Senior editor for politics, policy, and ideas at Vox. Formerly: Washington Post, NBC News, Semafor. Email me at benjy.sarlin at voxmedia dot com.https://bsky.app/profile/benjysarlin.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/benjysarlin.bsky.social/post/3mlvh4lpihs2mThe rise of the progressive billionaire candidate! @awprokop.bsky.social digs into how Tom Steyer, JB Pritzker, and others have won over the left in the "Fighting Oligarchy" era. https://www.vox.com/politics/488638/progressive-billionaire-candidates-steyer-pritzker-khanna-chakrabarti15 May 2026 13:34 +0000at://did:plc:42hra5aefoooifqcbcszdfy5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlvh4lpihs2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/benjysarlin.bsky.social/post/3ml4dngzujs2iWant a break from gerrymandering discourse? There really might be enough states to institute a national popular vote by the 2028 presidential election. But as @awprokop.bsky.social writes, there are risks to an attempted Constitutional end-run by blue states https://www.vox.com/politics/487766/national-popular-vote-interstate-compact-electoral-college05 May 2026 13:55 +0000at://did:plc:42hra5aefoooifqcbcszdfy5/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml4dngzujs2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/benjysarlin.bsky.social/post/3mkaoa4dci22aIt's impossible for Trump to give a jokey speech, he is his own reductio ad absurdum. So many things the WH explicitly passed off as "jokes" in Trump I are dangerous real-life policy in Trump II. If he talks about nuking hurricanes tomorrow, nobody will laughing. https://www.vox.com/politics/486490/trump-whcd-correspondents-dinner-nobody-laughing24 Apr 2026 13:50 +0000at://did:plc:42hra5aefoooifqcbcszdfy5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkaoa4dci22ahttps://bsky.app/profile/benjysarlin.bsky.social/post/3mjkgypodf22dDonald Trump messed with the wrong pope. Pope Leo XIV is not Pope Francis. He starts with more buy-in from Catholic conservatives, and the war is a more divisive topic among them than other political fights. More from @christianpaz.bsky.social: https://www.vox.com/politics/485838/donald-trump-pope-leo-jd-vance-catholic-fight-feud-francis-traditionalist-liberal-iran-war-vatican15 Apr 2026 17:42 +0000at://did:plc:42hra5aefoooifqcbcszdfy5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjkgypodf22dhttps://bsky.app/profile/benjysarlin.bsky.social/post/3mjflg2uxus2hDonald Trump did something blasphemous? Wow, you're telling me this for the first time. More surprising is how hard the pushback on the right was this time — which may be symptomatic of deeper problems beneath the surface. Read @christianpaz.bsky.social: https://www.vox.com/politics/485563/trump-pope-ai-blasphemy-art-christ-evangelical-religious-right13 Apr 2026 19:18 +0000at://did:plc:42hra5aefoooifqcbcszdfy5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjflg2uxus2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/benjysarlin.bsky.social/post/3mjda4oj7j22sOrban defeat should make for some good ol' discourse in the US. First: LOL Vance. But second: The opposition united behind a conservative "Never Orban" defector to neutralize cultural attacks. Imagine Ds running Liz Cheney instead of campaigning with her. https://www.vox.com/politics/485521/hungary-election-results-2026-viktor-orban-peter-magyar12 Apr 2026 20:50 +0000at://did:plc:42hra5aefoooifqcbcszdfy5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjda4oj7j22shttps://bsky.app/profile/benjysarlin.bsky.social/post/3miyzrwixhs2eToward a new unified TACO theory https://www.vox.com/politics/485141/trump-taco-iran-ceasefire08 Apr 2026 19:30 +0000at://did:plc:42hra5aefoooifqcbcszdfy5/app.bsky.feed.post/3miyzrwixhs2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/benjysarlin.bsky.social/post/3mhihtkljzs2a“Iran doesn’t want to become one of these countries in which the US and Israel take military action based on a Google Calendar reminder every six months” https://www.vox.com/politics/483150/iran-forever-war-mowing-grass-israel20 Mar 2026 12:01 +0000at://did:plc:42hra5aefoooifqcbcszdfy5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhihtkljzs2a