China’s predatory economy is the problem. Uniting with our allies to fight back is the only sensible response. Instead, Trump is undermining our allies, and hence we are losing. There was an alternative. /1 www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/b...

On our podcast, @mattizcoop.bsky.social and @anne-s-kim.bsky.social go behind the scenes with Angela Kuefler, the pollster who helped engineer the historic victories of governors-elect Abigail Spanberger and Mikie Sherrill. washingtonmonthly.com/2025/12/03/h...

Ok, however much you've thought about this Nuzzi business, I promise I've thought about it more. newsletter.anamariecox.com/archive/note...

Great new @bloomberg.com piece by Jessica Stolzberg on ongoing struggle against stupidest and most harmful part of current 'Conspicuous Consumption' yard hygiene. The diff this has made in DC is ... incredible. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Get yourself someone who righteously hates something as much as @jfallows.bsky.social hates leaf blowers (I’m with him! at least go electric)

Once again, @glastris.bsky.social does a masterful job piloting a principled magazine. Compare this to the vile “I have no view on the Nazi tattoo” stance taken by the Prospect’s editor.

Elwood Watson of East Tennessee State takes the measure of various college rankings and finds @washingtonmonthly.com to be the best for most students. www.myjournalcourier.com/opinion/arti...

We are joined by @glastris.bsky.social to discuss how Democrats can win back voters by creating their own response to Project 2025. We discuss this new series at The Washington Monthly, including his article, “How the Democrats Can Play Offense” soundcloud.com/user-8304426...

In Portland, our intrepid legal affairs editor @garrettepps.bsky.social braves ICE and kombucha to report on the Justice Department’s Orwellian arguments and how a Trump-nominated jurist is holding the line for democracy. washingtonmonthly.com/2025/10/06/t...

Great reporting from @washingtonmonthly.com Contributing Editor @timothynoah.bsky.social.

This weekend is a good time to catch up on my stories about Trump’s imminent sale and likely destruction of a 1940 government building that one expert calls “the Sistine Chapel of New Deal art.” Part one: newrepublic.com/article/2010... Part two: newrepublic.com/article/2012...

As always, @boltsmag.org puts out a great guide to all the elections coming up. "We’ve identified more than 180 key elections that will be decided this fall—from mayors and governors to school boards and judges—and explain why they matter." boltsmag.org/whats-on-the...

The deep dive that @donmoyn.bsky.social and I did into what Russell Vought and Donald Trump are seeking in their shutdown is now published with transcript and show notes. We also covered the history of right-wing public administration and Vought's religious extremism, and much more!

Brett Kavanaugh Hits the Street! Very funny from @garrettepps.bsky.social in the @washingtonmonthly.com washingtonmonthly.com/2025/09/25/b...

They are not hiding it, people who don't see it at this point are choosing not to

Stevie Wonder pays tribute to Earth, Wind and Fire's "September" during tonight's "A Grammy Salute to Earth, Wind & Fire Live"

Pentagon demands journalists pledge to not obtain unauthorized material

The Kirk Assassination and the MAGA Threat to Free Speech by @garrettepps.bsky.social in the @washingtonmonthly.com washingtonmonthly.com/2025/09/19/t...

He can't even stick with the pretext they cooked up as to why Kimmel had to go, huh?

“Democrats need to let it be known that any and all Trump accomplices who carry out corrupt or illegal actions on his behalf will face accountability later. It’s the only language these authoritarian thugs will ever understand.” newrepublic.com/article/2006...

@timmiller.bsky.social: “This is the federal government pressuring media companies to silence critics of the president. I mean, this is a straight out of the authoritarian playbook. It is an attempt to silence speech directly from the government.”

Great Constitution Day read! The Great Might-Have-Been of the Constitutional Convention. Great from Stanford ’s Jack Rakove on the Senate that could have been. The Great Might-Have-Been of the Constitutional Convention washingtonmonthly.com/2025/09/17/c...

Thought-provoking reflection on journalism and 9/11 by @mattizcoop.bsky.social washingtonmonthly.com/2025/09/11/t...

Charlie Kirk's Assassination War More Than Just Murder. The law makes distinctions between killings, and there’s a reason political assassination deserves a special circle of Hell – @mattizcoop.bsky.social: washingtonmonthly.com/2025/09/11/t...

Me: The Lost Journalistic World of 9/11 washingtonmonthly.com/2025/09/11/t...

Still bereft about the passing of my close friend since college, who had a profound influence on my life and career. Joshua Abram Dies at 62; Gave Workspace-Sharing an Upscale Spin www.nytimes.com/2025/09/04/b...

Administration wants to scrap environmental data satellites. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/05/c...

