From Today Explained @vox.com www.vox.com/podcasts/467...

Republicans have long worried that -- once Trump is gone -- the college graduates whom he alienated will remain Democrats, while the disengaged voters whom he mobilized will stop turning out. The 2025 election results make that scenario more plausible www.vox.com/politics/467...

🚨2 Today Explained eps that make sense of this week's elex results 1) I talked with @awprokop.bsky.social about the "cowboy" phase of Trump's ICE crackdown, and to Molly O’Toole about how the US electorate continues to shift on the issue of immigration, with growing evidence of a Trump backlash

Voter resentment of Dems leftward turn was largely abt perceived focus on cultural issues. So to blanketly apply that to Sanders/Mamdani ignores the class forward nature of their message… (1/2)

I'll say it: "Andrew Cuomo, in my opinion, ran a campaign that was insulting to New Yorkers, that was insulting to the city, that wasn’t based in the good parts about the city, but was based in fear…” (1/2)

[quoting @lydiadepillis.bsky.social] Great graphic. Would often tell the ppl most confused about Mamdani's rise to ask themselves three questions -- do you take public transit -- do you rent -- do you use tik tok that's more or less the coalition

Astead Herndon breaks down Zohran Mamdani's victory in the New York City mayoral race on Tuesday, where he became the first Muslim and first South Asian mayor in the city’s history.

“Convention has held us back.” www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/m...

Mickey omg

If you did not like Joe Biden or Bernie Sanders in the 2020 Democratic primary you are in the minority of your national party. I know that is hard to hear — bc it overpopulates among mainstream news consumers… (1/2)

New: Breaking up with NYT, why Vox, and planning election coverage that’s prepared for the next war — not the last one. I’m back on @thepressbox.bsky.social with @bryancurtis.bsky.social and @joelanderson.bsky.social. Listen now 🎧

[quoting @preetbharara.bsky.social] To clarify we are not literal family members !! @nypost.com

🚨Guest hosting Today Explained this afternoon!! Digging into what's ~really behind Trump's escalation in Venezuela. First @alexhorton.bsky.social on the timeline and the WH's stated rationale…

[quote post] It’s horrible. The food version of the pickleball takeover. Sorry I’m an adult and enjoy tennis

Woo! Still talking Mamdani profile. Thanks for having me @FareedZakaria @cnn.com

A police report about the crime says Norton has "early stages of dementia." Her office pushed back saying: "The medical diagnosis included in the police report was based on an assumption the reporting officer was unqualified to make."

Had a great time with @audiecornish.bsky.social this week on #TheAssignment @cnn.com www.cnn.com/audio/podcas...

[repost @joon.bsky.social]

[repost @mikebeauvais.bsky.social]

In addition to Blazers head coach Chauncey Billups and Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier, ABC News is reporting that former #Cavs player and assistant coach Damon Jones has been charged in a separate but related illegal gambling case.

Portland Trail Blazers coach Chauncey Billups has been arrested by the FBI for alleged illegal gambling, sources tell ESPN.

Bring back bookies

“When I’ve seen something with my own eyes and then I see a completely different characterization coming from the spokesperson in Washington … it’s hard to know how to respond to that.” www.poynter.org/reporting-ed...

I say this toward the end of the clip — but Cuomo’s entire campaign has just been to demand that his opponents drop out. He is somehow owed Sliwa and Adams voters, he has no expectation of having to win them. This is no accident. (1/2)

Incredible reporting from @infinitejaz.bsky.social from the West Bank. Video of a settler ambush over in his stories. Extremely harrowing. www.instagram.com/infinite_jaz...

Thankful for @cnn.com Inside Politics for having me on today — talking takeaways from this week’s profile of Zohran Mamdani for NYT Magazine.

Collect the set

Thrilled @astead-mirror.bluesky.bot is joining @vox.com as a host and an editorial director. Astead’s approach to journalism and his ability to reflect voices outside of the echo chamber is what our world needs today. Let’s go! www.vox.com/press-room/4...

We’ve got great news. 🎉 Astead W. Herndon is joining Vox. He’ll be launching a new video podcast and will be covering the 2026 midterms and lead-up to the 2028 presidential election on all of Vox’s platforms — text, audio, and video. www.vox.com/press-room/4...

We’re going to Vox

Some life news: this is my last week at The New York Times — a place I have enjoyed working from my first story to the last. I was 25yo when I started, and the last 7 years have pushed me as a reporter and person in ways I’m forever grateful. Colleagues have made me a better journo. (1/2)

It’s time to talk Zohran Mamdani. My @nytimes.com Magazine profile of the NYC mayoral candidate, the changing city he may soon lead, and the Democratic Party he upended.

Reupping this story from @majorityreport.bsky.social @samseder.bsky.social ! Tensions between West Wing/VP are normal, but the Biden White House went out of its way to minimize Kamala Harris. So much so it was weird. I don’t know the political purpose this memoir serves, but… (1/2)

NEW: JPMorgan, the largest US bank, enabled the crimes of Jeffrey Epstein. The bank lent him money, created accounts for his victims, disregarded suspicious transactions and overruled employees who raised concerns. @mattgoldstein26.bsky.social @jsgatnyt.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/09/08/m...

Four Al Jazeera staff, including reporter Anas Al Sharif, were killed in an Israeli attack on a tent for journalists outside the main gate of Gaza's al-Shifa hospital aje.io/onll19

Grateful to be named 2025 Journalist of the Year by NABJ — an organization that has so shaped my life and career. I have many people to thank. But I also want to dedicate this award to every journalist who focuses their reporting on those political systems would rather ignore… (1/4)

[rt Jennifer Medina]

His show is blowing up. The awards keep coming. And now Jordon Hudson is attacking his credibility. But there is WAY more to @pablo.show's story — and this moment — than you know. www.nytimes.com/athletic/632...

That Spurs haven’t sorted manager situation yet feels absurd. I think squad improvement matters more long term than whether Ange stays or goes but the uncertainty/growing risk of player + fan backlash feels like a bad omen all around. A big Levy summer off to wrong foot

Never argue with a Knicks fans. Just wait and circle back

[qt Bobby Marks] Notice how there's no active podcasters in the Finals

A big issue in media also! So many journalists trying to be the smartest person on the TL that they don’t produce any work that lasts. An editor told me several years ago “stop giving away ideas for free.” Changed my life

Thibs maximized that roster — looking forward to next years regression so we can have the long overdue convo that Becky Hammon was right abt Brunson

in this essay: the ideology of amateurism and the development of modern organized sports; the history of PED use and their regulation; transhumanism and Silicon Valley's obsession with death; athletic labor and the body thebaffler.com/after-the-fa...

Elon Musk’s legacy is more than chainsaws and reported drug use. It’s using DOGE and the pretense of “government efficiency” to fire thousands of workers and more importantly — pick legal fights about executive authority that will live far beyond his time in government. On @ThisWeekABC

😭😭😭😭 This is killing me. Americans are never beating the allegations

😭😭😭😭 This is killing me. Americans are never beating the allegations