I give you 8,000 words on Florida's Nuisance Alligator Program, a system in which Floridians can call a hotline to report a gator they believe is acting threatening. A licensed trapper will then arrive to yank the offending gator out of the place it has taken residence, so it may be "harvested."

I've published 5 peer reviewed articles on pork barrel politics & a couple of others that never got published & a chapter in a book and you can read all of that, or you can read the first half of this article which is one of the best journalistic treatments of the subject I've ever seen.

I chatted with Jim about his superb profile of Susan Collins for today's @slate.com Slatest newsletter. Come for the electoral prognosticating, stay for the insider sauce on how Mainers who might need federal money someday don't want to criticize Collins on the record... slate.com/news-and-pol...

this is a very satisfying explanation of Susan Collins!

New from me: How does Susan Collins do it? Everyone knows she’s a tough opponent, but I really wanted to break down how. Here’s my feature. slate.com/news-and-pol...

Scotland plays in the World Cup tonight, crank it up to a million

Polls have just closed in Kentucky. If you want to know what's going on in the Bluegrass State, check out my deep dive on the most expensive primary in American history for @slate.com slate.com/news-and-pol...

WHEN COMPANIES RUN THE COURTS is out today. It tells how the Supreme Court created a shadow justice system where companies pay judges, and where people almost always lose. Whether you know it or not, you are a part of this system. Get the book and find out how to escape: shorturl.at/D0KZ0

On the grim gerrymandering future post-Callais slate.com/news-and-pol...

It's been a minute since we've had @jim-newell.bsky.social on the show and I have missed him. BUT HE'S BACK!!!! slate.com/podcasts/wha...

On the state of redistricting! slate.com/news-and-pol...

. @jim-newell.bsky.social's write-up of this Markwayne Mullin hearing is truly 🇮🇹👨‍🍳😘 slate.com/news-and-pol...

Please allow yourself a lil treat Which is this article slate.com/news-and-pol...

This @jim-newell.bsky.social joint makes a compelling case for scrapping the SOTU altogether - and I gotta say - it kinda goes hand in glove with today's show. Like: what are we even doing here slate.com/news-and-pol...

Sixers hold a moment of silence for Dan McQuade.

A typical @dhm.bsky.social DM: Him sending a Getty photo of Anna Nicole Smith posing with mugging police officers at Philly Live 8 from 2005 and saying he could probably ID all the officers within a couple of days.

When I interned at Philly Weekly, I sat next to Dan as he wrote his very funny blog, Philadelphia Will Do, which looked like the most fun job in the world. It inspired me try the same path. In spite of this, I always liked him. A terrible loss. defector.com/dan-mcquade-...

It’s a true fact: I got a Business Job in the Business World, which I start next week. But on my last day, Slate let me do one last job: A post about [portentously] all that I’ve seen. slate.com/news-and-pol...

Finally Alex gets an honest job

Congress is about to allocate tens of BILLIONS to expand ICE -- why aren't Senate Democrats talking about it? @jim-newell.bsky.social asked them: slate.com/news-and-pol...

What it was like in the shit in 2025 slate.com/news-and-pol...

free advice for game developers: try to make the next smash hit video game, such as grand theft auto. if you do, you'll be making more than just a video game – you'll be making millions of dollars

"The FoundingFathers knew this!" "to rule otherwise would be unfaithful to the judgment and vision of the Founding Fathers!" Two exclamation points!! storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

I 100 percent think that everyone should assume their chosen political thing is deeply unpopular and work to make it popular, rather than assume "everyone also wants this, it's just those evil somethings stopping it from happening"

Fun with numbers and math. slate.com/news-and-pol...

Vance's face here is pretty funny

That's right. Without Trump, two thirds of Americans (all cops) would be dead from fentanyl

The Medicaid cuts are coming into view. slate.com/news-and-pol...

as the great @jim-newell.bsky.social notes: "This is not just a symbolic fight to wage, or one that only serves to satisfy liberals’ desire to feel morally righteous. The stakes are real." slate.com/news-and-pol...

CEOs upset about Trump’s tariffs sound like mob bosses shouting “I thought we had a deal!” at the Joker.

Every day we learn anew just how much classified ads were perhaps the load-bearing pillar of American hegemony

Celebrating Liberation Day with a reminder that Congress is very powerful when it chooses to be! slate.com/news-and-pol...

Today: - Monday Morning Politics, with @jim-newell.bsky.social, - @elkue.bsky.social on composting in NYC, - @strausbaugh.bsky.social on 100 Years of Greenwich Village, - @deeshtho.bsky.social on NYC's upcoming baseball season Live at 10 on 93.9 FM, AM820 or @wnyc.org

There are deep and important national security, moral and legal issues at stake with the signal group leaks. And then there is the kind of analysis only @lukewinkie.bsky.social can provide. slate.com/life/2025/03...

I spoke with @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social about his newest book "Everything Is Tuberculosis." It's an important and terrifyingly-relevant story about one of the deadliest diseases in human history—and the decisions we make to keep it alive. slate.com/technology/2...

[hegseth] Just CONFIRMED w/CENTCOM we are a GO for mission launch. [friend who once got a text from hegseth where he accidentally called the grinch the grink] was the grink there?

i’m losing it

Day trader has thoughts nymag.com/intelligence...

God dammit. Timing couldn’t be worse but here goes. Chuck Schumer and I are launching our new podcast “Soul Deep: A Weekly Deep Dive Into the Music of Collective Soul” tomorrow. I do NOT support his latest decision and want to make clear this is strictly a music podcast. Please check it out

On Monday morning, Slate was suddenly informed that six of its employees—including three editors, two of whom were members of the union—were being laid off, just months after four other staffers were also let go. The Slate Union's official statement reads as follows:

"Vote for the bill so that the president can refuse to spend the money you just voted for" is whole other level of saying the quiet part out loud.

ABC News has now fully taken down the old 538 website, including all interactive projects since 2014. Aside from erasing history this prevents access to publicly released data, including raw polls, averages, model estimates & story dta. Totally unacceptable for a company (allegedly) doing journalism

At @slate.bsky.social, we believe access is important. In order to make sure that federal workers–including those who have recently left government, voluntarily or involuntarily–maintain access to critical reporting, we’re offering free Slate Plus for the next 6 months: slate.com/fed-plus

It's not like Trump is going in front of Congress hat-in-hand tonight. But as @jim-newell.bsky.social explains -- he still needs these guys. The path for continuing austerity measures (and/or fat tax cuts!) runs thru them: slate.com/podcasts/wha...

Russia coming back to win the Cold War in 2025 after the ESPN win probability chart said the USA had a 99.999999999% chance of victory

So - I've actually led Ebola outbreak response at USAID. This is bunk from Elon. They have laid off most of the experts, they're bankrupting most of the partner orgs, have withdrawn from WHO, and muzzled CDC. What's left is a fig-leaf effort to cover their asses politically.

I wrote about how the GOP coalition is quite different from what it was in 2017, but the agenda's still the same slate.com/news-and-pol...

Quick reaction from a federal law enforcement official: “Men like Emil Bove would rather destroy the federal criminal justice system than just get therapy, it’s appalling.”

this man is a millennial