Did Joe Biden ~really move South Carolina to the front of the primary calendar bc of Black representation? Or was it a cover -- for the establishment to protect a vulnerable president outside the view of voters? This week's episode of The Run-Up nyti.ms/3GAXcok

Did you know Astead's Run-Up is back? The first 2 episodes are awesome examples of original audio reporting—they go inside the party establishments in the wake of the midterms, to see how they’re working to shape 2024 before anyone is paying attention. nytimes.com/2023/04/13/pod…

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Any candidate hoping to secure the Republican nomination needs to speak the language of the conservative grass roots. So, what do they want? Astead heads to CPAC to find out. Listen to "The Run-Up." nyti.ms/3H0bAXp

It's her time

The power of Mike Lindell 😂

Strange bedfellows indeed

People who didn’t grow up in a colonial New England state, where did you even go for your 3rd grade field trip? How did you even learn to churn butter?

This is incredibly insightful about how desperate life in Gaza is right now:

A few reminders as we head into Thanksgiving: -Don't comment on someone's body, even if it looks different than the last time you saw it. -Don't comment on someone's food choices. Those are inside thoughts. -Don't assign moral value to food. You don't need to "earn" pie.

We kept the receipts 🤫