Thrilled to be joining the amazing legal team at @politico.com! This beat is the center of the political universe, IMO, and no one is covering it better.
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POLITICO Names Sam Baker Senior Legal Editor
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November 17, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Thrilled to be joining the amazing legal team at @politico.com! This beat is the center of the political universe, IMO, and no one is covering it better.
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The Supreme Court denied the petition asking it to reconsider same-sex marriage. There was no noted dissent. This should not come as a surprise to anyone (and if you were surprised, perhaps reconsider your sources of court commentary).
November 10, 2025 at 3:10 PM
The Supreme Court denied the petition asking it to reconsider same-sex marriage. There was no noted dissent. This should not come as a surprise to anyone (and if you were surprised, perhaps reconsider your sources of court commentary).
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Bill Ackman gotta be on the third draft of a tweet longer than Middlemarch right now
November 5, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Bill Ackman gotta be on the third draft of a tweet longer than Middlemarch right now
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Folks, when you’ve got it you’ve got it
November 1, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Folks, when you’ve got it you’ve got it
Here at a Denny’s in Allentown, Pa., a salt-of-the-earth swing voter who is also the chair of the local Republican Party tells me he finally feels seen in this world now that his two lifelong grievances — offices for the First Lady, and ballrooms smaller than 90,000 square feet — are vanquished.
October 23, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Here at a Denny’s in Allentown, Pa., a salt-of-the-earth swing voter who is also the chair of the local Republican Party tells me he finally feels seen in this world now that his two lifelong grievances — offices for the First Lady, and ballrooms smaller than 90,000 square feet — are vanquished.
Couldn’t really tell you why I use the weather app as a catalog of cities I love and would theoretically like to live in, but it does help reinforce Barcelona’s case for No. 1 City.
October 23, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Couldn’t really tell you why I use the weather app as a catalog of cities I love and would theoretically like to live in, but it does help reinforce Barcelona’s case for No. 1 City.
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finally AI comes for my job, a guy who writes erotica containing heavy use of the phrase “as a result”
Sam Altman says ChatGPT will soon sext with verified adults
Sam Altman says ChatGPT will soon sext with verified adults
ChatGPT is about to get flirty.
buff.ly
October 15, 2025 at 4:12 AM
finally AI comes for my job, a guy who writes erotica containing heavy use of the phrase “as a result”
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I love to receive important information about my grievances. It is perhaps my favorite type of information.
July 11, 2025 at 7:49 PM
I love to receive important information about my grievances. It is perhaps my favorite type of information.
It’s a perfectly nice place but it’s really a stretch to call the children’s museum here the *National” Children’s Museum, rather than the DC Children!’s Museum.
July 6, 2025 at 6:20 PM
It’s a perfectly nice place but it’s really a stretch to call the children’s museum here the *National” Children’s Museum, rather than the DC Children!’s Museum.
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“Subways are good. In a subway you might get a mariachi show. In a subway you might fall in love. In a subway you might see a dog. A gateway to new places! A celebration of diversity! A communion with society! The subway, baby! A wonder of the world!”
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The Subway Is Not Scary
Fear of the subway is a mark of low moral character.
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June 19, 2025 at 2:07 PM
“Subways are good. In a subway you might get a mariachi show. In a subway you might fall in love. In a subway you might see a dog. A gateway to new places! A celebration of diversity! A communion with society! The subway, baby! A wonder of the world!”
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I've been thinking similar things since the other morning when I was on the subway and I saw a guy clearly on drugs (he made it clear by saying so) in dockers and a gingham shirt telling two strangers that their baby was so beautiful it made him want to be a father.
The Subway Is Not Scary
Fear of the subway is a mark of low moral character.
www.hamiltonnolan.com
June 19, 2025 at 1:57 PM
I've been thinking similar things since the other morning when I was on the subway and I saw a guy clearly on drugs (he made it clear by saying so) in dockers and a gingham shirt telling two strangers that their baby was so beautiful it made him want to be a father.
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my favorite thing about the NBA is the product
April 29, 2025 at 1:57 AM
my favorite thing about the NBA is the product
It should be illegal to reflect my own brain back to me like this.
June 11, 2025 at 2:58 AM
It should be illegal to reflect my own brain back to me like this.
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One season of Jordan Poole.
May 18, 2025 at 9:31 PM
One season of Jordan Poole.
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Are we sure about this, Google AI?
May 17, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Are we sure about this, Google AI?
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Sad seeing Bruce Springsteen become political. If he wrote Born In The USA today it would be all about how the USA *isn’t* so great 🙄
May 17, 2025 at 4:10 AM
Sad seeing Bruce Springsteen become political. If he wrote Born In The USA today it would be all about how the USA *isn’t* so great 🙄
There is an abundance of evidence that Timothee Chalamet is probably pretty cool, yet I simply do not — cannot — believe that to be true.
May 17, 2025 at 5:40 PM
There is an abundance of evidence that Timothee Chalamet is probably pretty cool, yet I simply do not — cannot — believe that to be true.
So much to distrust here.
May 11, 2025 at 7:22 PM
So much to distrust here.
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The part where a $400,000,0000 asset held by the Department of Defense would be transferred to an ex-president's personal foundation for free is the part that's supposed to make the deal *less* unethical
"Bondi's legal analysis also says it does not run afoul of the Constitution's prohibition on foreign gifts because the plane is not being given to an individual, but rather to the United States Air Force and, eventually, to the presidential library foundation, the sources said."
insane how this article just takes all of trump's bullshit legal justifications for this bribery at face value
May 11, 2025 at 1:58 PM
The part where a $400,000,0000 asset held by the Department of Defense would be transferred to an ex-president's personal foundation for free is the part that's supposed to make the deal *less* unethical
Take care of your body and your skin, and put money in your 401k if you have one. The twists and turns you’ll experience in work, love, etc will all be things you learn from, and there is value in the learning. But “it’s hard to lose weight at 40” isn’t an interesting or dynamic lesson—just avoid it
If you’re over 30, quote this with some life advice 🤌🏼
May 10, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Take care of your body and your skin, and put money in your 401k if you have one. The twists and turns you’ll experience in work, love, etc will all be things you learn from, and there is value in the learning. But “it’s hard to lose weight at 40” isn’t an interesting or dynamic lesson—just avoid it
You could also kill the deal, I told him in an interview. "Mhm," Mendelson said.
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The man who could tank the RFK Stadium deal
Supporters and opponents are counting on Council Chair Phil Mendelson.
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May 8, 2025 at 1:57 PM
You could also kill the deal, I told him in an interview. "Mhm," Mendelson said.
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Podcasting has never been an emergency.
May 8, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Podcasting has never been an emergency.