LOUDER DO NOT FUND TUCKER

I’ll echo it again. Our side has an election denial problem too. I wish it were just the MAGA wing but it’s not. I hope others will join @jacobfhsmith.bsky.social and I in calling this unhelpful rhetoric out.

She did not and thus sort of denialism hurts our side's credibility.

The way they interpret RCV polls has them too low on Alaska (but too high on Iowa and Texas) I still think the likeliest order of getting to 51 is NC > ME > AK > OH > TX > NE/IA Texas could theoretically overtake OH once we get confirmation that Paxton is the nominee and we get better h2h polling

A true WHOA: Former Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan will drop out of race for governor of Michigan, Gongwer Michigan reports. Duggan is a former Democrat who has been running as an independent.

God I really, really can't put into words how pathetic this is

The only other place where bottoms put up numbers like this is Rise Bar

Wrote a thing on why buying into the “generative AI is inevitable so we need to stuff it into all crevices of higher ed” narrative is not only bad pedagogy, but bad Political Science. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Thanks to NYHTC, the essential work of housekeepers — so often ignored or demeaned — pays enough in NYC to lead a life of dignity. That’s the power of a union. At this moment of staggering inequality, we need more of it.

I, for one, am shocked— SHOCKED! — that despite insurers’ promises, Americans are still experiencing delays and denials of coverage. And for a comprehensive treatment of this subject, read my book Coverage Denied: How Health Insurers Drive Inequality. a.co/d/0isrVObS www.nytimes.com/2026/05/18/b...

Bill Cassidy to join Harvard's Institute of Politics.

Yesterday a doctor popped by here to tell me to watch my language and it irritated the fuck out of me. Did I need to curse in this post? Yes I did. The word fuck is necessary to sufficiently convey my level of annoyance. Oh and also, the U.S. is being destroyed so swearing seems appropriate.

Okay, but when presented data on gerrymandering, Roberts dismissed it as “sociological gobbledygook.” The courts have zero interest in promoting fair maps.

Bill Cassidy didn’t just enable, but actively empowered RFK Jr. (and the other dangerous actors in our public health bureaucracy) who he knew would be dangerous to public health and erode vaccine trust & access, not because he thought they were good, but because he didn’t want to be primaried. Well…

I was interviewed by Pitt’s University Times about my new book Coverage Denied: How Health Insurers Drive Inequality in the United States (a.co/d/0fJS2Dc3). Give it a read! www.utimes.pitt.edu/news/public-...

What better way to illustrate the revolutionary nature of America's democratic government than to have the power mad president abuse his pardon power like a monarch?

This is bad economics & worse politics & Democrats stop granting Ronald Reagan's shabby premise & making promises you can't keep that will backfire electorally in spectacular fashion when you don't deliver. bsky.app/profile/mcop...

she felt bad about the redistricting ruling and wanted to offer Ds a free seat

This is the future of American democracy, where the dumb slopulist is the lesser of two evils.

We don't ordinarily publish posts at [checks watch] 8:51 PM on a Friday night, but state constitutional law expert Quinn @yeargain.bsky.social has an outside-the-box idea for reversing the VA Supreme Court that is very much worth taking seriously: Dems can simply lower the retirement age.

Seeing confusion about this lawsuit. Yes, TN *had* a ban on mid-decade redistricting. But the GOP repealed it when it passed the new map. The NAACP is arguing that the lege was not permitted to repeal it b/c Gov. Bill Lee's proclamation for the special session didn't mention it.

Important to note that VA Dems were already targeting 3 GOP seats before the new map and are still doing so. The three high-profile recruits below all said today that they're still running: • VA-01: Shannon Taylor (Trump+5) • VA-02: Elaine Luria (Trump+0.2) • VA-05: Tom Perriello (Trump+12)

Wasn't this the B plot of 93 Meetings?

College isn't simply a credentialing process, and I absolutely loathe arguments that AI makes college obsolete or replaces academic labor. It's a tool, not a replacement. Those who say otherwise are telling on themselves wrt valuing thinking and writing. My take: open.substack.com/pub/miranday...

Did you compare tattoos?

Platner’s “incoherent anti-establishment take” is seen in his widely praised interview with Jon Stewart, where he claims Dems did nothing ambitious since the New Deal. I mean, when Medicare for All is a main goal, shouldn’t you know that Medicare wasn’t New Deal legislation?

A. The principles of “vote blue no matter who” also hold true in Maine. In fact, more so than in most places B. The concern over Platner isn’t that he’s a Nazi - frankly that’s not very likely. It’s that he’s a dilettante with incoherent anti-establishment politics that are manosphere-adjacent

I’m not the first to comment this but these U.S.A. chants at the Cavs-Raptors game is….a choice. Read the room, Cleveland. This country is a fucking dumpster fire currently lol

Big accounts like this royally piss me off. Trump does not have the ability to push a button and cancel elections. And scaring people into that even being a possibility is incredibly unhelpful. As a large account, with a big following, you owe people better than this.

the 2024 election was probably the easiest combined morality/IQ test ever created and yet so many Americans not only failed it, but are now acting like they’re the victims after doing so

It’s awful and people need to speak out against antisemitism.

Ran past Brad Holyman-Sigal in Central Park on my early evening run lol

Absolutely extraordinary. The Democrats conceded *nothing* and got everything they demanded. They said no ICE/CBP funding, and that's precisely what happened. In other words, they did not cave. At all. But the GOP did—completely.

I’m as disgusted by Warren campaigning for platner as anyone, but I don’t think we can credibly attribute his win to her

Graham Platner is a true lesser of two evils candidate, but look at the Supreme Court decision yesterday! Unless evidence comes out he's an actual Nazi, we need to vote for the dumb dumb to prevent Donald Trump from replacing Alito and Thomas. It's important.

Update!:

WOAH! Good catch by @purrtah.bsky.social here! And as he mentions, this is the 3rd really good Generic Ballot just today! Emerson Dem +10 Leger Dem +10 KFF Dem +9

"My child is fine." "Your child is hoping to win a free garbage can for his co-op at Rat Academy."

Susan Collinses are everywhere

I'm on junior research leave in the Fall, so I get a lot of questions about where I'm going. The answer is Zabar's and Breads Bakery lol.

Gonna learn about the fate of Ophelia!

with zero sarcasm this is good government and we should do this immediately

Here, I made this for my newsletter a few months back. Feel free to share with any Cabinet members you know.

Each year a student from each county is selected for the Maine Legislative Memorial Scholarship. I was chosen as the Penobscot County recipient back in 2013. If you or someone you know is a college student in Maine, check out this opportunity. legislature.maine.gov/lio/legislat...

Higgins is badly misrepresenting what Mills said. She said she didn't know the details of the resolution but would be concerned if it blocked Iron Dome interceptors (it doesn't). She also unequivocally condemned the Israeli campaign in Gaza as a violation of international law.

The ROUS looked more realistic!