Thanks to everyone who joined my live chat with Ethan Strauss. Discussed: Ethan’s journey to (editorial) freedom, Caitlin Clark, Sophie Cunningham, trans drama in Seattle, how the Dems get out of this mess before the next election, sports betting, and more.

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This week on the Primo show, Jesse and Katie discuss the extremely bizarre story of Neil Hopper, an amputation surgeon who lost his own legs under circumstances far stranger than anyone could have guessed. Plus, a Wisconsin school board cancels Marsha P. Johnson.

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This week on the Primo show, Jesse and Katie discuss the life and death of The Queery, a Brighton-based radical art gallery, bookshop, café, and community space. You can guess how this ends. Plus, the Washington Post spreads Erin Reed’s zombie stats, and the New York Times repeats Stonewall myths.

Trans people are…

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This week on Blocked and Reported, Katie is joined by Jessica the ‘80s Baby to discuss the latest saga to rock the knitting world when celebrity knitter Stephen West appears on a conservative’s YouTube show. Plus, subliminal swastikas, and for Primos, Jessica the ‘80s Baby answers all your burning questions.

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Ravelry: Designs by Stephen West

MSKL and Westknits should be ashamed. Censorship is the tool of the Nazi. | by VolkColopatrion | Medium

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Thanks to everyone who joined my conversation with Ben Westhoff and Emily Dufton. Discussed: drugs, drug treatments, why Nixon was good actually, and more.

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This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie discuss the fast rise and faster fall of humble oyster man/alleged rapist Graham Platner. Plus, the trans sports issue divides Tahoe.

The Wrong Side of the Mountain - Jesse Singal - The Dispatch

Exclusive: Woman who dated Graham Platner says he sexually assaulted her - POLITICO

Several Women Who Dated Graham Platner Recall ‘Unsettling’ Behavior - The New York Times

Armie Hammer’s First Interview Since Cannibalism Scandal - Air Mail

Why Didn’t Graham Platner’s Many Red Flags Matter?

The ‘Mad Scientist’ Behind Graham Platner’s Scandal-Plagued Rise - WSJ

Platner’s Daniel Moraff Barred from Summer Lee’s Campaign Over Sexual Misconduct Complaints

Inside the Implosion of Graham Platner’s Maine Senate Campaign: ‘A Slow-Rolling Disaster’ - The New York Times

Cross-Tabs: June 2026 Times/Press Herald/Siena Poll of the Likely Electorate in Maine - The New York Times

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This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie discuss the milkshake-ducking of a New York coffee shop after the owner’s failed shaming of a congressman deemed insufficiently anti-Israel. Plus, crazy lady/future Rep. Darializa Avila Chevalier and what the DSA revolution in New York City means for the Dems, and the Supreme Court weighs in on trans athletes.

The Supreme Court’s Utterly Mainstream Ruling on Women’s Sports - The Atlantic

DOJ opens investigation into Brooklyn coffee shop after banning Rep Goldman | Fox News

Rep. Dan Goldman addresses Brooklyn coffee shop banning him over his views on Israel | CNN Politics

Angry Coffee Shop Owner Who Smeared Jewish Rep Dan Goldman as a ‘Fascist’ Sipping ‘Genocide Juice’ Is a Graham Platner Donor Cited for ‘Filth and Flies’

NYC coffee shop tells Rep. Dan Goldman he’s not welcome over his pro-Israel views

Inside the 2025 NYC Mayoral Primary: Strong Support for Economic Justice and Palestinian Rights

Mamdani-backed House candidate’s deleted posts called for abolishing police, borders

Israelis No Longer Ahead in Americans’ Middle East Sympathies

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This week on the Primo Show, Part 2 of our investigation into one of the most sacred stories in LGBTQ history: the night transgender icon Marsha P. Johnson threw the first brick at Stonewall and launched the modern gay rights movement. Or did she?

Stonewall

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This week on Blocked and Reported, (((Jesse))) and Katie dig into Graham Platner: the oyster farmer, Senate hopeful, and working-class rich kid whose Nazi tattoo and wandering eye were so rudely surfaced by the (((lamestream media))) in an effort to protect the (((billionaire class))).

The Political Awakening of the Oyster Farmer Taking on Susan Collins | The New Republic

Oysterman, Veteran, Prep-School Alum: A Senate Candidate’s Complex Class Story - The New York Times

Read our full archive of Graham Platner’s deleted Reddit comments

Graham Platner says ‘I am not a secret Nazi’ after photos of his tattoo emerge

Platner says he’ll remove tattoo that resembles Nazi symbol - POLITICO

K-File unearths new evidence that undercuts Dem candidate’s claim he was not aware tattoo was tied to Nazi symbolism | CNN

First Draft: Did the New York Times Just Run an Anti-Platner Hit Job?

Platner’s Wife Flagged His Sexual Texts With Other Women as Maine Senate Race Began - The New York Times

Several Women Who Dated Graham Platner Recall ‘Unsettling’ Behavior - The New York Times

These People Handpicked Graham Platner. He’s Now Democrats’ Biggest Risk. - WSJ

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This week on Blocked and Reported, Part 1 of our two-part series on the Stonewall Riots and the mythology of Marsha P. Johnson. Plus, warring lesbian history accounts, a Father’s Day cartoon breaks brains, and fact-checking the Seattle LGBTQ Commission and Erin Reed’s bad stats.

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Lesbian Herstory Archives

Opinion | What I Learned About Par…

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This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie discuss Zack Polanski, the former hypnotherapist who turned a fringe environmentalist party into Britain's fastest-growing coalition of Corbynites, BDSM enthusiasts, and first-gen Islamists.

Can you really THINK your boobs bigger?

Politics was never part of the plan. | by Zack Polanski | Medium

Zack Polanski stood by breast enlargment hypnosis claim

Most UK Muslims define themselves by faith first

Green candidate for Makerfield by-election quits after 12 hours

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