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[This blog will always be free to read, but it’s also how I pay my bills. If you have suggestions or feedback on how I can earn your paid subscription , shoot me an email: cmclymer@gmail.com . And if this is too big of a commitment, I’m always thankful for a simple cup of coffee .] For the past eighteen months, a favorite talking point of legacy political pundits is that Democrats have a young mal...

[This blog will always be free to read, but it’s also how I pay my bills. If you have suggestions or feedback on how I can earn your paid subscription , shoot me an email: cmclymer@gmail.com . And if this is too big of a commitment, I’m always thankful for a simple cup of coffee .] On Friday, the Supreme Court, in a private conference, will consider whether to take up a challenge to Obergefell v....

Hey folks, this evening, I joined my dear friend Allison Gill (MuellerSheWrote) for a lively discussion about Pope Leo XIV, the new head of the Catholic Church. We discussed his politics and ideology, the shadow of the sex abuse scandals of the Church, and why this new pontiff is a direct opponent of Trump’s worldview. Earlier today, I published this piece about the rightwing outrage directed at t...

[This blog will always be free to read, but it’s also how I pay my bills. If you have suggestions or feedback on how I can earn your paid subscription , shoot me an email: cmclymer@gmail.com . And if this is too big of a commitment, I’m always thankful for a simple cup of coffee .] You may have missed it in the chaos of our current news environment, but this week, the bodies of four American soldi...

[This blog will always be free to read, but it’s also how I pay my bills. If you have suggestions or feedback on how I can earn your paid subscription , shoot me an email: cmclymer@gmail.com . And if this is too big of a commitment, I’m always thankful for a simple cup of coffee .] Today is International Transgender Day of Visibility, often shortened to Trans Day of Visibility (or TDOV). It was cr...

[This blog will always be free to read, but it’s also how I pay my bills. If you have suggestions or feedback on how I can earn your paid subscription , shoot me an email: cmclymer@gmail.com . And if this is too big of a commitment, I’m always thankful for a simple cup of coffee .] This evening, I sat down with my dear friend, the brilliant Shannon Watts , author of the Playing with Fire Substack...

[This blog will always be free to read, but it’s also how I pay my bills. If you have suggestions or feedback on how I can earn your paid subscription , shoot me an email: cmclymer@gmail.com . And if this is too big of a commitment, I’m always thankful for a simple cup of coffee .] Last night, I spoke with Democratic strategist Julie Roginsky , author of Salty Politics , longtime political comment...

Yesterday afternoon, the bodies of Gene Hackman, Betsy Arakawa, and their dog were found at their home in Santa Fe, New Mexico. The County Sheriff’s Office did not have reason to suspect foul play this early in the investigation, and there’s no official confirmation on the cause of their deaths. Many have suggested it may have been carbon monoxide poisoning. The couple had been married since 1991....

On Friday, actress and model Hunter Schafer posted an eight-and-a-half minute video on TikTok in which she revealed that the replacement passport she had just received had the gender marker changed from female to male. Ms. Schafer is a trans woman, widely beloved among Gen-Z for her acting—particularly her performance in “Euphoria”—and broadly considered one of the most beautiful women in the worl...

I had the great pleasure of chatting with my dear friend, the incomparable, brilliant, and wonderful Shannon Watts , about the, um, state of Democratic politics at the moment. And I promise, despite all the things, y’all will feel a bit better after watching. Also: subscribe to Shannon’s blog. She’s a gem. Charlotte's Web Thoughts is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support...

[This blog will always be free to read, but it’s also how I pay my bills. If you have suggestions or feedback on how I can earn your paid subscription , shoot me an email: cmclymer@gmail.com .] The state funeral for James Earl “Jimmy” Carter, Jr., the 39th President of the United States, was as well attended by dignitaries as one might expect — or hope. Among the hundreds in attendance at the Wash...

