434K Followers 4K Following Co-Host of Breaking Points with Krystal and Saagar and The Realignment Podcast
Mickey Kaus @kausmickey
40K Followers 7K Following 'The venerable liberal crusade for income equality is doomed. Time to try a different strategy.' https://t.co/3dr6j71ntz
Aaron Sibarium @aaronsibarium
63K Followers 5K Following Reporter @FreeBeacon. Co-host of "Institutionalized" with @CharlesFLehman. DMs open. sibarium @ freebeacon dot com. A kind of genius”—Jason Stanley
Peter Bauer @pmbauermusic
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Hans Mahncke @HansMahncke
119K Followers 747 Following The great thieves lead away the little thief. Book: https://t.co/9rLPnjY7Ge coming soon.
Stephen McIntyre @ClimateAudit
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Andrew Hammel @AndrewHammel1
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中島 拓実 (Nakaji.. @NakajimaTa98604
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Kelsey Bembry @bemb_kelse
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Taylor Hanna @tayl_hann
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Saskia Fritsch @SasFrits
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Donella Ginsky @GinskDonel
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Reese Reaney @ReaneyRea
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Carolina Ruhmann @RuhmCaroli
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HJ @hiawathajohnson
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Juana Dearth @JuaDeart
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Havannah Arnoldy @ArnolHavanna
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Ariadne Dehlinger @AriadneDehlin
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Deirdre Horne @ho_deird
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Michael Tracey @mtracey
317K Followers 1K Following Roving journalist, friend to all dogs [email protected]
Steve Sailer @Steve_Sailer
121K Followers 1K Following My pronouns, like Stalin's, are Who vs. Whom. Pre-order my anthology "Noticing" in paperback for $29.95: https://t.co/VpzBKeEO89
Michael Brendan Dough.. @michaelbd
70K Followers 3K Following author of My Father Left Me Ireland. Senior Writer @NRO. Visiting Fellow for the Social, Cultural, and Constitutional Studies division at AEI. Yes, DMs.
Wesley Yang @wesyang
136K Followers 9K Following Writing on Substack. Author https://t.co/XpCqfzGhUI. Tips accepted here: https://t.co/yOYgoS3FtN…
Aaron Maté @aaronjmate
409K Followers 4K Following Host, @PushbackShow @TheGrayzoneNews. Writing: https://t.co/y3NxUhLQQm. Co-host: @UsefulIdiotpod. [email protected]
Jesse Singal @jessesingal
157K Followers 3K Following I make text and voice words. @fsgbooks, former @NYMag. Cohost @TheBARPod, the first-ever podcast: https://t.co/1qH8Ez9XYO * [email protected]
Ross Douthat @DouthatNYT
202K Followers 382 Following NYT columnist, National Review film critic, author of The Decadent Society (2020) and The Deep Places (2021), newsletter: https://t.co/WBFQHVHblS
Walter Kirn @walterkirn
153K Followers 7K Following Editor-at-Large @CountyHwy Co-host @AmericaWeek w/@mtaibbi Books: Blood Will Out, Up in the Air, Thumbsucker, Mission to America, etc
Matt Stoller @matthewstoller
144K Followers 3K Following Hi. I work at the American Economic Liberties Project. I wrote a book called Goliath and the monopoly-focused newsletter BIG: https://t.co/8QDW3bH1y3
Richard Hanania @RichardHanania
96K Followers 218 Following President, @CSPICenterOrg. Former @UTAustin, @ColumbiaSIPA. Post pictures from books. Subscribe at https://t.co/32YL6Mtg2D
Lomez @L0m3z
55K Followers 2K Following "A good boy. Senile bookcel. Physically fit. And basically normal.”
