This story has already developed into two distinct lines of inquiry. One pertains to the individual who appears to have posted the threat, the other to bizarre developments I unearthed when I looked closer at the article which provoked his outburst.
To reduce any confusion, I am separating these stories into two separate developing blog posts. This one will concentrate on Mr. Manson, the other will consolidate everything I’ve discovered about unelected.org. When I have further updates for either post, I will post them at the top for your convenience. Stay tuned. – Allan
UPDATE 3
Jules Manson’s Facebook page features a status update describing his visit from Secret Service agents; Manson resumes being a putz.
Manson then resumes being a putz by posting random annoying stuff about race, movies, marijuana and FREEDUMB, including this “announcement” as a candidate for the California Senate.
Har-dee-har. Your fifteen minutes are up.
UPDATE 2
Since this story was initially posted and updated, Mr. Manson responded via Facebook to the Examiner.com story about his threats to President Obama and his children, which then posted to his Facebook page.
For a time, the Examiner.com story was down, causing some to wonder about its legitimacy. We’ve written in the past about the trustworthiness of content on that site, which publishes the contributions of “citizen journalists” who are compensated by the click for their work. Since then, it has been reinstated to the site and can be reached via this link, and I have taken a screenshot for future reference.
You’ll note that the Examiner.com author Michael Stone has revised his title and opening sentences of his post to downplay the Tea Party linkage.
Mr. Manson’s Facebook page remains locked, and while others have attempted to gain access to it by “subscribing” to his page, no new subscription requests have been approved by him, so I remain unable to personally verify the content of the screenshots included in this post below. They were taken from the examiner.com post as well.
The NDAA made him do it.
Jules Manson of Carson, California, an unsuccessful recent candidate for their city council, posted a rant on his Facebook page motivated by the passage of the NDAA. He shared a link to an article on the website unelected.org entitled, Goodbye Bill of Rights, Obama Signs NDAA, by Josh Harkinson, who also writes for Mother Jones. [See UPDATE BELOW] This article opens:
To no one’s surprise, President Obama signed the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) last night immediately after the House of Representatives passed it on a vote of 283-136. This deplorable act of treason only serves to cement the fact that Obama is a serial liar who has no respect for the basic rights of American citizens.
The first problem with this article is that it is WRONG because the President has not yet actually signed the legislation. Beyond that, the article proceeds to list every claim that has been made about any version of the NDAA without clarifying how it was revised during the legislative process, and concludes
Consider this, President Truman vetoed an indefinite detention bill when the largest threat to the national defense of the United States had an arsenal of thousands of nuclear weapons and when domestic spies were rampant. Now, the major threat to our national security emanates from third world countries with enemies living in caves, who have countlessly failed, not because of the PATRIOT Act, but because of their own incompetence. The NDAA is an abomination that is more of a threat to our freedom and our rights than any foreign terrorist ever was.
On Facebook, Manson wrote the following while sharing the article:
If the government is allowed to use force on us while it erodes our constitutional protections, it MUST be countered with assassinations onto them and their children, and onto all others in uniform who directly protect the state. This is because such pyschopaths cannot be reasoned with. They are actually protecting their privileged positions in society, not our rights or security. We must demonstrate that such treason will become too expensive for them to support. This is the only way.
We do have the power. We just need to exercise it and drop our political correct beliefs. For example, if ever serving on a jury for anyone charged with a crime against any elected or appointed government employee or any board member of any finance corporation, we must always protect such patriots despite the evidence. Always vote “not guilty” for these heroes.
Political correct beliefs of “not stooping to their level” are not instilled into us to make us moral human beings. They are indoctrinated for the protection of those who betray us. Turn the other cheek? Fuck that!
This is dedicated to [name redacted] who still believes in that monkey.
Then, in the comments to the post, and just in case his original posting was unclear, Manson weighed in with the following words:
Assassinate the fucken nigger and his monkey children.
Screenshot and more information below.
Initial reporting on this story from the Examiner.com, which was in turn picked up by Alan Colmes LiberalLand, indicates that the offending post was taken down by Manson after being bombarded by comments, then followed by another post where he argued that using the word “nigger” does not make him a racist. (Manson’s Facebook page is still active, however, he has made its content private so I’m not able to confirm this.)
