New: How the Internet swallowed Michigan’s Senate Democratic primary. www.politico.com/news/magazin...
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EXCLUSIVE: Aaron Schock traded congressional disgrace for what he said was his shot at a Venezuelan gold mine — and the chance to remake himself in Trump's Washington. W/ @ebazail.bsky.social www.politico.com/news/2026/06...
All that glitters
Aaron Schock traded congressional disgrace for what he said was his shot at a Venezuelan gold mine — and the chance to remake himself in Trump's Washington.
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I have been DYING to know for months who paid Laura Loomer to start posting about Venezuela's oil biz. Finally, some answers!
Phelim Kine@phelimkine.bsky.social · 2mo agoBuckle up for "a trip through Washington’s rollicking 21st-century influence bazaar, in which elite credibility and social media followings developed around one cause can be rented for any other" @ebazail.bsky.social @adamwren.bsky.social @politico.com www.politico.com/news/2026/06...
Buckle up for "a trip through Washington’s rollicking 21st-century influence bazaar, in which elite credibility and social media followings developed around one cause can be rented for any other" @ebazail.bsky.social @adamwren.bsky.social @politico.com www.politico.com/news/2026/06...
The back-channel bid to go soft on Maduro
A web of oil interests, a fallen congressmember, a special envoy and a fleet of social-media influencers tried to pull the Trump administration toward a more accommodating posture on Venezuela. It alm...
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EXCLUSIVE: A web of oil interests, a fallen congress member, a special envoy and a fleet of social-media influencers tried to pull the Trump administration toward a more accommodating posture on Venezuela. It almost worked. W/ @ebazail.bsky.social www.politico.com/news/2026/06...
The back-channel bid to go soft on Maduro
A web of oil interests, a fallen congressmember, a special envoy and a fleet of social-media influencers tried to pull the Trump administration toward a more accommodating posture on Venezuela. It alm...
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New for @politico.com: Can a Democratic Dynasty survive in this red state? My profile of Beau Bayh, son of Evan, grandson of Birch. www.politico.com/news/magazin...
Can a Democratic Dynasty Survive in This Red State?
A race for statewide office in Indiana could chart the way forward for national Democrats.
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Kamala Harris and Pete Buttigieg take the stage in NYC today, offering an early glimpse at a possible 2028 clash. Our @meganmesserly.bsky.social and @adamwren.bsky.social break down the early 2028 dynamics on today's #PlaybookPod. 🎧 politi.co/4sudkNs
Lesson #8,010 on why in @jbpritzker.bsky.social office we do not try and appease the Trump administration
Our MARCH ISSUE is live: Me and @joelanderson.bsky.social on James Talarico and the Democrats' quest to win in Texas. With contributions from @gregcasar.bsky.social and @adamwren.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/4AUt...
New: Rahm Emanuel, headed to NH and SC this week, is prepping a presidential campaign that’s a rolling rebuke of his own party. Can he really win in 2028? “The answer to that is: It’s a jump ball,” he told me. “Even for the frontrunner, it’s a jump ball.” www.politico.com/news/magazin...
‘Shameless in a Good Way’: Rahm Emanuel Is Already Shaking up 2028
Touring diners and factory floors with the man taking aim at his own party.
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Jason Isbell live solo show with just a guitar and stories—like Jordan dropping 50 with no help, like Messi dribbling alone to goal, like Federer on center court; the crowd, silent in the presence of greatness.
New: Hasan Piker is driving a wedge in the Democratic Party. @playbookdc.bsky.social surveyed 14 potential '28 Dem candidates, asking whether they would appear on a livestream with Piker if invited. Only 3 definitively said they would. My interview w/ Piker: www.politico.com/newsletters/...
Dems’ Piker pickle
And House Republicans move to further extend the already record-breakingly long DHS shutdown...
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Scoop in @playbookdc.bsky.social: @searchlightinst.bsky.social is out today with a new plan and polling aimed at helping Dems take GOP ground lost on immigration. www.politico.com/newsletters/...
