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@evanderkacz.bsky.social

Editor of @RDispatches.bsky.social (pitch me: evan@religiondispatches.org). Once mistaken for Harpo Marx at a bookshop. True story. He/Him

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Lemme guess: It helps men bond & become stronger & more resilient? Which... that probably rings true when you're surrounded by incels & fragile men who're just positive we're THIS CLOSE to executing white men every time a statue of a slave-holder is removed from a vaunted institution.

24.02.2026 16:36 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

So, as you clearly signal that you will throw anyone under the bus that rural Missouri voters deem "not normal," you're humblebragging about your support for same sex marriage? He's clearly another sleazy pol lacking conviction and crafting a message... Voters will see that.

24.02.2026 16:16 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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As a Black man with Tourette Syndrome, the Public Advocate has some thoughts on BAFTA, Pt. 1:

Hear about his experience with Coprolalia, his thoughts on how BAFTA mishandled the moment, and the need for care for all who are harmed:

Full video: youtu.be/FgaqKIxS4Hs

24.02.2026 00:48 β€” πŸ‘ 1722    πŸ” 728    πŸ’¬ 19    πŸ“Œ 72
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The Souls of White Folk in Munich Marco Rubio’s speech in Munich yearned for a white nationalist international

In this weeks Group Threat @victorerikray.bsky.social writes about the resurgence of unabashed defense of white supremacy & colonialism in Rubio’s Munich speech & how DuBois anticipated exactly this over 100 years ago. groupthreat.com/p/the-souls-...

24.02.2026 14:27 β€” πŸ‘ 39    πŸ” 14    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

I suspect it has something to do with their numerous contracts with the federal government. bsky.app/profile/evan...

11.02.2026 21:57 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Darnit, just as the narcissist's rating is among the lowest since the 1930s. Sure. And bravo to The Hill's Dominick Mastrangelo for failing to mention that numerous federal agencies appear to be among Gallup's clients.

11.02.2026 21:17 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
Washington Post endorsement of Pam Bondi for Attorney General: "Florida's former attorney general is qualified; lawyers who have worked with her report that she is serious."

Washington Post endorsement of Pam Bondi for Attorney General: "Florida's former attorney general is qualified; lawyers who have worked with her report that she is serious."

simply one of the greatest calls of all time

11.02.2026 15:48 β€” πŸ‘ 5380    πŸ” 726    πŸ’¬ 150    πŸ“Œ 55

I don't know much about Australia, but I suspect "the right to have one's genes remain in the gene pool" is not codified in its constitution. But like I said, just a guess.

03.02.2026 16:43 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Channel 5 with Andrew Callaghan More content on https://www.patreon.com/channel5. Directed, produced, filmed, edited, and created by Andrew Callaghan

I'd love to see @michaelhobbes.bsky.social & @notalawyer.bsky.social cover Gen Z fave: Chan 5 w/ Andrew Callaghan. Not exactly standard IBCK, but I think it'll pique your interest partly bc it's hard to pin down politically (tho not nec in the good way). www.youtube.com/@Channel5You...

03.02.2026 16:40 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Right is Shocked by Anti-ICE Organizing Over the weekend, a far-right journalist tweeted out screenshots from a public, unvetted ICE Watch Signal group in Minneapolis, which quickly went viral on the online Right. As thousands took to the s...

It's beautiful. And the Right is so baffled and so cynical many of them can only conclude that it must be a secret conspiracy. religiondispatches.org/2026/01/26/r...

27.01.2026 16:29 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The officer who shot Alex worked for DHS for 8 years. The officer who shot Renee worked for DHS for over 10 years. Both are considered β€œhighly trained.”

The problem isn’t "training." DHS was built to violate our rights and has been empowered to act with impunity. We must MELT ICE and dismantle DHS.

26.01.2026 19:28 β€” πŸ‘ 9747    πŸ” 3265    πŸ’¬ 312    πŸ“Œ 217

So my theory that Jonathan Chait is actually an AI project whose sole purpose is to demonstrate how vacuous ideological centrism can be... it's looking pretty convincing right now.

26.01.2026 21:09 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Sure he doesn't acknowledge it explicitly, but in fairness his bio includes both The Atlantic & the Brookings Institution...so being catastrophically late to the party, shitting on those who already got it as so ideologically predisposed it doesn't count, and being a dick are all sort of implied.

