J.M. Berger PRE-ORDER THE POPE'S HITMAN
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Extremism expert by day, novelist by night, apparently
THE POPE'S HITMAN (10/27/2026)
EXTREMISM (MIT Press, 2018)
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The first review of "The Pope's Hitman" is out! A "riveting action thriller" filled with "breakneck action and giddy twists"!
The full (mildly spoilery) review is here:
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The full (mildly spoilery) review is here:
www.publishersweekly.com/9798892428521
Out 10/27/26, pre-order now!
AMZ amzn.to/4ojzmC6
Bookshop bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
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“Defensive air to air refuelling” Burnham has confirmed the UK will provide to Saudi for airstrikes in Yemen was the same line used to aid Trump’s bombing of Yemen. That “support” facilitated a strike the US says ‘likely’ killed 80 civilians. How many more civilians will the British support killing?
👉NEW -- Starmer ‘complicit’ in Trump’s Yemen massacre
by @ionacraig.com
Children and paramedics were among at least 80 civilians killed in the incident, Declassified can reveal.
www.declassifieduk.org/starmer-comp...
by @ionacraig.com
Children and paramedics were among at least 80 civilians killed in the incident, Declassified can reveal.
www.declassifieduk.org/starmer-comp...
Starmer ‘complicit’ in Trump’s Yemen massacre
Children and paramedics were among at least 80 civilians killed in the incident, Declassified can reveal.
www.declassifieduk.org
September 21, 2026 at 9:42 PM
“Defensive air to air refuelling” Burnham has confirmed the UK will provide to Saudi for airstrikes in Yemen was the same line used to aid Trump’s bombing of Yemen. That “support” facilitated a strike the US says ‘likely’ killed 80 civilians. How many more civilians will the British support killing?
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A couple went on a Fox News podcast and claimed the state of #Massachusetts took away their teen because they won't help the teen transition. But it's actually because the father was charged with beating and threatening to kill the teen and the mother was charged with witness intimidation.
Mass. parents' story about child's gender transition complicated by court records
Joseph Kutzko was charged with assaulting the child in January 2025, not long before the child was removed from the family’s home. Mother Arlene Kutzko was charged with witness intimidation in connect...
www.wbur.org
September 21, 2026 at 6:23 PM
A couple went on a Fox News podcast and claimed the state of #Massachusetts took away their teen because they won't help the teen transition. But it's actually because the father was charged with beating and threatening to kill the teen and the mother was charged with witness intimidation.
I can think of at least one thing the Islamic Communists want but have not yet gotten
I was at a hipster coffee shop in Park Slope yesterday and they paused Geese so that everyone could get out their mandatory prayer mats.
September 22, 2026 at 4:46 AM
I can think of at least one thing the Islamic Communists want but have not yet gotten
Nothing bad has ever come of a politician calling his enemies "cancer."
Not voting to cut taxes = Communism.
Using state power to root out the Lügenpresse, however, is definitely not fascism.
Using state power to root out the Lügenpresse, however, is definitely not fascism.
September 22, 2026 at 4:44 AM
Nothing bad has ever come of a politician calling his enemies "cancer."
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Me, talking to future children: When the internet started, it was a place to worship cats. That was good. We had forums. Those were good. Then they ruined it. They ruined it all
September 22, 2026 at 3:08 AM
Me, talking to future children: When the internet started, it was a place to worship cats. That was good. We had forums. Those were good. Then they ruined it. They ruined it all
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Decades from now, people will may wonder how people let this one guy accumulate so much power
CNN PANIC is setting in now that David Ellison will control the network in a matter of weeks: "People are anxious and worried... Unlike other mergers ... that we've been through, we have the preview of CBS, so it's not like people don't have a sense of what's coming." www.status.news/p/david-elli...
