If you've been wondering what is happening in Cuba but haven't found a good source, or have been avoiding the topic because the news is already too grim, I highly recommend you give this a listen. Andrés Pertierra is informative, entertaining, and just knows his shit. The other guys are good too

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Please give this one a listen.

Cuba’s Human Tragedy featuring Andrés Pertierra

David Barth is Ad Fontes Media's biggest fan. Can't get enough Ad Fontes Media.

You should subscribe to the @talkingpointsmemo.com YouTube channel. A lot of cool stuff goin' down over here www.youtube.com/@tpm-video/v...

Couldn't care less about Ad Fontes Media

On the most recent ep of @tpmsocialclub.bsky.social @joshkovensky.bsky.social and I were joined by @rmac.bsky.social to chat about the world's first trillionaire and what exactly Elon wants www.youtube.com/watch?v=RpiH...

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Joe hosts a good party (even if it's just a two-person party). Enjoyed this.

On this week's @tpmsocialclub.bsky.social, TPM's Executive Editor @johnalight.bsky.social joined me and we talked a lot about the evolution of news, our top 5 journalism movies, and publications we miss 🎧: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t... 📺: www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xjh...

Being Black is so funny sometimes because you have to research, report, and explain things that are intuitive to most anybody in the community and, in fact, things that Black people been saying for generations. thoughts reading this Nikole Hannah-Jones piece www.nytimes.com/2026/05/22/m...

Will be talking to Chris about this @ 1:30 ET if you want to join us! open.substack.com/live-stream/...

Greg Bovino was welcomed like a celebrity at one of the world’s pre-eminent fascist confabs. Some of the organizers and other prominent attendees have: -called the Holocaust a “fairy tale and a lie" -been convicted for hate speech -vandalized a synagogue

I get all these emails from Lids and I never know what the hell is going on. Why is Paul Wall with Jameis Winston?

I’m sorry is this man suggesting that Talarico endear himself to Texas voters by crapping on ARCH MANNING?

With the World Cup right around the corner we had @vanityfair.com contributing editor and dear friend Tom Kludt on the pod - Buzz around the World Cup - The Americanization of Sports - Italy being terrible at soccer now - Different flavors of corruption www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fvvz...

The Big World Cup Corruption Episode

This week on @tpmsocialclub.bsky.social @joshkovensky.bsky.social and I were joined by @laylaayanna.bsky.social to break down The Economy - How it's working for some people but not for most - Is the economy just NVIDIA? - What's up with the bond market? www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jnmz...

@dirm.bsky.social and I are taking the helm of TPM's Weekender newsletter, helping to unpack the funny, surreal, and strange in US politics and culture w/the rest of the team. We have trivia! We have little screeds about the modern world! We have bad posts! talkingpointsmemo.com/the-weekende...

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Latest ep is OUT! We were joined by @peltzmadeline.bsky.social who helped us understand what's going on in the MAHA movement. Are they happy with Trump? Are they happy with RFK Jr? How did the Dems cede anti-corporation sentiment to the GOP around Big Food? www.youtube.com/watch?v=nce9...

Over the last few weeks, we've launched a new podcast at TPM: @tpmsocialclub.bsky.social I host it along with @jragazzo.bsky.social. We talk about whatever is interesting in politics and beyond

Hell Gate rules. if you live in NYC or just care about NYC, give them a shot. Put them on trial as they say lol

There’s never been a better time to climb aboard the Hell Gate Express 🚊

Important story from @laylaayanna.bsky.social talkingpointsmemo.com/news/u-s-wor...

A bit of exciting news! My "Undocumented Underground" series looking at mass deportation and the activists fighting it in New York City just won the NY Press Club's Rev. Mychal Judge award. I am really stoked! talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/tpm-w...

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Highly recommend you listen to this conversation. Understanding LLMs to be a cultural technology and interrogating them through the humanities, Leif’s work may change (or blow) your mind with regard to the current super intelligence discourse around AI. The other guys on the pod aren’t bad either.

super fun conversation with Joe and Josh! wide-ranging: AI, culture, is Aaron Rodgers cooked? (yes)

The answer to the first is that I am a 41 year old man. The answer to the second is I believe in @talkingpointsmemo.com and want people to read it!

Latest from @joshkovensky.bsky.social and I with special guest @leifw.bsky.social! Find us on Spotify, Apple, Youtube, all the places. Also: Follow our new handle here: @tpmsocialclub.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=jO5_...

TPM’s @kateriga.bsky.social joined @heartlandsignal.bsky.social's @eisendrath.net to discuss the Supreme Court’s turn against democracy in recent years, culminating in last week's Voting Rights Act decision. Listen for a better understanding of how we got here and where we’re headed.

Reminder that @joshkovensky.bsky.social and I host a new @talkingpointsmemo.com called The TPM Social Club. We bring on guests from TPM and elsewhere to talk about whatever is interesting It's super dope tbh Catch us wherever you listen to podcasts or on YouTube www.youtube.com/watch?v=v32L...

Was notable to @joshkovensky.bsky.social and I how quickly conspiracy theories popped up about the WHCD shooting. So, on The Social Club we had a chat with conspiracy theory expert & TPM contributor @rothschildmd.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=v32L...

The long view of a gruesome day talkingpointsmemo.com/news/supreme...

Every part of President Trump’s attempts to commandeer the independent U.S. central bank has blown up in his face. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/fed-nom...

Co-sign. @talkingpointsmemo.com is a must-read.

I've been a reader and member of @talkingpointsmemo.com for literally decades and it's one of the most impressive independent media operations in the country. Amazing how long it's been going, producing great reporting and analysis. Indispensable. talkingpointsmemo.com/memberships

Latest ep of the Social Club with @joshkovensky.bsky.social and guest @maxrn.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGBl...

TPM’s drive is ongoing as we push toward 1,000 new members this year. I wanted to highlight this story as the kind of thing we put your money toward. Josh spent five days in TX, getting up some days before dawn and working late into the night, to tell this story. talkingpointsmemo.com/memberships

The next Springfield, Ohio: How the far-right has turned its sights on South Asians in this Texas city talkingpointsmemo.com/news/frisco-...

We got a new podcast @talkingpointsmemo.com! It's hosted by @joshkovensky.bsky.social and me. It's called The TPM Social Club & it's about what's interesting. 🎙️ Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/4dqGDz0... 🎙️ Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t... ▶️ YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=VSY-...

I was pretty confident this was the case. Nice to see confirmation.

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Trump’s Great Insight: How The Freedom Caucus Ran the GOP

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I'll be going live with @joshtpm.bsky.social at 1:30 eastern to discuss the journalism biz and @talkingpointsmemo.com's place in it. Come hang open.substack.com/live-stream/...

Good journalism requires getting out of the (home) office. At @talkingpointsmemo.com we have reporters on Capitol Hill almost every day. We send reporters to cover court hearings. That results in coverage like this from @davidkurtz.bsky.social talkingpointsmemo.com/news/exclusi...