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May 15, 2026
Note from Editor: Translator Needed
A bit about the quiet, and more.
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May 13, 2026
Listen to This Article - NPR: Happy One-Parent Day!
Narrated Version | On Mother’s Day, public media cheers parenting-as-self-actualization. It’s all about you, adults!
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May 11, 2026
NPR: Happy One-Parent Day!
On Mother's Day, public media cheers parenting-as-self-actualization. It's all about you, adults!
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May 5, 2026
Note to Readers
A little bit of chaos.
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May 1, 2026
"Today's News" 05/01/26: James Comey’s Latest Indictment Turns Into a Debate Over Prosecuting Russiagate
Matt and Michael also discuss the Supreme Court's decision on racial gerrymandering
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April 30, 2026
Listen to This Article: The Press Promotes Violence and Everyone Knows It
Narrated Version | Casual lies told by the news media for commercial and political reasons spawn all sorts of horrors, making its phony rectitude insufferable
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April 28, 2026
"Today's News" Livestream: The Rumble in the Substack News Jungle
With a special appearance by witness Justin Robert Young.
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April 27, 2026
The Press Promotes Violence and Everyone Knows It
Casual lies told by the news media for commercial and political reasons spawn all sorts of horrors, making its phony rectitude insufferable
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April 27, 2026
Listen to This Article - Twitter Files, Southern Poverty Law Center Edition: Hate Inflation?
Narrated Version | The SPLC was just indicted for one kind of fraud. Twitter was investigating another. When you get paid big bucks to find hate, you won't NOT find it
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April 25, 2026
Listen to This Article: New York Times: Old People Suck and We Should Take Their Stuff
Narrated Version | It’s time to do away with these societal “grifters” and “stowaways,” says an eminent Yale professor
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April 24, 2026
Twitter Files, Southern Poverty Law Center Edition: Hate Inflation?
The SPLC was just indicted for one kind of fraud. Twitter was investigating another. When you get paid big bucks to find hate, you won't NOT find it
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April 24, 2026
"Today's News" 04/24/26: The Case Against the SPLC, and the Obsession With Demons
The curious case of the Southern Poverty Law Center, and the ongoing mainstreaming of demonology
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April 21, 2026
New York Times: Old People Suck and We Should Take Their Stuff
It's time do away with these societal "grifters" and "stowaways," says an eminent Yale professor
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April 21, 2026
Listen to This Article: Public Stonings are Not "Accountability"
Narrated Version | The high-speed demolition of Eric Swalwell is being celebrated as appropriate “accountability,” but removing due process isn’t justice
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April 21, 2026
"Today's News" Livestream: Epstein Controversy in the UK, Kash Patel, Swalwell Fallout
A recording from Monday, April 20
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April 17, 2026
"Today's News" April 17, 2026: "Swalwell Fed to Epstein Hysteria; March Madness Final"
The "accountability" rage comes to a theater near you. Plus, half-assedly, Michael and Matt crown America's Worst Podcaster.
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April 16, 2026
Listen to This Article: We Are Doomed and Our Leaders Are Insane
Narrated Version | Not one of our presidents, least of all this lunatic, can resist starting wars
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April 16, 2026
Public Stonings are Not "Accountability"
The high-speed demolition of Eric Swalwell is being celebrated as appropriate "accountability," but removing due process isn't justice
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April 14, 2026
"Today's News" Livestream: The Blockade, Swalwell's Swift Downfall, Melania's Surprise Epstein Address
A recording from Monday, April 13
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April 13, 2026
We Are Doomed and Our Leaders Are Insane
Not one of our presidents, least of all this lunatic, can resist starting wars
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April 9, 2026
Listen to This Article: The Top 10 Symptoms of Conspiracy Brain
Narrated Version | Is a media mania yanking your chain? Ten ways to tell if the answer is yes
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April 8, 2026
Interview: Former Counterterrorism Official Joe Kent
"Today's News" — well, Michael Tracey — talks to the ubiquitous former director of the National Counterterrorism Center
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April 7, 2026
"Today's News" Livestream: Is Trump No Longer Funny?
A recording from Monday, April 6.
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April 6, 2026
The Top 10 Symptoms of Conspiracy Brain
Is a media mania yanking your chain? Ten ways to tell if the answer is yes
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April 4, 2026
Listen to This Article: Time to Tune Out Spyworld
Narrated Version | A note on FBI research and the downstream effects of life in a surveillance state
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April 3, 2026
"Today's News," April 3, 2026: Bank of America's Epstein Settlement, Trump's War Address, and March Media Madness
Matt Taibbi and Michael Tracey break down the Final Four in our tournament.
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April 3, 2026
Livestream, "Today's News," 10 AM ET: Final Four, Trump, Epstein Update
Michael Tracey talks to principals in Jeffery Epstein litigation, world still miserably at war, the Final Four of the America's Worst Podcaster tourney
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April 2, 2026
Big Tech Reverting to Old Ways?
Meta clamps down on a documentary criticizing Meta. Is old-school digital censorship returning?
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April 2, 2026
A Storied Russian Muckraker On Oil, Iran, Ukraine, and More
Known for fearless journalism in the Yeltsin years, Leonid Krutakov resurfaces with an epic history of the oil business, at a time when war over energy has never been more relevant.
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April 1, 2026
Time to Tune Out Spyworld
A note on FBI research and the downstream effects of life in a surveillance state
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