James McCrone
@jmccrone.bsky.social
Author of political thrillers, Faithless Elector, Dark Network, Emergency Powers and Bastard Verdict. Lives in South Philly.
http://jamesmccrone.com
http://jamesmccrone.com
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"Low falsehood cuts both ways..."
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"Low falsehood cuts both ways..."
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Unfortunately, in US journalism it is considered neutral to spread a lie, but it is considered "biased" to call out a lie. So, there is a structural asymmetry that rewards colorful lies with virality.
November 30, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Unfortunately, in US journalism it is considered neutral to spread a lie, but it is considered "biased" to call out a lie. So, there is a structural asymmetry that rewards colorful lies with virality.
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WHATEVER KILLS THE PAIN--stories of heartbreak and hope from Derringer Award winner @cwblackwell.bsky.social. Read what @coyhall.bsky.social says about this collection and order your copy today: amzn.to/4nQ5bl7
November 29, 2025 at 8:08 PM
WHATEVER KILLS THE PAIN--stories of heartbreak and hope from Derringer Award winner @cwblackwell.bsky.social. Read what @coyhall.bsky.social says about this collection and order your copy today: amzn.to/4nQ5bl7
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Try not to give more money to those supporting tyranny.
A Backlash Is Brewing Against Companies Helping ICE
www.thebulwark.com/p/backlash-b...
www.thebulwark.com/p/backlash-b...
A Backlash Is Brewing Against Companies Helping ICE
Activists are targeting the reputations of Home Depot, AT&T, and other businesses.
www.thebulwark.com
November 29, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Try not to give more money to those supporting tyranny.
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Trumpists often use this framing: if there is no specific law banning a government action, it is legal. It flies in the face of the constitutional principle of enumerated powers. And, it's complete bullshit.
Stephen Miller’s Wife @katiemiller : “Can you cite the statute that makes the boat bombings illegal?”
@bakarisellers.bsky.social : “The due process
clause in the constitution.”
@bakarisellers.bsky.social : “The due process
clause in the constitution.”
November 29, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Trumpists often use this framing: if there is no specific law banning a government action, it is legal. It flies in the face of the constitutional principle of enumerated powers. And, it's complete bullshit.
A sad passing. RIP
Playwright Tom Stoppard has died at 88. Did you know he ghost-wrote George Lucas and Steven Spielberg's Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade? kottke.org/20/11/tom-st...
Tom Stoppard and the Last Crusade
Hermione Lee has written an authorized biography of playwright, screenwriter, translator, and man of letters Tom Stoppard, calle
kottke.org
November 29, 2025 at 7:21 PM
A sad passing. RIP
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Rest in Peace.
I played Valentine in a production of Arcadia in college and I still think about lines from that play all the time. RIP.
Tom Stoppard, Award-Winning Playwright of Witty Drama, Dies at 88
www.nytimes.com
November 29, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Rest in Peace.
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U.S. consumers spent $11.8 billion on Black Friday, says Adobe Analytics reut.rs/48nEAVP
U.S. consumers spent $11.8 billion on Black Friday, says Adobe Analytics
American shoppers spent a record $11.8 billion online on Black Friday, up 9.1% from last year, final data from Adobe Analytics showed.
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November 29, 2025 at 1:45 PM
U.S. consumers spent $11.8 billion on Black Friday, says Adobe Analytics reut.rs/48nEAVP
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America’s climate catastrophe will thin out and impoverish entire regions of the country, making them economic “no-go zones.” Vann R. Newkirk II reports on what climate change could do to America by mid-century: theatln.tc/CD8bgA0X
November 29, 2025 at 1:45 PM
America’s climate catastrophe will thin out and impoverish entire regions of the country, making them economic “no-go zones.” Vann R. Newkirk II reports on what climate change could do to America by mid-century: theatln.tc/CD8bgA0X
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Reminding everyone what happened here. www.washingtonpost.com/world/nation...
House majority leader to colleagues in 2016: ‘I think Putin pays’ Trump
Speaker Ryan responded: ‘What’s said in the family stays in the family.’ GOP leaders now cast the exchange as ‘an attempt at humor.’
www.washingtonpost.com
November 29, 2025 at 6:13 AM
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“In days after Alaska, a European intel agency distributed a hard-copy report in an envelope to some of the continent’s most senior national security officials, who were shocked by the contents: Inside were details of the commercial and economic plans the Trump admin had been pursuing with Russia.”
Make Money Not War: Trump’s Real Plan for Peace in Ukraine
The Kremlin pitched the White House on peace through business. To Europe’s dismay, the president and his envoy are on board.
www.wsj.com
November 29, 2025 at 5:44 AM
“In days after Alaska, a European intel agency distributed a hard-copy report in an envelope to some of the continent’s most senior national security officials, who were shocked by the contents: Inside were details of the commercial and economic plans the Trump admin had been pursuing with Russia.”