Philippe Lemoine @phl43
44K Followers 2K Following Technically a philosopher, who hopefully will finish his PhD one day. I write on Substack and @CSPICenterOrg. "At least he's pretty smart." (@bechhof)
Joe Gabriel Simonson @SaysSimonson
31K Followers 2K Following @freebeacon. Get in touch: [email protected] DM for Signal
Razib 🥥 Khan 🧬 .. @razibkhan
72K Followers 4K Following Genes/Evolution/History/Politics Website: https://t.co/RMRko6gLtr Cofounder: @genrait_inc YouTube: https://t.co/8qv9j8hXSQ Advisor: @boltzmann_net
Sohrab Ahmari @SohrabAhmari
143K Followers 1K Following Founder and editor, @compactmag_. "American Affairs" columnist, @NewStatesman. Author, most recently, TYRANNY, INC.
Josh Barro @jbarro
285K Followers 2K Following I write a newsletter (at https://t.co/ZoyMCO4aN5), I host the Very Serious podcast, & I co-host https://t.co/UzPB0fX8QJ w/ @popehat Email josh at joshbarro dot com
stevemur @stevemur
6K Followers 1K Following entrepreneur, tech exec. politically independent, preference for data. msft/expe/startups. ms compsci, mba.
Andrew Hammel @AndrewHammel1
5K Followers 4K Following "Truth springs from argument amongst friends." -- Hume
Andrea Suarez @weheartfounder
1K Followers 416 Following Founder and Executive Director of We Heart Seattle (501c3). We are a boots on the ground movement for a more beautiful and safe Seattle for all to enjoy.
高大伟 David Cowhi.. @gaodawei
11K Followers 3K Following Retired US diplomat. My personal views. Resemblance to US policy entirely coincidental. Ham call WA1LBP 退休的美国外交官. 这里是我的个人意见与偏见，不代表任何一个人，政权，团体或者外星人背后所控制的傀儡。
clucktopia @clucktopia
625 Followers 2K Following
Sue Schmidt @SchmidtSue1
1K Followers 787 Following Writer, researcher. Longtime Washington Post investigative journalist.
Marc Andreessen 🇺�.. @pmarca
1.4M Followers 24K Following Techno-optimist. E/acc. Technology brother. Move Fast and Make Things. p(Doom) = 0; p(“1984”) = not 0.
Leor Sapir @LeorSapir
34K Followers 544 Following Fellow @ManhattanInst | Ph.D. @BostonCollege & Post-Doc @Harvard | Gender medicine | Causes and consequences of institutional dysfunction | opinions own
Break The Rules (Sub .. @breakth3rules
3K Followers 463 Following The most intellectually diverse livestream ever bringing mainstream & fringe together. 🚀 https://t.co/1oIiKynmUU 💸 https://t.co/qLVrkE3XFX
Ron Fournier @ron_fournier
64K Followers 4K Following Consultant. Former White House Correspondent. Bestsellers “Love That Boy” & “Applebee’s America.” Ex: @AP @TheAtlantic @crainsdetroit @arkansasonline @TheSenRec
Ben Williams @bendwilliams
4K Followers 1K Following Executive Features Editor, Washington Post. Previously: GQ. Builder of https://t.co/H1VJm5I7MV.
Christopher The Warri.. @TheChrisMoreno
17K Followers 4K Following Survivor of Y2K, end to Mayan Calendar, cancer and the Great 2024 Eclipse. 🍋🟩🏝️#KnowYourWorth
Inez Stepman ⚪️�.. @InezFeltscher
81K Followers 5K Following @IWF // @FDRLST // @ClaremontInst Lincoln Fellow. Host, High Noon. American. Anti-feminist. Palo Alto disrespecter. @JarrettStepman's wife.
Colin Wright @SwipeWright
210K Followers 2K Following Evolutionary Biology PhD | Founding Editor @RealLastStand | Fellow @ManhattanInst | Advisor @AtheistsLiberty | Whiskey, cats, ideas.
Coddled affluent prof.. @feelsdesperate
28K Followers 4K Following Superfluous elite, center-right Foucault curious, anti Med Twitter, expansive liberatory agenda, overbroad definition of fascist
We Heart Seattle @weheartseattle
4K Followers 568 Following We Heart Seattle is a boots-on-the-ground, grassroots coalition who clean the city & provide outreach as a direct action strategy to supplement current methods.
