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Wesley Morgan @wesleymorgan.bsky.social · 2d

Really enjoyed this conversation about “Lone Survivor” and “The Green Berets” with @lylerubin.bsky.social and @vanjackson.bsky.social on @bangbang1492.bsky.social. (Reconstructing the *true* events of Operation Red Wings was the work of a couple of years for chapter 4 of THE HARDEST PLACE.)

Lyle Jeremy Rubin @lylerubin.bsky.social · 3d

Wes Morgan is one of my favorite combat journalists out there, so it meant a lot to have him on the pod to dissect the glorious agitprop, Lone Survivor. And also to go deep on its spiritual precursor, The Green Berets.

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Lyle Jeremy Rubin @lylerubin.bsky.social · 2d

So grateful to have my dissertation advisor (and good friend) Dan Borus on show to help psychoanalyze Kubrick's great satire. And highly recommend Dan's accompanying essay, too!

Lyle Jeremy Rubin @lylerubin.bsky.social · 2d

Eli Valley is a hero of mine, so having him on the pod to discuss the aesthetic and moral contours of Spielberg's Munich was really something.

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Lyle Jeremy Rubin @lylerubin.bsky.social · 2d

Had a blast having Adrian Horton, the arts writer for The Guardian, on the pod to discuss The Report. A film that indicts an entire generation of politicians and their supporters. Across the partisan divide. Link in comments.

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Lyle Jeremy Rubin @lylerubin.bsky.social · 3d

Wes Morgan is one of my favorite combat journalists out there, so it meant a lot to have him on the pod to dissect the glorious agitprop, Lone Survivor. And also to go deep on its spiritual precursor, The Green Berets.

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Lyle Jeremy Rubin @lylerubin.bsky.social · 3d

@vanjackson.bsky.social

Lyle Jeremy Rubin @lylerubin.bsky.social · 3d

www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/704686...

The Right of the People by Osita Nwanevu: 9780593449929 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A bold case for reimagining the American project and making American democracy real—from a formidable new voice in political journalism “The first thing I’ve...

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Lyle Jeremy Rubin @lylerubin.bsky.social · 3d

Loved having my friend Osita Nwanevu on the pod to talk about the epic of all epics, Lawrence of Arabia. Also, buy his extraordinary (and extraordinarily timely) new book, The Right of the People!

Link to his book in the comments.

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Lyle Jeremy Rubin @lylerubin.bsky.social · 3d

@vanjackson.bsky.social

Lyle Jeremy Rubin @lylerubin.bsky.social · 3d

Pleasure having the gents from @remembershufffle.bsky.social on the pod to talk about the second greatest submarine flick of all time.

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Lyle Jeremy Rubin @lylerubin.bsky.social · 4d

Re-upping.

Lyle Jeremy Rubin @lylerubin.bsky.social · 7d

I wrote about Pete Hegseth's Quantico speech. Thanks to Christopher Shay for the smart edits!

Link in comments.

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Colette Shade (buy Y2K!!) @coletteshade.bsky.social · 4d

I learned from @lylerubin.bsky.social that “troops eat first” is a morale thing officers use in the military and this is, uh, not it

Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 4d

Military families on day 9 of the shutdown lining up at the food bank

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Matt Darling @besttrousers.bsky.social · 5d

It's so funny that people copy this, given that DOGE was basically the least effective domestic US policy initiative of all time.

Oliver Darcy @oliverdarcy.bsky.social · 5d

News: Bari Weiss just sent a memo to staffers at CBS News asking them to produce a memo explaining "how you spend your working hours—and ideally, what you've made (or are making) that you're most proud of."

One CBS News staffer puts it like this to me: "We just got Elon Musked."

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John Gramlich @johngramlich.bsky.social · 6d

NEW: At least 6 in 10 Americans say Trump has improperly...

–used his office to punish people who say things he doesn't like (66%)

–encouraged federal investigations of his political opponents (62%)

–used his office to enrich himself and others (61%)

www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...

Bar chart showing that majorities of Americans believe Donald Trump has improperly used his office in several ways since returning to the White House in January. The chart is based on a September 2025 Pew Research Center survey of U.S. adults.

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Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 6d

Spoke with cnn while sitting on the floor of my hotel room hallway bc my family were asleep in the other room.

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Colette Shade (buy Y2K!!) @coletteshade.bsky.social · 6d

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Colette Shade (buy Y2K!!) @coletteshade.bsky.social · 6d

Lyle wrote about the idiotic Hegseth speech www.thenation.com/article/poli...

The Dark Satire of Pete Hegseth’s Quantico Speech

The secretary of war’s plea for discipline collapses into its opposite—a demand for wanton violence and mayhem

www.thenation.com

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The Nation Magazine @thenation.com · 7d

Contradictions abound in the life and times of Pete Hegseth, writes @lylerubin.bsky.social. His harangue at Quantico focused on fat troops and fat leaders, and he waxed romantic about accountability, merit, and high standards—then he introduced Donald Trump.

www.thenation.com

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Ozma @rowyourbot.bsky.social · 7d

He's telling them 'self control and discipline is only for obedience and making muscles bigger. Forget control over one's mind and discipline over one's actions for a good purpose. We don't need to be decent or moral. Just obedient to whomever is in charge and swole.' So inspiring! Worth dying for!

Lyle Jeremy Rubin @lylerubin.bsky.social · 7d

I wrote about Pete Hegseth's Quantico speech. Thanks to Christopher Shay for the smart edits!

Link in comments.

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Lyle Jeremy Rubin @lylerubin.bsky.social · 7d

Thanks so much, Paul!

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Paul Adlerstein @pauladlerstein.bsky.social · 7d

Fantastic meditation on the quasi-Kubrickian menace of Pete Hegseth's recent speech. Always read @lylerubin.bsky.social!

Lyle Jeremy Rubin @lylerubin.bsky.social · 7d

www.thenation.com/article/poli...

The Dark Satire of Pete Hegseth’s Quantico Speech

The secretary of war’s plea for discipline collapses into its opposite—a demand for wanton violence and mayhem

www.thenation.com

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Lyle Jeremy Rubin @lylerubin.bsky.social · 7d

www.thenation.com/article/poli...

The Dark Satire of Pete Hegseth’s Quantico Speech

The secretary of war’s plea for discipline collapses into its opposite—a demand for wanton violence and mayhem

www.thenation.com

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Lyle Jeremy Rubin @lylerubin.bsky.social · 7d

I wrote about Pete Hegseth's Quantico speech. Thanks to Christopher Shay for the smart edits!

Link in comments.

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hannah gais @hannahgais.bsky.social · 13d

Greenblatt learning the hard way that if you lie down with dogs (and force your whole organization to do the same), you're going to wake up with fleas.

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Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield @agdanrayfield.bsky.social · 18d

Read my statement on President Trump’s decision to send U.S. troops to Portland.

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