Battle for the immigration high ground
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My profile of Rob Sand, the red-state Democrat who has Iowa Republicans swooning. www.politico.com/news/2026/03...
'I’m super-Republican, but you got my vote': The Democratic deer hunter setting his sights on flipping Iowa
Democrats are desperate to find locally authentic candidates after 2024. They think people like Iowa gubernatorial candidate Rob Sand might help.
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Via Politico's playbook and @adamwren.bsky.social: A new Talarico campaign memo shows him beating Paxton AND Cornyn in #TXSen. Cornyn is even more disliked than Paxton in Texas. Likely Republican primary voters strongly prefer Paxton over Cornyn. www.politico.com/playbook
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The unofficial guide to official Washington, every morning and weekday afternoons.
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I wrote the first national profile of @jamestalarico.bsky.social — 2023. I think it holds up well. Read: www.politico.com/news/magazin...
He’s Deeply Religious and a Democrat. He Might Be the Next Big Thing in Texas Politics.
James Talarico confounds Fox News hosts, fights the culture wars by quoting scripture, and has fellow Democrats talking about his statewide future.
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“A perfect storm is lining up for Texas Democrats,” @mmckinnon.bsky.social tells @adamwren.bsky.social. “They have a nominee who can appeal to moderates and soft Republicans. Talarico could be Moses who leads the Lone Star Democrats out of the desert they’ve been in for 35 years.”
Talarico won his primary. What happens next is outside his control.
James Talarico prevailed in a hard-fought Democratic contest. Now he waits to see if he'll face scandal-plagued Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton — or four-term Sen. John Cornyn.
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Here's @adamwren.bsky.social's @jamestalarico.bsky.social profile from June of 2023.
He’s Deeply Religious and a Democrat. He Might Be the Next Big Thing in Texas Politics.
James Talarico confounds Fox News hosts, fights the culture wars by quoting scripture, and has fellow Democrats talking about his statewide future.
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Maryland Gov. Wes Moore: "I don't answer to the Democratic Party." "There is no political party that made me. In fact the Democratic Party put millions of dollars to try to stop me from winning," @iamwesmoore.bsky.social told @adamwren.bsky.social at our Governors Summit.
Scoop in @playbookdc.bsky.social: @jamestalarico.bsky.social raised $2.5 million in the 24-hour period post Colbert.
To folks on here: America is careening toward a post-literacy moment faster than I realized, but this is a screenshot of a tweet excerpting a Times article I neither reported nor wrote.
Sam Youngman@samyoungman.bsky.social · 6mo agoHave you ever once seen the New York Times quote Trump like this?
Exclusive @politico.com: Ahead of a three-day swing in battleground Michigan, Rahm Emanuel is rolling out his fourth(!) policy proposal (transitioning military members in civilian life into the trades). What’s he up to? www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
Another month, another Rahm Emanuel policy proposal. What’s he up to?
Many of Emanuel’s would-be 2028 rivals are still in office and can point to concrete governing or legislating proposals. He needs another way.
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From 2017 through at least 2025, @DemGovs took in more than $1.2m over 46 donations from a longtime ICE contractor that runs some of its most criticized detention facilities. DGA spox says they’re keeping the money: www.politico.com/newsletters/...
Exclusive: Democrats reckon with ICE contractor donations
And a federal judge bars the Trump administration from freezing $16 billion in funding for the huge Gateway tunnel project...
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Exclusive @playbookdc.bsky.social: Democratic campaign groups are reckoning with their yearslong past of banking hundreds of thousands of dollars from a longtime ICE contractor. www.politico.com/newsletters/...
Exclusive: Democrats reckon with ICE contractor donations
And a federal judge bars the Trump administration from freezing $16 billion in funding for the huge Gateway tunnel project...
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Me on the death of the Washington Post sports section. This isn't a day to be nostalgic. It's a day to be angry. www.theringer.com/2026/02/04/m...
Death of a Sports Section
The Washington Post sports department was dismantled before its leaders gave it a chance to change
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