Bylines with backbone

The people asking the follow-up.

Meet the writers behind This Might Sting: independent voices for middle-of-the-road voters who want the full context.

Editor in chief & staff writer

The Riz

Birthed by carnies and served his sentence at a catholic University, Rizz has the mouth of a sailor and hatred for autocorrect.

Associate writer

Alex Reyes covers infrastructure, accountability, and the government failures that don't make headlines until the water stops running.

Associate writer

Alyssa G covers the fault lines where law, culture, and public opinion collide — with the receipts to back it up.

Contributing writer

A lifelong conservative and former RNC delegate writing from the place where party loyalty ends and principle begins.

Contributing writer

CALhoolie writes on managed democracy, surveillance, and the machinery of control — from Sheldon Wolin to Philip K. Dick and the psy-op in between.