Now that everyone has moved on from the DNC report, I wrote about it. What would a well-designed report do? And why no one has any incentive to do it. open.substack.com/pub/goodpoli...

ICYMI and would rather read about Republicans than Democrats today or are all caught up on your 2024 report takes :)

AOC doesn't need me to give her career advice, but I foolishly went and did it anyway. Plus all the links. goodpoliticsbadpolitics.substack.com/p/aocs-future

In @nytopinion.nytimes.com The first step in truly reining in the Supreme Court "is to remember that the republic — and the Constitution that brought it to life — is meant for us. It is ours to interpret and ours to transform,” our columnist Jamelle Bouie writes.

Certainly. But remember: It. Doesn't. Work. He does this crap, and he just gets more and more unpopular. He was unpopular first-term during good times, and he's unpopular now. Of course people should call him out on it, but he hasn't discovered some secret formula for anything.

The new focus of @smotus.bsky.social's newsletter is fantastic and pressing - the STAKES of the upcoming nomination contests for American democracy. There's not a better political science blogger - or person - for you to support!* *except for Jonathan and David and me

The paperback copy of Congress's Constitution is currently 50% off if you order directly from the @yalepress.bsky.social website! yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300...

Seriously if you're only going to subscribe to two newsletters about US politics, this should be the other one.

Josh Marshall: The Supreme Court's corruption runs so deep there is simply little effort any more to hide it. The Court no longer has any consistent or even comprehensible jurisprudence. It simply has political goals it seeks to achieve.

Looking at the midterms after the Iran cease fire. Plus: Links! @dandrezner.bsky.social @smotus.bsky.social @dcinbox.bsky.social @normornstein.bsky.social @rickhasen.bsky.social @donmoyn.bsky.social and more goodpoliticsbadpolitics.substack.com/p/10-midterm...

Wrote about impeaching Trump - again - and the options available to next year's (likely) Democratic House majority. goodpoliticsbadpolitics.substack.com/p/impeachmen...

Again, looking forward to those masthead NYT editorials any day now about how Republicans are denying political reality & not offering moderate, unifying solutions. Any day at all. Really, feel free to start any time now. Today would be good. This is how it is done, is it not? 🤔🧐🤷‍♂️🤦‍♂️

oh look at that www.pew.org/en/research-...

Women’s progress in attaining elected office stalled in 2024. Yesterday we got a first look at whether 2026 will change that trajectory. My new one: open.substack.com/pub/goodpoli...

ICYMI

Too many times, we have seen gun violence inflict immense heartbreak and loss in Minnesota. It’s time for us to come together to take real, actionable steps toward common sense gun laws.

On AOC '28. Plus the links @johnsides.bsky.social @lizsuhay.bsky.social @jennmjacksonphd.bsky.social @dandrezner.bsky.social @smotus.bsky.social @mirandayaver.bsky.social and more all at GP/BP goodpoliticsbadpolitics.substack.com/p/aoc-28

Really excellent @jonathanbernstein.bsky.social column today on how to think about presidential primaries. open.substack.com/pub/goodpoli...

Finally got around to reading Backlash Presidents and it's so, so good. I learn so much from @juliaazari.bsky.social. Totally recommend. press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...

_Strength In Numbers_ gains more strength as it gains more numbers. Spitting distance from being a top-50 publication on Substack. Join us! (a free sub gets you at least two articles a week — a pretty good deal for time invested, IMO) gelliottmorris.com/subscribe

NEW: There are 2,400+ elections for DA & sheriff this year. These matter hugely to criminal justice & policing—including: *these are often officials who decide ICE collaboration.* So I took a dive into these 2,400+ races to identify early hotspots and battlegrounds. Read, & check out our maps:

Also I'll immodestly say: I think @juliaazari.bsky.social and @dbernstein.bsky.social and I have been good guides to [all this] and if you haven't subscribed you should, and also I'll invite y'all to support us and keep us going with a paid subscription. goodpoliticsbadpolitics.substack.com

Wrote a thing about whether the American presidency even exists anymore. No reason. open.substack.com/pub/goodpoli...

Everything Jamelle says. Plus: The problem with doomer expectations of "canceling" elections (other than it's annoying) is there are real things Trump/GOP might do to attempt to impede fully free & fair elections and doomerism doesn't go well with preparing to counter and resist those real dangers.

Wired has ungated this article.

Had some thoughts about what happened last week and how we got here goodpoliticsbadpolitics.substack.com/p/decades-of...

Trump keeps losing and also keeps doing stuff. Yes, that's hard to wrap our heads around. My item today gets into it (without, alas, fully explaining it.) Plus the links! goodpoliticsbadpolitics.substack.com/p/losing-los...

a few thoughts youtu.be/lERS4kJIQR8

Nope

You can read my take on Trump's illegal invasion of Venezuela here: www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a...

Impeachment talk again? Dem-only impeachment might or might not be a good idea, but it's not much of a check on a lawless president (as we saw in the first Trump impeachment!) - and there are plenty of other real checks Congress can try that a Dem House could implement.

While this is a good point, it's also true that it's never too late. Anyone who chooses Team Republic today, regardless of what they've done or supported so far, is going to have a better reputation than those who stick with Team Trump. Fair or not. And those on Team Republic should welcome them.

wrote about whatever last week was, and its implications for Trump as Republican Party leader open.substack.com/pub/goodpoli...

I'm not sure that Trump has finally killed off a US political ritual that's been ready to die for a while now. I am sure he's terrible at it. goodpoliticsbadpolitics.substack.com/p/prime-time

Really liked this one and think it's a very helpful way to think about something that confuses a lot of analysts. Although he really missed the obvious chance to make a Hegseth/Rise of Skywalker analogy. But overall: Don't miss this one.

a belief that liberals are not in spiritual communion with the white working class, which is held as the virtuous repository of american identity.

In my new piece, I consider Trump’s very limited communications strategy, from calling affordability a hoax to yesterday’s no-real-press-allowed Pentagon press conference. Please read and subscribe! open.substack.com/pub/goodpoli...

ICYMI

Oops forgot to push yesterday's (not-yet-stale!) speculation about, among other things, Thomas and Alito, and why strategic retirement for them might be more complicated than one might think. goodpoliticsbadpolitics.substack.com/p/shutdown-i...

Donald Trump sent more money to bail out Argentina than it would have cost to extend the ACA tax credits for just 1 year. I don't plan to let anyone forget it.

Ugh with all the fuss I forgot to tweet out my item today: In praise of Pelosi and why they should be building statues of her all over. Plus so many links. goodpoliticsbadpolitics.substack.com/p/the-speaker

Don’t worry your heads ladies, the menfolk are handling US-Central Asia relations

Five Lessons from the 2025 Election Results: honestgraft.substack.com/p/five-lesso...

Alt-pitch: Trump, the WH, Jafar, the Genie, I love the Capitol...plus all the links! @adambonica.bsky.social @smotus.bsky.social @dcinbox.bsky.social @mirandayaver.bsky.social @hsulli.bsky.social @donmoyn.bsky.social and more goodpoliticsbadpolitics.substack.com/p/trumps-att...

Trump wants the Department of Justice to pay him $230 million of YOUR taxpayer dollars. So, while health care costs rise for millions of Americans, our billionaire President is sticking his hand out. Trump is the most corrupt president in American history. Full stop.

If you attend a No Kings Day event, please record the number of people in attendance in our crowdsourced crowd-counting sheet. We prefer official estimates above ad-hoc counts — if you count yourself, pls be conservative (people are bad at estimating crowd sizes). docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

Feel like we could use more reporting on those "lots of GOP polls." What's the business model for partisan survey results?