Jim Treacher

Jim Treacher is the nom de plume of American political pundit Sean Medlock. He is the in-house blogger for Tucker Carlson's news website, The Daily Caller. Treacher's weblog hosted by the Caller is entitled The DC Trawler (a pun on "D.C.," and on the multiple meanings of "Trawler"). Treacher's page went live on January 11, 2010, along with the rest of Tucker Carlson's site. Treacher is best known for starting the "Obama Eats Dogs" meme after his 2012 discovery of an anecdote in Barack Obama's 17 year old autobiography discussing how he ate dog meat as a child in Indonesia.

Background
Treacher grew up in Crawfordsville, Indiana and graduated from Crawfordsville Senior High School. Treacher has been a presence in the blogosphere for some years, and ran a blog that was entitled, at various times, Mother, May I Sleep with Treacher? and Jim Treacher's Blog That Is on the Internet. Formerly a book editor in Indianapolis, Indiana, Treacher was recruited directly by Carlson, at which time Treacher moved to Washington DC.

With respect to his pseudonym, Treacher remarked at his pre-Daily Caller blog that "I'm finding out all sorts of people who've been reading me for years. Now I'm learning to hear the name 'Jim Treacher' out loud without flinching. (Next time I come up with a web pseudonym that I use for the better part of a decade, I'll give it a little more thought.)" Treacher has been involved in joint endeavors with Dave Burge of Iowahawk, a short film project, and some work for Greg Gutfeld's Daily Gut. He's also had his material read out loud on Dennis Miller's radio show. {Citation needed|date=February 2010}}