Hamilton Nolan
@hamiltonnolan.bsky.social
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Email: [email protected]
My book: https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/hamilton-nolan/the-hammer/9780306830921/
Email: [email protected]
Any time you see “Grab Some Popcorn” in a headline that means the writer is too ignorant to have an actual position and indeed the Washington Post proves that three paragraphs in.
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
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December 6, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Any time you see “Grab Some Popcorn” in a headline that means the writer is too ignorant to have an actual position and indeed the Washington Post proves that three paragraphs in.
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
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I’m afraid I have to share very sad news about a very nice man: www.caity.info/blog-1-1/38p...
John Weaver: 1944 - 2025 — Caity Weaver
We hate to tell you this: The world’s friendliest man has gone away.
www.caity.info
December 5, 2025 at 6:01 PM
I’m afraid I have to share very sad news about a very nice man: www.caity.info/blog-1-1/38p...
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The following is a statement from the WGA on the Acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery by Netflix.
December 5, 2025 at 6:27 PM
The following is a statement from the WGA on the Acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery by Netflix.
December 4, 2025 at 11:46 PM
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it is essential that every unionized newsroom gets a ban on this kind of insidious bullshit written into their contract
In a note to staff, Business Insider EIC Jamie Heller says the publication is launching a pilot program called Business Insider AI News Desk that will use AI to “help publish quick news stories.”
Several stories a day will now be “created by AI and edited by a person.”
Several stories a day will now be “created by AI and edited by a person.”
December 4, 2025 at 5:32 PM
it is essential that every unionized newsroom gets a ban on this kind of insidious bullshit written into their contract
Issues like anti-trans panic are not organic red state issues. They are engineered like viruses in a lab of bad faith politics, and the way to deal with bullies using them is to tell them to fuck off.
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Culture Wars Are For Cowards
And most people don't like bullies.
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December 4, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Issues like anti-trans panic are not organic red state issues. They are engineered like viruses in a lab of bad faith politics, and the way to deal with bullies using them is to tell them to fuck off.
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www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/culture-wa...
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.
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"To decide that these bad faith issues must be compromised on in the name of savvy politics is precisely wrong. The compromise itself does the damage. The compromise itself brands you as insincere, weak, a sellout."
I wrote about how to "win" the "culture wars," in the sense that once you start playing you have already lost.
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www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/culture-wa...
Culture Wars Are For Cowards
And most people don't like bullies.
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December 3, 2025 at 3:26 PM
"To decide that these bad faith issues must be compromised on in the name of savvy politics is precisely wrong. The compromise itself does the damage. The compromise itself brands you as insincere, weak, a sellout."
I wrote about how to "win" the "culture wars," in the sense that once you start playing you have already lost.
www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/culture-wa...
www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/culture-wa...
Culture Wars Are For Cowards
And most people don't like bullies.
www.hamiltonnolan.com
December 3, 2025 at 3:12 PM
I wrote about how to "win" the "culture wars," in the sense that once you start playing you have already lost.
www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/culture-wa...
www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/culture-wa...
This study implies, to me, that major businesses should simply underwrite the costs of local newspapers in their areas because they would probably make up the costs on higher IPO and stock prices.
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December 2, 2025 at 8:25 PM
This study implies, to me, that major businesses should simply underwrite the costs of local newspapers in their areas because they would probably make up the costs on higher IPO and stock prices.
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
This is a really interesting look at the knotty politics, economics, and communication challenges of climate policy, and also a good reminder that Joe Manchin has singlehandedly done more damage to America's future than any non-Republican human on the face of the Earth.
I spent months talking to many, many people for this long post-mortem of the Inflation Reduction Act: What forces were responsible for creating it, and how could it be gutted so unceremoniously? What might come next?
No easy answers ofc but hopefully a bit of clarity
newrepublic.com/article/2027...
No easy answers ofc but hopefully a bit of clarity
newrepublic.com/article/2027...
