Nicholas Grossman

Dear Media, When JD Vance says "take the country back," what do you think he means? What would the party that controls the White House, Congress, the Supreme Court, and various state goats—plus leading businesses, media orgs, and more—take back? Take what from whom? Thanks, Anti-bigotry Americans

Russia already signed a treaty to not attack a NATO or EU member. It’s the UN Charter, and also forbids Russia from attacking anyone else. Plus 1994 Budapest Memorandum and 2014-15 Minsk Agreements promise to not attack Ukraine. Promising to not attack isn’t a concession, it’s baseline obligation.

You’re joking, right? Vance sides with the bigotry. He’s been pushing blatant white nationalism in public for years, and it’s accelerated recently. His whole pitch is he’s more directly bigoted than Trump. This might be even worse than the infamous article saying Elon Musk’s politics are a mystery. Vance Refuses to Take Sides in...

So CBS News paid President Trump millions to settle a baseless lawsuit over 60 Minutes editing a Kamala Harris interview the way they edit every interview, then a self-styled free speech champion took over CBS News and censored a 60 Minutes report exposing Trump admin actions, do I have that right?

The ways JD Vance could become president: 1) Trump dies in office 2) 2028-29 coup attempt succeeds That’s it

Trump could win because he gave supporters plausible deniability (to themselves, if not to outsiders). He's putting on a show, messing with the media, trolling the left, that's just the way he talks, seriously but not literally, etc. Vance's unabashed, creepy white nationalism doesn't have that.

As a media story it’s interesting, but easy to explain. Podcast/YouTube “IDW” chats, but on TV. Direct through line of Bari Weiss using her position at NYT to say these are the voices you should be listening to more, then using her position at CBS to say the same about the same people and topics. View quoted note →

When Google search launched, people didn’t need to be berated into it. There was no “you better figure out some way to use this.” People just tried it, quickly saw it directed them to information they sought and helped them navigate the internet, and kept going back to use it more. Just sayin’.

The current US govt’s position that the big war Russia started and perpetuates isn’t Russia’s fault, and that Russia deserves territorial gains and other concessions for it. Gabbard publicly pushing Russian propaganda is bad, but one of the less damaging things she can do. What’s behind the scenes?

Try this instead: I was wrong. I overstated narrow election results, underappreciating how many Trump voters didn’t believe he’d do what he said. I miscast fascists and oligarchs gaining political power as a popular cultural shift. I got some of this on X, failing to recognize it’s skewed that way.”