Joe, with degrees in engineering and economics, raced motorcycles, founded 3 software companies, and launched one of the first computer store chains. Now he writes novels and Ghost essays while traveling with his wife, Lanying, and their cat, Cat.
Really? Summary: Support for Donald Trump is not about policy; it’s a transaction born from 40 years of economic and cultural humiliation by both parties. Trump successfully channeled the resulting rage, selling a narrative where his supporters are forgotten heroes whose anger is righteous. Believing he is their weapon
Summary for the time-constrained reader They give up power to retain power, it sounds crazy—it is. Our politicians are not just fools. They’re traitors. Trump didn’t take the GOP, the party surrendered. Democrats let Mitch McConnell steal the Court and called it “norms.” Biden promised to fight
Fox News and the Industrialization of American Collapse Summary: Fox News didn’t invent collapse—it monetized it. By 1996, the country was primed: racism repackaged as “law and order,” wages flat, towns gutted, trust shattered by Vietnam and Watergate. Reagan’s 1987 repeal of the Fairness Doctrine stripped truth
First it was Colbert, but it wasn’t me. Then it was Kimmel, but it wasn’t me. A joke cut, a contract torn, a stage gone dark. The answer is always the same: a shrug, a technicality, a coincidence. It wasn’t me. It’s never me. Say it
How Russia Turned Vaccines into a Weapon Against Democracy For the Time-Constrained Reader Putin didn’t need secret meetings or kompromat. He didn’t need Trump as a puppet or Kennedy as an agent. He needed a lever — something that would split Americans from one another, rewire trust, and make
Home About Become a Member Share Summary Halfway House is a blunt look at the gap between punishment and freedom in the United States. It’s not a story of rehabilitation so much as a holding pen—where people who have already served their time are kept in limbo, monitored,
The Trump White House went after Lisa Cook like it was a gang hit. She’s a Federal Reserve governor—appointed for 14 years, removable only for cause. That firewall was built for moments like this: to keep politicians from grabbing the wheel of monetary policy. Trump wanted her out
Summary: Jeffrey Epstein reportedly pitched a “breeding ranch” in New Mexico—twenty women at a time carrying his children—an idea multiple scientists said he floated in the early 2000s [1]. There’s no evidence it happened. He already had mansions, Little Saint James, and, later, Great Saint James to
Summary The Federal Reserve will cut interest rates in September, but meaningful relief won’t come in time. August produced just 22,000 jobs, unemployment rose to 4.3%, and structural layoffs are surging—tech alone cut 89,251 jobs, 36% more than last year. Small businesses report no credit
A note from Joe: You spoke. I listened. Shocking, I know. The poll results are in, and you've sentenced me to Tuesdays and Fridays. Maybe Sundays if the mood strikes or the world does something particularly stupid. Which, let's face it, happens most Sundays. A few
Summary for the time-constrained reader: Excuses don’t keep people alive. They just shorten the voting rolls. We’ve gone backward since free COVID shots and free test kits. Now you need a doctor’s visit, a bill, and often a fight you can’t afford. Robert F. Kennedy Jr.