Bad news in Gaza and Ukraine. Bad news on the economy. Mismanagement everywhere. Obvious corruption. Epstein. And Epstein again. Even loyal Republicans are now starting to worry about Trump. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

Dems should go "all out on gerrymandering warfare," says @billscher.bsky.social @washingtonmonthly.com, and fight fire with fire in California and elsewhere. From this week's politics roundtable: @glastris.bsky.social @mattizcoop.bsky.social www.youtube.com/shorts/zDK_p...

"If Netanyahu makes the colossal mistake of trying to reoccupy Gaza for the long term, then no thoughtful person can be pro-Israel without also being against him." www.nytimes.com/2025/08/05/o...

Join @mattizcoop.bsky.social @glastris.bsky.social @billscher.bsky.social @washingtonmonthly.com at 10 AM this am as they talk about the mess in Texas redistricting, Trump's latest authoritarian move with the BLS, and a GOP rift on Israel www.youtube.com/@washingtonm...

The Texas GOP's outrageous power grab could be doomed to fail anyway, says @billscher.bsky.social @washingtonmonthly.com ICYMI, watch this week's livestream with Bill, @mattizcoop.bsky.social @glastris.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/6QgU...

Trump will talk about anything - anything - to distract from the furor over Jeffrey Epstein - including reviving racist names for sports teams, says @mattizcoop.bsky.social @washingtonmonthly.com youtube.com/shorts/b7D06...

Join @glastris.bsky.social @billscher.bsky.social @mattizcoop.bsky.social on @washingtonmonthly.com’s politics round table at *10 AM TODAY* with special guest Tamar Jacoby, joining us living from Ukraine. Watch here: youtube.com/@washingtonm...

The Clinton LAX haircut comes to mind

Trump might offer Ukraine kind words in his big speech tomorrow, but judge him by his deeds. @washingtonmonthly.com Kyiv correspondent Tamar Jacoby on what the president must do to put himself on the right side of history. washingtonmonthly.com/2025/07/13/t...

The poem that inspired the song, America the Beautiful, is 130 years old today, and despite the threats to democracy, it resonates more than ever. washingtonmonthly.com/2025/07/03/a...

For an elite unit, rapidly evolving drone warfare makes the “toughest job in the army” both easier and more perilous. A frontline dispatch from Ukraine: washingtonmonthly.com/2025/07/07/u...

One of the biggest contributors to climate change might be sitting in your fridge. @mikegrunwald.bsky.social talks about the high environmental toll of agriculture and his new book, We Are Eating the Earth, at @washingtonmonthly.com @billscher.bsky.social washingtonmonthly.com/2025/07/09/f...

We talked about why beef is the baddie, why twee organic farms aren’t better for the planet, and other WE ARE EATING THE EARTH stuff on the @washingtonmonthly.com pod. Here’s the audio and transcript: washingtonmonthly.com/2025/07/09/f...

When Ezra Klein told Jon Stewart about out-of-control regulations ruining Biden's rural broadband program, the clip went viral, with Elon Musk’s help. But the story wasn’t true—and the telecom monopolies who were the real saboteurs are still laughing. washingtonmonthly.com/2025/07/09/t...

Will Elon Musk's "America Party" find an audience? @mattizcoop.bsky.social isn't holding his breath. Watch this week's politics roundtable @washingtonmonthly.com here: youtu.be/_lIsRDxoYjg?... youtube.com/shorts/CTzXm...

Republicans will own the pain of Trump's "big beautiful" law, predicts @mattizcoop.bsky.social Matt and @billscher.bsky.social break down the coming backlash to the OBB on this week's @washingtonmonthly.com's politics roundtable: washingtonmonthly.com/2025/07/07/w...

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Trump's "one big beautiful" bill is an even bigger disaster than you may have thought. Join @glastris.bsky.social @mattizcoop.bsky.social @billscher.bsky.social for @washingtonmonthly.com's politics LIVESTREAM at 10 AM Eastern today. Watch here: www.youtube.com/@washingtonm...

Trump's one big "beautiful" bill is not only a budget-buster but a betrayal of his base. ICYMI, watch today's @washingtonmonthly.com's weekly livestream with @billscher.bsky.social @glastris.bsky.social @mattizcoop.bsky.social here: www.youtube.com/live/X7WM5d_...

This is an excellent piece in @washingtonmonthly.com on Trump’s massive & dehumanizing deportation efforts resembling fugitive slave hunts of the 1850s. I fear we could end up in a civil war. If so, remember that the anti-slavery side won the Civil War in 1860s washingtonmonthly.com/2025/06/11/t...

This is a subject I have been brooding about for some time. I am grateful to the Washington Monthly for posting this piece. washingtonmonthly.com/2025/06/27/i...