I’ve spent a lot of my life sizing up political talent. The secret of success as a political consultant is working for candidates who are going to win anyway. The talent disparity between the Dem and R parties is like nothing I’ve seen. What happened? R’s became more white,

Siri, show me the most full-of-shit take.

I’m old enough to remember the olden times (32 days ago) when lots of political geniuses thought that Kamala Harris was not a talented politician and that nominating her would be a disaster

Vice-President Kamala Harris’ great-niece, Amara, watches her auntie accept the Democratic nomination for President of the United States. Photo via NYT

Thanks to Jezebel for writing about Ashley. I wanted to lift up her story, powerfully reported by Charlotte Alter, because we don’t talk enough about the impact overturning Roe is having on young people’s futures. So much is at stake in this election. jezebel.com/cecile-richard…

Remember Ashley’s story. She was raped and couldn’t get an abortion. Her son is now 1. She’s still in middle school.

Elizabeth Street Garden is one of the most beautiful parks in NYC and the only park in SoHo. Next week, the city plans to sell it to a builder for $1, and it’s set to become a homeless shelter. If someone wanted to destroy a neighborhood, it’s hard to imagine a better plan than

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Sanya’s reporting on Palestine and the campus protests was essential to our newsroom and inspiring to watch. She needs to be snatched up quickly and will be an asset to any newsroom!

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Next week you can get this in paperback amazon.com/gp/aw/d/166804…

THE FABULIST is out in paperback next week!

the bechdel test video game actually looks pretty cool

It's so wild that there are people who can identify cars by sight. Like instead of “brown truck” or “grey sedan” everywhere they go they’re all “that Mazda Myopia is turning left beside the 2017 Chevy Stigmata”. It must be like seeing those colors only shrimp can see.

Hello my book about George Santos is out in paperback today I’ve pretty much emptied all my notebooks of reasonably interesting stuff about the guy by now, but there’s one more little thing I’ve been thinking about… amazon.com/Fabulist-Hustl…