Will Bunch
@willbunch.bsky.social
National opinion columnist, Philadelphia Inquirer; author of After the Ivory Tower Falls; free weekly newsletter at inquirer.com/bunch
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And we thought they were smart www.wsj.com/us-news/educ...
Harvard’s Big Wager on Bitcoin Came Right Before the Bust
The school reported nearly a half-billion in crypto holdings in its last quarterly report.
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December 3, 2025 at 1:30 PM
And we thought they were smart www.wsj.com/us-news/educ...
Not the biggest thing right now but my cheap La Quinta motel in Kenner - heart of the Latino community - blacks out MSNBC because we can’t expose visitors to the radical center-left
I forgot they do this in red states
I forgot they do this in red states
December 3, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Not the biggest thing right now but my cheap La Quinta motel in Kenner - heart of the Latino community - blacks out MSNBC because we can’t expose visitors to the radical center-left
I forgot they do this in red states
I forgot they do this in red states
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FBI is soliciting tips on threats to the immigration enforcement operation codenamed "Catahoula Crunch"
December 3, 2025 at 4:05 AM
FBI is soliciting tips on threats to the immigration enforcement operation codenamed "Catahoula Crunch"
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I think it’s “Asinine” for an Ohio native to use a rural Louisiana hunting dog term to brand a fascist operation to terrorize New Orleans during Christmas.
Go back to Ohio Tricia.
That dawg don’t hunt.
Go back to Ohio Tricia.
That dawg don’t hunt.
December 3, 2025 at 12:34 PM
I think it’s “Asinine” for an Ohio native to use a rural Louisiana hunting dog term to brand a fascist operation to terrorize New Orleans during Christmas.
Go back to Ohio Tricia.
That dawg don’t hunt.
Go back to Ohio Tricia.
That dawg don’t hunt.
I drove straight from the NOLA airport last night to a Union Migrante training session at a Canal Street church that was packed with 150 volunteers
This spunky city is ready to fight back!
This spunky city is ready to fight back!
The Department of Homeland Security formally announces the start of its new immigration enforcement crackdown in the New Orleans region, dubbed "Catahoula Crunch."
CBS News first reported the Trump administration’s "Catahoula Crunch" plans in mid November. | CBS News
CBS News first reported the Trump administration’s "Catahoula Crunch" plans in mid November. | CBS News
December 3, 2025 at 1:01 PM
I drove straight from the NOLA airport last night to a Union Migrante training session at a Canal Street church that was packed with 150 volunteers
This spunky city is ready to fight back!
This spunky city is ready to fight back!
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The Department of Homeland Security formally announces the start of its new immigration enforcement crackdown in the New Orleans region, dubbed "Catahoula Crunch."
CBS News first reported the Trump administration’s "Catahoula Crunch" plans in mid November. | CBS News
CBS News first reported the Trump administration’s "Catahoula Crunch" plans in mid November. | CBS News
December 3, 2025 at 12:29 PM
The Department of Homeland Security formally announces the start of its new immigration enforcement crackdown in the New Orleans region, dubbed "Catahoula Crunch."
CBS News first reported the Trump administration’s "Catahoula Crunch" plans in mid November. | CBS News
CBS News first reported the Trump administration’s "Catahoula Crunch" plans in mid November. | CBS News
That feeling when you stayed up all night doing 500 posts on Truth Social
Trump dozes while Marco Rubio speaks to him directly next to him. Just insane optics.
December 2, 2025 at 7:18 PM
That feeling when you stayed up all night doing 500 posts on Truth Social
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NEW: Pete Hegseth told an audience in a 2016 video that the military “won’t follow unlawful orders from their commander in chief,” and described the refusal of illegal commands as a part of the military’s ethos — a message he now condemns Democrats for spreading.
www.cnn.com/2025/12/02/u...
www.cnn.com/2025/12/02/u...
2016 video shows Hegseth saying the military cannot carry out unlawful orders | CNN
Hegseth described the refusal of illegal commands as part of the military’s ethos — a message he now condemns Democrats for spreading.
www.cnn.com
December 2, 2025 at 7:13 PM
NEW: Pete Hegseth told an audience in a 2016 video that the military “won’t follow unlawful orders from their commander in chief,” and described the refusal of illegal commands as a part of the military’s ethos — a message he now condemns Democrats for spreading.
www.cnn.com/2025/12/02/u...
www.cnn.com/2025/12/02/u...
