Damon Linker
@DamonLinker
Senior Lecturer in Political Science @Penn / Senior Fellow @NiskanenCenter / Newsletter scribe
The strongest case for shutting down TikTok was that China could use the platform to shape American public opinion. So maybe the Trump admin will do that instead.
U.S. COMMERCE SECRETARY LUTNICK SAID HE BELIEVES THE TIKTOK SALE WILL GO THROUGH AND THAT THE U.S. WILL END UP PURCHASING THE PLATFORM.
I'm sorry, but it's preposterous to claim the New Democrats of 1992 fumbled away a durable coalition built by FDR. @BillClinton saved a party which had lost 5 of 6 presidential elections, and he and Obama are the most successful Democrats of our time. nytimes.com/2025/07/22/opi…
Does the $200 million check just go straight into Trump’s personal bank account?
Breaking News: Columbia University will pay a $200 million fine to settle a dispute with the Trump administration and restore research funding to the school. nyti.ms/4m2WNNE
A confession: I wish Trump had just admitted a few weeks ago that he was in the Epstein files. Everyone knows they were buddies. His refusal to release them made it obvious he'd be in there. Now we know he is and I couldn't care less. I'm so sick of this story.
“As someone who was an early critic of the Russiagate narrative, I can report that Gabbard did not get the goods.” - @EliLake
Beware the Condé Nast touch of death.
📸 GOV. ANDY BESHEAR AND FIRST LADY BRITAINY BESHEAR FOR VOGUE MAGAZINE:
There ain't no skating by, we're all gonna die, no matter what the plastic surgeon tells you
The typo ridden letter has now been deleted by both Benny Johnson and Senator Mike Lee
MAGAworld is saying Jerome Powell has quit
Not to worry: The Supreme Court's immunity ruling will protect Obama from prosecution.
REPORTER: Gabbard has submitted a criminal referral. Who should the DOJ target? TRUMP: It would be President Obama. And Biden was there with him ... the leader of the gang was Obama. Barack Hussein Obama. He's guilty. This is treason.
Stern was a real fascinating character, made the left-to-right transition from Ramparts to the Manhattan Institute in a way reminiscent of his former comrade-in-editorship David Horowtiz, but then fell out with his conservatives colleagues over Trump (he hated him)
RIP, Sol, who was unflinchingly uncompromising to the end. nytimes.com/2025/07/17/us/…
Without giving details about what exactly UATX is saying or doing that you object to, this resignation should have no impact at all on the school's reputation. Please substantiate your accusations.
Effective today, I have resigned from the Advisory Board of UATX. While I believe very much in the importance of competition and innovation in higher education, and see major problems with the lack of diverse perspective in elite institutions, I am not comfortable with the course…
You know when you get those spam real estate texts? I just select a random passage from Blood Meridian and text it back to them. Sometimes I add a little intro.
University of Tulsa students have started a petition to save their Honors College and have asked me to share with my followers here. If you are inclined to support these students in their goal to recover what was lost, you can sign here: change.org/Protect_UTulsa…