OG Discourse Blog-er and current More Perfect Union producer Paul Blest returns as third chair just in time for the first big contest of this year’s election cycle, including:
Analilia Mejia’s shocking win in the special election to fill New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill’s former Congressional seat
Taylor Rehmet flipping a deep-red state Senate seat in Texas
And what this all could mean heading into November
The massive layoffs at the Washington Post
And in our extended episode available only to subscribers, we discover how Jeffrey Epstein very likely read some stories we’ve worked on…😬
This week’s cultural recommendations:
Jack recommends The Nation’s special Gaza package, “A Day for Gaza,” he helped oversee and The Muppet Show revival on Disney+
Paul recommends the latest Ryan Davis & the Roadhouse Band’s record, New Threats from the Soul and Summer House on Bravo
Aleks recommends the app WaterMinder
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