a bit of an evergreen take not enough people share about why $60M+ could not buy Haley Stevens love youtu.be/wJ9F4lurczk&...

100000000% this, it’s brutal and has left everyone scarred and bloody for the general. i specifically asked for not-this

again I need to point out that Chuck Schumer is not only wrong on the substance but getting annihilated on the politics. He’s failing at the thing he (so wrongly) says is his top job. His leadership is unsustainable. That’s just simple fact at this point.

Meredith Shiner@meredithshiner.com · last yr.

Chuck Schumer to Bret Stephens, March 2025: “My job is to keep the left pro-Israel.”

nothing they are incapable of learning

Alex Ip 葉清霖@alexip718.com · 11h ago

I wonder what establishment Democrats will learn from the consequences of screwing with McMorrow and Tom Malinowski's campaigns

highly recommend being seven hours in advance of a toxic take primary night you just get to wake up to results

The Betrayal of Shohei Ohtani is such a good podcast and I wish we invested more in documentary pods and less on celebrities schmoozing pods.

Kay Bailey Hutchison probably called the New York Times herself to demand a correction

chiming in from vacation to say bluesky is real life when you get a copy of the international New York Times. @jamellebouie.net

Princess Diaries was important to me but not as important as Chris Pine in Princess Diaries 2.

2000s@popculture2000s.bsky.social · 6d ago

‘the princess diaries’ was released 25 years ago today

this is an onion of layered pathetic but the "buddy" and "bro" is maybe somehow the cringiest part. to be clear, this is also the candidate with the current Senate Democratic leader's blessing and that could not be more embarrassing all around.

Mrs. Detective Pikajew, Esq.@clapifyoulikeme.favrd.social · 6d ago

Personally as a Jewish American I would appreciate if “Protestant unspecified” candidates kept us out of their mouths

I think it's worth pointing out that I've seen some screenshots from X of takes on this topic from supposedly neutral sports reporters and it has not been mentioned enough that X is owned and operated by one of the world's most powerful and well-financed transphobes.

Frankie de la Cretaz@thefrankiedlc.news · 6d ago

we’ve reached the point in the Sophie Cunningham discourse where cis people are arguing with other cis people about what some other cis person actually meant by her transphobic comments and let’s give her the benefit of the doubt and meanwhile trans people are over here dying but like carry on

years ago at this point, I was talking in advance of a podcast interview with a left-leaning host and he was absolutely shook when I referred to AIPAC as a Republican front group and I remember being surprised that someone who pays attention to things considered this a particularly novel or hot take

#StupidSuez@diplomatofnight.com · 6d ago

People tend to not hone in on this part but one of the biggest reasons AIPAC is so noxious for Democrats in particular is because the majority of their donors are Republicans and the majority of their endorsees are Republicans. It's bad that a Democrat courts them and votes with Republicans.

old enough to remember this (h/t @bubbaprog.xyz in 2014) deadspin.com/comcast-spor...

Deadspin | Comcast SportsNet Airs Our Version Of Cubs Mascot With Cock And Balls

Deadspin | Comcast SportsNet Airs Our Version Of Cubs Mascot With Cock And Balls

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Awful Announcing@awfulannouncing.bsky.social · 6d ago

a post that has Jonathan Chait, Adam Jentleson and a discussion of the ACA debates of 2009 and 2010 should come with a TW and maybe accurately touches on the purgatory I would be sent to if there is some sort of afterlife where I'm personally tortured by parts of my own lived experience.

Greg Sargent@gregsargent.bsky.social · 7d ago

Good @brianbeutler.bsky.social response to the Searchlight Institute's recent effort to package incremental health care reforms as universal health care. Brian prooses a rule: How easily Republicans can sabotage it? If fairly easily, it's not good enough. www.offmessage.net/p/obamacare-...

A wild part of working at the Capitol was that I have a very vivid memory of going to the Sweetgreen on the House side on a slow news day and just walking past Elena Kagan, headphones in, crossing the street a foot away from me in the opposite direction.

Matt Ford@mford.bsky.social · 6d ago

A small, sad marker of the times from Justice Jackson. Until the late 2010s the justices rarely had security at all. DC folks would routinely see them alone at bookstores, farmers markets, and so on. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/29/u...

As a sole-proprietor LLC, I have two thoughts on this: 1) AI could never help me in the moments I truly wish I had people supporting me (I am not sure I’m prepared for the stress of others being financially reliant on me) 2) these people are DEFINITELY not carrying big enough E&O policies

The Wall Street Journal@wsj.com · 6d ago

Once upon a time, running a business of a certain size required a team. AI is turning that assumption upside down, and more aspiring entrepreneurs are going it alone.

Back when I ran the Illinois chapter of @commoncause.org, this article was required reading for my team and my counterparts in other states when explaining how we can have so much yet feel so broken at times.

