Cocaine, Racism, And The Surveillance State
Plus: killer illegal immigrants, the journalism pantomime, and the destruction of books
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Why I Asked Trump About The Cameras In Your Neighborhood
Here’s how I draft questions for the president. Step one: think of every topic the mainstream media is obsessed with, the questions every other reporter in the room is about to ask. Step two: ask the opposite. That’s exactly the process I followed Monday, when I asked the president about Flock cameras – those pesky license-plate scanners popping up across the country that have caused quite the…
Ted Cruz Is All In On Israeli Investment In Texas. But What About The Risks?
(Photo credit should read SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images) Happy Friday! This week involved some early travel troubles and, in exchange, one less video. But I couldn’t help myself — today’s video was too good an opportunity to pass up. Republican Texas Sen. Ted Cruz on Thursday posted this gem on X: As I discussed in the video, Cruz, friend of the show , seems more focused on appeasing a foreign…
How Israel’s Leading Defender Is Handing Them Influence Over Texas Technology...
Texas Senator Ted Cruz, who calls himself Israel’s leading defender in the Senate, is cheering a growing partnership that has already brought $3.2 billion in Israeli investment into the state. Now that money is flowing into AI, cybersecurity, defense, water, and agriculture — some of the most critical technologies shaping Texas’s future. But Cruz has also admitted that Israel “probably” spies on…
They’re Shredding History To Feed The Machines
Why you should hoard books like bricks of gold
State of Friday: BAN WOMEN FROM USING THE INTERNET
Have you seen this insanity lately?
Modern Surveillance State Grows Into Dystopian Band-Aid For Much Deeper Wound
No one is talking about the real reasons we needed surveillance cameras in the first place
State of Thursday: THE GREAT BETRAYAL
And the saddest thing is that none of it will end well
Unfit to Print: I KNEW IT WAS AN ILLEGAL
Fairfax County has another familiar murder
Pablo Pledgescobar
Pennsylvania authorities just busted an alleged cocaine trafficking ring operating out of two Penn State fraternity houses — and 14 people are facing charges. Members and pledges were allegedly selling to fellow students, packaging product as part of initiation, and moving large quantities from Philly and New York. But the wildest twist isn’t the frats… it’s the managing attorney who got charged…
State of Wednesday: JAMES FISHBACK AND THE EXTREMISM IMBALANCE
One kind of extremism is winning, and it ain’t ours
Unfit to Print: THEY NEVER STOOD A CHANCE
Why can't American college graduates find a job?
State of Tuesday: JON 'PEE-WEE HERMAN' OSSOFF IS DOA
Ossoff’s mealy-mouthed response didn’t help his case
Unfit to Print: THEY'RE COMING FROM INSIDE THE HOUSE
The next Hayden Panettiere may never step foot on a Hollywood lot
State of Monday: RACISM KILLED JASON ARDAY
It’s very simple, guys, stop being racist
Meet The Press: A Journalism Pantomime
Illustration made with GenAI Part of our aim with The Drain Pipe is to demystify the stodgy traditions that make Washington tick — or lethargically limp along, as the case may be. If some journalism organizations draw the bounds of allowable discourse at the 40-yard line , the broadcast “Sunday Shows” draw them at the 10. And whether anyone outside the Beltway actually tunes into This Week or Face…
Parenting Remodel In Full Swing
This is our first time ever living life, too
The REAL Reason The 'Socialist' Label Isn’t Working Anymore
Happy Friday. This week, we shot a video about the “Real Reason” socialist candidates keep gaining ground. I’ve been stewing about this for the last week. And, frankly, the great $20 burrito debate helped me crystallize my thoughts on the “socialist.” If you aren’t familiar, you should read friend of the show Will Upton’s “ Definitive Guide To Burrito Inflation .” The debate largely started when…
Oddball Heroes Quietly Saving America One 19th-Century Game At A Time
In a small Delaware town, men are playing baseball like it’s 1849