Jonathan Alter
@jonathanalter
Husband, father; author (of books on FDR, Obama and Carter); MSNBC analyst; documentary filmmaker; columnist; founder, http://oldgoats.substack.com
Important conservative piece establishing @TuckerCarlson as the most influential anti-Semite of our time. share.google/hCHItZASwKP73v…
RETWEET if you stand with Jerome Powell against Donald Trump!
Then and Now: Smothers Brothers in 1969, Colbert in 2025 — CBS Blinks Twice. Please subscribe. No paywall. open.substack.com/pub/oldgoats/p…
Check out (some of) what Michael Wolff knows about Epstein and Trump. He’s got 100 hours of Epstein on tape. Please subscribe to my Old Goats substack. No paywall!! open.substack.com/pub/oldgoats/p…
This is a reminder that @MayorGallego used to send Phoenix Police to go find drunk @RubenGallego and pick him up late night. Yeah, Ruben, we know. You should maybe reconsider Iowa!
Trump’s never clipped a coupon or worried about a Walmart receipt in his life. But maybe he should… His reckless tariffs are jacking up prices on everything from groceries to strollers. He owns this economy.
Recommended reading.
The Wolff-Epstein Tapes : Wolff tells me about his 100 hours of interviews. Please subscribe. No paywall. open.substack.com/pub/oldgoats/p…
The Wolff-Epstein Tapes : Wolff tells me about his 100 hours of interviews. Please subscribe. No paywall. open.substack.com/pub/oldgoats/p…
Why Colbert Got Cancelled open.substack.com/pub/oldgoats/p…
Then and Now: Right-Wing Conspiracy Politics We discuss the John Birch Society, Dr. Strangelove and how much worse and more mainstream conspiracy theories are today. open.substack.com/pub/oldgoats/p…
We’re releasing the Epstein Files day one. There are no Epstein Files. Here’s video proof nothing happened. Ok we had to edit it. There are no Epstein Files. There are Epstein Files, but the Democrats made them. Why do you care so much about this Epstein guy? What are “Files”?
I’m gonna post this every day so nobody forgets exactly who Donald Trump is and why the Epstein files have suddenly disappeared.
Kids running from tear gas, crying on the phone because their mother was just taken from the fields. Trump calls me “Newscum” — but he’s the real scum.
This is patently false. DHS has authority to question and search people coming into the country at points of entry. But ICE may not detain and question anyone without reasonable suspicion — and certainly not based on their physical appearance alone. This lawlessness must stop.
Homan: "People need to understand ICE officers and Border Patrol don't need probable cause to walk up to somebody, briefly detain them, and question them ... based on their physical appearance."
America Is Now a Police State. "The Big Ugly" has more money for ICE detention centers than for the entire federal prison system. open.substack.com/pub/oldgoats/p…
I just left the Senate floor where I laid out the top ten ways Donald Trump is wrecking the country. Every American should know the facts about this administration – so here they are: (Thread 🧵)
At the Constitutional Convention, Benjamin Franklin believed that the sun was rising on the new American republic. Now, many Americans fear that sun may be setting. But we will get through the present trial. We must do all we can to mitigate the harms from this administration…