Why the 1 Percent Needs Google and Facebook Oligarchy is hard to pull off, but manipulative social media makes the job a whole lot easier.

I wrote this nine years ago.It holds up pretty well. washingtonmonthly.com/2017/10/03/w...

Dr. Trumplove

The Rise of the Digital Oligarchy AI has pushed society into a period of tumult and confusion. What comes next will determine if humanity remains the author of its own story.

The Rise of the Digital Oligarchy from @jttaplin.bsky.social www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

The Rise of the Digital Oligarchy AI has pushed society into a period of tumult and confusion. What comes next will determine if humanity remains the author of its own story.

“What once belonged to politics—the imaginative labor of collective destiny—has been quietly surrendered to the corporate logic of the algorithm. The result is not enlightenment but enclosure: a society awake to everything except itself.”

Hey @jttaplin.bsky.social superb writing!

“May Day is a chance for us to replicate what we saw in the Twin Cities nationwide.“

@ezralevin.bsky.social and @maddow.bsky.social talk about the major national action planned for May 1 and why exercising our economic might is key for protecting election results. #NoKings

The Rise of the Digital Oligarchy AI has pushed society into a period of tumult and confusion. What comes next will determine if humanity remains the author of its own story.

My new Rolling Stone essay. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

Nation’s Dogs Celebrate Noem’s Firing A Special TBR Career Obituary

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The Terrifying New Era of American Imperialism Donald Trump's war against Iran is part of a terrifying new era of American imperialism, one in which the military budget never stops growing.

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The Terrifying New Era of American Imperialism Donald Trump's war against Iran is part of a terrifying new era of American imperialism, one in which the military budget never stops growing.

My new essay in Rolling Stone. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

Yep.

Trump shares racist video depicting Obamas as apes — CBS News The footage is included in a video that promotes false claims that the 2020 presidential election was rigged against Mr. Trump.

WTF apple.news/AHJ5AuJlIQKq...

Where's the Countercultural Outrage to Trump? Episode 2790: Jon Taplin on why Young Americans Need a Cojones Transplant

Good conversation with Andrew Keen. keenon.substack.com/p/wheres-the...

Never Forget

January 21, 2026 | David Cay Johnston | Christian Leuprecht | Jonathan Taplin After Piling on About Biden's Mental Acuity, the Press is Mostly Silent on Trump's Obvious Madness | The Country's Closest Friend and Neighbor is Making Precautionary Military Plans Against a U.S. Inv

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Can the Counterculture Rise Again? Donald Trump and tech billionaires have killed the counterculture that thrived in past eras of protest. Can today's artists lead the resistance again?

Who killed the counterculture. My new essay in Rolling Stone. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

In Ash and Twisted Metal, Finding the Courage to Rebuild One year after the L.A. fires, author Jonathan Taplin writes about losing his home and what it taught him about loss, resilience, and America.

Some thoughts on the anniversary of the Palisades fire.

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Eric Trump: "You can send $500 million worth of bitcoin on a Sunday night at 11pm while having a glass of wine with your wife for virtually zero fees."

British paperback out now.

Good for Watson. Words that should have come from Trump since he was there the first day. But this is the kind of behavior he encourages.

It certainly appears the United States murdered an innocent fisherman who was a husband and father to four children, claimed he was a "narco-terrorist," posted a video of the execution, and then made jokes about it

We have been here before. Here is a poster protesting President Andrew Jackson’s autocracy.

Grocery prices rise at the fastest pace since 2022 as Trump tariffs bite On the campaign trail, Trump promised lower grocery prices.

This is the biggest story in America right now.

Coffee up 20.9% year-over-year

Steaks up 16.6%

Apples up 9.6%

Bananas, 6.6%.

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i really underestimated how much dumber this could get, that’s on me, that was a lack of vision on my part, because i really never would have predicted that james fucking o’keefe would get involved

Bill Pulte Needs to Come Clean The Trump administration is using a government agency to target its critics with mortgage fraud claims -- a brazen abuse of power that should alarm reporters.

The real Lisa Cook scandal is, what the hell is Bill Pulte doing going through the mortgages of Trump's political opponents? Is that part of his job description? He needs to come clean cepr.net/publications...

“.. ‘They'll redact every Republican or conservative person in those files, leave all the liberal, Democratic people,’ he told the reporter ..”

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Governor Pritzker speaks behind the podium.

In the coming days, we expect to see what's playing out in LA and DC happen in Chicago.

These efforts are not about fighting crime or making communities safer.

This is about Donald Trump testing his power and producing political drama to cover up his own corruption.

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THIS is one of the biggest problems of our time . . .

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