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Tal Kopan

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Deputy D.C. Bureau Chief, @BostonGlobe [email protected] Tal rhymes with fall, not pal.

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I get a lot of “why is this paywalled” tweets. Yes, well-reported news is essential. But do you expect grocery stores to be free? Or clothing retailers? Good journalism costs money. Please subscribe to your local news. SFChronicle.com/Subscribe


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Notably in Jeffries presser, he did not mention his frequent use of "extreme MAGA Republicans" once -- could be a sign of early messaging shift Dems are seeking.


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This is a great example of how these “news aggregators” distort things. This is the AdWeek story this appears to be based on – it says these brands’ advertising on X is down 98% from 2023! adweek.com/media/advertis…

BREAKING: Disney, IBM, Comcast, Warner Bros. Discovery, and Lionsgate Entertainment will be resuming advertising on X after boycotting the platform last year.



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New - @yassaminansari, who will be the youngest woman in Congress and first Iranian American Dem, is running for Dem caucus freshman president


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I love ~75% of the "waste" identified here comes from interest payments on the debt. Does @elonmusk understand that you can't eliminate interest payments on the debt unless you do something about the reason those interest payments exist? Is there a plan to change bond markets?

Here’s what the U.S. Government wasted $900 Billion of your tax dollars on in 2023. The Department of Government Efficiency (@DOGE) will fix this. America deserves leaders that prioritize sensible spending.

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The least surprising thing in history. Gottheimer, who has $20.4M in his campaign account, is going for the governorship

Rep. Josh Gottheimer makes it official: He's running for governor of New Jersey northjersey.com/story/news/pol… via @northjersey



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It's clear that Trump's team has already pencilled in a Democratic House in 2027 (Susie Wiles basically said this). No president, outside 9/11 Bush, has been *popular* in the midterms. So you may as well just do everything you want, and then let the chips fall where they will.

Trump is really over-reaching his mandate, which was based on anti-incumbent feeling and Dem disappointment, but instincts of both GOP and Dem is to roll over. A very risky moment.



Ok hit me up on that other place that's now in vogue if you want to show me that hype is real. Same handle


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I regularly read the Italian papers, both to help with my language proficiency and because they're often funny. Here's how Trump noms are described: Tulsi "Moscow's girlfriend" Hegseth "a Crusade fan" RFK "No-Vax Kennedy Who Betrayed His Family" Noem "shot her dog in cold blood"


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NEWS: I caught her up with Ethics Chair Michael Guest this AM. He told me this morning that the group has only postponed, not canceled, a meeting to discuss the panel's report about Matt Gaetz. Guest declined to say whether the panel is open to sharing it with the Senate…


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SCALISE was asked about RFK’s views on vaccines: “Look, ultimately, he's going to be carrying out President Trump's agenda. You know, everybody comes in,with their own ideas, whether it's going to be RFK, whether it's Marco Rubio and foreign policy, but ultimately, when you take…


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“The coalition when Democrats have won has always been w/Latinos. The one time we don’t perform for you, now you’re just gonna throw us out? Well, you can throw us out, but there is no winning any other way,” Gallego said. “We all have to work together.” washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/…


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The Onion CEO @oneunderscore__, a Mass. native, took a break from figuring out what to do with Infowars' warehouse of supplements to talk about winning the bid for the conspiracy theory site, and how his "Massholeness" probably influenced the deal. bostonglobe.com/2024/11/15/bus…


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UPDATE: @FedSoc SVP Dean Reuter opens Friday session with what sounded like a quasi-apology to Vladeck. "We're only able to have debate and discussion if we can get people of divergent views to join our convention....We couldnt say true to our form without them," adding…

NEW: Gorsuch & Breyer were the official surprises at Day 1 of #fedsoc2024 but what everyone was buzzing about was the prickly exchange between 5th Cir Judge Edith Jones & Prof @steve_vladeck over his critique of judgeshopping in Texas. More in @playbookdc politico.com/newsletters/pl…



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1/3 There’s growing X chatter re the strange story of 2 guys who tried to extort Matt Gaetz dad for $25m in return for them using DOJ contacts to kill the sex-trafficking probe It’s true —& has a Russian oligarch, Israel & Dilbert tie Me in 2021 👇 politico.com/news/2021/09/2…


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🚨NY POST - "The overriding rule of medicine is: First, do no harm. We’re certain installing Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to head Health and Human Services breaks this rule." nypost.com/2024/11/14/opi…


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NBC News: The House Ethics Committee has canceled its meeting — scheduled for today — where it was planning to discuss the yearslong investigation into Matt Gaetz.


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NEW: Trump defense secretary nominee Pete Hegseth was investigated seven years ago by Monterey police for an alleged sexual assault at hotel in the seaside city. City manager’s office just confirmed to @sfchronicle No charges filed. sfchronicle.com/us-world/artic…


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Yep, we wrote about this earlier (Trump also spoke to the Libertarians, an actual third party). Much like Biden built an anti-MAGA coalition, Trump went for anyone upset with liberals for any reason. semafor.com/article/08/27/…

Best way to understand the RFK and Tulsi appointments is that Trump assembling a government based on his electoral coalition and Tulsi and RFK Jr are essentially small party leaders



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Think significant Senate Republican opposition could derail controversial Trump nominees like Matt Gaetz and RFK Jr.? You might need to think again. bostonglobe.com/2024/11/14/nat…


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According to two sources, Wiles was briefed Wednesday night about an allegation that Hegseth had acted inappropriately with a woman. One of the sources said the alleged incident took place in Monterey, California, in 2017.

Trump transition team had a meeting today to discuss sexual assault allegations against Sec of Defense nominee @PeteHegseth (he denies it) vanityfair.com/news/story/pet…



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