Michael Kerns
@makerns.bsky.social
I’m an editor, and some other stuff too. Senior Publisher at Bloomsbury.
Tim Kaine talking over Katie Turr and saying she’s being overly dramatic is a real bad look.
November 10, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Tim Kaine talking over Katie Turr and saying she’s being overly dramatic is a real bad look.
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Speaker Johnson is officially keeping the House in recess again next week. This will be the eighth consecutive week the House has been out of session. The chamber hasn't met since Sept. 19. Adelita Grijalva, who was elected on Sept. 23, has not been sworn in.
November 7, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Speaker Johnson is officially keeping the House in recess again next week. This will be the eighth consecutive week the House has been out of session. The chamber hasn't met since Sept. 19. Adelita Grijalva, who was elected on Sept. 23, has not been sworn in.
Role model, power broker, partisan warrior, coalition builder--Pelosi has left an indelible mark on the Democratic party and American politics writ large. As she announces her retirement, Michele Swers writes about her legacy below.
Nancy Pelosi, a master legislator and partisan warrior
A formidable member of Congress will step down next year.
goodauthority.org
November 7, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Role model, power broker, partisan warrior, coalition builder--Pelosi has left an indelible mark on the Democratic party and American politics writ large. As she announces her retirement, Michele Swers writes about her legacy below.
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The shift in Connecticut tonight is seismic. Possibly unprecedented. Loads of towns flipped from Republican to Democratic control.
A partial list:
Ansonia
Bethany
Branford
Bristol
Brooklyn
East Granby
Ellington
Enfield
Farmington
Milford
New Britain
New Fairfield
Norwich
Plymouth
Rocky Hill
A partial list:
Ansonia
Bethany
Branford
Bristol
Brooklyn
East Granby
Ellington
Enfield
Farmington
Milford
New Britain
New Fairfield
Norwich
Plymouth
Rocky Hill
November 5, 2025 at 9:51 AM
The shift in Connecticut tonight is seismic. Possibly unprecedented. Loads of towns flipped from Republican to Democratic control.
A partial list:
Ansonia
Bethany
Branford
Bristol
Brooklyn
East Granby
Ellington
Enfield
Farmington
Milford
New Britain
New Fairfield
Norwich
Plymouth
Rocky Hill
A partial list:
Ansonia
Bethany
Branford
Bristol
Brooklyn
East Granby
Ellington
Enfield
Farmington
Milford
New Britain
New Fairfield
Norwich
Plymouth
Rocky Hill
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Blackface that exists without any actual human behind the makeup is a special kind of dystopian phenomenon
Racist Influencers Using OpenAI's Sora to Make it Look Like Poor People Are Selling Food Stamps for Cash
Folks looking for evidence of SNAP recipients as welfare queens have no shortage of AI generated schlock to use as justification.
futurism.com
November 2, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Blackface that exists without any actual human behind the makeup is a special kind of dystopian phenomenon
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And there it is...
Announcement is made that the US House will be out of session again next week
They haven't voted since mid-September
Announcement is made that the US House will be out of session again next week
They haven't voted since mid-September
October 31, 2025 at 5:19 PM
And there it is...
Announcement is made that the US House will be out of session again next week
They haven't voted since mid-September
Announcement is made that the US House will be out of session again next week
They haven't voted since mid-September
"an insatiable popular demand for change" from the mostly-urban, digitally connected youth in Africa.
Michelle Gavin from @cfr.org talking about her book, The Age of Change: How Urban Youth Are Transforming African Politics
www.africahereandnow.com/blog/young-u...
Michelle Gavin from @cfr.org talking about her book, The Age of Change: How Urban Youth Are Transforming African Politics
www.africahereandnow.com/blog/young-u...
Young, Urban and ONLINE: What Next for Africa's Youth? - Africa Here and Now
africa, youth, politics, migration, economic challenges, demographic dividend, political change, unrest, democracy, development
www.africahereandnow.com
October 31, 2025 at 4:01 PM
"an insatiable popular demand for change" from the mostly-urban, digitally connected youth in Africa.
Michelle Gavin from @cfr.org talking about her book, The Age of Change: How Urban Youth Are Transforming African Politics
www.africahereandnow.com/blog/young-u...
Michelle Gavin from @cfr.org talking about her book, The Age of Change: How Urban Youth Are Transforming African Politics
www.africahereandnow.com/blog/young-u...
