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The Texas GOP is sending panicked texts about "weirdo socialist furries" descending on polling places near you. Talarico has them freaked. But that also sounds like a fun party.

This was pretty much the most fun I have had all year. Join in and join us.

But enough with the anthropomorphic Constitution. Listen to this episode with @dahlialithwick.bsky.social, @daphnarenan.bsky.social, @ilyseh.bsky.social , and @staceyabrams.com because their perspectives are inspiring and there’s a knitter you’ll want to know about! slate.com/podcasts/ami...

Loved getting to engage with @daphnarenan.bsky.social's big brain on this episode of Amicus.

I've always been a fan of popular constitutionalism as a concept. @slate.com's new series hosted by @dahlialithwick.bsky.social makes me believe a real movement around it can ignite a vibrant next chapter in democratic freedom, rights and opportunity. Tune in to hear the conversation!

“Voters hadn’t simply abandoned their standards; they’d become aggrieved parties renegotiating a contract. And they had no problem negotiating it with a candidate who lacked decency because, to them, he seemed to be hiding nothing.” — @ilyseh.bsky.social www.thebulwark.com/p/access-hol...

Ten years ago today, we heard the most damning recording in modern politics—and then quickly discovered that "damning" no longer meant "disqualifying." Read @ilyseh.bsky.social on the legacy of the 'Access Hollywood' tape. www.thebulwark.com/p/access-hol...

Had I not been writing a piece on the 10th anniversary of the Access Hollywood tape , I would have missed that the Trump DOJ is looking to reframe Nixon as a casualty of the Deep State. Their devious obsession with rewriting history is something. www.thebulwark.com/p/access-hol...

"By November, it was clear that institutional Republicans had lost their nerve. Democrats lost the argument, and the feminist movement—my movement—lost the room. So what had changed? Not one thing but many." @ilyseh.bsky.social on the Access Hollywood tape:

It's (almost) the 10 year anniversary of the Access Hollywood tape. I wrote about what we should have known and are still learning for @thebulwark.com. TL; DR: It's hard to have a functioning democracy when the people have withdrawn their own consent. www.thebulwark.com/p/access-hol...

10th anniversary of the Access Hollywood tape and I think we had the wrong diagnosis then of the cancer metastasizing in our country and we're still not caught up to speed. Wrote about it for @thebulwark.com www.thebulwark.com/p/access-hol...

"The first week of October 2016 was still the Before Times." @ilyseh.bsky.social on the Access Hollywood tape 10 years later:

NEW: The 'Access Hollywood' tape, 10 years on—a look back on the decade gone by, from @ilyseh.bsky.social. www.thebulwark.com/p/access-hol...

Not at all the point of this post, but I do feel like it's criminal that I was today years old before knowing that there's a BlueSky account with the handle Why Sharks Matter.

Here's my hot take on the Democratic civil war post-Michigan primary. theallamerican.substack.com/p/polarizati...

My fondest memory of Lindsey Graham was when he mistakenly wandering into the NARAL taco breakfast before the 2017 Women's March. The look on his face was priceless. We didn't agree on much at all, but he was a good sport and we both liked those tacos.

Glyphosates poison people and drive sperm rates down. So why is Trump backing more production of them while SCOTUS shields them from damages to hundreds of thousands who got cancer? I wrote about political fallout of last week's decision for @thebulwark.com

An apology and correction was issued. I posted in my replies to the original. Everyone makes mistakes. It's unusual to own them that quickly. Courier is a class act.

Watching originalists over at the X bird site lose their minds because Jill Lepore's book on popular constitutionalism won a Pulitzer is a surprise delight.

Outside money by Dem leadership pouring into Iowa to defeat hometown hero @zachwahls.bsky.social is political malfeasance in a primary where-even if you prefer the other guy (I don't)-Zach is widely known to be a great leader. We have a whole Chamber to win. Get it together. This is why we lose.

SCOTUS issues pause on lower court ban on mail order abortion pills. I don't think anyone in the GOP is interested in refocusing attention on abortion--an issue they resoudingly lose on--so close to midterms they are widely predicted to lose anyway. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/04/u...

What could possibly go wrong? fortune.com/2026/03/23/k...

The TPM team is heading to Austin for a special event w/our friends @texasobserver.org Join us on 4/8 for a live taping of our flagship podcast with @kateriga.bsky.social and @joshtpm.bsky.social plus a chat with @byjustinmiller.bsky.social Get your tix here: www.eventbrite.com/e/an-evening...

Amazing. Brigadier General Shawn Harris over performing in the reddest district of Georgia. Advances to runoff for Marjorie Taylor Greene’s seat.

I’m a Texan and much of my family is still there. Both Jasmine Crockett and James Talarico represent the best of our state, and I am so proud of the future pathways they offer Texans and our nation. No matter what happens today, Texas Democrats have shown the country what leadership looks like.

You know you’re in the south when you enter your hotel room in the winter and the AC is on full blast.

Whoever came up with this SNL bit as a way to address the whole hockey mess that Trump created is brilliant: youtu.be/iU7xOTUq3Qs?...

Trump claims Iran has been “destroyed” and “obliterated” in one day but also that the bombing is “pinpoint.” And as if regime change were not an ambitious enough objective now says the goal is peace “throughout… the world.” This kind of wild talk does not inspire confidence, to put it mildly.

Beautiful meditation to start a Saturday.

Anthropic as our superhero was not on my 2026 Bingo card but here we are and welcome aboard.

I believe the technical term for this is batshit crazy.

This is how you do it. Impressive statement from Anthropocene laying out the stakes why they won’t cede to the demands of Hegseth. Well done. www.anthropic.com/news/stateme...

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Must-read by @ilyseh.bsky.social on "lethalitymaxxing" and the throughline to ever more radical thinking on eugenics and masculinity

A "pro-January 6th" administration wasn't on the Founders bingo card, but here we are. Listen to Tom and Bill. We have work to do.

Alt-left pipeline dudes are hilarious, smart and fun to watch. If Dems were smart, they'd support these guys. The alt-right didn't bootstrap themselves into a political force. Turning Point, Prager U et al spent over 100 million signal boosting. speakingwithamericanmen.substack.com/p/the-alt-le...

Were they in the same hearing?

Life of a Virgo: writing things on my To Do list after they are done so I can have the satisfaction of crossing them off.

Long live the sandwich revolution.

The crocodile tears from Mike Cernovich are hilarious until you realize he’s putting Heritage on blast for walking back a statement supporting Nazism.

This is a great piece on an oft overlooked component of Mamdani's campaign -- it gave a generation forged in isolation and anxiety not just hope but a place to belong. More Democrats should adopt this posture regardless of whether they agree with Mamdani's politics. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/n...