It’s important to note that this initial reporting described Manson as a Tea Party candidate. However, on the website Manson set up for his failed run for city council, he self-identifies as a member of the Libertarian Party. Searching his site, I find no mention of the Tea Party, though he describes himself as a constitutional conservative who abhors public sector unions. In one article on his site, Manson writes some pretty common Libertarian boilerplate, to wit:
I have become disillusioned with all levels of government because it continues to betray our trust. I am no longer trusting of government. It is enslaving our labor through a fiat monetary system and a central bank (Federal Reserve). It auctions our representation to the highest bidders who then turn around and pirate our wealth through taxation and control over business cycles. It perpetuates wars of aggression throughout the world for the benefit of the corporations and finance institutions, and puts the cost in dollars onto the taxpayers, and the cost in lives onto our sons and daughters.
On his YouTube channel, I do not find Tea Party content or rhetoric, rather a toxic stew of rants about the New World Order, the New American Century, WTC conspiracy, Osama bin Laden bios, Alex Jones PrisonPlanet tripe, and the like.
I also want to make it clear that I have not yet found any specific information posted by Manson that endorses or supports Ron Paul for President. I can only say that his worldview and rhetoric are extremely consistent with that of Ron Paul.
His candidacy was endorsed by the California Election Forum, an organization headed by Craig Huey that intends “to help Evangelical Christians vote their values”.
Why am I making the effort to describe the nexus between Josh Harkinson’s erroneous article on the signing of the NDAA and Manson’s assassination threat against the President and his children? Precisely because we at ABLC have been documenting the overheated rhetoric and doomsday reporting about the NDAA, and calling attention to the way memes are being introduced into the popular narrative that are not supported by the actual content of the legislation.
We here at ABLC have a deep interest in seeing to it that our media provide the public with factual, analytical and contextually appropriate information about the workings of government, so that citizens can be well-informed and ready to make reasonable demands of their elected officials. We don’t believe that inducing panic into the populace leads to good decision-making, and Mr. Manson’s trajectory from failed candidate to assassination advocate is an extreme example of the kind of over-reaction this kind of inflammatory writing can evoke.
I have reached out to Mr. Harkinson, the author of the NDAA article in question, for his comment and feedback, and will update this post as I can with more information.
UPDATE 1: Josh Harkinson has replied to me via Twitter, and I am attempting to get more details from him, but he denies being the author of the post at unelected.org and is furious that his name is being used there. I thank him for responding, and would like to assist him in getting this blot off his reputation.
I have also reached out to James Kirchick, who is listed as the Founder and Editor in Chief of unelected.org to confirm whether he is actually involved in that site’s publication. This is getting seriously twisted the more I look.
Here are screenshots from the unelected.org site’s About section:
Kirchick, it should be noted, wrote a scathing article about Ron Paul for The New Republic back in 2008, so the idea that he would have created and founded a website devoted to “Ending the Fed” just a year earlier seems preposterous on its face. And Harkinson says he’s never written for this site.
Meanwhile, unelected.org is further inciting readers around the passage of the NDAA. Yet another recent post there offers up a file containing the home addresses and telephone numbers of members of Congress who voted for the NDAA. There is no legitimate reason to publish such information when all members of Congress are easily contacted via their DC and district offices, unless you want someone out there in the internet to take it upon themselves to dispense a little retribution. And as of this writing, this article has been shared 224 times on Facebook.
Obviously, I have stumbled across something much bigger than just a single wacko making threats against our President and his children. I will continue to work this story and either update this post or add new posts here at ABLC as I learn more. Stay tuned.
“We here at ABLC have a deep interest in seeing to it that our media provide the public with factual, analytical and contextually appropriate information about the workings of government, so that citizens can be well-informed and ready to make reasonable demands of their elected officials. ”
So hard, when so many – republican, libertarian, and “progressive” – simply don’t CARE what’s true and what’s not, and their ONLY interest is in stoking Obama Outrage.
A worthy task to set for oneself, but hard. :)
“Progressive” should be ashamed. But they want me because they live in the magic bubble where their whining and moaning and bitching, Oh Lawd, leads to forward movement but then they don’t want to take credit of when they have been wrong or their rhetoric is the basis for bs like this…standing as far away as I can from the phony fauxgressives and the tea party, I can’t tell them apart. Of course, that will hurt their fee-fees.
Bunch a racist the lot of them and no one can tell me differently.
