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Tomorrow 1pm ET @mikepod.bsky.social & I host convo with your favorite organizer’s, favorite organizer: Doran Schrantz. She helped establish the “Minnesota Miracle” and is now the go-to person across states for getting folks out to confront fascist threats. open.substack.com/live-stream/...

"How did our country get so broken? In short, it broke when the billionaires broke it." I wrote this in October of 2024. It's about to get even worse after the Roberts Court's ruling in NRSC v. FEC. www.weekendreading.net/p/the-john-r...

Join me live now with Esosa Osa: open.substack.com/live-stream/...

Under appreciated about NY winners is that they ran better campaigns. They talked to voters & got voters to talk to each other about them. Magnetism 101: if you want people to come to your cause, be attractive. Pollingists can't comprehend or recreate this: donors are their audience.

Join me and @anatosaurus.bsky.social live now with special guest Prentiss Haney: open.substack.com/live-stream/...

Vitally important from Ron Brownstein: www.cnn.com/2026/05/24/p...

You won't want to miss this: Join me at 1pm ET for a chat with @rickperlstein.bsky.social! open.substack.com/live-stream/...

Great piece from the Roberts OG, @thelisagraves.bsky.social . Truly, she is Roberts's anti-Boswell. If you haven't subscribed to her Substack, what are you waiting for? www.graveinjustice.news/p/the-robert...

Watch this week's Meeting the Moment with @anatosaurus.bsky.social where @mikepod.bsky.social explains how the Callais decision essentially reintroduces the effects of the 3/5 clause. Really important history lesson through the years of Southern voter suppression. Watch Here:

This is in 10 minutes! Join me and Anat for some fresh insights on the Callais ruling: open.substack.com/live-stream/...

When I heard Shaun Ossei-Owusu on the "Strict Scrutiny" podcast recently, I knew I needed to talk to him. His new book exposes the many ways that law school education and the legal profession actually perpetuate the injustices that people become lawyers to try to fix. Many valuable insights here:

Did someone say politicians in robes? www.weekendreading.net/p/politician...

I'm live now with Shaun Ossei Owusu, author of "Law on Trial: An Unlikely Insider Reckons with Our Legal System," to talk about the Callais ruling on the VRA: open.substack.com/live-stream/...

ICYMI: For #MayDay, an extremely thorough roundup of research on why unions are good for all of us, not just their members: www.weekendreading.net/p/more-than-...

Today's May Day actions (no school, no work, no shopping) are a way to flex our collective economic power, and a way to build our organizing muscles for bigger actions down the road. www.weekendreading.net/p/tax-day-an...

TODAY: Americans are walking out of school and work to wield our power as workers, consumers, and students. Join us for the nationwide day of economic disruption: survey.alchemer.com/s3/8705046/i... Find one of the more than 3,000 events planned for May Day: www.mobilize.us/mayday/map/?... #MayDay

The ability to cast a vote (already deliberately constrained given work day, restrictions on mail, registration, lines, etc) does not democracy nor even "representation" make. A "free and fair" election is one where you can actually choose leaders who represent you & act in your name.

I was lucky to have Amy Walter of @cookpolitical.com as my guest on "Weekend Reading Live" yesterday after the Roberts Court VRA decision (Louisiana v. Callais) to help make sense of what it will mean for the midterms and beyond: www.weekendreading.net/p/rip-vra-an...

Black voter participation soared right after the VRA passed in 1965. But not until 1992, after Congress strengthened the VRA to require majority-minority districts, did we start getting closer to proportional Black representation in Congress. Because Black votes finally counted more in the South.

RIP VRA, 1965-2026. John Roberts’s life's work has been dismantling what these civil rights leaders gave their lives to build. And if the public doesn't like that, as he told us in 2009, that's just "too bad." www.weekendreading.net/p/americas-s...

Live right now with Amy Walter of @cookpolitical.com open.substack.com/live-stream/...

RIP VRA, 1968-2026. RIP all of the civil rights leaders who were murdered while fighting for the rights it secured. www.weekendreading.net/p/americas-s...

Majorities of Democrats and independents are concerned about politicians drawing maps "to protect their own political party, at the direct expense of minority voters" and about Republicans "making it very difficult for Democrats to ever hold a majority in Congress."

The Roberts Court continues the work of the Second "Redemption" to undo the work of the Second Reconstruction. www.weekendreading.net/p/americas-s...

