From my oldest pal @eisenwrites.bsky.social, a great piece of reporting on how Collins has gone AWOL on climate issues.

Genius.

Former NBA star, Asian American trailblazer Jeremy Lin retires On the verge of being out of the league, Lin saved his NBA career over a two-week stretch during the 2011-12 season with the New York Knicks.

Farewell to this legend who represented Palo Alto and Asian-Americans on a global stage; he'll be a success in whatever he chooses to do next www.mercurynews.com/2025/08/31/f...

A Kennedy Toils in Mississippi, Tracing His Grandfather’s Path

“The only way to change the power structures in those states is to organize people,” Mr. Kennedy said. “That’s not a short fix. But what else can you do?” www.nytimes.com/2025/07/26/u...

NYT Headline: Democrats’ 2024 Autopsy Is Described as Avoiding the Likeliest Cause of Death An audit being conducted by the D.N.C. is not looking at Joe Biden’s decision to run or key decisions by Kamala Harris’s team, according to six people briefed on the report.

Anakin and Padme meme Panel 1, Anakin: The 2024 autopsy isn't covering key Biden and Harris decisions Panel 2, Padme: It's because we all agree those decisions were bad, right? Panel 3, Anakin: silent Panel 4, Padme, now concerned: It's because we all agree those decisions were bad, right?

Stephen C > Stephen A

These Younger Democrats Are Sick of Their Party’s Status Quo

Just 15 years ago, we had:

🐘Democratic governors in WV, WY, and OK.

🐘Democrats representing SD and IN in the U.S. Senate.

🐘Dem control of the AK and MS statehouses.

Majority Democrats is how we get back to winning all across the country. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/10/u...

Sometimes calls for prayer are sincere and sometimes they are an argument: a claim that this is God’s fault and our choices and policies have nothing to do with it.

Hope and solidarity won tonight, and will win again in November.

Congratulations, @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social

On Friday night, we walked the length of Manhattan, from Inwood Hill to Battery Park.

New Yorkers deserve a Mayor they can see, hear, even yell at. The city is in the streets.

Happy Birthday to my favorite Skee-ball expert, best-selling author, dog dad, fixer of dolls and bikes and dinners, and amazing parent to our kids. What a year it’s been, @chastenbuttigieg.bsky.social - and here’s to the adventures yet to come!

the embarrassment of the first Trump term combined with the shame of the second Bush term is a helluva place to be

Narges Mohammadi, the Iranian freedom fighter and Nobel Peace Prize winner, sends a message to President Trump.

Narges has spent around 13 years in the Islamic Republic’s most notorious prisons over the last 15 years.

The day started with tragedy with political violence in MN and instead of being scared, neighbors SHOWED UP to stand together at No Kings Twin Cities. We packed the Capitol Mall all the way to the Cathedral. Estimate 80,000+ right now. So proud of our state. #nokings #indivisible

Trump’s go-to line about every foreign policy crisis and war - from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, to October 7th, to the Israel’s devastation of Gaza - was “It would never have happened if I was president.”

Welp.

'Weakness masquerading as strength': Hear Newsom's blistering speech on Trump as LA protests persist YouTube video by CNN

This is a superb speech by @governor.ca.gov just now.

Clear. Strong. Simple. Direct. Angry—in a way that appeals to the best in people, not the worst. Seven plus minutes of the most effective rhetoric in response to Trump.

This is how you want a leader to talk.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=linJ...

On Research and Writing with Zev Karlin-Neumann The Public Service Project · Episode

Interested in speechwriting? Love hearing about the State Department clearance process? Don’t absolutely hate the sound of my voice?

Check out the podcast I did with Caitlin Dallaire and the Public Service Project:
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“The Intern in Charge”: Meet the 22-Year-Old Trump’s Team Picked to Lead Terrorism Prevention One year out of college and with no apparent national security expertise, Thomas Fugate is the Department of Homeland Security official tasked with overseeing the government’s main hub for combating v...

“According to LinkedIn, the bulk of Fugate’s leadership experience comes from having served as secretary general of a Model United Nations club.”

This would be laughable if it weren’t so dangerous.
www.propublica.org/article/trum...

The enemy of my enemy is still my enemy but I still like seeing them fight

It’s my birthday on Sunday but you really shouldn’t have, this is just too much, I don’t deserve it

Hassett has now taken to forecasting what going to happen last week, and he’s still wrong.

The Law Firms That Appeased Trump—and Angered Their Clients After firms struck deals to avoid punitive executive orders, some big clients decided to take their business elsewhere.

“At a recent luncheon at Cipriani in Midtown Manhattan, a top lawyer for Citadel delivered a message to leaders of some of the country’s biggest law firms. Brooke Cucinella told them that the hedge-fund company likes to work with law firms that aren’t afraid of a fight.” www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...

“They told us Putin would take all of Ukraine if we didn’t send weapons so we sent tons of weapons and he never even took all of Ukraine.”

🤔🤔🤔

Hey Donald Trump, Stephen Miller, Kash Patel & the rest of the MAGA goons & bullies

Senator Adam Schiff (D-CA) has a message for you:

Go f***k yourself."
🔥

Opinion | Elon Musk’s Legacy Is Disease, Starvation and Death

“Musk’s sojourn in government has revealed severe flaws in his character — a blithe, dehumanizing cruelty, and a deadly incuriosity. This should shape how he’s seen for the rest of his public life.” www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/o...

Rubio outlines plans to drastically cut human rights offices in State The cuts are part of a Trump administration plan to overhaul State, outlined in internal documents.

“Forget Russia’s torture and killing of Ukrainians, let’s focus on the real threat like U.K.’s laws against hate speech,” one of the department officials noted wryly. www.politico.com/news/2025/05...

Hell of a legacy.

Pete Buttigieg’s Theory of Everything How the former mayor, transportation secretary, and unlikely culture whisperer is piecing together a Democratic response to the chaos of Trumpism – and everything that comes after.

“For Buttigieg, the answer to populist despair is policy imagination. Big, functional, future-oriented ideas. Not just to fight Trump, but to build something worth fighting for.

There’s something there. Maybe everything.” demwinsmedia.substack.com/p/pete-butti...

A Missouri Town Was Solidly Behind Trump. Then Carol Was Detained.

“I voted for Donald Trump, and so did practically everyone here… But no one voted to deport moms. We were all under the impression we were just getting rid of the gangs, the people who came here in droves.”

She paused. “This is Carol.”

www.nytimes.com/2025/05/28/u...