Laura Johnson

[Nate @natehoodstp]

It’s pretty simple:

American society has prioritized private space. We have, on average, better, larger, and nicer homes

European society has prioritized public space. They have, on average, better, larger, and nicer parks, plaza, transit, shopping districts, etc.

[j. patrick coolican @jpcoolican]

There's a fascinating memo — lead writer @DSchrantz — being distributed to civil society groups in 19 states, which seeks to prepare us for the election fockery that's so obviously coming. Trump's speech last night laid the groundwork, so this is timely.

[Governor Newsom Press Office @GovPressOffice]

“If you violate California’s laws, if you interfere with our voters, tamper with our ballots, or meddle in our election, you will be prosecuted.”

— @CAGovernor Gavin Newsom

[Governor Tim Walz @GovTimWalz]

The President of the United States is attacking a group of kindergarteners because of the clothes they wore to school.

[Allan Smith @akarl_smith]

Scoop: Zohran Mamdani to deliver a "major" speech Friday marking America 250, hours before Trump gives his own commemorative address in S.D.

Mamdani will speak from George Washington's desk at City Hall and be surrounded by recently naturalized citizens

https://t.co/SdMn8mIoPl

[BalloftheWild (The Artist fka /r/Timberwolves) @BalloftheWild]

Sad honk

[Chasing Ennui @rwlesq]

Katie Miller has a master's degree and a career. It appears that she has consistently worked since she was 20. She can open a bank account, own property, and have a credit card in her name. She has access to no-fault divorce and would be entitled to child support for her baby if she and Stephen Miller divorce. She has laws protecting her against physical abuse and rape by her spouse. She had access to birth control and abortion, meaning that having a baby was a choice.

She is very much not living the life that the "propaganda. . . convinced" women was oppressive. She is living the life that feminism made possible.

Of course, she knows this. She's just a liar.

[Lauren Hitt @LaurenHitt]

An important section from Brad Lander’s speech last night…

[Hunter Biden @HunterBiden]

I'm not running for office. But if I were, these are some of the lessons I'd take away from what happened in NY yesterday.

1. Authenticity is measurable. Voters can smell a focus group from a mile away.

2. Endorsements from the current Democratic leadership now read like warnings. The establishment wing of the party is no longer a sword. It's a question mark.

3. Conviction beats caution. The candidates who said hard things about rent, about who pays for what, about Gaza, they won. The triangulators lost.

4. Cost of living is everything. Everything else is wallpaper.

5. The middle is not a strategy. It's an empty room. Voters reached past the establishment to grab someone who actually believes something.

6. Don't fear the base. Court it. The Democrats who ran from their own voters lost. The ones who ran toward them won.

7. If you want to lead a party you have to be willing to fight inside it. Mamdani didn't ask permission. He took the field.

The lesson under the lessons: the country is tired of being managed. People want to be led.

[Kaeleigh @kaefair]

When voters reject them, they go after the organizations that make voting accessible.

But in Ohio, voters choose our leaders. Politicians do not get to choose which voters count.

[O’Shea Jackson Jr @OsheaJacksonJr]

I saw it. Now you have to see it. His name is Samuel. And he…is a king.

[Doran Schrantz @DSchrantz]

Until people release the moderate vs progressive media frame, it’s hard to grasp what is happening in the Dem party base. It’s not moderates and progressives fighting. It’s a brewing anti-establishment energy along with deep frustration Dems aren’t acting as an opposition party.

[Cole Sandick🌹🇵🇸🇺🇦🇸🇩 @ColeSandick]

Everyone’s stopped talking about it for some reason, but the defense of Minneapolis was the most seismic victory against Trumpism. That was supposed to be the blueprint for their autocracy and it was defeated and humiliated by astounding collective action from ordinary Americans.

[Ballsack Sports @BallsackSports]

One of the darkest nights for our country, man. Just gotta pray.

You never want to see a guy like Anthony Edwards go down. I feel sick.

[More Perfect Union @MorePerfectUS]

Zohran on CBS: " I think what we can see is that a democratic socialist politics is one that should be judged on its delivery, like any ideology ...  I think that this is a politics that can flourish anywhere because, frankly, there is only one majority in this country — that's the working class and it's time we have a politics that puts them at the heart of what it is that we're pursuing and not as part of the appendix."

[Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex]

Woe to those who manipulate religion and the very name of God for their own military, economic, and political gain, dragging that which is sacred into darkness and filth. #ApostolicJourney #Cameroon https://t.co/bKteFZ3iWE

[Christopher Hale @ChristopherHale]

NEW: Pope Leo XIV's top three American cardinals just gave their first joint television interview.

They condemned the Iran war, called out ICE, and revealed that Spanish-language Mass attendance has dropped 30% because of fear.

And they made clear that Leo's decision to spend America's 250th birthday on Lampedusa — where migrants drown — instead of the country where he was born is a deliberate message about where moral authority lives. https://t.co/fMGR7veqnt

[Bella Morris @Belorris]

Mothers in Gaza, Lebanon and Iran love their children as much as you love yours.

[Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex]

In these days of sorrow, fear, and unwavering hope in God, I feel closer than ever to the beloved people of Lebanon. The principle of humanity, inscribed in the conscience of every person and recognized in international law, entails a moral obligation to protect the civilian population from the horrific effects of war. I call on the parties in the conflict to declare a ceasefire and urgently seek a peaceful solution.

[Jon Favreau @jonfavs]

This, from @ezraklein, is so well said: