Benjamin S. Weiss

Covering the conservative movement for @huffpost. 35mm enthusiast 📸 “Mustache” - Sen. Chuck Schumer 🥸 Cap Hill motorsport & games expert 🏁 DM for Signal

[Benjamin S. Weiss @BenjaminSWeiss]

👋 NEWS: Today's my first day covering the conservative movement for @HuffPost. Add me to your press lists & hit me up for a coffee! Hill friends, I'm still staking my claim in the House periodical gallery so come say hi.

Tips: benjamin.weiss@huffpost dot com

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Warning lights from Dem staffers: "We are not off to a good start."

[Organizermemes @OrganizerMemes]

Anon message from house democratic staffer on staff frustration with the leadership's back to back own goals

[Manu Raju @mkraju]

Asked GOP Rep. David Joyce about Rs/WH signaling they’re doubling down on MAGA agenda and taking steps to show they are ready to fight.

“We can't double down on stupid,” he old me. “What happened to us was a message clear and very loud that people don't like the way we're been moving in the wrong direction, and you can't lie to people about the things that they feel.

“They feel it at the pump. They feel it at the grocery store. They feel it in their kids' education, in the potential for losing their jobs to AI. And we haven't done anything to address those, and so that's something that to look forward to trying to address and create a plan and action to move forward. “

[Arthur Delaney 🇺🇸 @ArthurDelaneyHP]

The No 3 House Dem tells me full attendance by Dems wouldn't have changed the Hegseth impeachment vote outcome.

"If only the Democrats showed up, Republicans would have held it open for a while."

https://t.co/xMRs7mX3wK

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Cruz on a Nick Fuentes clip about criticism of Israel:

[Ted Cruz @tedcruz]

Tragically, every word of this is accurate.

It’s a foreign influence op that is ripping our Nation apart 👇👇👇

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RITCHIE TORRES introducing a bill to protect physical media/ownership in video games:

[Ritchie Torres @RitchieTorres]

The shift toward digital-only gaming is restricting gamers’ affordability and access to their own games.

Imagine purchasing a video game, only to discover a few years later that you can no longer play it—even though you paid for it.

I am introducing the Power to the Players Act to defend your right to own, transfer, and play the games you purchase.

It’s time to return power where it belongs: to the players.

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@Brad_Howard_ I’m taking a huge gamble on my series S so will report back on how it runs

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It’s happening (in a week)

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Minnesota Rep-elect Matt Little on TikTok: “You guys have to quit it. I am not Nathan Fielder. I am a real person.” https://t.co/mkreObmoVr

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plus PR pitches are where the heat is!
https://t.co/lUKm9LsePX

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I am calling for an immediate hold on all PR story pitch emails

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i didn't realize we were Discoursing on journos and PR folks but as a reporter who until recently exclusively covered politics at small pubs i was always grateful to be added to anyone's email list

[Ben Mullin @BenMullin]

My (very late) PR take: reporters shouldn’t be dismissive of the people who have all the information.

And remember: Good reporters and PR people both spend a hefty portion of their days launching phone calls and emails into the void.

There is a measure of solidarity in the rejection we must all endure to get our jobs done.

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@natsfert fellow ball knower

[Natalie Fertig @natsfert]

calling a vintage Land Cruiser an SUV is like calling a Birkin a purse.

[HuffPost @HuffPost]

Now leading HuffPost:

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☀️ FRONT OF @HuffPost AM: Jim Jordan’s election to lead the House Republican minority is the latest signal of the GOP’s rightward shift post-midterms — and a double down on Trump despite voters’ rejection of the president just a week ago.

More ⤵️ https://t.co/A7aY4vao9J

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I'm not 100% certain but I think the "police escort of a bus" Rep. Stansbury is saying kept her and others from making it to the Hegseth impeachment vote was the bus of new members of Congress arriving at the Capitol. We saw them pull up from the House steps.

[Rep. Melanie Stansbury @Rep_Stansbury]

Tonight, House Republicans used a procedural motion to kill the impeachment of Pete Hegseth, by referring it to the Judiciary Committee.

Like other Members of Congress, Rep. Stansbury was blocked from entering the Capitol to vote due a traffic incident and a police escort of a bus during the vote. When she reached the chamber the vote had just gaveled out. She immediately filed a report of her vote of “NO” to the motion meant to kill the impeachment articles and refer them to the Judiciary Committee, as documented in the Congressional Record.

Pete Hegseth must be impeached now.

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And Rep. @SarahEMcBride calls this probe “McCarthyism, plain and simple.”

“It’s one more example of the far right weaponizing both state and federal departments of justice to go after political opponents. It’s shameful.”

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🚨 NEW: Florida Republicans, who narrowly survived last week's GOP wipeout, are now turning their guns on the ascendant left.

State AG James Uthmeier has announced he is investigating @DemSocialists and its recent delegations to Cuba and China.

More on @HuffPost ⤵️ https://t.co/taxAMA3vIb

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Here’s @AOC on my report that the Florida AG is investigating DSA.

“I don’t think they’ve earned the benefit of the doubt when it comes to politically motivated attacks.”

[Benjamin S. Weiss @BenjaminSWeiss]

🚨 NEW: Florida Republicans, who narrowly survived last week's GOP wipeout, are now turning their guns on the ascendant left.

State AG James Uthmeier has announced he is investigating @DemSocialists and its recent delegations to Cuba and China.

More on @HuffPost ⤵️ https://t.co/taxAMA3vIb

[Arthur Delaney 🇺🇸 @ArthurDelaneyHP]

Speaker Johnson on selecting Jordan as his GOP successor:

“He’s a fighter and I think that’s the signal that is being sent here. We are ready to dig in for a fight.”

What election?

https://t.co/auWoP5Oi7V

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two days before gta 6 btw

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🧐 Just scheduled: @HawleyMO will chair a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing this month on Roblox and online gaming more broadly.