Taylor Giorno

@washingtonsun reporter covering lobbying, influence & money in politics | like DiGiorno pizza | tips & dog pics to [email protected] or tayg.42 (Signal)

[Anna Kramer @anna_c_kramer]

NEWS: The Trump administration is officially planning to sell off public lands.

The Interior Department publicly laid out a strategy to reduce the amount of federal lands by selling property to states, tribes, and local governments.
https://t.co/5ozrN5O1zE

[Manuela Silva @manuelas957]

The incoming freshman members are serving both millennial optimism and millennial cringe at the same damn time.

Where it comes from, and what it means for how they hope to govern (a lot of #hopecore) in this story w/ @christa_dutton.

https://t.co/ugSIBjAmMU

[Daniella Diaz @DaniellaMicaela]

NEW: If you’re waiting for AOC to make a decision about her political future, you may be waiting a while.

“I will be deliberating this privately, but I probably will not be sharing anything publicly for a little while,” she told me on Monday.

I’ve also learned she has begun bulking up her political operation.

Everything here:

https://t.co/cteVY4pKhk

[Amelia Davidson @ameliadavidson_]

👀👀 Hawley calling for a data center moratorium here - becoming the first GOP senator and likely highest ranking Republican to do so

[Tyler Spence @tspencenews]

NEW: The USDA is proposing a new rule that they estimate will remove millions of people from SNAP.

The USDA says this is closing a "long-exploited loophole." Here's what we know in the @washingtonsun:

https://t.co/QF4sWgmCc3

[Dave Levinthal @davelevinthal]

ICYMI: After 18+ months in a de facto shutdown save for its most basic duties, the @FEC might finally get enough commissioners to investigate/audit/fine/issue rulings again.

Via @giornolist_ of @washingtonsun: https://t.co/EMvmYGnM1p

[Taylor Giorno @giornolist_]

trigger warning for all the millennials, your feelings will be hurt (but it will be worth it, @manuelas957 and @christa_dutton wrote a very fun story) https://t.co/4XMNUxDPw3

[Christa Dutton @christa_dutton]

“You got to summit Cringe Mountain and get to the other side. It’s cringe to believe change is possible. I reject the premise that cringe is bad.”

@manuelas957 and I (Gen Zers) wrote about the millennial-ness of the next Congress
https://t.co/ZUJHkSa2x5

[Christa Dutton @christa_dutton]

“You got to summit Cringe Mountain and get to the other side. It’s cringe to believe change is possible. I reject the premise that cringe is bad.”

@manuelas957 and I (Gen Zers) wrote about the millennial-ness of the next Congress
https://t.co/ZUJHkSa2x5

[Oriana González @ReporterOriana]

👀 INBOX: The anti-abortion group @sbaprolife is urging senators to delay Heidi Overton’s confirmation to lead the FDA until the Trump administration commits to restricting abortion pills

“Confirmation is not a coronation,” Erik Baptist, the group’s legal strategy VP, says

[Oriana González @ReporterOriana]

Very fun scooplet: AOC delivered a UMich-themed Diet Coke tower to Debbie Dingell this afternoon

Dingell was pretty much running on Diet Coke during the campaign cycle

[Leigh Ann Caldwell @LACaldwellDC]

New for @PuckNews
End Citizens United, that Dem PAC that is ubiquitous with eliminating corporate and dark money in politics, is under more scrutiny for how its spending its money---and for using the same tactics that it shuns. Only a fraction---less than 4 percent---of their money raised has been spent directly on candidates.
https://t.co/PUrNqi22RB

[Eleanor Mueller @Eleanor_Mueller]

👀 Groups across the political spectrum just sent a letter to Senate and House Armed Services Committee leadership urging them to drop provisions from the NDAA that would give the Pentagon explicit legal authority to purchase equity stakes in companies, per text shared with me ⬇️

[Connor Stringer @connorstringer]

***EXCLUSIVE***

Gianni Infantino could be hauled before Congress within weeks.

Democrats are preparing to escalate their investigation into FIFA’s ties to Donald Trump, with congressional subpoenas potentially issued as early as January.

Jamie Raskin, who is in line to chair the powerful House Judiciary Committee, is examining fresh allegations involving Infantino, including revelations that he asked a FIFA intermediary to help secure a work permit for a maid at his luxury Miami home. FIFA denies wrongdoing.

A committee source tells @Telegraph all investigative options are very much on the table”.

W/ @Tom_Morgs

[Dave Levinthal @davelevinthal]

The @FEC's long national nightmare may actually be over.

Scoop from @giornolist_ of @washingtonsun: https://t.co/EMvmYGojQX

[Taylor Giorno @giornolist_]

SCOOP: Two Republicans nominated for seats on the bipartisan @FEC finally get a hearing

Next Tuesday, time TBD https://t.co/2XQL7J0yU3

[Ellie Fivas @elliefivas]

Republicans are racing to confirm federal judges nominated by the president as their time in the majority wanes.

Democrats are objecting to the speed of nominations for a DOJ official and a defeated Texas Supreme Court candidate.

me for @washingtonsun

https://t.co/4fWXQvoFPD

[Matt Berman @Mr_Berman]

woops

[Jasmine Wright @JasJWright]

NEW: Harris’ allies have urged her to decide on 2028 by January, warning that a drawn-out call is unfair to the 20+ others expected to run. She hasn’t agreed to a deadline.

One former: “I want her to be president now. I’m not sure I want her to run again.”

https://t.co/VeKDyt1uRD

[Paige W. Cunningham @pw_cunningham]

NEW: Heidi Overton’s window to be confirmed as FDA commissioner is closing as furious Republicans return to Washington. https://t.co/X1CQP3Zn6s

[Oriana González @ReporterOriana]

🚨 Today's scoopy @washingtonsun Stakeout newsletter:

Republicans pick their leaders

Bye Hegseth?

Office advice for House newbies

Meeks to talk Speaker election with members

Senators admire Husted's ass

And a 2028 challenger for Wasserman Schultz
https://t.co/b1Fy457aOD