Substacks recommended by Kevin Ellis

Recommended by Kevin Ellis

A newsletter about the history behind today's politics.

I saw Heather at the Lincoln Memorial and said: "Come Here Often?'' "Yes I do,'' she said. Always go back to Lincoln, especially now.

- Kevin Ellis

Hopium Chronicles By Simon Rosenberg

Expert commentary from a 30-year veteran of US politics. Here at Hopium we work on strategies to defeat MAGA, tell our story more effectively, and ensure freedom and democracy prevail. Expect sharp analysis, live events, and all sorts of Hopium!

I marvel at Simon's doggedness, the unwillingness to slink away into the night. For the way back, go here.

- Kevin Ellis

The Message Box

By Dan Pfeiffer

A newsletter for people who want to defeat Donald Trump and MAGA extremism from a former Senior Advisor to Barack Obama

If you want to follow the Obama Democrats as they struggle for a way out of the wilderness, go here.

- Kevin Ellis

American Freakshow

By Nina Burleigh

A weekly newsletter from veteran journalist Nina Burleigh keeping an eye on MAGA extremism and its absurdity.

The only newsletter that jolts me every week when I start to normalize the Trump in my own mind in order to survive. This is the lighting bolt of reality. Scary but true.

- Kevin Ellis

Vermont Ridgerunner

By Kristina Stykos

Searching Soul & Soil: A Poet's Rambles

Wanna understand more of the world from the Vermont soil, even you disagree with some of it. Read my friend Krystina. You'll music, passion and a view from the back roads.

- Kevin Ellis

Rick Wilson’s Against All Enemies

Tireless resistance to autocracy. Never out of the fight.

Maria Barry

By Letters to America

I had never thought about neuro diversity until a great coffee time with Maria in DC. Give her a read.

- Kevin Ellis

Jonah

Writer and political communications professional. Brooklyn.

First Do No Harm

By Steve

Education in America has it all wrong. We need a progressive revolution.

Steve Nelson is provocative. He can write. And he is right!

- Kevin Ellis

Seymour Hersh

It's worse than you think

I have read Sy Hersh all my life from the Mi Lai massacre to Kissinger to Watergate. He is usually right.

- Kevin Ellis

Christopher Clarey's Tennis & Beyond

Christopher Clarey, the longtime New York Times tennis & global sports correspondent, writes about pro tennis and more

My great diversion is tennis. Playing it and reading about it. Chris Clarey gives me what I need. Check out his Federer book The Master.

- Kevin Ellis

Tom Cosgrove Three Ways to Block a Punch

By Three Ways To Block A Punch

A civic futurist and producer of the public television documentary Divided We Fall: Listening With Curiosity

If you are wondering how to unwind Trump/MAGA once this all ends, Tom Cosgrove shows the way. Guess I'll have to get him back on my Conflict of Interest podcast!!!!

- Kevin Ellis

After Babel

By Jon Haidt

A free weekly newsletter where Jon Haidt and his team make sense of how technology is reshaping society — and offer practical guidance on how we can respond.

Upset about the election? Go back to basics and start with how the smart phone is rewiring our brains and making us stupid. Read Jon Haidt.

- Kevin Ellis

JFK Facts

By Jefferson Morley

Authoritative journalism that seeks to clarify the causes of JFK's assassination and to abolish the official secrecy that still surrounds it

My mother raised me on the JFK Assassination. I have all the books. I've done the reading. Jeff Morley came on my podcast. This isn't conspiracy stuff. It is real journalism about the defining event of our time.

- Kevin Ellis

Parenting You First

By Kimberly Hackett

The secret to good parenting is Connection. Connection comes from how well you know and love yourself. Which makes parenting about You - the parent. When you take care of yourself - you take care of your child.

Nicco’s Thoughts

By Nicco Mele

mostly about politics

Nicco's key insight is the loss of confidence in institutions and that often that mistrust is earned. Read his stuff.

- Kevin Ellis