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Mar 21, 2025 • Sasha Stone

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Every so often, I get a desperate email that simply says, “Unsubscribe!” I think I got one that said, “STOP!” Usually, this comes after a Tucker drop.

Sep 14, 2024 • Sasha Stone

Our Civil War

Why I Draw the Line at This Conspiracy Theory

Because Decency Matters More Than Subscribers

Mar 15 • Sasha Stone

40:25

Why the Democrats Fail in the Art of War

Our Virtual Civil War Part Four

Jan 28 • Sasha Stone

40:23

January 6th and The Real Insurrection

Our Virtual Civil War Part Three

Jan 5 • Sasha Stone

29:01

Why The Democrats Can't Keep America Safe

Our Virtual Civil War Part 2

Dec 12, 2025 • Sasha Stone

How the Left was Lost

25:51

The Cruel Irony of "No Kings" For the Women of Iran

Listen now | The silence in the media is deafening.

20 hrs ago • Sasha Stone

No Kings to Arrive Just in Time to Remind Us They're Still Crazy After All These Years

Mar 25 • Sasha Stone

If You Can't Cheer for America at the Olympics, Move to Canada

The sad, pitiful, dark world of today's Left.

Feb 23 • Sasha Stone

31:25

To Confront Their Failures, Democrats Must Confront Obama

Dems Are Behaving Like Spoiled Brats by Boycotting State of the Union

Feb 22 • Sasha Stone

AOC Crashes and Burns in Munich

And Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton have never looked so out of touch.

Feb 17 • Sasha Stone

31:56

NYT's Big Lie: A "Woman" Did Not Commit Mass Murder in Canada

That was not one of us.

Feb 16 • Sasha Stone

47:42

Why I Will Never Regret My Vote for Trump

So stop asking.

Feb 8 • Sasha Stone

34:05

Oh Hillary, Empathy? Really? Please.

An open letter to Hillary Clinton

Jan 30 • Sasha Stone

40:25

Why the Democrats Fail in the Art of War

Our Virtual Civil War Part Four

Jan 28 • Sasha Stone

27:01

An Open Letter to Peter Baker of the New York Times

When is enough enough?

Jan 17 • Sasha Stone

50:09

Confessions of a Recovering Liberal White Woman

How did it all go so wrong?

Jan 14 • Sasha Stone

40:23

January 6th and The Real Insurrection

Our Virtual Civil War Part Three

Jan 5 • Sasha Stone

Videos

20:22

How Do You Measure the Happiness of a Dog?

I could not let go of my perfect (slightly annoying) dog, Jack

Mar 21 • Sasha Stone

24:58

Ten Years of the Democrats Calling Trump a Racist

Challenge accepted

Feb 20 • Sasha Stone

54:47

It Is AOC Who is "Uneducated" and "Ignorant" About Charlie Kirk

She knew nothing about him and decided to condemn him in Congress anyway.

Sep 21, 2025 • Sasha Stone

29:37

In Top Gun Maverick They Picked the Girl. For Midnight Hammer, They Picked the Best.

Let's hear it for "Our Boys on Those Bombers"

Jun 23, 2025 • Sasha Stone

9:32

Faking History: Six Women Take Up Space

A short take and a video.

Apr 14, 2025 • Sasha Stone

Oliver Stone and Matt Taibbi To Testify Today

Apr 1, 2025 • Sasha Stone

15:20

[Watch] How the Left Became so Intolerant

Mar 24, 2025 • Sasha Stone

23:15

[Watch] I Thought Hamilton Was For America. I Was Wrong.

Watch now | A video essay of the podcast

Mar 8, 2025 • Sasha Stone

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How To ... Housekeeping

A reader writes in to ask:

Mar 24 • Sasha Stone

A Note of Thanks

I just got a chargeback or a “dispute,” which I expected.

Mar 18 • Sasha Stone

A Quick Note on Vanessa Redgrave

I saw a comment bloviating about Vanessa Redgrave and Israel, which I deleted too quickly but had meant to respond to.

Mar 16 • Sasha Stone

Interviewed by Jenny Holland, Saving Culture from Itself

I’ve been admiring the work of Jenny Holland for a while now.

Mar 12 • Sasha Stone

My Main X Account in Finally Restored

It took many attempts of trying but I finally got through to tech support via a tangled web of various wrong paths before finally finding the right…

Mar 7 • Sasha Stone

Got one X Account back!