Ellison’s Bonta Blowout
David Ellison worked the phones over the weekend to secure a settlement for his Warners takeover—but the deal’s supposed safeguard for CNN is already drawing skepticism from inside the network as staf...
www.status.news
September 22, 2026 at 2:24 AM
Decades from now, people will may wonder how people let this one guy accumulate so much power
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the footage of the president speaking at a news conference and you can't hear him because it's the press he banned who bring the sound equipment is too on the damn nose because guess what we wouldn't have if people hadn't kept insisting on handing this asshole a microphone over & over & over again
September 21, 2026 at 8:02 PM
the footage of the president speaking at a news conference and you can't hear him because it's the press he banned who bring the sound equipment is too on the damn nose because guess what we wouldn't have if people hadn't kept insisting on handing this asshole a microphone over & over & over again
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jesus fucking christ richard
September 22, 2026 at 1:51 AM
jesus fucking christ richard
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You gotta give it up to Earth Wind & Fire for not even bothering to add a Water guy. They were just like it’s fine
September 21, 2026 at 8:50 AM
You gotta give it up to Earth Wind & Fire for not even bothering to add a Water guy. They were just like it’s fine
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Outside the obvious timebomb of selling out trans kids to appeal to ~16 bigots in deep Ohio, an underplayed part of the whole "trans kids in youth sports" stuff is making the most psycho Little League parents the most important political demo in America. They're joy vampires for the kids themselves!
September 21, 2026 at 1:29 PM
Outside the obvious timebomb of selling out trans kids to appeal to ~16 bigots in deep Ohio, an underplayed part of the whole "trans kids in youth sports" stuff is making the most psycho Little League parents the most important political demo in America. They're joy vampires for the kids themselves!
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The way to look at this is George bush is trying to help Donald trump retain power on the Hill
Scoop: John Cornyn & George W. Bush are headlining a Dallas fundraiser tonight for all of the Senate GOP nominees in tossup races—except Ken Paxton
It benefits a new joint fundraising committee for IA, ME, NH, OH, AK, MI & the NRSC
w/ @teddyschleifer.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/09/21/u...
It benefits a new joint fundraising committee for IA, ME, NH, OH, AK, MI & the NRSC
w/ @teddyschleifer.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/09/21/u...
Bush and Cornyn Leave Out Paxton as They Raise Cash for Senate Candidates
The former president and Texas senator are headlining a fund-raiser in Dallas for top Republican Senate candidates. Not included: Ken Paxton, the nominee in their own state.
www.nytimes.com
September 22, 2026 at 1:13 AM
The way to look at this is George bush is trying to help Donald trump retain power on the Hill
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reposting for the evening crowd, because despite its deceptive simplicity, I worked a lot harder on this one than usual
September 22, 2026 at 1:18 AM
reposting for the evening crowd, because despite its deceptive simplicity, I worked a lot harder on this one than usual
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Headline is not as strongly worded as the quote.
September 22, 2026 at 12:52 AM
Headline is not as strongly worded as the quote.
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The government moving or hiding jailed people to avoid review by courts isn't some loophole in our habeas corpus rights. This government behavior has been considered a violation of the people's habeas corpus rights since at least the Habeas Corpus Act of 1679. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Habeas_...
![Jailors were forbidden to move prisoners from one prison to another or out of the country to evade the writ. In case of disobedience jailers would be punished with severe fines which had to be paid to the prisoner.[5][6]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:egd33s7iuqsmwlwab6mbtrqi/bafkreieocoa2jelvyioyspfyjhchhj6lqvjgxf6vm73l4mamvtls72tzmq)
September 21, 2026 at 6:19 PM
The government moving or hiding jailed people to avoid review by courts isn't some loophole in our habeas corpus rights. This government behavior has been considered a violation of the people's habeas corpus rights since at least the Habeas Corpus Act of 1679. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Habeas_...
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Exclusive: Looksmaxxer Clavicular faces a criminal case that could carry 20 years in prison and mandatory sex offender registration.
My latest False Flag for @thebulwark.com www.thebulwark.com/p/scoop-look...
My latest False Flag for @thebulwark.com www.thebulwark.com/p/scoop-look...
SCOOP: Looksmaxxer Clavicular Charged With Criminal Rape, Drugging
The manosphere celeb faces three counts stemming from an alleged encounter with a minor.
www.thebulwark.com
September 21, 2026 at 11:54 PM
Exclusive: Looksmaxxer Clavicular faces a criminal case that could carry 20 years in prison and mandatory sex offender registration.
