Farewell to this legend who represented Palo Alto and Asian-Americans on a global stage; he'll be a success in whatever he chooses to do next www.mercurynews.com/2025/08/31/f...

“The only way to change the power structures in those states is to organize people,” Mr. Kennedy said. “That’s not a short fix. But what else can you do?” www.nytimes.com/2025/07/26/u...

Stephen C > Stephen A

Just 15 years ago, we had: 🐘Democratic governors in WV, WY, and OK. 🐘Democrats representing SD and IN in the U.S. Senate. 🐘Dem control of the AK and MS statehouses. Majority Democrats is how we get back to winning all across the country. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/10/u...

Sometimes calls for prayer are sincere and sometimes they are an argument: a claim that this is God’s fault and our choices and policies have nothing to do with it.

Hope and solidarity won tonight, and will win again in November. Congratulations, @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social

On Friday night, we walked the length of Manhattan, from Inwood Hill to Battery Park. New Yorkers deserve a Mayor they can see, hear, even yell at. The city is in the streets.

Happy Birthday to my favorite Skee-ball expert, best-selling author, dog dad, fixer of dolls and bikes and dinners, and amazing parent to our kids. What a year it’s been, @chastenbuttigieg.bsky.social - and here’s to the adventures yet to come!

the embarrassment of the first Trump term combined with the shame of the second Bush term is a helluva place to be

Narges Mohammadi, the Iranian freedom fighter and Nobel Peace Prize winner, sends a message to President Trump. Narges has spent around 13 years in the Islamic Republic’s most notorious prisons over the last 15 years.

The day started with tragedy with political violence in MN and instead of being scared, neighbors SHOWED UP to stand together at No Kings Twin Cities. We packed the Capitol Mall all the way to the Cathedral. Estimate 80,000+ right now. So proud of our state. #nokings #indivisible

Trump’s go-to line about every foreign policy crisis and war - from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, to October 7th, to the Israel’s devastation of Gaza - was “It would never have happened if I was president.” Welp.

This is a superb speech by @governor.ca.gov just now. Clear. Strong. Simple. Direct. Angry—in a way that appeals to the best in people, not the worst. Seven plus minutes of the most effective rhetoric in response to Trump. This is how you want a leader to talk. www.youtube.com/watch?v=linJ...

Interested in speechwriting? Love hearing about the State Department clearance process? Don’t absolutely hate the sound of my voice? Check out the podcast I did with Caitlin Dallaire and the Public Service Project: open.spotify.com/episode/5cFD...

“According to LinkedIn, the bulk of Fugate’s leadership experience comes from having served as secretary general of a Model United Nations club.” This would be laughable if it weren’t so dangerous. www.propublica.org/article/trum...

The enemy of my enemy is still my enemy but I still like seeing them fight

It’s my birthday on Sunday but you really shouldn’t have, this is just too much, I don’t deserve it

Hassett has now taken to forecasting what going to happen last week, and he’s still wrong.

“At a recent luncheon at Cipriani in Midtown Manhattan, a top lawyer for Citadel delivered a message to leaders of some of the country’s biggest law firms. Brooke Cucinella told them that the hedge-fund company likes to work with law firms that aren’t afraid of a fight.” www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...

“They told us Putin would take all of Ukraine if we didn’t send weapons so we sent tons of weapons and he never even took all of Ukraine.” 🤔🤔🤔

Hey Donald Trump, Stephen Miller, Kash Patel & the rest of the MAGA goons & bullies Senator Adam Schiff (D-CA) has a message for you: Go f***k yourself." 🔥

“Musk’s sojourn in government has revealed severe flaws in his character — a blithe, dehumanizing cruelty, and a deadly incuriosity. This should shape how he’s seen for the rest of his public life.” www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/o...

“Forget Russia’s torture and killing of Ukrainians, let’s focus on the real threat like U.K.’s laws against hate speech,” one of the department officials noted wryly. www.politico.com/news/2025/05...

Hell of a legacy.

“For Buttigieg, the answer to populist despair is policy imagination. Big, functional, future-oriented ideas. Not just to fight Trump, but to build something worth fighting for. There’s something there. Maybe everything.” demwinsmedia.substack.com/p/pete-butti...

“I voted for Donald Trump, and so did practically everyone here… But no one voted to deport moms. We were all under the impression we were just getting rid of the gangs, the people who came here in droves.” She paused. “This is Carol.” www.nytimes.com/2025/05/28/u...

if your grand approach to politics is bloodless poll-testing so that you're always aligned with wherever public opinion happens to be, you've already lost

This should be seen as evidence of the crisis: federal judges fear that Trump will order U.S. Marshals to stand down on securing the safety of judges whose decision they don’t like. This is just devastating. www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...

“I’ve always wondered,” he said, “when pressed, would rich liberal lawyers choose to stay rich or liberal? Now we know.” www.nytimes.com/2025/05/18/u...

“Leaders on the call seemed surprised that Trump seemed relatively content with what he heard from Putin, and presented it as a new development, even though the Russian leader did not seem to have changed his position at all.” President Deals! www.axios.com/2025/05/20/t...

OUT: Eating the cats and dogs IN: Eating tariffs

“Carpenter thought it ‘almost providential’ that an original Magna Carta would show up at Harvard, as the university battles with the Trump administration over its refusal to submit to the government’s demands.” Not very subtle by this season’s writers! www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...

RFK Jr. said multiple times during his house and senate hearings today that no scientists have been fired from federal agencies. Our reporting has shown that hundreds, if not thousands, of scientists have been let go from NIH/CDC/FDA

In @nytopinion.nytimes.com Three Yale professors who have written extensively on authoritarianism are leaving the U.S. “We’re like people on the Titanic saying our ship can’t sink,” Marci Shore said. “And what you know as a historian is that there is no such thing as a ship that can’t sink.”

“He’s got the guts to go on Fox News, to go into the manosphere, to go into these places,” O’Bryon gushed. “And he’s so smart, and he’s just — you can’t stump him.” www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Creating a problem and then demanding praise for fixing it. A pattern.

Great news for fans of funny

So let me get this straight: masks are bad and un-American if worn to fight a pandemic, but good if worn by people claiming to be government agents when they kidnap people off the street

To be effective, our opposition to today's abuses must run alongside a clear picture of what we are actually for - and how everyday life could be better with different leadership.

“In a Hollywood disaster movie, when the big one arrives, the characters don’t have to waste time debating whether it’s happening... In the real world, though, the cataclysm can come in on little cat feet.” www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

If they come for Bluey, enraged parents will make January 6th look like a picnic. For real life.

"The record of failure after a hundred days is, at once, astonishing and predictable." www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.”

Translation: Rubio has so completely sold his soul that they can count on him to continue debasing himself www.politico.com/news/2025/05...

it really is astounding that a presidential administration crashed the growth trajectory of the wealthiest country on the planet in basically two months

Your kids get a max of two toys and then grow up to work in the same factory as their father and grandfather screwing in tiny screws. It’s called The American Dream.

“Buttigieg walked into an environment that most Democrats have been too scared to enter, and walked away with a clear W… He was relatable, relaxed, funny, smart, humble, and brimming with pro-Dem data points and fact checks that made the hosts go ‘Huh,’ and ‘Ohhh’…” puck.news/pete-buttigi...