Elizabeth Spiers

James Carville, Please Go Away, a column by me: www.thenation.com/article/poli...

It’s partially why Mamdani is also so despised: there’s almost a fear that if people see political leaders actually doing something (and quickly!) that people will start to have higher standards.

Great column from @espiers.bsky.social. Among other highlights, she reminds us of how delightfully ruthless SPY Magazine was at Skewering corrupt DJT during the ‘80s. I too became a huge SPY fan when I lived in BKLYN in ‘87, while working at the Village Voice. It helped this NorCal girl decode NYC!🌆

I'm in the process of adding new workshops for the end of the year. Two that are already up are for creative practice. If you think might have some writing centric New Year's resolutions, here's a chance to get a running start on them. www.elizabethspiers.com/workshops/

Just speaking for myself but I was completely fine not knowing what Matt Yglesias thought about basically anything

“And there’s a kind of right winger who thinks this is all hilarious because they, too, punch down at vulnerable people, sometimes while spouting Bible verses on social media quoting a man who commanded his followers to care for the poor, the outcasts, the marginalized.”

“My Catholic Latina opponent wants to impose Sharia Law” is a hilariously desperate closing message. thehill.com/homenews/617...

This is a column I filed to the NYT but the discourse moved on past it before it could see daylight. The topic won't get stale anytime soon though, so here it is: The Art of Punching Up: espiers.medium.com/the-troublem...

NEWS --> Dems are planning novel ways to wield power of the purse against Trump's corrupt prosecutions of critics like Ilhan Omar if they win House. Reps Pramila Jayapal and Jamie Raskin tell me a range of aggressive tactics will be deployed. Details in my new piece: newrepublic.com/article/2171...

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Very glad to hear that Elon Musk is a stickler for details on contractor – government relationships. Could come in handy later.

the DOJ is basically acting as if the president’s delusions are true

Any politician who’s willing to throw away one group’s rights is willing to throw away everyone’s rights. It’s that simple. Every single consultant, pundit and candidate who’s shown a willingness to abandon trans rights needs to be shunned from the party forever

I have at this point written literally hundreds of stories about Trump since 2015. I make it a point in the bulk of them to point out he was the lead proponent of the racist birther conspiracy. The mainstream media has all but disappeared this yet it is the main reason he became potus.

Put this under nature of the problem. From an axios piece by Jim Vendehei about the growing multiple risks of cascading crises. You’d say the same about Biden? Not politics? lol

the most moderate, apolitical and non-controversial opinion in Elon Musk is that everything he sells is too good to be true, and will either fall apart and be expensive to fix, or will be clawed back and resold to you for more money

This will absolutely happen and I hope they get the blowback they deserve when they do it

Tech industry enshittifying fortune cookies now

Me half a martini in: “so it was just 4, but it was supposed to be 116 digits of random numbers, like something Elon would name a child “

"big guys, great asses, tears in their eyes "sir...sir" they pleaded "please take this cognitive test again sir" and what am i going to do refuse have u seen their asses"

The fact that the president's doctors are giving him the dementia test over and over again -- tracking his decline, most likely -- and that the president keeps bragging about having to take that test should be a five-alarm fire.

The fetishisation of "debate" as some sort of grand public good that everyone should do is so thoughtless and jarring to me because the more you actually do it the more it becomes apparent that genuinely constructive debate is actually a pretty niche thing.

Probably one of a hundred people tagging @espiers.bsky.social on this one.

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This was fascinating. Paging @espiers.bsky.social ! newrepublic.com/article/2163...

If you don't have a Nation sub, here's my James Carville, Please Go Away column. (And I realize not everyone can afford lots of subscriptions, but if you can, please subscribe!) www.elizabethspiers.com/james-carvil...

the routine, pay for play pardons are all by themselves one of the worst corruption scandals in american history!

The Somali guy hopping on the school bus to save the children even as Stephen Miller wants to denaturalize and deport him is a metaphor for our time.

Weird celebrating Halloween now that there are scary masked murderers walking the streets every day.

no amnesty