My latest False Flag for @thebulwark.com www.thebulwark.com/p/scoop-look...
My latest False Flag for @thebulwark.com www.thebulwark.com/p/scoop-look...
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Every future imagined by a tech company is worse than the previous iteration.
Napster Is Back, and It Wants to Digitally Clone Teachers
Once the music industry’s biggest headache, Napster’s next act is bringing AI to the classroom.
www.wired.com
September 21, 2026 at 11:54 PM
Every future imagined by a tech company is worse than the previous iteration.
The regime is that no bunch of guys should ever be allowed to use a participatory website
See, the real problem we need to institute a safety regime around is “a bunch of guys on a website thought real hard and agreed something very bad might happen,” which covers everything from AI safetyism, to QAnon, to neo-nazi accelerationism, to MAHA, etc
Imagine if all the evidence for climate change was "a bunch of guys on a website thought very hard about it and agreed it was very bad and might happen" instead of empiricism.
September 21, 2026 at 11:26 PM
The regime is that no bunch of guys should ever be allowed to use a participatory website
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The tragedy has been so knowable. This from seven years ago — and we’re still paying for so many Americans letting it happen.
September 21, 2026 at 2:07 AM
The tragedy has been so knowable. This from seven years ago — and we’re still paying for so many Americans letting it happen.
Thousands of layoffs + fascist control of a vast swath of US media and entertainment
media consolidation is always extremely harmful to labor, consumers, creatives, and markets.
It's not a debate.
when the thousands of layoffs drop next year, all the dems who clamored for a weak settlement will be nowhere to be found
It's not a debate.
when the thousands of layoffs drop next year, all the dems who clamored for a weak settlement will be nowhere to be found
Feckless Dems Fold, Back Off Effort To Kill Paramount Merger
Every single time Democrats have an opportunity to demonstrate they're serious about media reform, they trip over their own assholes.
karlbode.com
September 21, 2026 at 8:02 PM
Thousands of layoffs + fascist control of a vast swath of US media and entertainment
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media consolidation is always extremely harmful to labor, consumers, creatives, and markets.
It's not a debate.
when the thousands of layoffs drop next year, all the dems who clamored for a weak settlement will be nowhere to be found
It's not a debate.
when the thousands of layoffs drop next year, all the dems who clamored for a weak settlement will be nowhere to be found
Feckless Dems Fold, Back Off Effort To Kill Paramount Merger
Every single time Democrats have an opportunity to demonstrate they're serious about media reform, they trip over their own assholes.
karlbode.com
September 21, 2026 at 7:35 PM
media consolidation is always extremely harmful to labor, consumers, creatives, and markets.
It's not a debate.
when the thousands of layoffs drop next year, all the dems who clamored for a weak settlement will be nowhere to be found
It's not a debate.
when the thousands of layoffs drop next year, all the dems who clamored for a weak settlement will be nowhere to be found
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The “jaw-dropping” El Niño currently heating up the planet has burst through the highest temperature ever recorded for the phenomenon, several months before its expected peak.
September 21, 2026 at 2:50 PM
The “jaw-dropping” El Niño currently heating up the planet has burst through the highest temperature ever recorded for the phenomenon, several months before its expected peak.
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it's JD's first day at standing school
(Kent Nishimura/Pool via Getty)
(Kent Nishimura/Pool via Getty)
September 21, 2026 at 5:01 PM
it's JD's first day at standing school
(Kent Nishimura/Pool via Getty)
(Kent Nishimura/Pool via Getty)
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you are *not* prepared for what this technology company is called, nothing can prepare you
UK installs AI facial scanning technology at residence halls
The University of Kentucky is installing artificial intelligence facial scanning technology on several campus buildings.
www.wkyt.com
September 21, 2026 at 6:13 PM
you are *not* prepared for what this technology company is called, nothing can prepare you
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*the Aristocrats voice* Gavin Newsom!
I'm sure there's more detail to come under the hood but TLDR #$PSKY bought off California by promising to release at least 30 films per year in theaters, and without California the other holdouts didn't see a way forward.
September 21, 2026 at 2:27 PM
*the Aristocrats voice* Gavin Newsom!