Can I get AI to reply "STOP" to every SMS from a congressional candidate for the remainder of 2026?

Screenshot of an online opinion article by the Editorial Board. The headline reads, "The Texas gerrymander freakout," with the subheadline, "What's happening in the Lone Star State is not a threat to democracy." The publication date is August 20, 2025.

​Screenshot of an online opinion article from The Washington Post by the Editorial Board. The headline reads, "Virginia plunges America deeper into the gerrymandering abyss," with the subheadline, "The redistricting scheme was always a power grab by Democrats. Voters went along with it."

The WaPo editorial board when Republicans gerrymander in Texas versus when Democrats gerrymander in Virginia.

sounds like the definition of boxed in

What his bigger risk for the bottom falling out, the war stuff or the economy stuff?

If the tech bros ever create the cancer cure tech it will be $4999.99 a month for the top "cancer free" tier.

‘We’re going to [expletive] take those dudes’: Vermont police told ICE to stand down. The federal agents didn’t listen. - The Boston Globe New body camera footage and reports shed light on a violent confrontation between protesters and police over a failed immigration enforcement action in South Burlington.

Full story

Every turn in this story on the ICE raid in Burlington is shocking, but ICE being out of line with the other federal agencies needs to be highlighted. This isn't "sanctuary city" policies, this is a rogue agency.

I'm building a list of talented ABDs in case any of my colleagues are considering retirement. It's a contingency around here you just have to be prepared for.

Affordability Is the Issue Now, But Look for the Uninsured to Make a Comeback A new column on the uninsured from President and CEO Dr. Drew Altman explains: “The uninsured is not the most politically salient problem in health care now, that’s affordability, nor is it the non-problem some say it is. But it’s coming back. And the problem of the chronically ill uninsured is glaring.” Read more.

No group is more screwed (in health research speak, faces more barriers to care), than the chronically ill uninsured. I explain in my new column: on.kff.org/4mhgHWk

lol, there must be something very detailed about to drop

Are a whole bunch of you just learning that there are no legal limits on a president ordering a nuclear attack?

I did not know this

These pictures are all amazing.

These pictures are YOURS (you can just download them!) because NASA is funded by all of us. As it has for over half a century, NASA reminds us that we can do amazing things as a society if we're willing to.

interns as a human shield against constituents

There’s a reason people read the classics.

perhaps. I think he's just out of cards. What does he have besides more threats and bombs? US public won't tolerate a ground invasion (yet), diplomacy won't open strait (not clear he could even turn off Israeli attacks), economy getting worse with strait closed.

It's time to start asking Republican Congressman when/if they'll call for Trump's resignation.

Each of these Playbook paragraphs is more alarming than the one before it (and Politico has made it clear they will grovel for access)

1) Trump's coalition is now the far right Reigious Zionism party.
2) Trump himself is leading this charge in the WH.
3) Nobody takes the words of POTUS seriously.

That’s such a good example

Time to strengthen the Shield of the Americas

Don't get me wrong: I'm relieved that this case is shaping up as either 8-1 or 7-2 against the Trump executive order. But the case is a gift to the Supreme Court. By rejecting an outlandish position, it will earn credibility as apolitical, even as the Overton window moves far to the right.

He's getting above the fold coverage for a SCOTUS hearing on a topic he desperately wants to get back on the agenda

Trump is dedicated to the "perpetually breaking news cycle", and compared to how Biden handled the press I think it's a relatively successful tactic.

arguably Dems did the same thing with Biden 2020.

These numbers make me wonder if any generic R presidential candidate would've won in 2024 (covid/Biden fatigue) and they made a short-sighted decision running Trump.

I remember those from Mr Johnson’s freshman English at NHS

Here's the abstract:

I think you mean 𝓌𝓊𝓉?

I really enjoyed writing this review of state interest group scholarship with Tom Holyoke for SPPQ (not to say writing isn't usually "fun"). In our view there's good research emerging in recent years on interest group mobilization, how lobbyists matter and interest group effects on policymaking.