The Roberts Court majority may be pretending they don't know the Voting Rights Act is what ended Jim Crow and their decision to gut it is license to take us back ("again") to stealing power from Black voters, but Americans do:

Reminder that without section 2 of the VRA, Republicans could create as many as 19 new safe GOP House seats: blackvotersmatterfund.org/wp-content/u... And about 191 state legislative seats currently held by Democrats: blackvotersmatterfund.org/wp-content/u...

This conversation is worth a re-watch in light of the Callais decision.

You can't understand American politics without understanding religion. So why do we almost never hear about religion in political reporting? Excellent conversation with @robertpjones.bsky.social of @prri.org:

Join me at 1pm with @robertpjones.bsky.social to unpack Trump and Vance's latest dust-up with the Pope: open.substack.com/live-stream/...

Our neighbors are being held in concentration camps. Some might resist calling them that, but it's the historically correct term. Thousands of people abducted based on their identity and held without due process. Any other term whitewashes what's really happening. @anatosaurus.bsky.social

Was it a good idea for Virginia voters to choose to redraw their maps? Of course! They were defending themselves (and all of us) from a fascist movement trying to seize an illegitimate House majority by doing the same thing. But Republicans would love you to think otherwise.

Across various conversations, we have explored what history and international experiences tell us about today’s horrors. Today at 1pm ET, @anatosaurus.bsky.social and I will discuss what they tell us about ourselves. open.substack.com/live-stream/...

Across various conversations, we have explored what history and international experiences tell us about today’s horrors. Today at 1pm ET, @anatosaurus.bsky.social and I will discuss what they tell us about ourselves. open.substack.com/live-stream/...

The NYT exposé on the shadow docket reveals John Roberts as the partisan actor he’s always been — despite his reputation as a serious institutionalist that outlets like the Times have long helped him cultivate. The essential @thelisagraves.bsky.social helps me unpack the story:

LIVE SOON: Tune in at 3pm ET for @thelisagraves.bsky.social breaking down the NYT leak about the Roberts Court shadow docket: open.substack.com/live-stream/...

No Work. No School. No Shopping. #MayDay2026 @anatosaurus.bsky.social @mikepod.bsky.social @saqibbhatti.bsky.social

Here's a thorough rundown on the rise and fall of Orbán, and what his defeat means for Hungary and the world, from @kimlanelaw.bsky.social, one of the foremost experts on Hungary and the collapse of constitutional democracies. www.weekendreading.net/p/orbans-def...

Many people are understandably wary of calling the Trump regime’s ICE detention camps “concentration camps,” for fear of minimizing the atrocities of the Nazi death camps. But @andreapitzer.bsky.social powerfully argues that camps like Auschwitz are exactly why we should use that term today.

Before you see concentration camps, you see years of propaganda demonizing the out-group and justifying their removal from society. Sound familiar? www.weekendreading.net/p/call-trump...

Normalizing atrocity and going on with your life is a long-standing human pattern. And it's one we absolutely must break if we are to end the atrocity. (Photo credit - Berlin’s Topography of Terror Museum, 1939) www.weekendreading.net/p/call-trump...

A vitally important discussion with @andreapitzer.bsky.social and @anatosaurus.bsky.social. There are many ways concentration camp systems can end — but they never end on their own. We have to ask ourselves what we will tell our grandchildren we did to stop this.

Tune in at 1pm! We will discuss @andreapitzer.bsky.social's incredible book, "One Long Night: A Global History of Concentration Camps."

Why 2026 looks good for Democrats — and why "high turnout" will likely help them. Much more (with charts!) here with @gelliottmorris.com: www.weekendreading.net/p/the-voters...

The voters who decide elections tend to be the ones who don’t love either party. A deep dive on the midterms and Trump approval with @gelliottmorris.com www.weekendreading.net/p/the-voters...

I'll be live with @gelliottmorris.com today at 1pm ET! Tune in here: open.substack.com/live-stream/...

I'll be live with @gelliottmorris.com today at 1pm ET! Tune in here: open.substack.com/live-stream/...

"They want to keep people from voting -> so they can control the outcome of elections -> in order to keep power." @anatosaurus.bsky.social with @mikepod.bsky.social on this week's Meeting the Moment

Really enjoyed chatting with @mikepod.bsky.social about how badly our data-media industrial complex misled Dems and liberals into believing immigration could only be a loser for them during Trump era. We also discuss problems with NYT polling on the issue. Lots of ranting!

Chris Parker's research on status threat is essential to understanding how MAGA and other reactionary movements work. www.weekendreading.net/p/the-status...