Monica Potts

@monicapotts.bsky.social

233

Followers

Following

Posts

Sr. Political Reporter at FiveThirtyEight. BUY: The Forgotten Girls monicapotts.com

Posts Replies Media

Reposted by

Monica Potts

Please read, share, subscribe.

New in my (newish) newsletter: The Armageddon Club, feat. the end-times, Trump, demons, flags, and some reporting from @jeffsharlet.bsky.social. the-looking-glass-1.ghost.io/the-armagedd...

The Armageddon Clubthe-looking-glass-1.ghost.io I've written for many years about Christian Zionism, the turbocharged force in American evangelicalism that has one foot firmly in US foreign policy and the other enmeshed in apocalyptic fantasies abo...

Reposted by

Monica Potts

The Christian right, the conservative legal movement, and the GOP have had Griswold in their sights for decades. Don't believe their misdirection around the Right to Contraception vote. www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...

Republicans’ sneaky strategy to undermine birth controlwww.msnbc.com Just as with abortion, conservatives are willing to take a patient approach to overturning a constitutional right.

Reposted by

Monica Potts

The Affordable Connectivity Program is no more: www.cnn.com/2024/05/31/t...

FCC ends affordable internet program due to lack of funds | CNN Businesswww.cnn.com The Affordable Connectivity Program, which helped low-income Americans get online, is no more.

Reposted by

Monica Potts

It’s cool to have a former president who doesn’t understand rudimentary elements of critical governmental systems.

Reposted by

Monica Potts

billions being spent on AI to answer only common questions

@NBCNews: Social media has been buzzing with examples of Google’s new, “experimental” AI tool going awry. A Google spokesperson said the company believes users are deliberately attempting to trip up the technology with uncommon questions. https://t.co/Wj9iuKzzHk

Reposted by

Monica Potts

Justice Sotomayor using her annual pre-June public talk to give a barely veiled warning that the Supreme Court is about to do some truly terrible things www.nytimes.com/2024/05/24/u...

This is an opinion piece that I feel like addresses something a lot of the debate is missing.

People are justifiably mad at Biden over Gaza. But why are we acting like on this issue Trump doesn’t exist? One of these guys is going to be president for the next four years. Activists and anyone who cares about exercising influence on the issue needs to think seriously about that.

What's Missing From the Debate Over Israel-Palestine and the Electionopen.substack.com It's about power, the purpose of activism, and a guy named Trump.

Reposted by

Monica Potts

In shocking testimony that caused jaws to drop with surprise, we learned this week that, contrary to promises, Trump conducted Trump Organization business from the White House. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Analysis | Of course Trump intertwined the Trump Organization into his presidencywww.washingtonpost.com If reelected, there’s no reason to think that he’d do anything different.

Reposted by

Monica Potts

- We must honor our heritage - You mean the amazing Southern music? So great! - No, not that - The terrific Southern literature? Excellent idea! - Not that either - The tasty Southern food? Ok, sure! - Nope - Wait, you don't mean... - Yeah, THAT heritage

Virginia school board restores Confederate leaders’ names to two schoolswww.washingtonpost.com The change comes four years after the schools had removed the names during the national racial reckoning sparked by George Floyd’s killing.

I wrote about Cricket and rural dogs and made Argo famous abcnews.go.com/538/kristi-n...

It is actually not the job of journalists to take story assignments based on polls

The speaker is Executive Editor of the New York Times, Joe Kahn, in an interview with Semafor's Ben Smith. www.semafor.com/article/05/0... .

Reposted by

Monica Potts

This directly impacts the life of some dear friends, and also, as the owner of a former Methodist church, is tangentially interesting to me on that score as well: www.cnn.com/2024/05/01/u...

United Methodist Church lifts 40-year ban on LGBTQ clergy | CNNwww.cnn.com The United Methodist Church overturned its 40-year ban on gay clergy Wednesday, during a meeting of the church’s top legislative body in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Happy paperback publication day to me! Buy The Forgotten Girls here: bookshop.org/p/books/the-...

The Forgotten Girls: A Memoir of Friendship and Lost Promise in Rural America a book by Monica Pottsbookshop.org NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - An acclaimed journalist tries to understand how she escaped her small town in Arkansas while her brilliant friend could not, and, in the process, illuminates the unemployme...

I don’t think it “appeals” to rural people. It’s more common in rural areas for people to shoot dogs for a number of reasons—it is illegal in most states to kill a dog that isn’t yours but in my experience people are rarely investigated.

I've seen a couple of folks argue that this appeals to rural people, who don't agree with the sentimental attachment to dogs. I'm skeptical. Maybe my family is different, but they love their dogs. Dogs sit on the couch with people. Dogs go everywhere with you. www.salon.com/2024/04/29/k...

Kristi Noem defends killing her dog, says people want "leaders who are authentic"www.salon.com The South Dakota Republican has been criticized by all sides for confessing to the killing of her 14-month-old pet

Reposted by

Monica Potts

Bookshop dot org is doing free shipping for Independent Bookstore Day.

My UK paperback edition came and she’s beautiful!

The Forgotten Girls is out in paperback in one week! I can’t tell you how much this book has meant to me since it’s been out. Preorder or buy in hardcover here: bookshop.org/p/books/the-...

Reposted by

Monica Potts

Fascinating @geoffreyvs chart showing asymmetric polarization. Congress has shed moderate Dems, though lefty Dems are about as liberal as they used to be. But all flavors of Republican have moved strongly rightward. abcnews.go.com/538/claims-u...

Hello, the paperback version of The Forgotten Girls is out in a couple of weeks! You can preorder here. Since it’s been out, I’ve gotten almost daily emails from people from rural towns who tell me the book made them feel seen. Im so proud of it. www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/558475...

The Forgotten Girls by Monica Potts: 9780525435365 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Bookswww.penguinrandomhouse.com NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • An acclaimed journalist tries to understand how she escaped her small town in Arkansas while her brilliant friend could not, and, in the process, illuminates...

Anti-Southern

The public comment period for the Biden administration's first-round of student loan forgiveness proposals is set to begin tomorrow www.ed.gov/news/press-r...

Biden has actually forgiven billions in student loans. Did you know? abcnews.go.com/538/biden-fo...

This is anti-Southern

Reposted by

Monica Potts

A second Trump term would be focused on addressing the racial insecurity of Whites who see themselves as the real targets of discrimination. No paywall.

Analysis | Trump aims to be a fearless warrior for White advantagewapo.st The former president’s team and allies assure his base that the federal government won’t use balanced scales.

Reposted by

Monica Potts

every major AI innovation always turning out to just be "some guy secretly doing it", undefeated

I knew it!

www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/0...

Israeli strike kills 7 World Central Kitchen workers, group halts aidwww.washingtonpost.com The Israel Defense Forces said it was aware of reports of the incident and was conducting “a thorough review at the highest levels.”

Reposted by

Monica Potts

“This is not a normal war. The war in Ukraine has killed 500 kids in two years and the war in Gaza has killed over 10,000 in less than five months. We have seen wars before but this is something that is a dark stain on our shared humanity.”

‘Not a normal war’: doctors say children have been targeted by Israeli snipers in Gazawww.theguardian.com IDF says it ‘completely rejects’ charge that its soldiers deliberately fired on any of the thousands of civilians killed in Israeli offensive

Reposted by

Monica Potts

Minnesota expanded voting rights last year, restoring the rights of tens of thousands of residents, but a right-wing group is challenging the law, and the case had a key hearing yesterday: minnesotareformer.com/2024/04/01/f...