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Virginia Heffernan

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The New Republic, The Guardian, WIRED, Politico, LA Times, NY Times, The Atlantic, &c WHAT ROUGH BEAST https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/what-rough-beast/id1787176282 MAGIC + LOSS https://virginiaheffernan.substack.com/

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Virginia Heffernan·Apr 6

If you enjoyed Trumpcast in the quaint T1 days, please join me & Cy Canterel @cybelecanterel.bsky.social for OMNISHAMBLES. Each week we untangle one shambles in the news—from the DOGE Desk Killers to the Book of Revelation. We can live through this, we just can. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/o...

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Virginia Heffernan·Sep 15

Groypers, gopniks, and the Kirk-Fuentes beef. The American right is one nutty hospital. Me @newrepublic : newrepublic.com/article/2004...

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Virginia Heffernan·Jun 25

We're not just trying for harm reduction anymore. There's a future now. open.substack.com/pub/virginia...

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Virginia Heffernan·Aug 10

UCLA, you're stronger than you think. You have more cards. You'll outlive this. We all will. Hold the line. The Big Ten Rises Up Against Trump newrepublic.com/article/1983... via @newrepublic.com

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Sometime this will end, and Trump will be dust and ashes. The Ozymandias Effect open.substack.com/pub/virginia...

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One more Ozymandias thought I stumbled onto during the podcast. The Wizard of Oz. Lots of speculation about where Baum got that name, but that it’s an Ozymandias nickname might go in the mix. “I am the great and powerful” = “Look in my works, ye mighty.” Both suit Trump.

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Virginia Heffernan·3d

Great to talk to @gregsargent.bsky.social about late-stage MAGA degradation and Trump as Ozymandias.

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Virginia Heffernan·May 7

If you're looking for a new religion, may I recommend the one where the gods throw dice and gamble with our lives

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Virginia Heffernan·May 6

With America First MTG seems to be MAGAmaxing and even MAGAmogging MAGA

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Virginia Heffernan·May 5

Ashley St. Clair is a much more interesting ex-Trumper than Tucker : newrepublic.com/article/2099... via @newrepublic.com

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Virginia Heffernan·May 4

Forget chess and checkers. Trump's losing at Uno while Iran's at the poker table with a royal strait flush

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Virginia Heffernan·May 2

Does Tucker vote in Maine? He’s sounding very, very Platnerian

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Virginia Heffernan·Apr 29

Who needs consumer confidence? Time for animal spirits. open.substack.com/pub/virginia...

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Virginia Heffernan·Apr 26

I don’t know why it took this to make me realize it but most people look like fools in formal clothes

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