Igor Bobic

Senate basement lurker @ The Washington Sun. Co-author of The Stakeout newsletter. [email protected] | Signal: igorbobic.05 | @igorbobic.bsky.social

[Igor Bobic @igorbobic]

I need a drink

[Igor Bobic @igorbobic]

@mikedebonis He was no potted plant

[Igor Bobic @igorbobic]

In January, there will be *seven* Black U.S. senators:

There have only ever been 14 elected or appointed Black senators in U.S. history

Alsobrooks
Blunt Rochester
Booker
Colom
Scott
Stratton
Warnock

[The Associated Press @AP]

Democrat Scott Colom defeats Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, becoming Mississippi’s first Black U.S. senator since 1881.

[Taniel @Taniel]

CNN just called: Scott Colom has won the Mississippi Senate race.

He is first Black candidate to win statewide in Mississippi, for any office, since Reconstruction.

CNN is the first major network call for this contest; call comes as Colom leads by 0.4% with very few ballots.

[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.

[Joe Gould @reporterjoe]

NEW: Senior Dems resist shutdown threat to end Iran war.

“I want the war to end. Would shutting down the gov make that more likely, or would it just hand the Republicans a political victory while the war continues?” said Rep. Adam Smith

w/ @ahmadihamed_

https://t.co/27yJ3fkWss

[Oriana González @ReporterOriana]

NEW: After House Dems’ blunder with the Hegseth impeachment vote last night, Dems are pointing fingers at their leadership for not doing enough to wrangle its members before the vote

This and more in today’s @washingtonsun Stakeout newsletter edition: https://t.co/CYrq5pl18B

[Igor Bobic @igorbobic]

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[Igor Bobic @igorbobic]

New in today’s Stakeout:

An interview with a very confident Chuck Schumer, who says he’s locked up more than enough support to become leader and is already looking forward to 2028

[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

[Igor Bobic @igorbobic]

Dan Sullivan on latest ballot drop in Alaska:

“A lot more voting still to be counted!”

[Michael Scherer @michaelscherer]

Who rolled blue shirt sleeve up better?

[Igor Bobic @igorbobic]

Thank you for your service 🇺🇸

[Senate Press Gallery @SenatePress]

FYSA: The #Senate carryout is OPEN and will be open until one hour after Senate adjourns or, at the latest, 9:00 p.m.

[Alan He @alanhe]

The last story is so good

[John Hicks @JohnHicksNC]

In honor of @ChuckHubbardNC all but certainly winning NC-05 I’ve decided that after 8 years, I should finally share my Virginia Foxx story.

[Igor Bobic @igorbobic]

‘Fit Check’: Millennials are taking over Congress, and they’re bringing back Millennial Cringe

https://t.co/Lc2w89xx3d

[Taniel @Taniel]

Alaska just added roughly 24K ballots to the Senate race, & Mary Peltola won this batch by 7 percentage points over Senator Sullivan.

This grows her lead from 1.1% to 1.8%. She is now up 49% to 47.2%.

And Peltola now has more votes than the two Dan Sullivans combined.

[Justin Goodman @JustinPGoodman]

Despite the same predictions at the time, senate dem legislative agenda wasn’t impact one bit in 2021 when they had trump impeachment trial 2.0 and still managed to pass historic legislation and confirm full cabinet quickly..

[Igor Bobic @igorbobic]

If they impeach Hegseth in the next Congress, it would force Senate Dems to have to deal with an impeachment trial and take eyes off their legislative agenda

[Marianna Sotomayor @MariannaReports]

House Republicans managed to prevent Sec. Hegseth from getting impeached this week, in part because 11 Democrats did not vote. Leader Jeffries told me he'll talk to relevant chairmen about how to approach Hegseth in the majority, but noted, "This is not the end of it, it's just the beginning."

[John Bresnahan @bresreports]

That’s a pretty amazing stat