Oliver Bateman

Oliver Bateman is a historian and journalist based in Pittsburgh. He blogs, vlogs, and podcasts at his Substack, Oliver Bateman Does the Work

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Politically divided housing: more proof of American polarisation Real estate platform Oyssey lets homebuyers check their neighbours' voting record

18 Dec 2024

Daniel Penny acquittal confirms end of BLM era Mass mobilisation around racial justice is no longer a default response

09 Dec 2024

How Trump turned Fox News into the king of cable — again The conservative network has soared ahead of its liberal rivals

02 Dec 2024

Bud Light’s Shane Gillis ad shows the progressive revolution is over The beer company's pivot is evidence of a major cultural realignment in America

21 Nov 2024

Trump has turned MMA into MAGA’s national sport His popularity among young men owes much to UFC

18 Nov 2024

Infowars auction won’t be the end of Alex Jones Conspiratorial thinking thrives across America's political spectrum

13 Nov 2024

Donald Trump has built a Republican youth movement Kamala Harris will regret chasing the corporate vote

06 Nov 2024

Peanut the Squirrel was no match for the administrative state Was an army of officials really needed to euthanise a rescue animal?

03 Nov 2024

Steve Bannon is no longer MAGA’s mastermind Fresh from prison, Trump's former strategist now appears out of favour

30 Oct 2024

Two years in, Elon Musk’s X is a fascinating failure The platform is too culturally significant to die, yet too toxic to thrive financially

27 Oct 2024

In defence of Bryan Johnson’s search for eternal youth The biohacker's anti-ageing quest could lay the foundation for future research

18 Oct 2024

Will Donald Trump betray RFK Jr? Anti-establishment sentiment masks serious disagreements between the two

09 Oct 2024

Is Russell Brand’s Christian conversion real? Embracing traditional faith can help drive engagement

30 Sep 2024

Why Trump fell for the Haitian dog-eating meme Republicans have become increasingly susceptible to online rumours

12 Sep 2024

Kamala Harris’s big interview was an exercise in evasion The Vice President has tried to memory-hole her progressive history

30 Aug 2024

Will RFK Jr’s supporters flock to Trump? The independent candidate's campaign is over, but his movement is far from dead

24 Aug 2024

Joe Biden’s passing of the torch was far from dignified Last night's DNC speech was full of self-aggrandisement and non sequiturs

20 Aug 2024

Online Right opens up rift with MAGA movement JD Vance's clash with Nick Fuentes exposes the schism between Trump loyalists and the extreme fringe

12 Aug 2024

AIPAC’s Democratic purge continues as Cori Bush loses Pro-Israel funding is reshaping the party and silencing progressive voices

07 Aug 2024

White dudes won’t win Kamala Harris the election Patronising fundraisers will only alienate swing voters

30 Jul 2024

RFK Jr seeks to fill America’s political vacuum The independent candidate could be the biggest winner from Biden's withdrawal

22 Jul 2024

Why men should embrace testosterone

22 Jul 2024

What impact will the Donald Trump shooting have on the election? America will only become more polarised after last night's attack

14 Jul 2024

Joe Biden doesn’t need to listen to George Clooney The actor's intervention smacks of elite paternalism

11 Jul 2024

AIPAC is driving out the Democrats’ pro-Palestine Left Israel lobby groups are exerting outsized influence

23 Jun 2024

Stop calling Jerry Seinfeld Right-wing Progressives have been eager to tar the comedian as conservative over his Israel stance

03 Jun 2024

Right-wing internet anons are better off in the open Lomez's Guardian doxxing might be a watershed moment for online influencers

15 May 2024

The Onion has lost its bite Satirical publications err when they only appeal to the Left

08 May 2024

Clarence Thomas’s court of diversity

03 May 2024

The strange trajectory of Tucker Carlson’s first 100 shows His programme on X has marked a decline from his Fox output

02 May 2024

O.J. Simpson’s strange internet afterlife Younger generations saw him as a curious, semi-comic figure

11 Apr 2024

The long uncancellation of Mike Tyson One of boxing's biggest stars has clawed his way back to public favour

09 Apr 2024

Aaron Rodgers would be an electoral asset for RFK Jr. The NFL star's heterodox views chime with a large chunk of America

17 Mar 2024

The Rock is a harbinger of America’s decline

15 Mar 2024

State of the Union: Joe Biden gets ready to fight ugly Last night's speech showed flashes of the President's old zeal

08 Mar 2024

Oprah’s weight loss hypocrisy is an insult to followers The talk show host quit WeightWatchers after admitting to using Ozempic

29 Feb 2024

Trump’s Sneaker Con appearance is a challenge to Biden Young voters are up for grabs this year

19 Feb 2024

Jon Stewart’s Daily Show is a joke that got old Weak centrist gags made it an unconvincing return for the former host

13 Feb 2024

US conservatives attack Netflix for gay Alexander the Great A new series has been accused of caving to fashionable ideas

07 Feb 2024

Peter Thiel’s steroid Olympics will hurt the poor The Enhanced Games can only entrench the wealthy domination of sport

02 Feb 2024

How TED was captured Once-innovative discussions have drifted into irrelevance

26 Jan 2024

What next for Vivek Ramaswamy? The insurgent Republican candidate still has a political future

16 Jan 2024

Nikki Haley’s chameleon complex

10 Jan 2024

The narcissism of the Never Trumpers

21 Dec 2023

Will science or sunlight save the miserable modern man? Not everyone agrees with Bryan Johnson's biomedical approach to health

02 Dec 2023

What football taught Henry Kissinger The diplomat's passion for the game shaped his attitude to geopolitics

30 Nov 2023

Donald Trump doesn’t need the evangelical vote Unlike Biden, he can claim to be a misunderstood messiah

24 Nov 2023

Ben Shapiro and Candace Owens divide the Right on Israel The Daily Wire commentators are now in rival camps

14 Nov 2023

Is the Marvel Universe about to implode?

