13DaysInOctober

[Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias]

This plus what he’s said on oil & gas and his debut as “guy Joe Rogan likes” to me looks more and more like a candidate who is serious about trying to win in Texas and not just running a widely praised race.

https://t.co/L7LObQBvJ6

[Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias]

Talarico says no gender reassignment surgery for minors

[13DaysInOctober @13DaysInOctober]

@KobeissiLetter Trump has the opportunity to do the funniest thing.

[Josh Barro @jbarro]

Interesting Central Air conversations from Welcomefest -- SF DA Brooke Jenkins, who notes "all crime is illegal" in SF & tells how they've used drones to bring car burglary down 75%; & Bobby Pulido, Tejano music legend trying to win back the RGV for Dems https://t.co/BfoWjN7TIE

[Team Talarico @TeamTalaricoHQ]

BREAKING: Ken Paxton’s own lawyer just endorsed James Talarico:

“I defended Ken Paxton for years in the impeachment trial and in state criminal cases. But in my view, I think Ken has lost sight of his core mission, which is to represent the people of Texas. 

And unlike Ken, I believe that you, James, believe in unity over division and that you know how to assemble not only Democrats but Independents and Republicans and we need that right now. 

We need unity, we don't need any more division and that's why I'm supporting you.”

[Stephen Neukam @stephen_neukam]

NEWS — Ken Paxton’s impeachment defense lawyer is endorsing Democrats James Talarico for Senate, @NOTUSreports scoops

Dan Cogdell, who represented Paxton in his 2023 impeachment trial and several personal cases, told NOTUS in a statement that Paxton “has lost sight of his core mission”

Cogdell is well-connected in Texas GOP politics, and has represented top state party officials. He donated $6,500 to Paxton’s campaign, contributing as recently as last year

But he’s been critical of Trump. A clip of him calling Trump the “greatest threat” to democracy was even turned into an NRSC attack ad last year. It’s been scrubbed from the web.

Talarico said in statement “if you voted for John Cornyn, you have a place in this campaign.”

More:

https://t.co/9AtzdRvg4N

[Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias]

I'd love to introduce "based" Mike Lee to the concept of liberalism, a battle-tested guarantor of the interests of minority faith groups, as an alternative to pleading with the sectarian plurality to let him into the in-group.

[Kathy Hochul @KathyHochul]

Hate has no place in New York. I’ll always stand up to protect New Yorkers’ rights to worship freely, safely, and without fear.

[Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias]

If you don’t want lower-income people to be homeless we either need to:

— Relax mortgage rules so they can buy houses
— Legalize apartments everywhere so they can rent them
— Have institutional investors finance purpose-built single-family rentals

https://t.co/XiskTBXR7x

[Tim Miller @Timodc]

This is the most humiliating & weak foreign policy adventure in modern times. Imagine what Fox and the hawks would be saying if Carter/Obama/Biden had done something this feckless.

[Edmund Lee 🐿️ 🗞️ @edmundlee]

First reported example of Bari Weiss meddling in 60 Minutes, finally someone asked the follow up up question, nicely done @LuluGNavarro

[Hunter📈🌈📊 @StatisticUrban]

If you want to make an impact, also donate to Mary Peltola! Her race is highly winnable, and your dollars go far in Alaska.

[13DaysInOctober @13DaysInOctober]

@Noahpinion Ghandi was in the DSA??

[Hunter📈🌈📊 @StatisticUrban]

If Peltola had chosen to run for the open-seat governor position, she'd probably be the odds-on favorite to win.

And governor is a much better job. More personal power, Dems actually weirdly enough have coalition majorities in both chambers of the AK legislature, and no 12+ hour flight to DC (and remember her husband passed away recently in a plane crash.)

But she challenged an incumbent for Senate, which is much more important nationally. An extremely noble personal sacrifice. Many Dems (cough cough Whitmer, the 10 million people running in ME gubernatioral) could learn from her.

[Peter Baker @peterbakernyt]

At least 97 of the nearly 1,600 people who were charged in connection with the Capitol riot have been accused of new crimes since Jan. 6, 2021, according to a study released from @lawfare. @lukebroadwater https://t.co/KdixHNBElX

[Josh Barro @jbarro]

When Democrats act like it's unreasonable to expect the government to count votes in a day or two, how can they expect to convince voters to hand the government billions of dollars for other projects? Do we hold government to high standards or not?

[Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias]

Dismissing kids learning to read and do math better as "tiny gains on a poorly written standardized test" is the whole problem with the Fuchs/George approach to education. It's actually very important that schools teach kids!

[13DaysInOctober @13DaysInOctober]

@buccocapital They’re called “folks.”

[YIMBYLAND @YIMBYLAND]

Subway Takes is basically just a bunch of clips of NYC leftists reinventing “blood and soil” from first principles

[Noah Smith 🐇🇺🇸🇺🇦🇹🇼 @Noahpinion]

Antisemitism is evil but at least it has a >1000 year old pedigree and a sophisticated canon, with contributors like Luther, Voltaire, and Kant

Anti-Indianism is just some 70-IQ memes and half-assed slurs that America's biggest losers cooked up overnight on social media