Todd Mason
@toddmasonsj.bsky.social
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Friends -- I wanted to share my most recent appearance on Democracy Now.
I got the chance to talk about my latest memoir, Coming Up Short, and my recent spat with Scott Bessent.
His anger towards me was quite bizarre. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXmd7tfjJIw
I got the chance to talk about my latest memoir, Coming Up Short, and my recent spat with Scott Bessent.
His anger towards me was quite bizarre. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXmd7tfjJIw
"Most Americans Are Getting Poorer": Robert Reich on Inequality & the Failures of Corporate Dems
Support our work: https://democracynow.org/donate/sm-desc-ytEarlier this month, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent publicl
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September 23, 2026 at 11:01 PM
Friends -- I wanted to share my most recent appearance on Democracy Now.
I got the chance to talk about my latest memoir, Coming Up Short, and my recent spat with Scott Bessent.
His anger towards me was quite bizarre. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXmd7tfjJIw
I got the chance to talk about my latest memoir, Coming Up Short, and my recent spat with Scott Bessent.
His anger towards me was quite bizarre. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXmd7tfjJIw
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All the week’s Civil Discourse columns, collected in one place so you can catch up on anything you may have missed. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
The Sunday Morning Wrap-Up
Here’s the highlight reel of last week’s posts and events.
open.substack.com
July 19, 2026 at 3:46 PM
All the week’s Civil Discourse columns, collected in one place so you can catch up on anything you may have missed. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
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North American ineptitude never has been restricted to the US, even if we do try to produce it in mass quantity.
July 15, 2026 at 3:23 PM
North American ineptitude never has been restricted to the US, even if we do try to produce it in mass quantity.
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Ottawa promised hundreds of thousands of new child care spaces, but continues to fall short of its own targets leaving families waiting, so this week’s #ThrowBackThursday revisits Elizabeth May's warning: $10-a-day child care only works if families can actually access it.
July 9, 2026 at 3:48 PM
Ottawa promised hundreds of thousands of new child care spaces, but continues to fall short of its own targets leaving families waiting, so this week’s #ThrowBackThursday revisits Elizabeth May's warning: $10-a-day child care only works if families can actually access it.
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Ten free sign ups for UNLOCK YOUR CREATIVITY course at Udemy: when they're gone, they're gone! www.udemy.com/course/unloc...
Unlock Your Creativity
<p>‘The creative adult is the child who survived…’</p><p>Ursula K. LeGuin</p><p>Have you lost your creative spark? Or are you afraid you never had one? This self-paced workshop will help you find insp...
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July 9, 2026 at 8:49 AM
Ten free sign ups for UNLOCK YOUR CREATIVITY course at Udemy: when they're gone, they're gone! www.udemy.com/course/unloc...
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If you like the performance of Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) candidates or are curious about DSA, some useful links from their national website:
Website
Membership
Donation
Chapter List
Chapter Map
What is Democratic Socialism?
Platform
Working Groups
Magazine
Store
Website
Membership
Donation
Chapter List
Chapter Map
What is Democratic Socialism?
Platform
Working Groups
Magazine
Store
July 1, 2026 at 4:05 AM
If you like the performance of Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) candidates or are curious about DSA, some useful links from their national website:
Website
Membership
Donation
Chapter List
Chapter Map
What is Democratic Socialism?
Platform
Working Groups
Magazine
Store
Website
Membership
Donation
Chapter List
Chapter Map
What is Democratic Socialism?
Platform
Working Groups
Magazine
Store
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See all of our endorsements here:
Our 2026 Candidates - Working Families Party
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wfpus.org
July 1, 2026 at 4:08 AM
See all of our endorsements here:
Pamphleteers sentenced to 30-100 years as "Antifa": www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
‘This is injustice’: how leftist zines were used to sentence anti-ICE protesters to decades in prison
Advocates sound alarm after zines were used as evidence to convict protesters of terrorism charges tied to 2025 protest at Texas ICE facility
www.theguardian.com
June 27, 2026 at 2:56 PM
Pamphleteers sentenced to 30-100 years as "Antifa": www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
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June 24, 2026 at 10:42 PM
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Mancini from Comedy Film Nerds is back w a new pod about movies and such! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...
Ep 134: Jackie Kashian
Podcast Episode · What Are You Watching? with Chris Mancini · June 22 · 58m
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June 24, 2026 at 9:44 PM
Mancini from Comedy Film Nerds is back w a new pod about movies and such! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...
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Tristan Miller is a comic and their love of David Lynch is THOUROUGH and I learn stuff. Their name on IG and their website @tristanjmiller.com has podcasts
“Movies to Fall Asleep to” and “Manic Impressive.” David Lynch seems like he was cool and weird but nice
“Movies to Fall Asleep to” and “Manic Impressive.” David Lynch seems like he was cool and weird but nice
June 23, 2026 at 9:40 PM
Tristan Miller is a comic and their love of David Lynch is THOUROUGH and I learn stuff. Their name on IG and their website @tristanjmiller.com has podcasts
“Movies to Fall Asleep to” and “Manic Impressive.” David Lynch seems like he was cool and weird but nice
“Movies to Fall Asleep to” and “Manic Impressive.” David Lynch seems like he was cool and weird but nice
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It is with a heavy heart that we share the memorial page for Jane Yolen Stemple.
We invite you to read their obituary www.legacy.com/us/obituarie...
We invite you to read their obituary www.legacy.com/us/obituarie...
