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National political reporter @bostonglobe. Contributor @The_Almanac. Lapsed Californian. Fan of the 2024 World Series Champion LA Dodgers.
Washington, DC
Joined February 2012
RT @aduehren: How Billy Long fell short at the IRS. w/@maggieNYT .
nytimes.com
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent sought total control over the I.R.S., an agency where Mr. Long, the new commissioner, had started to put his own mark on the job.
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News: Sen @RubenGallego is heading to **New Hampshire** next month for a series of political stops, making him one of the first Dems to test out the 2028 #fitn circuit .
bostonglobe.com
As Democrats continue to litigate their 2024 defeat and grapple over how to craft a winning message again, a growing group of hopefuls are making moves toward 2028.
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From his BasedMikeLee account, Senator Lee posted, then deleted, a document that he said was Fed Chairman Jerome Powell's letter of resignation to Trump
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There's a Democratic primary challenger to @sethmoulton in Mass: Bethany Andres-Beck, a progressive software engineer who is trans.
bethfordemocracy.com
Bethany Andres-Beck is a candidate for Congress running to represent Massachusetts' 6th District.
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As Senate passed BBB, Sen Angus King walked thru the GOP side of the floor and seemed to address individual members before telling them all, "shame on you". King then said it was "the most disgusting vote" he'd ever witnessed.
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Frank Pallone has achieved the One Big Beautiful Bobby Bonilla crossover.
In honor of Bobby Bonilla Day Republicans are about to make a horrible decision for America’s long-term economic future.
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Anthony Weiner is getting 10.5% of the vote trying to return to the New York City Council after 25 years. Surprisingly high? Surprisingly low? you decide
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NEW: Gov. Jared Polis might be the only top Dem official who's embraced any aspect of MAHA. I spoke with him about working with RFK Jr. and the SNAP changes he proposed—as well as his clashes with CO Dems and speculation about a 2028 presidential bid.
bostonglobe.com
Governor Jared Polis of Colorado has stood out among Democrats for his willingness to work with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and his allies on certain priorities.
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This was Rep. Stephen Lynch's third time running for the top Democratic slot on the Oversight Committee—he fell short in 2019 and 2023. The South Boston Dem is still the most senior member of the Oversight panel after Del. Norton of DC.
NEWS: House Democrats vote to elect Rep. Robert Garcia as ranking member of the House Oversight Committee. Garcia - 150.Lynch - 63. Garcia, 47, is only in his second term in Congress, making him Democrats’ least-tenured committee leader. He was previously mayor of Long Beach.
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RT @riley_rogerson: New: As Trump picks high-profile legal fights with prominent Dems, lawmakers are increasingly taking out liability insu….
notus.org
“That’s just, unfortunately, the nature of the job right now and it’s terrible,” one House Democrat told NOTUS. “It’s a terrible way to have to do this work.”
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NEW: There's a new generation of political candidates in New England. Literally. The children of 2 US senators and a member of Congress—and potentially a Bush family scion—are running for office in 2026. A look at the dynasty dynamics, w/ @JamesPindell:.
bostonglobe.com
“You just have to be a little bit different so people take notice, but you don’t want to shock them into disbelief,” said former New Hampshire governor Chris Sununu, who followed his father and...
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NEW: Maine's lobster fishery has weathered many challenges—but there's deep anxiety that the impact of Trump's trade moves could overwhelm the iconic industry. "I think there's going to be a lot of people who don't survive," one lobsterman told me.
bostonglobe.com
As the peak of Maine’s lobster season inches closer, the industry and its advocates are frustrated by their inability to plan for what comes next.
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We're gonna chalk up today's White Sox loss to the Supreme Pontiff not being quite onboarded yet
Plot thickens: per @stltoday reporting, Pope Leo XIV is a WHITE SOX fan—not a Cubs fan.
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Plot thickens: per @stltoday reporting, Pope Leo XIV is a WHITE SOX fan—not a Cubs fan.
stltoday.com
“Never in my life did I think that someone that I knew was going to be the pope. I mean, I sat at a kitchen table and drank coffee with
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