Nicholas A. Christaki.. @NAChristakis
196K Followers 682 Following Sterling Professor of Social and Natural Science at Yale. Physician. Author of Apollo's Arrow; Blueprint; and Connected. Luckily wed @ErikaChristakis
Michael Shellenberger @shellenberger
1.1M Followers 938 Following Founder, Public :: Dao Journalism Award Winner :: Time, "Hero of Environment" : CBR Chair of Politics, Censorship & Free Speech @UAustinOrg : Bestselling author
Andrew Beck @AndrewBeckUSA
8K Followers 2K Following Partner at @beckandstone, a brand consultancy building enterprises and institutions. Knight takes rook.
Zoe @UltraRareAF
5K Followers 1K Following Working on the next thing. I once felt proud of: my jpeg collection UltraRareAF on OS, my AI/jpeg projects https://t.co/R7Mld7dnhA and my books on Amazon.
Mike Benz @MikeBenzCyber
305K Followers 150 Following Executive Director, @FFO_Freedom. Former State Dept Cyber. Author of the unpublishable monstrosity, Weapons Of Mass Deletion.
Elon Musk @elonmusk
181.3M Followers 579 Following
David Decosimo @DavidDecosimo
11K Followers 297 Following Philosopher at Boston University, Past-chair of #AcademicFreedom @BU_Tweets, PhD @Princeton. Ethics, religion, & politics. RT≠endorse; opinions own
Joshua Diemert @JoshDiemert
145 Followers 156 Following The culture of white supremacy is a melting pot of greed, guys, guns, gods and white power. It is a deadly brew. - City of Seattle RSJI
Sune Engel Rasmussen @SuneEngel
27K Followers 3K Following Foreign correspondent for @WSJ, covering the Middle East, Afghanistan and European security. He/him #IStandWithEvan.
Jennifer 🐘 Acciden.. @nogenderpredtrs
3K Followers 4K Following Mother, Dissident, Artist, Realist, Survivor, politically homeless, gender heretic #IStandwithFamilies #istandwithjkrowling #IStandInReality @ethical_care
The Dark Fiddling Pir.. @PsychRabble
23K Followers 1K Following Academic piracy here. Social science: https://t.co/UVO9nXNgf0 Substack: https://t.co/8nVjj0Qu6N Nothing here represents Rutgers.
Adam Tully @AdamTullyMusic
388 Followers 385 Following Tango 🎸 & Composition BA, 🇦🇷 from NYC 🇺🇸 Artistic Director of @tangodehoyok Vení que te cuento (Coming November 2022) GGM en @ahem927
Marc Short @marctshort
4K Followers 1K Following Coalition to Protect American Workers | @AmericanFreedom Chairman | Former COS @Mike_Pence, Director of Leg Affairs for President Trump
Helen Joyce @HJoyceGender
151K Followers 1K Following Author of book about gender-ID ideology. Show me the 3rd gamete, & we can talk. Rights-hoarding dinosaur. No, you be kind. Newsletter: Joyce Activated
Caitlin Johnstone @caitoz
368K Followers 4K Following 100% reader-funded writer. All works free to republish, bootleg, use or c/p. All works co-authored by Tim Foley. Patreon: https://t.co/W3o6lpnLgI Paypal: https://t.co/F6jUZFOVY7
Jeryl Bier @JerylBier
13K Followers 117 Following Editor of Pluribus, an online project exploring the rising tide of illiberalism and its recent progeny, cancel culture. Also, freelance writer, accountant, etc.
Wenyuan Wu, Ph.D. @wu_wenyuan
9K Followers 1K Following ED @ Californians for Equal Rights Foundation, ED @ No on 16, Co-author of the Great Parent Revolt, Minding the Campus Columnist, Words in Other Places
Leif Rasmussen @lokitekone
2K Followers 703 Following Disappointed academic, centrist edge-lord, contrarian, computer scientist, evolution, genetic algorithms, agent-based modeling, signalling theory.
