The last story I did as a freelancer is finally out! For @slate.com I took a deep dive into the world of Katie Miller as she sheds her image as government attack dog and rebrands herself "trad-wife-in-chief" for her new podcast slate.com/news-and-pol...

Forgot to post this spooky story I wrote for Slate on Friday amid the Halloween shuffle: The mainstream right makes a little room at the table for Nick Fuentes slate.com/news-and-pol...

Hello here is a thread of some book tour dates I have coming up soon. Nov 5 at @busboysandpoets.bsky.social in DC with @patrickcreis.bsky.social @iamchrisscott.bsky.social @scheinman.bsky.social + @dwdavison.bsky.social (flyers by the great @tylerlittwin.bsky.social)

SCOOP: PA prosecutors were alerted to possible voting irregularities by one of MAGA's leading voices. A long paper trail shows Jack Posobiec has been living in Maryland but voting using his parent's address in Pennsylvania for years. Me with @marisakabas.bsky.social slate.com/news-and-pol...

Jack Posobiec, MAGA's voter fraud watchdog, votes in a swing state. He doesn't live in one, @marisakabas.bsky.social & @jsweetli.bsky.social report for @slate.com. slate.com/news-and-pol...

Excited to announce @patrickcreis.bsky.social is joining @slate.com as our politics editor! “He brings a thoughtful, ambitious vision for our politics coverage that’s focused on clarity, depth, and the human side of policy and power..." Read more here: slate.com/briefing/202...

Big feature out from Umair Irfan for @vox.com today about a technology that has the potential to unlock amazing potential for the renewable energy transition. If you're worried about the climate, you don't want to miss this one: www.vox.com/climate/4083...

I am autistic. I pay taxes, I have a job. I dated. I get the desire to push this narrative autistic people DO accomplish these to rebut Kennedy. But there was a time when I DID NOT have a job. And non-speaking autistic people or thise with intellectual disabilities don't. They have worth as well.

Our immigration policies, up close and in focus, are as brutal as you’d expect. www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...

Why introverts should sometimes act like extroverts: A new excerpt from ME, BUT BETTER, out in @vox.com today! www.vox.com/advice/40230...

“After Friday night’s firings, Trump has the ability to install a handpicked group of officers to lead the world’s most powerful fighting force. Those people will be tasked with fulfilling their oaths to the Constitution, even if that means going against Trump.“ Gulp: www.vox.com/the-logoff-n...

"Climate is a big target," a former Trump NOAA appointee tells @vox.com DOGE attacks to dismantle NOAA are following the Project 2025 playbook. As the agency girds for massive cuts, Umair Irfan provides all of the context about what we stand to lose: www.vox.com/climate/4007...

As Trump reaches out to Putin and feuds with Zelenskyy, my latest for @vox.com looks at whether the nightmare scenario for Ukraine has really arrived. www.vox.com/world-politi...

I know there's a lot of overwhelming news right now but the red state criminal charges and financial penalties being brought against Dr. Maggie Carpenter are a really big deal and escalation I did my best to lay out what's going on and why it matters: www.vox.com/abortion/400...

“These agencies regulate so many facets of American life — preventing everything from predatory business practices to nuclear reactor meltdowns. If they get tied up in partisan politics, sooner or later, we’ll feel it.” www.vox.com/the-logoff-n...

My dog is going to be ok. Thanks to everyone who reached out. Very kind. May your day be as relaxed as this very high pittie.

I so enjoyed reading Yoni Appelbaum’s new book — STUCK — and have a Q&A up at Vox today about it www.vox.com/housing/3996...

In hell, you listen to bossa nova covers of pop songs on loop while waiting endlessly to find out if your dog is going to be ok. I'm going to just grief-post my way through it.

NEW: Scoop about the architect of the destruction of USAID. Pete Marocco was a USAID official in the first Trump Admin. On a trip to the Balkans, he secretly met with the Serb separatist leader. That was a no-no. Caused a big diplomatic incident. www.propublica.org/article/usai...

"Zeldin’s role was obscured by BlackRock and two lobby shops, making it look like the former congressman was sharing his purported expertise in his local paper. In reality, he was getting paid to help BlackRock sway state officials halfway across the country" fieldnotes.co/investigatio...

“We are not sleepwalking into the apocalypse—we’re charging toward it with full awareness of what’s at stake.”