Gregory Pratt@royalpratt.bsky.social · 7d ago

If you’re wondering why everything in Springfield is opaque and questioning the efficacy of the legislative inspector general, read our 2024 story about how oversight systems in Illinois are designed to fail and hide problems. www.chicagotribune.com/2024/12/15/i...

lol

Justin Baragona@justinbaragona.bsky.social · 7d ago

NEW: Under Bari Weiss, CBS News has shifted to the right to try to grab some of Fox News' audience. Not only have they failed to do that, but they've driven off so much of their core audience that CBS Mornings is now perilously close to getting beaten by Fox & Friends. zeteo.com/p/mamdani-de...

In the case of Mike Quigley, if he successfully runs, what he is saying to his constituents is that he’d rather spend their money to hold a special election to replace him than face potential unemployment as an individual. For Alexi, he hands our power to pick a SoS to JB for JB’s preference.

Meredith Shiner@meredithshiner.com · 7d ago

my pet peeve is politicians actively running for two offices and asking for my vote in November for a job they telegraph they want less than the primary win they seek in February (also see "Quigley, Mike."). "Member of Congress" and "Secretary of State" should not be safety net jobs.

my pet peeve is politicians actively running for two offices and asking for my vote in November for a job they telegraph they want less than the primary win they seek in February (also see "Quigley, Mike."). "Member of Congress" and "Secretary of State" should not be safety net jobs.

Capitol Fax@capitolfax.bsky.social · 7d ago

Giannoulias planning ’special announcement’ rally in Bronzeville this Sunday

Also, does the NYT know how much daycare costs in urban centers? "Do people making hundreds of thousands of dollars a year really need free child care?" It's wild to think about how expensive my college tuition was perceived in 2005 when daycare costs ~$35K/year just for the privilege of working.

Meredith Shiner@meredithshiner.com · 7d ago

The New York Times "newsroom" (non-opinion) reporting, folks: "Could free buses turn the M4 into a daytime shelter for homeless people? The mayor’s office declined to comment on the Manhattan Institute."

obviously this is not the point and framing free buses like this in a news story is just a vehicle for classism and racism but I will say that in Chicago, kids under 7 ride free with a fare-paying adult and my kid's daycare class takes the CTA bus everywhere. Free bus opened the world to him!

Meredith Shiner@meredithshiner.com · 7d ago

The New York Times "newsroom" (non-opinion) reporting, folks: "Could free buses turn the M4 into a daytime shelter for homeless people? The mayor’s office declined to comment on the Manhattan Institute."

The New York Times "newsroom" (non-opinion) reporting, folks: "Could free buses turn the M4 into a daytime shelter for homeless people? The mayor’s office declined to comment on the Manhattan Institute."

Can This Man Stop the Mamdani Agenda?

Reihan Salam loves New York. He loves the free market. And he’s very worried.

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look at all the members of the so-called "juicebox mafia" from 2011 and consider who has made the most money and how. it's not the person who has tacked furthest to the left and it's not the person who has tried to stick with more traditional reporting.

Washington’s New Brat Pack Masters Media (Published 2011)

Young bloggers have become part of the journalistic establishment in Washington, and their sites are destination reading for the city’s power elite.

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Philip Bump@pbump.com · last wk.

[guy who reportedly makes seven figures arguing for centrist positions]:

I, for one, am extremely here for the Jeff Hiller Media Tour.

Just be normal, guys. “Sent from my iPhone” does not make you more authentic! Being authentic does.

Manisha Krishnan@manishakrishnan.bsky.social · last wk.

Authors and journalists are doing more first-person (hello 2010s blogging) and embracing "mistakes" in writing to prove they're not chatbots. There's even an “anti-Grammarly" app that leaves in typos and signs off "sent from my iPhone" to create more authenticity: www.wired.com/story/more-t...

I agree with Woke Bill Kristol. Hegseth controls the DC National Guard, Clayton controls the DNI, Patel controls the FBI, and Blanche controls the DOJ. Each of the powers centers that held against the violent J6 coup are now completely controlled by Trump loyalists.

Bill Kristol@billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · last wk.

🚨🚨🚨 With the confirmation of Clayton, Trump has loyalists in place at the power agencies who will work to enable his election subversion schemes for 2026 and 2028. They're not incompetent, and they're putting loyalists in beneath them. The threat is far greater than in 2020.

A NEW YORK TIMES PUSH ALERT ABOUT DOUTHAT JOINING 60 MINUTES.

Succession Logan Roy: You Are Not Serious People

ALT: Succession Logan Roy: You Are Not Serious People

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It’s so bleak out there, man

tl:dr all I could think about as I listened to this conversation today is how many rich dudes have given Ben Smith money in an endless chain of investments to do the dumbest warmed over shit for an audience that already is extremely well served.

Columbia Journalism Review@columjournreview.bsky.social · 2w ago

What really happened at The Barbed Wire? @oliviamesser.bsky.social, the editor in chief, was admirably candid about what worked at the startup and what didn't. Listen to her conversation with Kicker host @greenwell.bsky.social. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...