I mean jfc CNN just *sat down and interviewed* a group of Christian nationalist leaders who want to repeal women’s right to vote! open.substack.com/pub/jessica/...

Looks like they're right.

Data Set 1 / Photo 468, the image from yesterday's Epstein files release that included photos of Trump in a drawer, was removed.

May urgency be the word of 2026

the thing that sticks out to me most is how transparently annoyed and contemptuous Casten's entire thread is. it's not just that he doesn't agree with Yglesias, he also doesn't respect him.

4. Yglesias instead seems to implicitly argue that politicians should only do what wins elections, virtue be damned. One wonders what he thinks of those foolish 1850s abolitionists. As Condleeza Rice once said, politics is the art of making the impossible inevitable. That ain't this.

3. Leadership is about doing what is necessary, not just what is popular. Read literally anything our founders wrote about virtue, and the inherent risks to a society based on democratic processes to sustain the rule of law to the extent that unvirtuous people gain power.

If I'm Ross, I'm making a massive deal out of this. For publicity and to clear my name. Lawsuits incoming.

RIGHT?! And I just found out the church nearest me has a liberal bent and is involved in... good things. I refuse to be enticed by Advent but you can bet your bippy I'm trying it out in ordinary time.