Fight For What You Actually Want remains the savviest political strategy even though it is the least embraced by the people who consider themselves the most savvy. www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/do-what-yo...

Honestly one of the worst, most disturbing paragraphs — on the basis of process, substance, and effect — I’ve read in a Supreme Court order or opinion in a very long time.

No GoFundMe, but I am thinking about rent for this month, so if you don’t wanna subscribe to the newsletter and just feel like chipping in some beer money or whatever: Venmo is @ Jake-Lahut straightfromthehut.substack.com

One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc

A federal judge issued a preliminary injunction restricting the use of force by federal agents in Chicago, finding the Trump administration’s version of recent events involving agents was not credible.

Condé is just flagrantly breaking labor law now

"In a country built on anti-Black violence, for the media — one of the perpetrators of that violence — to truly reckon with the harm it has done would require dismantling itself as we know it. But too few journalists were willing to risk their own comfort" talkingpointsmemo.com/tpm-25/the-s...

@adamlmahoney.bsky.social entered the media industry full-time in summer 2020, when newsrooms wanted frontline dispatches from the Floyd protests and nuanced Black perspectives, and wanted them now. It seemed like empathy itself had gone viral. It didn't last. talkingpointsmemo.com/tpm-25/the-s...

Should women have rights? We go through the pros and cons bsky.app/profile/jess...

Australia has so much electricity from solar power that it is going to start offering free electricity to everyone for at least three hours during the day as the wholesale price of power goes negative electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...

“Mommy! Mommy! Ouch! Ouch! Ouch!” — Leia Kahl, as she was overwhelmed by immigration agents’ tear gas. Leia’s age: 2. Via @natashakorecki.bsky.social www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

The campaign's viral videos made Mamdani into a “tour guide to a city amidst an affordability crisis, while also showcasing how the city is the living, breathing antidote to the narrow politics of the Trump administration.” defector.com/selling-zohran

For the next installment of TPM's series on 25 years of digital media, @jawnita.bsky.social brings us inside Gawker's newsroom on Feb. 26, 2015, when a viral outfit known as “The Dress” upended the office’s silence and, probably, the trajectory of media itself. talkingpointsmemo.com/tpm-25/chasi...

@kateriga.bsky.social: Voters' voted against Trump's party "in whatever vessel was presented to them—moderate or Democratic socialist, judge or public service commissioner, redistricting initiative or vote-by-mail question" talkingpointsmemo.com/news/electio...

here is my story about how Zohran's focus on community amid the loneliness epidemic helped young people connect their politics to an organizing infrastructure, that interviewed ZM, and does not use the NYT's framing of "they don't know how to make friends" :-) and also ran 4 days before NYT's lol

Nandy, a 22-year-old in Kentucky, has Type 1 Diabetes. Foods he's supposed to eat are more expensive, he said. He goes to Walmart and Kroger trying to find lowest prices. He's been eating one meal a day to stretch food out. It's impacting his health: “It’s like a death sentence for people like me”

It feels a bit weird to post right now in light of what has happened to @teenvogue.com and so much of the incredible team there. What sources shared here is important, & I’m grateful I got to work on this. I reported on how young people are being impacted by delays to SNAP: “It’s about survival.”

the Teen Vogue politics section's last newsy story 🥲 Rainesford knocked it out of the park

basically every 2024 truism is dead. Trump did not build a lasting multiracial coalition or turn young men into committed Republicans. You don’t need to cave on trans rights to win. The pundits have nothing left to tell you.

The one good thing I'll say about Dick Cheney is his deranged foreign policy provoked the Golden Age of Blogging, a period where antiwar voices were able to circumvent the mainstream media and change public opinion on key issues. talkingpointsmemo.com/tpm-25/early...

Universal swing in action: "What we saw last night was a directional shift toward Democrats in 99.8% of counties that held partisan elections." www.gelliottmorris.com/p/seven-data...

ah, perhaps instead of pumping millions into endless factional infighting Dem donors could invest in making local Dem organizations genuine civic spaces that can reach people during and between elections

This NYT story about how Mamdani dealt with the opposition by the city's elites fails to mention one particular elite institution: The NYT editorial page, which last June railed against him as "uniquely unsuited to the city’s challenges... lacks political savvy" www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/n... 1/

LOCAL ELECTION RESULT: Let me congratulate @zysaidso.bsky.social for her election to the Charlottesville School Board. For those wondering: Zyahna Bryant was a student organizer who led the successful fight in removing two confederate statues from downtown Charlottesville.

BREAKING: Colorado voters approved a ballot measure that would raise state income taxes on higher-earning households to fund free meals for all public school students. Follow AP for live updates.

