@jkavanagh.bsky.social
Editor at New York magazine and Condé Nast in a previous life.
Also at Shakespeare on Politics on that other platform.
Also at Shakespeare on Politics on that other platform.
In the first five minutes of episode 1, Lady Caterham says “…between you and I.” I’m quite sure Agatha Christie never wrote that.
The heroine of this show is named Bundle? This is possibly unforgivably adorable? And she must solve a murrrdurrrrr
Anyway: It’s Agatha Christie’s Seven Dials on Netflix
The coroner’s in-depth expertise is “well, he’s dead” and the kop is of the Keystone variety so BUNDLE MUST CATCH THE KILLURR
Anyway: It’s Agatha Christie’s Seven Dials on Netflix
The coroner’s in-depth expertise is “well, he’s dead” and the kop is of the Keystone variety so BUNDLE MUST CATCH THE KILLURR
January 25, 2026 at 2:35 AM
In the first five minutes of episode 1, Lady Caterham says “…between you and I.” I’m quite sure Agatha Christie never wrote that.
“Media is a word that has come to mean bad journalism,” wrote Graham Greene a generation ago.
“Democratic politicians and business & technocratic elites should be shamed and humiliated by how normal people have met this moment while most Democrats pretended it was business as usual and many elites openly curried favor with the regime instead of resisting.”
www.thebulwark.com/p/how-the-me...
www.thebulwark.com/p/how-the-me...
How the Media Fails With Trump. Over and Over. (And Over.)
Plus: The people of Minneapolis are amazing.
www.thebulwark.com
January 23, 2026 at 7:09 PM
“Media is a word that has come to mean bad journalism,” wrote Graham Greene a generation ago.
Reposted
“Democratic politicians and business & technocratic elites should be shamed and humiliated by how normal people have met this moment while most Democrats pretended it was business as usual and many elites openly curried favor with the regime instead of resisting.”
www.thebulwark.com/p/how-the-me...
www.thebulwark.com/p/how-the-me...
How the Media Fails With Trump. Over and Over. (And Over.)
Plus: The people of Minneapolis are amazing.
www.thebulwark.com
January 23, 2026 at 5:33 PM
“Democratic politicians and business & technocratic elites should be shamed and humiliated by how normal people have met this moment while most Democrats pretended it was business as usual and many elites openly curried favor with the regime instead of resisting.”
www.thebulwark.com/p/how-the-me...
www.thebulwark.com/p/how-the-me...
“Trump’s only concern with polling is rooted in vanity.”
In his satirical tale “Zadig,” Voltaire describes a redeemable fictitious ruler as “corrupted by vanity and voluptuousness [who] breathed in nothing but false glory and false pleasures.” Alas, there is no redeeming the irredeemable Trump.
In his satirical tale “Zadig,” Voltaire describes a redeemable fictitious ruler as “corrupted by vanity and voluptuousness [who] breathed in nothing but false glory and false pleasures.” Alas, there is no redeeming the irredeemable Trump.
"SCOTUS has not constrained him. Congress has not constrained him. The DOJ under Biden did not constrain him."
"Our institutions have failed us."
On the pod, @aselrod.bsky.social and I get into a spirited debate whether Trump can be constrained and what comes next:
newrepublic.com/article/2055...
"Our institutions have failed us."
On the pod, @aselrod.bsky.social and I get into a spirited debate whether Trump can be constrained and what comes next:
newrepublic.com/article/2055...
Trump Explodes in Wild Fury After Poll Hits Him with Worst Results Yet
As Trump rages over “fake” polls after a New York Times survey delivers abysmal findings on immigration, a leading political theorist grapples with whether popular opposition has any hope of constrain...
newrepublic.com
January 23, 2026 at 3:21 PM
“Trump’s only concern with polling is rooted in vanity.”
In his satirical tale “Zadig,” Voltaire describes a redeemable fictitious ruler as “corrupted by vanity and voluptuousness [who] breathed in nothing but false glory and false pleasures.” Alas, there is no redeeming the irredeemable Trump.
In his satirical tale “Zadig,” Voltaire describes a redeemable fictitious ruler as “corrupted by vanity and voluptuousness [who] breathed in nothing but false glory and false pleasures.” Alas, there is no redeeming the irredeemable Trump.
Bored of peace
This isn't a board of peace, it's a legion of doom.