The Quick and Shameful Death of Biden’s Biggest Policy
It was far too easy for Republicans to kill the Inflation Reduction Act. Where did those who crafted it go wrong?
newrepublic.com
December 2, 2025 at 6:52 PM
This is a really interesting look at the knotty politics, economics, and communication challenges of climate policy, and also a good reminder that Joe Manchin has singlehandedly done more damage to America's future than any non-Republican human on the face of the Earth.
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My latest piece for @theguardian.com on the sandwich generation, of which I am one, and how we became the triple sandwich generation in Trump 2.0 www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i... @jillgrinberglit.bsky.social @economichardship.bsky.social @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social link in comments
I’m part of the triple-decker sandwich generation. You probably are as well
You’ve heard of caregivers in the sandwich generation. In this anti-compassion Trump 2.0 era, it’s more like a triple-decker sandwich. Alissa Quart has experienced this first-hand
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December 1, 2025 at 8:12 PM
My latest piece for @theguardian.com on the sandwich generation, of which I am one, and how we became the triple sandwich generation in Trump 2.0 www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i... @jillgrinberglit.bsky.social @economichardship.bsky.social @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social link in comments
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“Jaguars Junction” is an independent source of football analysis unaffiliated with any professional sports franchise. defector.com/jaguars-junc...
Jaguars Junction: Week 13 | Defector
Jacksonville Jaguars move to 8-4 record on the season with another big win this week. Unimportant people gape in slack-jawed amazement. Many have asked me, “How did we get here?” Well it all started…
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December 1, 2025 at 5:55 PM
“Jaguars Junction” is an independent source of football analysis unaffiliated with any professional sports franchise. defector.com/jaguars-junc...
If you’ve ever wondered why it’s so fucking hard to unionize restaurants here is a good case study by @grendan.bsky.social
The Rise and Fall of Barboncino Workers United | Long-Haul Mag
FALL 2025 ISSUE 04
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December 1, 2025 at 6:22 PM
If you’ve ever wondered why it’s so fucking hard to unionize restaurants here is a good case study by @grendan.bsky.social
Labor unions can recruit working class candidates in red states, run them as independents, fund them with money they now give to Democrats, and use union members as the core of their volunteer base. The numbers are more plausible than you think.
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How to Win Red States With a Labor Party
We can take political power without asking Democrats for it.
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December 1, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Labor unions can recruit working class candidates in red states, run them as independents, fund them with money they now give to Democrats, and use union members as the core of their volunteer base. The numbers are more plausible than you think.
www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/how-to-win...
www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/how-to-win...
Independent, pro-worker, class warrior candidates can absolutely beat Republicans in red states if they are not tainted by the Democratic Party brand. The labor movement can make this happen systematically.
www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/how-to-win...
www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/how-to-win...
How to Win Red States With a Labor Party
We can take political power without asking Democrats for it.
www.hamiltonnolan.com
November 30, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Independent, pro-worker, class warrior candidates can absolutely beat Republicans in red states if they are not tainted by the Democratic Party brand. The labor movement can make this happen systematically.
www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/how-to-win...
www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/how-to-win...
Not coincidentally this is a pretty good list of Most Important Companies to Unionize.
The Boston Globe identified the companies in Massachusetts that employ the most SNAP recipients. A key stat: "In Massachusetts, 74% of working-age recipients of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program are employed, half of them full-time."
Full article: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/28/m...
Full article: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/28/m...
November 29, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Not coincidentally this is a pretty good list of Most Important Companies to Unionize.
Spoke to @en.france24.com about the media coverage of Zohran's campaign, in order to smear American institutions in front of an audience of hostile foreign socialists
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Scoop - Mamdani and the media: From slugfest to lovefest
In this episode of FRANCE 24's media show Scoop we focus on coverage of Zohran Mamdani. Before they won election (and since, too), US President Donald Trump was attacked by the left, while Democratic…
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November 28, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Spoke to @en.france24.com about the media coverage of Zohran's campaign, in order to smear American institutions in front of an audience of hostile foreign socialists
www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/...
www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/...
