Substacks recommended by Jonathan Larsen’s Substack

Recommended by Jonathan Larsen’s Substack

Working on Winning the Climate Fight

Unfiltered dispatches from Michael Fanone — full episodes, raw livestreams, and personal takes on power, politics, and the people behind the headlines.

Wonkette

By Rebecca Schoenkopf

Wonkette is filthy, hilarious, liberal news. YOU CAN HANDLE THE TRUTH!

Sharon Buchbinder, PhD

Crazy Cat Lady Ramblings

The Media and Democracy Project Blog

By Media and Democracy Project

We're building a people-powered movement to create a better-informed electorate. https://MediaAndDemocracyProject.org

Q and A Today

By Desiree Adib

A smart roundup of the most fascinating interviews of the week so far...

A national TV news veteran has the skinny on the biggest interviews and overlooked interviews.

- Jonathan Larsen’s Substack

Martha Previte

Martha is an artist, comedic voice actress, writer & performer. http://tiktok.com/@marthaprevite https://www.patreon.com/MarthaPrevite

The Cause

By L O L G O P

How we save democracy, or something that resembles it.

Jim Earl's Substack of Bile

Semi-informed scribblings about nothing and everything from an Emmy and Peabody Award-winning comedy writer formerly of The Daily Show, WTF with Marc Maron, National Lampoon's Final Edition and assorted others.

Friendly Atheist

By Hemant Mehta

Commentary about religion and politics, centered around atheism.

The Present Age

By Parker Molloy

Parker Molloy’s award-winning media criticism, culture, and politics newsletter.

Volts

By David Roberts

A newsletter, podcast, & community focused on the technology, politics, and policy of decarbonization. In your inbox once or twice a week.

The Fucking News

By The F Team

"I recommend signing up for these guys, if you like getting your morning news with swearing." - Naomi Klein

Blue Amp Media

By Cliff Schecter with Blue Amp

Cliff Schecter & David Shuster didn't just discover the GOP's evil, find our voices, switch sides. We've been at this 25 years. Cliff wrote ads that helped Pres Biden beat Trump in '20. David exposed GOP corruption as an Emmy-winning anchor at MSNBC & CNN

We may not agree on everything, but if you need someone to give voice to your rage, try stepping up to the Cliff's Edge...

- Jonathan Larsen’s Substack

The Moral High Ground

By Evan Hurst

We are living through a world-historical temper tantrum from white conservative Christians over their loss of control, relevance, and supremacy. This weekly newsletter looks at current events through that lens and usually mocks it mercilessly.

The Capitol Hill Reader

Weekly highlights from the President, Congress, and the Federal Courts, reporting live from the shadow ban.

Beyond the Status Quo Newsletter

By Anoa J. Changa

Deep Midwest: Politics and Culture

By Robert Leonard

The politics and culture of Iowa, the Midwest, and beyond.

Mourning Remembrance: A collection of mocking obituaries

By Jim Earl

Ripped from the deadlines: A collection of mocking obituaries of real people. Written by Emmy Award-winning writer Jim Earl. Art by Martha Previte (mixed-media collages). Nathan Smith (illustrations in book). Tony Millionaire (book cover art).

Letters from an American

By Heather Cox Richardson

A newsletter about the history behind today's politics.

Dan Mishkin

Writer/co-creator of Amethyst Princess of Gemworld, Blue Devil, and Creeps (and there are a lot more letters left in the alphabet); co-founder, Ann Arbor Comic Arts Festival; husband, father, zayde

Charlie Savage

New York Times national security and legal reporter, and author of the books "Takeover" and "Power Wars"

Scenes from a Slow Civil War

By Jeff Sharlet

I reported Trump '16 and '20 for magazines & in my book THE UNDERTOW: Scenes from a Slow Civil War. I was going to sit '24 out, but the slow civil war is speeding up.

KGB Report

by Kevin G. Barkes- Observations by and for the vaguely disenchanted: Information, essential and otherwise, for the day ahead. Humor, politics, media, history... whatever it takes to survive our shared existential despair.

Diplomatic, by Laura Rozen

By Laura

Reporting on foreign policy, Washington, and the U.S. administration.

Lizz Winstead

Comedian, co-creator of The Daily Show, Abortion Evangelist