13 Nov 2023

Will the Panama shooter become the next Kyle Rittenhouse? Kenneth Darlington's deadly confrontation with eco-protesters will make him a star

10 Nov 2023

Pacified Bernie Sanders disappoints progressives on Israel Former staffers are pleading with the senator to reconsider his stance

25 Oct 2023

The age of the comedy roast is over

18 Oct 2023

Project Veritas was never going to outlast James O’Keefe The Right-wing sting site ceased operations this week

22 Sep 2023

Bronze Age Pervert is on the verge of mainstream acceptance Costin Alamariu's new book has become an Amazon bestseller

19 Sep 2023

Tucker Carlson’s Obama interview is a conspiracy too far The pundit's latest stunt goes beyond tabloid journalism

06 Sep 2023

‘Strike Force Five’ deserves to be boycotted The new podcast was a reminder of how monotonous late-night TV has become

31 Aug 2023

Vivek Ramaswamy is the Macbeth candidate

31 Aug 2023

Tucker asks Trump questions you won’t hear anywhere else From Jeffrey Epstein to civil war, the former Fox host covered all bases

24 Aug 2023

The cult of CrossFit

23 Aug 2023

Sam Harris has dumped the Intellectual Dark Web The heterodox thinker has been busy denouncing his former allies

11 Aug 2023

Jennifer Aniston falls victim to ‘like’ vigilantes The actress came under fire for liking a post by Jamie Foxx

08 Aug 2023

What we know about Donald Trump’s obscure legal charges The ex-president faces indictments previously brought against al-Qaeda

02 Aug 2023

Diet influencers are falling prey to their eating habits Two tragic incidents have thrown extreme diets back into the spotlight

01 Aug 2023

The arrogance of dismissing aliens

31 Jul 2023

Online Right and Ben Shapiro battle over the true meaning of Barbie Viewers are debating whether the film is woke or not

25 Jul 2023

Manchin’s No Labels party could backfire

24 Jul 2023

Veebs: now there’s an app for partisan shopping Assessing a brand's political values is not as new as it appears

19 Jul 2023

Could you beat Elon Musk in a fight?

18 Jul 2023

In defence of Twitter anons There may be downsides, but anonymity has given social media its energy

11 Jul 2023

Inside the mind of a monkey-torturer

30 Jun 2023

Elon Musk vs Mark Zuckerberg: a clash of the titans The battle of the billionaires is a throwback to ancient Greek times

23 Jun 2023

Andrew Tate’s downfall may be the end of the manosphere The industry is filled with conmen just like the former kickboxer

21 Jun 2023

The Unabomber never grew up

15 Jun 2023

Chris Pratt bucks Hollywood’s progressive trend His latest success proves conservative politics aren't a box office turn-off

06 Jun 2023

Why Ron DeSantis can’t meme

01 Jun 2023

Is Mark Zuckerberg secretly ‘based’? The Facebook founder’s hobbies suggest an embrace of Right-wing aesthetics

31 May 2023

The political dynasty America needs

26 May 2023

Elon Musk’s plan to turn Twitter into Fox remains a work in progress A record number tuned in for Ron DeSantis's glitch-heavy announcement

25 May 2023

The death of the momblogger

19 May 2023

Why the Republicans will stand by George Santos The GOP is willing to risk its integrity for the discredited politician

11 May 2023

Sports betting is worse than Oxycontin

09 May 2023

What the Left gets wrong about Jordan Neely’s death Liberals are ignoring the complexity of this case

05 May 2023

Andrew Tate is not OK The influencer's tweets have become increasingly erratic

02 May 2023

America is trapped in high school

28 Apr 2023

Where does Tucker Carlson go next? The ousted Fox News host has several options

26 Apr 2023

GPT-4 couldn’t resurrect my dad

20 Apr 2023

Elon Musk attacks Facebook for Democratic bias The CEO said money spent on 'get out the vote' campaigns was political

18 Apr 2023

The myth of Trump and pro wrestling

11 Apr 2023

Donald Trump needs to get his humour back It will be a key weapon for his 2024 run

05 Apr 2023

Adderall is not an identity

03 Apr 2023

Donald Trump’s presidential campaign just got started The recent indictment could be a boon for the former president

31 Mar 2023

Why I became a time lord

29 Mar 2023

The Nashville shooting will intensify America’s culture wars Both Left and Right were quick to pounce on the perpetrator's motives

28 Mar 2023

America is fighting the wrong university wars

23 Mar 2023

DEI has accelerated the rise of the race fraudster Vianne Timmons and Raquel Saraswati are the latest offenders

16 Mar 2023

The Ozempic class war has begun

08 Mar 2023

Can Biden shield America from its loony Left?

02 Mar 2023

Dilbert’s creator and the worrying return of racial separation Scott Adams told white Americans to stay away from black people

27 Feb 2023

Google’s Supreme Court case could disrupt the whole internet Big Tech may now be legally responsible for recommendation algorithms

24 Feb 2023