John Brooks
@johnbrooks.bsky.social
Pod Only Knows: https://bit.ly/447CUOH
1999 the Podcast: http://bit.ly/3I211ql
Religious studies person
Abolish ICE, DHS, and golf
BLM
Anti-fascism forever
Trans rights are human rights
Red Sox and Crystal Palace diehard
He/Him
1999 the Podcast: http://bit.ly/3I211ql
Religious studies person
Abolish ICE, DHS, and golf
BLM
Anti-fascism forever
Trans rights are human rights
Red Sox and Crystal Palace diehard
He/Him
Pinned
It's a long-awaited episode as @johnbrooks.bsky.social and @juliasirmons.bsky.social are joined by investigative journalist @beyerstein.bsky.social to (finally!) talk about Michael Mann's investigative journalism-themed THE INSIDER
Here or wherever you get podcasts!
Here or wherever you get podcasts!
1999: The Podcast #085 - The Insider - with Lindsay Beyerstein
Investigative journalist Lindsay Beyerstein join us to talk about journalism, Russell Crowe, and CBS News in "The Insider"
www.cageclub.me
The Insider is once again depressingly relevant, and for reasons that have nothing to do with the evil tobacco corporation at its story's center.
Pete Hegseth please court-martial the stop sign I ran for undermining the president's authority over where and when I can hit pedestrians
November 26, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Pete Hegseth please court-martial the stop sign I ran for undermining the president's authority over where and when I can hit pedestrians
He's not SLEEPING he's THINKING really hard about AMERICA!!!
November 26, 2025 at 3:44 AM
He's not SLEEPING he's THINKING really hard about AMERICA!!!
Ah, another Peter Thiel Antichrist candidate has entered the chat. We missed this one.
November 26, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Ah, another Peter Thiel Antichrist candidate has entered the chat. We missed this one.
Basically every poker player I've ever known is a Marxist
November 26, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Basically every poker player I've ever known is a Marxist
This is a hell of a way to find out there was a Rush Hour 3
November 25, 2025 at 11:26 PM
This is a hell of a way to find out there was a Rush Hour 3
Is there a word for a government in which success is measured by headline flattery?
Tabloidarchy? Buzzocracy?
Tabloidarchy? Buzzocracy?
MS NOW EXCLUSIVE: “President Trump is considering removing Kash Patel as FBI director in the coming months, as he and his top aides have grown increasingly frustrated by the unflattering headlines Patel has recently generated.”
www.ms.now/news/trump-k...
www.ms.now/news/trump-k...
President Trump may have had enough of Kash Patel, according to sources
The president is weighing whether to oust the FBI director after scrutiny of Patel's stewardship of bureau resources, including his girlfriend’s security detail and use of a government jet.
www.ms.now
November 25, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Is there a word for a government in which success is measured by headline flattery?
Tabloidarchy? Buzzocracy?
Tabloidarchy? Buzzocracy?
End the presidential power of the pardon.
Kill and eat all turkeys.
Kill and eat all turkeys.
A turkey pardon assumes that the turkey has committed a crime. End the carceral state.
November 25, 2025 at 3:11 PM
End the presidential power of the pardon.
Kill and eat all turkeys.
Kill and eat all turkeys.
Reposted by John Brooks
This week, @kellyjbaker.bsky.social and @johnbrooks.bsky.social catch up on a wild week in the news with Marjorie Taylor Greene's attempted redemption arc, Peter Thiel's Antichrist lectures, and papal raves!
Get it here or wherever you get podcasts!
Get it here or wherever you get podcasts!
#059 – The Passion of the Marjorie Taylor Greene by Pod Only Knows
Kelly and John talk Marjorie Taylor Greene, Peter Thiel, and the Pope's newfound love of raves
cms.megaphone.fm
November 25, 2025 at 1:51 PM
This week, @kellyjbaker.bsky.social and @johnbrooks.bsky.social catch up on a wild week in the news with Marjorie Taylor Greene's attempted redemption arc, Peter Thiel's Antichrist lectures, and papal raves!
Get it here or wherever you get podcasts!
Get it here or wherever you get podcasts!
Feels like a good time to revisit these 40 immaculate seconds
November 25, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Feels like a good time to revisit these 40 immaculate seconds
If you attempted to board a Spirit Airlines flight in anything more formal than an unwashed hoodie and cargo shorts you'd be put on a terror watchlist.
