The Greatest Book a Politician Ever Wrote politicalwire.com/2024/04/20/the…

Breaking news (with an Iowa angle): A TV legend, Harry Smith , is retiring from NBC and moving to Iowa, he announced today. Starting this fall, the inimitable Mr. Smith will be found in Pella at Central College , his alma mater, teaching a class called curiosity.

Tomorrow is Opening Day. For all of our great baseball fans, this is the last worthless evening that we’ll have to spend.

This personal remembrance from John Podhoretz is worth it in its entirety but that debate really was the last of its kind. commentary.org/john-podhoretz…

Mourning the loss of Sen. Joe Lieberman...

Accepting VP nomination Aug. 16, 2000:

'Is America a great country, or what? Yes, it is. God bless America. Land that we love. ... There’s an old saying that behind every successful man, there is a surprised mother-in-law.'

The issue isn’t about ideology, it’s about basic truth. Those trying to make this a left-right issue are being intentionally dishonest. This is about whether honest journalists are supposed to lend their credibility to someone who intentionally tried to ruin ours.

Great conversation breaking down the campaign battleground with GOP strategist ⁦Brad Todd⁩ and Dem pollster ⁦Cornell Belcher⁩. Come for the politics, stay for the NCAA predictions at the end! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the…

For the last remaining swing voters, are they aspirational or transactional and how cynical have they become? My latest column. nbcnews.com/politics/elect…

Insert “when [you know what] freezes over” jokes here. Let’s see the varsity sports catch up to Miami’s club champs! Nickname challenge: The Miami Ice? Puck U? Go Canes… Nice work

The big missing piece in Congress' rushed TikTok debate. Protecting your privacy! Plus why the OHSEN gop primary is the most important GOP primary of the year. nbcnews.com/politics/elect…

New Wednesday ToddCast with Maxwell Alejandro Frost From Gaza to 2024 to Florida politics, we hit a lot of topics. Did you know he’s for term limits? Check it out. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the…

House Republicans are learning the hard lesson Democrats learned from Robert Mueller’s testimony: these career prosecutors aren’t going to chase your theory or leading question. They’re going to refer to their report. Over and over and over.

I'm excited to announce that Kevin Roberts has destroyed the last vestige of any honor the Heritage Foundation ever had. And I speak as someone whose mother was on the Heritage board for more than 40 years.

President Biden referred to his 2024 opponent - former President Trump - thirteen times in his speech

If you don’t think the SOTU matters, then don’t waste my time emailing multiple press releases, substacks and columns telling me that the SOTU doesn’t matter. Here’s a crazy idea: maybe simply write about something else.

Welcome to the Day After Tomorrow. We will learn a lot about the Biden’s campaign theory of the case in the next six weeks. nbcnews.com/politics/2024-…

Will the Libertarians embrace RFK Jr.? Unlikely, but Katherine Mangu-Ward, editor-in-chief of Reason, also talks about whether the Libertarian Party can have a moment long term, esp as the Trump-led GOP moves away from small gov’t principles. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the…

The urgency of the abortion issue to this campaign likely puts an end to the idea of a major third party candidacy. Doesn’t mean the third party candidates won’t have impact, but abortion is an issue with labels, leaving No Labels’ hopes dashed. nbcnews.com/politics/2024-…

IMPORTANT NOTE for Michigan votes. Michigan and Michigan State are on break this week. Students usually don't turn out for primaries, but there will be fewer this time.

Also worth a listen sometime today: Polarization by geography the worst of all of our divides? Thomas Schaller and Paul Waldman on their book “White Rural Rage” podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the…