26.01.2026 20:52 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Democratic leadership are unlikely to ever β€œfind their spines.” But that’s not entirely necessary. What’s necessary is to build so much resistance & so much support for the right path that they’re more worried about not doing the right thing than about taking a risk.

25.01.2026 15:48 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Bill Kristol is urging defunding ICE. BILL KRISTOL. And people still think it’s a political non-starter?

25.01.2026 15:37 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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It’s time.

I want the see Steve Kerr’s Warriors and Minneapolis’ Timberwolves agree that they simply cannot play this game tonight.

A strike in solidarity with the besieged city and its murdered and abducted residents.

24.01.2026 18:28 β€” πŸ‘ 1891    πŸ” 474    πŸ’¬ 36    πŸ“Œ 75

And yet. When he speaks the NYT and most other media act like he's NOT an entitled child whining about doing his homework. He's treated like he's a serious person who deserves genuine consideration -- and more importantly, the benefit of the doubt.

22.01.2026 20:20 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

They're "too nihilistic" for political classification? Nihilism has long been *the* go-to description of MAGA (incl. in The Atlantic several times). What he means is a data set of 1 tells him that bros. in this standard right-wing movement won't mindlessly vote 'R' every time.

20.01.2026 22:51 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I mean. Who could have seen this coming...

15.01.2026 16:27 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

You're correct of course, but I always thought it was somehow fitting that his name isn't exactly "hate"... but it isn't exactly not.

15.01.2026 15:23 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

We're missing the point. The persecution of dangerous Brown people makes it FEEL like milk is cheaper.

15.01.2026 15:19 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Guess we'll never know if they're paid. For all the hand-wringing about condescending to the Right: either the Times doesn't recognize an obvious conspiracy theory (idiotic), or they just believe it's obvious to readers, which makes this the kind of "look at the idiots" piece they decry.

15.01.2026 15:14 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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β€˜She was an amazing human being:’ Mother identifies woman shot, killed by ICE agent Renee Nicole Good, 37, lived in the Twin Cities with her partner.

Renee Nicole Good, the woman murdered by ICE today. www.startribune.com/she-was-an-a...

07.01.2026 22:11 β€” πŸ‘ 308    πŸ” 111    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 14

And our highest profile professional opinionators will continue to insist that Democrats aren't dominating elections because of trans people or identity politics or [insert some other Chait-ian, Chatterton-Williamsian hobby horse].

07.01.2026 17:27 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Despite my disappointment that I'm not your editor on this one here's my $.02: Upbeat often backfires... but bleak determinism tends to undermine curiosity. Maybe darkness *is falling* to leave the door open just a crack? Or it could be more subjective, less declarative. It's a tough one.

08.12.2025 19:45 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Yoram Hazony is Surprised by Blatant Antisemitism in the MAGA Coalition β€” But Antisemitism is Second Nature for Nationalists On November 20, Israeli nationalist Yoram Hazony sat down for an interview with conservative New York Times columnist Ross Douthat to offer an explanation for the rise of antisemitism on the MAGA Righ...

β€œYORAM HAZONY IS SURPRISED BY BLATANT ANTISEMITISM IN THE MAGA COALITION β€” BUT ANTISEMITISM IS SECOND NATURE FOR NATIONALISTS” By @benlorber8.bsky.social, 11/21/25 … 1/

25.11.2025 23:58 β€” πŸ‘ 138    πŸ” 48    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 7

The self-appointed arbiters at the NYT & WaPo have such shriveled hearts they can scarcely believe anyone truly cares about the greater good. It's also why they soft-pedal monstrous right-wingers: they see that hatred as honest vs the Left's justice, which they view as mere performative sanctimony.

17.11.2025 20:58 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Editors have a really hard job, and the good ones can make something unreadable readable, and the great ones can make something unreadable into something good. But they're basically invisible, until someone tries to write without one.

17.11.2025 15:35 β€” πŸ‘ 3498    πŸ” 516    πŸ’¬ 74    πŸ“Œ 85

Wait, delusional bigots want to leave NYC? Damn... the city's already a better place to live and he hasn't even taken office yet. Excellent work sir.

12.11.2025 20:42 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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