Jonathan Taplin

Jonathan Taplin

@jttaplin.bsky.social

Director Emeritus, USC Annenberg Innovation Lab. Author, “Move Fast and Break Things”, “The End of Reality”. Producer, “Mean Streets”, “The Last Waltz”.

1,008 Followers 169 Following 124 Posts Joined Nov 2024
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Nation’s Dogs Celebrate Noem’s Firing A Special TBR Career Obituary

www.borowitzreport.com/p/nations-do...

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The Terrifying New Era of American Imperialism Donald Trump's war against Iran is part of a terrifying new era of American imperialism, one in which the military budget never stops growing.

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The Terrifying New Era of American Imperialism Donald Trump's war against Iran is part of a terrifying new era of American imperialism, one in which the military budget never stops growing.

My new essay in Rolling Stone. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

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Yep.

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Trump shares racist video depicting Obamas as apes — CBS News The footage is included in a video that promotes false claims that the 2020 presidential election was rigged against Mr. Trump.

WTF apple.news/AHJ5AuJlIQKq...

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Where's the Countercultural Outrage to Trump? Episode 2790: Jon Taplin on why Young Americans Need a Cojones Transplant

Good conversation with Andrew Keen. keenon.substack.com/p/wheres-the...

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Never Forget

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January 21, 2026 | David Cay Johnston | Christian Leuprecht | Jonathan Taplin After Piling on About Biden's Mental Acuity, the Press is Mostly Silent on Trump's Obvious Madness | The Country's Closest Friend and Neighbor is Making Precautionary Military Plans Against a U.S. Inv

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Can the Counterculture Rise Again? Donald Trump and tech billionaires have killed the counterculture that thrived in past eras of protest. Can today's artists lead the resistance again?

Who killed the counterculture. My new essay in Rolling Stone. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

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2 months ago
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In Ash and Twisted Metal, Finding the Courage to Rebuild One year after the L.A. fires, author Jonathan Taplin writes about losing his home and what it taught him about loss, resilience, and America.

Some thoughts on the anniversary of the Palisades fire.

www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...

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Eric Trump: "You can send $500 million worth of bitcoin on a Sunday night at 11pm while having a glass of wine with your wife for virtually zero fees."

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British paperback out now.

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Good for Watson. Words that should have come from Trump since he was there the first day. But this is the kind of behavior he encourages.

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It certainly appears the United States murdered an innocent fisherman who was a husband and father to four children, claimed he was a "narco-terrorist," posted a video of the execution, and then made jokes about it

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We have been here before. Here is a poster protesting President Andrew Jackson’s autocracy.

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6 months ago
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Grocery prices rise at the fastest pace since 2022 as Trump tariffs bite On the campaign trail, Trump promised lower grocery prices.

This is the biggest story in America right now.

Coffee up 20.9% year-over-year

Steaks up 16.6%

Apples up 9.6%

Bananas, 6.6%.

www.axios.com/2025/09/11/t...

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6 months ago

i really underestimated how much dumber this could get, that’s on me, that was a lack of vision on my part, because i really never would have predicted that james fucking o’keefe would get involved

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Bill Pulte Needs to Come Clean The Trump administration is using a government agency to target its critics with mortgage fraud claims -- a brazen abuse of power that should alarm reporters.

The real Lisa Cook scandal is, what the hell is Bill Pulte doing going through the mortgages of Trump's political opponents? Is that part of his job description? He needs to come clean cepr.net/publications...

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“.. ‘They'll redact every Republican or conservative person in those files, leave all the liberal, Democratic people,’ he told the reporter ..”

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6 months ago
Governor Pritzker speaks behind the podium.

In the coming days, we expect to see what's playing out in LA and DC happen in Chicago.

These efforts are not about fighting crime or making communities safer.

This is about Donald Trump testing his power and producing political drama to cover up his own corruption.

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THIS is one of the biggest problems of our time . . .

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Yes On Prop 50: Blitzkrieg YouTube video by Yes on 50

Watch this.
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What happened when kids stopped using Chat GPT to cheat on their homework.

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Trouble ahead?

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6 months ago
Episode 124: Pop Culture's Political Tie-ins with Jonathan Taplin - How Do You Like It So Far? In this episode, Jon Taplin— director Emeritus of the Annenberg Innovation Lab at the University of Southern California—joins us to…

A fun podcast with Henry Jenkins and Colin Mclay. www.howdoyoulikeitsofar.org/episode-124-...

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10 months ago
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TELSEY begins tracking price increases over the past week. Some highlights:

* Abercrombie jeans: up 33%

* Amazon Echo: up 38.5%

* Target / Barbie doll: up 42.9%

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Bezos is such a coward.

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