Worth listening: Max Fisher and josie duffy rice – with input from Ben Rhodes – discuss Philip Gordon and what we might infer about Kamala Harris's foreign policy inclinations: crooked.com/podcast/heres-…

Bloomberg reported the news of Evan Gershkovich’s release before anyone else—because they broke an embargo every other outlet had agreed to: nymag.com/intelligencer/…

If the Ellen Greenberg suicide coverup is what sunk Shapiro, let it be a lesson that the moral compromises you make in life, however private or expedient it feels in the moment, will always eventually catch up to you

In the West Bank it's no longer clear "where the military starts & ends, and where the civilians start & end," Yehuda Shaul tells Isaac Chotiner. Where the world once saw a country that has a colonial project, it now sees a colonial project that has a country. newyorker.com/news/q-and-a/t…

i have to watch this video in full at least 3 times a day or i get the shakes

huge news — WE HAVE A DEAL!!! 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 more details to come after our members have ratified the agreement, but we’re incredibly excited! thank you all so much for your support.

review of unionizing and securing a first contract: exhausted, inspired, in awe of my coworkers, laughed a lot, only cried a little bit. 10/10

I could do 100 of these

On Wednesday, our unit ratified our first contract with unanimous support and 100% participation. We’re thrilled about what we won together! Let’s get into it.

The Crooked Media contract includes "a **minimum** of 49 days of paid time off." My brain just broke. hollywoodreporter.com/business/busin…

Fab bit of reporting from Emily Pontecorvo on the really quite clever labor provisions in the IRA strengthening workers’ pay, rights, apprenticeships, the communities they belong to, & their unions, all while strengthening labor support for the clean transition heatmap.news/economy/ira-an…

Spotlight: Marty Baron is my dad and we solve crimes together Zodiac: the truth is unknowable and the search for it will ruin your life

Honestly I give a lot of credit to Biden here. For all his flaws—which have been on display this last year—he didn't try to marginalize the left after winning the primary, and as a result he's leaving the party more unified (and the economy in better shape) than it was coming in

Two biggest cheers of the night were for Howard University and Georgetown Law School. Truly feel like I am back at the Logan Circle Whole Foods tonight

There's such a clear and funny dividing line between Obama-era Dems who appeal to voters' higher ideals vs post-Trump Dems who are like "Donald Trump is a bitch"

THE TRUMAN SHOW (1998) in 35mm 📺 Coming to the Aero next Wed. 8/28 at 7:30 pm as part of our ‘Friend of the Fest’ lineup! Presented by Offline Podcast featuring an introduction by Max Fisher. americancinematheque.com/now-showing/of…

A mainstream Dem like Biden would never have put Lina Khan as head of the FTC without Warren's influence. Trustbusting, war on junk fees, free tax filing—all of the most popular and impactful fiduciary regulation policies of Biden's presidency are her's. Full-stop.

Today's AC screenings ✨ FOTF Edition Pure Cinema Podcast THE DEVIL AT YOUR HEELS (1981) - 7 pm LF3 Max Fisher THE TRUMAN SHOW (1998) in 35mm - 7:30 pm Aero Stuff You Should Know MIDNIGHT RUN (1988) in 35mm - 10 pm LF3 americancinematheque.com/now-showing/

I have to watch this at least once a month

Unpopular opinion: NYT op-eds aren’t nearly as powerful as people on social media think. I know this because every time I publish one all it leads to is 9 emails from retired men and maybe one unhinged postcard in my office mailbox. So no need to panic if you don’t like one.