Elizabeth Spiers
@espiers.bsky.social
NYT opinion writer, Slate Money co-host, Dem messaging consultant, NYU prof, former EIC The New York Observer, Dealbreaker founder and Gawker founding editor. Brooklyn via Bama. Rednexican. Striver with no chill.
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Opinion | It’s Not Just Cuomo Who Lost. It’s Cuomoism.
www.nytimes.com
Politicians like Cuomo are a relic of the past. (Did I want to title this one “Don’t Let The Door Hit You On The Way Out”? Yes, I did.) www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/o...
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Is Lesbianism Real is FRYING me
December 4, 2025 at 4:10 AM
Is Lesbianism Real is FRYING me
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These are good moments to remember that the CEOs of all the biggest companies in America are happy to go to White House dinners and slap this guy’s back. They do not care about this. Remember this, years from now, when they want you to forget.
Trump: "It’s a hellhole right now. And those Somalians should be out of here. They've destroyed our country. And all they do is complain, complain, complain. You have her. She’s always talking about the Constitution provides me with – go back to your own country and figure out your constitution."
December 4, 2025 at 12:13 AM
These are good moments to remember that the CEOs of all the biggest companies in America are happy to go to White House dinners and slap this guy’s back. They do not care about this. Remember this, years from now, when they want you to forget.
In DC and just watched a bunch of National Guard people piling into a hotel. I feel bad for them; they wouldn’t be here except for the fact that the president is a narcissist who is also childish and bigoted
December 4, 2025 at 12:15 AM
In DC and just watched a bunch of National Guard people piling into a hotel. I feel bad for them; they wouldn’t be here except for the fact that the president is a narcissist who is also childish and bigoted
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“Look, over there — Black people!!”
– Bessent, essentially
– Bessent, essentially
SORKIN: Is it appropriate for Trump to ask Larry Ellison to make a new Rush Hour film?
BESSENT: I don't know. The Obamas contract with Netflix, is that appropriate?
SORKIN: My understanding is that came after he was president. That's the distinction
BESSENT: I don't know. The Obamas contract with Netflix, is that appropriate?
SORKIN: My understanding is that came after he was president. That's the distinction
December 3, 2025 at 6:25 PM
“Look, over there — Black people!!”
– Bessent, essentially
– Bessent, essentially
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My last workshop of the year is on Sunday, December 7th. It's about building a writing practice and habit formation, so it might be particularly good for you if you plan on making some writing related New Year's resolutions: www.elizabethspiers.com/workshops/
Workshops
Learn to write professional op-eds and personal essays with Elizabeth Spiers, a contributing writer for The New York Times opinion section, former columnist at Fortune and Fast Company, and opinion co...
www.elizabethspiers.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:40 PM
My last workshop of the year is on Sunday, December 7th. It's about building a writing practice and habit formation, so it might be particularly good for you if you plan on making some writing related New Year's resolutions: www.elizabethspiers.com/workshops/
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Also: there's a 20% discount for signups before January 1st!
I posted some new opinion writing workshop dates for 2026, and tried to include a few different times and one weekend slot to accommodate different time zones and schedules: www.elizabethspiers.com/workshops/
Workshops
Learn to write professional op-eds and personal essays with Elizabeth Spiers, a contributing writer for The New York Times opinion section, former columnist at Fortune and Fast Company, and opinion co...
www.elizabethspiers.com
December 2, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Also: there's a 20% discount for signups before January 1st!
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Who among us has not stayed up all night rage posting 100's of absurd hate-filled screeds on social media, and then fell asleep during an important business meeting the next day?
Donald Trump spent last night having some bizarre social media fever dream. It’s long past time for the president's mental fitness to be a sustained front-page story. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/it-s-time-...
It’s time to talk about Donald Trump’s health (again)
The most consequential topic in the world is the simple question: Is the President mentally fit to serve?
www.doomsdayscenario.co
December 3, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Who among us has not stayed up all night rage posting 100's of absurd hate-filled screeds on social media, and then fell asleep during an important business meeting the next day?
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What does it say about this country that that the kind of open, rank bigotry Trump administration officials regularly express towards black immigrants apparently has no social cost because of the number of Americans who quietly agree or don't care.
December 3, 2025 at 11:35 AM
What does it say about this country that that the kind of open, rank bigotry Trump administration officials regularly express towards black immigrants apparently has no social cost because of the number of Americans who quietly agree or don't care.
I realize I’m biased but WTF is Jared Kushner doing in negotiations re Russia and Ukraine? Isn’t he claiming to be a private citizen now? Does he have a security clearance?
December 2, 2025 at 11:19 PM
I realize I’m biased but WTF is Jared Kushner doing in negotiations re Russia and Ukraine? Isn’t he claiming to be a private citizen now? Does he have a security clearance?
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Does anti-woke mean anti-awake now
Trump dozes while Marco Rubio speaks to him directly next to him. Just insane optics.
December 2, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Does anti-woke mean anti-awake now
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Ummmm
December 2, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Ummmm
Also: there's a 20% discount for signups before January 1st!
I posted some new opinion writing workshop dates for 2026, and tried to include a few different times and one weekend slot to accommodate different time zones and schedules: www.elizabethspiers.com/workshops/
Workshops
Learn to write professional op-eds and personal essays with Elizabeth Spiers, a contributing writer for The New York Times opinion section, former columnist at Fortune and Fast Company, and opinion co...
www.elizabethspiers.com
December 2, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Also: there's a 20% discount for signups before January 1st!
