Dave Weigel
@daveweigel.bsky.social
National politics reporter at semafor.com. Alum: WashPost, Bloomberg, Slate, Reason. Author of “The Show That Never Ends.”
Last week's reads, helped along by a flight to and from Omaha. Mix of audiobooks (Page, "Marenghi"), used book store finds (Introducing), kindle horror/history I grabbed for October.
November 10, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Last week's reads, helped along by a flight to and from Omaha. Mix of audiobooks (Page, "Marenghi"), used book store finds (Introducing), kindle horror/history I grabbed for October.
Yeah man good luck with that
November 5, 2025 at 4:07 AM
Yeah man good luck with that
If you're a leftist this is the best day since... when
November 5, 2025 at 2:36 AM
If you're a leftist this is the best day since... when
Panicky 2017 stories about VA Dems maybe blowing it --> panicky 2025 stories about NJ Dems maybe blowing it
November 5, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Panicky 2017 stories about VA Dems maybe blowing it --> panicky 2025 stories about NJ Dems maybe blowing it
Sick and tired of YouTubers pretending I didn't read all of Cerebus when I lived with @normative.bsky.social
November 3, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Sick and tired of YouTubers pretending I didn't read all of Cerebus when I lived with @normative.bsky.social
I forgot who Cuomo beat to win his first race
November 3, 2025 at 5:19 PM
I forgot who Cuomo beat to win his first race
Ready for the Curtis rally
November 2, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Ready for the Curtis rally
Feeling the Cuomentum this morning
November 2, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Feeling the Cuomentum this morning
Back on the trail this weekend
November 1, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Back on the trail this weekend
I support the Criterion Closet-ization of YouTube.
October 31, 2025 at 1:09 PM
I support the Criterion Closet-ization of YouTube.
Real frame from Cuomo's new digital ad. Most I've seen a Dem-ish campaign use and celebrate AI videos, including one last week that was deleted after accusations of racism.
October 30, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Real frame from Cuomo's new digital ad. Most I've seen a Dem-ish campaign use and celebrate AI videos, including one last week that was deleted after accusations of racism.
Finishing this 2019 Murray book and nearly every progressive/woke calumny he talks about has been reversed since publication. What a time capsule
October 30, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Finishing this 2019 Murray book and nearly every progressive/woke calumny he talks about has been reversed since publication. What a time capsule
It's already started...
October 29, 2025 at 7:20 PM
It's already started...
Good advice from Stavvy. www.vulture.com/article/stav...
October 28, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Good advice from Stavvy. www.vulture.com/article/stav...
Easy one: People don’t have pictures of relatives who were murdered by demons.
October 26, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Easy one: People don’t have pictures of relatives who were murdered by demons.
Thank you Conner O’Malley
October 26, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Thank you Conner O’Malley
Dems reading the Trump section of polls then the section about what voters think of Democrats
October 24, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Dems reading the Trump section of polls then the section about what voters think of Democrats
Watching some GOP outrage at Virginia Democrats starting a ruthless off-year gerrymander
October 24, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Watching some GOP outrage at Virginia Democrats starting a ruthless off-year gerrymander
From Graham Platner's first town hall since the tattoo story broke:
"The establishment is spooked. If they thought that ripping my life to pieces, trying to destroy it, was going to make me think that I shouldn't undertake this project, they clearly have not spent a lot of time around Marines."
"The establishment is spooked. If they thought that ripping my life to pieces, trying to destroy it, was going to make me think that I shouldn't undertake this project, they clearly have not spent a lot of time around Marines."
October 23, 2025 at 2:03 PM
From Graham Platner's first town hall since the tattoo story broke:
"The establishment is spooked. If they thought that ripping my life to pieces, trying to destroy it, was going to make me think that I shouldn't undertake this project, they clearly have not spent a lot of time around Marines."
"The establishment is spooked. If they thought that ripping my life to pieces, trying to destroy it, was going to make me think that I shouldn't undertake this project, they clearly have not spent a lot of time around Marines."
Struck me at the end of Trump's first term, post-impeachment, that even when he got bipartisan support (like for CARES) he didn't invite Dems to the bill signing.
I think about this bc there's a kneejerk political media instinct to ask Dems how they'll unify the country and it's getting very silly.
I think about this bc there's a kneejerk political media instinct to ask Dems how they'll unify the country and it's getting very silly.
October 22, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Struck me at the end of Trump's first term, post-impeachment, that even when he got bipartisan support (like for CARES) he didn't invite Dems to the bill signing.
I think about this bc there's a kneejerk political media instinct to ask Dems how they'll unify the country and it's getting very silly.
I think about this bc there's a kneejerk political media instinct to ask Dems how they'll unify the country and it's getting very silly.
I have watched the opening of this "debate" - Virginia's GOP LG candidate versus an AI stand-in for the Democrat - 10 times. I will never stop watching it.
October 22, 2025 at 12:29 PM
I have watched the opening of this "debate" - Virginia's GOP LG candidate versus an AI stand-in for the Democrat - 10 times. I will never stop watching it.
It’s too bad that “the speech” is mostly remembered for Joe Biden plagiarizing it bc Kinnock was really cooking
October 22, 2025 at 2:33 AM
It’s too bad that “the speech” is mostly remembered for Joe Biden plagiarizing it bc Kinnock was really cooking