Knee-jerk extraction
Democrats win all the United States’ key races yesterday. At the same time, nothing from the night was too surprising. / Politico, Wake Up to Politics
If Democrats want to continue winning, they need to run moderates and liberals both, say both Charlotte Alter and Ezra Klein. / X, The New York Times [$]
Eric Blanc: America’s oligarchs are right to be worried. / Jacobin
The Supreme Court hears first arguments today in a case to decide the legality of President Trump’s tariffs. You can listen to it live. / The New York Times [$], The Hill
Catholics on Trump’s Religious Liberty Commission criticize ICE for denying communion to detainees. / Religion News
Each week that the government shutdown continues costs the US anywhere from $10 to $30 billion. / Bloomberg [$]
Tech leaders pivot from connection to extraction, suggesting “The California Ideology” is dead in lieu of all things Texan. / The Baffler
“This feels like a fleeting opportunity.” Good reporting from a small town becoming a massive data center. / The Wall Street Journal [$]
Related: “Microsoft, Google say their data centers create thousands of jobs. Their permit filings say otherwise.” / rest of world
Kim Kardashian doesn’t recommend using ChatGPT to prepare for the bar exam. / Gizmodo
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A new term, “trailing parents,” describes mothers and fathers who follow their children to campus and live nearby. / The Atlantic [$]
Martha Stewart’s Entertaining, the book that launched her empire, is being rereleased and aimed at twentysomethings. / The Washington Post [$]
A mechanic and welder who’s also a novelist explains what it’s like to write fiction in his truck. / The Paris Review
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