Welcome to Xplisset Voice of America (Start Here)
Actual publish date 11-28-2025
If you landed here because of the Washington Post–Heather Cox Richardson mess, welcome. Or if you landed here because of the Nate Silver vs. Heather Cox Richardson controversy, welcome too. This is not a fan site, but I am a fan of people whose work gets erased while their face sells someone else’s clicks. That one post didn’t just go viral. It turned XVOA into a real platform, fast.
Before anything else: thank you to the folks who were here early. You opened, read, shared, commented, upgraded, and pulled new people into the room. Substack is amplifying XVOA now because you proved there was something here worth amplifying. That reader-funded surge is also why I’m now doing this full time.
Quick intro. I’m Xavier “Xplisset” Plisset: retired cop, Black progressive, Jungian-obsessed history nerd, former podcaster, and current Substack Bestseller who still checks Stripe like it’s a prank. I write from the place where race, law, empire, AI, sex, and music all crash into each other and then pretend they’re not related. Xplisset Voice of America is my attempt to put those pieces back into one story instead of fifty disjointed headlines.
What actually happens here:
Blackout Briefs: short dispatches on the stories they hope you miss.
Spin Spectrum Dailies: how different outlets bend the same event, what that spin does to your nervous system, and why it matters that Fox, WaPo, and the “respectable” center lie in different keys.
In-depth essays: blues-soaked, historically grounded, Jungian-tinged dives that connect Reconstruction to Trump, Epstein to AI, Obama to the algorithm.
Occasional live broadcasts, breakdowns, and audio as this grows from newsletter into a full broadcast platform.
A new lane is now open: Author’s Room.
This is where I build my books in public. War After War is the primary project right now, and yes, you Heatherites are going to love the historical settings in this novel. In Author’s Room you’ll get excerpt drops, character framing, research notes, and behind-the-scenes dispatches as I write the novel in real time.
XVOA is unapologetically Black and progressive, and inclusive of anyone who shows up in good faith. I center Black experience because that’s the only way America’s story makes sense. Everybody else is welcome at the table. You’ll see me defend Dr. Richardson one day and turn around the next day and talk about a Black columnist like Karen Attiah whose sidelining never made the front page. Same machine, different targets.
A word about money.
The full essays stay free so people on fixed incomes don’t have to choose between groceries and yet another subscription. Paid doesn’t unlock some velvet-rope vault. It buys time. Time to read court filings, chase footnotes, make charts, pull curtains back, and fund deeper investigations. Paid support is also how I’ll bring other people into this work over time.
Start here. Pick your lane:
Lane 1: You came for the WaPo/HCR piece
Read the original HCR/WaPo essay that set this all off.
Then read one Spin Spectrum Daily so you see the method, not just the moment.
Then pick one long essay from the archive that matches your obsession: media, money, AI, history.
Lane 2: You came for history and War After War
Read the first War After War excerpt or Author’s Room dispatch.
Then read the Ebenezer Creek thread. That’s the spine of the myth.
Then circle back to one big Reconstruction-era essay so you see how the reporting and the fiction feed each other.
Lane 3: You want the full instrument
Read one Blackout Brief, one Spin Spectrum Daily, and one in-depth essay. You’ll get the whole map in one sitting.
If you find yourself nodding along thinking, I’ve felt this, I just didn’t have the words, hit subscribe.
If you already know you want this to keep going:
Go paid to fund the investigations and keep the essays free for readers on fixed incomes.
Or join Author’s Room if you want the War After War build in real time.
You’ll see me in other people’s comment sections from time to time. Heather. Reich. Meidas. Smaller writers too. I still believe in being a reader first. But this is home base. This is where we track the collapse and whatever comes after, without corporate spin, party-line sedation, or billionaire ownership.
If nobody’s coming to save us, then the least we can do is see the play clearly and tell the truth out loud. Pull up a chair.
You made this happen Xavier, we just cheered you on and told our friends. Your unique voice, the sharp knife of your insight, and your perspective from the trenches rings loud and clear through the chaos and deception du jour. Congratulations!
I'm thrilled for you! Surprised? Not in the least. You know who you are. You know what you want to say. And you communicate musically and brilliantly, making your point without a baseball bat. I'm so glad I found you. Keep tellin' it!