!!!! First day of our new podcast, America Actually (w/ Astead Herndon). It's going to be about the upcoming elections and America's road to a post-Trump future. But as we got started I wanted to write something about why I landed on that theme and what I saw as the our mission in a landscape of a lot of media choices

America Actually live at @TexasTribune fest! Full convo out next week

Michigan congressional candidate Will Lawrence apologized for saying Black leadership in the Democratic Party “defangs the white left.” But does he believe it? And why do progressives struggle so much in Black communities? Watch:

it has truly never been clearer that news cycles are driven by way too online journalists who see three tiktoks in a trenchcoat and decide its a society-wide issue

"The Tamale Guy" delivered tonight's game ball in celebration of Hispanic Heritage Night!

Tomorrow on America Actually — Michigan’s Will Lawrence on how middle America came to lead the data center/Flock camera backlash Watch on the @voxdotcom YouTube channel and listen wherever you podcast

This man has single handedly revived my dormant Sox fandom. One more miracle and he’s a saint

Pope Leo on if he had anything to do with the White Sox making the postseason

Curacao came from 3-0 down to beat Costa Rica 3-4 last night and this was the Curacao TV commentary… 🤣 Incredible 👏🇨🇼

I spoke with @AsteadWH this week about the ICE incident in Evanston last weekend and what the reaction has been this week for his newsletter, The Midterms, Actually Link below

Astead asks Mehdi Hasan if we are overlooking a rise in a Muslim affinity group with the success of Mamdani and El-Sayed I would love to say to you this is a good news story. But if I say it, you know what happens? Every insane person on the internet says creeping Sharia. Muslims can't win. If you stay home and you mind your own business, why aren't you integrating? Why aren't you participating? If you take part in public life, why are you trying to take over the country? What about creeping Sharia? It's heads I win, tails you lose.

Trump’s press ban is an authoritarian lash out from increasingly unpopular figure who wants hide from it But in picking on the press, he’s choosing one of the few institutions less trusted than him. His approval is at 33%. Gallup has ours at 28% Our right to access is the short term emergency. But restoring public faith is our long term challenge On @OutFrontCNN with @ErinBurnett

New @washingtonpost poll finds 45 percent of likely voters would not consider voting for a Muslim for president, including 78 percent of Republicans That has to be at or near the top of American prejudices washingtonpost.com/politics/…

Excited to be in Austin this weekend for the @TexasTribune festival! Talking to @SarahLongwell25 tomorrow about her new book, “How to Eat an Elephant.” Come thru!

Tuesday’s gubernatorial debate between Democrat Keisha Lance Bottoms and Republican Rick Jackson was canceled after Jackson declined to appear. fox5atlanta.com/news/georgia…

Astead asks Mehdi Hasan what he thinks about Kamala Harris campaigning with El-Sayed today: When the vice president comes to you and says, "I want to endorse you and campaign with you and you're not asked to change your positions on Israel Palestine" I feel like you've won.

Astead asks Mehdi Hasan if he thinks "Israel committed a genocide in Gaza" will be a litmus test in 2028 It depends on how many people run and talk about Gaza. If it's just Ro Khanna on that debate stage talking about Gaza, then I think the rest of them can get through it. If it's Chris Van Hollen and AOC and Ro all talking about Gaza and genocide and war powers and Iran and AIPAC, then it's much harder for your Buttigieg's and Newsom's and Beshear's to say: I don't want to talk about this issue.

.@ProPublica is a very important institution.