Jake Pitre - Liberal Currents

Talarico (D) Is Just a Letter to Me Now

After folding on trans rights, James Talarico does not have my respect. Honestly, fuck him. And yet, Ken Paxton (R) must lose.

Silvaria Lysandra Zemaitis Sep 21, 2026

Weekly Roundup

Headwaters: September 14–20, 2026

Looking at what’s just behind us in preparation for the week ahead.

Jason Briggeman Sep 20, 2026

Neon Liberalism

Let's Impeach Pete Hegseth (Neon Liberalism #91, with Keira Havens)

Regaining a sense of ourselves as constitutional actors.

Samantha Hancox-Li, Keira Havens Sep 20, 2026

Jake Pitre has a PhD in Film and Moving Image Studies from Concordia University in Montreal, where he lives. His writing has appeared in The Atlantic, The Globe and Mail, Fast Company, and elsewhere.

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Welcome to Gilded Age 2.0

Larry Ellison's growing influence in tech, media, and politics embodies our new age of oligarchic control.

Jake Pitre Jun 26, 2026

Gambling on War

An insider made hundreds of thousands betting just before Maduro was kidnapped. This kind of behavior is becoming normalized.

Jake Pitre Mar 13, 2026