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Why Are Michigan Republicans Meddling in a Democratic Primary?st
Michigan Republicans target a Democratic primary, strategically backing a controversial candidate to influence the state senate special election race in a calculated political maneuver.
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In this week's newsletter I wrote about Republicans' plan to win in 2026. Is it doing popular things? No, it's trying to get Democrats to nominate candidates with lots of baggage radio-free-america.beehiiv.com/p/why-are-mi...
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This is all stupid bullshit but I remain pretty disgusted at how things like marriage and having children are treated like Xbox achievements instead of actually loving and caring for someone else. Yeah I’m going to work 70 hours a week but definitely need a spouse, her name is Beth or something idk
January 29, 2026 at 1:07 PM
This is all stupid bullshit but I remain pretty disgusted at how things like marriage and having children are treated like Xbox achievements instead of actually loving and caring for someone else. Yeah I’m going to work 70 hours a week but definitely need a spouse, her name is Beth or something idk
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they're doing hand stuff at the Melania screening
January 29, 2026 at 3:57 PM
they're doing hand stuff at the Melania screening
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RIP to Dan. His "A decade of Philly sports fans on the TV news" video from the other site is pure gold.
January 29, 2026 at 2:16 AM
RIP to Dan. His "A decade of Philly sports fans on the TV news" video from the other site is pure gold.
Been noticing this more, people with newborns basically not doing anything with their kids or having visitors until they at least receive their 3-month vaccines.
As the CDC removes vaccines from its childhood schedule, vaccination rates decline and measles spreads, parents are trying to figure out how to keep their children safe — including, in some cases, by limiting their activities or seeking vaccinations early. I talked to a number of them. Gift link:
Parents Navigate a Fracturing Vaccine Landscape
www.nytimes.com
January 29, 2026 at 4:05 PM
Been noticing this more, people with newborns basically not doing anything with their kids or having visitors until they at least receive their 3-month vaccines.
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Here's a thread of some Dan McQuade blogs that we really loved 🦅
The Garden State Parkway’s Jon Bon Jovi rest stop is playing fast and loose with famous quotes: defector.com/the-garden-s...
The Garden State Parkway’s Jon Bon Jovi rest stop is playing fast and loose with famous quotes: defector.com/the-garden-s...
The Garden State Parkway's Jon Bon Jovi Rest Stop Is Playing Fast And Loose With Famous Quotes | Defector
CHEESEQUAKE, N.J. — Have you ever scored a touchdown? I never played real football, so my own experiences have been pretty low-key, but man, did they feel great. I think I remember almost all of them—...
defector.com
January 29, 2026 at 3:23 PM
Here's a thread of some Dan McQuade blogs that we really loved 🦅
The Garden State Parkway’s Jon Bon Jovi rest stop is playing fast and loose with famous quotes: defector.com/the-garden-s...
The Garden State Parkway’s Jon Bon Jovi rest stop is playing fast and loose with famous quotes: defector.com/the-garden-s...
It is a huge bummer that this man lived to see RFK Jr. undo his legacy www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/u...
William H. Foege, Key Figure in the Eradication of Smallpox, Dies at 89
www.nytimes.com
January 29, 2026 at 3:54 PM
It is a huge bummer that this man lived to see RFK Jr. undo his legacy www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/u...
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I cannot tell you how much doubt was consistently directed at the Gaza Health Ministry’s casualty numbers and how much pressure was put on news organizations to couch those numbers as unreliable.
Biden himself said they were fabricated!
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
Biden himself said they were fabricated!
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
IDF accepts Gaza Health Ministry death toll of over 71,000 Palestinians killed in the war
Although Many International Experts Have Accepted the Health Ministry's Data as Reliable, and Even Conservative Relative to the True Death Toll, Israel Had Refused to Accept the Health Ministry's Coun...
www.haaretz.com
January 29, 2026 at 3:31 PM
I cannot tell you how much doubt was consistently directed at the Gaza Health Ministry’s casualty numbers and how much pressure was put on news organizations to couch those numbers as unreliable.
Biden himself said they were fabricated!
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
Biden himself said they were fabricated!
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
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The Atlantic is six years younger.
New: David Brooks is leaving the NYT for the Atlantic, where he will be a staff writer and host a video podcast
January 29, 2026 at 3:39 PM
The Atlantic is six years younger.
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Yes. Get one or two truly great speakers and real sound. The “everybody in the coalition must get their chance at mic” instinct is admirable but misplaced in the moment.
OK, so this gives us a couple of months to up our rally game in the Twin Cities (though I suspect the problems are fairly common).
Nearly every protest these days has the same two problems:
1) No one can hear.
2) They go on too long.
We can work on that!
Thread.
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Nearly every protest these days has the same two problems:
1) No one can hear.
2) They go on too long.
We can work on that!
Thread.
1/
Organizers have announced the next round of nationwide 'No Kings' protests are set for March 28 -- and will feature a flagship event in Minneapolis. ✊ www.huffpost.com/entry/minnea...
January 29, 2026 at 3:32 PM
Yes. Get one or two truly great speakers and real sound. The “everybody in the coalition must get their chance at mic” instinct is admirable but misplaced in the moment.
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I cannot tell you how much doubt was consistently directed at the Gaza Health Ministry’s casualty numbers and how much pressure was put on news organizations to couch those numbers as unreliable.
Biden himself said they were fabricated!
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
Biden himself said they were fabricated!
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
IDF accepts Gaza Health Ministry death toll of over 71,000 Palestinians killed in the war
Although Many International Experts Have Accepted the Health Ministry's Data as Reliable, and Even Conservative Relative to the True Death Toll, Israel Had Refused to Accept the Health Ministry's Coun...
www.haaretz.com
January 29, 2026 at 3:29 PM
I cannot tell you how much doubt was consistently directed at the Gaza Health Ministry’s casualty numbers and how much pressure was put on news organizations to couch those numbers as unreliable.
