SCOOPLET | Missoula smokejumper Sam Forstag, a local union leader and wildland firefighter, is considering running against GOP Rep. Ryan Zinke in MT-01 (Trump+12, Tester+1), per 3 sources familiar. No decision expected before November. Forstag spoke at a Bernie rally this year.

SCOOPLET | Missoula smokejumper Sam Forstag, a local union leader and wildland firefighter, is considering running against GOP Rep. Ryan Zinke in MT-01 (Trump+12, Tester+1), per 3 sources familiar. No decision expected before November. Forstag spoke at a Bernie rally this year.

Per the WSJ here's the note allegedly signed by Trump for the 2003 Jeffrey Epstein birthday book www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...

Democrats flipped a Trump +11 state Senate seat in Iowa tonight, by a wide margin, continuing a streak of special election over-performances in the Hawkeye State and breaking the GOP legislative supermajority. At the current margin it would be a 20 point swing toward Democrats.

Bob Brooks officially announced his run for toss-up PA-07 today — I broke the news that he was planning to run more than a month ago >>>

Remarkable but not at all surprising that this Fox News article never mentions flag burning is constitutionally protected free speech per SCOTUS in Texas v. Johnson, a case you learn about in high school, and affirmed in United States v. Eichman after Congress attempted a ban.

🚨OH-Senate: Solid Republican ➡️Lean Republican Former Sen. Sherrod Brown’s expected entrance makes this race competitive, but any Democrat is still an underdog in Ohio. That said, any real path to a D majority includes a strong Brown campaign. www.insideelections.com/news/article...

A new poll from the pro-Raja Krishnamoorthi Impact Fund shows the congressman out front in the IL-Sen Democratic primary to succeed Sen. Dick Durbin. Krishnamoorthi 38 Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton 17 Rep. Robin Kelly 7 (8/8-10, 615 LVs, mixed mode, ±3.95%)

Didn’t know they made Moldovan ambassadors at the Pete Buttigieg factory

Beto 2018 (lost by 2%) would have won one more congressional district than Obama 2012 (lost by 16%) under the new map proposed by Texas Republicans.

NEWS | Attorney and former Secret Service special agent Logan Forsythe is “seriously considering a bid and is likely to run” for Senate in Kentucky as a Democrat next year. The 36-year-old Western Kentucky native is now a personal injury attorney in Lexington.

“You go check me out 1am in the morning, I’m sitting in the back of a closed barbershop or beauty salon, smoking a cigar or drinking some Henny, or a single malt scotch.”

Can’t believe my gym implemented ranked choice voting before the DC council did

🚨NEWS | Pennsylvania firefighter union chief Bob Brooks is gearing up to run as a Democrat in toss-up PA-07, per two Pennsylvania Democratic sources. Brooks, a 20-year veteran of the Bethlehem FD, would be the fourth major candidate running against GOP Rep. Ryan Mackenzie.

🚨NEWS | Pennsylvania firefighter union chief Bob Brooks is gearing up to run as a Democrat in toss-up PA-07, per two Pennsylvania Democratic sources. Brooks, a 20-year veteran of the Bethlehem FD, would be the fourth major candidate running against GOP Rep. Ryan Mackenzie.

Kyrsten Sinema (no longer a senator) spent nearly $400,000 in campaign funds over the past three months, including: -$86k on airfare and in-flight services -$86k on security detail (including $600 on ski tickets) -$7k on meals

Democrats lost the House by 7,309 votes last year — this week is a direct consequence. I dug into the closest races of the cycle >>> www.insideelections.com/news/article...

One thing I think is underdiscussed re: Murkowski is that she is unique in her coalition is primarily members of the opposite party. She won 53% in 2022 against another GOPer. Biden won 43%, Harris won 41%, back of the envelope 70-80% of Murkowski voters are Dem pres voters.

The last time either party successfully defended an open seat won by the loser of the last presidential election—what Republicans will try to do with Don Bacon's Nebraska 2nd—was 23 years ago. In 2002, the GOP won 3 open seats that Gore had won in 2000. www.insideelections.com/news/article...

NEWS | Another potential NE-02 Democratic candidate now that Bacon retired is former VA Deputy Assistant Secretary Kishla Askins, a physician's assistant who spent 30 years in the Navy, including as a medical officer and DOD official. She most recently was COO of an Arctic-focused consulting firm.

Mamdani winning is bad for Democrats because now Republicans might call them socialists, something that has never happened before.

Low propensity voters breaking heavily to one candidate helping them pull off a polling upset? Never heard of that happening before

Brighton Beach to the rest of southern Brooklyn

Mamdani still up 7.8 percent with 84 percent counted — he’s gonna come in first and by all accounts Cuomo will not be able to catch him the RCV

I would simply not attend www.nytimes.com/2025/06/20/s...

