Jonathan Weisman
@jonathanweisman.bsky.social
Chicago-based national editor, recovering political reporter, for The New York Times.
Opposition to datacenters has united Republicans and Democrats, environmentalists and ranchers, social justice warriors and private property advocates. In Alabama, Republicans have pulled a new enemy into their fight against Big Tech: Solar Power??? www.nytimes.com/2026/06/15/u...
G.O.P. Stokes Opposition to Solar Power in Fight Against Data Centers
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‘Spence, what are you doing about housing, because we can’t afford it.’ A new generation of politicians from both parties, many of them renters, are running on the issue of their time, the cost of housing. Gen Z shows some issues are generational, not partisan. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/11/u...
These Young Politicians Want to Fix America’s Housing Problems
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You mean plutocrats. A plutocracy is a society or government that is controlled or heavily influenced by the wealthiest individuals. Derived from the Greek words ploutos (wealth) and kratosh (power), it is a form of oligarchy where money dictates political and socioeconomic decisions
David Corn@davidcorn.bsky.social · 2mo agoOligarchs are cheating you! And the IRS isn't doing anything to stop them.
As Kevin Gonzalez lay in a hospital bed, his gaunt frame ravaged by cancer, his aspirations narrowed to a final wish: seeing his parents before he died. Fulfilling that dream meant a desperate fight against time as his father and mother sat in immigration detention. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/12/u...
A Dying Son, His Detained Parents and a Race to Reunite Before the End
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@debhaalandnm.bsky.social seemed to have a cake walk to history as she campaigned to become the first Native American woman to be elected a governor. Then Sam Bregman, a DA and dad of Alex Bregman, decided to give her a run as a tough-on-crime Democrat. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/24/u...
Deb Haaland’s Historic Run for Governor Hits a Primary Snag
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As Jack Healy notes, a combination of national economic conditions, the Iran war and Republican machinations could put Montana's open Senate seat in play. But the independent candidacy of Seth Bodnar is complicating things, a lot. Do Dems step aside? www.nytimes.com/2026/04/23/u...
An Independent Senate Hopeful Tries to Scare Off Montana Democrats
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With the wind at their backs, Democrats are aggressively expanding the battlefield not just to take the House but to grab a substantial majority in the midterms. Emily Cochrane & Reid Epstein look at the reaches that could move into their grasp. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/19/u...
Democrats Eye a Broader Battlefield to Capture Congress in November
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“We live in a republic!" For years now, Red State politicians have been foiled by citizens' referendums on abortion, minimum wage & Medicaid expansion. Now the legislators are striking back with ways to stop voter initiatives. Kate Zernike looks at how. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/08/u...
Stung by Voters, Republican Legislators Move to Curb Citizen Initiatives
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Young Latino men were a key part of the Trump coalition in 2024, but places like Lexington, Neb., have been hit hard by the economy. Dan Osborn is testing how secure that coalition is now. Sabrina Tavernise finds a new political awareness in the Heartland. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/04/u...
A Meat Plant Closed in Nebraska. Then Politics Became a Focus for These Latinos
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In a party once run by octogenarians, the push for generational change spans the country, from Denver to Maine. Nowhere is the Democrats' fight quite so personal as Memphis, where Steve Cohen is being challenged by a former intern, Justin Pearson. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/01/u...
A Memphis Congressman, His Ex-Intern and the Democrats’ Generational Fights
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Took awhile but AP has called the West Tampa state senate seat for a Democratic electrician and union leader, meaning Democrats won 2 of 3 specials last Tuesday, all in Republican territory. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/30/u...
A Democratic Electrician Nabs a State Senate Seat in Republican Florida
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For years, CPAC has been strictly a pro-Trump, America First gathering, with anti-interventionism the creed. This week, as President Trump pursues war in Iran, organizers tried to make a shift, with mixed results. @richardfausset.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/03/27/u...
At CPAC, the ‘America First’ Crowd Ponders Giving War a Chance
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The showdown btwn Graham Platner & @janetmillsforme.bsky.social is part of a larger generational fight for Democrats. The irony in Maine, the state with the oldest population in the country, may be that many older voters are drawn to the party’s youth movement, too. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/27/u...
In Maine, Many Older Women Prefer the Younger Man for Senate
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Alaska, a petrostate on the edge of failure, is entering a political season with a wide-open governor's race and 1 of the most closely watched Senate races between Dan Sullivan and MaryPeltola. The outcomes will determine the state's future. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/25/u...
