This is what the article says:

Women are dying of sepsis after being denied abortions. A conservative sect that wants to repeal women’s voting rights is growing and gaining national attention. *This* is the NYT’s contribution to conversations about women?

The govt defense counsel is incredible. “The Feds’ coercive action was meted out by compliance before the fact by the university. Therefore, you can’t sue the Feds; you must instead sue the university.”

NB: the UCLA FA did sue UCLA.

Change in Headline

We’ve shifted to a focus group first, survey last approach, because folks are out there believing some wild things.

I talked about this with my students. I think that basically very few people in NYC had latent attitudes on free buses but Mamdani puts it on the agenda, links it to other things people care about and makes it an issue. Candidates can shape opinion (which is why popularism makes me nuts)