Biden himself said they were fabricated!
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
Biden himself said they were fabricated!
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
GIGO
New: David Brooks is leaving the NYT for the Atlantic, where he will be a staff writer and host a video podcast
January 29, 2026 at 3:29 PM
GIGO
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As @jenniferkates.bsky.social reminds me, it was Dan McQuade who was at Hannibal Burress's October 2014 show at the Troc when he said “You rape women, Bill Cosby,” happened to be recording it, made it go viral, and from then on no one ever could forget or deny who Bill Cosby was.
Hannibal Buress on Bill Cosby: 'You're a Rapist'
Comedian Hannibal Buress called Bill Cosby a rapist in a bit at the Trocadero on Thursday night. Cosby has been accused of sexual assault by multiple women.
www.phillymag.com
January 29, 2026 at 2:15 AM
As @jenniferkates.bsky.social reminds me, it was Dan McQuade who was at Hannibal Burress's October 2014 show at the Troc when he said “You rape women, Bill Cosby,” happened to be recording it, made it go viral, and from then on no one ever could forget or deny who Bill Cosby was.
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suozzi sucks but i’m sorry his district is not liberal and cosmopolitan. it’s mostly nassau county, long island, and went for trump in ‘24. (you also may remember that suozzi won a special election to replace george santos…)
Suozzi is a failson who has lost more big democratic primaries than he’s won.
His district is liberal, cosmopolitan, and educated. Immigration is a core part of the civic history of the area.
Someone can primary this guy and win. If I was in a position to move back from CA, I would do it myself.
His district is liberal, cosmopolitan, and educated. Immigration is a core part of the civic history of the area.
Someone can primary this guy and win. If I was in a position to move back from CA, I would do it myself.
We should make their political lives miserable until they resign, retire, or end their terms.
January 29, 2026 at 6:34 AM
suozzi sucks but i’m sorry his district is not liberal and cosmopolitan. it’s mostly nassau county, long island, and went for trump in ‘24. (you also may remember that suozzi won a special election to replace george santos…)
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Assuming this is about ICE I guess it’s worth reiterating that shutting down over the DHS appropriations bill will halt many government functions (including many that help people), but ICE, which was pre-funded in a bill passed along party lines with no Dem votes, is not one of those functions.
January 29, 2026 at 6:40 AM
Assuming this is about ICE I guess it’s worth reiterating that shutting down over the DHS appropriations bill will halt many government functions (including many that help people), but ICE, which was pre-funded in a bill passed along party lines with no Dem votes, is not one of those functions.
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increasingly feel we need to bring religion back - not for me personally, I'm good, but lots of people could clearly do with Some Form Of Guiding Light In Their Life
January 29, 2026 at 9:21 AM
increasingly feel we need to bring religion back - not for me personally, I'm good, but lots of people could clearly do with Some Form Of Guiding Light In Their Life
Thinking about another writer we lost too soon, one who had a young child at home too www.theringer.com/2022/03/03/h...
Does My Son Know You?
Fatherhood, cancer, and what matters most
www.theringer.com
January 29, 2026 at 1:57 AM
Thinking about another writer we lost too soon, one who had a young child at home too www.theringer.com/2022/03/03/h...
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I drank the whole soda. I’m fine. Proof of life attached.
January 8, 2025 at 9:42 PM
I drank the whole soda. I’m fine. Proof of life attached.
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The tweet of this lousy era we can't get out of x.com/dhm/status/8...
January 29, 2026 at 1:42 AM
The tweet of this lousy era we can't get out of x.com/dhm/status/8...
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“The Menswear Guy can be tedious, but he knows his stuff—he had some really nice things to say about Jimmy Sweatpants last week,” I say to my wife as she quickly puts on headphones
December 1, 2025 at 4:23 PM
“The Menswear Guy can be tedious, but he knows his stuff—he had some really nice things to say about Jimmy Sweatpants last week,” I say to my wife as she quickly puts on headphones
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RIP Dan. A true friend and an all time Philly guy. I will miss hanging out with him in Wildwood and the weird bootleg stuff he would randomly send to me.
January 29, 2026 at 12:43 AM
RIP Dan. A true friend and an all time Philly guy. I will miss hanging out with him in Wildwood and the weird bootleg stuff he would randomly send to me.
Forgot about Andy, another sports Internet OG poster. At the very least, it'd be great if the Philly teams did a tribute to Dan like the Detroit ones did for him www.freep.com/story/sports...
January 29, 2026 at 1:38 AM
Forgot about Andy, another sports Internet OG poster. At the very least, it'd be great if the Philly teams did a tribute to Dan like the Detroit ones did for him www.freep.com/story/sports...
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Man what a lovely tribute leading Defector right now
January 29, 2026 at 1:35 AM
Man what a lovely tribute leading Defector right now
Maybe this is maudlin but I feel like we need some type of Oscars montage for the posters we lost this year. Guys like Dan McQuade, Mike Fossey and Kaleb Horton contributed so much to online culture, but everything about it is so impermanent. People need to know who they were.
January 29, 2026 at 1:26 AM
Maybe this is maudlin but I feel like we need some type of Oscars montage for the posters we lost this year. Guys like Dan McQuade, Mike Fossey and Kaleb Horton contributed so much to online culture, but everything about it is so impermanent. People need to know who they were.
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When your wife agrees to let you acquire 1,600 VHS tapes under certain conditions
December 10, 2025 at 2:01 AM
When your wife agrees to let you acquire 1,600 VHS tapes under certain conditions
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