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Kathryn Freeman's avatar

I’m so glad you are doing this kind of long form cultural criticism. The comparisons to Jackie, Portman’s performance, Kellyanne Conway and Trump were so sharp and illuminating!

Laura's avatar

Great piece, Ira. I miss hearing you on the podcast, but we're lucky to still be able to read your thoughts here.

Lauren's avatar

Adding your jazz recommendations to my daily listening 🩷

As always, greatly appreciate your critical lens on culture and history. Your deep dives are so insightful and fun!

Holy Unknown🩶🤍's avatar

Charles Kirk joked after the vicious hammer attack on Paul Pelosi – one that could have led to Mr. Pelosi’s death – that a “patriot” should bail out the attacker.

Michael's avatar

You ate!

Jessica Murnane's avatar

Absolute perfection. Makes me feel less crazy about this whole thing. Thank you!

Linda's avatar

If he sent as many bus loads of protesters to J6 as claimed,he did not fund this alone. This means he had receipts that could incriminate who did fund those busloads of protesters. When he started to demand release of the Epstein files, he rattled a corrupt cage that may well have been his undoing.