Political Junkie
Claire Potter, Neil J. Young, Murph Kinney, Letters from Katha, Paul StarrNews you can use about politics, culture, and media
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Don't Let the Door Hitch'a On The Way Out
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt steps back to spend more time with her family (and less time with Donald Trump)
Karoline Leavitt runs her first press conference on January 28, 2025. Image credit: The White House
Why Does America Feel So Different?
The ferry to my normal late summer undisclosed location. Photo by author.
Yes, I am on vacation this week, and while I will start posting regularly again soon, I’ve gone a little brain-dead as I settle into life at the beach.
So, in...
Max Miller Is Everyone's Problem Now
The Congressman running for re-election in Ohio-07 could be the fuse that blows up key races in that state
Today’s headline on POLITICO. Screenshot by author
Violence Against Women? It's in the GOP's DNA
U.S. Congressman Max Miller speaking at the Republican Jewish Coalition's 2023 Annual Leadership Summit in Las Vegas, Nevada. Photo credit: Gage Skidmore/Wikimedia Commons
For decades, the GOP has cynically deceived Americans...
True Grit and Public Service
We opened with a clip from former Vermont Governor Howard Dean announcing his bid for the 2004 Democratic presidential nomination in Burlington, Vermont on June 23, 2003.
Today’s theme music is “Go, Go, Go,” by Roy Orbison and the Teen Kin...
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Historian | Author of "Political Junkies: From Talk Radio to Twitter, How Alternative Media Hooked Us on Politics and Broke Our Democracy" (Basic Books, 2020) | The New York Times, The New Republic, Yale Review, DAME
writer, podcaster, dog lover.
Murph Kinney is a historian of nationalism and liturgy, a retired Army officer, and a first-time memoirist, writing The Chaplain's Daughter — a memoir about growing up on Cold War Air Force bases, building a faith entirely her own.
Politics, poetry, feminism, books, life. Most recent books are Pro: Reclaiming Abortion Rights (Picador) and The Mind-Body Problem (poems, Seren Books). Woman. Life. Freedom.
Professor of sociology and public affairs, Princeton University
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