Kurt Andersen

New novel: THE BREAKUP. Previous: Evil Geniuses, Fantasyland, Can’t Spell America, Heyday, Turn of the Century. Ex Studio 360, New York, SPY.

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My book is out today. Huzzah! https://t.co/eev04DFlXV
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Same as he ever was.

Today’s Spy At 40 installment on Substack, #3 in a series. Subscribe! https://t.co/z3cNd2dyxW

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@brookqueensnyc You’re joking, right? A 2/3 drop in murders in the 1990s, and a continuous drop by another 2/3 for the last quarter century.

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In New York City this year, 203 people have been murdered—the fewest ever. In the first 9 months of last year, 253 were murdered, also an all-time low.

Back in 1990 there were a million fewer people, of whom 1700 were murdered in the first 9 months.

I’ll never get over this..

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@ngelfond 🙏

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'It would take an hour and a half to learn everything there is about missiles..'

DJT in the 80s, DJT today...

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@LarryRosenthal We figured we were drowning him.

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Startling today — a daily Substack of the greatest Spy hits about the short-fingered vulgarian.

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Did the Secretary of War's lifestyle taboo list in his speech last week make anybody else immediately think of his new BFF –– the trannyish, fattyish beardo and weirdo (multiple names & religions) wimp (no sports, Marine PR guy) a heartbeat away from being commander-in-chief?

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Yes! 31 days to go.

[ANNE LAMOTT @ANNELAMOTT]

DO NOT PAY ATTENTION TO THE POLLS.
ACT AS IF WE ARE IN DEEP TROUBLE, AND PROCEED ACCORDINGLY. I’M NOT ASKING YOU TO SACRIFICE YOUR WAGES: JUST YOUR STARBUCKS, AND SOME TIME. HERE’S HOW:

[Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex]

In this era of artificial intelligence, it is becoming urgent to distinguish human art from what machines produce. There is an ontological difference, even before an aesthetic one, between art and what a machine can generate through statistical calculation based on millions of images created by others. Algorithms lack the spark of humanity. For this reason, the Church wishes to renew an alliance with artists and cultural institutions to safeguard our humanity.

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@WalterIsaacson @kevinroose Very interesting interview.

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Taking the unprecedented non-stop large-scale corruption to the grotesque next level — not just enriching the Trumps and their cronies at the expense of American suckers/investors, but driving hugely consequential foreign policy.

Vote them out. https://t.co/5S8ohZcKju

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@GlennThrush I did.

And it occurs to me that halfway between then and now came the prophetic Idiocracy.

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In the average of the seven most reliable and recent national polls that asked voters what they think of Trump, 64% said they disapprove and only 33% approve. His worst polling numbers ever. Maybe we are finally, truly at the beginning of the end.

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The Greatest Self-Parodist of All Time. As well as the stupidest President and probably sloppiest White Houseever.

[David Gura @davidgura]

“United States” is spelled incorrectly on the White House’s agreement with AI executives:

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Our gold-crazed gangster president kidnapped and took over for Venezuela’s gangster president, had his business partner immediately fly out with a half ton of gangster gold and bring 10 bars to a little party across from the Oval Office for Trump to ogle. https://t.co/Qmo1xoXZeo

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@WalterIsaacson @NewYorker Eager to watch.

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Note to @nbcsnl producers: please write Natalie Harp into sketches as often as possible because Ashley Padilla plays her brilliantly, and please cast someone other than Ramy Youssef as Zohran Mamdani from now on.

[Saturday Night Live @nbcsnl]

Trump pays Mamdani a visit at Gracie Mansion during the nor’easter

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And in Nevada, of the total of 185 supposedly noncitizen voters the DHS identified, the Republican state government just reported that every single one of them, 100%, were in fact U. S. citizens.

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Texas used the database to check all registered voters, which falsely flagged 578 US citizens. Last week they filed a brief supporting Trump and announced they gave 117 names—a negligible .00065% of 18M voters—to AG Ken Paxton for “investigation of *potential* noncitizen voting."