Jason Arday, the former University of Cambridge professor, has been found dead.
Mr Arday was found “unresponsive” at an address in Battersea, south London, on Friday afternoon. He was later pronounced dead at the scene.

What a sad outcome to this wild story. The boys discussed this at length and I’m sure will address this tragic development, too.

No doubt different groups will be trying to spin this. Jason is ultimately responsible for himself and his actions but IMO Cambridge University has a lot to answer for; they set Jason Arday up for failure by elevating him beyond his capabilities for nothing but their DEI vanity project.

The Politics of Pretending (Episode #570)

Hasan Piker, the DSA, AOC, Jason Arday, Francesca Hong, and miscellaneous lunacy

• Kmele is out of Adderall
• Did anybody actually watch this Tucker and Hunter interview?
• “Montrosity” and other difficult words
• The adventures of Proximity Hong
• The curious case of Jason Arday
• Is there any chance Jesse Singal is racist?
• AOC discovers Woke 1.0 was crazy
• Shane Gillis and the conspiracy of enforcing things nobody believed
• Thank you, Thom Tillis. Also, fuck you.
• Funding the other side’s whackos
• Mamdani declares war on Amazon
• A general rent strike. Over one cockroach.
• David Remnick meets the DSA
• Kmele gets swarmed by the Hasan bots
• So, how great was Mao?
• Midterm Madness and the 2028 Democratic sweepstakes
• Clip Roulette
• Kmele tries to explain himself. It does not help.
• Can America get at least a busted Boris Johnson?

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A Man of 1989 (w/ David Frum) #569

We’re joined by The Atlantic’s David Frum for a wide-ranging conversation about Trumpism, the Democratic left, immigration, political memory, and what became of American conservatism.

• a pre-obit for the esteemed David Frum
• involuntarily unionized at The Atlantic
• spy novels, bureaucrats and expense reports
• turning down Bill Buckley’s golden ticket
• prosperity, security and how quickly it can all disappear
• Frum is forever a man of 1989
• God makes you lucky, then convinces you you’re smart
• Tucker Carlson was always capable of many things
• falling flat on your back isn’t progress
• the Michigan Senate choice from hell
• Democrats discover Trump’s permission structure
• Midterm Madness in Michigan
• the polling industry has a phone problem
• politics for people who can afford to lose
• “I saw you coming so I could stop you”
• immigration restriction without the Trumpism
• fascism has the better sales pitch than communism
• what Donald Trump loves besides himself
• the conservative future Frum got very wrong and other reflections

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Why does Moynihan claim he was guilty? Everything I’ve read suggests he was innocent. Or at the least there is no evidence tying him to the crime.