We need to have a serious conversation about how AES's supporters flooded the zone with junk polls in the last weeks of the campaign, because he underperformed them so severely that even though I think he can win the seat, it's going to be a much heavier lift than it should be.

Phil Lewis@phillewis.bsky.social · 8h ago

WASHINGTON (AP) — Abdul El-Sayed wins Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate in Michigan.

Watching lefties get excited when Fox News hosts praise DSA-affiliated candidates is like watching your best friend tell you that his Hooters waitress is really into him.

The piece of shit who was harassing Stevens & her supporters at events is now trying to actively sabotage her voter outreach. “Influencers” are cheap these days.

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Me every time I hear candidates yell about AIPAC:

One thing I’m reminded of amidst the Ross Douthat news is that despite Isaac Chotiner’s reputation as a tough interviewer, both times he’s sat down with Douthat he’s treated him with kid gloves. I have no idea why given that he’s the kind of person Chotiner should vivisect.

Oliver Darcy@oliverdarcy.bsky.social · last wk.

Scoop: I’m told that Ross Douthat is exiting The NYT and is expected to take a role at “60 Minutes.” News expected to be announced soon.

I'm so sad about this. Whether you encounter it on screen, or see it on stage, Once is one of those rare works of art that has the power to change your life. It allows you to find beauty in the most ordinary of moments. variety.com/2026/music/g...

Glen Hansard, Irish Musician and ‘Once’ Star Who Won Oscar for Best Song, Dies at 56

Glen Hansard, the Irish musician who starred in the film "Once" and won the Oscar for best song, died on Wednesday in a motorcycle crash. He was 56.

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Despite the news about Jared Leto, I hope we can all agree that his work in House of Gucci is one of the greatest bad performances in all of film. I truly believe he left the set going "nailed it!" with no idea that everyone was laughing *at* him, not with him.

Jared Leto as Paolo Gucci: 'Gucci Is My Name'

ALT: Jared Leto as Paolo Gucci: 'Gucci Is My Name'

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This is probably the *least* surprising thing ever about Jared Leto. If you couldn’t see this coming, you’re a moron. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Four women accuse Jared Leto of criminal sexual conduct when they were teenagers

The actor and musician faces allegations from 10 women in total who say he mistreated them as teenagers.

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No disrespect to Michael Mann or Bilge Ebiri (who wrote the piece) but the Miami Vice movie sucks and always will. www.vulture.com/2021/10/miam...

Miami Vice’s Journey From Misfire to Masterpiece

Michael Mann’s 2006 Miami Vice film wasn’t supposed to be anything like this.

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The director of the 2004 biker film Torque thinks movie executives should be assholes again because apparently nobody nice ever made a good movie. www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...

Bring Back the Hollywood Asshole!

After decades of pitching Hollywood executives, a veteran director delivers his verdict on the industry in his debut column for THR: The quarter-zips have taken over, the suits have lost their nerve, ...

hollywoodreporter.com

Mad Men is the best show to watch if you're a new parent because every time you think you're not good at it, Don Draper has his daughter make him a Bloody Mary and you're like "I'm great at this!"

perennial reminder that this section was in the DSA platform as late as last September

This is a sobering read - and all too true, I fear. www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

‘It’s not coming back’: Giant of the stage and L.A. theaters confront the end of the nonprofit movement

Oskar Eustis, who's stepping down as the artistic director of New York's Public Theater in 2028, shook up the arts world with his comment that the American nonprofit theater movement was over. He expl...

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“1-877 Kars4Kids! K-A-R-S Kars4Kids!”

Daily Beast: The number of Americans not working has climbed to a record high under Trump. The ranks of Americans classified as “not in the labor force” (NILF) swelled to 105.8 million in June, marking the highest level ever recorded. #ProudBlue #Pinks #SheShed

Former Bernie Sanders official accuses senator of pushing most antisemitic candidates 'in a generation'

Former Bernie Sanders official accuses senator of pushing most antisemitic candidates 'in a generation'

Joel Rubin, who led Jewish outreach for Sen. Bernie Sanders' 2020 campaign, told Jewish Insider the senator is pushing antisemitic candidates into the Democratic Party.

