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Journalismism

Free Press Dipshit Humiliates Herself In Public Again

Media Meltdowns

Is Nellie Bowles The Worst Writer In America?

<p>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>.</p>


Tommy Craggs

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

Bari Weiss Is The Symptom

Patrick Redford

Paramount Skydance CEO David Ellison speaks during the Bloomberg Screentime conference in Los Angeles on October 9, 2025. (Photo by Patrick T. Fallon / AFP)

Capital

Paramount Is Trying To Bully Its Way Into Acquiring Warner Bros. Discovery

Good Thing Nobody In Charge Of A Newspaper Wanted To Make Olivia Reingold A Video Star

Albert Burneko

Donald Trump delivers an announcement on his Homeland Security Task Force in the State Dining Room of the White House on October 23, 2025 in Washington, DC

Politics

What Can’t The President Do?

Free Press Reporter Discovers That Being An Amoral Dickhead Can Cost You Friends

WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 18: The Free Press' Honestly with Bari Weiss (pictured) hosts Senator Ted Cruz presented by Uber and X on January 18, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Leigh Vogel/Getty Images for Uber, X and The Free Press)

Bari Weiss Signs Huge Deal To Usher CBS News Into Its Vichy Era

Kelsey McKinney

Starving Palestinians including women and children holding pots wait to receive food distributed by a charity organization as Israel continue to block humanitarian aid from reaching the Gaza Strip on August 10, 2025.

The Free Press Reports Gaza’s Starving Children Have Pre-Existing Condition Of Being Bombed By Israel

(L-R) Bari Weiss, The Free Press Founder, Peter Thiel, and Matt Danzeisen attend Inauguration Eve hosted by Uber, X and The Free Press at Cafe Riggs on January 19, 2025 in Washington, DC.

They Should Call It The Free Piss

the free press