Nick Field

Hot Take: She's the one who should've gotten an Oscar nomination for this film

1984 Democratic Presidential Debate YouTube video by teenvote

This is probably the 1984 Gary Hart-Jesse Jackson-Walter Mondale primary debate that Obama is remembering. A CBS broadcast from Columbia University, moderated by Dan Rather
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3O5o...

House Turns Back Bid to Restrict Trump’s War Powers in Iran

"Four Democrats crossed party lines to oppose the resolution, while two Republicans broke from their party to support it" www.nytimes.com/2026/03/05/u...

WHOA! TONY GONZALES OUT! #TX23 He will not seek re-election

A ★★★★★ review of When Harry Met Sally... (1989) One of those films you finally watch and say, 'Oh, of course, it really is a classic'. Much like It Happened One Night, you realize why thousands of films tried to repeat it, because it really did wor...

Billy Crystal is the ultimate idol for all us short kings, even if Harry fumbled Sally several times. Meg Ryan in this movie must make the shortlist for all 'The Most Beautiful Any Woman Has Ever Looked in A Film' rankings out there
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your new DHS secretary, everyone:

Never forget that this what The Washington Post said when Noem was nominated.

15 year-old Nick: Walking through every aisle of Hollywood Video trying to decide which DVD to rent
35 year-old Nick: Logging on and scrolling through every streaming service, trying to decide which movie to watch

Oscar Voting Closes: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly of Anonymous Ballots in a Best Picture Race Between ‘One Battle After Another’ and ‘Sinners’ A batch of anonymous Oscar ballots shows a two-horse best picture race between "One Battle After Another" and "Sinners" with some potential surprises.

"In at least six conversations with ballot-sharing voters, a pattern emerged: Many said some version of, “‘One Battle After Another’ is going to win best picture, but I voted for ‘Sinners.’” variety.com/2026/film/aw...

In 2001-2005, 66% of Republicans said religion was very important in their own life compared to 60% of Democrats, a six point party gap. In 2021-2025, 64% said religion was very important compared to 37% of Democrats, a twenty-seven point party gap news.gallup.com/poll/702572/...

Gallup found those who say religion is very important in their own life in 2021-2025 is lower among every demographic than those who said the same in 2001-2005 with only one exception: Jewish Americans news.gallup.com/poll/702572/...

March 2026 Franklin & Marshall Poll Pennsylvania Voters The first poll of the year explores the mood of the state’s voters and their positions on a number of contemporary issues--including federalizing elections, ICE enforcement, democracy, and the separat...

New Franklin & Marshall Pennsylvania Governor's Poll:
Josh Shapiro 48%
Stacy Garrity 28%
www.fandmpoll.org/franklin-mar...

In which @nataliekorach.bsky.social outlines the actions of the man the White House Correspondents Association has chosen to honor this year. www.status.news/p/donald-tru...

Trump's Troubling RSVP While the WHCA publicly welcomed Trump’s decision to attend this year’s dinner, inside the organization, correspondents reacted with a mix of curiosity and dread—with several telling Status the conces...

"Donald Trump’s latest financial disclosures revealed that he quietly accumulated Netflix bonds as the streamer was locked in a high-stakes bidding war with Paramount for WB. Trump bought between $600,000 and $1.25 million worth of Netflix debt in January" www.status.news/p/donald-tru...

Do U.S. Presidents Have the Power to Declare War? On paper, declaring war is reserved for Congress. The Tonkin Gulf Resolution turned a constitutional requirement into a legislative habit of looking away.

Abraham Lincoln: "Kings had always been involving and impoverishing their people in wars, pretending generally, if not always, that the good of the people was the object...no one man should hold the power of bringing this oppression upon us" www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...

Odysseus had his crew lash him to the mast to keep him from doing an interview with Chotiner.

The Bride with a John Cornyn-like showing on Rotten Tomatoes: unimpressive, but expected to be much worse

George Harrison talking to Mark Lewisohn about biopics.

Scandal, Protest, Goofiness, and Grandeur at the U.S. Bicentennial This year marks the two-hundred-and-fiftieth anniversary of the nation’s founding. The two hundredth wasn’t exactly smooth sailing.

"No one in 1976, apparently, thought anyone would be holding a bash in 2026; I have seen not a single mention of celebrating the two hundred and fiftieth in the records of the Bicentennial"
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

Scandal, Protest, Goofiness, and Grandeur at the U.S. Bicentennial This year marks the two-hundred-and-fiftieth anniversary of the nation’s founding. The two hundredth wasn’t exactly smooth sailing.

"Walt Whitman had wanted to read at the Centennial...But he was deemed too radical to read at the Centennial. “I, too, sing America,” Langston Hughes wrote in 1926. He was too radical for the Sesqui" www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

The final Colbert Bump?

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Texas Senate

AP still hasn't posted the Williamson County results, which are very favorable for Talarico, because a few precincts are staying open. Which explains why Talarico is about a point behind on places like NBC and CNN

Exclusive: AP brass to staff: Resistance to AI is ‘futile’ The tensions inside the wire service reveal a broader conflict playing out across the media over how AI should be applied within journalism.

"One of The Associated Press’ top leaders on AI had a blunt message for the publication’s staff: Resistance to AI is 'futile.'” www.semafor.com/article/03/0...

Bari’s Steele Attempt As CBS News plots the future of its morning show, Bari Weiss floated the idea of bringing former ESPN anchor turned Donald Trump supporter Sage Steele into the mix, Status has learned.

"As CBS News plots the future of its morning show, Bari Weiss floated the idea of bringing former ESPN anchor turned Donald Trump supporter Sage Steele into the mix, Status has learned" www.status.news/p/bari-weiss...

2026 Texas U.S. Senate Democratic Primary A congresswoman from Dallas and a state representative from Austin face off in the race to be the Democrats’ Senate nominee in the Lone Star state.

VoteHub has the live precinct results
votehub.com/2026_tx_sen_...

My old home DDHQ is once again far ahead of the AP on the vote totals
votes.decisiondeskhq.com/races/242466

NBC estimating 2.44 million Democratic votes in Texas and 2.34 million Republican votes

Kornacki Cam - Watch Steve Kornacki analyze midterm primary election results | NBC News YouTube video by NBC News

Kornacki is livestreaming tonight on YouTube, by the way:
www.youtube.com/live/0NzxJ5D...

MS Now relying on AP election results now that they've decoupled from NBC News