Skylar Baker-Jordan

I was honoured to write this essay for the @dailyyonder.bsky.social on rural America's contribution to our national story as part of the #America250 commemorations dailyyonder.com/commentary-d...

"Pound for pound" implies Americans are per capita more evil than al Qaeda and I'm going to go out on a limb and say I don't think the average American is worse than the average member of al-Qaeda. (of course he's just misusing the phrase because he thinks it sounds smart)

Woe be it from this recovering opinion writer to bemoan another opinion writer pivoting to hard news reporting, but Douthat going from the opinion pages to 60 Minutes is like Gilderoy Lockhart being asked to teach Defence Against the Dark Arts - you think you're up to it, but you're clearly not

I came out to my parents the day before 9/11. 25 years later, here's what that experience can teach us about bridging America's political and cultural divides www.glasgowcourier.com/story/2026/0...

remember when there was that train accident in east palestine ohio and the right wing talked endlessly about how biden & co didn't care about the middle of the country? www.nytimes.com/2026/08/21/u...

Hey Greek statue avi fuckheads This is stoicism

Unhealthy smoke over Montana Thursday evening. Even the sun seems to have had enough. If you've ever wondered where the sun goes on a smoky evening, it becomes an orange dot on the map. I'll have your complete weather forecast at 10PM! #Montana #smoke #sun #photography #weather

And that's what you missed on GLEE!

Weighing in from Chicago with a blue city fact check: This is today from the heart of the city.

What he's saying is less interesting than how he's saying it

It’s not just a No 10 in the north, it’s an engine for growth throughout the whole UK | Andy Burnham

The details of Ann Widdecombe's murder are too horrific to bear. It's so strange - I spent more than two decades vehemently opposing her, yet I find myself grief-stricken at her passing because whatever our disagreements, it takes courage to be a conviction politician. And that she was

He's to my right on many issues but I think Wes Streeting is a good and decent man, so I'm chuffed to see him back on the front benches. Think he'll excel at Defence

Next time I am in Mississippi I will be checking out Jamba Joloff because joloff rice is low-key my favourite food 🤤

I'm open-minded about John Healey as Chancellor, especially if it means more defence spending *as well as* an increase in welfare spending

Funding Healey’s defence plan, social care reform and cost of living action while also keeping the fiscal rules is going to mean hefty tax rises.

The only thing I can think is that Mahmood - and the presumed continuance of policies she's executed - is a flanking manoeuvre against Reform? Doesn't bode well for those concerned over Starmer's immigration policies and rhetoric, whatever the reason

Having a chair or sofa in your bedroom is sorely underrated. Sometimes the mood calls for the bedroom but not the bed

The Odyssey was pretty great, lads, but not as great as i wanted it to be. Nolan made it a moral tale, which is a hilarious choice for a world where fate, not human choice, governs action on earth. But i do understand why he wants to moralize at this moment in history.

This is a blatantly unconstitutional threat. The executive branch has zero constitutional power to tell states how to run their elections - zero. Nor does DHS have the constitutional power to threaten state and local officials with jail time if they fail to abide by the executive branch’s demands.

It can simultaneously be true that the claims are a tired/incoherent rehash, AND it was newsworthy because he said he’s sending the administration in to “work with” states that got hacked. That’s basically announcing interference, or am I missing something?

Doing away with mail-in voting would be a disaster for rural states like Montana where people have to drive fifty miles to a polling place

Voter files are public information that anyone can purchase!

There is no way that "278,000 noncitizens" are voting in US elections, as Trump claims in his speech. Its just not physically possible, as WIRED and other outlets have consistently reported. This is a scare tactic, and it's working. And the repercussions are endless:

If you work for accelerant insurance I need to speak to you urgently about your treatment of Walthamstow residents. Please call my office. Walthamstow please help share this request to make sure they see it and act.

stuff like this is why one important avenue for court reform is just nixing the shadow docket altogether and forcing these people to explain themselves to the public when they issue orders. also, making their records property of the united states and subject to publication when they leave the bench.

Reuben M. Schafir with the most gut wrenching haunting lede of our times:

Hard to put into words how big of an own-goal it is for the United States to normalize shipping tolls at all, much less tolls at 20%. It's the kind of thing that appeals to someone who has only ever known how to run short-term scams.

Shocked to learn of the death of Lindsey Graham. Light and love to his family and friends

Reporting on the security problems with Trump's Qatari vanity plane, despite hundreds of millions in taxpayer-funded renovations, show "exactly why we need to protect journalists and whistleblowers – without them, we’d never know about this kind of waste and incompetence,” we told @cnn.com

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🚨 Extreme Heat Warning issued July 11 at 12:05PM MDT until July 13 at 6:00AM MDT by NWS Glasgow MT 🚨 Additional Details Here.

Next time I'm in London I will visit this restaurant and report back Sincerely, A scholar and writer with a master's in Appalachian Studies and a lifetime of research and essays on Britain

I need @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social to do an emergency Secret Podcast on Graham Platner tonight. Please, Sarah? Pretty please 🥺 🙏🏻

Graham Platner is a case study in why vetting candidates is so important

The Democrats are dumping Graham Platner. The Republicans nominated Ken Paxton.

Maine Dems call on Platner to withdraw…

Graham Platner’s history of sexual assault proves he does not belong in the US Senate. He belongs on the Supreme Court. by Susan Collins

I support Democrats and want them to retake the Senate, but if I lived in Maine I could not in good conscience vote for Graham Platner

Some of my favourite shots from Fourth of July in Hinsdale, Montana

Ready for fireworks in Hinsdale, Montana!

As the country prepares to celebrate its birthday, we should recognize that rural America formed the core of what it means to be an American today.

Just wanted to share some of my favourite photos I've taken for the Courier since moving to Montana in March. I can't believe I've been running this paper for three months already. Time flies when you're having fun! Love you, Valley County!!!

Well buddy, I've been openly gay since I was a 15-year-old kid in a Kentucky high school in 2001. I'm well aware of "the American context of a society oriented towards bullying and othering as well as its foundational basis in church-sponsored racism" I stand by my words. Born gay. Die mad about it

An important - and timely, being the final day of Pride Month - piece in the New York Times. I've long said I'm gay, not queer. And that if anyone can be queer, then no one is queer I'm so glad to see the Times publish this www.nytimes.com/2026/06/30/o...