Nicole Hemmer

TODAY ON @thisguysucked.com: if you forgot that Richard Bruce Cheney was an unabashedly evil human who wanted nothing more than unchecked executive power and forever-war in the Middle East, Nicole Hemmer @pastpunditry.bsky.social and I are here to remind you.

Lincoln's Second Inaugural w/ Jamelle Bouie (1865) [Part 1] Podcast Episode · This Day · March 3 · 41m

My sense of the discourse is that everyone on this site recognizes that @jamellebouie.net is a very smart, funny, good-natured thinker. Well, good news, he's our guest on @thisdaypod.com to talk about Lincoln's Second Inaugural. Part one is up in the feed now! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

Oligarchs Are Building The World's Biggest Propaganda Machine. Their Success Isn't Guaranteed. America's wealthiest, shittiest people are trying to hoover up the entirety of new and old media companies in a bid to pummel the plebs with propaganda. But what they want, and what they actually get,...

Over at the newsletter I wrote about the Paramount/Warner deal, how it's best viewed as a well-funded attack on informed consensus, and how we still have collective agency to determine whether or not it actually succeeds.

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THURSDAY ON @thisguysucked.com: I am joined by Prof. Nicole Hemmer @pastpunditry.bsky.social of @thisdaypod.com to talk about a man who would’ve absolutely loved hearing that we started a new war in the Middle East. 😒

Putting the finishing touches on this one now, it's a great one. Sign up now so you get it as soon as it drops! @pastpunditry.bsky.social @kcarterjackson.bsky.social

you will be unsurprised to hear that they did not interrogate their terms

both joe rogan and megyn kelly—two of the biggest podcasts out there—had guests today who argued that it’s unnatural for women to work outside the home. so that’s how that’s going

I often argue that media and politics are co-constitutive: each shapes the other. So it’s no surprise that right-wing consolidation of media & government are happening in tandem. And it’s a reminder that we will have to build democratic media as a part of reconstructing democratic governance.

Whatever real journalism you like, please pay for it. The stuff you don't pay for is transforming into propaganda with incredible speed.

congrats!!

Look, you guys, you don't have to praise Tucker Carlson for criticizing Christian Zionism *while being an antisemite.*

I've been criticizing Christian Zionism for 20 years, and I've never needed white nationalists to help me do it.

The Washington Post has now confirmed my reporting, including about Peter Ticktin and Jerome Corsi.

writing a book about exactly this!

The Guardian has identified the Columbia student abducted by DHS as Ellie Aghayeva. She posted the IG story below:

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

SO excited about this discussion. Join me, with @soccerpolitics.bsky.social @pastpunditry.bsky.social and @marthasjones.bsky.social -- I mean, from here it's perfect snow day activity! 😁❄️

How Conservatives Gave Themselves Permission to Go MAGA In 2016, leading conservatives came out “Against Trump” – but soon let their disdain for “the Left” override all else. It's the story of Modern Conservatism in a nutshell

How Conservatives Gave Themselves Permission to Go MAGA

Ten years ago, leading conservatives came out “Against Trump” – but soon let their disdain for “the Left” override all else.

It is the story of Modern Conservatism in a nutshell.

Some thoughts from my new piece:

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it is now

congrats!! what a beautiful book

amazing!! congratulations!

Le Camp des saints : enquête sur le roman français qui obsède la Maison-Blanche | Le Grand Continent Le livre le plus influent du trumpisme est un roman dystopique et raciste écrit par un Français. Juliette Heinzlef a enquêté et interrogé plusieurs chercheurs pour prendre la mesure de l’influence co...

Really superb piece on the Camp of the Saints and its life in America. Featuring commentary from @davidaustinwalsh.bsky.social @hannahgais.bsky.social James Patterson, and me.

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I literally wrote about this for @nursingclio.bsky.social! The draft included a section on hazing and the military in the 1990s, which conservatives opined was essential to being made into a man. (I originally bragged about my blood wings and E5 party.)
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After Research, Tennessee Lawmaker Drops Bill to End Tenure Tennessee’s House Higher Ed Subcommittee chair has withdrawn his bill to end tenure in public universities after saying he “stumbled into a little bit of the history” and “got a little deeper than I t...

After Researching Tenure’s History, Tennessee Lawmaker Drops Bill to End It
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Bizarre Group Chat Details, Media Compares Trump to Nixon, and MK Media Launch, with Walter Kirn and Matt Taibbi | Ep. 1034 Podcast Episode · The Megyn Kelly Show · March 25, 2025 · 1h 41m

“In terms of cultural cycles, we're in a Tom Homan cycle, not a Tom Cruise upright boy scout cycle.”

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About a year ago, Megyn Kelly went on a long rant about how Tom Homan was the Colonel Jessep that America needed. There’s a real admiration for authoritarians, fictional and real, on the right!

Large banner of Trump unfurled at Justice Department headquarters The DOJ has traditionally operated with a degree of separation from the White House to prevent the department's powers from being abused for political purposes.

“Hanging that banner should put to rest any doubt that Donald Trump has hijacked the independence of the Justice Department. He — not the American people — is the only client DOJ’s current leadership serves." www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...

I’m excited for @pastpunditry.bsky.social ‘s new book for many reasons, but a serious and informed discussion of elite impunity and how to end it is near the top.

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Obama Presidency Oral History The Obama Presidency as told by 450+ officials, activists, organizers, and extraordinary people from all walks of life.

So the Obama administration oral history project went live today. An extraordinary resource for historians and teachers, and a great credit to the team of folks who compiled them all, including Evan McCormick, @pastpunditry.bsky.social and many others.