I just reposted this--but would like to point out that only one news organization, USA today, has called it for El-Sayed.
Sean T. Collins@seantcollins.com · 8h agoBREAKING: Abdul El-Sayed defeats Haley Stevens, with a final count of 7.3M - 63.9M
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Sean T. Collins@seantcollins.com · 8h agoBREAKING: Abdul El-Sayed defeats Haley Stevens, with a final count of 7.3M - 63.9M
I just learned that a young cousin died this summer of diabetes--at 38. There was a *lot* involved with this--but one feature was that, although he had two working parents and was middle class he never had consistent, affordable medical care as a minor and had no idea how to take care of himself.
In last night’s interview with Jake Tapper, Miller doubled down: here’s why his determination to stay in the race opens the door to Democrats up and down the Ohio ballot. clairepotter.substack.com/p/max-miller...
Max Miller Is Everyone's Problem Now
The Congressman running for re-election in Ohio-07 could be the fuse that blows up key races in that state
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Miller’s broadcast—which is full of self-justification and elaborate alternative explanations—”if I had abused her, why did she offer to cook me dinner six days later?” —was a terrible mistake. clairepotter.substack.com/p/max-miller...
Max Miller Is Everyone's Problem Now
The Congressman running for re-election in Ohio-07 could be the fuse that blows up key races in that state
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We haven't seen such stupidity since the 1920s, when the Army threatened to discipline Lieutenants Patton and Eisenhower because they advocated for the unproven and virtually untested technology of tanks
CNBC@cnbc.com · yesterdayU.S. has used 'virtually all' of its long-range precision missiles during Iran war: Reuters
Please listen to this podcast episode. It's smart and inspiring. (and, I admit it, I teared up a little at the end)
Claire Bond Potter@clairepotter.com · 4d agoThis week's podcast features #Democrat Ryan McLaren, running for Lieutenant Governor of #Vermont. He was my student @wesleyanuniversity.bsky.social, and has become an amazing man, committed to his neighbors, community, and state. This is what every Democrat should sound like. youtu.be/5J-MdR1jSY0
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Violence Against Women? It's in the GOP's DNA
Emily Moreno has accused ex-husband and Ohio Congressman Max Miller of abusing her and their child. There is plenty of evidence that this is who he has always been, yet Republican leaders are silent
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This week's podcast features #Democrat Ryan McLaren, running for Lieutenant Governor of #Vermont. He was my student @wesleyanuniversity.bsky.social, and has become an amazing man, committed to his neighbors, community, and state. This is what every Democrat should sound like. youtu.be/5J-MdR1jSY0
True Grit and Public Service
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Here’s a fun conversation I had last month with Star Price, host of the Hit Pause podcast, about how the media is driving politics and what Democrats need to do to meet the challenge of the post-Trump era: www.youtube.com/watch?v=4OF5...
Why Does America Feel So Different? | How America Lost Trust
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Anyone who talks this way publicly about the mother of his child is definitely an abuser. Domestic Abuse Allegations Rock an Ohio House Race www.nytimes.com/2026/07/28/u...
Domestic Abuse Allegations Rock Max Miller’s Ohio House Race
Representative Max Miller, a Republican, is facing accusations of abuse from his ex-wife in a bitter family feud that might put his otherwise safe seat in play.
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This almost unregulated class of professionals shape the ugly campaigns that warp our political culture--and they always win, even when the candidate doesn't clairepotter.substack.com/p/are-politi...
Are Political Consultants Whores?
This almost unregulated class of professionals shape the ugly campaigns that warp our political culture--and they always win, even when the candidate doesn't
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Ross Douthat leaving NY Times to go to 60 Minutes, where we will never have to see him again.
Is the #GOP in steep decline? @editorialboard.bsky.social says yes.
The Editorial Board@editorialboard.bsky.social · 2w ago1. It could be "the end days" for the Republican Party. That's how Jake Sherman put it when the co-founder of Punchbowl News shared the latest by the Emerson College Polling Center. x.com/JakeSherman/...
