Ben Weyl

deputy editor @PoliticoMag

[Phelim Kine “老 康“ @PhelimKine]

Yui likened Beijing’s leadership to a notoriously aggressive alien species from Star Trek: “The Borg are like the Chinese Communist Party. All they say is ‘resistance is futile.'" https://t.co/U8qKHkDBuA

[Calder McHugh @calder_mchugh]

I wrote about the odd, shifting politics of the encyclical:

[Felicia Schwartz @felschwartz]

“When London is distracted, it defaults to you to get on with it.” My look inside the impossible job of Britain’s new ambassador to the U.S. https://t.co/nxjMo1dsw5

[Michael Kruse @michaelkruse]

“And so usually, one of my first interventions is: Turn off the TV and watch it for one hour a week and watch headline news at the most. You don’t need to hear all the details over and over. … That’s what increases anxiety.” https://t.co/YixkDeTRvR

[Calder McHugh @calder_mchugh]

I wrote about the growing fight over who controls the data in your brain — and how that's dovetailing with broader conversations about what it means to be human: https://t.co/O8q2MjmZrw

[Mickey Djuric @MickeyDjuric]

“I don’t do ‘diplomatic speak’ very well ... they may disagree with it, but at least they understand where I’m coming from and where the United States of America is coming from.”

What Canadians Are Grudgingly Learning From Trump’s Undiplomatic Ambassador

https://t.co/F6CNP99qaC

[Melanie Mason @melmason]

NEW for @POLITICOMag: Our deep dive into Eric Swalwell's political rise and fall, a man whose boundary-pushing tendencies seemed to give him a sense of invincibility -- until he wasn't. With @JeremyBWhite @dlippman @riley_rogerson @dustingardiner + more

https://t.co/xIU8ylvp07

[Tessa Berenson Rogers @tcberenson]

🚨 AMAZING JOB ALERT 🚨 Politico Magazine is hiring a senior staff writer! Looking for someone who can write epic profiles, engaging narratives, deep dive investigations, and loves reporting on all things politics! https://t.co/fm5fkYergr

[Michael Kruse @michaelkruse]

Can't wait to read this new book by @PeterCanellos. https://t.co/HBdLL3gBz5

[Tessa Berenson Rogers @tcberenson]

Politico convened a roundtable of some of the best SCOTUS reporters in the game-- @joshgerstein, @jodikantor, @jamesromoser, @NinaTotenberg -- to talk about how they infiltrate the most secretive branch of government: https://t.co/1LNhV4UbW5

[Ben Weyl @benweyl]

“And in the meantime,” I said, “you got a compliment from your dad.”
“I did get a compliment from my dad,” she said.
“First one in a long time,” she said. “Felt good.”

@michaelkruse goes deep into the world of Nancy Mace https://t.co/bJlTUg7oUI

[Evan Mandery @EvanMandery]

People said the University of Austin was a right-wing project from the start. The truth is way more complicated...and interesting...
https://t.co/Ivt3cTmu6m

[Ben Weyl @benweyl]

What’s Really Driving Trump’s Moves in Venezuela and Greenland

Smart convo on the political theory that explains Trump’s motivations, via @michaelschaffer, @ANewman_forward and @segoddard
https://t.co/GaBYQPcQjd

[Bill Scher @billscher]

“The 2028 Race Has Begun. Here’s Who’s Winning.”

It’s my (I think) 9th annual @politico year-end presidential primary temp check

https://t.co/Xq299y9UdF

[Ken Dilanian @KDilanianMSNOW]

As Ankush just said on @MSNOW_Reports, the release of the Epstein files is more likely to amplify false conspiracy theories than to reveal hidden truths. Just because something is in an FBI 302 doesn’t mean it’s true. But good luck putting that genie back in the bottle.

[Ben Weyl @benweyl]

*John Yoo* says the Trump administration’s legal arguments on the boat strikes are hard to accept. https://t.co/58LHsJczSP

[Ian Ward @ianwardreports]

For @POLITICOMag, I profiled the cohort of conservatives who are pushing MAGA to break with Israel — and re-igniting the debate about antisemitism on the right.

[Alex Seitz-Wald @aseitzwald]

Just read @michaelkruse and this is easily the best profile written about Graham Platner so far. Lots of new details about his past, which has so far been mostly understood only in broad strokes, as well as the specifics on his recruitment and much more. https://t.co/qYzCpaC7EY

[Michael Kruse @michaelkruse]

New this morning for @POLITICO and @POLITICOMag. https://t.co/V5yHzjQV3t

[Megan Messerly @meganmesserly]

NEW: Steve Bannon has a warning for Republicans gloating about Mamdani’s win.

"There should be flashing red lights all over," Bannon told me. "Tonight should be a wake-up call to the populist nationalist movement."

My full Q&A with Bannon here ⬇️ https://t.co/BfUT4x2jAA