Jack Crosbie @jscros.bsky.social · 17/06/2026probably my fault going through while editing that sentence in track changes, will have it fixed - thanks for catching (and your presumption is correct, of course) 110
Jack Crosbie @jscros.bsky.social · 17/06/2026thanks for watching nikki. i encourage you to read any of my writing on the subject 000
Jack Crosbie @jscros.bsky.social · 19/11/2025this has all been very fun and juicy but at a certain point it makes the entire industry look bad. on journalism and olivia nuzzi: www.discourseblog.com/p/olivia-nuz...discourseblog.comOlivia Nuzzi's Nine LivesHow many sins can one career survive? 2336
Reposted by Jack CrosbieSean Woods @seanwoods.bsky.social · 30/10/2025READ @jscros.bsky.social: ‘A Lot of Us Have Made Wills’: Anti-Fascists Dig In as Trump Cracks Down www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol... via @rollingstone.comrollingstone.com'A Lot of Us Have Made Wills': Anti-Fascists Dig In as Trump Cracks DownAnti-fascists are recalibrating how they protest in response to Donald Trump's crackdown on dissent following the killing of Charlie Kirk. 084
Jack Crosbie @jscros.bsky.social · 10/10/2025For Slate, I spent two days in New York's bizarre, dystopian immigration courts, getting a first hand look at the processes of Donald Trump's brutal new immigration system, and trying to focus on the human experience of being caught in it. slate.com/news-and-pol...slate.comIt’s the Place for Immigrants Who Do Things “the Right Way.” ICE Has Turned It Into Hell.Immigrants come to court-mandated appointments in search of citizenship. They find masked, armed agents instead. 054
Jack Crosbie @jscros.bsky.social · 14/08/2025Me before putting on a plate carrier for the first time: wow i hope i get to wear the cool bulletproof vest!!! me after 10 minutes wearing plates in the summer: if i ever have to do this again i will just shoot myself and get it over with 000
Jack Crosbie @jscros.bsky.social · 08/05/2025wow i'd forgotten about this too but it holds up, i think, thanks for remembering 110
Jack Crosbie @jscros.bsky.social · 28/04/2025probably a good thing, folks are very upset with the headline. but really appreciate your insight! 100
Jack Crosbie @jscros.bsky.social · 27/04/2025Back in January, I did leg day with Hasan Piker for the NYT, hoping to figure out what it means to be a left-wing man in a red-pilled world. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/27/s...nytimes.comHasan Piker: A Progressive Mind in a MAGA Body (Gift Article)Hasan Piker pumps iron, likes weapons and wears pearls. His brand of masculinity has won him many fans online — and has been a useful vehicle for his politics. 24165
Jack Crosbie @jscros.bsky.social · 21/04/2025For the Times, I wrote about the consultant class's quest to make Democratic politics cool again -- and whether or not it's too little too late. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/21/s...nytimes.comWhat Is ‘Dark Woke’: How Some Democrats Push Back Against TrumpDemocrats are trying out a new attitude. It’s provocative, edgy and perilously toeing the line of not being too offensive. 240
Jack Crosbie @jscros.bsky.social · 14/04/2025one of the biggest life changes that i've made in 2025 is that i have one of those little tech deck finger boards on my desk and after a lot of practice i can actually ollie over my cellphone about half the time 3792
Jack Crosbie @jscros.bsky.social · 21/03/2025Activists told me directly that these tactics were already in play during campus protests last year. Now it's clear they're going federal -- and they're going to pop up wherever the Trump administration sees dissent. newrepublic.com/article/1908... 020
Jack Crosbie @jscros.bsky.social · 21/03/2025The charges often aren't meant to stick -- just sit in the system, going through the endless wheels of bureaucracy. Meanwhile, the defendants are out on bail, but their ability to organize is crippled. Others are deterred from participation by the possibility of catching a felony charge 110
Jack Crosbie @jscros.bsky.social · 21/03/2025The playbook was simple: Hit a protest, snatch up everyone you can. Book them all into jail on felony domestic terrorism charges, even if they were simply walking in the street with a sign. When they get bailed out, slap them with conditions that mean their entire social life is destroyed 120
Jack Crosbie @jscros.bsky.social · 21/03/2025One thing that I saw often in Atlanta was the use of specific and extremely harsh bail conditions for defendants who were released from custody. Activists were barred, sometimes, from any communication or association with other members of a movement -- oftentimes people who were even their roommates 110
Jack Crosbie @jscros.bsky.social · 21/03/2025What we saw in Atlanta and can expect to see going forward: heavy use of the "domestic terrorism" charge, which varies widely state by state and federally. For non-citizens, we're seeing this coupled with visa or green card revocations. For citizens it's a bit different: (cont) 110
Jack Crosbie @jscros.bsky.social · 21/03/2025There are already clear parallels to what the Trump administration is doing to protesters like Mahmoud Khalil and what they did to activists in the stop cop city movement: indefinite pretrial detentions, overlapping sets of charges that aren't meant to stick, confused jurisdiction issues. 120