With immigration temporarily out of the news, @editorialboard.bsky.social reminds us that if out of sight it is not out of the GOP mind.
The Editorial Board@editorialboard.bsky.social · last mo.1. I will spare you the details of the rightwing reaction to the Supreme Court's decision this week to uphold birthright citizenship. I will spare you because they are disgusting, especially on America's 250th anniversary.
Neil Young and I are going on hiatus until after Labor Day, but before we left we had a few thoughts about Lindsey Graham, Mitch McConnell, and Donald Trump's fragile hold on the Senate. youtu.be/kofcmQu6nw4
Donald Trump’s Incredible Shrinking Majority
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Donald Trump’s Incredible Shrinking Majority
Neil and Claire discuss how the death of South Carolina’s Lindsey Graham and Mitch McConnell’s hospitalization creates potential Republican paralysis on Capitol Hill
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On this week's episode @neiljyoung.bsky.social and I discuss how the death of South Carolina’s Lindsey Graham and Mitch McConnell’s hospitalization creates potential Republican paralysis on Capitol Hill. clairepotter.substack.com/p/donald-tru...
We found that the sepsis rate in second-trimester pregnancy loss hospitalizations increased by more than 50% under Texas’ abortion ban. Here’s how we did our analysis. (Published Feb. 2025)
Texas Won’t Study How Its Abortion Ban Impacts Women, So We Did
Since Texas banned abortion, no one has studied the statewide effects on pregnant women experiencing complications. Here’s how we sifted through data on millions of pregnancy hospitalizations and anal...
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Can Maine Democrats Beat Susan Collins? Amy Fried and I review where the #Platner candidacy went wrong, particularly in terms of women, and how the party can mobilize voters to send #SusanCollins home. youtu.be/A50rLZzQhtc
Can Maine Democrats Beat Susan Collins?
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“…a batty stew of whiny complaints stemming from an election that he claims was stolen that wasn’t, during a period when he was running the country.” www.nytimes.com/2026/07/18/o...
Opinion | Low-T, High Chair
Where are Hegseth’s hormones when Trump needs them?
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Starr Price invited me on the @hitpausepod to talk about the political media landscape: we had a ball. Here's a clip: youtube.com/shorts/fq2hB...
What Happens After Trump? Claire Potter Has a Theory
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A gay icon. Senator Lindsey Graham, Republican of South Carolina, Dies at 71 www.nytimes.com/2026/07/12/u...
Senator Lindsey Graham, Republican of South Carolina, Dies at 71
Mr. Graham died of a “brief and sudden” illness on Saturday evening, his office said. He served in the Senate for more than two decades.
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Claire and Neil discuss Graham Platner’s exit from the Maine Senate Race—what we got right, what we got wrong, and why @hcrichardson.bsky.social won't take Platner's place youtu.be/OiapF9OiOCs
As Maine Goes
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A wonderful human being and a big loss. Mike Wallace, Who Wrote an Acclaimed History of New York, Dies at 83 www.nytimes.com/2026/07/05/b...
Mike Wallace, Who Wrote an Acclaimed History of New York, Dies at 83
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Hard agree. We have now been together over 40 years. Go On, Date Your Co-Workers www.nytimes.com/2026/07/06/o...
Opinion | Go On, Date Your Co-Workers
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This week, Neil and I highlight where the Supreme Court decision in Trump v. Barbara leaves us for now--14th amendment intact, but Republicans are still determined to change that. youtu.be/nUvzB9_NYSU
The GOP’s Unwelcome Mat
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Hard to imagine he really went to law school without Usha's help.
CNN@cnn.com · last mo.The vice president argued that someone who is on vacation in the US should not "have a baby and all of a sudden their entire family gets benefits of American citizenship" — an extreme over-simplification of the decades-long family-based migration process.