I worked for New York’s largest medical center at the start of the pandemic. There were morgue trucks on the streets. They set up emergency medical tents in Central Park. Healthcare worker colleagues died. It is horrific that RFK Jr is on national TV lying that ICUs were empty.

Trump essentially handed Straits of Hormuz to Iran, 3-5 billion in cash and more via higher oil prices, and helped IRGC consolidate control of the previously power sharing government. And left them perhaps weeks from a bomb with greater motive to go for it. How has his war benefitted US security.

With Fauci back in the news, a very good piece by @davidfrum.bsky.social about how “the American right sacrificed its supporters to its COVID-era delusions and lies…Many conservative Americans who made the mistake of trusting their political and media leaders paid with their life.”

The Atlantic@theatlantic.com · 5d ago

By targeting Fauci, Senate Republicans are trying to transfer guilt from those who downplayed or misrepresented the pandemic, @davidfrum.bsky.social argues.

"The Big Ten and SEC don’t agree on much. Fighting the Senate, they do" (via @theathletic.com this morning) 👀 Looks like the Protect College Sports Act is in real trouble...

Turns out all it takes to unite the Big Ten and SEC is a fight with the Senate

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I say every chance I get that no one should sleep on @joshturek4iowa.bsky.social’s campaign! We have a great opportunity to flip this seat in Iowa, and Turek can do it.

Barack Obama@barackobama.bsky.social · last wk.

Josh Turek has plans to make life better for every Iowan. Now, Iowa, the ball is in your court. Let’s work to get @joshturek4iowa.bsky.social to the U.S. Senate. Turek4Iowa.com

I wrote about the Nolan Odyssey for the LRB. I'll summarize some of my main points below, in case you don't feel like reading all that. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

Emily Wilson · An Uncomplicated Man

As they say at the awards shows, I was humbled to learn that Christopher Nolan has read at least the first line of my...

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When I founded Serve America, it was built on a simple premise: our country needs next-generation leaders with urgency and backbone – people who aren't afraid to take on tough battles, go on offense, and put mission over self.

Great group of House Dems - all military vets - endorsed @sethmoulton.bsky.social today in his Senate campaign again Markey: @pkryan.bsky.social @houlahanforpa.bsky.social @derektran.bsky.social & @sethmagaziner.bsky.social. Good reminder of how Seth's PAC helped flip so many seats from red to blue.

Four House Democrats Back Seth Moulton for Senate

Reps. Ryan, Houlahan, Magaziner, and Tran Point to Moulton’s Work Flipping Battleground Seats as Key to Delivering Bold Progress

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Emily Wilson is one of UPenn’s gems - and so many more people are now reading her incredible translation!

Ignacio Gallup-Diaz@igallupd.bsky.social · 2w ago

“A Penn professor thought she’d sell 1000 copies of her ‘Odyssey’ translation. She sold a million this year alone, thanks to Christopher Nolan.” “West Philly's Emily Wilson, who penned a highly acclaimed translation of the epic poem in 2017, is having a big summer.”

LEBRON IS COMING TO PHILLY!!!

The Athletic@theathletic.com · 2w ago

LeBron James will play his 24th NBA season with the Philadelphia 76ers, The Athletic confirms. The King is headed to The City of Brotherly Love 👑

A LOT of good news for Dems in our new Fox News poll! To start, if the election were today, 53% of voters would back the Democratic candidate in their House district & 46% the Republican. 53% is the highest percentage either party has received on the generic House ballot in Fox polling SINCE 1996.

Fox News Poll: Voters want major change amid economic and political discontent

Trump approval holds at 39% as Democrats lead the generic ballot by 7 points, the highest for either party in Fox News polling since 1996.

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Was great talking to @gregsargent.bsky.social about the quagmire the Trump admin has gotten us into in Iran - a war of choice started by a President who is divorced from reality and a SecDef who thinks tough talk and bombs equal strategic success. Feels like a new forever war with no end in sight.

Greg Sargent@gregsargent.bsky.social · 2w ago

"When you elect a madman...you get a paramilitary roaming American cities...and US military going around the world [thinking] you advance American power at the end of a gun." On the pod @marieharf.bsky.social is great on how Trump's pathologies got him stuck in Iran: newrepublic.com/article/2133...

There are many reasons I've been a Democratic contributor at Fox for almost a decade now, but this is a big one: A TON of Dems & Independents watch the network! Just one (huge) example: The Five gets 765,000 Dem viewers daily (more Dems than the average total-day audience for CNN & MSNOW combined).

Fox's The Five Celebrates 15th Birthday With New Milestone

The Five just celebrated its 15th anniversary and received a nice gift: new data showed the talk show is the most-watched daily news program among Democrats.

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Can't get numb to this: The United States is stuck in a war it started, cannot end, and may further escalate to no avail, having dismantled its diplomatic apparatus, depleted its military stockpile, and destroyed its credibility. A historic strategic mistake harming millions in many different ways.

one of the supposedly damning docs the White House released tonight says Russia tried to undermine BIDEN. Also says China "prefers that President Trump be defeated" but actually "Beijing did not intend to try to affect the election" (!)