When I wrote this the main objection I heard was that soldiers and officers should stay in so they could spontaneously resist illegal orders. Subsequently the Commander in Chief accused US Senators of treason for saying that. Please wake up. Leave the military.
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Leave the Military
You're at risk of being told to betray your own values.
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November 28, 2025 at 2:36 PM
When I wrote this the main objection I heard was that soldiers and officers should stay in so they could spontaneously resist illegal orders. Subsequently the Commander in Chief accused US Senators of treason for saying that. Please wake up. Leave the military.
www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/leave-the-...
www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/leave-the-...
Inbox: The independent union at Blue Bottle Coffee, @bbiunion.bsky.social, is on strike. “As of today, we have gone out on the picket line to combat Blue Bottle's bad faith bargaining and ensure fair wages and protections for baristas.”
November 26, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Inbox: The independent union at Blue Bottle Coffee, @bbiunion.bsky.social, is on strike. “As of today, we have gone out on the picket line to combat Blue Bottle's bad faith bargaining and ensure fair wages and protections for baristas.”
All of the Pittsburgh journalists who stayed on strike for three years are heroes. Salute.
As the striking journalists return to the newsroom, both sides expect it’ll be a rocky reunion. www.niemanlab.org/2025/11/what...
What newsroom organizers learned from the years-long strike at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
The importance of coordination, how digital news consumption patterns limit the effectiveness of public shame, and more.
www.niemanlab.org
November 25, 2025 at 3:45 PM
All of the Pittsburgh journalists who stayed on strike for three years are heroes. Salute.
The Dallasification of the American Dream, Part One:
"The Joe Rogan of the Bible" builds an empire of sexual repression in Plano.
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"The Joe Rogan of the Bible" builds an empire of sexual repression in Plano.
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America Is Becoming Dallas
Part One: The Lord of Plano.
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November 25, 2025 at 2:34 PM
The Dallasification of the American Dream, Part One:
"The Joe Rogan of the Bible" builds an empire of sexual repression in Plano.
www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/america-is...
"The Joe Rogan of the Bible" builds an empire of sexual repression in Plano.
www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/america-is...
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I was born and raised in dallas and moved away at the earliest opportunity not because I recognized all of this when I was younger, but because what springs out of it is a place that’s culturally and artistically impoverished — a gray blob of chain stores and paranoia
November 24, 2025 at 9:23 PM
I was born and raised in dallas and moved away at the earliest opportunity not because I recognized all of this when I was younger, but because what springs out of it is a place that’s culturally and artistically impoverished — a gray blob of chain stores and paranoia
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"Texas is America’s most advanced example of what happens when you mix our famous racism and self-mythologizing with a fatal dose of internet poisoning and unrestrained capitalism. We sit in our gleaming new homes, fingering our weapons, aiming at enemies that exist in our minds."
Dallas is the future of America-- physically, spiritually, and politically. I went to the fastest-growing city in America to see what is in store for us all.
Today, the final part of my story: Sprawling to Freedom.
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Today, the final part of my story: Sprawling to Freedom.
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America Is Becoming Dallas
Part Two: Sprawling to Freedom
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November 24, 2025 at 3:58 PM
"Texas is America’s most advanced example of what happens when you mix our famous racism and self-mythologizing with a fatal dose of internet poisoning and unrestrained capitalism. We sit in our gleaming new homes, fingering our weapons, aiming at enemies that exist in our minds."
Dallas is the future of America-- physically, spiritually, and politically. I went to the fastest-growing city in America to see what is in store for us all.
Today, the final part of my story: Sprawling to Freedom.
www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/america-is...
Today, the final part of my story: Sprawling to Freedom.
www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/america-is...
America Is Becoming Dallas
Part Two: Sprawling to Freedom
www.hamiltonnolan.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Dallas is the future of America-- physically, spiritually, and politically. I went to the fastest-growing city in America to see what is in store for us all.
Today, the final part of my story: Sprawling to Freedom.
www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/america-is...
Today, the final part of my story: Sprawling to Freedom.
www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/america-is...