PHOTOS: TPM and The Handbasket Get Together in Brooklyn

['Allegra Kirkland', "Is Tpm'S Deputy Editor For Audience", 'Strategy', 'Based In New York. She Returned To Tpm After Six Years At Teen Vogue', 'Where She Served As The Politics Director', "Overseeing All Aspects Of The Team'S Political Coverage.", '.Wp-Block-Co-Authors-Plus-Coauthors.Is-Layout-Flow', 'Class', 'Wp-Block-Co-Authors-Plus', 'Display Inline'] Editors’ Blog – TPM – Talking Points Memo 2026-08-11 09:52:56

Thanks so much to everyone who came out to our event at Crystal Lake bar last night in collaboration with Marisa Kabas of The Handbasket! It was great to see some of you again, meet some local readers making it out to their first TPM event, and connect with readers who traveled just for this show. And our publisher Joe Ragazzo moderated a dynamic conversation between Marisa and Josh Marshall on the midterms (with an extended Maine interlude), Democratic strategy and the future of independent media. For those of you who live far away or otherwise couldn’t make it, we’ll release Marisa and Josh’s conversation as a bonus podcast episode soon. Brainstorming answers during triviaPublisher Joe Ragazzo introduces the main eventMarisa takes the stageOur own Josh MarshallMarisa, Joe and Josh chat in the awkwardly low banquetteMarisa meets some TPM readers