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The Drift @thedriftmag.com · 08/07/2026

In our newsletter today, @tarpley.bsky.social revisits @psfrench.bsky.social’s Drift essay on RICO in light of the Trump administration’s intensifying criminalization of protest. newsletter.thedriftmag.com/p/more-atom-...

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More atom bomb than silver bullet

Piper French on RICO

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The Drift @thedriftmag.com · 21/04/2026

Read Dispatches on the public sphere from @tarpley.bsky.social bsky.social, Noelle Bodick, @sarahbrouillette.bsky.social, @edwardongwesojr.com, @erikmbaker.bsky.social, Ege Yumuşak, Ismail Ibrahim, @meganmarz.bsky.social , and @samadlerbell.bsky.social www.thedriftmag.com/a-nicely-sit...

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A Nicely Situated Ideal

Dispatches on the Public Sphere

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Study Hall @studyhall.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

Great conversation with @thedriftmag.com editor @tarpley.bsky.social about her fantastic book on the history of Barbie. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/h...

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How Barbie Became An Icon ft. Tarpley Hitt

Podcast Episode · The Study Hall Podcast · 01/12/2026 · 48m

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JefeDeLosGatos @jefedelosgatos.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

I thought that I was reading an article from 20 years ago, only to find out that vexatious copyright trolls have made a comeback, spamming courts across the US. Excellent article by Tarpley Hitt @tarpley.bsky.social: www.theguardian.com/society/ng-i...

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Rise of the ‘porno-trolls’: how one porn platform made millions suing its viewers

A company called Strike 3, owner of Vixen and Tushy, has clogged US courts with lawsuits, mostly against porn watchers who feel shamed into settling privately

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Aubrey Martinson @aubreymartinson.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

“Read’s well-reported, entertaining history—of a bluntly predatory business model built on the promise of self-driven social mobility that materializes for only an elite few—is a parable about the United States." @tarpley.bsky.social @bookforum.bsky.social www.bookforum.com/print/3201/c...

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Come Sale Away

The fantasy that allows multi-level marketing schemes to thrive – Tarpley Hitt

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The Nation Magazine @thenation.com · 14/11/2023

Our Nov 27/Dec 4 issue is here, featuring @joanwalsh.bsky.social on the ex-wife of a Trump Org insider, @chrislehmann.bsky.social on the AIPAC lobby for war, @tarpley.bsky.social on @taylorlorenz.bsky.social and the rise of digital celebrity, and more:

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November 27/December 4, 2023, Issue

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