I initially read this as “Led Zeppelin,” and I suppose “darkest Mordor” is kind of the vibe here

[email protected] speaks the truth: Seven Reasons Listicles Didn’t Suck, Actually (And One Of Them May Surprise You) talkingpointsmemo.com/tpm-25/seven...

Would be truly remarkable if any of them were still around

Post 👏 your 👏 album 👏 credits 👏 and 👏 personnel 👏 on 👏 Bandcamp 👏 (I mean you, Anti-, though not only you)

"Last Monkey on the Loose" is a decent album title apnews.com/article/miss...

The drop in gun violence in DC following the Federal deployment starting in mid-August has more or less completely subsided.

Unprecedented corruption - not just monetizing the presidency by selling branded products, but selling those products directly to government employees and having the Department of Homeland Security promote them to the media

I've seen the Democratic and Republican parties both declared dead more than once, and I'm still not *that* old

I had to make a foray into fashion writing because I could not stop thinking about the fashion diapers all the celebs are wearing!!! www.theatlantic.com/family/2025/...

This jury is really putting prosecutors through the grinder

Mad Libs www.stereogum.com/2328885/thun...

Maybe 2024 wasn't a realignment after all www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...

Will 2026 be a fair fight? I talked with @hannarosin.bsky.social about threats to the midterm elections: www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/202...

seems bad that our entire system of government is so heavily influenced by the awful threat environment. www.nbcnews.com/politics/202...

Cool. What would you call the other wing then? www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/u...

Lynsey Addario has spent decades documenting conflict. In a new documentary, she turns the lens on herself. For @reuters.com Culture Current, we discuss walking the tightrope between motherhood and the frontlines, the risks of truth-telling, and AI's impact. www.reuters.com/lifestyle/ly...

I suppose that is an obvious reason

The Federalist reports Dan Bishop will be appointed U.S. Attorney for the middle district of North Carolina #ncpol thefederalist.com/2025/11/05/e...

Great conversation with @coreysnathan.bsky.social about 2026 elections, Project 2025, and all sorts of things www.politicsandreligion.us/e/davidagraham

There is some sad irony in McClatchy shutting its DC bureau the same day that Dick Cheney died. That bureau (then Knight-Ridder) did some of the best, most skeptical reporting anywhere in the run-up to the Iraq War. And they took a lot of shit for it at the time. www.cato.org/commentary/q...

I joined @talkingfeds.bsky.social and guessed at what the White House gave out to trick or treaters www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0yf...

Agent Lairmore is done with his testimony. Prosecution asked further about the condiments and he said there was mustard on his uniform and an onion hanging on his radio antenna. Don’t think defense was going for a pun when she called him a “seasoned officer,” but you never know…

If you have not, you should read @bartongellman.bsky.social's great Cheney biography, ANGLER, and you should also read his obit, with @marcfisher.bsky.social, in the Post: www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2...

An aptly named record pitchfork.com/news/cat-pow...

No politics is local www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...

"We're unable to fully solve this problem we created" is going to be a common theme from this Trump administration www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/u...

Just looking up Warsaw, N.C., which is a little east of Turkey and south of Calypso. Also not far from Sarecta

Trump is doing what he imagines/claims progressive prosecutors have. Imagine if Larry Krasner did this! www.nytimes.com/2025/11/02/u...

SUB ROSA SUB JURY SELECTION

RIP www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...

Tom Emmer lost out on being speaker when Trump deemed him insufficiently loyal. He appears to be doing his best to make sure that doesn't happen again www.thebulwark.com/p/tom-emmer-...

Some recognition is due for whomever at @nymag.com thought to put this essay on pages 6 and 7

The irony of "groupthink" www.theatlantic.com/health/2025/...

And heightening them, if Zohran gets his way www.nytimes.com/2025/11/01/n...

YOU’RE GODDAMN RIGHT

Fust www.stereogum.com/2328472/fust...

What

“That sounds dangerously close to, Hey, let’s put Congress out of business,” he told me. “Frankly, we’re already hurtling in that direction.” www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

I respect Michael Bloomberg's continued commitment to redistributing his wealth www.nydailynews.com/2025/10/31/b...

I spoke to Patti Smith about her new memoir, Bread of Angels—a book about childhood, fame, marriage, motherhood and so much more that also includes a big revelation about her heritage www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

Pretty sure "attacking another country's military infrastructure within its own borders" has a name...

Here's something scary to read for Halloween: www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

Eric Adams tells @time.com he was Kash-pilled time.com/7329131/eric...

The Washington Post with a story about how remaking an institution to appeal to the pro-Trump right doesn't help the bottom line.

Yes. As I wrote yesterday, these reports all focus on "Who should we get to vote for us?" and "What policies should we propose?" but not really "What do we believe?" www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...

On the cover of the December @theatlantic.com, I lay out some nightmare scenarios for the 2026 election. But you don't need hypotheticals to grasp what it might be like: Just look at North Carolina. www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/... #ncpol

I use Claude (an AI) to scan my posts for spelling and grammar errors. On the most recent post (about the East Wing, link below), I got a really amazing addendum. www.pbump.net/o/yes-most-a...

Waiting for someone to explain why the announcement of a trade relationship that is worse than the one we had a year ago is received as a big success

NCGOP spokesman appears to be threatening @propublica.org's @dougbockclark.bsky.social with retaliation by the Trump administration for reporting on a state Supreme Court justice www.propublica.org/article/paul...