The drama continues

Mar 6 • Sasha Stone

Cancel Culture,

Jimmy Kimmel's Back on ABC

In case anyone cared.

Sep 22, 2025 • Sasha Stone

From Racket, Re: Kimmel

Just to be clear: I don’t think the Trump administration or any president should be pressuring the networks to fire people.

Sep 18, 2025 • Sasha Stone

It's Too Late to Cry "Cancel Culture"

Why is MAGA always expected to take the high road?

Sep 15, 2025 • Sasha Stone

34:23

Bari Weiss and The Substack Revolution

Local girl makes good.

Sep 5, 2025 • Sasha Stone

28:33

I Thought Hamilton Was for America. I Was Wrong.

What a fool I was to ever believe.

Mar 7, 2025 • Sasha Stone

29:57

Fiction

25:36

Janet's "No Kings" Halloween

Nov 3, 2025 • Sasha Stone

38:13

First, They Came for The Smithsonian...

[Satire/parody]

Aug 24, 2025 • Sasha Stone

My Lunch with Larry David

[Satire/Parody]

Apr 23, 2025 • Sasha Stone

24:17

Three Petty Tyrants Walk Into a Bar

A Short Play in One Act

Feb 27, 2025 • Sasha Stone

24:00

A Democrat's Lonely and Hopeless Thanksgiving

Nov 28, 2024 • Sasha Stone

28:33

A Terrifying Night in a Good Liberal Town

A short story for Halloween

Oct 31, 2024 • Sasha Stone

28:19

Rob Reiner's Misery

A Christmas Carol Story Part Three: What Really Happened on January 6th

Dec 22, 2023 • Sasha Stone

46:57

Rob Reiner and the Sea of Oswalds

A Christmas Carol Story Part Two - "You Can't Handle the Truth"

Dec 20, 2023 • Sasha Stone

2024 Transition

Trump Makes a Big Bet on America

Trump's "Liberation Day" Arrives

Apr 2, 2025 • Sasha Stone

Trump's First Cabinet Meeting

The most fully transparent administration continues to be transparent and has posted the first Cabinet meeting on YouTube:

Feb 26, 2025 • Sasha Stone

How Far is Too Far for DOGE?

The American public is caught between the ongoing mass delusions of the Left and the "move fast and break things" actions of DOGE.

Feb 24, 2025 • Sasha Stone

26:24

What Really Bothers Them About Tulsi Gabbard

A Bi-Paritsan Witch Hunt in the US Congress

Jan 31, 2025 • Sasha Stone

Five Things I've Learned from Democrats Hectoring RFK, Jr.

Galileo is turning in his grave

Jan 29, 2025 • Sasha Stone

Top posts

Did I just Leave a Cult?

Feb 16, 2023 • Sasha Stone

It Is AOC Who is "Uneducated" and "Ignorant" About Charlie Kirk

Sep 21, 2025 • Sasha Stone

Congratulations, Democrats. You Disgusted the Entire Country.

Mar 5, 2025 • Sasha Stone

Caroline Kennedy is Why I Am No Longer a Democrat

Jan 28, 2025 • Sasha Stone

In Top Gun Maverick They Picked the Girl. For Midnight Hammer, They Picked the Best.

Jun 23, 2025 • Sasha Stone

Recent posts

Save Hollywood By Making More Movies Like Project Hail Mary

Believe it or not, this one is worth it.

Mar 24 • Sasha Stone

How Do You Measure the Happiness of a Dog?

I could not let go of my perfect (slightly annoying) dog, Jack

Mar 21 • Sasha Stone

20:22

Trump's "Rage for Change"

A Very Fourth Turning piece by Martin Gurri

Mar 18 • Sasha Stone

This is just a note to say that I am working on a piece about my dog, Jack.

Mar 17 • Sasha Stone

And the Oscar Goes to Trump Derangement Syndrome

I can’t review the Oscars because, for the first time in the 27 years I’ve been covering them, I did not watch.

Mar 16 • Sasha Stone

Why I Draw the Line at This Conspiracy Theory

Because Decency Matters More Than Subscribers

Mar 15 • Sasha Stone

How the Oscars Made Everyone Hate Them

Mar 15 • Sasha Stone

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