Former political director, AFL-CIO. Senior fellow, CAP. My Substack: www.weekendreading.nethttps://bsky.app/profile/mikepod.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/mikepod.bsky.social/post/3muhpeejq2c2pWatch this "State of the Unions" address from @lizshuler.bsky.social featuring new @aflcio.org polling data: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8QKSUxQxtw01 Sep 2026 15:11 +0000at://did:plc:jacwidtl4vthk6sahylit5nr/app.bsky.feed.post/3muhpeejq2c2phttps://bsky.app/profile/mikepod.bsky.social/post/3mtymxn5nw22pJoin me today at 1pm ET with special guest @perrybaconjr.bsky.social on “Meeting the Moment” with @anatosaurus.bsky.social! We’ll talk about the midterms and get an insider’s perspective on the media environment. https://open.substack.com/live-stream/33501526 Aug 2026 15:18 +0000at://did:plc:jacwidtl4vthk6sahylit5nr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtymxn5nw22phttps://bsky.app/profile/mikepod.bsky.social/post/3mttrc7a3vk2pJoin me with @gelliottmorris.com at 1pm ET! https://open.substack.com/live-stream/33039624 Aug 2026 16:52 +0000at://did:plc:jacwidtl4vthk6sahylit5nr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mttrc7a3vk2phttps://bsky.app/profile/mikepod.bsky.social/post/3mthdblbm7k2pFew thinkers can match @naomiaklein.bsky.social in explaining the disorientation of this moment—how capitalists and authoritarians manufacture chaos, then exploit it to control us. Join me and @anatosaurus.bsky.social live today at 4pm ET/1pm PT: https://open.substack.com/live-stream/325600?utm_source=live-stream-scheduled-upsell19 Aug 2026 18:09 +0000at://did:plc:jacwidtl4vthk6sahylit5nr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mthdblbm7k2phttps://bsky.app/profile/mikepod.bsky.social/post/3msiyvimxok26This story has flown horrifically under the radar for the last year and a half. https://www.weekendreading.net/p/the-crimes-against-immigrant-kids07 Aug 2026 16:44 +0000at://did:plc:jacwidtl4vthk6sahylit5nr/app.bsky.feed.post/3msiyvimxok26https://bsky.app/profile/mikepod.bsky.social/post/3msdzeponpk26Join me, Anat, and Sarah Mehta right now to discuss this pact, Michigan, and more! https://open.substack.com/live-stream/305767 [contains quote post or other embedded content]05 Aug 2026 17:09 +0000at://did:plc:jacwidtl4vthk6sahylit5nr/app.bsky.feed.post/3msdzeponpk26https://bsky.app/profile/mikepod.bsky.social/post/3mrasr5rezc26Join me with constitutional law professor Kermit Roosevelt right now for some great insights on the Declaration of Independence! https://open.substack.com/live-stream/28899122 Jul 2026 17:07 +0000at://did:plc:jacwidtl4vthk6sahylit5nr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrasr5rezc26https://bsky.app/profile/mikepod.bsky.social/post/3mq7sbfahhk2z1/ Here's what we too rarely talk about when a man seeking high office is credibly accused of sexual misconduct. Platner, Swalwell, Kavanaugh, Thomas—these men almost always have the option to keep the allegations private. They almost never take it.09 Jul 2026 14:01 +0000at://did:plc:jacwidtl4vthk6sahylit5nr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mq7sbfahhk2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/mikepod.bsky.social/post/3mq5lxpryak2zJoin me, @anatosaurus.bsky.social (now) and @jiggygero.bsky.social (at 1:30) here: https://open.substack.com/live-stream/26991608 Jul 2026 17:03 +0000at://did:plc:jacwidtl4vthk6sahylit5nr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mq5lxpryak2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/mikepod.bsky.social/post/3mplyiaakns2zTune in now! [contains quote post or other embedded content]01 Jul 2026 16:59 +0000at://did:plc:jacwidtl4vthk6sahylit5nr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mplyiaakns2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/mikepod.bsky.social/post/3mpkavythtk2z"How did our country get so broken? In short, it broke when the billionaires broke it." I wrote this in October of 2024. It's about to get even worse after the Roberts Court's ruling in NRSC