Jonathan Allen

#1 NY Times bestselling author | senior national politics reporter, @nbcnews | retired amateur pitcher | cigar guy

[Jonathan Allen @jonallendc]

You can’t deport American citizens. You can’t denaturalize citizens who were born here. Even if you don’t like their political views. Weird to take out anger on someone whose family fled the Iranian regime for freedom in the U.S. But, hey, Google can be difficult to use.

[David Vance @DavidVance]

I am a HELL YES on deporting you

[Jonathan Allen @jonallendc]

On the one hand, no U.S. Secretary of Defense has been impeached over a war — legal, illegal or extralegal.

But War Secretary William Bellknap was impeached in 1876 (and acquitted by the Senate).

So, technically true, but the stat had to be defined in narrow terms.

[Aaron Rupar @atrupar]

Hegseth: "In the 250 years of our American republic, no Secretary of War or Secretary of Defense has ever been impeached for carrying out lawful military operations" 🤔

[Jonathan Allen @jonallendc]

MTV was infinitely better than Twitter.

Discuss

[Jonathan Allen @jonallendc]

It's so simple they could write it into the new rules package on Jan. 3! Penalties could include immediate loss of committee seats, loss of the cool window-placed license plate that lets them park anywhere and not get a ticket, privileged expulsion resolution, etc.

[Aaron Klein @Aarondklein]

I thought about this while watching multiple politicians campaign against Congressional stock trading. It isn't that hard to do if folks really wanted to do it.

[Jonathan Allen @jonallendc]

Spoke briefly to (freshman?) Rep. Melissa Bean, D-Ill., on the Hill today. I was here when she was first elected in 2004, and when she lost in 2010. Now, 16 years later, still here.

Didn't see Hilda Solis. But she left for Obama admin in 2009. Now, she's back. I'm still here.

[Mark Halperin @MarkHalperin]

This is one of the best conversations you will hear about how the midterm results have shaken up and stirred the next presidential campaign.

On tonight’s new episode of “2WAY Tonight,” @AmieParnes, @jonallendc, @AlexCast, and @HymaMoore join me to break down the latest developments surrounding the leading candidates in both parties.

The race is already underway. Groups are organizing behind their preferred candidates, fundraising never stops, and last week’s election results offered some important clues about where the power in American politics is shifting.

Join us at 5pm ET on YouTube:

https://t.co/lcUXb8c1D9

[Jonathan Allen @jonallendc]

I would submit that most people don’t care who the party leaders are. They care about whether government is serving them well. Mostly, they’d prefer not to have to think about these things at all, a sign of good governance.

[tré easton @treeaston]

Can we level here? The test for any would be Senate leader (a truly thankless job, btw) is "what are you willing to do to protect and grow the majority?"

I understand the optics here, but in this very specific case it *is* about how well you're doing the job when the job is defined appropriately.

[Jonathan Allen @jonallendc]

The most interesting part of this press conference was Sanders’ thoughtful explanation of his view on getting rid of the filibuster: favorable toward majority rule and also concerned about protection of minority rights. It is *not* the way the base thinks about it.

[Sen. Bernie Sanders @SenSanders]

Senators hold press conference on Democratic leadership https://t.co/7cTzii68Al

[Jonathan Allen @jonallendc]

Came across Blue Dog Coalition group photo on the Hill.

[Jonathan Allen @jonallendc]

For what it's worth, each chamber of Congress can ban stock trading by its own members anytime enough lawmakers agree. Turns out that the Constitution gives each house the power to make its own rules.

[Jonathan Allen @jonallendc]

@ArmandoNDK I'm trying to figure out if it's more likely that a senior Democrat threatened Leonard over issues on which all the Democrats agree and none of them can change — when Jeffries will win without his vote — or more likely that the story is ... shall we say ... embellished.

[Jonathan Allen @jonallendc]

Narrator: Van Hollen and Schumer are in the same generation. Van Hollen is 67 and also a Boomer.

[Keith Edwards @keithedwards]

BREAKING: Senator Chris Van Hollen is now considering a run against Chuck Schumer for the Senate’s next Majority Leader.

This is amazing. Voters want generational change. Let’s give it to them.

[Jonathan Allen @jonallendc]

@burgessev Not funny, dude. There's nothing funny about Duke. Except when they lose. Then they're funny.

[Natasha Korecki @natashakorecki]

Sen.-elect Adam Hamilton, who flipped deep-red Kansas for Democrats, urged the party to lower costs for his constituents and not spend 2 years investigating members of the Trump administration.

https://t.co/y273ji05SC

[Jonathan Allen @jonallendc]

Fire Dan Quinn

[Jonathan Allen @jonallendc]

*2026!

[Jonathan Allen @jonallendc]

It’s reasonable to expect that the 2028 class of House Democrats will end up having a lasting effect on the way business is done like the 1974 reformers did.

Some changes will work.
Some won’t.
Some will have unintended consequences.
Most will take time.

[Jonathan Allen @jonallendc]

@X05738579 Brain moving ahead!

[Jonathan Allen @jonallendc]

Jayden Daniels has completed 14 passes. Puka Nacua has caught 14 passes.

[Jonathan Allen @jonallendc]

There are a lot of NBA teams that can’t run as effective of a two-man offense as Stafford and Nacua. Everyone knows where the ball is going and it’s still hard to stop.

[Jonathan Allen @jonallendc]

For some of the Democrats, “affordability” meant focusing on what they could do to make things more affordable for the greatest number.

For others, it was a talking point that quickly gave way to unrelated policy and political goals.

United, they won, bigly.