Authors of this week's picks on Bluesky: @stevenrowley.bsky.social @bhgreeley.bsky.social @loisromano.bsky.social Publishers: @wmmorrowbooks.bsky.social @henryholtbooks.bsky.social @fsgbooks.bsky.social @chelseagreenbooks.bsky.social @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social @simonbooks.bsky.social

Today, Mary Todd Lincoln finally gets her voice back. My book is out now via @simonbooks.bsky.social, and presents a very different Mary than the woman you think you know. Order: tinyurl.com/yc5uud3s

Two reporters, one Washington bookstore, one badly misunderstood First Lady. I'll be @politicsprose.bsky.social in DC with Elisabeth Bumiller of the @nytimes.com talking about An Inconvenient Widow—publishes May 19 via @simonbooks.bsky.social. Preorder from Politics and Prose: tinyurl.com/dzped4d3

New from me in @time.com: Abraham Lincoln’s depression was often interpreted as a source of empathy & gravitas for him. Mary Lincoln's emotional struggles were labeled as a character flaw. An Inconvenient Widow is out May 19 from @simonbooks.bsky.social. Preorder: tinyurl.com/yc5uud3s

"An exhaustive and sympathetic biography of a woman whose legacy deserves re-examination." — @wsj.com An “exemplary examination" of one of America's most vilified First Ladies. An Inconvenient Widow is out May 19 from @simonbooks.bsky.social. Preorder: tinyurl.com/yc5uud3s

"So far, the investment has produced an astonishingly small audience: just 182 YouTube subscribers, with many videos attracting only a few dozen views." More from @nataliekorach.bsky.social: www.status.news/p/washington...

Congrats to Maya Rudolph, taking on Mary Todd Lincoln in Oh, Mary! this week. If you've seen the play, you'll love my book. Either way, Mary finally gets the last word. An Inconvenient Widow—out May 19. Preorder: tinyurl.com/yc5uud3s

Congrats to Maya Rudolph, taking on Mary Todd Lincoln in Oh, Mary! this week. If you've seen the play, you'll love my book. Either way, Mary finally gets the last word. An Inconvenient Widow—out May 19. Preorder: tinyurl.com/yc5uud3s

Inauguration Day, 1861. Sharpshooters on the rooftops. A nation on the brink of war. A first lady in waiting, terrified for her husband's life. Read about the frightening day through Mary Lincoln's eyes in an excerpt from my book in the @washingtonian.com. May issue, on newsstands now.

My book on Mary Todd Lincoln comes out in three weeks. She was a prolific letter writer, and her correspondence helps tell the real story of her life. Not the caricature we inherited.

My book on Mary Todd Lincoln comes out in three weeks. She was a prolific letter writer, and her correspondence helps tell the real story of her life. Not the caricature we inherited.

Good piece from @loisromano.bsky.social. Two things I think are helpful for understanding Mary Lincoln: 1) She was *exceptionally* well-educated for her time — one man watched her translate Victor Hugo on the fly, keeping the power of the original French — which may have had an alienating effect.

Thank you @loisromano.bsky.social. "Perspective shapes narrative. . . . Ultimately, who tells the story matters often as much as whose story is being told." @bam-bio-mem.bsky.social #academicsky www.nytimes.com/2026/04/11/o...

My New York Times piece about when men write women's history, they often get it wrong. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/11/o...

The killing of Alex Pretti is a heartbreaking tragedy. It should also be a wake-up call to every American, regardless of party, that many of our core values as a nation are increasingly under assault.

When the shit goes down everybody meet up at the library. The MAGAs don't know about that place.

Davos elevated Mark Carney to a global star. He'll be fine without Trump's little peace board. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/22/w...

Today would have been Mary Todd Lincoln’s 207th birthday — a woman history has too often misunderstood, minimized, or dismissed. I wrote An Inconvenient Widow to correct the record. The book arrives May 2026, and I’m excited to share it with the world! Preorder now: bit.ly/aninconvenie...

Today would have been Mary Todd Lincoln’s 207th birthday — a woman history has too often misunderstood, minimized, or dismissed. I wrote An Inconvenient Widow to correct the record. The book arrives May 2026, and I’m excited to share it with the world! Preorder now: bit.ly/aninconvenie...

We are so far off the playing field here we can't even see the stadium.

Outstanding reporting today from the New Media at the Pentagon.

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UnitedHealthcare drops remote monitoring coverage in defiance of Medicare policies www.statnews.com/2025/11/07/u...

Shapiro: He rose to some prominence by writing a book about growing up in Appalachia, where there are a whole lot of people who get SNAP. He made millions of dollars off telling their stories, and then he turned his damn back on those very people he likes to write about and claim as his own.

“The United States is now a nation run by public servants who behave no better than internet trolls,” @radiofreetom.bsky.social argues. “Who’s responsible for these choices? Your mother, apparently”: https://theatln.tc/LNqNkLuT

We watched it happen in real time. We will remember www.cnn.com/2025/10/30/p...

AOC: There was a day before his presidency, and there will be a day after — and it belongs to us.

Bessent on Trump bailing out Argentina: "It is America first because we are supporting a US ally."

Someone want to tell Mikey here that 86% of all SNAP benefits go to households that include a child, an elderly person, or a person with disabilities? Or that almost 40% of SNAP recipients are children? And that Whites account for 37% of SNAP recipients?

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I for one do think it's possible for America to find a president better than one who, faced with claims he is dumping shit on Americans, posts a video showing himself dumping shit on Americans.

Well, you can finally cross “I’ve seen a handcuffed, inflatable penis” off your bucket list

This is just so vile

So gross

Santos’s Release Frustrates His Former Colleagues and Constituents www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/n...

A very happy birthday to AOC ....we all appreciate you so much....

Bombshell! - Caleb Nelson, one of the most respected originalist scholars in the country, comes out against the unitary executive interpretation of Article II democracyproject.org/posts/must-a...

whoever did the advance work for this Kash Patel interview is about to find themselves with a one-way ticket to Guantanamo

From the Epstein Birthday book. He was a sick, depraved man whom other men covered for.

From the Epstein Birthday book. He was a sick, depraved man whom other men covered for.

I once knew a man on Nantucket Who did so much blow they could check it in pipes and drains In the sewage remains in lobsters so fast they would rocket www.bostonglobe.com/2025/09/05/m...

The White House is going to do everything they can to keep this press conference quiet. When they do, ask yourself why.

A collection of clips from MSNBC of multiple Republicans getting booed at town halls this week.

Dr. Dmitri Daskalakis, who resigned from the CDC says that RFKJr said he believes that Avian flu should be allowed to "burn through" the chickens and then children and others, so we can propagate a "stronger species". RFKJr believes in eugenics. RFKJr needs to resign or be fired.

That Trump and Trumpism are fascist doesn’t explain the sheer vandalism of unleashing mass murdering mayhem via RFK to replace medical/scientific institutions of immense value and prestige with medieval peasant superstitions. That is a criminal madness facilitated by but above and beyond fascism.

Cc @housedemocrats.bsky.social @democrats.senate.gov