NEWS: Barack Obama called Zohran Mamdani today, praising the campaign he's run and offering to be a “sounding board” into the future. “Your campaign has been impressive to watch,” Obama said told him. More details on the 30-minute call in the NYT —> www.nytimes.com/2025/11/01/n...

Teamed up with @shanegoldmacher.bsky.social to take a look at the NJ governor’s race & what its results could tell us about the durability of Trump’s 2024 gains/“realignments” www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/u...

NEW: "Redistricting has always been in her blood" An inside look at Nancy Pelosi's role in CA redistricting battle — after a career fighting gerrymandering wars. From tandem $$ calls with Newsom at gov's mansion to her fascinating history. A thread... www.nytimes.com/2025/09/14/u...

I distinctively remember interviewing Burton early in my career. Every line had an expletive. I asked if he might consider rephrasing a line or two because otherwise I wouldn't be able to use his quotes. "Who's f—ing problem is that?" he replied. RIP. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/07/u...

NEW: Kamala Harris and the DNC struck a handshake deal for the party to pay leftover 2024 bills. They've amounted to $20.5 million. Harris has promised to raise $$$ to cover those costs. But small donors making the donations have been left in dark. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/25/u...

NEW at NYT: The Democratic Party is facing a voter registration crisis in red, blue and battleground states alike — losing ground to the GOP everywhere. My deep dive into the numbers and what it reveals about the party's brand. Thread —> www.nytimes.com/2025/08/20/u...

Patrick Bailey: the first catcher in 99 YEARS to hit a walk-off inside-the-park home run 🤯

Patrick Bailey vs Jordan Romano 😈 IT'S AN ANTI-UNICORN ❌ [Inside-The-Park] Home Run (2) 💣 Exit velo: 103.4 mph Launch angle: 29 deg Projected distance: 414 ft This would have been a home run in every MLB ballpark except Oracle Park PHI @ SF 🔻 9th

Baseball generates such fun weirdo stats/records/occurrences. Like from last night: the Giants' Patrick Bailey became the first catcher in 99 years to hit a walk-off inside-the-park home run. Utterly meaningless! Fun!

Related, I need more sports on here to keep coming back.

Love Justin Verlander as a competitor. Less love for the 0-7 record headed into the All Star break.

NEW: inside Ken Martin’s rocky start. Top DNC officials have discussed whether they might need to borrow money this year to keep paying the bills. Lots more w/ Reid Epstein www.nytimes.com/2025/06/18/u...

NEWS: Lee Saunders, head of AFSCME, also out at DNC www.nytimes.com/2025/06/15/u...

NEWS: Randi Weingarten is out at DNC, citing disagreements with Ken Martin in a resignation letter. "I appear to be out of step with the leadership you are forging." She had been on DNC since 2002. MORE From me and Reid Epstein —> www.nytimes.com/2025/06/15/u...

NEW: These two maps help tell the story of America's political realignment in the Trump era. They show every county the two parties have continuously improved in over the 2016, 2020 and 2024 elections. It's a stark map. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Wilmer Flores is the MLB’s RBI leader, just as everyone expected

NEW: A fundamental reordering of the GOP big money world is underway. Trump’s super PAC/nonprofit have raised $400 million w/ plans to play in 2026. Plus, Trump vets taking senior roles at SLF and CLF, once independent fiefdoms. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/10/u...

NEW: A member of the board that oversees the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum wrote a blistering letter to the board condemning the institution's silence and invoking the lead-up to the Holocaust. It has sparked a flurry of responses. W/ @katieglueck.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/05/09/u...

Do people do sports here? Because this is a tense Warriors game

The decision to send deportees to Libya was striking. The country is racked with conflict, and human rights groups have called conditions in its network of migrant detention centers “horrific” and “deplorable.” www.nytimes.com/2025/05/06/u...

An uplifting little story www.nytimes.com/2025/04/28/u...

Pretty remarkable finish to tonight's 60 Minutes episode

Voters believe Trump is overreaching with aggressive efforts to expand executive power and have deep doubts about signature pieces of his agenda, per @nytimes.com @sienaresearch.bsky.social poll. @shanegoldmacher.bsky.social Ruth Igielnik @camillebaker.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/04/25/u...

