The story of the Moraff-Fan vetting is tracks harder once you know (as reported by Politico last Dec. www.politico.com/news/magazin...) the two met and pitched Platner in July, just ONE MONTH before the campaign launched
How many actual seersuckers in this picture?
June ME-SEN polls
Quantas: Platner +1
Tavern: Platner +2
PPP (D internal): Platner +4
Fabrizio Lee (R internal): tie
Hard to escape the conclusion that recent scandals took a Lean D race and made it a Toss Up.
Sports leagues with any degree of antitrust exemption should be legally mandated to set playoff tickets at low prices and distribute them by lottery
Here's a response to my recent column "Democrats Need to Decide Whether Character Matters" washingtonmonthly.com/2026/06/05/d... by Susan Zakin called "How to Become Irrelevant" journaloftheplagueyears.substack.com/p/how-to-bec...
Blogging is so back!
“before the war, Iran had offered Mr. Trump’s envoys in Geneva a better deal than it is currently offering in the nuclear negotiations with the United States.”
www.nytimes.com/2026/06/13/w...
Just so we’re clear, this would mean the war has yet to accomplish a single thing
This defense of Platner, who is credibly accused of abuse, by Ryan Grim is abhorrent:
“It’s a flip side of…when the gay rights movement was gaining steam …[Platner] is a white guy and he’s actually pretty nice … Don’t be afraid, don’t be scared.”
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“Remember When We Used to Take World War III Seriously?”
My @washingtonmonthly.bsky.social latest on the plotless farce of the Iran war
washingtonmonthly.com/2026/06/12/r...
SCHUMER to @punchbowlnews.bsky.social
* Boosts Haley Stevens: “I think she has the best chance to win”
* Takes credit for Turek: “The minute I met Turek, I said, ‘He’s our guy.’”
* Sticks with Platner: “may not agree on everything”
punchbowl.news/article/camp...
