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Investigations Editor. You can contact her at diana@defector.com or dfmoskovitz@protonmail.com. She&#8217;s also on Signal @dmoskovitz.99

Diana Moskovitz

A screenshot of Dianna Russini when she appeared on the Dan Patrick show. She's sitting in a chair and talking into a microphone

You Can Never Let Them Think They Have A Chance

Albert Burneko

Politics

President, Extremely Normal Brain-Wise: Pope Weak On Crime, Also I’m Dr. Jesus Christ

In a black-and-white old photo from an exhibition in Paris in 1960, a robotic typist sits at a desk in front of a typewriter, with two women looking on.

The Machines

Why Would You Ask AI To Tell The Story Of Your Own Life?

Tom Ley

Journalismism

Free Press Dipshit Humiliates Herself In Public Again

Columnist. Author of many <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Drew-Magary/e/B001JS8R52/ref=dp_byline_cont_pop_book_1">fine works of literature</a>, including Point B. Handsomest man in the world.

Drew Magary

Mike Vrabel And Dianna Russini Insist There’s Nothing Strange About Them Holding Hands And Hugging At A Hotel

Patrick Redford

Capital

Tech Media Propaganda Operation Makes It Official, Goes In-House At OpenAI

This Election Is Too Darn Important To Be Left To Merciful Salad Eaters

Ray Ratto

Scott Ostler of the San Francisco Chronicle interviews an A's player, who is sadly Addison Russell, during Spring Training in 2014.

Who Told Scott Ostler He Was Allowed To Retire?

Flatbush Local, Culture Writer, Former Mayor of New York City.

Abe Beame

Arts And Culture

Lost Recipes

Dave McKenna

A man walks past The Washington Post on August 5, 2013 in Washington, DC after it was announced that Amazon.com founder and CEO Jeff Bezos had agreed to purchase the Post for USD 250 million. Multi-billionaire Bezos, who created Amazon, which has soared in a few years to a dominant position in online retailing, said he was buying the Post in his personal capacity and hoped to shepherd it through the evolution away from traditional newsprint.

Shitty Washington Post Publisher Loses Job After Skipping Out To The Super Bowl

Staff Writer
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Chris Thompson

The Washington Post Lays Off A Third Of Its Workforce, Is Dead

Lauren Sánchez Bezos and Jeff Bezos are seen on December 24, 2025 in Aspen, Colorado.

Media Meltdowns

Jeff Bezos Is Putting The Washington Post Into Hospice

Danny Funt

How Bill Simmons Went All In

A single bullet hole can be seen on the driver’s side of the windshield of a vehicle that a woman was shot and killed in by federal officers on Portland Ave. in Minneapolis, Minn. on Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2026.

CBS News Is The Trump Administration’s New Laundromat

CBS Anchor Tony Dokoupil Is Stuck In An Endless Loop Of Humiliation

Tommy Craggs is an editor and writer, late of Game Theory With Bomani Jones on HBO, Mother Jones (no relation), HuffPost, Slate, Gawker Media, and Deadspin. He&#8217;s part of the <a href="https://flaminghydra.com/">Flaming Hydra</a> cooperative of independent writers and artists, and one of the many founders of the <a href="https://www.oaklandreviewofbooks.org/">Oakland Review of Books</a>.

Tommy Craggs

Bari Weiss seated onstage at a Free Press event in 2024.

Bari Weiss Is The Symptom

Samer Kalaf

Young Palestinian choir members, attending an UNRWA-funded school, sing during a performance on July 18, 2023, in Gaza City.

Rolling Stone Makes The Absurd Claim That Women Are Not Allowed To Sing In Gaza

Which Lives Are Worthy Of The Media’s Protection?

Tony Dokoupil Eats Heaps Of Shit In First Week As CBS News Anchor

Giri Nathan

Year In Review

Presenting The 2025 Shams Charania Award For Excellence In Divulging Of Information Through Syntax Comprehended By Many

Bari Weiss Keeps CBS News Groveling At The Feet Of Donald Trump