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Breaking on MSNBC:
Two federal prosecutors have been placed on leave at the direction of the White House after filing a sentencing memo seeking 27 months in prison for a pardoned Jan. 6 rioter who brought illegal guns and ammunition to President Obama's house in 2023.
Two federal prosecutors have been placed on leave at the direction of the White House after filing a sentencing memo seeking 27 months in prison for a pardoned Jan. 6 rioter who brought illegal guns and ammunition to President Obama's house in 2023.
October 29, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Breaking on MSNBC:
Two federal prosecutors have been placed on leave at the direction of the White House after filing a sentencing memo seeking 27 months in prison for a pardoned Jan. 6 rioter who brought illegal guns and ammunition to President Obama's house in 2023.
Two federal prosecutors have been placed on leave at the direction of the White House after filing a sentencing memo seeking 27 months in prison for a pardoned Jan. 6 rioter who brought illegal guns and ammunition to President Obama's house in 2023.
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oh just straight up gutter racism!
So here's Andrew Cuomo reacting to Maria Bartiromo wondering if Mamdani will "change the look of New York" and have Muslim women "completely covered up," telling her that Mamdani "doesn't understand New York culture" because he has "dual citizenship" and "he's a citizen of Uganda."
October 29, 2025 at 4:21 PM
oh just straight up gutter racism!
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I missed this story last week about Alan Greenblatt leaving Governing, but how depressing that this is where our political and media environment is now. Keep up the pursuit of truth, to those in a position to do so.
Opinion | My Bosses Were Afraid of Crossing Trump. So, I Quit.
A veteran journalist opens up on the censorship that he says led to his resignation.
www.politico.com
October 27, 2025 at 7:43 PM
I missed this story last week about Alan Greenblatt leaving Governing, but how depressing that this is where our political and media environment is now. Keep up the pursuit of truth, to those in a position to do so.
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I’ve been writing for a long time about contested and evolving meaning of economic terms like “free enterprise,” and I’m struck that pollsters can ask people whether they have a “positive or negative” image of “capitalism“ or “socialism,” without defining the terms.
news.gallup.com/poll/694835/...
news.gallup.com/poll/694835/...
Image of Capitalism Slips to 54% in U.S.
Fifty-four percent of Americans, down from 60% in 2021, have a positive opinion of capitalism, while a steady 39% view socialism positively.
news.gallup.com
October 26, 2025 at 11:06 AM
I’ve been writing for a long time about contested and evolving meaning of economic terms like “free enterprise,” and I’m struck that pollsters can ask people whether they have a “positive or negative” image of “capitalism“ or “socialism,” without defining the terms.
news.gallup.com/poll/694835/...
news.gallup.com/poll/694835/...
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In Brazil's coffee-producing areas, more than 42,000 square miles of forest have disappeared over about two decades, says Coffee Watch. Deforestation leads to drought, which harms crop yields.
Coffee-driven deforestation is making it harder to grow coffee, watchdog group says
In Brazil's coffee-producing areas, more than 42,000 square miles of forest have disappeared over about two decades, says Coffee Watch. Deforestation leads to drought, which harms crop yields.
n.pr
October 26, 2025 at 11:19 AM
In Brazil's coffee-producing areas, more than 42,000 square miles of forest have disappeared over about two decades, says Coffee Watch. Deforestation leads to drought, which harms crop yields.
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The richest man on earth owns X.
The second richest man on earth is about to acquire TikTok and his family could soon own both Paramount and Warner Bros.
The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.
See the problem here?
The second richest man on earth is about to acquire TikTok and his family could soon own both Paramount and Warner Bros.
The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.
See the problem here?
October 25, 2025 at 7:00 PM
The richest man on earth owns X.
The second richest man on earth is about to acquire TikTok and his family could soon own both Paramount and Warner Bros.
The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.
See the problem here?
The second richest man on earth is about to acquire TikTok and his family could soon own both Paramount and Warner Bros.
The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.
See the problem here?
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median cuomo voter
October 25, 2025 at 8:09 PM
median cuomo voter
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This is a myth. By most measures—trade being an important exception—in 2016 Trump ran as a bog-standard conservative Republican on economics: tax cuts for the rich, taking away health care from millions, deregulation, conservative anti-worker judges, opposition to minimum wage increases, etc.
