Jesse Singal
Writer at Singal-Minded with Jesse Singal
Co-Host at Blocked and Reported Podcast
Writer at Blocked and Reported
I make text and voice words. @fsgbooks, former @NYMag. Cohost @TheBARPod, the first-ever podcast: https://t.co/1qH8Ez9XYO * [email protected]
Articles
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6 days ago |
thedispatch.com | Jesse Singal
Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s DOGE team continues to slash federal government spendingin an almost bafflingly cruel, capricious, and haphazard way. To call the cuts “selective” would be a wild understatement. Apparently, the federal government can afford to spend $1 trillion on defense, but it cannot afford to help public schools , or to fund PEPFAR, a wildly successful program to fight HIV and AIDS worldwide that has enjoyed bipartisan support since President George W.
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1 week ago |
jessesingal.substack.com | Jesse Singal
Last month, I was back in suburban Boston for a few days, staying in the room where I’ve slept more than anywhere else. We moved into that house when I was four or so, and to say that the feel of the place has changed in recent years would be a massive understatement. When we moved there in the 1980s, my youngest brother didn’t exist yet.
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3 weeks ago |
jessesingal.substack.com | Jesse Singal
I’d probably have to watch the limited Netflix series Adolescence all the way through a second time before I could tell you how much I liked it. Instead I’ll just say that I’m glad I watched it and offer you some scattered adjectives: hectic, claustrophobic, original, and often riveting. (This article will include one very basic plot spoiler that is revealed at the end of the first episode.
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3 weeks ago |
sltrib.com | Jesse Singal
President Trump has made his hostility toward transgender people abundantly clear. On the first day of his second term, he issued a sweeping executive order against "gender ideology" that led federal employees to erase public health data from websites and remove pronouns from email signatures, among other actions.
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3 weeks ago |
jessesingal.substack.com | Jesse Singal
Two quick housekeeping things:—I had a column in The New York Times yesterday that may be of interest to some of you. —I have a bunch of events, listed here, coming up in Cambridge, New York, London, and hopefully even Amsterdam (you’ll see a form to fill out on the events page if you live in that neck of the woods and might be interested in attending).
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RT @crampell: Since Trump still has specified which 70 countries are being blessed with "only" 10% tariffs, I wondered what was happening a…
.@bungarsargon can you explain this? It would suggest Trump's policy has been massively successful and would change my own views on it.
Batya: “Trump has gotten over $1 trillion in manufacturing committed.” “From where?” Batya: “Uh…overseas” “But can you give some specific examples?” Batya; “Um…” She’s the best protectionists have got! https://t.co/Fv1Y7n6PWo
I think Lance of @theserfstv is a super smart guy, like most Breadtubers, and it would be an interesting test of my own intellect to be on the same audio channel as him. I'll probably get humiliated but I'm willing to take that risk.
@jessesingal @theserfstv I'm not in the US so there may be context I'm missing, but why would you want someone with a less than intelligent grasp of events on your podcast?