I posted some new opinion writing workshop dates for 2026, and tried to include a few different times and one weekend slot to accommodate different time zones and schedules: www.elizabethspiers.com/workshops/
Workshops
Learn to write professional op-eds and personal essays with Elizabeth Spiers, a contributing writer for The New York Times opinion section, former columnist at Fortune and Fast Company, and opinion co...
www.elizabethspiers.com
December 2, 2025 at 3:25 PM
I posted some new opinion writing workshop dates for 2026, and tried to include a few different times and one weekend slot to accommodate different time zones and schedules: www.elizabethspiers.com/workshops/
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"A government source who has been briefed on the September 2 strike told The Intercept, on the condition of anonymity, that Hegseth is 'making murderers' up and down the chain of command." via @nickturse.bsky.social
theintercept.com/2025/12/02/h...
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Entire Chain of Command Could Be Held Liable for Killing Boat Strike Survivors, Sources Say
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s actions could spark investigations for war crimes or outright murder, sources told The Intercept.
theintercept.com
December 2, 2025 at 12:53 PM
"A government source who has been briefed on the September 2 strike told The Intercept, on the condition of anonymity, that Hegseth is 'making murderers' up and down the chain of command." via @nickturse.bsky.social
theintercept.com/2025/12/02/h...
theintercept.com/2025/12/02/h...
The oligarchs’ reaction to this piece is heavily illustrative of the fact that for decades most of the press coverage they got was trade related and fawning. Now they think stating the obvious is a “hit piece” when their own actions reflect badly on them
December 2, 2025 at 12:54 PM
The oligarchs’ reaction to this piece is heavily illustrative of the fact that for decades most of the press coverage they got was trade related and fawning. Now they think stating the obvious is a “hit piece” when their own actions reflect badly on them
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Over on x, David sacks is melting down about The New York Times reporting on his many conflicts of interest
December 2, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Over on x, David sacks is melting down about The New York Times reporting on his many conflicts of interest
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"The team hypothesized that men 'require more explicit vocalizations to notice and respond to the needs of their cats.' In other words, the researchers are suggesting that many cats have concluded that men don’t always listen, and adjusted their behavior accordingly."
To Get a Man’s Attention, Meow Harder
www.nytimes.com
December 2, 2025 at 12:49 PM
"The team hypothesized that men 'require more explicit vocalizations to notice and respond to the needs of their cats.' In other words, the researchers are suggesting that many cats have concluded that men don’t always listen, and adjusted their behavior accordingly."
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"the issue isn’t that we need more 'boy-friendly' reforms. It’s that boys are socialized to compete only with boys and to read girls’ success as illegitimate or emasculating. The result is dissonance, resentment, and disengagement for boys—and hostile climates for girls."
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The Real Way Schools are Failing Boys
“If we really want boys to succeed, we need to ensure that they know how to both beat—and lose— to girls."
time.com
December 2, 2025 at 11:21 AM
"the issue isn’t that we need more 'boy-friendly' reforms. It’s that boys are socialized to compete only with boys and to read girls’ success as illegitimate or emasculating. The result is dissonance, resentment, and disengagement for boys—and hostile climates for girls."
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the year is 2026. the disney-nvidia merger has been approved. erika kirk is the new head of cbs news. bill kristol is extolling the necessity of a vanguard party and permanent revolution
Is it possible that there are now issues where I am to the right of Bill Kristol??
December 2, 2025 at 2:42 AM
the year is 2026. the disney-nvidia merger has been approved. erika kirk is the new head of cbs news. bill kristol is extolling the necessity of a vanguard party and permanent revolution
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The buck stops here.
No, not right here. There.
Not there, way over there.
Yeah, keep going. Going.
There.
No, not right here. There.
Not there, way over there.
Yeah, keep going. Going.
There.
December 2, 2025 at 12:15 PM
The buck stops here.
No, not right here. There.
Not there, way over there.
Yeah, keep going. Going.
There.
No, not right here. There.
Not there, way over there.
Yeah, keep going. Going.
There.
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News --> The commander who oversaw Pete Hegseth's alleged killing of two boat bombing survivors is now likely to come in and face questions from the House Armed Services Committee, ranking Dem Adam Smith tells me.
In this piece, I try to make sense of this horror:
newrepublic.com/article/2037...
In this piece, I try to make sense of this horror:
newrepublic.com/article/2037...
Trump Boat Bombings Suddenly on Shakier Ground as Damning Info Emerges
Will Republicans give us a real investigation into Trump’s bombings, now that we just learned horrific new details about them? Or are they seriously going to fall on their swords for Pete Hegseth?
newrepublic.com
December 1, 2025 at 6:19 PM
News --> The commander who oversaw Pete Hegseth's alleged killing of two boat bombing survivors is now likely to come in and face questions from the House Armed Services Committee, ranking Dem Adam Smith tells me.
In this piece, I try to make sense of this horror:
newrepublic.com/article/2037...
In this piece, I try to make sense of this horror:
newrepublic.com/article/2037...
This is just going to go on forever, isn't it
December 1, 2025 at 9:27 PM
This is just going to go on forever, isn't it
Did they describe his brain as smooth, too? Because that would actually make sense.
"smooth and healthy" is definitely how a real doctor would actually describe a real patient's actual heart vessels.
Surprise: The White House physician says Trump's health is "excellent," nothing weird about him getting a random MRI
December 1, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Did they describe his brain as smooth, too? Because that would actually make sense.
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December 1, 2025 at 2:28 AM
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