John Brandt

Prediction markets: We're not casinos! We're something much, much worse

Just one in four Americans support US strikes on Iran, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds Only one in four Americans approves of the U.S. strikes that killed Iran’s leader on Saturday, while about half — including one in four Republicans — believe President Donald Trump is too willing to u...

Only one in four Americans approves of the US strikes that killed Iran's leader, while about half — including one in four Republicans — believe President Trump is too willing to use military force, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll that concluded on Sunday reut.rs/4aSiAoF

I need this guy in front of as many mics and cameras as possible between now and November. Thanks in advance!

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In the West Village, one out of every six small multifamily buildings has been turned into a single-family home since 2004. Citywide, more than 9,600 units have been eliminated as part of this trend.

A child just told me something was AI that wasn’t AI and I asked “does AI just mean bad?” and he went “yeahhhhhhh” so there you have it.

You got fast food for lunch at the White House. Letting yourself be humiliated is humiliating.

Still seems crazy that Richard Hanania wrote for years under a white power banner and is just like, part of the media landscape.

The President boasts of "no tax on tips", but this expires in 2028.
He boasts of "no tax on overtime," but it is taxed, and the break expires in 2028.
He boasts of "no tax on social security," but it is taxed, and his break expires in 2028.

He also passed tax cuts for the rich. They're permanent.

Can’t wait to have Ghandi from the Civilization video game series as Undersecretary of Defense.

It’s an indictment of our political system that Democrats may need to win the congressional national popular vote by a double digit margin to even have a chance to win control of the more powerful of our two legislative chambers

Nixon: Homosexuals don’t [inaudible]. But they have a new word for it. Look maximizing.

Haldeman: Looksmaxing, Mr President.

Nixon: Right. [Expletive deleted] are always Look Maxing.

The best twitter account is also here. There’s no reason to go there anymore.

Billionaire Peter Thiel says that America is similar to the Weimar Republic "Liberalism has exhausted itself... Democracy, whatever it may be, has exhausted itself... Therefore, we need to start talking far beyond the Overton window."

Talking openly about this in public too, so I think it’s time to ask ourselves what we collectively want to do in response to a billionaire class that is not embarrassed about declaring themselves kings.

It’s podcasters all the way down.

Gotta delete and repost if you want it right. You lose the likes but we retain a shared reality.

Never thought the edit button was a good idea there have to be consequences for not reading what you wrote 6-8 times before jabbing a blue button…

Conservative Georgia town pushes back against ICE detention center: ‘We are Americans after all’ Social Circle, a mostly Maga town, builds strange bedfellow coalition against plans to convert warehouse

A 5,000-person, 75% MAGA town in Georgia is pushing back hard against a massive detention center ICE is planning to establish there.

We're gonna need a whole lot more of this going forward:

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

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Let's fight misinformation, help good journalists to make a decent living, and stick a big ol' finger in Jeff Bezos' eye.

Word? I thought it was inciting a riot at the US Capitol. Silly me.

Since 1992, there's only been one US presidential election without someone born in the 1940s at the top of either ticket.

still think a season of Alan Partridge trying to get some kind of documentary made about Prince Andrew would be incredible

Masked paramilitaries marching in front of a hanging Trump banner on the DoJ

This picture is so crazy that if you had this as a scene in a made-for-TV dystopian scifi movie in like 2014 people would switch channels because you’d ruined the suspension of disbelief.

Come for the name. Stay for the message.

That was a siiiiiiick goal

They are tearing down a building across the street brick by brick and the noise is really starting to get to me…

Opinion | ‘Our Patients Are More Frightened and Sicker Than Ever’

Every American needs to read this (gift link) www.nytimes.com/2026/02/19/o...

Bolsonaro in prison, Yeon sentenced to prison, Andrew arrested on his birthday...and America still holding on to a 34 count felon as President.

Trump moves closer to a major war with Iran There's little public debate about what could be the most consequential U.S. military action in a decade.

Seems bad. www.axios.com/2026/02/18/i...