National politics reporter at semafor.com. Alum: WashPost, Bloomberg, Slate, Reason. Author of “The Show That Never Ends.”
Dave Weigel
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I learned today that there’s a copy of the script of the episode of The Simpsons where Nelson knocks over the Sunsphere in Knoxville Tennessee in the (still standing) Sunsphere in Knoxville Tennessee.
Last week’s reads and listens
Darkly funny that as most competitors fall apart, the NYT keeps spamming subscribers to ask if we want to subscribe EVEN HARDER
this is why you don't do a WSJ profile glamorizing a "journalist" who admits to heavily relying on AI!!! this shit is toxic!!!
A rare treat to have @benwurgaft.bsky.social on the site with this searing, well-done piece
At its meeting next month, DNC will consider a resolution that criticizes AIPAC by name, and "condemns the growing influence of dark money and corporate-backed independent expenditures in Democratic elections."
A couple days ago I saw a giant pickup towing a smaller but still very large pickup that looked the exact same except for its size and I thought “that truck had a child”
Unconditional surrender wasn't that "elusive" a goal against the Axis powers
It’s expanded from attacking AIPAC specifically to Zionist Dems in general.
AIPAC spent millions against Dave Min but he’s red bc he has J Street donors
In the supermarket or at the taco truck, whether it’s government subsidies for agriculture or the working conditions of food workers, food and politics are never far apart. Under the second Trump admi...
Jaysus Effin' Christ. I hope this leads to a better policy of scrutiny. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/06/b...
Keep FDR’s name out
Minimum weight of a Toyota Tacoma over the past 30 years.
1995 2,560 lbs
2000 2,910 lbs
2005 3,140 lbs
2010 3,430 lbs
2015 3,645 lbs
2020 4,075 lbs
2025 4,145 lbs
Pretty flabbergasting how much of the fringe left is now openly in the thrall of this antisemitic conspiracy site and its carefully distorted data
