Alex Roarty

Not from Pennsylvania. @cumberlink alum. Politics reporter at @NOTUSreports. [email protected]

[Jeremy Barr @jeremymbarr]

Chief correspondent Jim Axelrod reported the story on the CBS Evening News. "It's been a tumultuous three days for CBS News," he said."

A pretty transparent story about the controversy ... and a look back on Pelley's career.

Then Tony Dokoupil offered his own recollection on working with Pelley: "He believed freedom of the press — to quote Madison — was the right that guaranteed all the others, and the stakes are always that high. And that if you made it to CBS News you were among the best in the world. He worked every single day to live up to that standard." (The show then rolled the tape on some of Pelley's past work.)

[Oriana González @ReporterOriana]

SCOOP: House Ethics is investigating leaks around its 2023 investigation into Jim Costa

The committee sent letters to former committee members asking if they disclosed any information reported by @NOTUSreports in May about the Costa probe

w/@kadiagoba
https://t.co/gKwQcx6UYZ

[Joe Gould @reporterjoe]

Republicans Split as House Advances Ukraine Aid Bill

“A lot of people joined the Republican Party because of Ronald Reagan. What would he do here?” said @RepBrianFitz.

“The Democrats want to tie the president’s hands,” said @RepBrianMast.

https://t.co/566h8eghex

[Hamed Ahmadi @ahmadihamed_]

NEW: The House voted 215-208 to limit Trump’s Iran war powers, the first successful House vote after three failed attempts.

Four Republicans joined Democrats: Massie, Fitzpatrick, Barrett and Davidson.
https://t.co/GNyf844hJA

[Avani Kalra @avanidkalra]

Senate Republicans finally advanced their party-line immigration enforcement bill after the White House dropped its ‘anti-weaponization’ fund.

But some Republican Senators still want to see a measure attached to nix or restrict the fund.

https://t.co/y0mibQOZ4E

[Igor Bobic @igorbobic]

Anxiety is running high among Dems in DC about Platner, but there's been a teflon-like quality about his support in Maine (at least so far), where the more stuff comes out, the more people love him.

"I’m never looking for a political candidate that says, ‘I’ve done no wrong ever,’ because what would that make me?" one fan said last week

"I think Platner’s problems are minuscule compared to Trump," said another

https://t.co/MIjPdG1ryQ

[Alex Roarty @Alex_Roarty]

russian darren rovvell: Мне жаль нашу страну, но это просто потрясающий контент.

[Mike Eckel @Mike_Eckel]

Bonkers video from earlier today in St. Petersburg, where Russian police try to shoot down a Ukrainian drone, while bystanders casually video the effort (and the burning oil terminal in the background).

[Oriana González @ReporterOriana]

Last night, Jim Desmond and Marni Von Wilpert advanced to the #CA48 race in November

Ammar Campa-Najjar, a DC favorite, came in 3rd

Here’s a story I wrote about Campa-Najjar’s 4th run for office, which he indicated to me would be his last time running
https://t.co/xCxOgtYrZh

[Dave Levinthal @davelevinthal]

“Some Democrats are worried Graham Platner’s sext messages could ruin their chances of retaking the Senate majority, with rumors swirling about potentially even more shoes to drop …” — @igorbobic @notusreports https://t.co/mYWcJEtmZW

[Elena Schneider @ec_schneider]

NEW - As doubts swirl about Maine, Dems look to Iowa for another Senate path.

Josh Turek, the DC fav, won big last night w/ help from $10M in outside spending.

https://t.co/5rFxx4ZzQ8

[Manuela Silva @manuelas957]

BREAKING: SCOTUS rules on Alabama congressional map, clearing the way for Republicans to use a map that favors Republicans in all but one of the state's 7 congressional districts, leaving only one majority-Black district in the state. 1/2

https://t.co/Yw2vxOTGbh

[Brian Rosenwald @brianros1]

On the baseline: if it moved, it's slight. Iowa was 10.5 points to the right of the nation in 2016 & 11.74 to the right in 2024. Very reasonable to think that the environment could be 1 point worse for Rs than 2018 & Hinson isn't an incumbent governor.

[Igor Bobic @igorbobic]

Schumer v Warren shadow match results in a win for Schumer

[Alex Roarty @Alex_Roarty]

it all makes the Senate race a pretty good barometer in November if you want to figure out if the political environment was better for Dems this year than it was during the first Trump midterm.

[Alex Roarty @Alex_Roarty]

The case Democrats make for Iowa's competitiveness this year is that whatever effect Trump has had on the national political environment, the fallout has been concentrated in Iowa. Cuts to rural healthcare, tariffs that affect Ag, and more recently, the rising price of fertilizer -- all dispraportinately affect the state

[Alex Roarty @Alex_Roarty]

of course 13 points is a giant hole to dig out of, and Dems said the same things about Iowa in '18 only to again fall short in the guv race. The state's baseline is redder now than it was then. And Hinson is considered a stronger candidate than any of the GOP guv nominees

[Alex Roarty @Alex_Roarty]

@daveweigel ads just featured him direct-to-camera repeating 'I AM TUREK' over and over again

[Oriana González @ReporterOriana]

As soon as NJ polls closed, the AP declared Tom Kean Jr. the official GOP nominee in #NJ07

Kean has been absent from the House for ~3 months and missed over 100 votes

Still, the NRCC says Kean "has been a tireless advocate for New Jersey families"
https://t.co/zw2jRnrg86

[Hamed Ahmadi @ahmadihamed_]

NEW: Trump’s appointment of Bill Pulte as acting DNI could make a fragile FISA deal even harder.

Sen. Tillis warned the move could complicate reauthorization. Leader Jeffries said it could jeopardize the legislation that was “already on life support.”

https://t.co/6D6Tc3TRCi