County Highway as a subscriber, I will loudly attest to the joy of reading a broadly curated and professionally written and edited (a rarity these days) collection of articles and stories. It is a reminder of what a newspaper should be and being in the broadsheet format, it's incredibly

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The trolling will get rugged now Election-year social media is a big, big, big game With a hundred angles

I may stop reading for a time the comments threads for my own posts. It's where the mischief is made.

Tomorrow on America This Week, ⁦Matt Taibbi⁩ and I will conclude the show with a discussion of Sredni Vashtar by Saki, a shory story (quite short) about powerlessness and the roots of magical thinking Sredni Vashtar--H. H. Munro (Saki) (1870-1916) classicshorts.com/stories/vashta…

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When the dust settles, watch the grand old duopoly be restored, in politics and media. That's the great dream of the established powers, who may genuinely believe that it's the key to a stable society. To tidy up the mess of things that came of the internet and social media etc.

Tomorrow on America This Week, Matt Taibbi & I will venture so deep into the hall of mirrors of election year politics & media that I'm afraid we may never be whole again. When we finished taping our show I could see myself from behind & from both sides as I got up from my chair.

Tonight on The Free Press #LIVE, 7 p.m. ET: Trump backtracks on “stop the steal,” Brazil suspends X, what comes next in Israel following hostage deaths & Russian operatives funnel money into conservative media. Join @MCMoynihan, @BUngarSargon, @WalterKirn & Eli Lake here on X!

Tonight on The Free Press, 7 p.m. ET: Trump backtracks on “stop the steal,” Brazil suspends X, what comes following Israeli hostage deaths & Russians funneling money into conservative U.S. media. Join @MCMoynihan, @BUngarSargon, @WalterKirn & Eli Lake! x.com/i/broadcasts/1…

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America This Week, September 6, 2024: "Hall of Political Mirrors" Walter Kirn calls a scandal. Russiagate is exhumed again. Walter explains weasels, both the human and actual kind. Also, "Sredni Vashtar," by Saki. racket.news/p/america-this…

We're clearly being punked

I walked into a home improvement/hardware store this morning and 5 contractors were gathered around seriously speculating about who is really in charge of the country now Never seen anything like it

It’s Batya Ungar-Sargon vs. Walter Kirn on the state of free speech in the West. @BUngarSargon: Despite Zuckerberg’s recent confession and Brazil’s X ban, things are not as dire as some are claiming. @WalterKirn: “I think that’s whistling past a graveyard.” Full show:

Just wrapped up “Blood Will Out” by Walter Kirn. 10/10 recommend. Walter Kirn - While you are at it, get a subscription to County Highway and Black Coffee Roasting Co. You won’t regret either

One of the most unnerving film sequences of the 70s is the "brainwashing" scene from the Parallax View. The systematic scrambling & degradation of settled values & the psychic insertion of narcissistic mania The Parallax View: Best Scene (1974) youtu.be/vhztDt7-QT8?si… via

Todd Jeffries The Associated Press Matt Taibbi and Walter Kirn had a great podcast on this today, Todd. If you're not listening to America This Week, you should. Come for the trenchant insights on the week's news, stay for the thoughtful breakdown of a piece of literature.