“They pay for the food, they pay for the place, they pay for the liquor, and you show up, and they’re happy.”

Bobby Pulido, a Tejano musician who’s running for Congress in South Texas, hopes that his status as a regional celebrity will open the door to a lasting connection with voters. www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...

I wrote about Bobby Pulido, the Tejano singer running for Congress whose opponent dismissed him as a “quinceañera act.” Well, guess where’s he’s campaigning? A story about tradition and my first in @newyorker.com, from Texas → www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...

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Markwayne Mullin, the senator from Oklahoma and a citizen of the Cherokee Nation, is going to be in charge of Trump’s deportation operation.

BREAKING: Trump-Noem DHS admits to wrongfully arresting 261 DACA recipients, 86 of whom were deported, since Trump’s second term started, per disclosure to Congress.

The @washingtonpost.com layoffs disproportionately affected union members of color, per data from the @postguild.bsky.social. 50% of Hispanic/Latino guild members,​ 45% of Black members, and​ 43% of Asian members were laid off, compared to 37% of white members. www.niemanlab.org/2026/02/wash...

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They say you haven’t lived until you’ve been laid off. I’ve now lived once. Gutted to see so many coworkers lose their jobs at the Post today. If you know anyone who’s hiring a politics/culture/magazine writer with a law degree who also speaks Spanish: jesusrodriguez.work

Marco Rubio says he covers his head with a blanket when taking naps on Air Force One so Trump won't think his secretary of state is weak for needing sleep on overseas flights. An outstanding read on Trump's health: nymag.com/intelligence...

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Kare 11 local news just read, in full, this statement from Michael and Susan Pretti, the parents of Alex Pretti. "Please get the truth out about our son."

From a 1993 profile of Hillary Clinton: www.washingtonpost.com/archive/life...

The anti-Trump coalition of professional liberals, progressives, independents and former Republicans have spent the past year gathering in Washington to talk about their grim new reality.

“Democratic politicians have a problem: They are Democratic politicians. Where does that leave a Connecticut senator who’s been on the Hill for nearly two decades?” A superb @karavoght.bsky.social profile of Chris Murphy, codenamed “The Vestryman” by Bannon www.washingtonpost.com/style/power/...

This whole paragraph in @maurajudkis.bsky.social's amazing story about SWEAT and THE SWAMP www.washingtonpost.com/style/of-int...

“Never did I imagine hands on me, and let alone being put on the ground,” said Alex Padilla, California’s first Latino senator, in an interview this week.

He’s throwing WorldPride in Trump’s backyard. Who’s with him? www.washingtonpost.com/style/power/...

Capital Pride is throwing a massive pride event on Trump’s doorstep as the administration advances decidedly anti-LGBTQ policies. ED Ryan Bos says “this is not the time to retreat.” @jesusrodriguez.work

“You feel like you’re closer to the moon.” You won’t want to miss this great @jesusrodriguez.work meander along the Gulf of America or is it still the Gulf of Mexico? www.washingtonpost.com/style/power/...

This gulf story has everything: a map-maker debating the name change, an oceanographer listening to whales, a Venezuelan mom on a gulf-side bus ride to an immigration appt — all bookended by Margaritavilles (Key West & S. Padre Island) and, of course, SpaceX. www.washingtonpost.com/style/power/...

On the Gulf Coast, no one’s really calling it “Gulf of America.” Is there anything American about it? I went to Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, the border and the Margaritaville in South Padre Island, Texas to figure it out. @washingtonpost.com www.washingtonpost.com/style/power/...

“My history will not be defined by this case,” Bob Menendez told me last January, choking back tears. @washingtonpost.com www.washingtonpost.com/style/power/...

Latinos like the Ramirez family were an essential part of the coalition that helped Trump retake the White House. But any future loyalty to the GOP depends on whether he can deliver on his promises.“Now, I’m like Arizona. I’m the pendulum.” @jesusrodriguez.work www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

“Call me Sarah.”

In her first week as a Member of Congress, Sarah McBride introduced a bill with Republican Young Kim. www.washingtonpost.com/style/power/...

Actually, Sarah McBride does have an agenda. I spent part of her first week — a week of many firsts — trying to figure out what it is. Don’t miss the *insane* takeout order that got her to Congress. washingtonpost.com/style/power/20… @mcbride.house.gov @washingtonpost.com

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How a Bernie to Trump voter in Michigan thought about the election: the billionaire knew more about what it’s like for regular people than Harris

“Numerous Harris organizers believed it was failing to invest in mobilizing Black and Latino voters in the nation’s sixth-largest city, the biggest prize in the election’s most populous battleground state.” www.nytimes.com/2024/12/07/u...

Wondering what it’s like to go to the Supreme Court? I sat with trans teen L.W. during the historic oral arguments: wapo.st/4fjKpFn

This just isn't true. All of these are from months before the election, plus many, many examples from other outlets. And it wasn't just curiosity! It was accountability, skepticism, informing the public.

Sheeny, shiny, glossy Jack Schlossberg. @karavoght.bsky.social spent months talking to him and thinking about what to make of him. The result is this great piece capturing him in print amber like few others could. www.washingtonpost.com/style/2024/1...

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Usha Vance: an ex-Democrat who taught JD the ways of the elite and helped propel him into political prominence — but who doesn't say much about herself. From @karavoght.bsky.social and I: www.washingtonpost.com/style/power/...

we used to be a proper country

On election night, Donald Trump flipped Cameron County, and I knew I had to go back to the place where I spent my first days as a reporter: Brownsville. We traveled through the marshlands into Elon Musk’s Starbase to look at how he helped transform the region and its politics. nyti.ms/3B4IjuQ

On her first day canvassing for Kamala Harris in Pennsylvania, “I began to sense a dissonance between the celebrity-inflected exuberance of the Harris campaign and the bleak mood and raw divisions I encountered in the streets,” Julia Preston writes.

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Drake just signed a legal document acknowledging "Not Like Us" did him great harm. Is this not the biggest defeat in hip-hop history?

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This was an interesting distillation of why Harris lost through the lens of today’s (badly broken) information ecosystem. “Trump has maximized his influence over networks [and] filled them with information that, true or not, seems all of a coherent piece.” www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...

President Biden assures Americans that, this time, the T-Rex containment unit is completely reliable.

🚨🚨🚨Washington Post exclusive: "As Gaza’s hunger crisis worsens, organized gangs are stealing much of the aid Israel allows into the enclave, operating freely in areas controlled by the Israeli military" www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/1...

Haven't been here in forever, but so glad I'm finding the same great follows I had on X. For those I haven't met: I'm a journalist for The Washington Post. I write profiles and features on politics — from Bob Menendez to the dream of Blue Texas to culinary workers in Vegas. And Bad Bunny. Hello.