Robby Soave

Free Media @reason + Rising @thehill + The Group Chat @2waytvapp. "Sought-after player in Beltway D&D circles, noted scooter anthropologist, baby Ryan Seacrest"

[Mario Nawfal @MarioNawfal]

🚨🇺🇸 55 Senate seats and no honeymoon: Democrats are already lining up a December shutdown fight over the Iran war and student loans

Flipping Mississippi and South Carolina sounds like a new political era, and both guests say don’t bet on it.

Robby Soave calls it a swing vote that can swing right back, while Republicans still argue over whether tariffs, the Iran war or immigration raids sank them.

Justin Snyder, a Democratic strategist, agrees his party got a protest vote that it now has to earn with simple bills on prices and the war.

Justin’s word for what voters handed them:

“This is a directive.”

Justin says Democrats will use the December funding deadline to push student loan relief and a pullback in Iran, and Robby bets Trump goes to war over anything aimed at him or his family.

So do you get deals or 2 years of trench fighting?

@robbysoave @TheMaineWonk @WeTheBrandon

[Robby Soave @robbysoave]

This is me trying to put into words how much contempt I have for the woman who stopped the Prince George's County data center so that this land could remain the abandoned parking lot of a mall that went out of business 24 years ago.

[Erin Maguire @Erinmaguire]

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[Robby Soave @robbysoave]

@Erinmaguire So sorry, Erin. We are praying for him.

[Robby Soave @robbysoave]

Is the K in the room with us right now?

[Patrick Ruffini @PatrickRuffini]

The K-Shaped Republican Party

[Robby Soave @robbysoave]

I would never ever ever purchase an airline ticket on my phone. You must use your laptop for that. Must.

[Fav @favwontmiss]

What’s a Millennial habit that gives you away instantly, no matter your age?

[Robby Soave @robbysoave]

No one wants to hear this, but in a world where the government has massive power to punish (with crippling regulations) or reward (with lucrative contracts) Big Tech, it is 100% rational behavior for tech leaders to swing wildly from one party to the other as they take power.

[Adam Wren @adamwren]

Exclusive: Alex Karp, the CEO of Palantir who bet big on Trump 2.0 and has reaped billions in government contracts, now tells me he is open to backing a Democratic presidential candidate in 2028.

Inside the tech right’s pivot left for @playbookdc:

[Josh Kraushaar @JoshKraushaar]

Candidates matter:

Lauren Boebert switched districts in 2024 to run in a much redder seat next door. She lost in 2026.

Jeff Hurd ran in her place, Trump tried to primary him because he opposed the Canadian tariffs, and he's one of only 2 House Rs left in Trump < +10 district.

[Robby Soave @robbysoave]

Why is the guy who handpicked Graham Platner giving advice on winning elections

[Donie O'Sullivan @donie]

Strategist @katz_morris on what Democrats should learn from their midterm success — and what the party must do next.

[Robby Soave @robbysoave]

@KatiePavlich If you read the details, it's even worse. She then had the nerve to go ask the county council for public funds to repair her roof. Where are all these funds supposed to come from if you won't let them build anything???
https://t.co/dh2KdEim2p

[Robby Soave @robbysoave]

@NathanLeamerDC Isn't there someone you forgot to ask???

[Robby Soave @robbysoave]

Very infuriating profile of this activist. I hope she enjoys her crowning achievement of nothing. https://t.co/dh2KdEim2p

[Robby Soave @robbysoave]

This woman blocked a proposal to turn an abandoned mall's vacant lot into a $5 billion data center. Then, according to NPR, she then went to the county council to request public funds to help fix her grandfather's roof. The council was like, um, well, we don't have as much extra cash as had hoped... thanks a lot by the way...

[Polymarket @Polymarket]

JUST IN: Maryland activist helps block a $5B AI data center planned for the site of an abandoned shopping mall that closed 24 years ago, after gathering over 25,000 signatures.

[Robby Soave @robbysoave]

Karl Rove never lost Texas though

[Donald Trump Jr. @DonaldJTrumpJr]

I don't think there could be a bigger endorsement for JD or any Republican for that matter, than to be opposed by king RINO Karl Rove. If Karl Rove hates you, then you must be doing something right. Being praised by Karl Rove would be the mother of all red flags!!!!

[Robby Soave @robbysoave]

@bdomenech James Gunn's one neat trick to make you feel something while watching his movies

[Robby Soave @robbysoave]

PLEASE stop showing me spoilers for a video game I have beaten 300 times, including once last month, and actually watch speedruns of while I eat my lunch every day, okay maybe I'm unreasonable

[Jesse Walker @notjessewalker]

Half the Trump coalition doesn't want to admit the trade war was a bad idea and half doesn't want to admit the war-war was a bad idea, so we have an inane debate that treats this like an either/or.

[Robby Soave @robbysoave]

@OliverSherouse It used to be legal to make a movie without Pedro Pascal too.

[Zeteo @zeteo_news]

“Is authoritarianism a right-wing problem?”
That’s what @mehdirhasan and @therickwilson will be debating on Tuesday evening in DC, against Reason’s @robbysoave + @kmanguward.

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[Robby Soave @robbysoave]

Really worth watching. Ross Douthat is so good at this.

[60 Minutes @60Minutes]

60 MINUTES REPORT: Ross Douthat interviews President Trump in his first sit-down interview since the 2026 midterm elections.

The wide-ranging conversation covered immigration and corruption, Iran and artificial intelligence, his potential successors and his own mortality. The interview begins with the election results.