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BREAKING: Wichita passenger flight collides with helicopter over Washington, D.C. www.kansascity.com/news/local/a...

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If you work for a company, state govt, etc seriously affected by the federal funding freeze, or there is serious concern + confusion about effects, I’m reporting on this and want to talk. Same for the agencies — is it utter chaos? Are there key programs you’re worried about?

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Fun thread

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NEW: Republicans say they found their winning electoral issue: Anti-trans attacks. And the attacks have left Democrats flat-footed. “It just simply could be the case that it’s a losing issue for Democrats,” one House Democrat said. w/ @alexroarty.bsky.social www.notus.org/2026-electio...

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Departing Rep. Jamaal Bowman calls his primary defeat "a public execution for the country to see." “Democrats, you're going to allow this Black man to be attacked in this way, without any pushback, without any recourse?” ny1.com/nyc/all-boro...

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NEW Evan Gershkovich, the Wall Street Journal reporter who was held in a Russian prison for 478 days on sham charges, is back at the Wall Street Journal with a major story on the spy unit which is overseeing the worst repression of Russians since Stalin.

submitted 75 days ago • 19 comments

such essential, clarifying reporting from @robinsonmeyer.bsky.social on what's left for federal permitting reform, and the choices lawmakers have now to make. so highly recommend heatmap.news/politics/per...

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Tim Scott keeps hiring staffers at the NRSC. The MAGA wing, including Chris LaCivita, keeps getting upset about it. On the tension over staffing at a key GOP political committee, w/new details on Scott's old campaign manager being tapped for a senior leadership role www.notus.org/trump-transi...

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There continues to be no reason to think that Republican efforts on transgender issues will be confined to kids www.themarshallproject.org/2024/12/10/n...

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How Dave McCormick Won and Created a Blueprint for Republican Campaigns Tl;dr: low propensity voters might displace suburban voters as the primary focus of Republican congressional campaigns www.notus.org/2024-electio...

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“Syria's army command has notified officers that President Bashar al-Assad's rule has ended following a lightning rebel offensive … Syrian rebels said Damascus was ‘now free of Assad.’” www.reuters.com/world/middle...

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I scooped this on other place, sorry News: @AOC has formally launched her bid to be ranking Democrat on the Oversight Committee Here’s her letter: punchbowl.news/wp-content/u...

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seems pretty clear this is a very big story that the post-covid political system is trying to avoid like, uh, a plague of some kind

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NEW: Some abortion rights supporters want Biden to preemptively mass pardon abortion providers and patients in case Trump enforces the Comstock Act But it doesn't seem to be that easy "So many unintended consequences” could come from that, Rep. Becca Balint told me www.notus.org/whitehouse/c...

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NEW: Biden has the lowest presidential pardon record in modern history After he pardoned his son, criminal justice advocates are wondering why he hasn’t looked at the thousands of clemency petitions on his desk “He must act,” Rep. Ayanna Pressley said www.notus.org/whitehouse/b...

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Even with so many appointees already under fire, Trump has doubled down on defiance. Rather than turning to more credentialed and respected choices, he keeps naming more ideological warriors, conspiracy theorists and even family members to senior posts. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/02/u...

submitted 86 days ago • 76 comments

New from me: The Golden At-Bat rule could give us a Trout vs. Ohtani WBC moment in almost every game. But is it worth it? www.nytimes.com/athletic/596...

submitted 86 days ago • 113 comments

“Maybe statistically this will be disproven, but I think, given the ’16 experience and this experience, it’s probably a bigger burden to be elected president running as a woman than as a person of color.” apple.news/A3Ob4WktrRmK...

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MBA programs need to study Mike Tomlin's player-management philosophy and turn it into an entire degree path steelersdepot.com/2024/12/rave...

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Some Democratic strategists "grumble that the party has only recruited candidates who neatly align with the views of the party’s socially liberal college-educated voter bloc." with @evanmcs.bsky.social, on Ds re-examining what kind of candidates they recruit www.notus.org/democrats/fu...

submitted 86 days ago • 0 comments

Last year, Patel said he would “come after the people in the media who lied about American citizens, who helped Joe Biden rig presidential elections. We’re going to come after you, whether it’s criminally or civilly — we’ll figure that out.”

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The Rockets are super fun again

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Political Wire is now posting on Bluesky as @politicalwire.com Please help me build a following by reposting this for your network. Thank you!

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scale: a story in two charts

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Breaking: newly tabulated Merced Co. ballots cut #CA13 Rep. John Duarte's (R) lead from 1,564 votes to just 227 votes. This is going down to the wire, and an Adam Gray (D) win would cost the GOP another House seat.

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🚨The last truly toss-up House race is now a 227-vote race. The rematch between Republican Rep. John Duarte and Democrat Adam Gray is once again coming down to the wire. In 2022, Duarte won by 564 votes. This would be the closest House result of the year!

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SCOOP: House Dems are brushing off GOP attacks on Sarah McBride That’s because McBride, who will be Congress’ 1st openly trans member, told them to “‘We got work we need to to do, don’t forget that,’ and that’s what she’s telling a lot of members,” one Dem told me www.notus.org/congress/dem...

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House Democrats are brushing off Republican attacks on Rep.-elect Sarah McBride. That’s because McBride, who will become the first openly transgender member of Congress, told them to. From @oriana.bsky.social www.notus.org/congress/dem...

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Elon’s personal anti-trans animus and anger at censorship of anti-trans speech really affected the discourse. Below, the first three pages of replies to a congresswoman posting a photo of herself and Sarah McBride.

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Bob Casey Hasn’t Conceded His Race. It’s Getting Complicated for Democrats. www.notus.org/2024-electio...

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Of note: Tillis folks are already sufficiently convinced Cooper might actually run for Senate in NC that they're attacking his electoral record as unimpressive Not a sure thing that he'll run, ofc, but Dems have likely identified their white whale recruit for '26 www.notus.org/congress/sen...

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“There’s a groundswell to help recalibrate this relationship with China." On congressional support for Trump's coming trade fight with China www.notus.org/congress/tru...

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Texas Dems have lost a lot, and now they’re worried about their political future. www.notus.org/texas/texas-...

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