Wow. Obviously the repugnant shit Manson said is the worst part of this, and I somehow still manage to be stunned with the complete lack not just of humanity but also just fucking common sense among these kinds of people.
But…I’m also honestly stunned by that piece from Josh. I used to work at Mother Jones and he never struck me as the kind of person who would write a piece like that, and it doesn’t even read in a technical sense like his usual writing…unless, that is, the editors at MJ were shoveling major shit to make his pieces for the website and magazine way better and less crazy than they actually were?? I mean…my jaw actually dropped reading it because it just seems so not like the man I knew (admittedly we weren’t best buds or anything, but I worked there for 3.5 years with him…). Plus, it’s also odd that he doesn’t link to that piece on his Twitter feed or even have any mentions at all of the NDAA. He’s been in NY covering OWS for days…I’m not necessarily saying IT’S A CONSPIRACY because like I said, I’m not his best friend, just that it all strikes me as so odd…
I really hope he gets back to you and at least confirms the piece is his, so I can reassess my view of him. He was the quietest, most milque-toast seeming dude in the office…so so confusing…
That’s part of what I’m trying to puzzle out. This site, unelected.org, is run by James Kirchick, and Josh is credited as the author of the piece. Could someone else have written it and published it under his byline? Stay tuned…
That’s certainly possible, but what an odd thing to do! The line in his bio about being “a Jew who loves Israel” is also very strange…he never voiced any strong pro-Israel stuff that I heard, and as far as I knew specifically seemed to be in the typical lefty American Jew camp of being somewhat critical of Israel’s policies and frustrated with them (same as me, basically…). But again, that’s based on somewhat minimal contact…
But sheesh…
Kirckick has been a pro-Israeli fanatic since late in high school. It shows up in some of his writings at Yale, but pretty quickly submerged (mostly) once he graduated. I’m acquainted with him professionally, so I can vouch for his hatred of Ron Paul and anyone who advocates a change in U.S. foreign policy that doesn’t include continuing to treat Israel as America’s top priority. I will not however say any of this on record. I have to deal with guy and he is half nuts as it is. You can take this with a grain of salt as I am not signing it.
Hypothesis: You knew Josh #BeforeThereWereBlackPresidents ?
Many things have come to light since then, to the surprise of some. :)
You ain’t neva lied! Before there was a black president people actually wanted the Iraq War to end. Now, they barely notice it is over and then will find any and every little thing to nitpick about the pull-out, the presence, it ain’t really over…the insanity on this day is way too much for me.
Calgon…
:) Looking like the hypothesis doesn’t fit in this case. C’est la vie.
too bad he cannot be arrested as a terrorist.
I really, really hope the Secret Service is on this guy….I mean, that will confirm his paranoia, but who cares.
It always makes me nauseous to see such outright racism directed at Sasha and Malia, who are just innocent little girls. I love President Obama and Michelle, but I can understand where racist bullshit vitriol directed at them comes from. The girls, though…appalling.
This is damn sick! I hope the Secret Service are all over this guy. None of this is surprising, since the racists on both right and left have become more and more ugly and public with their views. Aiming this at two innocent children is just way over the top. I hope Karma bites this guy hard!
Would I be correct in assuming that you believe it’s wrong for people to condemn all Muslims because of the actions of a handful of fringe radicals? If so, aren’t you guilty of the same false logic in this article with respect to libertarians? I think it’s always a good thing to debate the merits and shortcomings of various political philosophies, but this attempt to discredit all libertarians by finding one nutjob who self-identifies as libertarian is intellectually lazy. It was wrong when the Right did it by tying Obama to Jeremiah Wright and Bill Ayers and it’s equally wrong when you do it here.
(And for the record, while I can’t speak for all libertarians, I find Mr. Manson’s comments repugnant. I also find them to be antithetical to my understanding of libertarianism–a philosophy whose respect for life is reflected in its anti-death penalty, anti-war, anti-drug war and pro-civil liberties platforms.)
I am attempting to correct the record about this individual, who was portrayed in other media as a Tea Party member, but he calls himself a Libertarian and doesn’t refer to the Tea Party at all. Them’s the facts. I don’t enjoy it when a Democrat does something bad either, because it reflects badly on my party. So I would expect sane, responsible Libertarians to want to renounce him. Now you have the info you need.
