Axelrod: There are a lot of people who would like you to run for president in 2028. And there are others who would like you to run for the senate. AOC: In this op-ed that Bezos paid for in The Washington Post, there was a veiled threat—it was the elite saying if you want this job, you just stepped out of line. What’s funny about that is they assume my ambition is positional. They assume my ambition is a title or a seat. My ambition is way bigger than that. My ambition is to change this country. Presidents come and go, elected officials come and go, single payer healthcare is forever.

Marco Rubio: 'What to get someone who has everything? I thought a crystal football' Pope: 'ok'

“I’ve been cast at the Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony” “What are you?” “A stovetop espresso maker.”

Ezra's completely right. The Democratic Party never should have closed its doors to pro-life voices, and it will never win if it doesn't run candidates who actually have a chance to compete in red states. You can't count on Roy Moore-style meltdowns to win Senate seats.

I know the impulse is to ridicule Murkowski for caving, but don’t forget that Josh Hawley even wrote a NY Times oped decrying this bill. Soulless.

Everything else—the CBO score, the proper baseline, the minutiae of the Medicaid policy—is immaterial compared to the ICE money and immigration enforcement provisions.