Retiring IDGAF Tina Smith is fast becoming my favorite senator
Doesn’t this guy have a day job?
December 2, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Retiring IDGAF Tina Smith is fast becoming my favorite senator
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America: Did you order the code Red?
Hegseth: YOU’RE GODDAM RIGHT I DID!
America: Uhm, it’s a crime.
Hegseth: Ok, someone else ordered the Code Red.
Hegseth: YOU’RE GODDAM RIGHT I DID!
America: Uhm, it’s a crime.
Hegseth: Ok, someone else ordered the Code Red.
December 2, 2025 at 6:37 AM
America: Did you order the code Red?
Hegseth: YOU’RE GODDAM RIGHT I DID!
America: Uhm, it’s a crime.
Hegseth: Ok, someone else ordered the Code Red.
Hegseth: YOU’RE GODDAM RIGHT I DID!
America: Uhm, it’s a crime.
Hegseth: Ok, someone else ordered the Code Red.
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Drudge Report right now
December 2, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Drudge Report right now
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When Trump calls female reporters “piggy,” “ugly” and “stupid,” it doesn't reflect badly on the women. It's just more evidence that the males of MAGA are manspreading their own insecurity.
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The males of MAGA manspread their insecurity
Trump & Co. bring down the country to lift their fragile egos
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December 1, 2025 at 7:05 PM
When Trump calls female reporters “piggy,” “ugly” and “stupid,” it doesn't reflect badly on the women. It's just more evidence that the males of MAGA are manspreading their own insecurity.
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“That sounds illegal”
December 1, 2025 at 6:24 PM
“That sounds illegal”
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It is weird, isn't it? We're suddenly concerned about killing people? I mean I'm glad, but it's bizarre.
I'm shocked but somewhat pleased the mainstream media is going all Watergate on the Hegseth war crimes in the Caribbean. "Morning Joe" (yes, I know, don't @ me) has talked about little else for 2 hours
I'm not 100% convinced that this is the turning point but it might be, with Trump at just 36%
I'm not 100% convinced that this is the turning point but it might be, with Trump at just 36%
December 1, 2025 at 2:16 PM
It is weird, isn't it? We're suddenly concerned about killing people? I mean I'm glad, but it's bizarre.
I can't think of two songs that capture the current moment better than "Life During Wartime" and "Nothing But Flowers"
David Byrne saw the future
David Byrne saw the future
Woke up to a new De La Soul album and a David Byrne Tiny Desk (including "Nothing but Flowers"). All right.
David Byrne: Tiny Desk Concert
In matching, brilliant blue suits, David Byrne and his band squeeze behind the Desk to perform four songs, including Talking Heads' "Life During Wartime."
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December 1, 2025 at 1:32 PM
I can't think of two songs that capture the current moment better than "Life During Wartime" and "Nothing But Flowers"
David Byrne saw the future
David Byrne saw the future
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I'm shocked but somewhat pleased the mainstream media is going all Watergate on the Hegseth war crimes in the Caribbean. "Morning Joe" (yes, I know, don't @ me) has talked about little else for 2 hours
I'm not 100% convinced that this is the turning point but it might be, with Trump at just 36%
I'm not 100% convinced that this is the turning point but it might be, with Trump at just 36%
December 1, 2025 at 1:08 PM
I'm shocked but somewhat pleased the mainstream media is going all Watergate on the Hegseth war crimes in the Caribbean. "Morning Joe" (yes, I know, don't @ me) has talked about little else for 2 hours
I'm not 100% convinced that this is the turning point but it might be, with Trump at just 36%
I'm not 100% convinced that this is the turning point but it might be, with Trump at just 36%
Hopefully I'm off to New Orleans tomorrow (still not booked until there's an official Bovino siting) but my new worry is that people down there are only going to want to talk about Lane Kiffin
"'Swamp Sweep' overshadowed by Kiffin hiring outrage," by our national opinion columnist
"'Swamp Sweep' overshadowed by Kiffin hiring outrage," by our national opinion columnist
December 1, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Hopefully I'm off to New Orleans tomorrow (still not booked until there's an official Bovino siting) but my new worry is that people down there are only going to want to talk about Lane Kiffin
"'Swamp Sweep' overshadowed by Kiffin hiring outrage," by our national opinion columnist
"'Swamp Sweep' overshadowed by Kiffin hiring outrage," by our national opinion columnist
Trump wants the next presidential inauguration to, unconstitutionally, be him -- and he wants it inside a big ballroom with an underground bunker to keep the 1 million citizens wanting to storm the White House to prevent this at bay
"The latest plan, which officials said was still preliminary, calls for a ballroom much larger than the West Wing and the Executive Mansion. Mr. Trump has said publicly that he would like a ballroom big enough to hold a crowd for a presidential inauguration."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/u...
