I’ve been on vacation for a week - mostly off the news. Coming back, it’s honestly insane to think this is still where we are.
People are falling for the DSA vs Establishment trap again. Didn’t we learn our lesson in 2016 and 2024? It’s the establishment’s job to build a coalition that can win EVERYWHERE. In some places, that means ultra-progressive. In others, it means establishment. The tent is big enough for all of us.
This dude is losing his mind. Can’t win a war but obsesses in AI like the unhinged boomer he is
"There is no basis under federal law to get the post office involved in monitoring the security, or monitoring who is casting ballots. ...
I’m telling you - the default position of this administration is fear. Fear of questions, fear of transparency, fear of being found out, and fear of the American people.
Treasury Bars Some Reporters From G20 Finance Meeting
Specific reporters from The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and Bloomberg were not granted credentials to cover the meeting of financial leaders next week in Asheville, N.C.
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I spent LBJ Day with his daughter, Luci Baines Johnson. I’m running for her father’s Senate seat to continue LBJ’s fight for education, healthcare, and economic opportunity for all. I’m honored to be in this fight with Luci. In November, we’re going to win back her dad’s seat.
New in PN: Are voters finally realizing that GOP presidents are disasters? "The last 3 R presidents have handed their D successors an economic catastrophe, & the last 3 Ds have had to do their best to clean it up. Why don’t Ds ever say that? I think it would make a difference" — @mjtoma.bsky.social
Are voters finally realizing GOP presidents are disasters?
Michael Tomasky makes the case that they are.
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Milo getting arrested by ICE is funny for exactly the same reason that a huge rock landing on Wile E. Coyote is funny
"We saw in #DollyParton something more than talent, something more than wit and something more than even charity; we saw holiness." www.ncronline.org/culture/doll...
Dolly Parton's talents were singing and acting, but her legacy will be hope
Dolly Parton's Christianity was radically inclusive, full of love and never took itself too seriously. Michael O'Loughlin looks back on the life and legacy of an American icon.
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One way you know Dolly Parton lived life the right way: I don’t think anyone’s going to get fired for accurately quoting Dolly Parton today.
Dolly Parton's Imagination Library gifted more than 332,000,000 books since it was first created 31 years ago.
PARCL LABS: “.. As of tonight, 1 in 4 homes for sale in America are in Texas and Florida - two states that hold just 17% of the nation's homes. Of the two, #Texas is the bigger concern. 48.3% of all Texas listings are cutting prices.”
"Where there is no humility, there is war; there is discord; there is division…Humility is the way. It is the path to salvation (5-22-24).” #PopeFrancis #BeHumble
If Dems take back the House, Hakeem Jeffries must not become Speaker. The Dem Party, the entire country, needs a Speaker who will meet this moment. By meeting with Jared Kushner, Jeffries proved he cannot meet this moment. Give this a read.👇 socialcontractwithjoewalsh.substack.com/p/hakeem-jef...
Hakeem Jeffries Must Not Become Speaker
This Week’s Monday Missive
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On 9/11, US airspace closed, Canada launched Operation Yellow Ribbon. Gander, a town of 10,000, received 38 airliners. Residents immediately sheltered, fed, clothed, and supported stranded passengers for days, providing this hospitality free of charge. interestingengineering.com/culture/oper...
The President of the United States yesterday said he might use the military on our bond markets and the media just sort of…moved on.
not a ton of muppets clips i haven't seen but this one is sublime
Mr. Blabalino 🇳🇴🇺🇸💙@blabalino.com · last wk.Found this recording of Rita Moreno performing “Fever” on The Muppet Show from 1976. 14/10
In possibly the fastest shift in public opinion I've ever seen, local data center approval went from -5 to -65 in less than a year heatmap.news/daily/data-c...
I'm sorry but it's clearly newsworthy that the President's decisions are being unduly influenced by a mentally unstable obsessive no one voted for who has attached themselves to him in an effort to live out weird fantasies they've had for decades. Something has to be done about Stephen Miller.
Breaking News: The U.S. military fired the publisher and the top editor of Stars and Stripes, which had reported on problems aboard the U.S.S. Lincoln.
Pentagon Fires Editor and Publisher of Independent Military Publication
The firings at Stars and Stripes also claimed a Middle East correspondent. They are the latest effort by the Pentagon to diminish the news outlet’s editorial independence.
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90 day discount on beef—does nothing to address the problem. Clown economics.
My opinion: data centers are massively hated because they represent the tech overlords that are getting richer and richer off our back, and are more and more out of touch. H/t to Tim Miller for bringing this up on today’s pod. What do you think?
The WaPo says Todd Blanche is right about DOJ independence. But there’s a critical difference between a president setting law enforcement priorities & a president deciding who gets investigated & prosecuted. Apparently, we need to talk about that difference. joycevance.substack.com/p/the-washin...
The Washington Post Is Wrong About Todd Blanche And Presidential Power
Jeff Bezos’ newspaper, The Washington Post, went all in on the unitary executive theory today.
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