mattlaslo.bsky.social
@mattlaslo.bsky.social
Veteran congressional reporter (from VICE to WIRED), political comms professor, public speaker, etc. Founder: AskaPol.com & TheLCB.com
WATCH: @aoc.bsky.social praises 'magic' mushrooms for showing "early promise" combating PTSD in interview with @askapol.bsky.social Transcript at Ask a Pol Politics on Substack. Video courtesy of @pabloreports.bsky.social @meidastouch.com www.askapolpolitics.com/p/watch-aoc-...
SHAME on @Chewy! To attempt to cancel an autoship on Chewy, the first option is “my pet passed away.” Heartless. 1) Chewy cares more about money than our best friends 2) Chewy cares more about money than our best friends 3) Chewy cares more about money than our best friends…
Trump out of context: At Camp David cabinet meeting Trump discusses drug prices
Seems Pete Hegseth took his testosterone shot ahead of #Trump’s cabinet meeting at Camp David
Trump out of context: At Camp David cabinet meeting Trump discusses drug prices
NEW: “I Won’t Change the Filibuster,” writes freshman Senator John Curtis in @wsj.com “It protects the rights of the minority in the Senate—even when it’s a minority of one” www.wsj.com/opinion/i-wo...
Opinion | I Won’t Change the Filibuster
It protects the rights of the minority in the Senate—even when it’s a minority of one.
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Hallway outside Dr. Fauci’s testimony on Capitol Hill.
A Republican civil war is emerging over President Donald Trump’s stalled attorney general nominee, Todd Blanche. Read more from @mattlaslo.bsky.social here: www.rawstory.com/raw-investig...
'Republican on Republican violence': GOP civil war threat after Todd Blanche vote derailed
WASHINGTON — A Republican civil war is emerging over President Donald Trump’s stalled attorney general nominee, Todd Blanche.President Donald Trump is now threatening to pull Blanche’s nomination unti...
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Confirming Todd Blanche as Attorney General is not going as easy as Republicans once thought. Capitol Hill reporter Matt Laslo has the details at RawStory.com. #ToddBlanche #JohnCornyn #ThomThillis #AntiWeaponizationFund
Behind the scenes with @mattlaslo.bsky.social as Dr. Anthony Fauci exits the hearing and Senator Rand Paul threatens contempt. 👀 Stay tuned to RawStory.com for details.
America is in its worst measles outbreak in 35 years, but Senate Republicans spent Wednesday stoking vaccine skepticism at the Dr. Anthony Fauci hearing. Read @mattlaslo.bsky.social's full article about today: www.rawstory.com/raw-investig...
'Intentionally got measles': Republican drops bizarre remark minutes after Fauci barrage
WASHINGTON — America’s in the midst of its worst measles outbreak in 35 years, but you wouldn’t know that from watching Republicans on the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee rip...
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President Trump promising to build “largest garage in the world” at DC’s Dulles Airport.
WTF is a “…a heavenly version of Mar-a-Lago…”?
NEW: Forget Graham Platner, Maine Democrats' push tribal sovereignty for the Wabanaki Nations at this weekend’s US Senate nominating convention Full (unpaywalled) post at @askapol.bsky.social Politics on Substack. Cameo: @tomwilliams.bsky.social www.askapolpolitics.com/p/forget-gra...
BFD!
mattlaslo.bsky.social@mattlaslo.bsky.social · last wk.NEW: Forget Graham Platner, Maine Democrats' push tribal sovereignty for the Wabanaki Nations at this weekend’s US Senate nominating convention Full (unpaywalled) post at @askapol.bsky.social Politics on Substack. Cameo: @tomwilliams.bsky.social www.askapolpolitics.com/p/forget-gra...
NEW: Forget Graham Platner, Maine Democrats' push tribal sovereignty for the Wabanaki Nations at this weekend’s US Senate nominating convention Full (unpaywalled) post at @askapol.bsky.social Politics on Substack. Cameo: @tomwilliams.bsky.social www.askapolpolitics.com/p/forget-gra...
Mitch McConnell may be MIA, but that doesn’t mean his team isn’t puppet master of Capitol Hill. Don’t miss my latest peek in back of the veil. www.msn.com/en-ca/news/o...
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Raw Story@rawstory.com · 2w agoIn the past year, Sen. Mitch McConnell slowly started relying on his security detail to keep him steady. Then it became routine to see him pushed through the Capitol’s marble halls in a wheelchair. Read more in the article linked above. 📸: @mattlaslo.bsky.social
Credible sexual assault allegations aren’t a problem to Trump — a weak response is the problem. “I think Platner might have done surprisingly well, because we’re in the age of Trump,” President Trump said at #WHCA dinner. “He certainly didn’t defend himself very well.”
Credible sexual assault allegations aren’t a problem to Trump — a weak response is the problem. “I think Platner might have done surprisingly well, because we’re in the age of Trump,” President Trump said at #WHCA dinner. “He certainly didn’t defend himself very well.”
Mitch McConnell may be MIA, but that doesn’t mean his team isn’t puppet master of Capitol Hill. Don’t miss my latest peek in back of the veil. www.msn.com/en-ca/news/o...
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Raw Story@rawstory.com · 2w agoIn the past year, Sen. Mitch McConnell slowly started relying on his security detail to keep him steady. Then it became routine to see him pushed through the Capitol’s marble halls in a wheelchair. Read more in the article linked above. 📸: @mattlaslo.bsky.social
In the past year, Sen. Mitch McConnell slowly started relying on his security detail to keep him steady. Then it became routine to see him pushed through the Capitol’s marble halls in a wheelchair. Read more in the article linked above. 📸: @mattlaslo.bsky.social
NEW: Even senior Dems are now apologists for Mitch McConnell's disappearance “Makes sense,” Senate Democratic Whip (#2) @DickDurbin tells me. www.msn.com/en-ca/news/o...
BREAKING: I’m suing the Trump Administration for holding millions of public safety dollars hostage in an attempt to take control of our elections.
Trump compares his war in Iran to Vietnam and Afghanistan, then pivots to talking about his trip yesterday for the dignified transfer and says "that's 18 in two wars"
School’s out for summer…in the House of Representatives, at least. Lawmaker’s month+long August recess 🏝️ has begun, and they were itching’ to flee DC. *Senate has two more weeks scheduled, but we’ll see…
NEW Exclusive: “They cheated,” Sen. Tommy Tuberville argues to @mattlaslo.bsky.social that Trump “legitimately won” 2020 election Full (unpaywalled) post at Ask a Pol Politics on Substack. www.askapolpolitics.com/p/tuberville...
When your IPO plummets: “Limited IPO merch collection,” reads SpaceX ad on Elon Musk’s X.
