In addition this, Vance also said that Nixon strongly and awesomely getting out of Vietnam was a model for how Trump strongly and awesomely got out of Iran, which was an awesome war

This week's live video with myself and @atrupar.com : paulwaldman.substack.com/p/trump-take...

going live with @paulwaldman.bsky.social at 12:45pm Eastern to talk about Trump tanking the housing bill and what it says about the death of policy, the New York elections and why primaries are good, and we'll take questions from viewers too. Tune in!

Assimilation has never been a problem for any immigrant group. Seriously - it is not a problem, it has never been a problem, it's never going to be a problem. What he means is "I see them around, and they're still Black! Blatantly! They're obviously unwilling to become American!"

All the centrist Democrats freaking out about the NY primaries need to understand: This is what we call “politics.” The kind that involves voters. It’s a good thing. paulwaldman.substack.com/p/the-new-yo...

I wrote about the continued appeal of dirtbag politics, from the left to liberals, and how only a politics of grace and edification can save our liberal democracy Dirtbagism delenda est www.liberalcurrents.com/the-dirtbags...

This is appalling, and should be getting a lot more attention. The USPS's job is to DELIVER THE MAIL, not decide who does and doesn't get to vote. Who the hell does this guy think he is? abcnews.com/Politics/pos...

PA Gov Josh Shapiro says Dems can win Trump and noncollege voters by respectfully leveling with them about how badly Trump has shafted them. "He screwed over the very people that put him in the White House," Shapiro tells me. "He lied to them." newrepublic.com/article/2123...

Amazing that when mainstream Democrats lose to Republicans - who peddle lies, sow fear & weaponize social media - lesson is Dems must change their policy priorities & messages but when mainstream Dems lose to socialists lesson is waaahhhhh no fair.

"Some of the candidates that he has supported are individuals who do not understand the politics of New York City," she said. The fact that THEY WON THEIR RACES over the establishment candidates might suggest otherwise, but maybe I just don't understand the politics of New York City

Alphabet stock is down 10% in the last month, which means Sergey Brin lost almost that proportion of his own wealth. Yet Brin has spent millions trying to kill the CA wealth tax initiative, which would tax his fortune at 5%. He even moved to Florida to escape the tax. What does this tell us? 1/2

Remembering how every article about the Tea Party's rise included scolding that far-right candidates weren't succeeding in the urban areas where much of America lives. Oh no wait, that didn't happen - the Tea Party was described as the true and authentic voice of the American volk.

Congrats to Walnuts Waste Management Systems, the recipients of the no-bid contract to build the Trump Arch

Am I the only one who thinks the idea of a stripped-down electric truck is great, but is extremely unimpressed by Slate? If it cost $12,000, that would be something. But $25K for a truck with crank windows, no radio, etc? For that price you can get a 3 year old Ford Maverick.

This made me lol. By @paulwaldman.bsky.social. paulwaldman.substack.com/p/the-reflec...

Here's my take on "Regime Change" for MS NOW: The book shows how Trump brings out the worst in his aides, and they bring out the worst in him. www.ms.now/opinion/regi...

Trump’s ambitions are grand, yet he is consumed with the pettiest of worries. And his lies couldn’t be more ridiculous. paulwaldman.substack.com/p/the-reflec...

This tracks, because if you actually read The Art of the Deal you'll see that Trump is a simpleton who knows nothing about negotiation, and only a complete halfwit like Roger Marshall would think otherwise

People caught wrinkling their noses when the president pooped his pants to be fully prosecuted, US Attorney Pirro says www.reuters.com/world/us/peo...

Trump is 80 years old and showing signs of both physical and mental decline. So how about we cover his age the same way we covered Biden's? With teams of reporters assigned to it, long front page stories, and ubiquitous debate? My latest at Public Notice: www.publicnotice.co/p/trump-decl...

If Trump stuck two french fries in his nose and said he's going to tell Westeros to invade Narnia, Fox would devote 10 hours a day to the Narnian threat and the New York Times would run articles headlined "President Considers Expanding Conflict Zone; Critics Raise Questions"

This is important to say as a matter of both truth and political messaging: There is nothing less manly than being obsessed with other people's genitals and trying to police who's manly enough. The proper response is not "That's not appropriate." It's "Get lost, you loser, you creep, you pervert."

