Javier Sanchez Mendoza Jr. helped Sofi secure an H-2A visa, promising a job on a Georgia blueberry farm. When she arrived, she was not sent out to work in the fields like the others. She was forced to live at his house and sign a marriage license. By @maxblau.bsky.social

My response to the NYT’s “moderate to win” argument: The data shows the strategy is tapped out. Being seen as moderate by voters doesn’t boost votes, replacing every progressive with moderates would net 0 seats, and the graveyard of defeated D incumbents if full of moderates, not progressives.

I joined eight former CDC directors—spanning Republican and Democratic administrations—to share this warning: our nation’s health is at risk. The very systems that protect us from disease, cancer, and future health threats are being dismantled.

Opinion: Scientists are on course to build mirror life — organisms built from molecular components that are mirror images of the versions used in nature. If this is achieved, mirror bacteria could evade our immune systems and confound our medicines on.ft.com/47cexBX

The annoying spam texts destroying the Democratic brand: $678M raised through those spam tactics $282M to one consulting firm: Mothership Strategies. $11M to actual campaigns (1.6%) The party isn’t just treating donors like marks—it’s being fleeced itself yet continues to back Mothership.

The FT View: The longer it has continued, the more it has borne the hallmarks of a vengeful assault by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s far-right government to destroy the very fabric of Palestinian society. https://on.ft.com/3UBv3Us

FEMA: Myth Vs. Fact

The urgent need to end the catastrophe in Gaza https://on.ft.com/3P9Rb67