Peggy Noonan @Peggynoonannyc
196K Followers 1K Following WSJ columnist and author of nine books on US politics and culture. Most recent: The Time of Our Lives. Pulitzer Prize for commentary, 2017.
John Sailer @JohnDSailer
11K Followers 861 Following Senior Fellow at @NASorg | Investigating higher education | Words in @WSJ, @theFP, @tabletmag, @unherd
Gail Ross @RossGail
2K Followers 1K Following Non-fiction literary agent at @RossYoon and copyright lawyer in Washington, DC. Visit us at RossYoon Agency online.
Rebecca Mansour @RAMansour
10K Followers 3K Following Senior Editor-at-Large, @BreitbartNews. Detroit native/L.A. woman. Opinions are my own. RIP Blue Check Mark, 4-20-23
Here's an excellent @TheNewRepublic piece by @tafrank making this point that somehow slipped past the magazine's gatekeepers in 2013. newrepublic.com/article/113651…
"What Republicans object to isn’t border chaos. It’s having more migrants come here ..." Well, yes. Duh. Enforcing the statutory limits is how you protect wages of less-skilled workers. I thought @newrepublic would be for that. newrepublic.com/article/178423…
Defending free speech can be hard. Sometimes it requires defending offensive, vile speech that you may personally object to. But there is a long, proud tradition in America of principled civil libertarians defending our core constitutional rights in the most difficult of…
Because I used to know Doug. It’s just baffling to me that people who describe themselves as progressives think the FBI, DHS, CIA, and the Pentagon censoring the Internet isn’t a story. Do they think it’s a good thing? Smh
@mtaibbi Why are you worried about a comment from this dip💩. Great work! Keep it up Matt
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My beloved Steve — we had 42 years together ✍️
So, this taken on two days after the Hamas atrocity. Don't like right wing Zionists, like radical Islamists much less. Make a deal (the internationally acclaimed two state solution is fine) and get a life. Photo after winning super senior (over 65 ) at Trump National DC
On both freedom of speech or international law, the tragedies currently unfolding will at least have the merit of showing who is sincerely attached to the principles they constantly invoke, and who is just a poseur.
This is why people who insisted complaints about censorship were right-wing blather weren’t paying attention to history. Once the tool exists, it will inevitably be used in all directions
Germany bans pro-Palestine protests. UK bans display of Palestine flag. NY law firm fires student promised job for pro-Palestine comments. And now @Columbia University bans reporters from covering protests. This isn’t even a US war.
Three volumes wouldn't have been enough.
Would be so refreshing if a candidate said, “On Day One, if I’m elected, I will unpack and take in the vibe.”
Classic Esquire piece. Worthy successor to Rust Hills, Mailer (Notes on the Talent in the Room), Lish, Joy Williams, Bruce Jay Friedman, Baldwin, Dwight Macdonald, et al. Bravo! esquire.com/entertainment/…
Wow what a lie
The dig on FIRE deep on this piece is a journalistic embarrassment. latimes.com/entertainment-…
@EricLevitz once again paging @joshtpm: it's never too late to do the reading!
An important and highly original analysis; free to read without paywall:/4 compactmag.com/article/the-co…
Can you believe the September/October issue marks three full years at the magazine for me? I finally feel like I'm sort of getting the hang of this. theamericanconservative.com/looking-back-o…
College Kids on a Volunteer Service Trip
The “Revitalized Downtown” in every small American city
.@RepSaraJacobs & @IlhanMN stepping up to stop cluster munitions transfer to Ukraine. Not having any more shells in our stores to give Ukraine is not an excuse to send them what should have already been banned for moral and humanitarian reasons. Shame. responsiblestatecraft.org/2023/07/07/rep…
The week in Biden foreign policy: he's sending cluster munitions to Ukraine & choosing Elliott Abrams to advise us on "public diplomacy." Serious question: Since the withdrawal from Afghanistan, has Biden done anything significant on foreign policy that a neocon wouldn't like?
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