Jerad W. Alexander

New Nonfiction from Jerad W. Alexander: An Elegy for Videotape - Wrath-Bearing Tree Scott found the videotapes in his garage and brought them into the kitchen. We stacked the VHS in a wine box and the little Hi8 tapes in a gray shoebox for a pair of boots that belonged to his wife Ti...

My latest...

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Watching this Trump UN speech, I don’t think it’s possible for a man to fellate himself more without actually removing a rib…

I was today years old when I learned one Lt. William Calley (of My Lai infamy) got his ass kicked by Marines in Vietnam after he called them "soldiers." This happened just a few months before he was summoned to the U.S. to stand trial on charges of murder.

Twenty years in two wars and somehow, despite all our efforts, we’ve learned nothing. The Yosemite Sam ethic remains supreme. We deserve whatever comes.

So much for the "gang-tat check," I guess... (Also, the word "refugees" is doing a lot of work here...)

www.nytimes.com/2025/05/09/w...

Lots of small d*ck/big truck energy here…

Hey, what’s everyone up to?

I don’t know, guys…. I’m suspicious…

This Guy Has to Go I’m not certain there’s been an American politician more chickenshit than Senator Chuck Schumer.

New Substack post is up, y'all....

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The Trump World Order In the MAGA vision of the national interest, might will make right.

I'm an unabashed George Packer fan: "He’s ridding himself and the country of restraining codes—the rule of law at home, the rules-based order abroad—and replacing them with a simple test: 'What’s in it for me?'"

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If any book should be made into a film or miniseries in these times, it’s this!

Lots of folks are getting a backhanded lesson in the importance of government these two weeks. A little bit of civics might have gone a long way…

Seconded

This is especially true when the president just pardoned 1,500+ members of a mob who attempted to subvert a constitutional process at his behest.

That’s actually a fair point; it’s very likely it’ll be restored. Like you I don’t care for histrionics. That said, optics are a thing. So is symbolism. If rhetoric coming from the WH is perceived to be anti-democratic, then it’s in their interest to get ahead of that narrative.

Instagram users are reporting their profiles are being forced to follow Trump, Vance, Melania, and others. Some have unfollowed them only to find the same profiles refollowed later.

Apparently, the Constitution has been removed from the White House website. Take from that what you will…

I’m Still Pissed About J6 (And I intend to remain so...)

New stack!

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Absolutely disgusting.

Oh just Robert McNamara tear gassing John F Kennedy’s sister in the back of a limo one time….🥴

Payback by Jerad W. Alexander There’s the Fat Man. Watch him work. Detective Corlett—she sat behind the wheel under the shade of a big tree. At the back of a cul-de-sac, Fat Man sat on a stool in his garage turning wrenches on …

Fun fact: I've got a thing for hard-boiled crime fiction. This was a lot of fun to write. Thanks to the saints at Shotgun Honey for putting it up!

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Payback by Jerad W. Alexander There’s the Fat Man. Watch him work. Detective Corlett—she sat behind the wheel under the shade of a big tree. At the back of a cul-de-sac, Fat Man sat on a stool in his garage turning wrenches on …

New Fiction: "Payback" by @jeradalexander.bsky.social

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De Tocqueville, “Democracy in America”

Takeaways From a Times Correspondent’s Return to Afghanistan Here’s what he found.

Harkins and Westy want their war back... "By blindly trampling into places they did not understand, the Americans seeded hatred. Errant airstrikes not only killed innocents. They killed American allies — the very people who supported them the most."

www.nytimes.com/2024/12/28/w...

I’ll be on the bridge. Don’t @ me…

In 2016, SoftBank promised Trump a $50b/50k job investment. Today, they promised a $100b/100k investment. Call me crazy, but it feels like they just doubled the number for the Egg Prices crowd and called it a win.

"Muh eggs!"

Opinion | My Last Column: Finding Hope in an Age of Resentment Where have all the good vibes gone?

“Basically it comes down to the pettiness of plutocrats who used to bask in public approval and are now discovering that all the money in the world can’t buy you love.”

www.nytimes.com/2024/12/09/o...

Thanks!!

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