[This blog will always be free to read, but it’s also how I pay my bills. If you have suggestions or feedback on how I can earn your paid subscription , shoot me an email: cmclymer@gmail.com .] First of all, if you’re not online all the time and don’t understand the reference in the title, I’d like to congratulate you on your excellent mental health hygiene. Nearly a decade ago, Twitter user Caval...

[This blog will always be free to read, but it’s also how I pay my bills. If you have suggestions or feedback on how I can earn your paid subscription , shoot me an email: cmclymer@gmail.com .] It’s been six days since UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was murdered outside the New York Hilton Midtown just before 7am. The assassin, 26 year-old Luigi Mangione, was apprehended yesterday at a McDona...

[This blog will always be free to read, but it’s also how I pay my bills. If you have suggestions or feedback on how I can earn your paid subscription , shoot me an email: cmclymer@gmail.com .] I wouldn’t say I’m surprised that retired General Mark Milley, former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, is consistently being attacked online by clowns who claim he never served in combat. It’s part of...

[This blog will always be free to read, but it’s also how I pay my bills. If you have suggestions or feedback on how I can earn your paid subscription , shoot me an email: cmclymer@gmail.com .] Yesterday, GOP Congresswoman Nancy Mace introduced a resolution to the House rules package that would require all people to use only restrooms corresponding with their sex assigned at birth, essentially int...

[This blog will always be free to read, but it’s also how I pay my bills. If you have suggestions or feedback on how I can earn your paid subscription , shoot me an email: cmclymer@gmail.com .] Another day in this election, another weird claim about trans people. On Wednesday, J.D. Vance sat down for a long interview with Joe Rogan, doing his usual schtick of making a litany of absurd claims, amon...

[This blog will always be free to read, but it’s also how I pay my bills. If you have suggestions or feedback on how I can earn your paid subscription , shoot me an email: cmclymer@gmail.com .] I love baseball. It’s my favorite sport to watch. I’ve enjoyed the World Series every year for as long as I can remember. Some of you aren’t into baseball. Some of you find it incredibly boring, which is co...

[This blog will always be free to read, but it’s also how I pay my bills. If you have suggestions or feedback on how I can earn your paid subscription , shoot me an email: cmclymer@gmail.com .] Dear Mr. Bezos: We’ve read the explanation you published this evening for your decision to kill The Washington Post ’s presidential endorsement. We don't believe you. At all. We don't think this is about en...

[This blog will always be free to read, but it’s also how I pay my bills. If you have suggestions or feedback on how I can earn your paid subscription , shoot me an email: cmclymer@gmail.com .] Yesterday, just before noon, The Washington Post , through CEO William Lewis, announced it would not endorse a candidate in the 2024 presidential election, the first time the nation’s third-largest daily ne...

[This blog will always be free to read, but it’s also how I pay my bills. If you have suggestions or feedback on how I can earn your paid subscription , shoot me an email: cmclymer@gmail.com .] I’m writing this after traveling back from the future, specifically Nov. 12th. It’s a long story, but I know a lady who knows a lady who has a friend with a DeLorean souped up with an off-market flux capaci...

[This blog will always be free to read, but it’s also how I pay my bills. If you have suggestions or feedback on how I can earn your paid subscription , shoot me an email: cmclymer@gmail.com . And if this is too big of a commitment, I’m always thankful for a simple cup of coffee .] Well, hot damn, today is my birthday. I'm now 38, which is old enough to know I'm still quite young and learning. Tha...

[This blog will always be free to read, but it’s also how I pay my bills. If you have suggestions or feedback on how I can earn your paid subscription , shoot me an email: cmclymer@gmail.com . And if this is too big of a commitment, I’m always thankful for a simple cup of coffee .] Are there things about AI that I find cool and interesting and hopeful? Of course. From medicine to education to nati...

[This blog will always be free to read, but it’s also how I pay my bills. If you have suggestions or feedback on how I can earn your paid subscription , shoot me an email: cmclymer@gmail.com .] Hurricane Milton is currently poised to slam into the western side of Florida in a matter of hours. It will be one of the strongest hurricanes to ever make landfall in the United States, putting the lives o...