White House’s Chicago “Chaos” Video Is Really From a Red State newrepublic.com/post/201581/...

New in PN: Whiny MAGA freaks out over Super Bowl halftime show

"The continued cultural dominance of left-leaning artists is a particular affront to MAGAs right now, when they are wielding their political power with more aggression and cruelty than they ever imagined they could."

please read my memo www.theverge.com/business/793...

Only acceptable if followed by a pint of Rocky Road ice cream. You need protein.

"You cannot share your life with a dog... or a cat, and not know perfectly well that animals have personalities and minds and feelings."

— Jane Goodall

Far as I can tell, Robert Redford was:
* successful at everything he tried
* genuinely intelligent & insightful
* desired by women
* envied by men
* an absolute mensch to everyone he dealt with
* a tireless, lifelong philanthropist
... and he died peacefully in his sleep.

10/10 life. No notes.

Well they were both people that said jaw-droppingly racist things in a twinkly way, and were polite to white moderates who found them oddly charming. One was “at least not as bad as the John Birch Society,” the other “at least not as bad as Nick Fuentes.” Buckley used bigger words, though.

Anyone proposing that an official be allowed to revoke the passport of a citizen for criticizing *this* country would be rightly regarded as batshit insane and deeply hostile to this country's laws and traditions.

Proposing that they can do that if we criticize some *other* country?

Fuck. That.

Still trying to understand the Hyundai ICE raid. Supposedly a months-long investigation that... picked up people here on visas, permanent residents, and U.S. citizens?

I also haven't seen anyone charged under 8 USC §1324a for hiring undocumented employees.

🤔

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/07/u...

This part.

BREAKING, from NY Playbook PM: New York Gov. Kathy Hochul will sign an executive order allowing pharmacists to prescribe and administer Covid vaccines to New Yorkers who request them.

I hate it here.

The president is sending the military to control American cities and if you're a reporter who's framing that illegal power grab as "pushing the boundaries of constitutionality" or "acting boldly to fight crime" or whatever, please go find another line of work where you won't get us all killed.

Washington's speculation about Trump's health is at a fever pitch. We've seen multiple reasons this summer to ask questions — and the media doesn't seem to care. What's really going on? www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/it-s-time-...

Platner: No one cares that you pretend to be remorseful as you sell out to lobbyists. Symbolic opposition does not reopen hospitals. Weak condemnations do not bring back Roe V Wade. Maine deserves better than Susan Collins.

Can confirm.

One minute, you're just living your life, and the next, you're mimicking bird calls. Here’s how it happens.

NYT: “When Tennessee’s Republican governor @GovBillLee dispatched troops to support Trump’s crackdown on crime, critics wondered why he didn’t keep them within state lines. Memphis has a murder rate twice DC’s, Nashville’s is higher as well.” www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/u...

A pre-dog-walk 🧵 on the pandemic.

To me, the lesson of the pandemic is a very familiar one, although as far as I can tell, no one is talking about it or learning it (which is also familiar). It's about the contrast between America's two political parties.

We've got more for you on Labor Day. More than 82 percent of civilian federal workers have had their right to collectively bargain stripped in the largest act of union busting in US history. Unions are a voice from below, and their autonomy poses a threat to autocrats, Harold Meyerson writes:

senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, former chief economist to Senator Rob Portman (R-OH) & director of budget and spending policy for Marco Rubio’s 2016 presidential campaign👇🏽

The US National Guard. We’re looking for a few good janitors.

I went on Ezra Klein's podcast to discuss how Trump is building his own paramilitary force.

Grim as this discussion is, we recorded it *before* Trump's executive order directing Hegseth to set up rapid deployment units within the National Guard.

www.nytimes.com/2025/08/27/o...