Alex Koppelman

OK yes that’s a much better read on Brad but I will die on the Jane Yang Gang hill

Dave was super into Mamdani for like two days, Jane is still and forever Yang Gang, Alex has a shockingly detailed explanation for backing Mamdani, Brad is thinking Cuomo, Penny's the one true swing voter

Trump administration officials seriously discussing invoking Insurrection Act, sources say A decision is not expected to be imminent, one source said, but debate within the administration has shifted recently to more deeply exploring how and when the act might be invoked.

Exclusive from @nbcnews.com: Trump administration officials seriously discussing invoking Insurrection Act, sources say www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...

the Ravens are losing to the Texans 31-3

vibes in Baltimore:

at the post we have a small team of professional pollsters who have to review the full methodology behind any survey results before we can feature them in a story. they’re super annoying sometimes and i’m also very grateful that we have them

U.S. preparing options for military strikes on drug targets inside Venezuela, sources say President Donald Trump has not approved any action yet, and the U.S. and Venezuela are talking through Middle Eastern intermediaries, sources told NBC News.

Exclusive from @nbcnews.com: The U.S. is preparing options for military strikes on drug targets inside Venezuela, and the strikes could potentially begin within a matter of weeks. www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...

Exclusive from @nbcnews.com: Pentagon leaders are considering a recruiting campaign centered around Charlie Kirk. Possible slogans discussed include "Charlie has awakened a generation of warriors" and there's talk of using TPUSA chapters as recruitment centers. www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...

Yup! I even slept through the night last night without once being woken up by the thought of what had gone wrong

Update on African aliens sent to Ghana who fear being forwarded to countries of origin where US immigration courts have found they likely face persecution/torture: 4 plaintiffs are still in Ghana, but they're now being denied access to Internet, they're attys say.

RED MEAT FROM A RED-SAUCE JOINT

Discovering computer as an adult makes you go crazy. Discovering computer as a baby makes you go crazy. In all of human history, there will only ever be one generation to discover computer at the correct age: 13

Boy, I tell you, no better way to start your week than laying awake at 4:30, unable to fall back asleep because you can't make yourself stop thinking about the Ravens' collapse, realizing your mental health is apparently balanced precariously on top of a few dozen people you'll never even meet

This is why we can’t have nice things.

The Derrick Henry/Lamar Jackson backfield actually happening and being as incredible as anyone could have hoped is one of the coolest things that has ever happened in football history and is somehow underrated

It is just so genuinely fun to watch Derrick Henry run. A privilege, really.

In rare interviews, federal judges criticize Supreme Court's handling of Trump cases Ten judges tell NBC News the Supreme Court needs to explain its rulings better, with some urging Chief Justice John Roberts to do more to defend the judiciary against external criticism.

12(!) federal judges gave rare interviews to @lawrencehurley.bsky.social about the Supreme Court increasingly overturning the lower courts in favor of the Trump admin. 10/12 were highly critical of the Court

Really impressive and important reporting here: www.nbcnews.com/politics/sup...

Wesley LePatner, a 44-year-old Blackstone executive who oversaw its $53 billion real-estate investment fund, was killed in Manhattan's mass shooting "We cannot properly express the grief we feel upon the sudden and tragic loss of Wesley," the LePatner family told Fortune, adding she was a "driven and extraordinarily talented professional and colle...

if you use AI to write my obit, I'm going to haunt your ass. you will never get a good night's sleep again. fortune.com/2025/07/29/w...

The Astronomer CEO's Coldplay Concert Fiasco Is Emblematic of Our Social Media Surveillance Dystopia Facial recognition and crowdsourced social media investigations are constantly being used not just on cringe CEOs, but on random people who are simply existing in public.

The gleeful doxing of someone cheating in public is bad even if they are a CEO and even if they are a Coldplay fan. It's bad because this kind of thing is happening to random people on TikTok for such crimes as "sitting silently on a plane" or "being attractive"

www.404media.co/the-astronom...

New U.S. assessment finds American strikes destroyed only one of three Iranian nuclear sites President Donald Trump rejected a military plan for more comprehensive strikes on Iran’s nuclear program that would have lasted weeks, NBC News has also learned.

Exclusive from @nbcnews.com: New U.S. assessment finds American strikes destroyed only one of three Iranian nuclear sites www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...

Since 2016 the mainstream media (self included) has spent God knows how many hours fretting and gaming out and strategizing the right and ethical way to cover hack and leaked information. I don't see any way to justify doing this story the way the NYT did here.

Robert F Kennedy Jr is not a vaccine skeptic. Reporters and editors who’ve decided it’s somehow more fair to call him one instead of the anti-vaccine activist and lawyer he is should stop mischaracterizing him so… in the pursuit of accuracy.

Inside the scramble to keep FEMA alive ahead of hurricane season The Trump administration has been moving to drastically cut or even eliminate the disaster response and relief agency, but without a backup ready, it’s moving to keep some key pieces in place.

“It’s like having a relay team, and instead of having six members you’ve only got four, and yeah, you can do it, but those four runners are going to have to run more than they’re trained for,” the FEMA employee said. www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...

(Make sure to read through for the Charlton Heston part)

Gabbard considering ways to revamp Trump's intelligence briefing One idea is to make the briefing, which according to his schedule Trump has been taking less often than his predecessors, a video that looks like Fox News.

Exclusive from @nbcnews.com: Gabbard's considering ways to revamp the daily brief for Trump, which he's been taking infrequently. One idea: Make it into a video that looks like Fox News. www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...

Trump administration working on plan to move 1 million Palestinians to Libya Details are murky and no final agreement has been reached, but the plan is under serious enough consideration that the administration has discussed it with Libyan leadership.

Exclusive from @nbcnews.com: The Trump administration is working on a plan to move 1 million Palestinians to Libya. Details of who would go, how they would go, and where they would live are murky, but the admin's serious enough that it's talked to Libya's leadership. www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...

Warners Reverses Course: Changes Max’s Name Back to HBO Max WBD CEO David Zaslav announced the move, with the company declaring, "no consumer today is saying they want more content, but better content."

Between this, hiring Chris Licht, and hiring studio heads he now wants to fire, I think it's clear what the problem is: A mere $51.9 million per year isn't enough to incentivize David Zaslav to do his best work. Pay him more! www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/dig...

DOJ 'weaponization' group will shame individuals it can't charge with crimes, new head says As Jeanine Pirro prepares to become U.S. attorney in D.C., Trump loyalist Ed Martin is taking over the Justice Department's effort to investigate Trump's investigators.

Ed Martin, the incoming "captain" of DOJ's "Weaponization Working Group," said that he'll "name" and "shame" individuals who committed no criminal conduct in what would be a major departure from longstanding Justice Department protocols.

www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...

An isolated John Fetterman clashes with colleagues and staff as he skips his Senate duties Fetterman, who is facing scrutiny after former staffers have raised concerns about his mental health, has missed nearly every committee hearing and regularly skips votes.

NEW — An isolated John Fetterman clashes with colleagues and staff as he skips his Senate duties

New details in here about run-ins he's has had with Sens. Patty Murray and Jeanne Shaheen

www.nbcnews.com/politics/con... by @allansmith.bsky.social @sahilkapur.bsky.social @frankthorp.bsky.social

Mohammad served the U.S. cause during the war in Afghanistan.

When it ended, he fled his homeland to avoid being hunted by the Taliban.

But after entering the U.S., Mohammad learned his application for a special immigrant visa was denied. https://nbcnews.to/44MCv5s