BBC News reports that Netanyahu is joining Trumps 'board of peace'
They could have mentioned that Netanyahu is wanted for war crimes that include using starvation as a method of war, directing attacks against civilians, & extermination as a crime against humanity. But they didnt
They could have mentioned that Netanyahu is wanted for war crimes that include using starvation as a method of war, directing attacks against civilians, & extermination as a crime against humanity. But they didnt
January 23, 2026 at 3:15 PM
Bored of peace
I like Rachel Maddow but I don’t recall Walter Cronkite ever giggling or trying to stifle laughter during his Watergate reports.
January 23, 2026 at 2:46 AM
I like Rachel Maddow but I don’t recall Walter Cronkite ever giggling or trying to stifle laughter during his Watergate reports.
Dear MS NOW: Less is more. Having numerous hosts compete tonight for bon mots is unserious and a disservice to political analysis.
January 23, 2026 at 1:59 AM
Dear MS NOW: Less is more. Having numerous hosts compete tonight for bon mots is unserious and a disservice to political analysis.
“American politics needs regular, visible reminders of how thoroughly a majority of the country rejects fascism. We need incumbent Democrats to fight harder, and we need readiness to engage in the kind of civil disobedience that might bring this regime (or its worst abuses) to an early end.”
January 22, 2026 at 10:20 PM
“American politics needs regular, visible reminders of how thoroughly a majority of the country rejects fascism. We need incumbent Democrats to fight harder, and we need readiness to engage in the kind of civil disobedience that might bring this regime (or its worst abuses) to an early end.”
Republicans questioning Jack Smith today
January 22, 2026 at 7:53 PM
Republicans questioning Jack Smith today
Jack Smith: “We followed the facts and we followed the law. Where that led us was to an indictment of an unprecedented criminal scheme to block the peaceful transfer of power.”
January 22, 2026 at 5:34 PM
Jack Smith: “We followed the facts and we followed the law. Where that led us was to an indictment of an unprecedented criminal scheme to block the peaceful transfer of power.”
Eff Scott Fitzgerald of Wisconsin.
January 22, 2026 at 5:24 PM
Eff Scott Fitzgerald of Wisconsin.
The bill that Mike Lawler and other Republicans voted against.
Don't forget that a bipartisan immigration bill was gathering momentum in early 2024 when Trump put a brick on it because he wanted to exploit the issue to win the presidency. Trump's lack of interest in helping people was highly successful, as it often has been.
January 22, 2026 at 4:52 PM
The bill that Mike Lawler and other Republicans voted against.
Reposted
As JD Vance goes to Minneapolis today to cheer on Homeland Security's terror campaign, I'm re-upping this recent thread about Vance's unfitness for office. Share it with family and friends if they ever say anything positive about this sociopath.
🧵🧵🧵 JD VANCE, SOCIOPATH 🧵🧵🧵
Here’s a thread about the vice president and why he’s a threat to your freedom.
You may know some or all of these facts, but I thought it might help to put the damning details in one place. 1/11
Here’s a thread about the vice president and why he’s a threat to your freedom.
You may know some or all of these facts, but I thought it might help to put the damning details in one place. 1/11
January 22, 2026 at 3:51 PM
As JD Vance goes to Minneapolis today to cheer on Homeland Security's terror campaign, I'm re-upping this recent thread about Vance's unfitness for office. Share it with family and friends if they ever say anything positive about this sociopath.
Is Gym Jordan serious? As his first defense of Trump he zeroes in on one statement made by Cassidy Hutchinson to discredit Jack Smith?
January 22, 2026 at 4:15 PM
Is Gym Jordan serious? As his first defense of Trump he zeroes in on one statement made by Cassidy Hutchinson to discredit Jack Smith?
What a mismatch: the unctuous hypocrite Jim Jordan vs. the rule of law.
January 22, 2026 at 3:49 PM
What a mismatch: the unctuous hypocrite Jim Jordan vs. the rule of law.
Reposted
History is made by people who do things, not people who deliberate interminably over the risks of doing things, and that’s why Trump is making terrible history while every prominent Dem of our era will soon be forgotten as irrelevant trivia.
January 22, 2026 at 1:54 PM
History is made by people who do things, not people who deliberate interminably over the risks of doing things, and that’s why Trump is making terrible history while every prominent Dem of our era will soon be forgotten as irrelevant trivia.
“[Jim Jordan] was not born to shame: Upon his brow shame is ashamed to sit.”