Duffy on his demand that air travelers not wear slippers or pajamas: "It honors our country ... don't take your shoes off and put your feet on the chair ahead of you"
November 24, 2025 at 11:33 PM
If you attempted to board a Spirit Airlines flight in anything more formal than an unwashed hoodie and cargo shorts you'd be put on a terror watchlist.
Remember, Democrats are elitists.
Duffy on his demand that air travelers not wear slippers or pajamas: "It honors our country ... don't take your shoes off and put your feet on the chair ahead of you"
November 24, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Remember, Democrats are elitists.
You actually can't prosecute someone for encouraging other people to not do crimes, but cool use of taxpayer dollars bro
Pentagon Investigating Mark Kelly After He Called On Troops To Refuse Illegal Orders
It is extraordinary for the Pentagon to directly threaten a sitting member of Congress.
www.huffpost.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:48 PM
You actually can't prosecute someone for encouraging other people to not do crimes, but cool use of taxpayer dollars bro
Yes, they are evil, but at least they are also incompetent and lazy
James Comey, Letitia James Indictments Dismissed After Multiple Scandals
The attorney handling the cases was not lawfully appointed, the judge ruled.
www.huffpost.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Yes, they are evil, but at least they are also incompetent and lazy
Three fun JFK facts!
1) Mediocre president!
2) Sex pest!
3) Murdered by Lee Harvey Oswald, acting alone!
1) Mediocre president!
2) Sex pest!
3) Murdered by Lee Harvey Oswald, acting alone!
How President Kennedy Seduced White House Intern Mimi Alford
Mimi Alford was 19 years old when she was seduced by President John F. Kennedy. Decades later, she wrote a tell-all book about their relationship.
people.com
November 23, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Three fun JFK facts!
1) Mediocre president!
2) Sex pest!
3) Murdered by Lee Harvey Oswald, acting alone!
1) Mediocre president!
2) Sex pest!
3) Murdered by Lee Harvey Oswald, acting alone!
Dressing up nice - Historically consistent with safety in air travel
November 23, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Dressing up nice - Historically consistent with safety in air travel
Garrison was a giant raging idiot, and there's a very good argument to make that the irredeemably reprehensible Oliver Stone bears more responsibility than any single person for The Way Things Are Now (tm)
Fuck them both.
Fuck them both.
That Oliver Stone made a movie lionizing Jim Garrison's ludicrous prosecution of an innocent man (Clay Shaw) is one of the most egregious historical transmogrifications in cinema. Imagine in 20 yrs a Stephen Miller hagiography starring Chalamet, that's the artistic crime level we're talking.
We do know who killed JFK. The Warren Commission was an incredibly thorough and good-faith effort to prove and document what had happened, which they did. The conspiracy theories arose in spite of best efforts to avoid them, but there really isn't anything they could have reasonably done better.
November 23, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Garrison was a giant raging idiot, and there's a very good argument to make that the irredeemably reprehensible Oliver Stone bears more responsibility than any single person for The Way Things Are Now (tm)
Fuck them both.
Fuck them both.
In Russia, peace plan you!
November 23, 2025 at 3:31 AM
In Russia, peace plan you!
TradCaths being like "bring back the Latin rave!"
November 23, 2025 at 3:10 AM
TradCaths being like "bring back the Latin rave!"
In his Oliver Putnam Era
November 23, 2025 at 2:55 AM
In his Oliver Putnam Era
Fuck you I won't do what you tell me
Fuck you I won't do what you tell me
Fuck you I won't do what you tell me
Motherfuuuckaaaaaaaaaaaaah
Uh!
Fuck you I won't do what you tell me
Fuck you I won't do what you tell me
Motherfuuuckaaaaaaaaaaaaah
Uh!
November 23, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Fuck you I won't do what you tell me
Fuck you I won't do what you tell me
Fuck you I won't do what you tell me
Motherfuuuckaaaaaaaaaaaaah
Uh!
Fuck you I won't do what you tell me
Fuck you I won't do what you tell me
Motherfuuuckaaaaaaaaaaaaah
Uh!
it's true this is his "where are all the slaves??" face
November 23, 2025 at 2:47 AM
it's true this is his "where are all the slaves??" face
