All my friends were creeped out when I posted this. I was totally serious.

This guy represents all that's terrible, and one of the worlds we can choose in the election jamestalley.substack.com/p/the-electi...

Oh, please be the deprogrammer at my middle child's intervention!

I had one Brazilian. Never again.

Thanks to Marc Caputo, John Ganz, Kathleen Belew, and Parker Molloy for their excellent reporting and analysis.

Funny title and subtitle. Decidedly un-funny content. Man, I despise these fuckers. jamestalley.substack.com/p/heavy-pett...

If you’re covering ass before the fascists take over…you’re the reason the fascists took over.

So I finally caved to the onslaught of incessant email teasers from The Bulwark and gave them $8 a month. Mainly so I could read Jonathan V. Last, whose “What Does ‘Conservatism’ Even Mean Anymore?’ just buried my curiosity needle too hard. jamestalley.substack.com/p/jvl-dissec...

it makes the cowardly “we must leave trump on the ballot lest there will be violence” people so much worse when you realize how much violence already exists and is directed at, among others, the people who make our democracy run

My weekly curated list of must-reads and some thoughts on the work we need to do in this moment.

Must-Reads and The Work We Need to Do

The political terrain is lousy. I know how disappointing that feels.