Racism: It Ain’t Just For Right Wingers
I wasn’t aware that Manson is a right-winger.
Oh, I see, you’re implying that all liberal Obama critics are racist as well.
While it is true that the left has a lot of unexamined/unspoken racist bullshit to deal with, “sovereign citizens” and/or libertarians tend not to be left-wing.
The Examiner link now goes to an error message, which makes me think shit got entirely real for this guy this morning. I’m grateful that this guy was as public as he was with his sick ravings, so that the humorless folks in the black suits could jump on him right away.
Okay, whew – I am so glad to see that response from Josh (and his other tweets). I thought I was taking crazy pills!! I kept thinking “There is no WAY this is the same meek, quiet, unassuming sweater-wearing dude from the SF office.” I wonder what on Earth made Manson choose Josh of all people! What a wackaloon…
Did you notice that the person that site claims to be its founder/managing editor is James Kirchick, who wrote a serious takedown of Ron Paul. I’m wondering if Josh wrote something that angered the Paulbots and this is some kind of revenge ratfucking…
Oh lordy, I would not put it past them!
So much for the comment on “…sane, responsible Libertarians” above.
Are there even three? Really? Because to me they use the less-government smokescreen to advocate for all sorts of madness, from their (and Paul’s) blatant racism to wanting to rid us of such nightmarish monstrosities as air traffic control, clean air and water, and medications that do what they say and don’t kill people.
Those who claim to be Libertarian are either incredibly naive or bald-faced liars about those ugly truths.
Sociopaths, the lot of them.
I’m blown over. WOW.
Last time I looked, unelected.org was still linking to the list of Congressional home addresses / phone numbers. *That’s* the story here, don’t you think? That’s what gets law enforcement and courts into the mix, right? Keep up the good work, Allan!
Thanks, and I agree. So I’ve made this into two posts. The new one focuses on the website in question and its inflammatory content.
If it looks and sounds like ratfucking, we are allowed to call it copulating rattus norvegicus. It seems to me that they are hoping to smear a liberal journalist and an insufficiently mentally blocked libertarian.
Disturbing story and I’m glad you’re on it, Allan.
First of all, this Frankenstein looking ass fucker needs to get a visit from the Secret Service, taken to some undisclosed location, beaten the crap out of and dropped back home handcuffed and naked as a warning for the rest of the trash.
Kill the man, call him a monkey and kill his kids, how much hate is in your heart?
And havent we’ve proved the NDAA does not have indefinite detention in it, but these fools are calling the progressive talk shows spreading the damn lie, its galling, only Joe Madison so far spoke about this fucker, I expect Rev Al to speak on it as well at least
So to fight the new NDAA law supposedly intruding in your private space and could possible lock you in GITMO till Jesus calls us home in the name of fighting terrorism, you call the first Black President and his children monkeys and threaten to kill him online? Yeah, so I fight an anti-terrorism bill for lack merits and invading people’s
privacy………..my committing an act on terrorism online. Yeah, this guy is not the sharpest pencil in the box.
Unelected.org site now says original article was posted by Thomas Paine. I don’t see Harkinson’s name on the article anywhere.
They cleaned it up after this dumb fucker used it for his racist screed, and the man whose good name they used got pissed they’re using his name for some shit he didnt write
An entire circle of fuckery
Thomas Paine?! Really? They must really be special to be able to drag one of our founding fathers out of the grave after 202 years to write this article. Supposedly. Poor TP is probably spinning in his grave.
And legally speaking, what possible penalities could this unelected.org (and those behind it) face for falsely claiming that Harkinson (and possibly Kirchick) are involved in the site if they are not?
Earlier they had posts credited to Noam Chomsky but have changed them to Benjamin Franklin. Alas I don’t know how to screencap so I hope someone got those before the changes. Oh and there’s still one credited to the ACLU.
My hat’s off to you, Allan. Keep it up.
Sorry but anyone who threatens my kids won’t have the benefit of getting pulled by LE. He should be found face down in a lake with a gut full of Xanax and Stoli (hint hint)
I’m betting the Harkinson smear on that site has something to do with these:
http://motherjones.com/mojo/2011/05/extreme-ron-paul-president-2012
http://motherjones.com/politics/2011/07/ron-paul-texas-federal-spending-pork
Thanks for callling those to my attention. The next time I update the post about the unelected.org website, I’ll incorporate those.
