Monica Potts
@monicapotts.bsky.social
Class Politics reporter at The New Republic. Tips on Signal at monicabpotts.57. Past: 538, The American Prospect. BUY: The Forgotten Girls monicapotts.com
Like all cats but more so, he was a hunter.
November 17, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Like all cats but more so, he was a hunter.
The whole time I was doing a substack live this morning my cat Eek was trying to walk across my desk in front of the camera. Now that it's over she's asleep on her cat tree like "My work here is done."
November 10, 2025 at 3:39 PM
The whole time I was doing a substack live this morning my cat Eek was trying to walk across my desk in front of the camera. Now that it's over she's asleep on her cat tree like "My work here is done."
My dogs treed a squirrel. Don't worry, it got away. #dogsofinstagram
October 21, 2025 at 9:54 PM
My dogs treed a squirrel. Don't worry, it got away. #dogsofinstagram
Updating everyone with photos from the No King's Rally in Clinton, Arkansas (pop. 2,501)
October 20, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Updating everyone with photos from the No King's Rally in Clinton, Arkansas (pop. 2,501)
But someone posted this, lol. Thanks for your contribution.
October 19, 2025 at 10:14 PM
But someone posted this, lol. Thanks for your contribution.
Arkansas Dems took out this ad in the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. But Trump didn't lie: he always promised tariffs. Farmers want special protection from them the rest of the US doesn't have. Plus, why are these farmers growing soy? Because China became such a huge market for it...
October 19, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Arkansas Dems took out this ad in the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. But Trump didn't lie: he always promised tariffs. Farmers want special protection from them the rest of the US doesn't have. Plus, why are these farmers growing soy? Because China became such a huge market for it...
Pandora for reference.
October 3, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Pandora for reference.
Temporary guest cat, Sunshine. She's a former foster and mom to my cat Pandora!
October 3, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Temporary guest cat, Sunshine. She's a former foster and mom to my cat Pandora!
My partner is on a road trip for some family biz and took Scout, one of our 5 dogs, with him for company and Scout got a new harness for the trip and he hopes you like it.
September 29, 2025 at 2:10 PM
My partner is on a road trip for some family biz and took Scout, one of our 5 dogs, with him for company and Scout got a new harness for the trip and he hopes you like it.
In the bizarro world of right-wing Evangelics on Facebook, they are sharing memes that say "we are Charlie Kirk now" and Kirk, who was primarily known to them for talking about being a Christian, is basically being treated like the second coming. They are sharing this meme.
September 21, 2025 at 7:42 PM
In the bizarro world of right-wing Evangelics on Facebook, they are sharing memes that say "we are Charlie Kirk now" and Kirk, who was primarily known to them for talking about being a Christian, is basically being treated like the second coming. They are sharing this meme.
Another nice day for the dawgs. #dogsofbluesky
September 19, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Another nice day for the dawgs. #dogsofbluesky
Timeline cleanse: we are having some gorgeous late summer days and my couch-potato dog Prairie is loving the weather.
September 18, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Timeline cleanse: we are having some gorgeous late summer days and my couch-potato dog Prairie is loving the weather.
Bluesky-ism is when I post pics of my pets and no one likes them.
September 6, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Bluesky-ism is when I post pics of my pets and no one likes them.
I haven't been feeling great and Tulip 🌷 has been hanging out with me. I wish everyone could have the kind of comfort dogs bring #dogsofbluesky
August 28, 2025 at 9:56 PM
I haven't been feeling great and Tulip 🌷 has been hanging out with me. I wish everyone could have the kind of comfort dogs bring #dogsofbluesky
Everything is bad so here's a photo of my dog Prairie with her ears up because she heard the postal carrier come by. #dogsofbluesky
August 18, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Everything is bad so here's a photo of my dog Prairie with her ears up because she heard the postal carrier come by. #dogsofbluesky
The terrible dog that keeps sneaking out of the fence is also just a baby.
August 8, 2025 at 7:43 PM
The terrible dog that keeps sneaking out of the fence is also just a baby.
On a reporting trip and met a good cat
July 22, 2025 at 2:22 AM
On a reporting trip and met a good cat
We reorganized our front parlor last weekend and my hound dog Argo decided to sit like a fancy gentleman.
July 8, 2025 at 5:56 PM
We reorganized our front parlor last weekend and my hound dog Argo decided to sit like a fancy gentleman.
Life is hard so here is my black cat Eek lounging on a pink chair.
July 8, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Life is hard so here is my black cat Eek lounging on a pink chair.
This piece treats all of these questions as brand new, but they're not. We have long accepted the family's right to speak up for the dead. There are limits on harvesting their organs or using their likeness. And brain-death is death, medically and legally. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
June 16, 2025 at 10:55 PM
This piece treats all of these questions as brand new, but they're not. We have long accepted the family's right to speak up for the dead. There are limits on harvesting their organs or using their likeness. And brain-death is death, medically and legally. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Just saw this from Pew and I am the least surprised Arkansan on earth. www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...
June 13, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Just saw this from Pew and I am the least surprised Arkansan on earth. www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...
Marry someone who acts as your PR person on a Barnes and Noble run:
May 28, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Marry someone who acts as your PR person on a Barnes and Noble run:
Tulip says welcome back!
March 29, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Tulip says welcome back!