January 22, 2026 at 3:16 PM
“[Jim Jordan] was not born to shame: Upon his brow shame is ashamed to sit.”
“Were shame enough to shame thee [Jim Jordan], wert thou not shameless.”
January 22, 2026 at 3:15 PM
“Were shame enough to shame thee [Jim Jordan], wert thou not shameless.”
Reposted
Former DOJ special counsel Jack Smith takes the hot seat in front Congress this morning.
He's expected to stand behind his decision to prosecute Trump, and say doing otherwise would have been “shirk[ing] my duties as a prosecutor and a public servant," according to prepared remarks we obtained.
He's expected to stand behind his decision to prosecute Trump, and say doing otherwise would have been “shirk[ing] my duties as a prosecutor and a public servant," according to prepared remarks we obtained.
Jack Smith plans to double down on the need for his Trump investigations
Republicans and Democrats are hoping for a blockbuster hearing from the former special counsel, who is testifying publicly for the first time about his efforts to charge the president.
www.politico.com
January 22, 2026 at 2:44 PM
Former DOJ special counsel Jack Smith takes the hot seat in front Congress this morning.
He's expected to stand behind his decision to prosecute Trump, and say doing otherwise would have been “shirk[ing] my duties as a prosecutor and a public servant," according to prepared remarks we obtained.
He's expected to stand behind his decision to prosecute Trump, and say doing otherwise would have been “shirk[ing] my duties as a prosecutor and a public servant," according to prepared remarks we obtained.
Reposted
The House Ethics Committee found that Matt Gaetz did all of the horrible things previously claimed—sex trafficking minors, prostitution (including of minors), drugs, drunk driving, obstruction, the works. The Florida Bulldog has secured and published the House report this evening.
January 22, 2026 at 3:45 AM
The House Ethics Committee found that Matt Gaetz did all of the horrible things previously claimed—sex trafficking minors, prostitution (including of minors), drugs, drunk driving, obstruction, the works. The Florida Bulldog has secured and published the House report this evening.
“There is simply nothing for the Nobel Committee to award or recognize. For Trump, this is unacceptable. His response, as befitting his thuggish and gangster-like sensibilities, is to try to extort Norway, and by extension Denmark, Europe and the rest of the world, into giving him what he wants.”
Opinion | Trump’s Norway Letter Proves This Isn’t Sustainable
www.nytimes.com
January 22, 2026 at 3:51 AM
“There is simply nothing for the Nobel Committee to award or recognize. For Trump, this is unacceptable. His response, as befitting his thuggish and gangster-like sensibilities, is to try to extort Norway, and by extension Denmark, Europe and the rest of the world, into giving him what he wants.”
Take note, timorous mainstream media: "Journalism is printing what someone else does not want printed; everything else is public relations," wrote the peerless journalist George Orwell, who died on this day in 1950.
January 22, 2026 at 2:48 AM
Take note, timorous mainstream media: "Journalism is printing what someone else does not want printed; everything else is public relations," wrote the peerless journalist George Orwell, who died on this day in 1950.
"Political language. . . is designed to make lies sound truthful and...to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind," wrote the incomparable journalist George Orwell, who died on this day in 1950; 67 years later, Trump's Ministry of Truth took office.
January 22, 2026 at 2:47 AM
"Political language. . . is designed to make lies sound truthful and...to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind," wrote the incomparable journalist George Orwell, who died on this day in 1950; 67 years later, Trump's Ministry of Truth took office.
“What’s striking here is that Trump believes the [Insurrection] act provides him license to circumvent the judiciary— to impose military rule. So this is really a window into Trump’s fantasies about presiding over martial law, or over a military dictatorship.”
The deeper issue is Miller and maybe Vance want people who are eager to show solidarity with immigrants to fear state violence.
They want us to fear Trump is capable of the worst.
I try to develop a theory of the moment here. 5/5
(h/t @radleybalko.bsky.social)
newrepublic.com/article/2055...
They want us to fear Trump is capable of the worst.
I try to develop a theory of the moment here. 5/5
(h/t @radleybalko.bsky.social)
newrepublic.com/article/2055...
January 21, 2026 at 7:12 PM
“What’s striking here is that Trump believes the [Insurrection] act provides him license to circumvent the judiciary— to impose military rule. So this is really a window into Trump’s fantasies about presiding over martial law, or over a military dictatorship.”