I’m just going to tell the story. Back in 2000 I was volunteering for the Gore campaign when he came along with Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Alfre Woodard and Dule Hill to a GOTV event here in MN. He ended up sitting down across from me stuffing his envelopes.

What perfect album came out the year you turned 16?

a report from a baseball game I will never forget defector.com/affecting-a-...

I wrote about why the regrettable conclusions of Ezra Klein pissed me off so badly in the last couple weeks.

On moral cowardice in an era that calls for clarity, and a popular political instinct to try to solve divisions of abuse by ignoring causes. www.the-reframe.com/eventually-y...

Watching All The President’s Men in honor of Redford and I’d forgotten the scene where Bradlee waves them off the story because it isn’t about personal liberties.

Senator Chris Van Hollen, Democrat of Maryland, endorsed Zohran Mamdani for mayor of New York City on Saturday and called on his party’s leadership to do the same, criticizing them for a delay that he said allowed President Trump to exploit Democratic divisions.

The previous image reminds me of this one:

Batman lays it right out.

#IndependenceDay

America is beautiful, contradictory, unfinished. I am proud of our country even as we constantly strive to make it better, to protect and deepen our democracy, to fulfill its promise for each and every person who calls it home.

Happy Independence Day. No Kings in America.

Why isn't Trump's clear and open call for federal law enforcement to arrest a Democratic governor based on zero lawbreaking of any kind leading every single news site right now?

I have been, and will continue to post this often. Your Guard, Reserve and active duty family, friends, neighbors and coworkers are going to need it.

Please share far, wide and often!

I am officially one of The Ancients, Keeper of Knowledge of the Before Time

If the US blocks access to HRT, ADHD drugs, and SSRIs, I cannot begin to describe to you how much all of the tech sector will screech to a halt. The internet is built and maintained by trans people, people with chronic depression, and the neurodivergent.

www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

AUSA Hagan Scotten, former clerk for John Roberts, really put some mustard on his resignation letter.

Black Legion (1937) is anti-Klan but, yes, amazing.

What’s Happening at MSNBC? (some thoughts on the Frum/Morning Joe thing) talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/whats...