Blocked and Reported

This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie head to Madison, Wisconsin, where a fatal police shooting in July sparked a protest encampment in the vein of CHOP/CHAZ. You will be shocked to learn that the protest zone quickly turned into a homeless camp, complete with a needle exchange. Plus, Jesse’s old beef is new again.

How CBS News’ Middle East …

This week on Blocked and Reported, Katie is joined by Brad Polumbo to discuss a revelatory panel on fat liberation held at Harvard Medical School, featuring New York Times contributor Roxane Gay, fat activist Ragen Chastain, and Da’Shaun Harrison, the socialist commentator who recently went viral for arguing that GLP-1s are “fascistic.” Plus, for Primos, Brad answers your questions.

Brad vs Everyone

Normal Gays

Roxane Gay calls to free Luigi Mangione at Harvard Med School event | Fox News

This week on Blocked and Reported, Katie is joined by Brad Polumbo to discuss a revelatory panel on fat liberation held at Harvard Medical School, featuring New York Times contributor Roxane Gay, fat activist Ragen Chastain, and Da’Shaun Harrison, the socialist commentator who recently went viral for arguing that GLP-1s are “fascistic.” Plus, for Primos, Brad answers your questions.

Brad vs Everyone

Normal Gays

Roxane Gay calls to free Luigi Mangione at Harvard Med School event | Fox News

Jesse’s 70-minute conversation with the man who uncovered* James Talarico’s hidey hole in an Ohio psych ward. Note: Listen to the episode first!

*Did not uncover

This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie break down the viral rumor that Texas Senate candidate James Talarico was secretly being treated at an Ohio psychiatric hospital. Featuring: attempted HIPAA violations, deeply amateur flight tracking, Jesse’s adventures in X Space…

This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie go to Baltimore, Maryland, where the Baltimore Rock Opera Society fired its brand-new executive director following objections to her Burning Man cornrows. This one features a bizarre, never-before-reported internal memo that lays out exactly what happened. Then, Mattress Girl revisited, and the surprising trajectory of Emma Sulkowicz.

Baltimore Rock Opera Society

Backstage as Baltimore Rock Opera Society prepares its latest: “Valhella”—Baltimore Brew

Baltimore Rock Opera Society 990 filings—ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer

After cornrows controversy, Baltimore Rock Opera Society’s new leader is out—The Baltimore Banner

Baltimore Rock Opera Society leader defends Burning Man cornrows that she says got her fired—The Baltimore Banner

Accusers and the Accused, Crossing Paths at Columbia University—The New York Times

Columbia Student: I Didn’t Rape Her—The Daily Beast

How to Make an Accused Rapist Look Good—Jezebel

Emma Sulkowicz’s annotated Facebook messages—Scribd

Nungesser v. Columbia University complaint

Columbia Settles With Student Cast as a Rapist in Mattress Art Project—The New York Times

Discredited, the Legend of Mattress Girl Just Won’t Go Away—Reason

Allegedly False Rape Accusations as Sexual Harassment for Title IX Purposes—The Volokh Conspiracy

In Landmark Case, Jury Says Falsely Accused Males Are Victims Of Sexual Harassment—The Daily Wire

‘Mattress Girl’ Emma Sulkowicz Walked Into a Libertarian Happy Hour. No, This Is Not a Joke.—Reason

Did Emma Sulkowicz Get Redpilled?—The Cut

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This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie discuss a former Cornell student’s claims that seven fraternity brothers drugged and raped her in 2024. Plus: Nkechi Diallo (née Rachel Dolezal) weighs in on the latest race faker, a Philadelphia teacher who is definitely not Palestinian.

Two Drinks with . . . Rachel Dolezal—The Free Press

A Philadelphia teacher pretended to be Black and Palestinian, ‘a betrayal’ of the activists she supported—The Philadelphia Inquirer

Philadelphia teacher and activist admits to lying about race, heritage—6abc Philadelphia

Jane Doe v. Cornell University et al. (complaint)—NYSCEF

The ‘Cornell 7’ Have Not Been Proven Guilty—The Free Press

New video of text chain from night of alleged Cornell gang rape—CBS News New York

How a Cornell student went from shame to seeking justice—The New York Times

District Attorney Public Statement, Sept. 28, 2026—Tompkins County District Attorney’s Office

Jane Doe in Cornell University case told campus police, “I can say with 100% confidence I was raped,” transcript shows—CBS News New York

Feminist Campus Kangaroo Court Nets Female ‘Rapist’—Cathy Young, Medium

Men Accused in Cornell Sex Assault Suit Give Varying Accounts of Night—The New York Times

New text messages from days after alleged gang rape at Cornell University—CBS News New York

The Institutional Failure at the Heart of the Cornell Rape Case—Calm Down with Ben Dreyfuss

This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie dig into a new report claiming that trans journalist and influencer Erin Reed has spent years passing off error-riddled, AI-generated text as her own reporting. Plus: Nikole Hannah-Jones revisits her decision to send her daughter to a struggling public school.

In Fighting for Every Blac…

This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie discuss the extremely viral Boston Globe story on the Last Ditch, our favorite long-Covid lesbian bar in Greenfield, Mass., and what came after. Plus, Cambridge decides not to investigate itself after all.

Cambridge Drops Plans to Fully Investigate Jason Arda…

This week on Blocked and Reported, Katie is joined by Blue City Blues co-hosts David Hyde and Sandeep Kaushik to discuss what the hell is going on in America’s most progressive major city. Featuring: drugs, homelessness, performative social justice, the tech-money “prosperity bomb,” a socialist mayor, a housing crisis, CHOP/CHAZ, Robin DiAngelo, Chris Rufo, and an equity agenda that hobbled Seattle Public Schools.

Blue City Blues

Seattle Nice

The Cities That Said Yes to Drugs - The Atlantic

Will the Crazies Kill Seattle? - County Highway

The Battle Over Seattle Public School’s Gifted Progams Heats Up

Seattle School Board Takes Steps to Dismantle Gifted Program