Steve Sands

🧵You can't talk about Natalie Harp w/o talking about how strange she is. This isn't making fun of physique or bearing. It's about obsessive/creepy behavior. And it matters on policy. As a former Republican media consultant, I can tell you that this attack is astonishingly effective w/the public...

Justice Brown Jackson's argument for birthright citizenship is very moving. I recommend reading it in full. An excerpt with alt-text below. “The Reconstruction Amendments were an anticaste, antisubordination reset for the Nation, not a mere spot treatment for the dark stain of slavery.” — KBJ

The vaccines worked

Maybe not a Pulitzer Prize, but a MacArthur Fellowship for sure

Wondering if any republicans in Congress who flipped out when Clinton and Lynch ran into each other, or wouldn’t shut up about Jack Smith “conspiring” with Biden, would have anything to say about this shit.

Shades of 1938 Germany

A Reagan-appointed judge declares there's an “unconstitutional conspiracy” be/Convicted Felon Donald Trump & Cabinet members to “deprive people of their rights." I've got the scathing ruling, incl. that federal agents are masked to "terrorize Americans into quiescence.” youtu.be/dXTnOkXQctk?...

Trump Unmasked www.nytimes.com/2026/01/13/o... Okay guys this was absolutely fascinating analysis of the president and well worth a read if you’re interested I’ve gifted it

In Greek mythology, Narcissus fell in love with his own reflection in a pool of water.

I want the names of the Dem consultants and campaign managers who told Tim Walz to stop cooking like this on the campaign trail last year. They should never work in politics again. THIS is the energy we need.

from today's post — thanks for reading! link to the whole ball of wax is here: bit.ly/3F0SrWS