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Kurt Andersen

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New novel THE BREAKUP

Others include Evil Geniuses, Fantasyland, You Can’t Spell America Without Me, True Believers, Heyday, Turn of the Century.

Co-created CommandZseries.com, ran Studio 360, New York, SPY

https://www.kurtandersen.com

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@tj-stiles.bsky.socialOct 10, 2026, 11:08 PMReposted by @kurtandersen.bsky.social

I wrestled with ways to mock this comment, to explore the immorality of Trump's position, to discuss the significance of Ukraine's noble war of self-defense to the American people, etc., etc. But it really comes down to this: Trump is a grotesque monster.

@kurtandersen.bsky.socialOct 9, 2026, 11:26 PM

It’d be good if the perfect memorable meme term emerged for Trump & Trump-family & Trump-minion corruption. Like the Teapot Dome Scandal, which was so nothing in comparison to the scale & brazenness of the Trump graft & grift.

@kurtandersen.bsky.socialOct 9, 2026, 12:45 PM

The three most recent high-quality polls on Trump. Only the hard core are with him now.

@kurtandersen.bsky.socialOct 8, 2026, 10:13 PM

What an astoundingly stupid thing to say. The stupidest thing he’s ever said? The stupidest thing a vice-president ever said? The stupidest thing any Yale graduate ever said?

@kurtandersen.bsky.socialOct 8, 2026, 9:54 PM

An unusually mad-king one. And good! Because not even a single AI business will obey, humiliatingly confirming his impotence.

@kurtandersen.bsky.socialOct 8, 2026, 3:23 PM

Anybody in NW Connecticut and vicinity this weekend, I'll be talking about my new novel The Breakup with my pal Graydon Carter at the wonderful House of Books in Kent. (We'll also chat some about Spy magazine, which we co-founded.) Come! 4 pm 10/10. RSVP here: www.houseofbooksct.com/events/60118...

@kurtandersen.bsky.socialOct 7, 2026, 2:20 PM

Same as he ever was.

Today’s Spy At 40 installment on Substack, #3 in a series. Subscribe! substack.com/@spymagazine...

@kurtandersen.bsky.socialOct 6, 2026, 7:26 PM

In New York City this year, 203 people have been murdered—the fewest ever. In the first 9 months of last year, 253 were murdered, also an all-time low. Back in 1990 there were a million fewer people, of whom 1700 were murdered in the first 9 months. I’ll never get over this..

@kurtandersen.bsky.socialOct 6, 2026, 6:11 PM

www.nytimes.com/2026/10/05/s...

@kurtandersen.bsky.socialOct 5, 2026, 2:08 PM

Startling today — a daily Substack of the greatest Spy hits about the short-fingered vulgarian.

Subscribe here: substack.com/@spymagazine...

www.nytimes.com/2026/10/05/s...

@kurtandersen.bsky.socialOct 5, 2026, 11:09 AM

Did the Secretary of War's lifestyle taboo list in his speech last week make anybody else immediately think of his new BFF –– the trannyish, fattyish beardo and weirdo (multiple names & religions) wimp (no sports, Marine PR guy) a heartbeat away from being commander-in-chief?

@kurtandersen.bsky.socialOct 4, 2026, 4:41 PM

100% worth reading.

@kurtandersen.bsky.socialOct 3, 2026, 2:44 PM

That, my fellow Americans, is unquestionably the hand of a short-fingered vulgarian.

By the way, you can subscribe for free to this daily limited-run Spy magazine Substack. We start publishing on Monday. spymagazine.substack.com/p/coming-soo...

@kurtandersen.bsky.socialOct 3, 2026, 2:35 PM

Taking the unprecedented non-stop large-scale corruption to the grotesque next level — not just enriching the Trumps and their cronies at the expense of American suckers/investors, but driving hugely consequential foreign policy.

Vote them out. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/03/u...

@kurtandersen.bsky.socialOct 3, 2026, 2:34 PM

VOTE.

@kurtandersen.bsky.socialOct 1, 2026, 1:37 PM

In the average of the seven most reliable and recent national polls that asked voters what they think of Trump, 64% said they disapprove and only 33% approve. His worst polling numbers ever. Maybe we are finally, truly at the beginning of the end.

@kurtandersen.bsky.socialSep 30, 2026, 3:31 PM

The Greatest Self-Parodist of All Time. As well as the stupidest President and probably sloppiest White House ever.

@kurtandersen.bsky.socialSep 28, 2026, 11:54 PM

And thank you, Center for Fiction.

@kurtandersen.bsky.socialSep 27, 2026, 3:12 PM

Note to @saturdaynightlive.bsky.social producers: please write Natalie Harp into sketches as often as possible because Ashley Padilla plays her brilliantly, and please cast someone other than Ramy Youssef as Zohran Mamdani.

@kurtandersen.bsky.socialSep 27, 2026, 2:58 PM

Not silly. It’s the question. Because noncitizen voting is a make-believe non-problem.

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