Michael Andor Brodeur

I was hot on the heels of a theory positing looksmaxxers as the equivalent of drag queens for straight guys (the performative spectacle of caricatured gender etc.) but queens have far sharper wits and self-awareness.

Kansas informs trans residents their driver’s licenses become invalid on Thursday Some transgender Kansans said they had received the letters from the Department of Revenue. Others hadn’t by Wednesday evening.

“‘The persecution is the point,’ said Rep. Abi Boatman, a Wichita Democrat and the only transgender member of the Legislature, who received the [Kansas Dept of Revenue] notice on Wednesday.” To underscore that: a Kansas state legislator is among those whose driver’s license will be voided. (🎁 link:)

Happy Shoveling to those who celebrate

Concerned about ICE's $45 billion plan to convert warehouses into immigration detention centers? This is what they'll look like inside. From ICE's plan for the Social Circle, GA facility. Each little dot: a person. www.socialcirclega.gov/home/showpub...

You tell me, no one.

Hey can everyone stop continuing to use this vile larva of a man’s stupid website please ?

Any complaint about gay sexual content at the Super Bowl that makes no mention of football pants or high-def slow motion replays is impossible to take seriously.

What a complete disgrace

Getting mad at a language you can’t speak is a pretty fascinating type of insecurity.

I don’t know man, if last night’s halftime show made you feel even the faintest whisper of a negative reaction you might just be a colossal baby.

its genuinely so funny that conservatives feel under attack if they hear someone speaking spanish

Day 3 of Layoff is traditionally a spa day, so cheers to all who observe.

Oof.

Jimmy Build Wall
My Tactical Romance
New Border
Cute Is What We Detain For
Panic! At The Detention Center

3x Trump voter: “He takes bribes blatantly, now he’s being a racist blatantly.”

Nice.

I am not going to repost the vile and racist image that Trump posted last night of President & First Lady Obama because it is beyond disgusting. Trump is a vile racist as is every Republican that continues to support him. I don’t want to hear mumbling from Mike Johnson or stoic silence from Thune.

I've been referring to us as the 300 or So.

Can they Douthat?! (Sorry.)

Appreciate you saying this! It was a great team. So many dream teams doing a lot of collaborative reporting were thrown out the window yesterday.

As was my other editor in arts, the great @jonfischer.bsky.social

Can't believe that folks are still using X. Is it even bearable? I just can't. Seems how do I put this gross.

Breathtaker

A good shot at the facts — Mr. Dan Zak Ten years ago today I first reported for work at The Washington Post. Deep Throat had come out a couple days earlier. I might have been wearing a tie. My pants sure as shit didn't fit.

I left The Washington Post last year, but wrote my love letter in the middle of my time there, in 2015.

Everything changed, over my 1st decade there. Then everything changed again, in the decade after this was written. But there were 2 constants: the work & the people. www.mrdanzak.com/blog/10years

Hey bands is merch bitch still a job? I always enjoyed doing that.

I also had a mockup for a Democracy Dies of Dehydration water bottle.

One big regret is that I never got to pitch Democracy Dies in Sweatpants sweatpants to the official Post merch shop.

My favorite thing about print media is the variety of ways it reminds you it's made of paper.

the Washington Post effectively blew up its arts section today, dismissing its books, TV, music, and theater critics, features writers, and several editors. (I'm also guessing the vacant film critic position will stay that way.) Just an insane loss of talent and a huge self-inflicted wound.

Just realizing I’ve been on deadline for nearly 20 years so maybe a break is OK.