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John Ganz
@lioneltrolling.bsky.social
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dottore, ingegnere, avvocato

When the Clock Broke: Con Men, Conspiracists, and How America Cracked Up in the Early 1990s — out now from
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John Ganz @lioneltrolling.bsky.social · Apr 6
The hardcover of When the Clock Broke is on sale at many outlets!
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When the Clock Broke
ONE OF THE WASHINGTON POST'S TEN BEST BOOKS OF 2024One of The New York Times's 100 Notable Books of 2024Longlisted for the National Book Critics Circle Award...
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Unpopular Front is having a holiday sale!
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A Not Quite Lost Cause
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November 25, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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Unpopular Front is having a holiday sale!
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A Not Quite Lost Cause
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November 25, 2025 at 1:48 PM
lioneltrolling.bsky.social
come play me on online-go dot come username comrade_pellegrino (i'm terrible)
November 24, 2025 at 8:48 PM
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lioneltrolling.bsky.social
Spoke to John P. McCormick about Machiavelli, democracy, populism, and, yes, the Epstein emails.
www.unpopularfront.news/p/talking-to...
Talking to John P. McCormick about Machiavelli
Author Series No. 5
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November 24, 2025 at 12:18 PM
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jamellebouie.net
in the latest episode of our podcast, @lioneltrolling.bsky.social and i talked the apparent MAGA crack-up
Unclear and Present Politics Episode 10 — Victory Lap Edition (Video) | Unclear and Present Patreon
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November 24, 2025 at 2:11 PM
lioneltrolling.bsky.social
Spoke to John P. McCormick about Machiavelli, democracy, populism, and, yes, the Epstein emails.
www.unpopularfront.news/p/talking-to...
Talking to John P. McCormick about Machiavelli
Author Series No. 5
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November 24, 2025 at 12:18 PM
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larryglickman.bsky.social
For my grad seminar tomorrow, we'll be discussing @lioneltrolling.bsky.social's WHEN THE CLOCK BROKE and @pastpunditry.bsky.social's PARTISANS. A parallel I only just noticed: Ch 6 of Ganz's book is entitled, "Rage," and Ch 6 of Hemmer's book is called, "Angry White Men-And Women."
November 23, 2025 at 2:53 PM
lioneltrolling.bsky.social
Yoram Hazony's empty phrases; did the Iroquois really influence the Constitution?; Chomsky and Kissinger on the Khmer Rouge
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The Vices of Nationalism; America in the Longhouse; Revisiting Chomsky on Cambodia
Reading, Watching 11.23.25
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November 23, 2025 at 2:00 PM
lioneltrolling.bsky.social
I think you should read a little more
penbird42.bsky.social Phlip 🇵🇪🦖🤖 @penbird42.bsky.social · 6d
there never was a Jewish "diaspora." Judaism spread by its merits, not because "Arabs drove us out of our homeland"

there sure as hell is a Palestinian diaspora

calling global Jews "diaspora" is a little antisemitic ("wandering Jew"), and it is genocidally Islamophobic
November 21, 2025 at 2:19 PM
lioneltrolling.bsky.social
Olivia e Mobile.
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We Are Not Amused
The Olivia Nuzzi Return is a Disgrace
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November 18, 2025 at 4:04 PM
lioneltrolling.bsky.social
pretty much me
sharonk.bsky.social Sharon @sharonk.bsky.social · 9d
it is sort of funny to me that i find a lot of value in daniel bell's self description of "conservative in culture, liberal in politics, and socialist/social democratic in economics" because that just cashes out to being a radical social democrat now
November 17, 2025 at 8:32 PM
lioneltrolling.bsky.social
The weekly Reading, Watching post.—
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The MAGA meltdown; Mamdani's Rainbow Coalition; Remembering Tatsuya Nakadai
Reading, Watching 11.16.25
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November 16, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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jamellebouie.net
new episode of the pod where john and i discuss the shutdown, the epstein emails and a certain new book by a certain disgraced journalist
Unclear and Present Politics Episode 9 — Epstein Emails Edition (Video) | Unclear and Present Patreon
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November 15, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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adriannefblack.bsky.social
Really thoughtful conversation, @lioneltrolling.bsky.social and @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social , but don’t talk about me like I’m super private about this stuff. Promote my book next time! I’m sure I talked about that asshole Tucker Carlson in there somewhere www.amazon.com/Klansmans-So...
November 15, 2025 at 11:06 PM
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brooklynspoke.bsky.social
Got around to this one late but I’m glad I did. It’s outstanding. @lioneltrolling.bsky.social
Cover of “when the clock broke” by John Ganz. Subtitle conmen conspirators, and the origins of Trumpism. Book is black blue, red and white.
November 15, 2025 at 2:05 AM
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manohladargis.bsky.social
here’s a gift link for this must-read @lioneltrolling.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/o...
Opinion | The ‘Groyperfication’ of the G.O.P.
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November 14, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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evanbernick.bsky.social
this interview with @lioneltrolling.bsky.social is great. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/o...
Opinion | Tucker Carlson, Nick Fuentes and the Right’s ‘Groyper’ Problem
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November 14, 2025 at 1:12 PM
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lkatfield.bsky.social
Such a treat to get to talk with @lioneltrolling.bsky.social about Furious Minds. We got into it about the pretensions of some of these people and it was fun.
November 13, 2025 at 2:21 PM
lioneltrolling.bsky.social
damn these epstein emails are crazy
November 13, 2025 at 1:32 PM
lioneltrolling.bsky.social
I spoke to @lkatfield.bsky.social about her new book, Furious Minds: The Making of the MAGA New Right www.unpopularfront.news/p/talking-to...
Talking to Laura K. Field about MAGA "Ideas"
Author Series No. 4
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November 13, 2025 at 12:01 PM
lioneltrolling.bsky.social
The right has become essentially a big propaganda apparatus; that's scary but also a weakness.
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Operation Drumbeat
The Right is Loud but Hollow
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November 12, 2025 at 12:22 PM
lioneltrolling.bsky.social
weird but im glad the library says im still alive
mrnuclear.monster Mr. Nuclear Monster @mrnuclear.monster · 23d
@lioneltrolling.bsky.social there's a conspiracy against you specifically, at the local library here in Hawaiʻi
a screenshot of the library listing for Ganz' tome, "When the clock broke" has a red notice that reads: "This item cannot be renewed. Unseen renewal maximum exceeded."
November 11, 2025 at 12:15 PM
lioneltrolling.bsky.social
I feel like we're in a weird world where the average Dem partisan, engaged voter is better informed than most of their representatives
jamellebouie.net jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 17d
seems to me that those democrats inclined not to fight perceive themselves as living through a somewhat ordinary cycle of presidential overreach and backlash and not something much more significant and dangerous
November 10, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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theresaganz.bsky.social
www.theresaganz.com

The thesis of my book Grand Illusion is that excesses of gold in architecture are a direct indication of despotism. As the White House festoons itself with golden doodads and proposes a gilded new ballroom, I think the thesis holds. Link in bio. 💛⚜️💛
Theresa Ganz
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August 8, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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November 9, 2025 at 6:50 PM