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daveweigel.bsky.social
National politics reporter at semafor.com. Alum: WashPost, Bloomberg, Slate, Reason. Author of “The Show That Never Ends.”
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And it's over - Ciattarelli landslide (as expected), clear Sherrill win on D side (also expected). I saw some R strategists today musing about how anti-ICE protests would be a Dem "litmus test," but Baraka making that the focal point of his campaign and getting smoked proves that wrong, I think.

you saw the catch now read @davidjroth.bsky.social defector.com/i-think-this...

Locking in for primary night www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVAx...

idk man, sounded pretty gnarly in that Everclear song.

All of L.A. is not a ‘war zone.’ We separate facts from spin and disinformation amid immigration raids, protests throughout the city. Latest w/ @karenmg.bsky.social @tarantulaarms.bsky.social www.latimes.com/california/s...

CNN - ABC News is parting ways with veteran correspondent Terry Moran, two days after he posted a missive on X calling President Donald Trump and deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller “world-class haters.” www.cnn.com/2025/06/10/m...

My preview of #NJGov primaries tomorrow, with the usual fun stuff from the trail www.semafor.com/article/06/0...

100% right. You can pivot after you answer the Q. But if you just say "this is a distraction," people intuit that you're scared and don't want to talk about the Q.

Communities across the U.S. that are puzzling over what to do about cuts the Trump administration made to projects and programs passed with bipartisan support in Congress that no one imagined would be in danger.

Bumpin’ that youtu.be/FYyDQ2_JE70?...

Per message from University of Michigan interim President, the contracts with outside investigators detailed here have been cancelled. Good. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Federal law specifies that members of Congress can access any DHS facility, including ICE detention centers, but two US representatives were denied entry today: www.nytimes.com/2025/06/08/n...

Newsom: "Arrest me. Let's just get it over with, tough guy. I don't give a damn ... Tom, arrest me. Let's go."

It’s not just that it’s clearly intentional, it’s that it’s clearly intentional knowing that he’s being recorded. They know they can do whatever they want with complete impunity.

I think it’s a huge misconception we need a single app that grows infinitely and makes everyone happy. This is a “business” mindset. And that model has consistently failed. It’s also driven families apart. This is Threads model now and it’s a censorship machine. I’m good with the community we have.

Quick video from a NYC mayoral forum for Jewish voters tonight — Zohran Mamdani explaining why he’d have Netanyahu arrested if he came to NY.

New Jersey campaign trail always delivers

"Actually, it's pronounced 'Roku's Basilica'."

One of the best things about Posting is you never know what obscure preoccupations your followers have. There will be a guy who has followed you for years and never said anything but then one day you disparage applesauce and he activates like a sleeper agent and dedicates his life to destroying you

It’s rare that you can do something so stupid you can combine two classic tweets but here we are

Bumpin’ that youtu.be/lUEN_QiKEFk?...

Ro Khanna tells me he's talked to a Musk confidant about Elon helping Dems win the midterms www.semafor.com/article/06/0...

Great catering on the set!

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Kash Patel says the FBI won't release certain Jeffrey Epstein videos because "We're not gonna re-victimize women."

Smart and fun piece by @jim.londoncentric.media of @londoncentric.media for @semafor.com looking at the parallels between Musk-Trump and Cummings-Johnson www.semafor.com/article/06/0...

“But Micklethwait’s surprise was down to the fact that Lange’s editor, Kriston Capps, had bypassed Bloomberg’s official awards process and quietly submitted for the Pulitzer without informing anyone within the organisation..." hell yeah, @kristoncapps.bsky.social talkingbiznews.com/media-news/t...

Read KJP’s last memoir (pubbed when she was at MoveOn, before the Biden campaign) and learned that she passed on being Iowa director for Obama 2008 bc Iowa was cold and she didn’t want to live there.

I've spent years following a right-wing influencer who's made a career out of outrage. I wanted to understand why he does it. What does his career look like, his income? Here's what I found. GIFT LINK www.nytimes.com/2025/06/06/t...

If Gen Z really wants to dunk on millennials, they should learn about Foursquare and go around saying stuff like, "I hear you're the mayor of this Panera Bread."

How to win zoomers over to means-testing: Re-brand it as "making tier lists."

Absolutely bodied by my wife. Not coming back from this

Well… I guess they have legs now

Book check

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Stack em up high, take em on a drive, put em in a belt holdin’ one plus five youtu.be/VJV4ElKQTSM?...

“The University of Michigan is using private, undercover investigators to surveil pro-Palestinian campus groups, including trailing them on and off campus, furtively recording them and eavesdropping on their conversations…”

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My politics? Watching tv shows no one has thought about in five years and pretending to get mad at them. Watch your ass “Wings”