Ben Jacobs
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BREAKING: A Virginia man has been arrested in connection with the placement of two pipe bombs outside the headquarters of the Republican and Democratic National Committees the night before the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, sources said. https://t.co/DAVhZNgaMc
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I don't have a Spotify wrapped to share because I use Pandora. 🤣
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As I wrote about earlier this year for @politico, the rate of impeachment resolutions in the House has skyrocketed in recent years
politico.com
The vast escalation of impeachment efforts in recent years has rendered this once-rare constitutional remedy into a political gimmick.
Shri Thanedar’s holding a rally at Union Station tomorrow morning and introducing articles of impeachment against Pete Hegseth
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Also hearing @ReynosoBrooklyn announcing soon for this seat
Hearing allies to @ZohranKMamdani, including @katz_morris, are encouraging @claireforqueens as she contemplates running in a crowded primary for @NydiaVelazquez's seat. They're telling local/nat'l stakeholders she'd back Mamdani's affordability plans and align with him on Gaza.
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New: PPP poll of MI04 shows Rep. Bill Huizenga (R) leading state Sen. Sean McCann (D), 44-42. Trump 45 fave/49 unfave Huizenga 28 fave/40 unfave
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SCOOP: Ex-Trump campaign manager Brad Parscale assisted the Honduran presidential campaign of Nasry Asfura, the right-wing candidate Trump endorsed. @Parscale says he had nothing to do with Trump's endorsement or his pardon of Juan Orlando Hernandez.
nytimes.com
Brad Parscale advised the campaign of Nasry Asfura, a right-wing candidate who was endorsed by the U.S. president.
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Some very detailed and specific sourcing in this piece, shocked the pentagon’s new press corp couldn’t get this scoop
EXCLU: Hegseth asked Adm. Alvin Holsey to step down, a de facto ouster that was the culmination of months of discord between Hegseth and the Southcom chief. W @VeraMBergen @alexbward
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Nancy Mace tells me “no” she’s not going to resign from her House seat early.
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A common thread among over performing democrats is supporting greater freedom to kill marine life
Southwest Washington has a serious predatory pinniped problem — tens of thousands of massive invasive sea lions are venturing further and further up the Columbia River and its tributaries to gorge on our local salmon. I'm pushing to explore more effective lethal removal options.
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Smart piece on #TN07
A Democratic overperformance that was also a Democratic underperformance. And a cautionary tale about gerrymandering for the GOP. My look at the TN-7 results: https://t.co/9AYJw1VG2a
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Steve Cropper, the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame guitarist who helped form the “Memphis soul” sound on Stax Records recordings by Otis Redding, Wilson Pickett, and Booker T & The M.G.’s, has died at age 84. https://t.co/UAlEgFvHgr
rollingstone.com
Steve Cropper, the Rock Hall-inducted guitarist who helped form the sound of "Memphis soul" with Stax Records, has died at the age of 84.
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Hearing allies to @ZohranKMamdani, including @katz_morris, are encouraging @claireforqueens as she contemplates running in a crowded primary for @NydiaVelazquez's seat. They're telling local/nat'l stakeholders she'd back Mamdani's affordability plans and align with him on Gaza.
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Nancy Mace has told people she is so frustrated with Johnson and sick of the way he has run the House — particularly how women are treated there — that she is planning to huddle with MTG next week to discuss following her lead and retiring early.
nytimes.com
A small group of G.O.P. women have been among the most vocal in raising what their colleagues say is a broader frustration with the speaker.
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Why is a tracker following a retiring member?
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EXCLUSIVE: Mike Johnson works in secret to strip IVF health coverage from defense bill https://t.co/1VvGRj8meJ
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The speaker is working behind closed-doors to remove a provision from the National Defense Authorization Act that would mandate health coverage for in vitro fertilization for all active duty military.
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News: Trump didn’t give Speaker Johnson a heads up that he was granting Dem Rep. Cuellar a pardon NRCC Chair Hudson, who was also blindsided, said the pardon "certainly makes it tougher" to flip the seat W/ @HansNichols
https://t.co/AqR4yo8yoC
axios.com
"I didn't know anything about it," Johnson told Axios.
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FWIW, Texas is in a 5-day staring contest till filing deadline. This poll was from Dems who want to see Cornyn bow out of race altogether. The Cornyn folks leaked this poll last week, presumably hoping to push Hunt to blink and bow out of Senate race: https://t.co/PzdgsWk48i
ijr.com
Three months before Texas voters head to the 2026 primary polls, Republican Sen. John Cornyn has carved out a slight
This is big news. With months till actual first ballot primary, this poll suggests Cornyn could miss runoff and finish third. Team Big John seems to have been unprepared for Hunt’s entry to race & Hunt going full force at Cornyn, trying to KO him from runoff.
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starting a thread of members of congress’ spotify wrapped! 💥💥💥 (and i guess apple music and other streamers are okay too) ty to the members who have sent me their wrapped so far (and if a staffer wants to send me their boss’ wrapped, tysm) updating throughout the day🧵 1/?
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Scoop: Trump pollster Tony Fabrizio advised a group of House Republicans in a closed-door briefing today how to defend against Dems' ACA attacks: pivot hard to drug prices he also gave a Tenn post mortem - saying it was close because Rs didn't talk enough about affordability
politico.com
Tony Fabrizio did not recommend an extension of Obamacare subsidies, as he previously counseled.
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NEW: President Trump “stands by” Secretary Hegseth after Pentagon IG report on SignalGate
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