Chief Washington Correspondent of The New York Times; On Washington column regularly in the NYT. Drummer. Occasional Coloradan. Author of "Confirmation Bias."
Sat down with @HowardMortman@hillhulse & @ChadPergram to go deep on 40 years of @cspan in the Senate. Howard found some amazing stuff here, so good that he split the pod into two parts.
Give a listen to Part 1 today, with second half coming next week.
https://t.co/auqh1mHbDc
40 years of Senate TV on C-SPAN2 (6-2-1986):
1. The @cspanradio podcast Extreme Mortman audience picked their favorite moments
2. We clipped them
3. @pkcapitol@hillhulse@ChadPergram talked about them
4. Listen NOW on top https://t.co/sVpC1lLBLG
Or ExMo wherever you get podcasts
Sen Schumer lashes out at the Supreme Court for its voting rights decision, calling it a "MAGA court" that is trying to give Republicans a political leg up in the upcoming midterms.
I asked Gallego how he'd respond to people questioning if he knew of Swalwell's behavior given how much time they spent together.
"The man led a double life," he said. "For many – I mean, more than 20 congressmen, people that had served with him for a long time, we had no clue."
NEWS: President Trump has discussed firing Attorney General Pam Bondi in recent days as he grows frustrated with her leadership at the Justice Department. He has floated the idea of replacing her with Lee Zeldin.
https://t.co/xLh0fe97Dp
the dc streetcar's final week of service is upon us. it was born in a 2002 feasibility study, promised as a 33-mile network, delivered as 2.2 miles on H street with no fare collection, and is being replaced by a bus that does the same thing but can turn. $200 million well spent.
Trump has granted clemency to more than 70 people convicted in fraud cases.
At the same time, he says he is waging a "war on fraud."
Those granted clemency included allies & donors.
Those targeted in the "war on fraud" include Somali & other immigrants. https://t.co/MRumc9WzCd
"After the call ended, an email was waiting in Mr. Ossé’s inbox: His invitation to Mr. Mamdani’s victory party the next day had been rescinded."
https://t.co/uHzMhhknlm
SCOOP: Josh Nass, a lobbyist who worked to secure a pardon from Trump for a client, was arrested Friday & charged with attempted extortion, apparently for trying to collect an additional $500k he was owed by the pardoned client, Joseph Schwartz. https://t.co/blJitIpZzS
NEW: @SenBlumenthal sent a letter to Kristi Noem saying she may have given false testimony when she said Corey Lewandowski did not have a role in approving DHS contracts.
He suggests Noem may have perjured herself in her Senate hearing.
Having worked at the NRSC & as someone who knows, likes, and respects Jennifer, I strongly disagree with this take. My view of the Scott team is they are laser focused & working overtime to hold the majority. Also I brought my dog to the NRSC every day in 2010 and we won 7 seats.