Kristi Noem's dog-killing story "wasn’t news to people who worked on her first book, where the tale made it into a draft of the memoir before the publishing team nixed it"
@michaelschaffer
writes
@tcraggs22
"LaRouchies still walk among us, embarrassing undead artifacts of another era’s grotesque folly, like Henry Kissinger or the Bay City Rollers."
@TimothyNoah1
@MollyJongFast
The midwestern version of this is getting high school aged guys (it's always boys) to wear long pants instead of shorts during winter
“Not the other one” Judge Chutkan joked to the pool of jurors after saying the name of today’s case.
(I was one of the few jurors who seemed to picked up on the joke.)
Donald Trump would likely have gone on trial today were it not for his appeal on presidential immunity.
Instead, Judge Chutkan is beginning a trial for Jan. 6 misdemeanor defendant Linwood Nester.
You might have heard about Trump's plans to clean house in the executive branch if he gets a second term.
@ianwardreports
goes deep on the group that's building the list of young staffers who could fill those jobs
“The number of dicks I’ve had to see in the name of preserving our democracy, someone should give me a goddamn medal.”
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New SEDITION HUNTERS except, in Politico Magazine:
Time for a ~ personal news ~ tweet: Today is my last day at
@newrepublic
. Can’t say quite yet what I’ll be up to next, so in the meantime I’ll just shout about how great TNR has been.
As House GOP is about to kick Ilhan Omar off a committee, good time to read
@Grace_Segers
on how the Squad is planning to fight back in the new Congress
This
@adamwren
piece is a great examination of how smaller Midwest towns have shifted on LGBTQ rights. Also tons of great new reporting on
@Chasten
, including a health scare and how his hometown high school wouldn't host an event for his young adult memoir
Cool to see Michael Jordan donate to the great
@MakeAWish
, which makes me think back to a story from when I was a kid with leukemia who got an NBA-themed Make A Wish trip...
@WritersofColor
@newrepublic
For
@newrepublic
's print magazine, I edit our front of the book, 1500-2000 words. Favor politics & policy stories, but love any compelling narrative w/ character & scene. No set range, fees start around 50 cents, but skew closer to $1 a word, based on extent of reporting required
Fascinating history of how Ticketmaster consolidated the industry by
@moetkacik
&
@KristaKBrown
I recalled the general Pearl Jam stuff, but actual the details are wild
In case you missed it over the weekend, glad the first piece I published for
@POLITICOMag
somehow perfectly managed to be about my once obscure, now politically important pop culture obsession
Meanwhile in the quieter Senate today, Patty Murray became Pro Tem, putting her third in line of presidential succession. 10 (!) years ago,
@jbouie
& I profiled her as one of the most quietly fascinating and influential members of Congress
Judge Chutkan started off by asking us potential jurors if anyone thought they couldn’t be impartial about a Jan 6 case. About 13 of the 50-60* jurors stood up and were immediately dismissed.
*(rough numbers since I was trying to pay attention to my civic duty)
During my voir dire questioning, I noted to Judge Chutkan that her name and decisions on other trials had come up a lot at my work of late. ‘You know there’s a case in New York too,’ she quipped
Incredible true-life spy games story by
@zachsdorfman
, a never-before-revealed Cold War FBI operation sabotaging computer parts during the early days of Silicon Valley. Detailed, rollicking read
Given the number of stories about blogrock/bloghaus revival over the past year, think it's officially time we all just started finding music on Hype Machine again
A new year means I need need pitches for stories! Email in my bio. Particularly looking for more scene/character driven pieces about how politics works in DC, but any narrative magazine style stories are great!
@WritersofColor
@newrepublic
For
@newrepublic
's print magazine, I edit our front of the book, 1500-2000 words. Favor politics & policy stories, but love any compelling narrative w/ character & scene. No set range, fees start around 50 cents, but skew closer to $1 a word, based on extent of reporting required
Jack Schlossberg is Vogue's political correspondent. The new role will see him combine his background in law and business with the self-described “silly goose” tendencies he displays online. Here, see how John F. Kennedy’s only grandson, is taking over:
We published the latest
@newrepublic
cover story today, an amazing piece of reporting and riveting storytelling by
@LauraJedeed
, who spent a week at a right-wing gun training course and reported on the group's ties to a wider post-Tea Party movement
Musk and DeSantis will host an event on Twitter Spaces, the site’s platform for audio chats, on Wednesday at 7 p.m. ET. It will be moderated by David Sacks, a tech entrepreneur who is a Musk confidant and DeSantis supporter.
w/
@DashaBurns
“Biden sits for fewer interviews than any other recent president. He gives fewer news conferences than any other recent president. The idea that this is all just coincidence, that none of it reflects capacity, isn’t plausible. Not anymore.”
Last year,
@meridak
asked me to lead the
@latimes
' coverage of the 2024 election cycle.
The Times laid me off today, so someone else will have to take on that task. But I'm proud of the plan we put together and the work we've done. I will be rooting for LAT in the months ahead.
Hunter Biden's Sliding Doors Moment After law school, he was planning to move to his wife's hometown. But then he met with the CEO of his home state bank (his dad's biggest campaign funder), which put him the path of a career defined by his last name
Fear and Self-Loathing on the Pizza Ranch Circuit Great piece by
@adamwren
exploring how our partisan divide runs down the buffet line of an Iowa pizza chain
JUST IN: Okla.'s top edu official Ryan Walters says the state's social studies standards are going to be overhauled by a committee that includes Dennis Prager, David Barton, Steve Deace and Kevin Roberts
Roberts leads the Heritage Foundation, the group behind Project 25
"From Father Coughlin to Donald Trump, demagogues have long commingled racist and anti-Semitic appeals with fears of economic decline. Fuentes’ power comes from layering on a generational critique" Great
@alibreland
piece on the rise of Nick Fuentes
"Say what you want about TPUSA: The conservative youth organization knows how to throw a party."
@LauraJedeed
checks in on how the conservative group is struggling with the gender wars
“I think there are certain aspects here where we can flex our muscles even more sometimes than under a Democratic majority,”
@AOC
tells
@Grace_Segers
in this great piece on where the Squad goes next under a GOP House majority
Looks like a cool job, and Nick is an incredible boss. (He might even end up being the best man at your wedding a decade after trashing your story ideas!)
He's a much whispered-about heir to Trump’s political movement. And as he himself says: “Trump will, at most, serve four years in the White House. There is a big question about what comes after him.”
Read
@ianwardreports
' excellent profile of J.D. Vance