Freelance journalist. Formerly: EIC at Jezebel, columnist at The Cut and GQ, HuffPost politics reporter. Brooklyn via South Louisiana. I write a newsletter called Nightcap: https://www.laura-bassett.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/lebassett.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/lebassett.bsky.social/post/3muuidlx64c2yThis is the way [contains quote post or other embedded content]06 Sep 2026 17:10 +0000at://did:plc:it4vfrn3hgrb3hsvvwfltqqa/app.bsky.feed.post/3muuidlx64c2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/lebassett.bsky.social/post/3mutuihnqxk2r [contains quote post or other embedded content]06 Sep 2026 11:15 +0000at://did:plc:it4vfrn3hgrb3hsvvwfltqqa/app.bsky.feed.post/3mutuihnqxk2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/lebassett.bsky.social/post/3musxnwft5k2rBut you can’t say he’s traveling with Natalie, that’s incredibly disrespectful to women [contains quote post or other embedded content]06 Sep 2026 02:39 +0000at://did:plc:it4vfrn3hgrb3hsvvwfltqqa/app.bsky.feed.post/3musxnwft5k2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/lebassett.bsky.social/post/3mushozhtms2rLmao https://www.politico.com/news/2026/09/04/trump-republicans-struggle-midterms-0106454105 Sep 2026 21:53 +0000at://did:plc:it4vfrn3hgrb3hsvvwfltqqa/app.bsky.feed.post/3mushozhtms2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/lebassett.bsky.social/post/3musfzi6gk22hI didn’t understand how bad his personal crisis was til I saw this [contains quote post or other embedded content]05 Sep 2026 21:23 +0000at://did:plc:it4vfrn3hgrb3hsvvwfltqqa/app.bsky.feed.post/3musfzi6gk22hhttps://bsky.app/profile/lebassett.bsky.social/post/3muqhhoypr22nToo on the nose [contains quote post or other embedded content]05 Sep 2026 02:43 +0000at://did:plc:it4vfrn3hgrb3hsvvwfltqqa/app.bsky.feed.post/3muqhhoypr22nhttps://bsky.app/profile/lebassett.bsky.social/post/3muqefqv7n22nSpeaking of braindead senators, still no word from Mitch McConnell05 Sep 2026 01:49 +0000at://did:plc:it4vfrn3hgrb3hsvvwfltqqa/app.bsky.feed.post/3muqefqv7n22nhttps://bsky.app/profile/lebassett.bsky.social/post/3mupiuvx4us2rThis is pretty wild04 Sep 2026 17:36 +0000at://did:plc:it4vfrn3hgrb3hsvvwfltqqa/app.bsky.feed.post/3mupiuvx4us2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/lebassett.bsky.social/post/3mumvrpav422rTough03 Sep 2026 16:49 +0000at://did:plc:it4vfrn3hgrb3hsvvwfltqqa/app.bsky.feed.post/3mumvrpav422rhttps://bsky.app/profile/lebassett.bsky.social/post/3mumqne62hk2rWell that answers that03 Sep 2026 15:17 +0000at://did:plc:it4vfrn3hgrb3hsvvwfltqqa/app.bsky.feed.post/3mumqne62hk2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/lebassett.bsky.social/post/3mumpxz4rts2rThat should do it https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/presented-bleak-polling-white-house-moves-make-midterms-trump-rcna59458303 Sep 2026 15:05 +0000at://did:plc:it4vfrn3hgrb3hsvvwfltqqa/app.bsky.feed.post/3mumpxz4rts2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/lebassett.bsky.social/post/3mumjuontdc2rHow the Overton window shifts rightward https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/08/20/democrats-view-trumps-first-term-improves-retrospect-poll-finds/03 Sep 2026 13:16 +0000at://did:plc:it4vfrn3hgrb3hsvvwfltqqa/app.bsky.feed.post/3mumjuontdc2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/lebassett.bsky.social/post/3mumfeqyqyk2rI got to meet Gloria Steinem, my idol, a few times. Years ago we were on a panel together, and when she saw my HuffPost name tag, she lit into me over the fact that we didn’t pay our contributing bloggers. Obviously that decision had nothing to do with me, but I respected the move. She was a legend.03 Sep 2026 11:55 +0000at://did:plc:it4vfrn3hgrb3hsvvwfltqqa/app.bsky.feed.post/3mumfeqyqyk2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/lebassett.bsky.social/post/3mukmvgvzi22nA “cleansing,” he says [contains quote post or other embedded content]02 Sep 2026 19:05 +0000at://did:plc:it4vfrn3hgrb3hsvvwfltqqa/app.bsky.feed.post/3mukmvgvzi22nhttps://bsky.app/profile/lebassett.bsky.social/post/3mukgbs72rs2uIt’s because Trump is being petty about blue being the Democrats’ color, I can 100% assure you. He will try to replace it with a statue called Red [contains quote post or other embedded content]02 Sep 2026 17:06 +0000at://did:plc:it4vfrn3hgrb3hsvvwfltqqa/app.bsky.feed.post/3mukgbs72rs2u