Peter Sagal
I make Dad jokes on NPR and also write books and other things.
- This might have been dismissed as an article noting “Atty Gen Bondi goes on TV a lot” — well, duh — but it’s much more than that. It’s an article saying that she’s not inn charge of the DoJ. Stephen Miller is. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/12/u...
- Thrilled for my friend Alexandra. Truly the best at what she does, and what she does is pretty great. Sad for the Post, and all those who remain, pursuing the mission.
- @washingtonpost.com continuing to lose top talent.
- They did try. www.cnn.com/2020/02/07/p...
- Heard my first ad (Nissan regional dealerships) that promised prices “without the new tariffs.”
- One key aspect of the immigration crackdown is that it’s seemingly based on lies. There wasn’t a “migrant crime wave,” Biden didn’t allow 20M undocumented into the country, etc. But has anybody published an accurate assessment of immigration under Biden? I found this: www.cato.org/commentary/b...
- The most prescient vision of the Trump Era might have been the Austin Powers “Swedish Penis Pump” bit. www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
- Speaking of Fresh Air: Please take 20 minutes and listen to Terry Gross’ tribute to her late husband, Francis Davis. In grief, a brilliant musician might write a song, a poet an ode, a painter a portrait. Terry, just as gifted, uses her medium. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
- I genuinely think the biggest story out of DOGE is not the chainsaw cuts to everything but the creation of a massive, digital AI-driven panopticon. wapo.st/4iNmtLZ
- BUTLERIAN JIHAD!
- There is no law against a lot of what’s happening because it never occurred to anyone that someone might want to do it.
