Alexandra Caffrey

@TuskStrategies | Prev. @SecretaryPete | Florida girl

[The Bulwark @BulwarkOnline]

" How could that not be on your mind when you're thinking about where you fit in and whether your highest and best use is politics?"

@PeteButtigieg talks with @Timodc about whether he's thinking about running for public office again and what's informing his decision.

[Alexandra Caffrey @alexandra_caff]

@PeteButtigieg Just completely horrific and unacceptable. I’m so sorry you, Chasten, and the kids were targeted like this.

[Alexandra Caffrey @alexandra_caff]

Just a vile and unconscionable thing to do someone’s family. Regardless of our politics, we cannot tolerate despicable behavior like this.

[Pete Buttigieg @PeteButtigieg]

This week someone targeted my family for harm with a false report. We’re physically OK, but that doesn’t mean we weren’t harmed. I am beyond furious.

Whatever your politics, this is awful, wrong, and can never become normal. https://t.co/72wxaVLzVT

[Lis Smith @Lis_Smith]

It is truly sickening that @PeteButtigieg & his four-year-old children were dragged into this vile smear.

Pete is the most loving and devoted father I know, & his children are SO lucky to have him.

No matter your politics, this should horrify you.

[Michael Kruse @michaelkruse]

... he’s “building a coalition to Bring Back Boring,” @davidjollyfl tells @MikeGrunwald. https://t.co/Z64vfbwAWb

[Alex Konrad @alexrkonrad]

EXCLUSIVE: a startup called Squint says its new AI system beats comparable tools from Anthropic and OpenAI in industrials.

Squint fine-tuned a ~2 billion parameter open-weight model on manufacturing and compared it on complex tasks that are tough for a human to answer, CEO Devin Bhushan says.

The results could be a big unlock for manufacturing customers like PepsiCo.

And they present another vertical where specialist startups are racing to keep ahead of the AI labs. Link below 👇

[tré easton @treeaston]

He’s right and he should say so.

[Political Polls @PpollingNumbers]

New - Governor poll - Florida

🔵 Jolly 46%
🔴 Donalds 42%

Change research #B - LV - 5/16

[New York Magazine @NYMag]

Sean Duffy: Film road trip for seven months. Work, occasionally. The Transportation Secretary said he did manage to do ‘some work,’ while filming a full Trump-approved reality show with his family titled ‘The Great American Road Trip.’ https://t.co/tD5stnoQBs

[Pete Buttigieg @PeteButtigieg]

I love a good road trip, but this is brutally out of touch: a Trump Cabinet member making a documentary about himself while regular families can’t afford road trips anymore, because Trump and his war put gas prices through the roof.

[Florida Politics @Fla_Pol]

.@DavidJollyFL says he can rally both Democrats and frustrated Republicans to turn the state blue

Reporting by @GabrielleRusson

#FlaPol

https://t.co/M4qaSpmNv8

[Alexandra Caffrey @alexandra_caff]

@iamsharpe so good

[Alexandra Caffrey @alexandra_caff]

Pop Crave tracking this development? 👀

Florida is in play.

[Pop Crave @PopCrave]

Emily Gregory wins Florida’s District 87 special election, flipping the deep red district where Trump’s Mar-a-Lago is located.

She defeated the candidate personally endorsed by Trump.

[Fernand R. Amandi @AmandiOnAir]

🚨FLORIDA IS IN PLAY!🚨

@davidjollyfl can WIN the Florida Governor’s race!

How do we know?

Two shocking political results in Florida tonight:

1. Democrat Emily Gregory flips Mar-A-Lago in HD-87 with a +22 Dem swing!

2. Dem Brian Nathan flips a MAGA @GOP State Senate seat!

[Alexandra Caffrey @alexandra_caff]

Really phenomenal news for the DC media ecosystem and beyond.

[Max Tani @maxwelltani]

As we first reported in last night's @semafor media newsletter, NOTUS is rebranding/dramatically expanding. In a memo to staff this morning, the organization said it plans to "launch this new version of NOTUS under a new name" and double staff from 50 to 100.

[Pete Buttigieg @PeteButtigieg]

I'll keep traveling the country this year to make myself useful, wherever I can, to help build a winning coalition for the coming midterm elections.

[Alexandra Caffrey @alexandra_caff]

This profile is so disappointing.

Instead of offering any new insights about Pete, it just rehashes tired tropes and asks the cutting question, "could a man really want to spend time with his young kids and raise them near family without an ulterior motive?”

[Douglas Farrar @DouglasLFarrar]

The Atlantic: Pete Buttigieg moved to MI to be near family and raise his kids, which is actually just résumé-padding disguised as a normal life.

Also, The Atlantic: Americans need to stop isolating themselves and move closer to their communities.

🤷🏻‍♂️

[James Carville @JamesCarville]

I've been doing this a long time and I know momentum when I see it. Polls now show @DavidJollyFL can beat Byron Donalds in Florida. If you want to know why, watch this.

[Pete Buttigieg @PeteButtigieg]

The President has launched our nation and our great military into a war of choice, risking American lives and resources, ignoring American law, and endangering our allies and partners. It does nothing to help with the urgent problems here at home that Americans face every day. This nation learned the hard way that an unnecessary war, with no plan for what comes next, can lead to years of chaos and put America in still greater danger.

[Team USA @TeamUSA]

On top of the world. 🥇🥇

#WinterOlympics