Friday SCOOP: @vox.com has learned that USFWS has frozen its vast portfolio of international conservation grants. This is far beyond the scope of USAID-funded work and will inevitably harm wildlife internationally and in the US. @benjij.bsky.social has the story: www.vox.com/down-to-eart...

Scooplet: The US Fish and Wildlife Service has issued stop work orders, frozen funding, and ceased communication for all of its international grants, jeopardizing critical conservation overseas. Much of this money is appropriated for Interior, not foreign aid. www.vox.com/down-to-eart...

Did Eric Adams and Trump's DOJ engage in a quid pro quo deal when his charges got dismissed? Here's the evidence: www.vox.com/politics/399...

would hate to put a million or more Muslims in a concentration camp

Transgender Americans are encountering outrageous bureaucratic chaos with the Trump administration's new passport rules. For many it's an effective travel ban. www.vox.com/politics/399...

Hey y'all, I'm Orion, an award-winning journalist at The 19th. I cover LGBTQ+ news, which includes everything from health care access to the Supreme Court. As a trans reporter covering the Trump administration's impacts on our community, I want to hear your stories! Text me on Signal @orionr.80

This is correct — and, in fact, typical. Opposition parties typically aren't the driving force behind movements against democratic backsliding. To see what an alternative strategy looks like, read my new piece www.vox.com/politics/399...

Talked to @patrickcreis.bsky.social for @vox.com 's essential Logoff newsletter about what's actually new in Trump and Hegseth's statements on Ukraine today. Read it-- then log off and get on with your evening. www.vox.com/politics/399...

For this week's ON THE RIGHT, I wrote about Richard Rorty's eerily accurate prediction about the collapse of the civil rights consensus and the return of public cruelty www.vox.com/on-the-right...

The Biden administration had said it would continue supporting Ukraine 'as long as it takes' and that it would make no arrangements for Ukraine’s future without Ukrainian involvement. Trump initiated peace talks without Ukraine’s assent. www.vox.com/politics/399...

Grateful to federal employees at USAID, CFPB, the VA, DOD and more for who are getting their stories out to Rolling Stone. Please keep the information flowing. Signal: Tim.415

If you're curious about how Trump's energy dominance agenda will impact ecosystems, keep an eye on this important test case in the Permian: @benjij.bsky.social for @vox.com: www.vox.com/down-to-eart...

Check out the twice-monthly advice column offering you a framework for thinking through your ethical dilemmas and philosophical questions here: voxdotcom.visitlink.me/sA1Et4

Is a constitutional crisis coming — or is it already here? voxdotcom.visitlink.me/oaiN_X

Another scoop: top CFPB officials appear to be resigning in protest as Musk targets agency and Trump presides over shutdown. Eric Halperin, who oversees enforcement, and Lorelei Salas, who leads supervision, are departing, per emails I obtained today.

A consumer financial watchdog is next on the chopping block. Get caught up on the fight for the future of the CFPB. www.vox.com/donald-trump...

“I have lived through a dictatorship before,” said [one USAID employee]. “I know what these look like, and the writing is on the wall for me.”

The Trump administration’s rules for how White House staff can interact with the Justice Department is a departure from Biden-era guidance, according to a memo obtained by The Washington Post.

The Trump Administration broke USAID. Here's the clearest account so far of how they may have broken laws. @annabarryjester & @BrettMmurphy : www.propublica.org/article/usai...

I've been asking myself just how it is that a person can go about their day to day life at a time like this and I keep coming back to another question which is how did we ever manage to do so before this? www.welcometohellworld.com/witness-is-n...

I wrote about Trump’s executive orders and the effect they’re already having on trans kids

Young enough to do a little racism on social media, old enough to access the Treasury system routing $5 trillion in annual funds

NEW: DOGE officials on Friday set up shop inside the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and began accessing personnel and financial records, sources tell me. Musk later tweeted of the agency: "RIP." Developing www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

NEWS: Treasury warned in memo circulating internally that DOGE access to powerful payment network represents an "unprecedented insider threat risk," documents show Assessment was conducted by a threat intelligence center run by Booz Allen www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

New from me + @leahfeiger.bsky.social: An internal analysis at Treasury found that DOGE was “the single biggest insider threat risk the Bureau of the Fiscal Service has ever faced.” @wired.com www.wired.com/story/treasu...

SCOOP: A US Treasury threat intelligence analysis has designated DOGE staff an ‘insider threat'. An internal email reviewed by WIRED calls DOGE staff's access to federal payments systems “the single biggest insider threat risk the Bureau of the Fiscal Service has ever faced.”

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