I said the same thing! Except there’s no evidence the Biden team helped China - and Trump’s team definitely colluded with Russia

Angry@angrystaffer.bsky.social · 3w ago

He’s basically taking the DNI Russia election interference assessment word for word and replacing Russia with China.

THIS IS LITERALLY THE WHOLE POINT OF BURN BAGS. IT’S IN THE NAME!

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3w ago

Trump: "Recently we found significant numbers of burn bags in formation. And this is a group of -- bags that were used to destroy -- information"

He really is claiming that his own Administration in his first term conspired against him and the Republicans.

Simon Rosenberg@simonwdc.bsky.social · 3w ago

He's so unfit, unwell, and unhinged. There's really no other story tonight.

The way he is talking about the IC and its information also shows that he has no understanding of how it actually works

Zack Beauchamp@zackbeauchamp.bsky.social · 3w ago

Trump is really going hard on the theory that the intelligence community hid crucial information from him in his last term. This really feels like a pretext for purging the IC (which Bill Pulte is already doing)

Obama burn bags! Everybody drink

OMG HE IS EXPLAINING BURN BAGS (this is for my fellow ex-intel friends) 🤣

PWH Executive Director @marieharf.bsky.social joined Fox News Live to break down what's next for U.S.-Iran negotiations, alongside Ret. U.S. Navy Capt. Brent Sadler. 📺 Watch here: www.foxnews.com/video/640090...

Iran’s government is interested in ‘personal’ revenge, former State Department official says | Fox News Video

Fox News contributor Marie Harf and Ret. U.S. Navy Capt. Brent Sadler discuss the future of U.S.-Iran negotiations on ‘Fox News Live.’

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"Stop criticizing us or will keep murdering people" is just a jaw-dropping thing for a government official to say.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3w ago

Tom Homan: "It all go backs to the Dems ... there's still gonna be more bloodshed unless they shut their mouth and let ICE enforce the laws that they enacted."

Sen. Ossoff: Tonight, Donald Trump, the world's most famous sore loser, will deliver a prime time presidential sour grapes address to pursue his 6-year-old grievances about the 2020 election.

This should be standard for everyone running to be in the United States Senate (or for President too, obviously). Interesting timing today with the announcement about Biden's memoir, too - as if Dem voters needed more of a reminder about how much we need a new generation of leaders in Washington.

Seth Moulton@sethmoulton.bsky.social · 3w ago

When Democrats take back the Senate in November, it will be by a razor-thin margin. That’s why today, I announced that I will release my health records, and called on Senator Markey to release his.

Look at @jeremydauber.bsky.social, the face of the Sundance Institute episodic writers workshop!

Sundance Institute@sundance.org · 3w ago

Calling all writers! Are you working on an original pilot? Apply to the 2027 Episodic Lab. Selected fellows will have the opportunity to work with acclaimed showrunners, workshop their pilots, and more. Deadline: August 25. Apply here: sndnc.org/4wbECe3

The Iranian regime thinks it has leverage over the US - Tehran knows it can shut down global trade & that Trump doesn’t want to return to all-out war. My thoughts on the latest w/ Iran and continued cozying up the new regime in Syria (some bipartisan support there!): www.foxnews.com/video/640090...

Iran’s government is interested in ‘personal’ revenge, former State Department official says | Fox News Video

Fox News contributor Marie Harf and Ret. U.S. Navy Capt. Brent Sadler discuss the future of U.S.-Iran negotiations on ‘Fox News Live.’

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Democrats are going to win this fall with DSA & with more moderate candidates - but both are running on an anti-establishment message. The GOP underestimates how powerful this movement is at its own peril. Steve Bannon agrees! My take today: www.foxnews.com/video/640003...

Marie Harf discusses Democratic socialists' rising influence and 'establishment is broken' message | Fox News Video

Fox News contributor Marie Harf discusses the growing influence of Democratic socialists, citing their smart organizing tactics.

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Always read @vermontgmg.bsky.social friends!

Garrett M. Graff@vermontgmg.bsky.social · last mo.

Amid the 250th, I'm excited to announce my new book: "America in 25 Revolutions: The 250-year quest of an imperfect country to be a more perfect union." Writing it reminded me that we have always been an imperfect country—but change is possible: www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/a-project-...

I don’t think it’s hype, I think he has it in him to become a 2028 frontrunner. I wish there were some polling on what is numbers are among people who know who he is I think that’s what convinced me Obama could pull it off, back when Hillary was “inevitable” in 2006/7, but the Obama people kept…

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last mo.

Ossoff: "When they gathered in Atl to remove Black elected officials not by defeating them at the polls, but by manipulating maps to dilute minority power, they saw you mobilize & they backed down. A wave is building ... let's make sure they hear it down at Mar-a-Lago, that GA will bow to no king!"