Walter Kirn

And cultural cycles, you know, as Andrew Breitbart said, politics is downstream of culture. And I think in a lot of cases that's true. In terms of cultural cycles, we're in a Tom Holman cycle, not a, you know, Tom Cruise upright Boy Scout cycle.

And cultural cycles, you know, as Andrew Breitbart said, politics is downstream of culture. And I think in a lot of cases that's true. In terms of cultural cycles, we're in a Tom Holman cycle, not a, you know, Tom Cruise upright Boy Scout cycle.

And cultural cycles, you know, as Andrew Breitbart said, politics is downstream of culture. And I think in a lot of cases that's true. In terms of cultural cycles, we're in a Tom Holman cycle, not a, you know, Tom Cruise upright Boy Scout cycle.

OK, so let's. Yeah, go ahead. I have one last point, Megan. One of the reasons that Americans in general are so exercised about this issue is that they see it in the streets at home and around them. In other words, an insulated federal judge is one thing. But when you're, you know, driving down the street and you see the.

OK, so let's. Yeah, go ahead. I have one last point, Megan. One of the reasons that Americans in general are so exercised about this issue is that they see it in the streets at home and around them. In other words, an insulated federal judge is one thing. But when you're, you know, driving down the street and you see the.

OK, so let's. Yeah, go ahead. I have one last point, Megan. One of the reasons that Americans in general are so exercised about this issue is that they see it in the streets at home and around them. In other words, an insulated federal judge is one thing. But when you're, you know, driving down the street and you see the.

indigent people or what look like troublemakers, or if you go to the gym and you undress and the guy next to you has a tattoo of bloody death on his back, or if you come across these gang members in any setting, you're going to be scared. You're going to be frightened.

indigent people or what look like troublemakers, or if you go to the gym and you undress and the guy next to you has a tattoo of bloody death on his back, or if you come across these gang members in any setting, you're going to be scared. You're going to be frightened.

indigent people or what look like troublemakers, or if you go to the gym and you undress and the guy next to you has a tattoo of bloody death on his back, or if you come across these gang members in any setting, you're going to be scared. You're going to be frightened.

It's an existential issue for everyday Americans, especially working class Americans who mix in the kind of places that these people hang out. So they have a completely different perspective on this.

It's an existential issue for everyday Americans, especially working class Americans who mix in the kind of places that these people hang out. So they have a completely different perspective on this.

It's an existential issue for everyday Americans, especially working class Americans who mix in the kind of places that these people hang out. So they have a completely different perspective on this.

The New York Times has a hotline to the State Department. It's probably got a hotline to the CIA. It's got a hotline to every position of power. It has taken dictation for decades and decades. But the premise here is so flawed. The idea that everybody is waiting for a orders from Trump on independent media.

The New York Times has a hotline to the State Department. It's probably got a hotline to the CIA. It's got a hotline to every position of power. It has taken dictation for decades and decades. But the premise here is so flawed. The idea that everybody is waiting for a orders from Trump on independent media.

The New York Times has a hotline to the State Department. It's probably got a hotline to the CIA. It's got a hotline to every position of power. It has taken dictation for decades and decades. But the premise here is so flawed. The idea that everybody is waiting for a orders from Trump on independent media.

The great thing about independent media now is that it's growing up from the grassroots and Trump is coming down from the presidency and they're meeting. And they're not meeting seamlessly. There's a lot of arguments. I mean, if... Conservatives, right wingers, libertarians have as many ways to argue with each other and disagree with each other as the left does.

The great thing about independent media now is that it's growing up from the grassroots and Trump is coming down from the presidency and they're meeting. And they're not meeting seamlessly. There's a lot of arguments. I mean, if... Conservatives, right wingers, libertarians have as many ways to argue with each other and disagree with each other as the left does.

The great thing about independent media now is that it's growing up from the grassroots and Trump is coming down from the presidency and they're meeting. And they're not meeting seamlessly. There's a lot of arguments. I mean, if... Conservatives, right wingers, libertarians have as many ways to argue with each other and disagree with each other as the left does.

But they also have something that the left doesn't have right now, which is authenticity. And they're trying to claim that this is a top down phenomenon when it is absolutely the opposite. Yeah.

But they also have something that the left doesn't have right now, which is authenticity. And they're trying to claim that this is a top down phenomenon when it is absolutely the opposite. Yeah.