Congratulations to the brilliantly talented team of writers for @lastweektonight.com especially the beautiful, gifted and, from my point of view, pretty darned adorable Joanna Rothkopf.

Donald Trump is Yertle the Turtle. The question is, who among us is Mack? Who will send him toppling down to become just the "King of the Mud?"

On this Labor Day, spare a thought for those who do not work very hard but who look great doing it.

Only one of these men is a crazed dictator. (Was grateful to appear on @msnbc.com just now to offer some measured perspectives on our rapid descent into being an authoritarian police state.)

Very pleased to join @lawrenceodonnell.msnbc.com just now on @msnbc.com to discuss tomorrow's Trump-Putin summit...and why Putin has already won and why Ukraine and the Europeans are so worried.

As a Jew, I’m especially haunted and disgusted by the fact that we have forgotten or grossly misunderstood the lessons of the Holocaust that led to the creation of the modern state of Israel.

Grizz birthday update. He knows how to party. @carlacanales.bsky.social

Happy seventh birthday to my senior advisor, Grizz. You’re such a good boy we’re going to throw a parade in your honor this weekend! With tanks and helicopters and maybe, with some luck, rabbits. @carlacanales.bsky.social

An economic crisis on top of a constitutional crisis on top of political crisis on top of a crisis in foreign policy. Grizz can’t cope without extra treats.

I’ve gotta stop him from doomscrolling. It’s taking a toll.

This is the setting for the opening of my new substack. (davidrothkopf.substack.com/p/the-shriek...)

Inauguration reaction. (Credit: @carlacanales.bsky.social )

Weather report.

Sometimes, to find the best way to approach the complex and challenging politics of moments like this one, the place to begin is with a little distance from politics--whether that is provided by rational reflection or a walk in the woods on Thanksgiving. open.substack.com/pub/davidrot...

What do we do now? I don't think we are prepared. I don't think the political tactics we have been used to will work. Expertise and new kinds of organization will be required. So too will be cool-headedness and focus. Some thoughts. open.substack.com/pub/davidrot...