What’s with candy companies making bubble gum flavored lollipops? Not lollipops with gum in the center, but hard candy in bubble gum flavor. If I want bubble gum flavor, I’ll, I dunno, maybe buy bubble gum. Lollipops are for fruit flavor. Thanks for coming to my TED talk.

I must say that I am a little taken aback by people who claim to be liberals ditching this platform because of the new leadership. Those of us committed to a set of values opposed to his have an obligation to stay and participate, not wave a white flag of surrender.

BREAKING: Barbara Walters, who shattered the glass ceiling and became a dominant force in an industry once dominated by men, has died. She was 93. abcn.ws/3VzLnn0

Madam Clerk, I nominate Elmo for Speaker of the House! If certain folks want to act like three year olds, let them at least vote for a consensus candidate. (Except, you know, when it comes to funding PBS.) Apologies to Elmo and Sesame Street. #notverysunnydays

If you’re a Democrat and you’re not falling in line behind VP Harris right now, you’re missing the point of Biden’s sacrifice and need to ask yourself why you’re on the sidelines. Unified front behind the candidate NOW.

A great day for USA Gymnastics as Simone Biles takes the throne once more and Sunisa lee mounts one of the most inspirational comebacks from adversity that the sport has ever seen to capture Bronze. Beaming with pride for both on gorgeous routines.

I urge you all to pick up a copy of Curdle Creek by Yvonne Battle-Felton, out tomorrow. I was fortunate enough to receive a #NetGalley advance copy and this one is chilling, cerebral, and provocative. Buy it for Halloween. Then buy more as holiday stocking stuffers. Enthralling.

One thing (among many) that I really appreciate about the supremely talented Nicolle Wallace is that she knows exactly how to strike the often precarious balance between laying bare 45’s disgustingly profane language and demeanor and respecting the emotional well-being of her

1/ Deeply disappointed over WaPo. For those of you playing at home let me describe what happens next: “We won’t endorse in this Presidential.” “We won’t editorialize about his policies or governance.” “We won’t be doing investigated reporting on the administration.”

The fact that The Washington Post Editorial Board is not making an endorsement this presidential cycle is an inexplicable dereliction of duty. One candidate calls media the enemy of the people and threatens to revoke broadcast licenses. The other is committed to constitutional

Tomorrow morning Gardiner Harris is out with his sterling new book No More Tears: The Dark Secrets of Johnson & Johnson. I’ve read an advance copy from the publisher via #NetGalley. Let me tell you Harris reaches heights perhaps not scaled since Jessica Mitford's The American

My understanding is that if Pizzaballa isn’t selected within 30 minutes, we get a second pope for free.

Review of "Our Last Resort" by Clémence Michallon based on a courtesy advance copy provided by Alfred A. Knopf on #NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. I have recommended Ms. Michallon's debut novel, The Quiet Tenant, to my law clinic and political science students, and, candidly,

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Late to the party, but thank you Alexandra Petri for your extraordinary audiobook of “US History.” I haven’t laughed that hard in a long time, and I will now recommend it to my law students for much-needed comedic joy. Absolutely sterling.