Reid J. Epstein

Politics reporter @nytimes. Born and raised in the center of the universe: Peoria, Illinois.

If you wanna chat email me at [email protected]

[Reid J. Epstein @reidepstein]

Three weeks before he died, Sam Anthony mailed his last wishes to a man he’s never met.

A story of two men who squeezed a life’s relationship into the final 11 days.

https://t.co/lRq7Y1cnEW

[Anjali Huynh @anjalihuynh]

New w/ @reidepstein & @alyce_mcf: Democrats are in near-universal agreement that Trump should face federal charges for his handling of classified documents.

But some fear violent repercussions and irreparable damage to the country's image abroad.

https://t.co/kj94PfYb5T

[Reid J. Epstein @reidepstein]

It is the topic the nation just can’t delete from its political conversation: Hillary Clinton’s emails.

w/@katieglueck

https://t.co/jM78CvZyWy

[Zolan Kanno-Youngs @KannoYoungs]

Democrats’ Phalanx Around Biden Has an Eric Adams-Size Hole https://t.co/h8CFsOA2FQ w/ @reidepstein @danarubinstein

[Reid J. Epstein @reidepstein]

When Sam Zell visited Newsday after buying Tribune Co., he told the assembled newsroom: “The question is not whether Newsday owns Long Island. The question is whether Long Island is worth owning.”

https://t.co/k2CTUKf5ZG

[Adam Nagourney @adamnagourney]

Some new, important and sad reporting on Dianne Feinstein from ⁦@anniekarni⁩ and ⁦@hillhulse⁩. https://t.co/zMvf8IAxUS

[Reid J. Epstein @reidepstein]

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[Annie Karni @anniekarni]

We did it, Joe.

#CapChallenge

[Reid J. Epstein @reidepstein]

Supporters on Joe Biden's national advisory board were asked to wear sunglasses, “ideally aviators,” to record a video touting Biden. In the final video product, only Senator Cory Booker of New Jersey wore sunglasses.

https://t.co/AySlWZEiEJ

[Shane Goldmacher @ShaneGoldmacher]

New w/@reidepstein: The early Biden campaign is focused on accumulating cash and passing off costs to the DNC (which paid for those early TV ads ).

Few staff but two fundraisers in NYC today, with Pete Buttigieg in tow.
https://t.co/0yOHMOeWRI

[Shane Goldmacher @ShaneGoldmacher]

President Biden has formally moved from a campaign-in-waiting to a campaign of waiting.

W/ @reidepstein
https://t.co/nh1qEYvEFZ

[In the Bubble @inthebubblepod]

Abortion rights are becoming a winning platform for Democrats, as seen in the recent Wisc. Supreme Court election. @ASlavitt asks NYT's @reidepstein & Capital Times reporter @jessieopie if the race is a bellwether heading into the 2024 elections.
Listen: https://t.co/AJveHOMl4L

[Michael Barbaro @mikiebarb]

Did you know @AsteadWH's Run-Up is back? The first 2 episodes are awesome examples of original audio reporting—they go inside the party establishments in the wake of the midterms, to see how they’re working to shape 2024 before anyone is paying attention. https://t.co/VBw1K8O02i

[Trip Gabriel @tripgabriel]

‘You know, in Wisconsin we can have nice things too.’ - president of WI AFL-CIO reacting to liberal judge’s victory, while eyeing the advances by labor in Michigan. Via ⁦@reidepstein⁩ https://t.co/8hjmNJ53dn

[Reid J. Epstein @reidepstein]

Meanwhile, Wisconsin Republicans have begun an effort to delegitimize the new liberal majority.

"We will have four people in Wisconsin robbing the people of the right to govern themselves," Rebecca Bradley, a conservative Supreme Court justice, told me.
https://t.co/VqEbAJKAhP

[Reid J. Epstein @reidepstein]

NEW: The 11-point victory in the Wisconsin Supreme Court race showed the enduring power of abortion rights and issues of democracy as motivators for Democratic voters while post-Dobbs Republicans remain underfunded and in disarray.

From Milwaukee ->

https://t.co/VqEbAJKAhP

[Reid J. Epstein @reidepstein]

The Protasiewicz victory was powered by Wisconsin Democrats national donor network. @JBPritzker arranged a Zoom that raised $5 million to back her. The Wisconsin GOP sent no money to Dan Kelly.

https://t.co/VqEbAJKAhP

[Reid J. Epstein @reidepstein]

The only Wisconsin SC justice to be elected and then lose was George Currie, who won unopposed in 1957, then lost in 1967 after he was blamed for the Milwaukee Braves leaving for Atlanta when he ruled the state couldn't use anti trust law to keep them in town.

[Reid J. Epstein @reidepstein]

Wisconsin news from the Protasiewicz party: Ann Walsh Bradley, who will become the Supreme Court's chief justice under the new liberal majority, told me she will seek re-election in 2025.

No Wisconsin SC justice who won a contested election has ever subsequently lost one.

[Reid J. Epstein @reidepstein]

Janet Protasiewicz wins in Wisconsin, upending the political direction of her state by flipping majority control of the State Supreme Court.

https://t.co/60CvLwtw1H

[Ruth Igielnik @RuthIgielnik]

Something to read while you're awaiting election returns: How WI supreme court races went from largely nonpartisan to highly partisan in 30 years https://t.co/xhChJtfW18