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Today is the two-year anniversary of the day I got let go from my last job, so I decided to write up the ways I'd change the system for job seekers if I were in charge. If any of y'all reading this are in HR, feel free to take me up on these tips. www.jfassler.com/p/11-ways-id...

11 Ways I'd Change the Job Application Process

If I worked in hiring, this is how I would make things easier for applicants.

jfassler.com

Maybe we could take a break from ALWAYS finding a way to criticize Democrats for Republican malfeasance. There is virtually nothing Beshear can do to change this situation. Place the blame where it belongs.

Steven Beschloss@stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 2w ago

The longer Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear fails to find out what’s happening or what happened with Mitch McConnell—and act—the more Beshear looks utterly incompetent and weak.

I'm incredibly proud to have appeared on this episode of Ticklish Business with Kristen Lopez, where we talked about one of my all-time favorite films, The Third Man. youtu.be/poFXesthyvk?...

Ticklish Business Presents: The Third Man

YouTube video by Ticklish Business Podcast

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I'm honored to have written the New York Times obituary for Denise Oliver-Velez, a trailblazing activist whose work offers lessons for us all. I'm especially grateful to her godchildren, who were very generous with their help during this time of mourning. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/20/u...

Denise Oliver-Velez, a Powerful Voice of the Left, Dies at 78

She became the highest-ranking female member of the Young Lords in New York, where she pressed for women’s rights, and later joined the Black Panthers.

nytimes.com

Hasan Piker is toxic to the Democratic Party brand and the more Democrats push him, the more voters they will lose. Piker does not believe in fighting Republicans; to him, Democrats are the greater evil. Make no mistake - he will be a Republican by 2040.

Shannon Watts@shannonrwatts.bsky.social · 2w ago

"I never would and never will criticize Mao Zedong… one of the great leaders of this world... who changed the entire universe … There was a lot of fucking excess... but China would not exist without Mao." Mao’s rule resulted in 40M deaths.

Good luck to Troy Jackson, the new Democratic Senate nominee in Maine. He's gonna need it when Republicans place this photo (and others like it) on every single ad for the next three months.

Executive: Why did Odysseus kill everybody? Homer:

Sis Dee *loved* playing Warcraft, and loved D&D, and I remember the time she told me how much she loved reading romance novels. She really was magical.

Linda Lee Peacock @lindaleepeacock.bsky.social · 3w ago

Denise was, is, and always will be, a magical being. www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...

The foundations of StollerThought are 1)chicks suck and 2)it's good when Republicans win elections to own the libs. Platner staying in the race and losing by 12 points would be the exacta

This piece is just Rebecca Traister working through the fact that she fell for Graham Platner and projecting her failure of judgment onto the Democratic Party at large.

New York Magazine@nymag.com · 3w ago

On Monday morning, Joan Sebastian Guerrero was shot and killed by ICE agents. “Tepid institutional response to Guerrero’s killing is key to understanding ... why much of the Democratic base remains so frustrated with its party in Maine and beyond,” writes Rebecca Traister.

This is a sad day for Canada, and therefore, the world.

🍁🇨🇦Team Canada Forever🇨🇦🍁@teamcanadaforever.bsky.social · 3w ago

An apocalyptic scene unfolded on Highway 11 in Northwestern Ontario, Canada, this evening as the sky turned deep red and nearly black. 🎥 Credit WeatherMonitors on 𝕏

I hope Steven Thrasher feels good about his decision to attack Democrats all throughout 2024 and say he didn't care if Trump won. He got to move out of the country while the rest of us clean up the mess he helped create. dailynorthwestern.com/2026/07/15/t...

Steven Thrasher sues NU, federal officials ahead of termination

This story is developing and will be updated as more information becomes available. Last updated July 15 at 5:00 a.m. Medill Prof. Steven Thrasher filed a lawsuit against Northwestern on Monday, over ...

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While raised with a more conservative upbringing, interacting with Black students enrolled at the nearby Tougaloo College influenced him and motivated Ed King, who was white, to become more involved in local civil rights during the 1960s. www.mississippifreepress.org/person-of-th...

Vicksburg Native Rev. Ed King: Lifetime Civil-Rights Ally for Black Mississippians

Rev. Ed King, a longtime ally of Black Mississippians throughout the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s, died earlier this month at age 89.

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