Amanda Katz

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Writer and editor. @PostOpinions. Sometime poet & translator. Good eater. Parent.

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Tell me more about this leftist brasserie. J’ai faim

So many journalists going to be spending their time in leftist brasseries interviewing voters and trying to figure out how they missed this movement

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On the road again this week, excited to talk "Cue The Sun!: The Invention of Reality TV." First up: TUESDAY 7/9, I'll be at Politics and Prose in Washington, DC, talking about everything from Candid Microphone to The Apprentice with Dan Kois... Join us! www.politics-prose.com/emily-nussbaum

Emily Nussbaum — Cue the Sun!: The Invention of Reality TV - with Dan Kois — at Conn Ave | Politics and Prose Bookstorewww.politics-prose.com

Make felony great again?

I don’t even know where to begin with this.

Project 2025? I hardly know her

The ramped-up hits on Project 2025 must be landing — Trump just shoved it right in front of the bus

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This is also why this issue gets more ongoing attention than SCOTUS/immunity: it is unresolved and evolving, even if it is not as important. bsky.app/profile/mbkp...

The biggest issue with Biden coverage is that he’s now The Story, which means that most of the press is focused on The Story and not any of the context or consequences. If we were having a serious discussion about qualifications for presidency, age, and the two main candidates, I’d be fine with it.

Right, this. It’s basically ultra-scrutiny for any age-related misstep up to the election, at which point Trump either wins or begins leading judicial/armed protest against what would probably be a squeaker for Biden

I think Biden and his team need to start asking themselves what four months of every single public appearance being treated as a competency test is going to feel like, and how that ends. Because I don't see it stopping--there's no magic moment on the horizon that simply puts the whole thing to rest.

Yikes

Why I Don't Vote (OK, I Do Vote, but I Would Like to Discourage You, NY Times Reader, For Doing So For Some Reason) Via @bubbaprog.ilovecitr.us

This seems like one of those “can serve briefly as a boat” things — like we can all get airborne for SOME length of time

Hippos can get airborne when moving at high speeds over land, according to a new study.

High-speed hippos can get airborne, says new study | CNNcnn.it Hippos can get airborne when moving at high speeds over land, according to a new study.

Honestly seems fine if people with a weak grasp on logic do not vote

ah what a helpful op-ed to toss into the mix new york times www.nytimes.com/2024/07/04/o...

Opinion | Why I Don’t Votewww.nytimes.com If casting a ballot is merely expressive, then the same is true of not casting one.

So reassuring

President Biden told a gathering of Democratic governors that he needed to sleep more and to work less at night, but said he was staying in the race.

Biden Tells Governors He Needs More Sleep and Less Work at Nightwww.nytimes.com The president’s opening remark to a group of key Democratic leaders — that he was in the race to stay — chilled any talk of his withdrawal, participants said.

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The DC Water and Sewer Authority has just issued a Boil Water Advisory for all customers in DC www.dcwater.com/about-dc-wat...

Hilarious dude sitting in front of the rural Vermont hardware store today assessing the general election: “One of them’s gonna hit on my wife and the other one’s gonna fall asleep at dinner”

Interesting and in some cases surprising. I really have no idea what’s happening beyond my little neck of the woods, but my sense is that the debate + recent SCOTUS rulings have actually created MORE urgency among bluish voters despite lagging enthusiasm for Biden himself. Who knows

A poll conducted post-debate shows: - no shift in the horse race since April - Harris faring better (though not significantly) than Biden against Trump www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Thrilled to be publishing the first in this series by @rusty.todayintabs.com (of Today in Tabs fame) about hiking down the Appalachian Trail with his 19-year-old son, Mica—they kicked off today. Counterprogramming!! wapo.st/3zzOohv

Opinion | Why am I hiking the Appalachian Trail? It’s a matter of opportunity.wapo.st Like any big decision, dropping everything to hike with my teenager for six months just suddenly made sense.

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A tale of two newspapers, and two very different decisions.

Have come to believe that anecdata is a totally good guide to Covid surges, and two different coworkers and one close friend have been hit with Covid after trips in the last 10 days

Just FYI we’re entering a summer Covid wave right now (especially western regions in the US); you can see it in the CDC wastewater plot here (and anecdotally a bunch of my friends are suddenly testing positive). www.cdc.gov/nwss/rv/COVI...

