Percentage of white Americans who say they enjoy Juneteenth less than an average day : 29

Percentage of Republicans who say so : 42

harpers.org/harpers-index/

I personally am glad that we’ve started using AI which takes an incredible amount of power to perform

Cover for the new book with Van Jackson. Due out in January 2025 with Yale University Press. Very cool.

Special - The Death of Ebrahim Raisi w/ Sina Toossi

Danny and Derek sit down with Sina Toossi to discuss the death of Iranian president Ebrahim Raisi— the circumstances around the deadly crash, the foreign policy implications, and all the rest of it.

americanprestigepod.com/p/special-the-…

repost undone ..... mission accomplished

starting the fascism debate 😈

Destiny comparing stupid, pointless online debates to the Federalist Papers ('pamphlets and shit') is amazing. Mr Confetti just keeps on giving and we should thank him

At this point you could make an entire newsletter out of 'American fascism' stories that people like John Ganz are just ignoring

Him: are you dumb?
Me:

I'm going to miss that particular brand of 'LA rich' that lasted from ~1980s-~2000s when someone could have semi-starred in a random TV show for a year or sold a few scripts and could live off that forever. just people doing nothing at 1pm everyday for three decades

it's a reflection of the nihilism that is just below the surface of everything Americans do