"More needs to be made of this," a senior CBS News staffer tells me about the 60 Minutes story that Sharyn Alfonsi was working on about Epstein and banks that appears to have been scuttled after her firing. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Aaron Strauss
@aaronstrauss.bsky.social
Following the evidence to elect more Dems. Dad x2; kidney donor; baker; goalkeeper
The US military’s strikes on alleged drug boats have likely illegally killed “individuals who are not involved in narcotrafficking,” Sen. Tim Kaine told the White House, following “a careful review” of classified information he has seen so far.
‘They are murder victims’: Senator suggests US strikes have killed people who weren’t involved in drug trafficking | CNN Politics
The US military’s strikes on alleged drug boats have likely illegally killed “individuals who are not involved in narcotrafficking,” Sen. Tim Kaine told the White House on Monday, following “a careful...
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See, how the AP carries water, in its headline, for these right wing assholes. The overwhelming evidence points to a wet market origin of COVID-19. At the time we barely had any data, now we have a bunch. That's how science works.
Great game, Mr. President. 🏀 Iowa, you heard President Obama. The ball is in your court. Join our campaign and help us Push For Change: Turek4Iowa.com
Shout it from the rooftops, @carlosodio.bsky.social and Rachel Stein (@equislabs.bsky.social )! Let's treat voters as humans -- don't reduce them to their standard demo profiles. Their new sub just launched: thenewdynamic.weareequis.us/p/lessons-fr...
A new poll shared exclusively with Strength In Numbers finds independent candidate Seth Bodnar polling 6 points ahead of Republican Kurt Alme in a hypothetical one-on-one for Montana's Senate race, but the Democratic candidate Alani Bankhead trailing by 8. www.gelliottmorris.com/p/2026-07-28...
To defeat Republicans, Democrats should stand down in places independents are more likely to win
An exclusive poll shared first with Strength In Numbers shows Independent Seth Bodnar in Montana runs ahead of the Democrat in a hypothetical Senate horse-race
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Thank you to everyone who has come out to support This Is The Plan! We're just over halfway through our tour. Visit ThisIsThePlan.com, buy the book, and find a stop near you. 🧯🔥
If you have time this Sunday morning, I recommend my friend @benwikler.bsky.social's book This Is The Plan. It came out Tuesday, and while I usually skim books, I read this cover-to-cover. I most appreciate the book's actionable optimism for those of us trying to save the Republic. Some highlights:
This keeps happening — exactly as predicted: “The Oregon State Police and Federal Bureau of Investigation are investigating a report of individuals impersonating law enforcement officers in Clackamas County.” The victims were pulled over and assaulted by men with rifles claiming to be ICE.
Oregon State Police News via Flashalert.net
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"this should be obvious" I mean personally I think it's pretty obvious that if people are depending on lifesaving medication you are providing to them and you stop providing it to them with no warning and no alternative you bear responsibility for their deaths
Faine Greenwood@faineg.bsky.social · 2w agoFuck you, Ian Bremmer, you abject ghoul.
NYC’s small business owners have said it over and over: endless paperwork and uncertainty has made getting their stores up and running too difficult. So we’re cutting red tape, eliminating redundant permits (did you know you need a permit just to serve some ice cream?), and speeding up inspections.
My inaugural substack ("Just Solutions") is out: a concrete plan to ban gerrymandering. It's a response to a challenge from @leedrutman.bsky.social; and @benwikler.bsky.social's book launch inspired me to sit down and write it all out. Hope it's useful: justsolutions.substack.com/p/how-to-ban...
How to Ban Gerrymanders: Proportionality
Welcome to the first of very occasional posts on my Just Solutions substack, in which I provide solutions to issues of the day. Today’s problem and solution are:
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Lee Drutman@leedrutman.bsky.social · 2mo agoOkay Aaron, what's your solution then? The whole argument of this piece is that there is a solution: proportional representation. But fine, if you want to defend a broken status quo of single-member districts, please make that argument.
THREAD: The boy is called a liar. He’s told not to defend himself. Then the private school owner encourages all of his peers to attack him, one by one. She hits him, repeatedly, with a plastic pipe-like object. How does this school still exist — and receive state funds? 🧵
So I guess the Pentagon will pay for gender-reaffirming hormone therapy to *some* soldiers after all.
Matthew Gault@mjgault.bsky.social · 3w agoHegseth announced they're gonna start screening for T and administering testosterone treatment for warriors found wanting
Looking one cycle ahead to 2028, @gelliottmorris.com highlights some excellent news: non-voters are coming back our way An anti-establishment nominee in '28 could supercharge this trend. substack.com/redirect/719...
One of the few issues where the Great Compromise of the Constitution could be relevant. With permanent DST, sunrise in Indianapolis would be **9AM** the last week of school in December. Nuts. Curious if senators from IN, MI, OH can stop this.
Mrs.OtisSendsHerRegrets@joesepheneinbea.bsky.social · 3w agoThe House on Tuesday voted to make daylight saving time permanent nationwide, amid a yearslong push to end the twice-annual clock changes. www.cbsnews.com/news/dayligh...
"Different issues" ... except for the most important issue (by a fair bit) Glad that our "big tent" party has a clear, strong tentpole that holds it up: www.natesilver.net/p/12-questio...
Wrote about the Roberts Court’s highly selective aversion to identifying racism, echoing the logic of the infamous Korematsu decision, which the Roberts Court has both condemned and imitated. Call it Neo-Korematsu doctrine. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
Affordable homes aren't a public good either (as they are rivalrous) -- by this @ggwash.org logic, I guess they should be banned? Disappointed to see GGWash come out against *legalizing* safer cars. I say: Tax them, and help people in poverty & schools with the revenue.
The moment Bluesky has been waiting for ... .. the official Slow Boring summer 2026 midterm campaign contribution recommendations! www.slowboring.com/p/the-midter...
The midterm candidates who deserve your money
Our updated recommendations for political giving
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Got nothing to do 'cause no World Cup games this afternoon? Spend some time with this insightful @milsingh.bsky.social post on the shift in views on Israel. He uses Zaller's classic book, which I also highly recommend, as a jumping off point www.theargumentmag.com/p/it-really-...
What I'll remember most about Senator Graham is how he sent my friends to die in an unnecessary war in Iraq
Sen. Adam Schiff@schiff.senate.gov · 3w agoWhat I’ll remember most about Senator Graham was his sense of humor and how he deployed it to move his policy positions forward. Though we did not often agree, Senator Graham was never disagreeable.
Here is Graham gloating about "killing all the right people." Just in case you see anyone try to do the whole "we should have decency for the dead" nonsense.
the extent to which Callais is a green light for Jim Crow just cannot be overstated
“Binface” was asked if he’s been to Clacton: “No. I’ve learned from the current incumbent that’s not necessary.”
Congress imposed strict limits on felony disenfranchisement when it readmitted former Confederate states post-Civil War. But the South quickly blew past those limits—and then some. Now, for the first time, one state is facing consequences for 156 years of disregard. My latest in @boltsmag.org:
A Voting Rights Promise, Betrayed for 156 Years - Bolts
After the Civil War, Congress readmitted Southern states on the condition they not expand felony disenfranchisement—but they quickly ignored the restriction. It has finally caught up with one state, w...
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