Jonathan Allen

3 X NYT-bestselling author, 2 X #1 | order ‘FIGHT’ at link below | senior national politics reporter, @nbcnews | @amieparnes' intern | retired amateur pitcher

[Natasha Korecki @natashakorecki]

New @NBCNews poll of Texas Hispanic voters shows a sharp swing to Dems since going for Trump in 2024.
Still, Dems are below Beto's 2018 level of 64%

Among Hispanic voters
Talarico 54%
Paxton 36%
Undecided 10%

Hinojosa 52%
Abbott 39%
Undecided 9%

https://t.co/DUGVuCnBNW

[Jonathan Allen @jonallendc]

Octogenarian Rep. Rosa DeLauro to Zoomer-ticians: Hold my tat pen ...

[Natasha Korecki @natashakorecki]

Pritzker once joked he put the "Gov" in Wegovy

He's now finally disclosed that GLP-1 is behind his weight loss. He's down 80 pounds and walks 4 miles a day.

@MaryAnnAhernNBC reports

https://t.co/WVsshTBfgN

[Jonathan Allen @jonallendc]

Fire Dan Quinn before the game is over.

[Jonathan Allen @jonallendc]

Wild, and heartwarming, to see @morgan_freeman at Ole Miss getting cheered by the students.

When he graduated from high school in the mid-1950s, it would be another 7 years until fellow Air Force veteran James Meredith, with the protection of JFK & the Army, integrated Ole Miss.

[Washington Nationals @Nationals]

THIS ONE’S FOR D.C.

Cade Cavalli has agreed to a 4-year contract extension through the 2030 season with a club option for 2031.

[Jonathan Allen @jonallendc]

@saba_h Narrator: this won’t open the Strait of Hormuz.

[Jonathan Allen @jonallendc]

@BarbaraAnnStein I'm not saying it couldn't happen under certain circumstances, including the administration pulverizing rural America, but usually Dems win in Kansas because their GOP is split and they do it at the gubernatorial level.

[Jonathan Allen @jonallendc]

Maybe take this poll with a grain of Kansas grain — wheat, sorghum, whatever.

[Steven Dennis @StevenTDennis]

Kansas hasn’t elected a Democrat in nearly a century, but…

[Jonathan Allen @jonallendc]

Iran messaging roulette:

The Iran war is over.
Iran wants to make a deal.
The U.S. will take out civilian infrastructure in Iran.
The U.S. is blocking the Strait of Hormuz.
Iran wants to make a deal.
Trump may annihilate Iran.
The Iran war is over.
Iran wants to make a deal.

[Jonathan Allen @jonallendc]

@BarbaraAnnStein It's easier to elect an out-party governor than an out-party senator because voters tend to distinguish between the state level -- where a governor controls policy -- and the federal level, where a party does.

[Jonathan Allen @jonallendc]

Put AOC in the JD Vance “Trojan Horse” camp?

[Will Steakin @wsteaks]

AOC just questioned the AI companies to Playbook:

[Jonathan Allen @jonallendc]

It will not help the public impression that Washington politicians are walling themselves off from the people.

The reason the speakers lobby has been open to reporters is for the benefit of lawmakers, not the media.

They can get messages out, hear info from outside bubble, etc

[Scott MacFarlane @MacFarlaneNews]

The Congesswoman wants media restricted …. from reporting on the U.S. House

At news conference last Congress she screamed at a reporter to “shut up”

[Jonathan Allen @jonallendc]

It’s an interesting thought — and maybe the right one — but if they don’t put term limits on the party leadership up to speaker, it would necessarily empower party leadership vis-a-vis committees.

When was the last time you thought a GOP committee chair had any influence?

[Oriana González @ReporterOriana]

NEW: House Democrats plan to bring up a proposal in their caucus organizational meetings this year to impose term limits on committee chairmanships next Congress

“It’s an uphill battle, but I think the tide is turning,” one Dem said

w/@stephen_neukam
https://t.co/9lqS4w3Y8M

[Teddy Schleifer @teddyschleifer]

interesting spot from a GOP group focused on AI safety, for Susan Collins

Alliance for a Better Future is running this with $2 million in Maine

[Jonathan Allen @jonallendc]

@DemFromCT Yes … and … sometimes partisans campaign in places they end up winning.

Especially those like Vance who want to win primaries in those states.

All I’m saying is one poll in a deeply partisan state is worth taking with a grain of pick your grain.

[Jonathan Allen @jonallendc]

It’s weird that adults talk this way.

[Nicholas Wu @nicholaswu12]

Rep. @RashidaTlaib to @kadiagoba on Katherine Clark and Hakeem Jeffries: "...I decide whether or not I’m going to go to mom, who I’m sure will say yes, or to dad, who I’m sure will say yes,” adding, “It depends on the issue.”

https://t.co/XEr3u4piK9

[Jonathan Allen @jonallendc]

Inflation, like deficit spending and compound jnterest, accumulates.

It’s why Biden and now Trump sound so out of touch when they talk about snapshot macro economic numbers being good when everyone who has to buy goods knows their wallet is getting pummeled.

[Peter Mallouk @PeterMallouk]

2% inflation is not what is really happening...

[Jonathan Allen @jonallendc]

Politicianspeak

[Adam Wren @adamwren]

.@AbdulElSayed to @ScarboroughNow on whether U of M actually beat WMU.

“He’s trying to wedge me from -- he's trying to wedge me from my base.”

[Gary Grumbach @GaryGrumbach]

NORM WATCH: ‘Seismic shift’: Todd Blanche’s political appearances shatter another DOJ norm https://t.co/1RwUL3oPcQ