For older union members, “ ‘us’ was the workers and ‘them’ was business, which Republicans were lumped into,” she said. For their younger counterparts, “ ‘them’ was largely based on perceptions of a cultural élite.” www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

Can Harris Stop Blue-Collar Workers from Defecting to Donald Trump?

She’s touting the Biden Administration’s strong record on labor. But it might not be enough to win over voters who distrust Democrats as élites.

[O]ur largest city is currently embroiled in a self-made political and fiscal meltdown of epic proportions. So, along those lines, canceling or curtailing veto session would allow state legislators and the governor to avoid being dragged into that Chicago mess. #twillcapitolfax.com/2024/09/30/i...

“We were raised in a generation of figure it out, do it yourself and own your own s---,” said a third woman .... She has no patience for what she sees as the preciousness of younger generations. Their self-diagnoses of anxiety. Their feelings. wapo.st/3zEdUTi

Column | What is it with Gen X women and Donald Trump?

An investigation into why women of a certain age may mind Trump less.

“When I was a rookie GM in this league, my first chance in Houston, he was someone I went to all the time. He was older than me which is pretty rare .... but just an amazing human being – what he did off the court, for Africa. Rest in peace, Dikembe.”

Basketball Hall of Famer Dikembe Mutombo dies from brain cancer at 58, NBA says | CNN

Basketball Hall of Famer Dikembe Mutombo – known for his shot-blocking and famed finger wave after denying opponents at the hoop – died Monday from brain cancer aged 58, according to the NBA.

That’s the bitter irony of modern U.S. politics: In a country divided so ardently and irrevocably between the two parties, the people who aren’t sure they care enough to participate at all are the ones who could tip the balance. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

WSJ reporting that China's newest nuclear sub sank at a shipyard near Wuhan in either late May or early June. LMAO. www.wsj.com/world/china/...

This WaPo story about baseball’s “worst pitcher” since 2020 is a really great read. www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2024/...

Column | From the World Series to the dog days, Patrick Corbin always took the ball

For six years with the Washington Nationals, Patrick Corbin always showed up and always cared.

It therefore appears that the widening of the gender gap relative to 2020 might not be a favorable development for the Harris coalition, as it is mostly based on a decline in male support rather than an increase in overall female support. wapo.st/4eihba6

Opinion | Harris has yet to replicate the Biden coalition as Election Day nears

With about six weeks until the election, Kamala Harris hasn’t matched Joe Biden’s coalition.

I don’t have any great hesitation about saying I was wrong. If you’re reading a book that is 25 years old, stuff should be wrong. If you don’t recognize that the world has changed in 25 years, there’s something wrong with you. www.nytimes.com/2024/09/26/b...

Malcolm Gladwell Holds His Ideas Loosely. He Thinks You Should, Too.

As he releases “Revenge of The Tipping Point,” the best-selling journalist talks about broken windows theory, Joe Rogan and changing his mind.

Around half of TikTok users (52%) now say they regularly get news there, up from 43% last year and just 22% in 2020. TikTok users are now more likely to get news from TikTok than Facebook users are to get news from Facebook. www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...

More Americans are getting news on TikTok, bucking the trend seen on most other social media sites

In just three years, the share of U.S. adults who say they regularly get news from TikTok has more than quadrupled, from 3% in 2020 to 14% in 2023.