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Everyone is talking about Hakeem Jeffries right now, and Ossé basically kicked off the debate over whether or not Jeffries should be speaker when he very nearly challenged him the primary last November - today at @CrookedMedia con, Ossé gave me his "final words" on Jeffries.
At Crooked Con, our associate editor @ecarmichael19 asked @OsseChi his thoughts about whether or not Hakeem Jeffries should be speaker.
Chi weighs in.
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🔴 LIVE NOW: Texas went BLUE. How did Democrats flip the Republican stronghold? Two Texans —
@DavidGriscom of @jacobin and The Lever's
@ecarmichael19 — break down the historic upset, the populist backlash, and what comes next. Join us. Bring questions!
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We're talking about what just happened with texas with the guy who literally wrote the book on blexas (or at least its history) - come listen!
In just a few minutes, I'll be going live on @LeverNews youtube.com/watch?v=CryBn2m6…
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In just a few minutes, I'll be going live on @LeverNews youtube.com/watch?v=CryBn2m6…
When I wrote this review, I knew @DavidGriscom was spot on, but I could not have imagined that just a few months later, I’d be crying while on assignment at a crypto bar, watching a populist movement turn Texas such a bright bright blue
"their donors"
Hakeem Jeffries (@RepJeffries) says Democrats got rid of Noem (@KristiNoem), Hegseth (@PeteHegseth) is next, and they don't answer to “their” billionaire donors.
Wonderful. Now about ICE, the war, and those other billionaire donors…
The Lever's Emily Carmichael watched his speech
The way this review describes Cusk's book reminds me of Netflix algorithm slop: a bunch of characters baldly stating their basic intentions + mid-level aphorisms, observations, abstractions. Different levels of culture, same erosion of self & specificity
newyorker.com/magazine/2026/…
good day at work
🚨@AbdulElSayed on @MikeRogersForMI's sudden reversal on data centers:
"This comes days after embarrassing reporting in @LeverNews about the fact that (Rogers) & his wife are knee-deep in investments in AI (and) about how much money they might make from a data center bonanza."
For @curaffairs, wrote about the time I got sick after moving into a new apartment, everyone gas lit me, my algorithm went MAHA, and ya ok I did get really political about it. I have words for all involved, including the internet libs and MAHA grifters: currentaffairs.org/news/we-c…
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Another great essay. My motto lately has been that if you are going to be a leftist in the time of fascism, you have to look cunty. The entire time I was in DC I wore tiny sunglasses in doors, at night.
Amazing essay. Been saying original writing/reporting are now just raw material for social media talking heads, podcasters & tiktokers who actually travel socially. If we disappear, so do they, but even if they feature our work, they are the ones who get the eye balls, thus the $
I wrote an essay about what I, cribbing from Baudrillard, call the literary "hologram"—the easily summarized subject of a book, rather than the text itself.
We are unwittingly nudging readers to consume holograms rather than books. And it's a disaster.
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🚨BREAKING: The Supreme Court just helped @JDVance create Citizens United 2.0
In the text of its ruling, the court insists that the alleged strength of already weakened anti-corruption laws justifies a ruling that now creates a new conduit for billionaires to buy elections.
“Given the meaningful prophylactic measures available to combat quid pro quo corruption or its appearance, the Court concludes that the political-party coordinated-expenditure limits at issue here are ‘disproportionate’ and are not ‘necessary,’” the court’s majority claimed.
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loved this part of the review!
I reviewed "The Myth of Red Texas" for the latest print issue of @curaffairs. Leftists, don't count out the cowboys.
currentaffairs.org/news/unle…
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When @ecarmichael19 and I covered Mamdani's inauguration back in January, this is one of the things Ross Barkan identified as a litmus test - would the mayor reliably endorse the DSA candidate in congressional races, even against other influential Dems? He's now done it.
I’m proud to endorse .@DarializaforNY for Congress. The daughter of a single mom and case worker, Darializa has dedicated her life to fighting for people too often left behind by government. She’s helped free neighbors wrongfully detained by ICE and has long believed in a politics rooted in affordability, dignity, and community. Her campaign is powered by working people ready to reject a politics of big money and demand something better. Let's go win this.
Go Alex! So well deserved.
Some news: I've been selected for the Best American Essays 2026 anthology, for my article "The Super Bowl Exposed the Brutality of America's Class Divide." Salute to @mashagessen for putting me on; respect to @NathanJRobinson for giving me the creative freedom to write it. 🫡
Same thing happened at the inauguration. We weren’t allowed to leave our “print media” zone without a staff escort. They even accompanied me to a nearby porta potty. Wrote about it for @curaffairs : currentaffairs.org/news/what…
