Really great David Weigel read on the redistricting fights in his newsletter today

.Bernie Sanders is here in Lenore, West Virginia for a town hall. More than 400 people turned out. That’s 30% of the population. Trump won this county with 74% of the vote

Pete is a smart guy and I admire a lot of what he's done, but I have absolutely no idea what he thinks based on these answers. Just tell us what you believe.

On days like today, DC would benefit from having a voice in Congress who could truly advocate for us on a national level. Instead, we're stuck with 88-yr-old Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, who repeatedly insists she’s running for re-election... 🙃

BREAKING: Sherrod Brown has decided to run for U.S. Senate in 2026 against Republican Jon Husted, ending months of speculation about his political plans cleveland.com/news/2025/08/s…

Today's Chaotic Era newsletter is dedicated to every poor staffer whose boss has had the genius idea to launch a podcast... chaoticera.news/p/politicians-…

No one listens to *most* podcasts! *Everyone* listens to a few podcasts!

Cruz, Crenshaw, and Newsom have built successful podcast audiences, but most politicians' podcasts get only a few hundred listens per episode, according to data from Podscribe

Ted Cruz, Gavin Newsom, and Dan Crenshaw are apparently the only successful podcasting politicians out there, per Kyle Tharp's newsletter

new - Washington’s locally elected government is under attack from President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans. But the capital city’s self-proclaimed “warrior on the Hill” is nowhere to be seen on the front lines. politico.com/news/2025/08/1…

.Ted Cruz is the undisputed king of politician podcasts.

1.5 million Ted Cruz streams, all from CIA black sites for some reason

.EMILY SUNDBERG asked me for my anonymous hot take on the state of media rn. i'll out myself bc I don't think mine's that anonymous

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For those still paying attention, another 30 minute Channel 5 interview with Hunter Biden dropped this morning.

The latest at YMRI: Young men identify as moderates, but whatever that means, they gravitate toward politicians who express disdain for "the system." The quandary this poses candidates is how to project moderation without projecting business as usual. …ungmenresearchinitiative.substack.com/p/understandin…