David Weigel

Covering politics for @semafor. Alum: @washingtonpost, @business, @slate. [email protected]. Buy my book:

[David Weigel @daveweigel]

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[Steven Hyden @Steven_Hyden]

I’ve heard “We Are Young” by fun. a few times in the wild lately, after not hearing it since it was big. A truly dogshit tune!

[Nancy Mace @NancyMace]

Go COCKS!

[Matthew Zeitlin @MattZeitlin]

Obama is one of the big time article readers in American politics, that man is reading the articles

[Politics & Poll Tracker 📡 @PollTracker2024]

Hart Research poll | released 9/19

Los Angeles mayor 2026

🟦Nithya Raman 44%
🟦Karen Bass 39% (incumbent)

(Nithya Raman internal)

https://t.co/N7WEpBORwI

[Evan Barker @evanwch]

A must read

[2001 Live @25YearsAgoLive]

A State Senator from Illinois offers his thoughts on the attacks:

[Matt Gaetz @mattgaetz]

Fuck Karl Rove.

[Nahal Toosi @nahaltoosi]

NEW COLUMN: Mike Waltz could have hidden away at the United Nations after being kicked out as Trump's national security adviser. Instead, he's used the job to boost his profile, gain admirers, and potentially lay the groundwork for ... more. https://t.co/YeNhIh4s2g

[Carrie Courogen @carriecourogen]

I am about to make January 6th look like child's play

[Michael Salfino @MichaelSalfino]

This was as devastating a political interview as I can remember.

[Dave Levinthal @davelevinthal]

Something’s happening in Tenne$$ee. https://t.co/DNhm3K0BjR

[Ben Smith @semaforben]

Everything is more extreme now, but this is an old pattern:

When politicians are winning, and newly elected, acting like you don't need the news media, and elevating your partisan friends, can be of strength. (EG Mamdani right now, Trump two years ago.)

But the honeymoon always ends. And when you're losing, it's part of the downward spiral.

[Michael Gold @migold]

Was able to the access to the White House grounds today, even as President Trump suggested he might ban access to NYT.

MS NOW and CNN have set up live shots across the street and continue to report.

A free and independent press is crucial to our democracy.

[evan loves worf @esjesjesj]

I’m fucking dying

[Adam Wren @adamwren]

New in @playbookdc: A person close to the White House said there’s already been discussions about adding more outlets to the ban

Per @DashaBurns and @wsteaks:

[Sam Stein @samstein]

A few thoughts this morning on the situation at the White House.

I'm sure plenty of people don't see the big deal in denying a few outlets access to the grounds. But it is a big deal.

* Press freedom is a bedrock principle.
* Less journalism = more opportunities for corruption.
* Banning reporters has a chilling effect for those reporters not banned
* There is nothing to indicate Trump will stop with these three.
* Less appreciated: adversarial press helps presidents. We should welcome checks and transparency. It's good governance.

I'm disheartened by the absence of real meaningful public pushback as these outlets have their credentials pulled this morning.

There should be collective action. The WHCA should be explaining more openly what they're doing. After all, this is an institution founded on open publication of information

[Rob Pyers @rpyers]

56 House seats on the board after CLF's latest filing, which added #CA13 and #ME02

[Noah Wyhof-Rudnick @rudnicknoah]

Every day it seems like we're seeing a Democratic poll showing a tossup. Harris +5 seat? Trump +1? Trump +23? Thanks to the data and the collaboration with @50plus1news, I set out to find if we're seeing more than normal and why they're all the same: https://t.co/sTk5eoqiNf

[Politics & Poll Tracker 📡 @PollTracker2024]

NYT: Trump’s Census Proposal Could Cut Seats From Red States

A Trump administration proposal to exclude some types of immigrants from the 2030 census might not expand the congressional map for Republicans, and could even result in fewer House seats in red states.

If congressional seats were redistributed based on recent census figures, excluding undocumented immigrants and other noncitizens without green cards could cause Texas to lose a congressional seat it would otherwise have gained.

https://t.co/1AifRgImRV