David Weigel

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

[David Weigel @daveweigel]

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[Jason Beeferman @JasonBeeferman]

Why are some progressives backing @RoKhanna over @AOC for president? For starters, Ro Khanna's team picks up the phone when you call

[David @davidslosttt]

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[Medium Buying @MediumBuying]

Republican Turner says Ramaswamy ad sunk his reelection in Ohio

https://t.co/nXDzsusbaN

[Matt Rice @matt____rice]

I just checked and apparently Colom will sit in the Senate seat that has been held by 5 Confederate officers, including two generals

[Politics & Poll Tracker 📡 @PollTracker2024]

NYT: How Democrats Invested Online to Overcome Their Cash Disadvantage

Strategists for Senate Democrats say they spent record sums reaching voters, particularly younger ones, on nontraditional platforms such as YouTube and various streaming sites.

From the start of the year, Senate Democrats knew they were unlikely to catch up to the Republican Party’s significant cash advantage.

So they devised a way to make their money go further, by investing heavily in a digital advertising program that strategists now say became one of the building blocks of their sweeping success in last week’s elections.

The Senate Majority PAC, the political arm of Senate Democrats, spent $215 million on its digital program this cycle, a 60 percent increase from such spending in 2024, Lauren French, the group’s communications director, said in an interview.

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[Teddy Schleifer @teddyschleifer]

When reached by phone Wednesday and asked about his relationship with Ms. Powell, Mr. Huang said, “I don’t think you should be talking to me directly.” He then hung up.

https://t.co/vVqb0ckU1l

[Burgess Everett @burgessev]

Crazy thing about this appointment is there will be a special election in November 2027, making next year's off-year elections even more interesting

[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