A Critical Political Season Could Decide if Alaska Is a Failed ‘Petrostate’
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Whelp, the Democrats just grabbed a special election to represent the Palm Beach district that includes Trump's Mar-a-Lago. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/24/u...
Florida Democrats Win Special Election in Mar-a-Lago’s District
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Republicans and Democrats are arguing over the potential impact of requiring proof of citizenship to register to vote. They could just look at Kansas where a similar law saw 31,000 eligible voters, about 12% of all those who had tried to register, kept from the rolls. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/24/u...
Should You Need to Prove Citizenship to Vote? Ask Kansas.
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While AIPAC has rarely been involved in a race with dueling Jewish candidates, this one, with Ms. Fine and Mr. Biss, is an exception. And the differences between them, on AIPAC and on Israel, mirror some of the divisions tearing through the wider Jewish community. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/05/u...
Once a Bipartisan Stalwart, AIPAC Turns ‘Toxic’ in the Illinois Primaries
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In 2019, the State of New Mexico launched an investigation of Jeffrey Epstein’s Zorro Ranch, then the Trump 1 Justice Department demanded the state stop and turn it over to the feds. The probe then fizzled. Awesome reporting from Reis Thebault. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/01/u...
Epstein’s New Mexico Ranch Gets Scrutiny at Last. It May Be Too Late.
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Meanwhile at the Labor Department: "On Jan. 24, Washington’s Metropolitan Police Department filed a report about forced sexual contact in December at the Labor Department, according to their report, which was viewed by The New York Times." www.nytimes.com/2026/02/19/b...
Labor Secretary’s Husband Barred From the Department After Sexual Assault Reports
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For Amy Acton, service in for the DeWine administration could be a perfect bipartisan calling card for her run for governor. But that service, as Covid czar, brings up a lot of intense emotions. Can she get past what Kate Zernike called "long political Covid"? www.nytimes.com/2026/02/19/u...
Ohio’s Covid Czar Hopes to Be the State’s Democratic Governor
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Far from the glare of big city media and the whistles of protesters, Trump's immigration agents are active in small towns and exurbs, and the impact can be even more dramatic where resources are already stretched and folks aren't prepared for the chaos. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/u...
Beyond the Big Cities, ICE Is Rattling Small-Town and Exurban America
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“There is no compromise. There are lawless, masked, armed men." Pooja Salhotra on why the coming DHS shutdown could be very long. After Minneapolis, Dem voters don't want to give Kristi Noem another penny, even if ICE is funded. The GOP base is just as dug in. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/u...
A D.H.S. Shutdown Looms. Bruised Minnesotans Urge Their Parties to Dig In.
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He raised alarms among colleagues at Labor for social media posts that echoed white supremacists and neo-Nazis. So now he will handle social media for Homeland Security. A great scoop by Evan Gorelick on the 21-yr-old behind all those weird memes on gvt accounts. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/11/u...
Homeland Security Hires Labor Dept. Aide Whose Posts Raised Alarms
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“He’s my first born,” Susan Pretti said. “He’s the one that made me a mother. There was no reason he should have died that day.” Alex Pretti's parents talk to the @nytimes.com Jack Healy. . www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/u...
‘No Reason He Should Have Died’: Alex Pretti’s Parents Open Up
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A beautiful story by Anna Griffin and Loren Elliott on an ICE raid in tiny, deep red Wilder, Idaho, and how it shattered the town's idyllic view of itself. Trump's campaign of mass deportation is everywhere, not just in the headline-grabbing urban centers. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/u...
A Raid in a Small Town Brings Trump’s Deportations to Deep-Red Idaho
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Good news for @aipac1.bsky.social? More ballots have been counted in New Jersey and the candidate AIPAC dumped money against, @tommalinowski.bsky.social, is now down slightly fewer votes, 485, to the candidate who is really critical of Israel that AIPAC boosted, @analilia-mejia.bsky.social. Congrats
“I cry every day,” Judeson said in a shelter 2 days after his release, clutching head in hands and gazed at the ground. “It’s a really bad situation right now.” ICE sweeps people off the streets of Minneapolis, flies them to El Paso, then they're on their own. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/05/u...
Trump’s Migrant Detention Pipeline Extends From Minnesota to El Paso
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From the former Washington Post executive editor, Marty Baron:
