Books! One Long Night: A Global History of Concentration Camps, Icebound: Shipwrecked at the Edge of the World, & a Nabokov bio. Now working on Snowblind: Death on the Polar Ice. Former karateka & record store clerk. Newsletter & podcast: andreapitzer.com.
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it’s wild how much of the chattering class is invested in the idea that the democrats need a center-right stephen miller www.politico.com/news/magazin...
You can't reform this.
Touring diners and factory floors with the man taking aim at his own party.
Every time I see pictures of Pete Hegseth, I think of Patrick Swayze's character from Donnie Darko.
stopthecampsmaryland.com
"ICE agents will be stationed outside graduation events for the nation’s newest Marines to identify whether any of their family members are undocumented, according to the Marine Corps."
"You're an idiot, babe."
Reupping this 2017 piece for Slate, in which I figure out that Dylan likely lifted sections of his Nobel Prize for Literature speech from SparkNotes. (It remains the most viral article I've ever written.)
As the U.S. continues to fight the war in Iran, the Marine Corps has boosted protection measures on bases, requiring everyone to present REAL IDs, passports or birth certificates to access any sites.
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Two-year-old Kaleth is being locked away at the Dilley trailer prison. He is getting sicker with each passing day. He will not eat the food CoreCivc serves, which detainees have said sometimes has mold and worms. He now has a fever.
45 people have died in “civil detention.”
I mean really.
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RIP Andrew ❤️
Thank you Tony Bacon for this
article.
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Ryan J. Reilly “paints a vivid and urgent portrait of… disarray”
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“.. A broker for Pete Hegseth, the US defence secretary, attempted to make a big investment in major defence companies in the weeks leading up to the US-Israeli attack on Iran, according to three people familiar with the matter.”
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Several portions of Bob Dylan’s Nobel lecture—which he turned in just days before his six-month deadline—seem to be closely paraphrased from SparkNotes.
Bob Dylan has quietly launched a new Patreon project, Lectures from the Grave, featuring AI-generated monologues, fictional letters, and short stories attributed to historical figures—raising big questions about creativity, authenticity, and the role of artists in an AI-driven future.
Other lives: Bass guitarist with Graham Parker & the Rumour who also played with Elvis Costello, Nick Lowe and Thompson Twins
Today, I was notified of another death that occurred in ICE custody, bringing the total to 45 deaths under the second Trump administration.
These are not just numbers, they’re people. It’s devastating and we can’t let it continue. We need accountability & we must dismantle ICE.