Jack Crosbie @jscros.bsky.social · 21/03/2025Last month, for @newrepublic.com, I wrote about the Trump administration's coming war on the First Amendment -- a prediction based on the experiences of protesters in Georgia's Stop Cop City movement, which is looking more and more like a dire sign of things to come: newrepublic.com/article/1908...newrepublic.comThe Coming War on DissentAs critics focus on Trump’s attacks on the media, his administration is preparing a larger assault on the First Amendment. 14514
Jack Crosbie @jscros.bsky.social · 19/03/2025blogged about my alma mater and the price of an education www.discourseblog.com/p/columbia-u...discourseblog.comColumbia University Sold its Soul for $400 MillionThe integrity of one of the country's most famous institutions has a clear price tag. 03312
Jack Crosbie @jscros.bsky.social · 17/03/2025Conor McGregor at the White House is kind of an odd choice, as he's been heavily out of favor both w/ the UFC and w/ UFC fans for years now. Dumbest possible denominator probably still thinks he's cool but general consensus about him is that he's a washed-up clown who likes coke more than fighting 020
Reposted by Jack CrosbieMatt Werner @werner1.bsky.social · 14/03/2025What a paragraph by @jscros.bsky.social . “Empire of Blood” in @rollingstone.com 021
Jack Crosbie @jscros.bsky.social · 14/03/2025For @rollingstone.com, some scenes from the protest movement inside Columbia's campus this week, as the university administration sides wholeheartedly with both the Trump administration and Zionist groups on campus. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...rollingstone.comAt Columbia University, Protesters Risk Everything as Free Speech is Shut DownAfter Trump’s arrest of Mahmoud Khalil, fear and defiance mix at Columbia University in New York 002
Reposted by Jack CrosbieEvan Hill @evanhill.bsky.social · 09/03/2025Schlock and Awe returns with a new ep as @jscros.bsky.social and I are joined by @inthesedeserts.bsky.social to discuss Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk, Ang Lee's weird and uncanny 2016 film about an Army unit sent back from Iraq for a propaganda tour schlockandawe.substack.com/p/billy-lynn...schlockandawe.substack.comBilly Lynn's Long Halftime Walk (3/8/25)Podcaster, writer and veteran Nate Bethea joins the lads to discuss Ang Lee's weird, uncanny film about an Army unit sent back from Iraq to America for a propaganda tour. 2163
Jack Crosbie @jscros.bsky.social · 07/03/2025Had a lot of fun trying to convince my buddy Max Fisher that getting hit in the face recreationally was good and also solve the masculinity crisis in America on Offline with @jonfavs.bsky.social. I'm in the second half but the first half is good too :) podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...podcasts.apple.comElon Musk v. Dollar Store Jon Favreau and How the UFC Conquered AmericaPodcast Episode · Offline with Jon Favreau · 03/06/2025 · 1h 38m 040
Reposted by Jack CrosbieJordan Uhl @jordanuhl.com · 28/02/2025Washington Post rushed to cancel subscriptions after Jeff Bezos' directive for the opinion section to focus on "personal liberties and free markets." @jscros.bsky.social joins me to discuss what this means for the WaPo newsroom: www.insurgentspod.com/p/ep-353-the...insurgentspod.comEp 353: The Oligarch Post ft. Jack CrosbieJeff Bezos instructed the Washington Post's opinion section to only write about "personal liberties and free markets." 5695
Jack Crosbie @jscros.bsky.social · 26/02/2025one thing that's refreshing about the second trump regime is that everything going on is pretty simple once you realize the general direction that things are going www.discourseblog.com/p/the-oligar...discourseblog.comThe Oligarchs Aren't Being Particularly Subtle AnymoreJeff Bezos's move to reshape the Washington Post's opinion pages makes his intentions clear. 25113
Jack Crosbie @jscros.bsky.social · 20/02/2025had a weird and crazy day today and decided to get in my feelings about the fact that google keeps making me sign up for linkedin against my will www.discourseblog.com/p/the-tyrann...discourseblog.comThe Tyranny of LinkedIn Must Be StoppedI cannot get this website to leave me alone. 1130
Jack Crosbie @jscros.bsky.social · 17/02/2025i think i will step up my rhetoric against Big Calculator this week 0150
Jack Crosbie @jscros.bsky.social · 14/02/2025people are very mad about this blog and after long reflection on how my words have caused harm i come to you hat in hand to say i am not sorry at all stay mad hoka-heads www.discourseblog.com/p/i-cant-bel...discourseblog.comI Can't Believe These Demons Wear Hokas to WorkAt least the financiers of old had the respect to wear Italian leather. 2361
Reposted by Jack CrosbieDiscourse Blog @discourseblog.bsky.social · 12/02/2025A timely dispatch from chief fashion correspondent @jscros.bsky.social www.discourseblog.com/p/i-cant-bel...discourseblog.comI Can't Believe These Demons Wear Hokas to WorkAt least the financiers of old had the respect to wear Italian leather. 0154
