Brian J. Karem
@briankarem.bsky.social
Husband/Dad/Gdad /WH columnist/best selling author/dog lover/singer/ reporter Host @jatqpodcast Nerd Avenger and occasional standup comic. 1st amendment activist Author "Free The Press" http://amzn.to/3pfAKZ3 "Just gimme some truth,"-John Lennon.
Comic Con was more fun and less stressful than the White House Correspondents Dinner. www.salon.com/2026/07/31/w...
What Comic Con cosplay taught me about America's divided politics - Salon.com
The White House correspondents' dinner was phony and ugly. Comic Con was joyful, colorful and way more real
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Comic Con was more fun and less stressful than the White House Correspondents Dinner. www.salon.com/2026/07/31/w...
What Comic Con cosplay taught me about America's divided politics - Salon.com
The White House correspondents' dinner was phony and ugly. Comic Con was joyful, colorful and way more real
salon.com
Donald Trump says he wants to get into heaven and all it will take is $15...
Mitch McConnell won his first Senate race in 1984 largely based on a lie: In two ads produced by Roger Ailes he portrayed Sen. Walter Dee Huddleston as AWOL. Now Mitch is really AWOL. So we re-engineered the ads for Mitch. Here's the first one: youtu.be/ZVt1Oopc45E
Where is Mitch McConnell?
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There is nothing more hypocritical than THIS president standing in front of THIS sign celebrating free speech.
Translation: The only people allowed into the country are those personally approved by this administration.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2w agoStephen Miller on DHS: "It's not just that they're deporting illegal aliens, it's they are systemically re-vetting, re-interviewing, and re-assessing the millions of refugees, LPRs, foreign visitors and others who came here from the third world."
On this week's Hard Pass, @briankarem.bsky.social, Mark and I talked about communism as an empty signifier and what it means that people can sort of plausibly ask if Mitch McConnell is dead.
Red Card
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Tomorrow at noon ET @briankarem.bsky.social joins @themaxburns.bsky.social to help us all digest the week’s biggest headlines— only on Lincoln Square! https://open.substack.com/live-stream/272946
“Don’t expect members of my profession to track down the story. We’re too busy listening to Donald Trump berate NATO, lie about his investments, revive the Red Scare and call Iranian leaders “scum,”” @briankarem.bsky.social writes.
"Where's Mitch McConnell?" mystery exposes media failures
The lack of hard news about the Kentucky senator's condition shows the sad state of contemporary journalism
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Today my law firm & @dannfighter.bsky.social filed lawsuit in Court of Common Pleas, Cuyahoga County, Ohio (cp.cuyahogacounty.gov) against Cong. Max Miller (R-OH) on behalf of former White House Press Secretary Stephanie Grisham. The litigation is related to prior defamation case, 21-CV-953971.
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Lindsey Graham DEAD & Mitch McConnell MISSING? Trump dissolves election oversight, NYT reporters get subpoenaed, a US Congressman detained in Israel. @briankarem.bsky.social hosts @markzaidesq.bsky.social @nolanhigdon.bsky.social @mswmedia.com Listen: www.justaskthequestion.com/post/just-as...
Just Ask the Press - Lindsey Graham Dead, McConnell Missing, & ICE Kills Again
In this high-stakes episode of Just Ask the Press, host Brian Karem, national security expert Mark Zaid, and journalism professor Dr. Nolan Higdon tackle a chaotic week in American politics triggered ...
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He is the single most politically, socially, morally, spiritually and physically constipated man of power in the history of our country. So, Don, just sit down and shut up. www.salon.com/2026/06/19/t...
Trump has one chance to save face: Resign now - Salon.com
If he wants any shot at a positive legacy, time's up. He needs to cut a deal and walk away
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I have covered every president since Ronald Reagan. I can honestly say that not once in 40 years have I ever thought I would see anything like this on the South Lawn of the White House. x.com/CalltoActivi...
Why is this lunatic still on national television? He has no background. He has no experience. He has no common sense and no ethics. Oh. Wait. That's why he's still on television. Never mind.
The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 2mo agoABBY PHILLIP: “What about the law, Scott?” SCOTT JENNINGS: “What about it? Who cares?” 🤔 Refreshing honesty from the smuggest man in the world. The law does not matter to them.
He is the world's first trillionaire. What will he do next? open.substack.com/pub/brianjka...
The Man Who Sold the Moon
The challenges the world's first trillionaire must face . . .
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If you fail to hold sacrosanct the First Amendment of our Constitution, then you are unworthy of a democracy. brianjkarem.substack.com/p/final-nail...
Final nail in the journalism coffin
60 minutes, CBS and the death of investigative journalism -If you fail to hold sacrosanct the First Amendment of our Constitution, then you are unworthy of a democracy
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Shut Up, John Roberts: The Supreme Court Corruption Rant youtu.be/a9mPYjhsGw0
Shut Up, John Roberts: The Supreme Court Corruption Rant
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A Memorial Day Tribute Years Ago From Omaha Beach Normandy France 🇫🇷 To All Our American Friends & Allies Who Stood With Us Then As We Defeated Our Enemies! Let Us Stand Together Again!
Donald Trump didn’t divide us. We were already divided because of the internet, a failing media infrastructure and corporate greed. Trump just bottled and sold the divide, and capitalized on it to his benefit. www.salon.com/2026/05/29/h...
How seeing Bruce Springsteen in DC gave me hope
The Boss took Washington back to a time when dissent mattered
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No matter what your political affiliation; How do we go forward? open.substack.com/pub/brianjka...
The American Accountability Project
Time to step up or our Republican is done
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Maybe there's a surgery he could get. . . www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0UI...
The Only Medical Procedure That Can Fix Washington
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How many hats does this guy wear for Donald Trump? Today he's the press secretary.
Still looking for that third term. . .should he get it? youtu.be/xAfnixeixdE
White House Reporter Breaks Down: Trump Trying to Run for a Third Turn
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