June 21, 2026 at 6:19 PM
It is with a heavy heart that we share the memorial page for Jane Yolen Stemple.
We invite you to read their obituary www.legacy.com/us/obituarie...
We invite you to read their obituary www.legacy.com/us/obituarie...
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"I don't play a lot of fancy guitar. I don't want to play it. The kind of guitar I want to play is mean, mean licks."
- John Lee Hooker
The legendary blues singer, songwriter, and guitarist, John Lee Hooker, passed on this day, 2001. One of the greatest blues vocalists & guitarists of all time.
- John Lee Hooker
The legendary blues singer, songwriter, and guitarist, John Lee Hooker, passed on this day, 2001. One of the greatest blues vocalists & guitarists of all time.
June 21, 2026 at 1:10 PM
"I don't play a lot of fancy guitar. I don't want to play it. The kind of guitar I want to play is mean, mean licks."
- John Lee Hooker
The legendary blues singer, songwriter, and guitarist, John Lee Hooker, passed on this day, 2001. One of the greatest blues vocalists & guitarists of all time.
- John Lee Hooker
The legendary blues singer, songwriter, and guitarist, John Lee Hooker, passed on this day, 2001. One of the greatest blues vocalists & guitarists of all time.
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Gunhild Carling is a Swedish jazz musician and multi-instrumentalist rockin'🎶'Bagpipe Swing' #bluesmusic
June 21, 2026 at 12:02 PM
Gunhild Carling is a Swedish jazz musician and multi-instrumentalist rockin'🎶'Bagpipe Swing' #bluesmusic
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"The Americans can't get the slime out of their capital's monument pool and will arrest you for touching it," sounds like the sort of lie they'd tell us in the Soviet Union so we'd stop bitching about bread lines.
June 21, 2026 at 5:37 AM
"The Americans can't get the slime out of their capital's monument pool and will arrest you for touching it," sounds like the sort of lie they'd tell us in the Soviet Union so we'd stop bitching about bread lines.
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🎶 Fussing and fighting, is it ever gonna stop 🎶
I'm giving you everything, everything I got 🎶 💫✨
Watch Keb's full performance video of "Fussing and Fighting" at the link in bio. 🎶✌🏾
#ConcordJazz #NewMusic
I'm giving you everything, everything I got 🎶 💫✨
Watch Keb's full performance video of "Fussing and Fighting" at the link in bio. 🎶✌🏾
#ConcordJazz #NewMusic
June 18, 2026 at 3:12 PM
🎶 Fussing and fighting, is it ever gonna stop 🎶
I'm giving you everything, everything I got 🎶 💫✨
Watch Keb's full performance video of "Fussing and Fighting" at the link in bio. 🎶✌🏾
#ConcordJazz #NewMusic
I'm giving you everything, everything I got 🎶 💫✨
Watch Keb's full performance video of "Fussing and Fighting" at the link in bio. 🎶✌🏾
#ConcordJazz #NewMusic
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AlterKaahian is my new album and video. it’s streaming and purchasable at all the things: Apple Amazon Bandcamp. also youtube
jackiekashian.com 4all, ncluding tour info:
Wed tomorrow: Elysian Theater, 830pm standup Pilot reading
wed-Sat June 24-27 Minneapolis MN
Mon June 29 7pm Geeky Teas
jackiekashian.com 4all, ncluding tour info:
Wed tomorrow: Elysian Theater, 830pm standup Pilot reading
wed-Sat June 24-27 Minneapolis MN
Mon June 29 7pm Geeky Teas
June 17, 2026 at 5:07 AM
AlterKaahian is my new album and video. it’s streaming and purchasable at all the things: Apple Amazon Bandcamp. also youtube
jackiekashian.com 4all, ncluding tour info:
Wed tomorrow: Elysian Theater, 830pm standup Pilot reading
wed-Sat June 24-27 Minneapolis MN
Mon June 29 7pm Geeky Teas
jackiekashian.com 4all, ncluding tour info:
Wed tomorrow: Elysian Theater, 830pm standup Pilot reading
wed-Sat June 24-27 Minneapolis MN
Mon June 29 7pm Geeky Teas
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Here's a roundup of my favorite albums of the year, thus far. oldgreycat.blog/2026/06/14/h...
Half the Way There: Best of the Best, 2026
I’m grooving to the Dream Syndicate’s 2022 album, Ultraviolet Battle Hymns and True Confessions, at the moment. It’s a tremendous set that, for good and bad, is forever linked in my mind to my moth…
oldgreycat.blog
June 14, 2026 at 11:15 PM
Here's a roundup of my favorite albums of the year, thus far. oldgreycat.blog/2026/06/14/h...
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Thursday and Saturday i’m @thesidecarmt Helena and Missoula and Friday - 2 shows! Bozeman! @lastbestcomedy tickets on the website. read the glorious flyer i made. THATS what my tour page looks like!
May 27, 2026 at 9:22 PM
Thursday and Saturday i’m @thesidecarmt Helena and Missoula and Friday - 2 shows! Bozeman! @lastbestcomedy tickets on the website. read the glorious flyer i made. THATS what my tour page looks like!
How many shares of Ashley Gavin stock does YouTube own?
May 26, 2026 at 4:00 AM
How many shares of Ashley Gavin stock does YouTube own?
"Wanna."
So, what is the VA Supreme Court's excuse for overturning an amendment to the state constitution?
May 11, 2026 at 10:48 AM
"Wanna."