"Donald Trump. Because I know you're watching. I have four words for you. 'Turn the volume up!"

What we know, 10:20pm —VA Dems flip Gov, LG, *and* AG —BIG Dem gains in VA House —Dems win NJ-Gov —Mamdani wins —Dems keep PA supreme court —Larry Krasner & Bragg win — GA Dems flip 2 statewide offices —JD Vance’s half-brother loses Cincy —Dems sweep Orlando council —ME anti-mail vote measure loses

"Donald Trump, since I know you're watching, I have four words for you: Turn the volume up."

RESULT: Maine voters reject Question 1, a ballot measure that would have implemented a barrage of new voting restrictions, especially for mail voting.

Once more, for old times’ sake

Zohran was polling at six percent in January. Nothing is impossible

What we know so far, 8:30pm —Democrats flip VA-Gov & VA-LG. —Also means Dems take VA trifecta. —Dems in good shape to win NJ-Gov. —Dems appear to flip 2 statewide offices in Georgia. —JD Vance's half-brother loses in Cincinnati. —Last GOPer in Orlando council gone. —PA: Dem justices up big so far.

I was laid off from Teen Vogue yesterday, along with 70% of my incredible team. @teenvogue.com Thank you to everyone who has reached out. I am so grateful. For nearly 4yrs as Culture Editor, I was dedicated to humanizing and empowering young people. We move.❤️‍🩹🚀 Cash App: $kmcnab Venmo: @/kaitmcnab

thank you for the outpouring of support! those of us laid off from Teen Vogue yesterday are now sharing our GoFundMe to help us cover our emergency expenses now that we've lost our incomes, as we get back on our feet.

The Roosevelt Institute was honored to present @teenvogue.com with the 2025 Freedom of Speech Medal because their team understood that freedom is about both speaking truth to power and the capacity to build power. Read our full statement: rooseveltinstitute.org/press-releas...

Local news reporting has highlighted the dire situation SNAP recipients face as their benefits expire, while right-wing media figures attack SNAP recipients as “overweight,” “lazy,” and undeserving of food assistance. https://

Two of the most significant politics editors in Teen Vogue’s history were working class trans people from Ohio and Philly, and their tireless, fearless work is a huge part of why so many people are mourning its demise now. @satansjacuzzi.bsky.social and @leximcmenamin.com you will always be famous

“Condé was content to hold Teen Vogue up as a prop for diversity, youth representation and progressive ideals when it benefited it, and then to unceremoniously discard the entire publication” a sad, too-fucking-familiar story

I really loved it when Teen Vogue republished my politics stories the past few years — it made me feel good that what I was producing was reaching young people, particularly young women and queer people, because I think they matter, their perspectives matter, and they're our future.

Turning Point USA continues to carry on the sainted work of Charlie Kirk by singling out innocent high school teachers for death threats.

if you want to know what happened to Teen Vogue yesterday, my work wife @allegrak.bsky.social — who ran our politics section for 6 years until this past June — said it all in this. can't even pull out a favorite part til I sign my separation letter lol, just read the whole thing.

"What stings the most is the loss of one of the only publications that allowed young people to share their own stories and took them seriously as political actors." Former Teen Vogue Politics Director @allegrak.bsky.social on the loss of the publication in a disintegrating media landscape.

Wrote about Condé ending Teen Vogue as we knew it. talkingpointsmemo.com/cafe/what-we...

@jeetheer.bsky.social: "The real lesson of the blogging era is that journalism can always benefit from critical outside voices, who in a time of emergency are willing to tell the truths the powerful don’t want to hear." talkingpointsmemo.com/tpm-25/early...

I wrote for @talkingpointsmemo.com's amazing 25th anniversary series--> Traditional Media Never Took the Christian Right Seriously talkingpointsmemo.com/tpm-25/tradi...

We strongly condemn @CondéNast’s consolidation plans for Teen Vogue, a move that is clearly designed to blunt the award-winning magazine’s insightful journalism at a time when it is needed the most. More from our statement:

thank you for all the support; the statement from our union is now live here with some more reporting. now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.

in many ways Aiyana IS Teen Vogue and Teen Vogue is Aiyana. The idea that she was laid off today is painful to even fathom. Please follow her and offer her everything.

I was laid off from Teen Vogue this week, alongside multiple other phenomenal team members. At our Summit, I was asked how it felt to be 1 of 2 Black women left and what that meant for representation. Now, there are no Black women at Teen Vogue and that is incredibly painful to think about.

as my fellow Teen Voguers come over here I’ll be sharing their accounts, throw them a follow, offer them work, and we’ll be launching a gofundme/something similar soon!