Jack Crosbie @jscros.bsky.social · 05/02/2025For the March issue of @newrepublic.com, I wrote about Atlanta's Stop Cop City movement, which is a test-case for repression in the second Trump administration. No-knock raids, brutal charges, and lengthy detentions: coming soon to a city near you. newrepublic.com/article/1908...newrepublic.comThe Coming War on DissentAs critics focus on Trump’s attacks on the media, his administration is preparing a larger assault on the First Amendment. 083
Reposted by Jack CrosbieEoin Higgins @eoinhiggins.bsky.social · 04/02/2025OWNED is out today. The result of years of research into tech, media, the right, it traces how billionaires like Elon Musk, Peter Thiel, and Marc Andreessen have used their wealth to influence the media to their ends. I hope you check it outboldtypebooks.comOwnedA “devastating” (Nation) examination of how a cabal of tech-billionaires is colluding with once-idealistic journalists to create an entirely new media ... 231156295
Jack Crosbie @jscros.bsky.social · 29/01/2025we are reading the news and looking at it very closely -- many people have asked me "jack what does this all mean" and i say it's very simple. it's very simple and in fact it's very good, perhaps even better than it was before www.discourseblog.com/p/the-chaos-...discourseblog.comThe Chaos Is the PointYou are not supposed to understand what is going on right now. 1549
Jack Crosbie @jscros.bsky.social · 28/01/2025had a nice (relatively speaking) time with @kathkrueger.bsky.social @jackmirkinson.bsky.social @therafischwartz.bsky.social talking over the first days of the trump administration for @discourseblog.com. we're all in hell! www.discourseblog.com/p/seven-days...discourseblog.comSeven Days of HellA Discourse Blog roundtable on Trump's first week. 194
Jack Crosbie @jscros.bsky.social · 15/01/2025Dude this is incredible, can't wait to read. I have so many questions about the reporting too I've wanted to go to one of these super remote places for ages!! 110
Jack Crosbie @jscros.bsky.social · 14/01/2025Back in August, I asked Rolling Stone to let me write about one of my hobbies & the new American pastime: Mixed Martial Arts. In November, the story changed — & only got more relevant. If you want to know the new, bloody America, you gotta know the UFC. www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...rollingstone.comEmpire of Blood: How Dana White's UFC Conquered AmericaInside Dana White's mixed martial arts empire, the Ultimate Fighting Championship, and how it conquered America 23315
Reposted by Jack CrosbieJack Mirkinson @jackmirkinson.bsky.social · 09/01/2025Great @discourseblog.com piece from @jscros.bsky.social about how the LA fires are a catastrophic result of countless, systemic failures and crimes from the forces at the top of our society. This is what it looks like when everything starts collapsing. www.discourseblog.com/p/youre-not-...discourseblog.comYou're Not Going to Find Someone to BlameThe fires in LA are a bill come due after decades of misdeeds. 06624
Jack Crosbie @jscros.bsky.social · 30/11/2024sadly in the current industry neither of those things guarantee a living wage or even any kind of substantial payment, but i hope someone gave him a great contract 030
Jack Crosbie @jscros.bsky.social · 27/11/2024i hope they paid this man $5 a word for this piece www.esquire.com/news-politic...esquire.comMy Life As a Homeless Man in AmericaAn extraordinary firsthand account. 17010
Jack Crosbie @jscros.bsky.social · 26/11/2024every time i go home for holidays i assume that it will be a relaxing week in where i used the solitude of the mountains to catch up on writing, which is funny, because every single time i am reminded that there is no worse work environment than one containing either of the people who raised you 080
Jack Crosbie @jscros.bsky.social · 25/11/2024coming back to this site and realizing one of my last posts was this story, which is disturbingly prescient now seeing as tons of these guys are gleefully anticipating roles in the next administration 050
Jack Crosbie @jscros.bsky.social · 20/11/2024also! a teaser for my next very long feature that has consumed my life for the past like five months 020
Jack Crosbie @jscros.bsky.social · 20/11/2024some reflections on politics and where we're at www.discourseblog.com/p/its-about-...discourseblog.comIt's About PowerThe further we slide to the right, the simpler politics becomes. 1196
Jack Crosbie @jscros.bsky.social · 28/01/2024Knights in armor, sink vomit, racist jokes, six-figure spend events, a guy who tried to lick my cheek, men with toy guns, Mormon missionaries. I don’t even know man read the story www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...rollingstone.comTrump’s Hometown Shock Troops Are Raring For a FightGavin Wax, Vish Burra, Nathan Berger flipped an old GOP club on its head — and the brand of politics they’re espousing is dark, even by MAGA standards 031
Jack Crosbie @jscros.bsky.social · 19/01/2024at this point it honestly couldn't hurt for every magazine to start doing a swimsuit edition. new yorker cover that's just sally rooney in body paint. karl ove knausgaard in a big chunky cardigan open in the front with a speedo underneath. why not www.discourseblog.com/p/soon-will-...discourseblog.comSoon Will Come a Day That None of This ExistsMedia-wide layoffs at legacy publications are the most visible sign that our industry is being replaced by something worse. 083
