I served two combat tours in Iraq as an Army Intelligence Officer. If I did what Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth did, I'd be in prison. All eyes should now be on FBI Director Kash Patel. Beyond pure corruption, I cannot think of a single reason for him not to launch an investigation ASAP.

Dave is right on this. It's not a left or right thing. This was a massive screwup and a real security failure. So why is the President, who used to fire people for fun on reality TV, not firing the people who made this mess?

The biggest encapsulation of everything we suck at doing in blue states is California High Speed rail, and it's just a pity that the sunk cost fallacy has doomed us to billions more spent on a project that has made a mockery of transit.

Slow Boring is hiring an editorial assistant. Working for Matthew Yglesias was one of the highlights of my college experience, and the job taught me so much about politics and media. Apply! slowboring.com/p/come-work-wi…

This guy should run for some kind of government position to help with this

What's happening in SF is nothing short of incredible. Daniel Lurie 丹尼爾·羅偉 is showing that blue city mayors can be forces for good in the Democratic Party- not just punching bags or symbols of Democratic disorder and dysfunction.

the headline is perhaps one of the greatest examples of media’s negativity bias in history

At this point, “Anti-Semitism surging at Harvard” is just total horseshit, a pretext & nothing else. And yeah, being used this way to defund cancer research infuriates me *as a Jew.* Among other things, we’ve got pretty good reasons for supporting cancer research!

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It's even worse than that: "We're defunding cancer research to advance Jewish interests." Not so good for the Jews. As my bubbie would have said, "Neyn danken dir" (no thanks).

Alan Garber is a kind of Harry Truman of the academic world. He and others didn’t expect such awesome responsibility to land on him. He is stepping up to huge responsibility with grace, character, strength, and skill. bostonglobe.com/2025/04/19/met…

So many rising stars showing us the way forward in this piece from ⁦Charlotte Alter⁩: Mallory McMorrow Angie Craig Ruben Gallego Pat Ryan Marie Glusenkamp Perez Jake Auchincloss time.com/7286163/inside…

I just finished meeting with one of our amazing international students who is graduating and was reflecting on their experience here. And then open this. What a horrible, horrendous thing to do—I hope it can be stopped quickly.

The Donald J. Trump Administration's vendetta action against Harvard is now over the top. It is crazy to make enemies of thousands of the most talented young people from around the world. This violates the norms of decency and fairness and will make us a poorer country and, in

Trump’s targeting of my university is an assault on American democracy and civil society. Just look at Hungary: attacks on universities are often an early sign of democratic decline. We can’t stay silent.

Without its international students, Harvard is not Harvard. hrvd.me/IntStudents25t

.Sarah McBride is hands down one of the best communicators in the Democratic Party today. Every interview she does is a master class in persuasion and empathy. nytimes.com/2025/06/17/opi…

Every race I’ve had has been a tough one—but I win because I’m not in this alone! Thank you for being part of this campaign to flip Iowa’s 3rd congressional district!!!