Jon Schwarz

Before joining First Look Media, Jon Schwarz worked for Michael Moore’s Dog Eat Dog Films and was a research producer for Moore’s “Capitalism: A Love Story.”

He’s contributed to many publications, including the New Yorker, the New York Times, The Atlantic, the Wall Street Journal, Mother Jones, and Slate, as well as NPR and “Saturday Night Live.”

In 2003, he collected on a $1,000 bet that Iraq would have no weapons of mass destruction.

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Bloomberg Spent a Decade Demanding Cuts to Social Security. His Campaign Plan Doesn’t Rule Them Out.

Jon Schwarz — Feb. 20

Mike Bloomberg’s Social Security proposal leaves the door open to benefit cuts for some beneficiaries — just as Bloomberg has advocated for years.

What the El Mozote Massacre Can Teach Us About Trump’s War on the Press

Jon Schwarz — Jan. 28

This week’s final, complete confirmation of the El Mozote massacre 38 years ago holds critical lessons about the Trumpist war on the media today.

Targeting IranKey Architect of 2003 Iraq War Is Now a Key Architect of Trump Iran Policy

Jon Schwarz — Jan. 16

The continued self-confidence of neocons like David Wurmser is odd given how all their beliefs were proven disastrously wrong in Iraq.

Goodbye to William Greider, a Great American Democrat

Jon Schwarz — Jan. 1

Thomas Jefferson said all people were divided into two parties: aristocrats, who want to hold all power themselves, and democrats, who believe in regular human beings.

Michael Bloomberg’s Blatant Lies About Terrorism Show That He’s a Mainstream Politician

Jon Schwarz — December 26 2019

His response to the attempted 2010 Times Square attack shows that Michael Bloomberg harbors the same illusions about terrorism as other politicians.

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