I use em dashes a lot, but I am not an AI.

NEW COLUMN … and a quick first foray into video: www.politico.com/news/magazin...

Umm…

Good morning. May everyone put into the world the energy and passion this uber eats courier puts into delivering my order.

EXCLUSIVE: A top Polymarket executive sent hundreds of thousands of dollars — and likely more — to social media influencers from left to right. One influencer says Polymarket wrote posts for them to share on X and asked them to promote specific bets.

As of today, EU-based businesses operating in Cuba risk having their assets frozen or being locked out of the U.S. financial system as American sanctions take effect. And so European companies are leaving the island. 🔗 politi.co/4x9NuSb

NYT - John Bolton, a national security adviser to President Trump in his first term, has reached a tentative deal with prosecutors to plead guilty to mishandling classified information when he compiled notes for a book that was harshly critical of the president. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/04/u...

oh my god, devastated

Peabo Bryson, the iconic singer-songwriter behind the Oscar-winning Disney songs "Beauty and the Beast" and "A Whole New World," has died at 75 www.tmz.com/2026/06/02/p...

Every single time ... Senators: "Why did you attack Godzilla without any sort of plan for how to deal with the wreckage?" Rubio: "Look, the world can't tolerate the existence of Godzilla. Godzilla is bad, and we had to do something about Godzilla."

Don't say you have no words. You have words.

WTAF www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

No one really knows what AI is, do they?

“Trump’s upheaval of the federal government has led to an exodus of more than 10,000 lawyers since the beginning of 2025, a striking loss of legal talent… roughly one in five lawyers who worked in the government at the end of 2024 had left by March of this year…” www.nytimes.com/2026/05/31/u...

NEW: The Trump administration's DOJ has been systematically removing materials from its websites regarding the many indictments and convictions related to the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. In response, @lawfaremedia.org has been systematically restoring them:

I don't think the Iranians will go for this without some upfront sanctions (read: financial) relief. And the idea that they'd let in US forces to help get rid of the uranium is ... unlikely but not impossible.

Uncertainty hangs Rumors swirl Speculation grows Questions mount

Apropos of nothing, but: the four-part Netflix series from last fall, 'Death by Lightning,' is excellent. Wonderful cast, economical story-telling, making a part of history I'd barely paid attention to seem vivid and relevant. Sorry I waited this long to see it. Check it out.

I don't understand why people are hating on this new Ferrari design. I like it. And if I had lots and lots of money I would totally buy it. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/27/b...

I have one follow-up thought about Cuba and it’s about Marco Rubio. open.substack.com/pub/danieldr...

Is he trying to sabotage the whole Iran process?

As I recently wrote, the Trump administration can put together a framework, but it struggles to ink a comprehensive deal. Gaza is an example. Iran may prove the same: politi.co/4df84sC

Latest key comments from Trump re Iran:

SCOOP: The US Embassy in Poland says years of poor US messaging about what are supposed to be temporary deployments helped lead to the past week’s confusion in Poland: www.politico.com/news/2026/05...

There are days when I miss being an editor. I loved writing headlines. Whoever did this, I hope they took the rest of the day off.

SCOOP: The US Embassy in Poland says years of poor US messaging about what are supposed to be temporary deployments helped lead to the past week’s confusion in Poland: www.politico.com/news/2026/05...

Just more evidence that it was never just about illegal immigration: www.nytimes.com/2026/05/22/u...

Breaking news: A federal judge dismissed the Justice Department’s human-smuggling case against Kilmar Abrego García, ruling that the Trump administration improperly brought it to punish him for successfully challenging his illegal deportation.

ICYMI @nahaltoosi.bsky.social discussed her latest reporting on how President Donald Trump and his aides have grown frustrated that the U.S. pressure campaign against Cuba doesn't seem to be working and what sort of military action might be on the table. wnyc.org/browse/shows...

NEWS --> The Democratic National Committee just posted the long-suppressed autopsy into the 2024 loss: democrats.org/wp-content/u...

NEW: Mexico once declined to accept deportees over 60. ICE must contact a Taliban consulate in Qatar to arrange deportations. Vietnam still resists the return of war-era refugees. ICE’s deportation push is a window into quirks of U.S. foreign relations. www.politico.com/news/2026/05...

This tweet is a journey

Always look at your Lyft driver’s license plate or you might go running after the wrong black Tesla — although I mean what are the odds that ANOTHER black Tesla would show up at the allotted time FFS

I’m A Dinner Jacket #iykyk

It’s funny when people talk about “spheres of influence” in foreign policy because the world itself is a sphere

It's amusing when politicians say "that's a hypothetical" and refuse to answer a question. Of course, it's a hypothetical. Many questions are hypotheticals because people are trying to understand how you would act in a future situation.

1/NEW COLUMN: The odds of a U.S. military strike on Cuba have gone way up as Trump & co grow increasingly frustrated with the communist regime’s intransigence. Sources tell me Southcom is drafting plans, and don’t count on the mess in Iran to slow Trump down. www.politico.com/news/magazin...

1/NEW COLUMN: The odds of a U.S. military strike on Cuba have gone way up as Trump & co grow increasingly frustrated with the communist regime’s intransigence. Sources tell me Southcom is drafting plans, and don’t count on the mess in Iran to slow Trump down. www.politico.com/news/magazin...

“1,001 Iranian Nights” #iykyk

NEW COLUMN: Trump cares about finishing his ballroom. Will he put the same effort into solving global conflicts — including ones he helped create? www.politico.com/news/magazin...

"Through budget cuts, department reorganizations, and straight-up firings, Trump has tossed out of work numerous government staffers who specialized in global conflict resolution or countries such as Iran. Numerous U.S. embassies still lack ambassadors...." www.politico.com/news/magazin...

NEW COLUMN: Trump cares about finishing his ballroom. Will he put the same effort into solving global conflicts — including ones he helped create? www.politico.com/news/magazin...

Yes, I have been looking up antonyms for "summit" today

😳😬🫠 www.wsj.com/world/china/...

Sure are a ton of Cuba-related leaks/scoops/stories this week. Washington is telling Havana to get serious.

Seems like we should be able to figure out if Netanyahu visited the UAE or not.

Hear me out: Michael Cera as Sam Altman

I watched “Up” again tonight. Why does it make me cry every time?!