







Bee has resolved to play not-nice with a president who is so contemptuous of the media.
A Unified Theory of the Trumpsā Creepy Aesthetic
The bloodless exorbitance of the White House's Christmas stagecraft reveals a deeper truth about the presidential couple.

Goodbye to all that harassment
Sarah Jeong reflects on the coordinated right-wing campaign to cancel her.
Honeybee Democracy
How honeybees make collective decisionsāand what we can learn from this amazing democratic process


Kicking the @realdonaldtrump Beehive
Written pieces, talks, and other bits by Zach Holman.

The Parasocial Style in American Politics
Our screens are two-way but we can easily forget that the people on the other end exist as more than characters for our enjoyment.

Wes Moore calls out Laura Loomer for āpeddling racismā in attack on Black women
Wes Moore condemned Laura Loomer over racist attacks against Florida Senate candidate Angie Nixon, the stateās first potential Black senator.

The Classicist Who Sees Donald Trump as a Tragic Hero
Victor Davis Hanson, who wrote āThe Case for Trump,ā argues that America needs President Trump but will never fully appreciate him.

beehiiv's CEO backs a MAGA candidate but don't pack your bags just yet.
Tyler Denk, CEO of beehiiv, endorsed MAGA candidate Spencer Pratt in the LA mayor race on Instagram. We knew this was coming. But it's not anything like what's happening at Substack.

On Tokens and Tokenism - Arts & Letters - Tablet Magazine
From George Washington to Jill Biden, Black literature has long been plagued by ignorant white patrons, who arbitrarily anoint a few writers as symbols ...

Opinion | The Policies of White Resentment (Published 2017)
Trump won on the politics of racial backlash. Now heās following through with an agenda meant to stoke it further.


The Enshittification of American Power
First Google and Facebook, then the world. Under Trump 2.0, US statecraft is starting to mimic the worst tendencies of Big Tech.

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