He's chief of staff to a leading GOP Senate contender. He also told a group chat—which included Nick Fuentes—that he used "the levers of the legislative branch" to help a Holocaust denier get out of jail. slate.com/news-and-pol...

Quite the headline from @benjacobs.bsky.social about Rep. Mike Collins, the GOP frontrunner for Senate in Georgia. And this chief of staff is a *different* person from the longtime Collins strategist the candidate dismissed last week for a joke about a woman who accused Matt Lauer of rape.

Why Was the Chief of Staff for a Leading Republican Senate Candidate on a Group Chat With Famous White Nationalists? slate.com/news-and-pol...

Far-right Florida governor hopeful James Fishback has debuted a new campaign tactic: a surprise wedding. But who would want to marry this heavily indebted trickster? I take a look in my latest False Flag for @thebulwark.com www.thebulwark.com/p/james-fish...

Why the Ebola and Hantavirus Outbreaks Have Confounded Scientists www.nytimes.com/2026/05/27/s...

the Texas GOP position that eggs are vegan now is great. somewhere, Eric Adams still is the future

As part of the celebration of the 250th anniversary of the United States, Milli Vanilli and Vanilla Ice will perform on the National Mall. events.freedom250.org/events/freed...

Trump takes a victory lap on Truth Social about Al Green losing his primary runoff last night

Elise Stefanik may be retiring from Congress but she still seems like a politician. I report for @politico.com www.politico.com/news/magazin...

It's a chance to work with @zachmontellaro.bsky.social which I can only describe as a truly unique opportunity

In March, Donald Trump had a post drafted endorsing John Cornyn. In May, he endorsed Ken Paxton. I report for @nymag.com nymag.com/intelligence...

The End Of Thomas Massie May Be The Beginning of Something New slate.com/news-and-pol...

Among the attendees I’ve spotted at Thomas Massie’s election night party are Dana Rohrabacher and Gavin McInnes

Polls have just closed in Kentucky. If you want to know what's going on in the Bluegrass State, check out my deep dive on the most expensive primary in American history for @slate.com slate.com/news-and-pol...

NEW: Senate advances resolution to end Iran war as GOP Sen. Bill Cassidy flips to support it 50-47. Cassidy, Paul, Collins, Murkowski = YES. Fetterman = NO. Procedural vote, first time it advanced. Final vote timing TBD. www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...

America’s hottest primary comes to an end today. It’ll tell us a lot about what comes after Donald Trump. slate.trib.al/6fcWL5p

My long read for @slate.com this morning on Thomas Massie's insane primary in Kentucky slate.com/news-and-pol...

Liberals Love Him. Trump Loathes Him. How a Classic Congressional Weirdo Ended Up at the Center of American Politics. slate.com/news-and-pol...

An 1880s Mount Vernon mansion built for Baltimore’s elite heads to auction www.thebanner.com/economy/real...

What to know about Maryland’s mail ballot mix-up www.thebanner.com/politics-pow...

Pete Hegseth campaigning with Ed Gallrein against Thomas Massie today

A Fish, Yes, but Also a Forgotten American Hero www.nytimes.com/2026/05/15/d...

U.S. officials estimate that as many as 5,000 Cuban soldiers have fought for Russia in its invasion of Ukraine, . . . Russia has paid Cuba's government about $25,000 for each soldier deployed in Ukraine, U.S. officials estimate. www.axios.com/2026/05/17/u...

Lauren Boebert: “It is hard dating when you’ve been married for 20 years. You don’t know what to do with your hands.”

Dana Rohrabacher campaigning for Thomas Massie

Thomas Massie with Stewart Rhodes at Kentucky campaign event

Thomas Massie: “I have bartered peaches for illegal milk”

Lauren Boebert campaigning with Thomas Massie in Kentucky today

Archaeologists Find Egyptian Mummy Buried With the ‘Iliad’ www.nytimes.com/2026/05/15/s...

This has been a trend since Trump returned to office last year as I wrote then for @politico.com www.politico.com/news/2025/03...

New: a former college classmate alleges KY state Rep Daniel Grossberg assaulted her & made unwanted sexual advances in 2005 when she was a freshman and he was a 26-yr-old senior. She is making these claims on the record & has an accompanying police report. www.kentucky.com/news/politic...

Seen some confident Republican takes that Spanberger's gamble burned her capital and it'll be harder for Dems to hold (Assembly) and expand (Senate) their majorities next year. I doubt that. Likely bad R environment and will unfold in the contest of more red states (NC, MS, maybe KY) nuking D seats

A Mutation Gave Humans the Gift of Speech. These Mice Have It, Too. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/06/s...

A very normal story featuring a senior citizen congressman wooing a female staff member four decades younger than him with a custom made Adam Sandler jigsaw puzzle www.axios.com/2026/05/04/c...

Who says there's never any good news? www.newsobserver.com/news/politic...

"Some staffers said they were concerned about [Swalwell's] habit of holding meetings at a Hooters restaurant, especially when he announced a run for Congress in 2012." t.co/yqrgRuI5QP

Trump on Truth Social announces that "Project Freedom" will begin in the morning to get ships out of the Strait of Hormuz

Clay Fuller, the newly elected Congressman from Georgia who replaced Marjorie Taylor Greene, introduced his first bill last week. It was to award Donald Trump the Congressional Gold Medal

Texas Republican Keith Self has introduced a bill to ban the federal government from providing any benefits to married couples who are first cousins t.co/kl14QIs3SZ

What’s Safe to Eat? Birds of a Feather Learn Together www.nytimes.com/2026/05/01/s...

Maryland could match Churchill Downs’ $85 million deal for Preakness intellectual property www.thebanner.com/politics-pow...

In Permissive Amsterdam, Ads for Fossil Fuels or Meat Are Now Verboden www.nytimes.com/2026/05/01/c...

Shipwreck Reveals Fate of Vanished World War I Coast Guard Cutter www.nytimes.com/2026/05/02/w...

At 80, Orioles Hall of Famer Jim Palmer eats his first chicken wing: ‘Actually, these are pretty good’ www.thebanner.com/sports/oriol...

Meet 2 Orioles fans making the most of a doubleheader in the all-you-can-eat Truist Club www.thebanner.com/sports/oriol...

This is also the perfect screenshot for what way too much of cable news has become. Five people sitting around talking about an opinion piece or tweet written by a sixth person who ain’t even on the set. There’s no actual ~news~

It ended with Mike Johnson taking a selfie with the holdouts on the House floor after they folded www.politico.com/news/magazin...

The good news is that they’re now three hours into this vote, which puts them 1/3 of the way toward the longest House vote in history, breaking the record that happened in *checks notes* 2025.

In which I interview "George Washington" about King Charles III. He was a fan! slate.com/news-and-pol...

250 years after the Declaration of Independence, the only thing that brings America together is somehow the King of England? slate.com/news-and-pol...