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@billscher.bsky.socialReposted by @washingtonmonthly.bsky.socialIt’s not only horse race polling screaming Blue Wave
* Trump job approval: just 3rd prez under 40 before midterm
* Real disposable income: 5th midterm in 75 years with decline
* Off-year state leg elections: 31 D flips, 0 R
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@billscher.bsky.socialReposted by @washingtonmonthly.bsky.social“Why You Should Believe the Polls This Time”
— my @washingtonmonthly.bsky.social look at all the reasons why a Blue Wave is coming … and why it still doesn’t guarantee a Democratic Senate
@openmarkets.bsky.socialReposted by @washingtonmonthly.bsky.socialNew @washingtonmonthly.bsky.social: Daniel Hanley & Arnav Rao argue that AI companies do not need an antitrust exemption & should instead use a broadly representative, government-supervised standards body to set clear safeguards for frontier AI development. washingtonmonthly.com/2026/10/07/h...
@washingtonmonthly.bsky.socialBig AI’s call for an antitrust exemption is a ruse. Here’s the right way to structure AI safety talks until we have real leadership in Congress and the White House.
@danielahanley.bsky.socialReposted by @washingtonmonthly.bsky.socialIn the @washingtonmonthly.bsky.social, my OMI colleague Arnav Rao & I argue that antitrust law can permit AI safety coordination & even output limits, when justified by demonstrable public benefit. No waiver is needed. But private coordination is no substitute for Congress setting the rules.
@gillenmartin.bsky.socialReposted by @washingtonmonthly.bsky.socialI reviewed @rogerberkowitz.bsky.social's "A World We Share: Hannah Arendt and the Power of Friendship in a Broken World" for the @washingtonmonthly.bsky.social
@washingtonmonthly.bsky.socialThe many bonds Hannah Arendt built and maintained across disagreements were beautiful—and, contrary to a new book, not generalizable to America’s crisis of friendship today.
@washingtonmonthly.bsky.socialNew data shows the GOP’s money advantage has narrowed because it relies too heavily on super PACs, which pay more for broadcast ads.
@washingtonmonthly.bsky.socialOn Al Arabiya, Editor in Chief @glastris.bsky.social talked about the U.S. military abandoning its bases in Iraq to the delight of Iran, the lack of any compelling plan by the Trump administration to end the war, and more.
@billscher.bsky.socialReposted by @washingtonmonthly.bsky.social“The Republican Plan to Buy the Election Got Too Expensive”
— my @washingtonmonthly.bsky.social latest on how Republican ad dollars aren’t going as far Democratic dollars because they’re too reliant on super PACs washingtonmonthly.com/2026/10/06/t...
@edwriters.bsky.socialReposted by @washingtonmonthly.bsky.socialAmid enrollment declines and federal changes, gillenmartin.bsky.social of washingtonmonthly.bsky.social explains a new rural college rankings system and shares tips for reporters covering higher education in rural America.
Read the Q&A.
@anne-s-kim.bsky.socialReposted by @washingtonmonthly.bsky.socialOne of the biggest problems with political polling is pollsters, says veteran Dem pollster Stefan Hankin. They overhype the certainty and forget the margin of error.
My conversation with Stefan in this week's roundup @washingtonmonthly.bsky.social
@washingtonmonthly.bsky.socialCalifornia’s Community NEWS Act offers newsrooms tax credits for retaining and hiring journalists. Its backers hope it can do much more.
@gillenmartin.bsky.socialReposted by @washingtonmonthly.bsky.socialThe OBBBA is laying billions more on states and local governments running SNAP. They are passing those cost on to average taxpayers, who will pay more so the rich can pay less.
I spoke with county leaders budgeting the burden for the @washingtonmonthly.bsky.social 🧵
@washingtonmonthly.bsky.socialFor many local governments, administering federal food benefits is increasingly becoming an unfunded mandate, @gillenmartin.bsky.social explains.
@jonahblank.bsky.socialReposted by @washingtonmonthly.bsky.social"Alignment" is a euphemism for "An attempt to stop AI from killing all humanity."
But the most immediately pressing misalignment isn't between human and machine:
♦️It's between the humans who own AI, and the rest of us.
We can fix it-- and we must.
My latest for @washingtonmonthly.bsky.social:
@washingtonmonthly.bsky.socialHere’s some of the collective action we need to make artificial intelligence work for everyone’s benefit.
@washingtonmonthly.bsky.socialTo level the playing field between AI moguls and he rest of us, we need political action.
@washingtonmonthly.bsky.socialOne of the biggest changes happening in American life is getting little attention: Mass incarceration is ending. The prison population is plummeting as crime falls. The consequences are extraordinary.
@washingtonmonthly.bsky.socialTrump administration and Republican policies, from the One Big Beautiful Bill to proposed Census changes, are pushing more households into poverty. Immigrants are hit hardest.
