David_j_roth

sometimes you see something so evangelical that it takes your breath away

DHS Calls for Media and Far Left to Stop the Demonization of President Trump, His Supporters, and DHS Law Enforcement 9/17/25 DHS Press Release

more like department of homies' insecurities

A lot of world leaders don't even know how to show their lower teeth to establish dominance.

rereading @timmarchman.bsky.social on barry bonds and: "Bonds reached base just 330 fewer times than all-time leader Pete Rose, in 3,284 fewer plate appearances."

The people that voted for him are too servile to get mad about it but it is bleakly funny that Trump has won two elections as The Expediter Of White Vengeance and as soon as he gets into office the most important thing to him is getting Rosie O'Donnell digitally edited out of A League Of Their Own.

Rutgers belongs to us all...

Charlie Kirk’s Campus Memorial Florida’s New College will seal its right-wing makeover with a statue of the slain influencer.

My militantly de-woked alma mater, which Charlie Kirk did not attend, might erect a statue to him, for the same reasons that Sinclair media will be airing a memorial for him tonight on local stations nationwide: Because fuck you, that's why.

The Biggest Difference Between the Trump Era and the Obama Era How did literally everything go up for debate?

It’s a true fact: I got a Business Job in the Business World, which I start next week. But on my last day, Slate let me do one last job: A post about [portentously] all that I’ve seen. slate.com/news-and-pol...

Look at my lawyer dawg, he can defend four positions

I considered it but also that is just not a memory anyone treasures

lol at leading off your professional bio with your height. There are some exciting innovations happening in this space.

We loved Round And Round, and talked about it on the pod. (Hannukah On Rye is a long story, I liked that one a lot, too, but the episode has never been released due to audio issues, and despite everyone yelling at Jeb to put it up anyway)

Man that is a really powerful thought.

ctrl-f David Lynch still returning results, inevitably

If it's possible, it'd be this one.

With the right mentality, anything and everything can lead to McBanjo.

The Hallmark Channel And The Buffalo Bills Encourage You To "Go For Four" | Defector There are a number of reasons why I will not reveal how many Hallmark movies I’ve seen, and only one of them is that I myself have tried very hard to avoid knowing the precise number. Whatever it is, ...

In this story I unpack some complicated feelings on the Buffalo Bills Hallmark movie, and Hallmark movies in general. Also yes that's Joe Pantoliano. He's in the Bills Hallmark movie. defector.com/the-hallmark...

Thank you bud

They’re kidnapping people off the street cartel-style I've become accustomed to being lied to every day by now. About Israel and immigrants and trans people to name but a few. But there has been a superlative concentration of lies this past week. A novel...

Today Raven Geary of @unraveledpress.com reports on the spate of kidnappings and violence against immigrants in the Chicago area over the past week or so including a man who was shot to death by ICE on Friday.

www.welcometohellworld.com/theyre-kidna...

GREGORY POLANCO: at a previous job, i spent a day researching the prevalence of account sharing. the biggest offenders were nearly all team accounts; like a dozen and a half pirates staffers logged into the same account to read a feature about the team ruining big greg's development.

Thanks very much.

I'm a Riverian now.

Who Gets Remembered? Crunching The Numbers From 36,000 Immaculate Grids | Defector Two weeks ago, in partnership with our pals over at Immaculate Grid by Sports Reference, we announced Some Guys I Remember From The 21st Century. Between then and now, we remembered not just some but ...

I love "data journalism" defector.com/who-gets-rem...

Once again, Yascha has the receipts.

ANTIFA BILL SIMMONS: Are we sure Trotsky is good? Look I'm just saying you know great job with the Rex Army in the Civil War. But you're really getting assassinated with an ice pick in Mexico? Getting some real Brad Beal vibes from him House

/watching The View on mute in a doctor's office waiting room "This is scary stuff. This is just really really sick. They're doing the Cultural Revolution on there. And that's illegal."

Robert Redford Made An Art Of The Double Take | Defector When I read that Robert Redford died on Tuesday, I did a double take. I didn’t realize he was 89, but even if he was, he had that air of immortality that attaches to all true movie stars. The double t...

wrote about robert redford's trademark second look.

Olivia Nuzzi whenever someone runs the garbage disposal: I should call him

The greatest comeback in online media history begins.....now.

Teaching Jalen Hurts How To Complain, With Dan McQuade | Defector It is strange how normal it has been to work with Dan McQuade during the illness that he wrote about at Defector a few weeks ago. There are some times when he’s not available or just not feeling his b...

It was a treat to have Dan on for both a classic-style and very different Dan McQuade Episode. You will hear "Joe Burrow" said aloud in a Philly accent. We talk about Ben Harper and Carson Wentz. I break my legendary silence on Goldfish crackers. All the important stuff. defector.com/teaching-jal...