David Weigel

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[David Weigel @daveweigel]

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[Jake Tapper 🦅 @jaketapper]

It is not appropriate to laugh outside the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, a member of the Army’s Old Guard reminds Hegseth’s group. On Veterans Day.

[Patrick Svitek @PatrickSvitek]

Scott Colom (D) will win the Mississippi Senate race, CNN projects #MSSEN

[Rep. Melanie Stansbury @Rep_Stansbury]

I am genuinely and sincerely sorry. But, this is not the end—it is just the beginning. 🙏

[Ben Smith @semaforben]

Just a lot of new news and intel in @semafor DC on a crazy day in Washington. https://t.co/82F1qlkKKe

[Jake Sherman @JakeSherman]

HOUSE MINORITY WHIP KATHERINE CLARK's office sent out this note to members about the TCAVA vote:

"After publicly announcing a recorded vote on TCAVA, House Republicans asked if RM Takano and Democrats would agree to last minute engrossment corrections. While RM Takano and staff were evaluating these changes away from the podium, House Republicans called the vote up and passed it by voice within minutes — depriving RM Takano of the ability to even evaluate the proposed changes and ask for a recorded vote so Members could vote against the biggest cut to veterans benefits in US history."

[Juliegrace Brufke @juliegraceb]

The back-to-back days of vote chaos for House Dems is kind of wild.

[Axios @axios]

SCOOP: President Trump authorized a crackdown on companies suspected of diverting Nvidia's advanced AI chips to China on Thursday, but one administration official repeatedly stood in the way: Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick. https://t.co/5Duzi14eEp

[Slug @littlebbyslug]

this is more shocking than texas tbh

[Matthew Zeitlin @MattZeitlin]

so the dc consultants who were tanking the troy jackson campaign...? they just didn't tank it hard enough? always funny to see pre-election story lines disappear upon first contact with the results

[Acyn @Acyn]

PabloReports: How do you define belt to ass?

Ojeda: That’s exactly what it is. I grew up in a place where if you did the wrong things, you got your belt to ass.

Some of y’all need to lawyer up.

[Joe Perticone @JoePerticone]

Another 30 Rock show in real life

[Chaz Nuttycombe @ChazNuttycombe]

Trump +19 district in the Central Valley. 2% chance given to DEMs winning. Republicans got a hydrogen bomb dropped on them by Latinos. Just insane

[Matthew Zeitlin @MattZeitlin]

@drew9102 troy jackson's greatest crime to politics people is that he's actually a working class "normal" guy who doesn't realize that people want an aesthetically pleasing performance of working classness

[Joe Khalil @JoeKhalilTV]

BREAKING- Democrat Scott Colom expands his lead in the Mississippi Senate race over Cindy Hyde Smith by more than 600 votes in the latest vote drop

[Acyn @Acyn]

Manu Raju: Are you supporting Jeffries?

AOC: The race is unopposed. Yeah

[David Weigel @daveweigel]

Maps... they don't love you like I love you. https://t.co/0OmfCaep8U

[Paul Mitchell @paulmitche11]

In my entire career, I’ve drawn one partisan map.

It worked.

I don’t ever want to draw another one.

Gift article link:
https://t.co/NtabgzHsht

[Kevin Kiley @KevinKileyCA]

It’s clear the Texas redistricting scheme accomplished nothing more than giving Gavin Newsom an excuse to re-gerrymander California (and perhaps contributed to Gov. Abbott’s defeat). Similar schemes failed or backfired in other states.

Meanwhile, the legislators in Indiana and South Carolina who refused to join the redistricting war actually saved their party seats. I doubt the two sides will end this plague on our democracy anytime soon. But reasonable people of both parties should at least be working on a solution for after the next Census.

[Nicholas Wu @nicholaswu12]

new - Progressive Democrats are trying a tricky feat as their party takes power: endorsing Medicare for All while quietly pushing for smaller steps toward it.

w/ @davidalim

https://t.co/bckfB7Vmfy