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Danielle Kurtzleben

@titonka.bsky.social

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NPR White House correspondent. Former Vox, US News and World Report. Tariff explainer. Masculinity politics expert. Native Iowan. Girlboss. Pianist, writer, real piece of work. daniellekurtzleben.substack.com

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Danielle Kurtzleben @titonka.bsky.social · Sep 10

The oyster-shucking, baseball-playing, hands-working-with men have arrived on the 2026 political scene, and I have thoughts.

daniellekurtzleben.substack.com/p/when-authe...

When "authenticity" means "dudes"

As 2026 approaches, can we political reporters please not forget every damn thing we learned just last year for the love of God

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Danielle Kurtzleben @titonka.bsky.social · 8h

Jealous.

Danielle Kurtzleben @titonka.bsky.social · 8h

Oh I’m more afraid of the CMS malfunctioning and eating my work mid-story, which has happened at multiple publications!

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Danielle Kurtzleben @titonka.bsky.social · 9h

Nooooooooooooooooo!

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Danielle Kurtzleben @titonka.bsky.social · 9h

Good Lord I wish I spoke German. My ancestors are very disappointed.

Danielle Kurtzleben @titonka.bsky.social · 9h

a man in a suit and bow tie holds his hand to his forehead in front of a chalkboard that says subject

ALT: a man in a suit and bow tie holds his hand to his forehead in front of a chalkboard that says subject

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Danielle Kurtzleben @titonka.bsky.social · 9h

True story: I am currently on my way to pick up an award for very serious journalism. And I’m writing stupid kink tweets. We all contain multitudes.

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Danielle Kurtzleben @titonka.bsky.social · 9h

Anyway don’t involve other people in your kink.

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Danielle Kurtzleben @titonka.bsky.social · 9h

Ratio me. It’s a badge of honor. Oooooo yes I like it when you ratio me. Ooh now ratio me harder yessss. Now ratio me while the neighbors watch. Ok now wearing that costume. Yessss.

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Kate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social · 13h

I’ve seen posts claiming this “truth” is evidence of dementia, but IMO that’s not the right frame. This is strategy. Since 2021, the right has been rewriting history, bending timelines, to connect their grievances (Covid) and conspiracy theories (Jan 6, censorship, etc) to the Biden administration.

Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 17h

That’s a nice trick, since Biden wasn’t the president on Jan 6.

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 15h

Pope Leo quotes Hannah Arendt:

“The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction and the distinction between true and false no longer exist."

www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...

Pope Leo calls for news agencies to stand as bulwark against "post-truths," lies and manipulation

Pope Leo XIV has encouraged international news agencies to stand firm as a bulwark against the "ancient art of lying" and manipulation.

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Danielle Kurtzleben @titonka.bsky.social · 1d

Ok but seriously I’m watching “They Live” and WHAT IS THIS FIGHT SCENE.

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Danielle Kurtzleben @titonka.bsky.social · 1d

It feels so silly when you discover something everyone has known about for forever.

As in: I am on a John Carpenter kick and I want to scream “HOLY SHIT HAVE YOU ALL HEARD OF THIS GUY” even though I know full well how stupid that sounds.

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Danielle Kurtzleben @titonka.bsky.social · 1d

I want a Mathnet shirt and I want it now.

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Sarah J. Jackson @sjjphd.bsky.social · 1d

I’m not trying to give @pbs.org ideas for raising money—but I am. I would buy women’s fit T-shirts of all my favorite childhood shows. Reading rainbow, 321 contact, square one, zoobiliee zoo. I feel like two generations will run to donate even more money for shirts with Levar Burton on them…

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Danielle Kurtzleben @titonka.bsky.social · 2d

I’m just mad that you’re probably right.

Danielle Kurtzleben @titonka.bsky.social · 2d

Ok fine drew you’re cool

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Danielle Kurtzleben @titonka.bsky.social · 2d

Drew

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Danielle Kurtzleben @titonka.bsky.social · 2d

Booooo don’t respond to this seriously people what is your DEAL

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Danielle Kurtzleben @titonka.bsky.social · 2d

A phrase I’ve never understood is “you could cut the tension with a knife.”

Well, like, yeah. You can cut a lot of things with a knife. Cake? Butter? Yep can cut the shit out of those. But you don’t see me going on about it.

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Danielle Kurtzleben @titonka.bsky.social · 2d

Unsolicited Flick pic

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Heartland Signal @heartlandsignal.bsky.social · 2d

BREAKING: Masked Border Patrol agents aggressively arrested WGN video producer Debbie Brockman in Lincoln Square Friday morning, supposedly for "obstructing justice." (Video via Josh Thomas on Facebook)

Follow @heartlandsignal for more.

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Danielle Kurtzleben @titonka.bsky.social · 2d

And also also we don't have a huge dataset here.

OK that's enough caveats for now!

Danielle Kurtzleben @titonka.bsky.social · 2d

It is also of course possible that the women get more media attention. Or that they stick in my brain more readily. So...there are many possibilities here.

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Danielle Kurtzleben @titonka.bsky.social · 2d

Again: I am not saying it's sexist to accuse a lady boss of being abusive. At all.

I'm just wondering if any men on Capitol Hill are similarly notorious. And if not, why not?

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Danielle Kurtzleben @titonka.bsky.social · 2d

This is not at all to diminish treating staff poorly -- yelling swears at an employee is, uh, bad -- but/and also we have a history of of employee accusations against Klobuchar and Porter.

I'm wondering if there are men on capitol hill in a similar situation. aka what role does gender play here?

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