Jessica Piper

data journalist @politico. previously @bangordailynews, @bowdoincollege. [email protected] / Signal: jsscppr.15

[POLITICO @politico]

Crypto megadonors up Ohio spending to $55 million to crush Sherrod Brown https://t.co/EMPl4zo6vk

[Jessica Piper @jsscppr]

https://t.co/7JNI9gtqae

[Jessica Piper @jsscppr]

Troy Jackson's longtime partner, Lana Pelletier writes in to the @bangordailynews:

"I deeply resent watching Collins and her allies treat our lives as something beneath them — especially when serious issues involving women are manipulated into political weapons"

[Jessica Piper @jsscppr]

2 weeks before the midterm elections, it's the first time the federal government has released heating oil from the reserve solely to address prices (past releases have been due to severe weather events).

~ half of Maine homes still use heating oil.

[CBS 13 News @WGME]

The federal government plans to release up to 315,000 barrels of heating oil from its Northeast reserve, a first-of-its-kind effort aimed at lowering costs for Mainers ahead of winter.

DETAILS: https://t.co/oWBGE6iQmz

[Patrick Svitek @PatrickSvitek]

#MESEN: Troy Jackson’s longtime partner, Lana Pelletier, breaks silence in new Bangor Daily News op-ed https://t.co/lLKaG4ZdsE

[Jessica Piper @jsscppr]

from late last night w/ @AlexGangitano: Trump’s MAGA Inc has spent nearly a quarter of a billion dollars — and still had close to that much cash in the bank for the last two weeks of the midterms, or beyond
https://t.co/iAcrUMumM6

[Andrew Howard @andrewjfhoward]

NEW: Across key Senate battlegrounds, Republicans’ cash advantage hasn’t led to an equally large amount of advertising time.

“There are limitations to the impact of ‘big money’ in politics.”

w/ @jsscppr
https://t.co/W56lZ0FJNV

[Andrew Howard @andrewjfhoward]

Now the *2nd* confirmed fake pollster of the cycle

[Jessica Piper @jsscppr]

pretty standard for party committees to take out loans; the NRSC took out $17M in 2024. And even though GOP super PACs have a ton of money, party cash is more valuable since committees can coordinate with campaigns to get candidate broadcast rates

[Jessica Piper @jsscppr]

the NRSC took out a $20M loan in September, per its latest FEC filing
https://t.co/HPTB4EKLzF

[Meredith Lee Hill @meredithllee]

from @politico this weekend - Democratic House and Senate candidates and outside groups have spent $145 million on general election ads mentioning Trump, while Republicans have spent just $8 million, according to a POLITICO analysis of data from AdImpact, which tracks political advertising.

That’s in sharp contrast to 2024, when GOP candidates spent $62 million on ads mentioning Trump.

https://t.co/OF41ls8BIs

[Andrew Howard @andrewjfhoward]

It's a tale as old as time. The House is getting ready to blame... the Senate.

“All of this money that was expected to go to the House, for the most part, is now being wasted on the Senate because they fucked up so bad," said one national GOP operative working on multiple competitive House races.

[Meredith Lee Hill @meredithllee]

👀 Rs inside Trump’s political operation are warning that pro-Trump super PACs can only help so much

Instead, GOP candidates need to focus on laying out 3-5 key future deliverables to “improve people’s personal economic situation” and “lower [their] cost of living.”

If not, “there’s a good chance they’re going to lose.”

That’s shocked Rs in tough races, who feel like they’re getting diverging messaging. It’s a big shift from even how House GOP leadership has approached the campaign trail in the final stretch.

https://t.co/i9pLEFm4mg

[Jessica Piper @jsscppr]

https://t.co/S0Q1IKlN7R
w/ @JasonBeeferman, @meredithllee and the @politico team

[Jessica Piper @jsscppr]

from the weekend: Republicans are avoiding Trump in campaign ads, even in places where they touted his endorsement 2 years ago.

and they're trying to navigate what to do as he hits the campaign trail.

[Nicholas Wu @nicholaswu12]

in the inbox: 'Ocasio-Cortez to Join “Students vs. Billionaires” Town Hall in Maine'

[Jaxon White @Jaxon__White]

"Pennsylvania businessman Jeff Yass put another $10 million into a super PAC backing Vivek Ramaswamy’s Ohio gubernatorial bid...", per @jsscppr https://t.co/iNs63goyUQ

[Lisa Kashinsky @lisakashinsky]

At least half a dozen House Dem challengers raised over $3 million in Q3 direct to their campaign accounts.

That’s more than multiple battleground Senate GOP incumbents brought in.

Unpacking Q3 w/@andrewjfhoward @politico https://t.co/0pqrYvuOAu

[The Washington Post @washingtonpost]

Dozens of masked Israeli settlers attacked Palestinian villagers trying to gather their autumn olive harvest. Heidi Levine, a veteran photographer for The Post, was also knocked her to the ground, kicked repeatedly and stripped of her camera and phone.
https://t.co/1b9eD10Ldv

[Jessica Piper @jsscppr]

From last night’s FEC deadline: how a handful of billionaire donors are powering the GOP’s super PAC cash advantage
https://t.co/ywSOc66cdo