Ence Morse

Data & politics @washingtonpost. Formerly @columbiaspec @austinchronicle @djnf. IRE member. Texan. Signal cemorse.30 / email claraence.morse at washpost dot com

[Ence Morse @ccemorse]

We spent a year investigating billionaires for @washingtonpost.

We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.

https://t.co/PGluUZewaL

[Teddy Schleifer @teddyschleifer]

We obtained a filing from the IRS that shows that there is a new Trump "lawfare" fund with $36 million to help Trump people push back on investigations and lawsuits.

Here's how the fund describes itself in filing obtained by @kenbensinger.

[John Hudson @John_Hudson]

A new Post analysis finds the video showing the Trump administration’s recent Pentagon appointee clambering into the Capitol on Jan. 6

[Kelley Root @kelleyroot]

who says a viral story can’t translate to print? 😂 our @detroitnews page designers beg to differ

more on Buff Mike Rogers —>>
https://t.co/ElSbKnVOSB

[Taylor Lorenz @TaylorLorenz]

The OpenAI-Andreessen-Palantir SuperPAC admits that it was “part of their strategy” to create and run a false flag “doomer” X account that posted calls to violence.

[Gus Bova 🗒️ @gusbova]

From @drdrbrockman, a Texas deep-dive into Mainline Protestantism, from a true expert in the subject.

"The ferocity of anti-@jamestalarico invective reveals a deep and very public clash between two distinct ways of being Christian." https://t.co/rWyIXBwEaa

[Teddy Schleifer @teddyschleifer]

AI super PAC Leading the Future is now spending to help Lindsey Graham, who is trying to avoid being forced into a runoff.

LTF's American Mission group just disclosed $375k in spending.

[FOIA Nate📄 @FOIANate]

The Trump Presidential Library says it can't find any DMs sent by the president who tweeted more than 25,000 times.

His administration opted not to enable the setting which would have preserved them.

Free link below.

[Paul Kane @pkcapitol]

The lesson from California Gov primary -- Swalwell's surprising rise, only to flame out in disgrace, to Xavier B's even more surprising rise into the poll position for November -- is, Golden State Dems prefer a specific model of candidate:

Pelosi Democrats.

[Emily Giambalvo @EmilyGiam]

How much does a hotel room cost during the World Cup? We tracked the prices at hundreds of hotels in host cities!

Rates on game days are ~50% higher than they are at other times. And those prices are falling.

Some variation from city to city but the trend is similar everywhere.

[Kevin Quealy @KevinQ]

Nice charts this morning from @EmilyGiam and @jonahesmith, showing day-to-day hotel prices in World Cup host markets in extreme detail.

[Morgan Rimmer @morgan_rimmer]

Incredible, detailed, necessary reporting from my colleagues about the challenges congressional staff face when reporting harassment in a workplace with no traditional HR department. @FoxReports @AnnieGrayerCNN @jeremyherb @alligordon_

https://t.co/28lCkQrznK

[Rob Pyers @rpyers]

In most recent California elections, the count at 4AM on election night typically represents 50%-60% of the final vote total, with the remaining 40%-50% trickling in over the following weeks.

[Dave Levinthal @davelevinthal]

It's still not known where Rep. Tom Kean (R-N.J.) is following his disappearance from Capitol Hill in early March.

But as @Jose_Pagliery of @NOTUSreports is reporting, the MIA congressman just sponsored a bill. https://t.co/6aBu0Olewb

[Meryl Kornfield @MerylKornfield]

She said she asked to bring her American-born son with her when she was deported to Honduras. Instead, the two were split up, and he was put in someone else's custody and beaten to death. Heartbreaking dispatch from the 3-year-old's funeral. Free link: https://t.co/2HNl6Un9jX

[John Gramlich @johngramlich]

Analysis by @washingtonpost finds that 93% of Trump's second-term speeches so far have included at least one vulgar term: https://t.co/ayVJu0Pb1C

[Meryl Kornfield @MerylKornfield]

Must read this @hannah_natanson tribute to journalism, especially this heartbreaking part about her reporting on the federal workforce last year https://t.co/euolyIFSVX

[Ence Morse @ccemorse]

Just bonkers stuff here. I love the NHL, but I can't watch five minutes of a Stars game without seeing a gambling company's ads on the ice or boards, let alone the commercials.

[Scott Nover @ScottNover]

"A Washington Post analysis of 50 hours of televised football, basketball and hockey games found that betting references have become a ubiquitous part of the viewing experience." @jeremybmerrill @jocwapo https://t.co/mLw2DMVgqQ

[Nilo Tabrizy @ntabrizy]

our recently laid off colleague Frank Hulley-Jones was diagnosed with stage four brain cancer about four weeks ago. his wife has taken unpaid leave to take care of him and their sweet baby, and so they've started a gofundme to help with some costs associated with this process

please donate if you can: https://t.co/MqfLTcX3Ws

[Mike Finger @mikefinger]

Consider the universe. Think about the sheer vastness of it, the multitudes it contains. Victor Wembanyama has.

“The world is eight billion people,” he said Monday night.

Imagine knowing that not a single one of them can stop you.
https://t.co/N1AnxwlDJF

[Nick Penzenstadler @npenzenstadler]

Blanche: "Campaign donors (to President Trump) are not excluded from seeking settlements (from the $1.7B compensation fund)."