Trump’s complete and total endorsement was not so exclusively complete and total.

NEWS: David Hogg, Now a Top DNC Official, is Plotting to Take Down Party Incumbents in Primaries in 2026 Lots more in here on an effort that threatens to fracture the party leadership —> www.nytimes.com/2025/04/15/u...

I wrote about the 23-year full-time student who just raised a whole bunch of money in those losing Florida special elections — and for his firm that got a 25% cut of "true profit" of what it brought in www.nytimes.com/2025/04/04/u...

NEW: With Orders, Investigations and Innuendo, Trump and G.O.P. Aim to Cripple the Left www.nytimes.com/2025/03/19/u...

Andy Beshear Rips Gavin Newsom for Having Steve Bannon on Podcast www.nytimes.com/2025/03/13/u...

There is a lot happening inside ActBlue. Reid Epstein and I report on the “alarming pattern” of senior-level departures and an internal message from a lawyer — posted and deleted — saying they have “whistleblower protections for a reason.” www.nytimes.com/2025/03/05/u...

This is a truly fascinating fundraising email from Mike Pence’s PAC

“This can’t happen again” I wrote about a previously unreported effort to keep what is effectively the central nervous system of the Democratic Party afloat last year — and fears about the future of a data system owned by private equity. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/01/u...

A quote from my piece on how Democrats are grappling with how to defend diversity amid Trump's attacks www.nytimes.com/2025/02/08/u...

NEW: The Democratic Party is having an identity crisis about identity politics. My piece on how Democrats are grappling with how to defend diversity and marginalized groups without being defined or marginalized by those fights. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/08/u...

Rep. Mark Pocan (D-WI) is getting into the acronym legislation game with the ELON MUSK Act

A new Quinnipiac poll shows the Democratic Party at an all-time low (31 percent favorable) and the Republican Party at an all-time high (43 percent). The question has been polled since 2008 poll.qu.edu/poll-release...

Democrats can't even agree on how deep a hole they are in. My piece on the important divide that could affect everything about how the party goes about trying to claw its way back into power. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/29/u...

My latest: Trump is at once a president at the absolute peak of his powers yet also closer to a lame-duck period than any newly inaugurated predecessor in the modern era www.nytimes.com/2025/01/21/u...

Going to www.whitehouse.gov now plays a triumphant Trump video

The Art of the Image: Trump as His Own Executive Producer. Imagery — and Mr. Trump’s mastery of it — played a vital role in powering his return to the White House. Excellent piece here by NYT @shanegoldmacher.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/01/18/u...

The Art of the Image: Trump as His Own Executive Producer www.nytimes.com/2025/01/18/u...

NEWS: Faiz Shakir, former Bernie Sanders campaign manager, makes late entry to DNC chair race after growing frustrated by lack of ambitious plans to restore Democratic brand with the working class. From me and Reid Epstein www.nytimes.com/2025/01/15/u...

Still don’t know who to follow on here

Departing Rep. Jamaal Bowman calls his primary defeat "a public execution for the country to see." “Democrats, you're going to allow this Black man to be attacked in this way, without any pushback, without any recourse?” ny1.com/nyc/all-boro...

NEWS: Steven Law is stepping down as head of the Senate Leadership Fund after a decade www.nytimes.com/2024/12/05/u...

Practically every presidential election brings about a technological leap or innovation in how campaigns target key voters. Meet the "streaming persuadables" of 2024 — and how Team Trump saved big $$$ targeting them *individually* with TV ads. My latest piece: www.nytimes.com/2024/12/05/u...

The election was exactly a month ago.

Pete Hegseth’s Mother Accused Her Son of Mistreating Women for Years www.nytimes.com/2024/11/29/u...

Republicans Built an Ecosystem of Influencers. Some Democrats Want One, Too. From me and Ken Bensinger www.nytimes.com/2024/11/28/u...

Okay, so which reporters and politicos are on here anyway? I was following ~4,000 people on Twitter/X!