Supreme Court Do not lose sight of how stupid and unfair all of this is. Life and politics are full of nuance, but sometimes it's not that complicated.
Music Turn down the treble. Drop the bass. Silver Martian Music, available to the public for the first time.
Trump II People truly hate Matt Gaetz, but it might not matter. "There are pools of vomit with more to offer," says one fellow conservative.
Immigration The reason this newsletter has been so late, lately And why Trump doesn't care if his deportation machine is expensive and janky.
Immigration Why are Republicans saying they'll deport 15 million immigrants? And what would happen if we did?
Election 2024 Conspiracy theories aren't necessary to explain why Kamala lost It wouldn't surprise me if we found out that Republicans had stolen the election someday, but they probably didn't.
Election 2024 Post-election, pre-inauguration reading material A few links about how to prepare for what lies ahead.
Election 2024 Mistakes have been made I don't think we're wrong about the fascism, but it doesn't matter if you're right, if people are tuning you out.
Hey, folks It's pretty scary right now, if you were hoping for a quick and decisive Harris victory. I was. All the smart people I enjoy reading on the internet said the polls seemed like they might be wrong, and it looks like the polls were actually very accurate. This
Election 2024 If Trump loses as predicted, it's because he did it to himself You can't get good volunteers if the people coordinating your phone-banking are all alsp scammers using your name to try to make a quick buck.
Months I didn't wait till 11 to send this post about November, but I didn't have to tell you that either The Spaniard himself did not drink.
Election 2024 There are plans for another January 6, but I wouldn't freak out The scary thing about the attack on the U.S. Capitol four years ago was that nobody was expecting it.
Supreme Court The Supreme Court did something really bad, and not for the first time The complete lack of transparency is the enormous problem with the 6-3 partisan ruling in favor of Virginia Republicans.
A long, smart read—not this newsletter, but the piece it's linking to You know, when the first newsletter of the week is late, that never bodes well for the newsletters that follow. Very quickly, because I have to take Julia on a date: Tech news website the Verge published a long endorsement of Kamala Harris—or more accurately, a long argument against
Election 2024 Donald Trump has a weird and ominous little secret And I didn't die on a waterslide (but I still could).
Election 2024 Why are we giving all that aid to Ukraine anyway? It's not good that Elon Musk has been talking with Vladimir Putin.
Election 2024 It's hard for the polls to tell us much right now There's just too much to account for.
The Revolution At some point, we need more parties, because democracy doesn't work with only two You need a third party, at minimum, that can help figure out what's right and what's wrong when the other two disagree. Otherwise, your politics just turns into a tug-of-war in which neither side stands to benefit from compromise.
Election 2024 We're all sick of this bullshit, aren't we? Are you fending off a low-level but constant sense of anxiety and fear?
Feminism If men are lonely, I'm pretty sure that's mostly on men Their loneliness and purposelessness is really a massive personal-growth issue. Which is to say, it's something men have to fix ourselves.
Election stuff, mostly. (Did you know we're going back to the moon?!?) I got some bad news yesterday—I'll share more about it next week, but nobody's dead or dying or getting divorced, don't worry—and that, combined with some other things, is why today's newsletter is later than usual. But you know, I&
Election 2024 JD Vance says Trump didn't lose in 2020—and that even if he did, it was all Twitter's fault Also: Kamala on Fox News, Fox News being shady, Twitter being shady, and four nice Republicans.
Election 2024 It's nice to hear someone in the media tell the truth about Donald Trump Harris sounds genuinely surprised—relieved, even?—to hear Charlamagne tha God say it: The Republican vision for America is about fascism.
