Jonathan M. Katz

Hello new followers and fellow Twitter refugees. I’m a journalist & author; an international and disaster correspondent turned analyst of U.S. empire and America’s fascist turn. I’m going to keep fighting from here. Subscribe to my newsletter TheRacket.news Books and bio: jonathanmkatz.com

Confession time: I was young enough when this was on the air that her wig completely fooled me into thinking she was as old as she was supposed to be. It wasn't until ages later that I realized the truth.

Maybe this is just my friends and relatives

I feel bad for anyone who is really trying to invite everyone they’ve ever emailed to a SPECIAL INVITATION PARTY - LET’S CELEBRATE!!! right now.

classic, ask him about "every Tesla we make is capable of Level 5 autonomy" next

They're doing Defund the Police from the right on X now

THE LEGEND OF SKOKIE // ST MARTIN’S PRESS // APRIL 2027 us.macmillan.com/books/978125...

Brilliant. Must reading .

Sincere thanks. (It’s @katz.theracket.news though.)

Merriam Webster out here fighting for its life

Trump’s decision to approve and then cancel the live-streamed execution of Nidal Hasan said everything we need to know about the state of his regime. New Racket. theracket.news/p/trump-want...

More or less how we ended up with the Panama Canal (and Panama)

Seconded — this is excellent analysis from @katz.theracket.news.

Trump’s decision to approve and then cancel the live-streamed execution of Nidal Hasan said everything we need to know about the state of his regime. New Racket. theracket.news/p/trump-want...

this goes incredible places and I love everyone involved

Brilliant piece @katz.theracket.news, a former @apnews.com correspondent in #Haiti, on why Papa Doc 1964 comes to mind when pondering #Trump plan to livestream execution. As Edwidge Danticat said, intended result was to terrify & show "caligula has the power to choose” theracket.news/p/trump-want...

Shot / chaser

For what it's worth, since this is supposedly at least partially the root of Trump's fishing expedition, Omar has been consistently giving an age that would be consistent with having been born in 1982 (and thus was 17 when she apparently got her citizenship) for years

Why do you need to take money from Kalshi if you’re only going to cite their data when it’s “journalistically helpful”

Aminata Seck has been freed. "I'm just ready to go back to school, get my master's and get this surgery done,” she said. ICE kept her in pain in detention for two months for no reason. www.espn.com/womens-colle...

Truly excited about this book by @katz.theracket.news us.macmillan.com/books/978125...

It’s confusing that @theatlantic.com described this man as a “a lifelong Democrat who had voted for Trump for the first time in 2024” who when these are some of his very easily findable FB posts:

“Annoying local gov” Look at my leftists, dawg

It also appears to have been made by someone in Britain (or who speaks British English)

Was just going through some old stuff and happened across this one. Aged pretty well, I think!

Uncharacteristically, NYT editors decide they will report Trump's taunting the Iranians to "take out" Los Angeles and San Diego, but they bury it deep inside the paper.

No notes

I should have clarified, he’s the Sweatiest *Piss* Baby, sorry, it’s late

Well, he heightened the contradictions www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/n...

Oh yeah? can you even name three of the dumbest things he’s ever said?

“how do we win back trump voters in 2026” we don’t. we create an environment where admitting to voting for trump is so socially embarrassing as to render them completely inert. you don’t “win back” trump voters. you demoralize them into staying home. you make it a dunce cap

Oh you’re all Michael Tracey haters now, that’s cool. I preferred hating his early work.

Missed this one. Talè! haitiantimes.com/2026/09/30/h...