Click link to view
“Jules Manson” posted the following at the Ayn Rand F.B. page. This would be a declaration that the person is a Sovereign Citizen. Any connection between the various posters using Jules Manson is yet to be determined.
Jules Manson
MY DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE TO ALL NATIONS v3.0
I the Person…
being of good health and sound mind declare myself an independent sovereign entity with all the inalienable individual rights accorded to all human beings by their creator. I am no longer obligated to the social contract. From this point forward, I cease being the liability, serf, or property of any government, nation, corporation, church, god or any other similar illegitimate or involuntary institution, entity, or ideology.
Therefore, I have become a world occupant restricted by no involuntary borders, loyalties, liabilities, collectivism, religion; or ethnic or national identity. I am only bound by the equal individual rights of all humanity and as one of many responsible custodians of our mothership and all her beautiful beasts.
I will continue to be a very peaceful and productive yet outspoken member of any community that I inhabit. The entire product of my honestly earned labor has but one and only one owner — my person. I shall not be limited nor prohibited by any level of government or any other institution to acquire employment anywhere that I am qualified to do so in a voluntary two-way agreement between myself and potential employer. Such acts will be viewed as discrimination with extreme prejudice and therefore a violation of my rights as a human being.
I also accept full personal responsibility for all of my actions which only and only if, directly encroach upon the individual rights of others. Any illegal offenses that I might commit that result in no or intended direct harm or danger to life or property of others, shall be viewed as victimless and therefore no penance or penalty for a crime or infraction shall be imposed. Nor shall such violations of law be recorded in any records held by the state or any other institution.
My obligations exist only for those peaceful voluntary transactions that were conducted without coercion. However, any further demands or threats upon me by the state or any other collectivist entity outside of this shall be interpreted as foreign aggression and therefore an act of war or a crime against humanity.
Jules Manson
(sovereign citizen of the world)
Note: inspired by both Stefan Molyneux (anarchist) and Ayn Rand (libertarian).
Embedded video at the comment is Ayn Rand – Racism.
Thanks for the tip, I have screen-capped his post there.
Here are some more F.B posts to grab. Even more interesting if it is the same person, which I think it is. Notice the avatars used.
first link
“Jules Manson
“” Meg Whitman lost my vote as well. I am a Libertarian and strict Consitutionalist. Although I do not in the least bit support Jerry Brown’s views at least you know what you are getting when you vote for him. I am giving Jerry Brown my vote in protest over Whitman. With Meg Whitman I feel like I am getting another Arnold Schwarzeneggar – a bold two-face lying politician who drops his pants for the public sector unions. By the way, I too was born in Mexico and emigrated here legally (green card and passport) and I am now an American citizen. I really do not know why Ms. Whitman panders to the illegal aliens. As an Mexican born American citizen I find it very offensive.
· · July 25, 2010 at 1:32pm”
and second link
” Jules Manson
I was born in Mexico and emigrated to America with my mother and one brother, legally, with a passport and permanent visa (also known as a green card). I am an American citizen and I want to say without any ambiguity that I am 100% against illegal immigration and anchor babies. All should be sent back nude to mexico. Lets clean up our country and California of the burden that is breaking its back and leaving us without a spine. Enough is enough.
May 4, 2010 at 1:08am”
Sorry for posting bad links. The posts can still be viewed in google cache temporarily. First link.
http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:nhVkTEHxXWUJ:www.facebook.com/apps/application.php%3Fid%3D112333078789929%26v%3Dapp_6261817190+jules+manson+site:http://www.facebook.com&cd=4&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us&client=firefox-a
“Jules Manson
“Meg Whitman lost my vote as well. I am a Libertarian and strict Consitutionalist. Although I do not in the least bit support Jerry Brown’s views at least you know what you are getting when you vote for him. I am giving Jerry Brown my vote in protest over Whitman. With Meg Whitman I feel like I am getting another Arnold Schwarzeneggar – a bold two-face lying politician who drops his pants for the public sector unions. By the way, I too was born in Mexico and emigrated here legally (green card and passport) and I am now an American citizen. I really do not know why Ms. Whitman panders to the illegal aliens. As an Mexican born American citizen I find it very offensive.
