Short Take Politics:
Talarico rises
The Texas Senate race may be a bellwether for the nation. James Talarico is speaking common sense in calm tones against Ken Paxton, a MAGA fraudster. One leads with love. One leads with hate. One works hard. One grifts. https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/june-28-2026
An inappropriate relationship with the President?
Aide has unprecedented, intimate access and functions as an echo chamber when cabinet members don’t march in lockstep. https://www.themirror.com/entertainment/donald-trump-natalie-harp-relationship-1908669
Fox News panics over socialists
Buzzwords and language matter more to the MAGA news channel than asking important questions like “why are people voting that way?” https://www.foxnews.com/politics/mamdani-backed-socialists-look-take-ne…