v. FEC. https://www.weekendreading.net/p/the-john-roberts-election01 Jul 2026 00:24 +0000at://did:plc:jacwidtl4vthk6sahylit5nr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpkavythtk2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/mikepod.bsky.social/post/3mpgxxmyscs2zJoin me live now with Esosa Osa: https://open.substack.com/live-stream/25942529 Jun 2026 17:06 +0000at://did:plc:jacwidtl4vthk6sahylit5nr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpgxxmyscs2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/mikepod.bsky.social/post/3mp2fbs7g422zJoin me and @anatosaurus.bsky.social live now with special guest Prentiss Haney: https://open.substack.com/live-stream/252442?r=103bk&utm_medium=ios24 Jun 2026 17:00 +0000at://did:plc:jacwidtl4vthk6sahylit5nr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mp2fbs7g422zhttps://bsky.app/profile/mikepod.bsky.social/post/3mmrbmvdatk2yVitally important from Ron Brownstein: https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/24/politics/voting-rights-act-redistricting-gerrymandering-gop-analysis26 May 2026 15:10 +0000at://did:plc:jacwidtl4vthk6sahylit5nr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmrbmvdatk2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/mikepod.bsky.social/post/3mmowght44k2cYou won't want to miss this: Join me at 1pm ET for a chat with @rickperlstein.bsky.social! https://open.substack.com/live-stream/214700?r=103bk&utm_medium=ios25 May 2026 16:44 +0000at://did:plc:jacwidtl4vthk6sahylit5nr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmowght44k2chttps://bsky.app/profile/mikepod.bsky.social/post/3mmmua7ygmc2cGreat piece from the Roberts OG, @thelisagraves.bsky.social . Truly, she is Roberts's anti-Boswell. If you haven't subscribed to her Substack, what are you waiting for? https://www.graveinjustice.news/p/the-roberts-court-is-letting-the https://www.graveinjustice.news/p/the-roberts-court-is-letting-the?r=49pqr&utm_medium=ios&triedRedirect=true24 May 2026 21:00 +0000at://did:plc:jacwidtl4vthk6sahylit5nr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmmua7ygmc2chttps://bsky.app/profile/mikepod.bsky.social/post/3mlqrbudnss2cThis is in 10 minutes! Join me and Anat for some fresh insights on the Callais ruling: https://open.substack.com/live-stream/200320 [contains quote post or other embedded content]13 May 2026 16:52 +0000at://did:plc:jacwidtl4vthk6sahylit5nr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlqrbudnss2chttps://bsky.app/profile/mikepod.bsky.social/post/3mldvt7c5rk2cWhen I heard Shaun Ossei-Owusu on the "Strict Scrutiny" podcast recently, I knew I needed to talk to him. His new book exposes the many ways that law school education and the legal profession actually perpetuate the injustices that people become lawyers to try to fix. Many valuable insights here: https://www.weekendreading.net/p/law-on-trial08 May 2026 14:09 +0000at://did:plc:jacwidtl4vthk6sahylit5nr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mldvt7c5rk2chttps://bsky.app/profile/mikepod.bsky.social/post/3mla7qvmqis2cDid someone say politicians in robes? https://www.weekendreading.net/p/politicians-in-robes-part-i [contains quote post or other embedded content]07 May 2026 02:56 +0000at://did:plc:jacwidtl4vthk6sahylit5nr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mla7qvmqis2chttps://bsky.app/profile/mikepod.bsky.social/post/3ml4oshbcls2cI'm live now with Shaun Ossei Owusu, author of "Law on Trial: An Unlikely Insider Reckons with Our Legal System," to talk about the Callais ruling on the VRA: https://open.substack.com/live-stream/19001805 May 2026 17:15 +0000at://did:plc:jacwidtl4vthk6sahylit5nr/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml4oshbcls2chttps://bsky.app/profile/mikepod.bsky.social/post/3mksl7divgk2cICYMI: For #MayDay, an extremely thorough roundup of research on why unions are good for all of us, not just their members: https://www.weekendreading.net/p/more-than-the-weekend-unions-the01 May 2026 16:44 +0000at://did:plc:jacwidtl4vthk6sahylit5nr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mksl7divgk2c