· · July 25, 2010 at 1:32pm””
Here is the second link.
http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:HZwYffqU8n8J:www.facebook.com/permalink.php%3Fstory_fbid%3D119406338085953%26id%3D141276750664+“jules+manson”+”mexico”"legal”+”green+card”&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us&client=firefox-a
“Jules Manson
I was born in Mexico and emigrated to America with my mother and one brother, legally, with a passport and permanent visa (also known as a green card). I am an American citizen and I want to say without any ambiguity that I am 100% against illegal immigration and anchor babies. All should be sent back nude to mexico. Lets clean up our country and California of the burden that is breaking its back and leaving us without a spine. Enough is enough.
May 4, 2010 at 1:08am”
View a screed “Jules Manson” posted titled “How A???i?a is Evolving into a Fascist State.” Note in particular the photo which is discussed in comments. It is still present as of now. “Jules Manson” may regret having posted it. Apparently he thought it was a good idea when he posted it. The “Jules Manson” posting and commenting there discusses running for office.
commenter states:
“I don’t expect you to remove the picture, just stating that I don’t like it. I think it is a complete abomination. To compare Obama to Hitler is like comparing Jimmy Carter to Stalin. Just seems a little silly.”
“Jules Manson” responds: “I’ll consider changing it but only because it may discredit my message.”
The picture being discussed is a photoshop of President Obama as Hitler. Original image of this picture.
Sorry, used the wrong link. View the President Obama as Hitler posting by “Jules Manson” here in the google cache while it lasts.
How A???i?a is Evolving into a Fascist State. Scroll down to see the image. Get a screen grab now if you want it.
One more time.
http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:8u0RZnMZ1hgJ:zh-cn.connect.facebook.com/notes/jules-manson/how-a???i?a-is-evolving-into-a-fascist-state/162065953812152+”how+amerika+is+evolving+into+a+fascist+state&cd=2&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us&client=firefox-a
disgusting man he ought to be accidentally left in the woods and be served for scavangers to eat and vomit later
I think Jules Manson is a racist scumbag and he deserves whatever legal action that’s coming to him, but I fail to see how any and all criticism of Obama falls in the same category as Manson’s rant.
Nobody’s telling you have to stop criticizing Obama. I know you love it because you’re smart and special and have a lot of integrity. So keep your hands on that pecker and continue to choke the shit out of it.
Well personally, I fail to see why one would feel the need to state that any and all criticism of Obama does not fall in the same category as Manson’s rant, when nobody’s talking about criticism to President Obama; they are talking about the “sovereign citizen” who thinks that we should kill President Obama and his children.
Unless, you know, one thinks their criticism of Obama is, at it’s core, focused on his race. Or unless, you know, one is a ratfucker.
But that’s just me.
Did you read his “announcement” that he’s running for the California State Senate as a Democrat? Not only is he a racist, he also can’t write decent satire! ;-)
Seems the Secret Service paid this prick a visit recently
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/jules-manson-secret-service-agents-home-posted-anti-obama-rant-article-1.994443#ixzz1h6oQdtJk
Hello, Allan,
I appreciate both your integrity and diligence in your pursuit of this fellow’s history and actions. He’s made a rather despicable mistake, but others are making a different sort of a mistake trying to use him to further political goals. You’ve resisted that, and I salute you.
One additional odd bit: You noted that he was supported by a group aimed “to help Evangelical Christians vote their values.”
And yet, he was not just an atheist, he was (judging by his writings at SupportAtheism.org and the Facebook Atheist page) quite militant about it. His most recent post at SupportAtheism.org is a collection of anti-Christian videos focusing on and celebrating Stefan Molyneux:
http://www.supportatheism.com/2011/videos/stefan-molyneux/
He also declared on his website that he never took a dollar from anyone for support, so this (moral?) support from the evangelical group would have been both non-financial and, well, non-sensical. Very strange, many aspects of this case.
Thanks again for your work on it — and for playing straight with what you found.
As for his current Democrat status, it’s hard to say. His website indicates that he’s been a member of both political parties in the past. And that he voted for Jerry Brown, though not happy about it. Perhaps this is not entirely satire.
As an aside, the Kirchick “About” page using the phrase “social injustice” seems unlikely indeed for something headed up by a staunch conservative. Not to mention the unlikeliness of the combination of writers. Part of it you’ve already seen is false. Maybe all of the people supposedly in charge at that site are “unelected.”
===|==============/ Keith DeHavelle