Laurels and Darts

Politico’s cringey video. Plus: One editor’s heroics in Texas Hill Country; investigating toxic waste in Louisiana; and NYT’s sourcing efforts go haywire with its Mamdani story.

Steve Vladeck shines a light. Plus: Indigenous communities fight climate change, and Fox conducts a survey on Trump—three guesses what it shows.

NYT opinion editor says she was “imprecise” with her earlier ban. Plus: Loomer and Grok vs. the truth, DOGE’s real-world fallout, and the ill of the chase.

Plus: Busy as beavers in the Beaver State, true crime beyond murder, and Terry Moran’s world-class haterade.

“I don’t even know what the hell that is,” Trump said. (He likely knows now.) Plus: Corrections brutality in Buffalo, and tossing softballs to Elon.

Plus: Power problems in the Pacific Northwest, Pentagon reporters band together, and a whole lotta shakin’ goin’ on in DC.

But the bot made one big mistake.

Human vs. bot.

Plus: Hurricane-scammin’, résumé-jammin’, and an unfortunate self-insertion.

A thankless task. Also: More feet to the fire on immigration, an AI tool that’s actually kinda useful, and an unethical-journalism challenge that backfires spectacularly.

Plus: Copycat reporters, roadway immigration sweeps, and a vivid report from Sudan’s remaining soup kitchens.

Dropping the ball on tariff terminology. Plus: Double hearsay in Maryland, and a frat death at Dartmouth.

A timely look back at the 2008 implosion; a teachable moment in Dallas; CNN gives Trump his wings.

A hungry up-and-comer; a dive down the DOGE mine shaft; Ken Klippenstein’s pride overfloweth.

Goldberg is GOATed—and Ingraham does her job.