Wastewater COVID-19 National and Regional Trendswww.cdc.gov CDC’s National Wastewater Surveillance System, U.S. National trends

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Every month or so I reread this article to make sure I didn’t hallucinate it www.nytimes.com/2023/11/11/u...

Sweeping Raids, Giant Camps and Mass Deportations: Inside Trump’s 2025 Immigration Planswww.nytimes.com If he regains power, Donald Trump wants not only to revive some of the immigration policies criticized as draconian during his presidency, but expand and toughen them.

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-From dawn to sundown Biden is reliably engaged, and this is when many public events in front of cameras are scheduled. - After sundown Biden lopes on all fours, sharpening his talons on the cobblestones as he lathers at the mouth and calls out mockingly to his prey, according to aides.

This is really observant — media are mostly Dems or non-MAGA Republicans, so this premise feels right to them. Their expectations are very different for the two groups

A few years ago, Jon Lovett floated a theory that media treats Democrats like protagonists - to be challenged, accounted, and forced to be behave in growth-oriented ways - while the GOP are treated like antagonists - immutable, expected to disrupt, thematic obstacles. Thinking about that a lot.

that debate was grueling but I know what will be sure to cheer me up! a few words with my good friend, Chevron Deference, alive and well this morning as always

What a bananas day it must be to be a Democratic strategist

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As a person who’s been a lawyer, a journalist, and a tv writer, what industry should I dissolve next?

If you are trying to win an election against Biden and hedge your bet with the threat of violence, you are having an incredible week!

Breaking news: Federal prosecutors improperly charged hundreds of Jan. 6 defendants with obstruction, the Supreme Court ruled on Friday, upending many cases against rioters who disrupted the certification of the 2020 presidential election.

Supreme Court says prosecutors improperly charged hundreds of Jan. 6 rioterswww.washingtonpost.com Supreme Court’s decision on obstruction charge will impact trials of hundreds of Jan. 6 rioters and, potentially, former president Donald Trump.

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The court has just "curtailed the power of federal government agencies to regulate vast swaths of American life... " Story by @washingtonpost.com Supreme Court reporter Ann Marimow on the significance of the Chevron ruling: www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Supreme Court curbs federal agency power, overturning Chevron precedentwww.washingtonpost.com The decades-old Chevron precedent was targeted by conservatives who say the government gives too much regulatory power to federal agency bureaucrats.

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BREAKING NEWS: The Supreme Court just undid decades of regulatory law, making it far more difficult for federal agencies to issue rules and regulations that carry out broad mandates enacted by Congress.

Supreme Court whacks the so-called 'administrative state'www.npr.org The decision overturned Chevron v. The Natural Resources Defense Council, a 1984 decision that was not particularly controversial when it was announced 40 years ago.

We live in hell

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It’s extremely unpopular on the left to suggest Biden has lost a step. Media orgs get slammed for pointing it out. Yes, Trump is old too, and his rants are often unhinged. But anyone watching tonight can see Biden is struggling to communicate. I’m not sure the denial has done Democrats any favors.

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Breaking: All Americans ages 6 months and older should receive one of the new Covid-19 vaccines when they become available this fall, scientific advisers to the CDC said on Thursday. www.nytimes.com/2024/06/27/h...

New Covid Shots Recommended for Americans 6 Months and Older This Fallwww.nytimes.com As the virus continues to mutate, scientific advisers to the C.D.C. are urging Americans to roll up their sleeves again for annual vaccinations.

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woegurt

Also worth noting: many women in this situation are not having their first kid. This policy not only sucks for women (and the people who love them) but risks orphaning a lot of young children. (My water broke at 35 weeks in both pregnancies; I was lucky that babies were far enough along to deliver.)

Ok, I need everybody to read Section III-A of Alito's dissent in the Idaho abortion case. He says - explicitly and specifically - that in cases where the amniotic sac breaks before the 24th week of pregnancy, abortions should be prohibited. HE SPECIFICALLY NOTES THE DANGERS. He points out that...