I played soccer as a kid up until high school and just watching these old men dangle the ball on a string like puppeteers just shows you the gaping chasm between people who played soccer vs soccer players

New episode of the PN Pod with @paulwaldman.bsky.social is live. We discuss the humiliating Iran MOU, how “chief negotiator” JD Vance is being set up to take the blame, Israel’s increasingly precarious position, our level of concern about Trump refusing to leave power, and much more. Check it out:

When Dems take back one or both houses next year they should require that the next budget include a provision clarifying that Trump doesn't get to take the plane with him; it will remain property of the U.S. government. And of course he can't object because it's not like it was just a bribe, right?

I've spent the last two months putting together this exhaustive analysis of the New York Times coverage of trans people. It covers 3,242 articles over 12 years. In 2022, the NYT shifted towards a hostile stance towards trans people in their framing. www.thedissident.news/exclusive-ho...

What if the fanny pack was the tactical murse we were looking for all along

Great review that illuminates the way Vance posits himself as thoughtful and generous while showing how shallow and cynical he really is.

Watching Mamdani, Ossoff, and Obama, it's reminder that Democrats have some truly fantastic orators. Republicans haven't had a great one since Reagan. Doesn't always win you elections. But still!

The White House press operation is just a buncha workin' guys with dirt under their fingernails, doing a hard day's labor making dank white supremacist memes before they go down to the local watering hole to share a Yuengling with the rest of the plumbers and construction workers, you elitist scum

When you see Vance do that fake laugh, it's the signal that he's thinking "Oh jeez, I really should have had an answer prepared for that question. Looks like I'm going to have to wing it. Well, here goes..."

The Iran deal is, in every way, an unconditional surrender by the U.S. And given the position Trump put the whole world in, that’s the best of the available options. This was truly a screwup for the ages. My latest at The Cross Section: paulwaldman.substack.com/p/a-screwup-...

We were the only UNIONIZED employees he’d ever had, too. I am broke as hell now, but I’ll never regret saying this: EAT SHIT, YOU PATHETIC TWERP. No matter how much cash you accrue, you’ll never know the joy of solidarity. Your life is empty, and you’ll be remembered as a warning to children.

Yes Americans are weird, but did you know that in Japan they have competitions for woodworkers where the whole contest is about who can take the thinnest shaving with a hand plane? It's awesome. www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8Ry...

I know "Imagine if a Democratic president said this" gets tiring, but if a Democratic president said this, Republicans would wave this comment as the bloody shirt of betrayal FOR DECADES

Lefties get a lot of flak for having too many boxes you have to check, but being a right-winger must be impossibly tiring. There are so many signals you have to send to show you're on the team! Like how Gaines, feeling the audience slipping away, rushes to say she smears her face with beef fat.

i think boarding school teenage masculinity is a part of masculinity but not of manhood. we have to get away from the concept of the opposite of "man" being "woman." the opposite of "man" is "boy"

JD Vance's preposterous explanation for his conversion from "Trump will be America's Hitler" to "Trump is my god-king" shows why he is never going to be president. My latest at MSNOW: www.ms.now/opinion/jd-v...

This is what they took from us.

Figured this would turn out to be 5 morons in a Discord, and well... "Christian-based...grievances about govt corruption, the handling of the Epstein files and concerns about data centers...hoped a coordinated attack would tear down the U.S. so it could be built up again" abc7.com/post/bryan-o...

When Reagan and Bush were strutting around in western wear, it seemed phony and ridiculous. But compared to the noxious model of manhood promoted by Trump and today’s right, it looks downright virtuous. The latest from my newsletter: paulwaldman.substack.com/p/where-did-...

Jimmy Carter put his peanut farm into a blind trust when he became president to avoid any suggestion of impropriety

The Trump administration is doing enormous damage to renewable energy, one of the most dynamic, fast-growing, job-generating industries in the country and the world. But he can't stop the green energy revolution. My latest at Public Notice: www.publicnotice.co/p/trump-coal

Trying to think of a reason to keep the terms of the Iran "deal" secret other than saving Trump from embarrassment for a few days, and I'm coming up empty

The other side of this is that if you see an NBA power forward or center in real life it is absolutely mind-boggling. It's like they're an entirely different species.

The details in this case are unreal, but of course the fanatics on the Supreme Court think that there is literally nothing that should prevent the state from executing you, including gross police and prosecutorial misconduct, or you being innocent.

Here @paulwaldman.bsky.social suggests the novel strategy of trying to tarnish the brand of the Republican Party. Why this isn't the foundational goal of all Democratic Party communications has been an infuriating mystery to me for 20+ years now.