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A simple but no doubt true observation. #mindfulness.
November 29, 2025 at 1:48 PM
A simple but no doubt true observation. #mindfulness.
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It's small business Saturday! It's a great day to visit a local independent bookstore. Every day is a great day to buy books, and independent bookstores work so hard to support authors. :)
November 29, 2025 at 1:08 PM
It's small business Saturday! It's a great day to visit a local independent bookstore. Every day is a great day to buy books, and independent bookstores work so hard to support authors. :)
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Trump says airspace above and surrounding Venezuela to be closed in its entirety reut.rs/4a4K6PN
Trump says airspace above and surrounding Venezuela to be closed in its entirety
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday that the airspace above and surrounding Venezuela is to be closed in its entirety.
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November 29, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Trump says airspace above and surrounding Venezuela to be closed in its entirety reut.rs/4a4K6PN
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RELEASE THE UNREDACTED EPSTEIN FILES NOW
November 29, 2025 at 1:26 AM
RELEASE THE UNREDACTED EPSTEIN FILES NOW
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A must read account of Trump’s historic betrayal of Ukraine, Europe and America from the WSJ….
"By dangling multibillion-dollar rare-earth and energy deals, Moscow could reshape the economic map of Europe—while driving a wedge between America and its traditional allies"
Read this excellent @wsj.com account of the business deals behind the "peace"negotiations
www.wsj.com/world/russia...
Read this excellent @wsj.com account of the business deals behind the "peace"negotiations
www.wsj.com/world/russia...
Make Money Not War: Trump’s Real Plan for Peace in Ukraine
The Kremlin pitched the White House on peace through business. To Europe’s dismay, the president and his envoy are on board.
www.wsj.com
November 29, 2025 at 1:12 PM
A must read account of Trump’s historic betrayal of Ukraine, Europe and America from the WSJ….
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"A question for history will be whether Putin entertained this approach in the interest of ending the war, or as a ploy to pacify the U.S. while prolonging a conflict he believes is his place in history to slowly, ineluctably win"
November 29, 2025 at 5:38 AM
"A question for history will be whether Putin entertained this approach in the interest of ending the war, or as a ploy to pacify the U.S. while prolonging a conflict he believes is his place in history to slowly, ineluctably win"
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"By dangling multibillion-dollar rare-earth and energy deals, Moscow could reshape the economic map of Europe—while driving a wedge between America and its traditional allies"
Read this excellent @wsj.com account of the business deals behind the "peace"negotiations
www.wsj.com/world/russia...
Read this excellent @wsj.com account of the business deals behind the "peace"negotiations
www.wsj.com/world/russia...
Make Money Not War: Trump’s Real Plan for Peace in Ukraine
The Kremlin pitched the White House on peace through business. To Europe’s dismay, the president and his envoy are on board.
www.wsj.com
November 29, 2025 at 5:33 AM
"By dangling multibillion-dollar rare-earth and energy deals, Moscow could reshape the economic map of Europe—while driving a wedge between America and its traditional allies"
Read this excellent @wsj.com account of the business deals behind the "peace"negotiations
www.wsj.com/world/russia...
Read this excellent @wsj.com account of the business deals behind the "peace"negotiations
www.wsj.com/world/russia...
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I’m neither a lawyer nor a mobster so what do I know but I think the term for this “shakedown.” It’s fascism seemingly stripped of the everything but the fist: gimme the loot or else.
BREAKING: Northwestern University has agreed to pay the U.S. Treasury $75 million, over the course of three years as part of an agreement with the federal government to restore funding and end investigations into the university
Full statement from NU below:
Full statement from NU below:
November 29, 2025 at 12:47 PM
I’m neither a lawyer nor a mobster so what do I know but I think the term for this “shakedown.” It’s fascism seemingly stripped of the everything but the fist: gimme the loot or else.
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A guy in Tennessee spent more than five weeks in jail because of an anodyne Facebook meme that did not even jokingly threaten violence: www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2025/11/life...
Life during the free speech administration - Lawyers, Guns & Money
A guy in Tennessee spent more than five weeks in jail because of an anodyne Facebook meme that did not even jokingly threaten violence: The officers came to arrest Larry Bushart shortly before midnigh...
www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com
November 28, 2025 at 7:23 PM
A guy in Tennessee spent more than five weeks in jail because of an anodyne Facebook meme that did not even jokingly threaten violence: www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2025/11/life...
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I've been saying this for years now. We all know it. Just look at his reaction to losing in 2020 especially on January 6.
Trump will do anything to stay in power.
Anything.
Anything.
November 28, 2025 at 7:24 PM
I've been saying this for years now. We all know it. Just look at his reaction to losing in 2020 especially on January 6.