Katha Pollitt
American poet and essayist
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Oct 21, 2026
Massive GOP Spending Hasn’t Slowed the Coming Blue Wave; plus The Cornell Rape Case
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Jon WienerHOST
And what did she say had happened at that fraternity party? And why do we know so much about it now?

Katha PollittGUEST
She had had, I have to say, John, to me, an underplayed element in this story is the drinking and drugs aspect.

Katha PollittGUEST
She had had, I think it was 10, 9 or 10 units of alcohol before she arrived there.

Katha PollittGUEST
Now, I will tell you and all the millions listening out there, I don't think I've ever done that.
Massive GOP Spending Hasn’t Slowed the Coming Blue Wave; plus The Cornell Rape Case / Start Making Sense
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John WienerHOST
And what did she say had happened at that fraternity party? And why do we know so much about it now?

Katha PollittGUEST
She had had, I have to say, John, to me, an underplayed element in this story is the drinking and drugs aspect.

Katha PollittGUEST
She had had, I think it was 10, 9 or 10 units of alcohol before she arrived there.

Katha PollittGUEST
Now, I will tell you and all the millions listening out there, I don't think I've ever done that.
The Fantasy of “TradWives.”
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Katha PollittGUEST
Well, we don't really know about the internal life of, you know, the thoughts of Hannah Niedelman, but she does draw on her life in a way.

Katha PollittGUEST
How has she been raised? She's been raised in a small town by a very sugar and sweet on top, really bitter and hateful on the bottom woman.
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California's primary, and Maine's: Harold Meyerson; AI "Poetry": Katha Pollitt; George Harrison: Allan Kozinn
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John WienerHOST
It's what they found that is not wrong in some, couldn't be wrong because it's the publicity for your book.
Primary Elections from LA to Maine, plus AI "Poetry" / Start Making Sense
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Katha PollittGUEST
Um, and then, this was really disgusting, "Somewhere a judge is sharpening his pen like a scalpel, writing rulings that feel like fingers inside us." Ew, how disgusting.

Katha PollittGUEST
And you don't sharpen a pen, I mean, not since the 19th century, or a scal- you don't sharpen a scalpel.

Katha PollittGUEST
So then I tried Claude because that's, uh, the AI of the moment, and so [laughs] this is what they get.

Katha PollittGUEST
"Outside," we- it's the same thing, outs- out the window, outside, "the street does what streets do.
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Getting Ready to Fight Trump, & to Help Trump's Victims: John Nichols & Katha Pollitt; plus Hidden Wealth: Atossa Araxia Abrahamian
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John WienerHOST
But beyond Planned Parenthood, where are groups we can support that provide help to people who need abortions?

Katha PollittGUEST
One is the National Abortion Federation Rachel Falls Patient Assistance Fund.

Katha PollittGUEST
The National Abortion Federation is a large group of abortion providers, and this is their fund to give financial assistance to women and others who need abortions and can't afford them.

Katha PollittGUEST
Both Planned Parenthood and NAF have cut back on the amount they will give to individuals from, in the case of the National Abortion Federation, it was instead of $500, it's now $300.

Katha PollittGUEST
So if you give money to them, to this patient assistance fund, you're really helping.

John WienerHOST
Where are the groups that individuals can support that are truly independent and that are never going to submit to Trump's lies?