Inside Trump’s Push to Make the White House Ballroom as Big as Possible
www.nytimes.com
November 30, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Trump wants the next presidential inauguration to, unconstitutionally, be him -- and he wants it inside a big ballroom with an underground bunker to keep the 1 million citizens wanting to storm the White House to prevent this at bay
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The New Deal wasn’t built on a promise that there would be “no ceiling” for the richest Americans.
Quite the opposite, in fact. FDR knew its politics could only work if he singled out the rich as villains and knew that its policies could only work if the rich paid their fair share in taxes.
Quite the opposite, in fact. FDR knew its politics could only work if he singled out the rich as villains and knew that its policies could only work if the rich paid their fair share in taxes.
November 30, 2025 at 4:51 PM
The New Deal wasn’t built on a promise that there would be “no ceiling” for the richest Americans.
Quite the opposite, in fact. FDR knew its politics could only work if he singled out the rich as villains and knew that its policies could only work if the rich paid their fair share in taxes.
Quite the opposite, in fact. FDR knew its politics could only work if he singled out the rich as villains and knew that its policies could only work if the rich paid their fair share in taxes.
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November 30, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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He hurt thousands of people.
He finally was convicted, and went to prison on Nov. 14.
Trump set him free the day before Thanksgiving.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/u...
He finally was convicted, and went to prison on Nov. 14.
Trump set him free the day before Thanksgiving.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/u...
Trump Frees Fraudster Just Days Into Seven-Year Prison Sentence
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November 30, 2025 at 5:45 PM
He hurt thousands of people.
He finally was convicted, and went to prison on Nov. 14.
Trump set him free the day before Thanksgiving.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/u...
He finally was convicted, and went to prison on Nov. 14.
Trump set him free the day before Thanksgiving.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/u...
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"I am a huge fan of the classic TV series 'Law & Order.' And yet I cannot think of a single episode — among hundreds — in which a journalist is depicted as honorable." www.poynter.org/commentary/2...
Why I’m begging TV showrunners to stop writing journalists as villains - Poynter
I will stop shouting at the TV screen when journalists are portrayed with all their virtues and vices — not as caricatures
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November 30, 2025 at 5:04 PM
"I am a huge fan of the classic TV series 'Law & Order.' And yet I cannot think of a single episode — among hundreds — in which a journalist is depicted as honorable." www.poynter.org/commentary/2...
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Look around. The case for more, not less, liberal arts education - actual, real education in reading, writing, thinking, arguing, analyzing, & synthesizing by doing the actual hard work for which there is no substitute - is stronger than it’s ever been at any point in human history.
November 30, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Look around. The case for more, not less, liberal arts education - actual, real education in reading, writing, thinking, arguing, analyzing, & synthesizing by doing the actual hard work for which there is no substitute - is stronger than it’s ever been at any point in human history.
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How has support for political violence in America shifted over the past year and who has the highest levels of support?
My new piece at @brookings.edu provides answers by comparing data from #NoKings2.0 with a national survey fielded right after: www.brookings.edu/articles/wha...
My new piece at @brookings.edu provides answers by comparing data from #NoKings2.0 with a national survey fielded right after: www.brookings.edu/articles/wha...
What the No Kings Day protest reveals about support for political violence in America | Brookings
New survey data from the No Kings Day protests reveal shifting public attitudes toward political violence in the second Trump administration.
www.brookings.edu
November 26, 2025 at 12:54 PM
How has support for political violence in America shifted over the past year and who has the highest levels of support?
My new piece at @brookings.edu provides answers by comparing data from #NoKings2.0 with a national survey fielded right after: www.brookings.edu/articles/wha...
My new piece at @brookings.edu provides answers by comparing data from #NoKings2.0 with a national survey fielded right after: www.brookings.edu/articles/wha...