Jim Stark
@PunditFight
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Tracking the analogy that politics is pro-wrestling since 2007. Interested in the hyperreality, theatre and psychology of U.S. politics. #PoliticsisWrestling
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Joined April 2007
Donald Trump's foray into Politics was always going to be—"Arrive. Raise Hell. Leave." Many mistakenly thought his campaign would last for just one election cycle. A look back at 5yrs of the Donald Trump Show. #TrumpPresidency #ArriveRaiseHellLeave #MAGA
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This original post was written March 2016 when Candidate Trump’s political career was broadly expected to be a flash in the pan. After a…
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"(11m 39s) This administration has agressively pursued companies... Whether it be law firms..., media companies. Where they have used their regulatory powers against corporations that weren't 'onside'" – @andrewrsorkin on tariffs, The Daily (Feb24) _👇 https://t.co/dMIjQdIvxm
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"(7m 50s) I guess what I am watching for... is this the bridge to the midterms?... Does he focus on affordability... make a case for whatever it is he's doing in Iran?... or is this another episode of the Trump Show?" – @tamarakeithNPR, PBS NewsHour (Feb24) #TheDonaldTrumpShow
President Donald Trump's State of the Union address on Tuesday is likely to be a test run of the message Republicans will give to voters in November's elections for control of the House and the Senate.
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"(44m 16s) When I was writing that book, he [Chris Benoit] was the only guy in the locker room... that took me seriously and sat me down and said “What are you learning about concussions?”... he knew something was wrong" – @ChrisNowinski1, Armchair Expert w/ Dax Shepard (May '25)
Our CEO @ChrisNowinski1 is the latest expert featured on @ArmchairExpPod! Such a great conversation with Dax & Monica covering Chris’ journey in football and the WWE to co-founding CLF & the fight to #EndCTE. 🎧 Listen now wherever you get your podcasts.
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"(17s) Nothing has misled the American people to the warped belief that the President can act like a king... where the Serjeant-at-Arms announces the President... and he walks into the room like Conor McGregor heading into the octagon." – @billmaher, Real Time on HBO (Feb21)
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"(15m 24s) We have monopolies in every sector. It's not just tech... but also: • Sterile bags of saline • Semiconductors • Intermodal and sea freight • Pro-wrestling • Cheerleading • Glass bottles • Vitamin C – @doctorow on destroying competition, @novaramedia (Dec '25)
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"It makes sport feel like pro-wrestling... It feels like the same manufactured debates are happening every single day... because of these hot takes, it feels like nobody trusts any one any more... trust is at an all-time low" – @joonlee thread 🧵(Apr '25) https://t.co/pjix2CqvVj
Gambling isn’t the only thing warping sports. We’re overloaded with hot takes. I love a good hot take, but as more and more reporters get laid off and more journalism gets put behind a paywall, the only thing we’re left with is arguments. The same debates. Every. Single. Day.
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MAGA Latino World Order: • Trump posts he's "Acting President of Venezuela" 🇻🇪 • MAGA partners with El Salvador's “world's coolest dictator” Nayib Bukele on prisons + Bitcoin🇸🇻 • POTUS gives Argentina's Javier Milei a $20B billion lifeline 🇦🇷 #DonroeDoctrine #LatinosParaTrump
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@PunditFight @FrontRowBrian Too bad mankind sucks sometimes.. then again sometimes mankind doesn't. Mankind is mostly good though can sometimes be led astray.
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“My expert confirms two sets of books, conduct that only the Mafia in its heyday could get away with,” [Tommy] Dorfman said. _ Aussie journo @Ageinvestigates covered a similar story on the CMFEU union installing bikies in positions of power to control the market. #BuildingBad
Tired: Getting mad at Pam Bondi for high school theater-level theatrics at a hearing. Wired: Getting mad at Pam Bondi for settling the case that would break up Live Nation/Ticketmaster. @mrddmia earning that paper. https://t.co/LqEHmiJMam
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🇦🇺 This Saturday, 2/14! 🇦🇺 We're on our way to Sydney for #AEWGrandSlam Australia! Watch the 2.5 Hour Event on TNT + HBO Max at 8/7c this Saturday 2/14, or experience it LIVE at the @qudosbankarena!
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'Wisdom of Crowds' author @JamesSurowiecki guests on @pablofindsout to explain prediction markets. What wrestling fans might call "reverse fantasy booking". #Kalshi #PredictionMarkets
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“(31m 57s) You also have an entire region in the Gulf that has decided we need to improve our image. We need to pivot to a non fossil fuel based economy… we have infinite capital” – @profgalloway ‘Provocative Predictions for the Future of Tech’, Summit at Sea 2023 #RoyalRumble
#RoyalRumble is coming to the big screen this Saturday! Find a theater near you and get your popcorn ready! Limited @Fandango tickets remain: https://t.co/y08abObYnB
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Remember 2016! #2016trend #RoyalRumble
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“We were greeted by eight-foot-tall animations of the wrestler “Stone Cold” Steve Austin… There was rarely anger directed towards the scammers themselves… DYOR [Do Your Own Research]” – @ben_mckenzie in his book ‘Easy Money’, describing his experience at SXSW 2022 #KayfabeEra
.@ben_mckenzie sat down with @bigblackjacobin and @SilvermanJacob to discuss the ills of the volatile crypto industry and offer listeners a dose of anti-FOMO at #SXSW 2022. Watch the full Featured Session here:
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"(5m 05s) What I do is a mixture of showbiz and the WWE... I'm a lovable rascal but if you want to call it a heel... I want a nation of Hulk Hogan, John Cena and The Undertaker..." – @ScottJenningsKY talking WWE banter and politics, @adam_talkshow (Jan15) #PoliticsIsWrestling
LeBron | Season 2 Episode 30 | Scott Jennings Out Now On Youtube: https://t.co/M5nebqFjq6 -- Subscribe to THE FRIEDLAND FAMILY FOUNDATION: https://t.co/n7Kv0CjTvn -- @scottjenningsky @adamfriedland
#TAFS #adamfriedlandshow #scottjennings
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@PabloTorre @EBischoff @pablofindsout @34billy42 "BC: (45m) I don't dislike Dennis. I dislike that part of the culture which is now so far down the road, there's no getting back... sort of crass. Its no longer tongue-in-cheek... good-natured" – Sportscaster Bob Costas cuts a promo on the Attitude Era, PTFO (Jun '25) #KayfabeEra
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@PabloTorre @EBischoff @pablofindsout "BW: (38m 40s) They're both smart businessmen and it's just playing into it a little bit more. But you gotta play into it and not lose focus. For them, it's marketing. And it helped them out for... a big pay day..." – @34billy42 on Rodzilla & Malone, PTFO (Jun '25) #KayfabeEra
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@PabloTorre @EBischoff @pablofindsout "NP: (28m 12s) You need two willing accomplices... • Happen to be lifelong wrestling fans • Guys that grew up [and roomed] with each other • Share the same agent" – Neil Punsalan on the recipe to succeed in our #AttentionEconomy, @pablofindsout (Jun '25) #EverythingIsWrestling
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"PT: (26m) That's kind of like influencer math... I'm putting it all on my 2 stars and they're going to use organic marketing... elsewhere to sell... NP: That platform just happened to be the 1998 NBA Playoffs." – @PabloTorre w/ Neil Punsalan on @EBischoff booking Rodman & Malone
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