Early voting in NYC continues to run more than double what it was in 2021. Brooklyn ⬆️2.5x Manhattan ⬆️2.2x Queens ⬆️2.2x Bronx ⬆️1.5x Staten Island ⬆️1.3x

NYC mayoral Day 1 early voting is nearly double what it was in 2021 (that was the first mayoral race with early voting). Manhattan, Brooklyn, and Queens lead the way.

One frustrating element of the Padilla discourse is the bad-faith fixation on "not wearing his security pin." Those pins are for free reign of the Capitol complex, not for federal buildings in CA. And unlike House members, many senators don't even wear pins in the Capitol, as seen here >>

4 Democrats didn’t vote and another 3 Democratic seats are vacant due to member deaths Four Democratic absences (Correa, Beatty, Randall and Norcross) and the deaths of Grijalva, Turner and Connelly left the Democrats down 7 votes as the bill passed by 2. Two Republicans also didn’t vote.

NEWS | Congressman Waino? A Democratic group recently attempted to recruit former St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Adam Wainwright to run against GOP Rep. Ann Wagner in MO-02. A May 21-22 survey tested the 3x All-Star against the 7x incumbent. www.insideelections.com/news/article...

There's so much in the latest IE. Here's just a sample of impending and potential House candidates included: -in CO-5, former Doug Emhoff chief of staff JESSICA KILLIN (D) is getting ready to launch -in NJ-7 former Rep MALINOWKSI tells me he has "no plans" to run insideelections.com/edition/9/11

🚨Nebraska State Sen. John Cavanaugh (D) is running against GOP Rep. Don Bacon (R) in NE-02, giving Democrats their highest profile challenger yet. Cavanaugh’s father represented NE-02 in the 1970s.

Valentina "Don't be Weak and Gay" Gomez, the perennial candidate in Missouri and Texas now running for Congress, listed “triggering libs on X” as her sole source of income. The returns: $14,754 last year and $16,188 so far this year.

Former Sherrod Brown staffer Diop Harris of Battle Creek, Michigan, is preparing to launch a campaign against Rep. Bill Huizenga in Michigan's 4th District - targeting a Juneteenth launch but already raising money.

The health care company owned by Florida Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D) and her family has agreed to pay back $5.8 million that Florida accidentally disbursed to it. She was the CEO at the time, and took a $5.8m salary that year - then self-funded a campaign w/ $6.2m. cbs12.com/news/local/c...

Scoop: Former US Ambassador to Ukraine BRIDGET BRINK is preparing to run for Congress in Michigan’s 7th District, two sources say. She’s in DC this week taking meetings ahead of a bid against freshman GOPer Tom Barrett. Brink resigned last month over disagreements with Trump.

Scoop: Former US Ambassador to Ukraine BRIDGET BRINK is preparing to run for Congress in Michigan’s 7th District, two sources say. She’s in DC this week taking meetings ahead of a bid against freshman GOPer Tom Barrett. Brink resigned last month over disagreements with Trump.

"Tell your friend NOTUS he has a funny name."

Heading to Who Foods to pick up some roast beast, you want anything?

The existence of Chicago Pope implies the existence of MLA Pope and APA Pope

Notable recent tweets from the new pope

Democrats successfully inverted Trump’s best issue by focusing relentlessly on one specific unpopular action — and so are pumping the brakes?

Is there a Canadian Kornacki we should all be following tonight? A Steve Canucki, if you will?

March: the Cornell president wrote in NYT that “key to our commitment to open inquiry is ensuring that all voices — from every point on the political spectrum — can be heard.” This week: he said he would have sent police to remove keffiyehs at the spring concert if Kehlani was allowed to perform

Another poll, this one from YouGov/Economist showing Trump’s immigration approval inverting this month: April 5-8: 50% approve / 44% disapprove April 19-22: 45% approve / 50% disapprove d3nkl3psvxxpe9.cloudfront.net/documents/ec...

This stuff pushed out by million-follower accounts is just wrong and easily disproven. Warren’s net worth is $4-17m. Booker’s is $600k-$1.4m. Gallego’s 2024 disclosure actually suggested a negative net worth thanks to mortgages (though it doesn’t include the value of the homes).

A sign the Abrego Garcia case is taking a toll? For the first time in 2025, Reuters/Ipsos finds Trump underwater on his handling of immigration: 45 percent approve/46 percent disapprove. Last month it was 49 percent approve/44 percent disapprove.

One thing about Chris Van Hollen many might not know: he came up around these kinds of foreign endeavors. His father was a career FSO and US Ambassador, and his mother was a top analyst at the CIA and State Department. Van Hollen was born in Pakistan and grew up abroad.

One thing about Chris Van Hollen many might not know: he came up around these kinds of foreign endeavors. His father was a career FSO and US Ambassador, and his mother was a top analyst at the CIA and State Department. Van Hollen was born in Pakistan and grew up abroad.

Another vote that would have failed if Democrats had been at full strength. Two Democrats died earlier this year, both members in their 70s who ran last year despite cancer diagnoses. A third, Don Norcross, is in the ICU in New Jersey.