Natanson has not been accused of any wrongdoing, and the criminal complaint filed against Perez-Lugones does not accuse him of leaking classified information. wapo.st/4pFh6lw

When Virginia GOP senator’s solar farm stalled, the Youngkin admin got involved virginiamercury.com/2026/01/13/w...

Excellent Slate story on ICE hiring. web.archive.org/web/20260113...

Discovered this guy over the weekend. youtu.be/vyXccqTlhoI?...

No lives matter. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/c...

I contributed to a Washington Post profile of Renee Good, who graduated from Old Dominion University in Norfolk. wapo.st/4bli1UM

JACOB FREY: I'm so sorry if I offended their Disney princess ears. I like this guy.

23_0206_s1_use-of-force-policy-update.pdf share.google/xh7Qb0inTVhI...

Jacob Frey: "To ICE -- get the fuck out of Minneapolis"

From a @columjournreview.bsky.social interview with actor and free press activist John Cusack. www.cjr.org/the-intervie... "...not as a commercial interest to be protected, but more as a democratic function to be preserved. And that distinction is important." Very important. Too often Ignored.

A reminder - before Trump, MAGA, Musk and Fox rewrote history - that this is what the entire country agreed had happened five years ago today:

BREAKING: Federal health officials on Monday announced dramatic revisions to the slate of vaccines recommended for American children, reducing the number of diseases prevented by routine shots to 11 from 17. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/05/h...

in conclusion from Dreyer. open.substack.com/pub/benjamin...

“Is the Cuban government the Trump administration’s next target?” Marco Rubio: ‘The Cuban government is a huge problem … I think they’re in a lot of trouble, yes’

Trump on Venezuela: "We're going to run the country until such time as we can do a safe, proper, and judicious transition"

Aside from the fact that this is grossly insipid and jingoistic, it's also schlocky writing. If you've written "Franklin's famous line,"* you're signaling, loudly, that you have nothing to say worth listening to. *Also, it was a remark; "line" rather implies that it's something he wrote.

"You dumb fucking potato" It's hard to keep up with the many excellent take downs of this Tony Dokoupil /MAGA pinky promise video. Here's another barn burner. This one by @glegum.bsky.social for @wonkettemedia.bsky.social:

This. youtu.be/SOaWApniIN8?...

This tired blame the media tactic that attracts the aggrieved billionaire set is not what the regular audience wants and displays an astonishing ignorance of what it does want. Most of all, it’s insider to the point of boredom and the opposite of creative.

My man looks like the narrator from a high school performance of Our Town

Yeah, man, the only difference between your career and Mark Rufallo’s career is the political stuff.

Listening is such a lost skill. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/24/o...

Musk let DOGE run roughshod over Social Security at the expense of functionality and consumer services. If he ran his companies this carelessly and stupidly, he wouldn’t be rich. He’d be a bankrupt failure. Gift link 🎁 wapo.st/4pheQks

Chesapeake hospital sued for allowing this monster to continue practicing for years. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/29/h...

Tatiana Schlossberg has passed away at 35. Please read this beautiful essay she published last month. It's one of the best things I've read in a long time. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...

From @theathletic.com: Uncomfortable Instagram messages with women and emotional outbursts with staff paint a picture of a coach who had become increasingly volatile. nyti.ms/4p6WFxK

An excellent piece of reporting exploring so many themes. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/u...

Sara spoke at a conference I attended earlier this month. Data for thought. www.pilotonline.com/2025/12/17/c...

Unbelievable. The center, founded in 1960, is responsible for many of the biggest scientific advances in humanity’s understanding of weather and climate. Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/c...

"The global coal demand increase of about 40mn tonnes this year was largely due to the US."

GLASHEEN: Antifa is our primary concern right now. That's the most immediate violent threat we're facing BENNIE THOMPSON: Where is antifa headquartered? GLASHEEN: ... ... ... we are building out the infrastructure right now THOMPSON: What does that mean?

Large solar farms in Virginia can produce ‘rapid’ stormwater runoff, researchers find virginiamercury.com/2025/12/12/l...

Two months and two dozen interviews later, this is the appetizer -- the first of what will be (at least) three stories on Virginia Wesleyan. What started as a simple story grew and grew. www.whro.org/education-ne...

Dog attacks persist in Virginia prisons despite 2024 law change virginiamercury.com/2025/12/11/d...

Excellent reporting. www.pilotonline.com/2025/12/09/v...

It appears that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has, within the past week, scrubbed a large amount of climate change content from its official website, as well as *removed human-caused warming* from the discussion on its "causes of climate change" page.

This was a fantastic two days of deep dives with politicians, researchers, and innovative city leaders. And, of course, a hang with journalists who cover the same things -- the climate, affordable housing and government finance. Thanks to Lincoln and Harvard for hosting.

credit to NYT for not sanewashing the appalling bigotry we saw today in the WH "Even for Mr. Trump — who has a long history of insulting Black people, particularly those from African countries — his outburst was shocking in its unapologetic bigotry."

This is an incredibly important graph and post which a large part of the climate science community is intentionally ignoring and trying to hide. Our climate is in a much more dangerous state than main stream climate scientists are willing to acknowledge. Important:

BIG #Crowdfunder Update!!! Last night we received our SINGLE BIGGEST DONATION of the campaign: $5K donation from an ANONYMOUS DONOR!!! Donor says: "Community level climate action is where it's at!" It sure is. Thanks SO much! DONATIONS: www.calgaryclimatehub.ca/2025fundraiser #ClimateChange

Hot off the keyboard and gifted: Hegseth has to go. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/a...

Realtors know that, in many parts of the country, if you educate people about climate risk, the housing market will collapse. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/c...

Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

Friday night at the Anthem in DC. Patti Smith and the 50th anniversary of "Horses." One of the best shows I've seen in recent years. #pattismith

I spoke to @thewalrus.ca EIC Carmine Starnino about Victoria Goldiee, fake reporters, and what the hell journalists are supposed to do in this AI slop era. thewalrus.ca/the-phantom-...