October 24, 2025 at 10:43 AM
This is a myth. By most measures—trade being an important exception—in 2016 Trump ran as a bog-standard conservative Republican on economics: tax cuts for the rich, taking away health care from millions, deregulation, conservative anti-worker judges, opposition to minimum wage increases, etc.
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Don’t. Print. Lies. In. The. Newspaper.
Also, I am once again begging people to go read the actual party platforms of the two parties from 2016 to 2024. It’s immediately obvious which party has focused on concrete policies to help “working class Americans.” We don’t need to do this anymore.
Also, I am once again begging people to go read the actual party platforms of the two parties from 2016 to 2024. It’s immediately obvious which party has focused on concrete policies to help “working class Americans.” We don’t need to do this anymore.
This is a myth. By most measures—trade being an important exception—in 2016 Trump ran as a bog-standard conservative Republican on economics: tax cuts for the rich, taking away health care from millions, deregulation, conservative anti-worker judges, opposition to minimum wage increases, etc.
October 24, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Don’t. Print. Lies. In. The. Newspaper.
Also, I am once again begging people to go read the actual party platforms of the two parties from 2016 to 2024. It’s immediately obvious which party has focused on concrete policies to help “working class Americans.” We don’t need to do this anymore.
Also, I am once again begging people to go read the actual party platforms of the two parties from 2016 to 2024. It’s immediately obvious which party has focused on concrete policies to help “working class Americans.” We don’t need to do this anymore.
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Exactly what all DC Dems should be doing
Trump’s tearing down the East Wing to build himself a $350M ballroom while Americans struggle to afford health care.
Senator Ruben Gallego went to the site of the Trump teardown.
Senator Ruben Gallego went to the site of the Trump teardown.
October 24, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Exactly what all DC Dems should be doing
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It begins
Breaking: The Department of Justice announced it will "monitor polling sites in six jurisdictions [in New Jersey and California] ahead of the upcoming November 4, 2025, general election to ensure transparency, ballot security, and compliance with federal law." www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justi...
Justice Department to Monitor Polling Sites in California, New Jersey
WASHINGTON – Today, the Department of Justice announced that it will monitor polling sites in six jurisdictions ahead of the upcoming November 4, 2025, general election to ensure transparency, ballot ...
www.justice.gov
October 24, 2025 at 4:38 PM
It begins
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Destroying public lands.
BREAKING: Today, Interior Secretary Doug Burgum opened all 1.56 million acres of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge’s Coastal Plain to oil and gas leasing. These lands are sacred to the Gwich’in Nation, home to irreplaceable wildlife and wilderness, and have never seen industrialization.
October 23, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Destroying public lands.
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Yet Trump ignored every step, acting unilaterally through executive order, bypassing oversight, and ordering demolition as if he were a monarch. The result: the people’s house, altered without the people’s consent.
October 21, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Yet Trump ignored every step, acting unilaterally through executive order, bypassing oversight, and ordering demolition as if he were a monarch. The result: the people’s house, altered without the people’s consent.
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Hamas agreed to this same deal by Dec 2024. But “Baskin would soon learn that the Israelis had no intention of striking any agreement before a change of administration in Washington…”
Reminiscent of Reagan/Carter and a different hostage release…
Reminiscent of Reagan/Carter and a different hostage release…
Gershon Baskin says he got the plan on to the president’s desk but then learnt the Israelis were waiting for a change of administration in Washington
Biden and Netanyahu were offered same deal a year ago, says negotiator
Gershon Baskin says he got the plan on to the president’s desk but then learnt the Israelis were waiting for a change of administration in Washington
www.thetimes.com
October 14, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Hamas agreed to this same deal by Dec 2024. But “Baskin would soon learn that the Israelis had no intention of striking any agreement before a change of administration in Washington…”
Reminiscent of Reagan/Carter and a different hostage release…
Reminiscent of Reagan/Carter and a different hostage release…
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Michael D. Cohen
Join us for an in-store event, Michael D. Cohen, on Saturday, October 18, 2025.
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October 13, 2025 at 1:45 PM
If you're based around Ashburn, VA, join @michaelcohen.us for a 'Modern Political Campaigns' author event!
📆Saturday, October 18, 2025 1:00 PM ET
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📘 www.bloomsbury.com/modern-polit...
📆Saturday, October 18, 2025 1:00 PM ET
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📘 www.bloomsbury.com/modern-polit...
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