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➡️I recently started a new job at @StraightArrow__ as Senior Politics Reporter.
🗣️The beat: covering how politics stories get built, framed and sold.
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Rep. Ilhan Omar's planned appearance at an event tonight with Hasan Piker in Minneapolis is being condemned by prominent Democrats in Minnesota.
One person defending Piker: Jesse Ventura
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"Elon 2028."
No, Elon is not behind it.
Yes, there is a memecoin.
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NEW: The group behind Cornel West's 2024 ballot push was wholly funded through Elon Musk's dark money network, according to Sludge's review of tax documents. readsludge.com/2026/10/26/mu…
"This race is close y'all. This is in the margin of error. Polling doesn't mean anything anymore." — Rep. Mike Collins.
Real Clear Politics average of poll has him trailing by more than 2X the margin of error.
realclearpolling.com/polls/s…
NY's Republican gubernatorial candidate Bruce Blakeman says "Our internal polls have us within 3 1/2 points."
@RCPolitics's average of recent polls (Quinnipiac, Emerson, Marist & Siena) have him trailing by 11.5
realclearpolling.com/polls/g…
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Both CNN and Politico were barred from travel pool duty on Air Force One today. Axios is sending notes from the "secondary" pool seat. Here's the relevant note that just went out to subscribers:
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Republican poll completed last week that was shared with me shows Collins down 11 to Ossoff
In the Georgia gov race, it's essentially tied with Lance Bottoms +1 over Rick Jackson
Put another way: Collins is underperforming his fellow Republican by 10 points
No, Elon is not behind it.
Yes, there is a memecoin.
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Skydance is offering voluntary buyouts to staff, per an email from David Ellison and Ynon Kreiz.
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#SCSEN: Annie Andrews gets a joint endorsement from former Govs. David Beasley (R) and Jim Hodges (D). Hodges unseated Beasley in 1998. youtube.com/watch?v=ARZ5yG35…
"His father only admitted they were getting a divorce after Bob confronted him with an incriminating letter he had discovered in his father’s sock drawer that referred to the end of the marriage."
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"when a drunk Nixon phoned Kissinger later that night and pleaded with him not to tell anyone that he had cried, both deputies were silently listening in on the call — and then blabbed about it to Woodward, according to the manuscript"
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NEW: I obtained the full Trumbull County file for Amy Acton's stepfather's 1974 charge which shows that he was indicted for incest involving his 16-year-old biological daughter in 1973. The sheriff was then unable to locate him to serve him a summons in the county and nothing further happened in the case.
Donna Arthur, featured in Vivek Ramaswamy's still-running campaign ad, married Cledith the next year in a neighboring county.
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I hear two former S Carolina govs w a history have cut a closing spot for @AnnieAndrewsMD Senate bid
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The super PAC for DATA CENTERS has arrived.
Meet Building the Future. The group is spending millions for Darline Graham in the homestretch, a preview of fights to come in 2028.
With @ELaserDavies:
nytimes.com/2026/10/26/us/po…
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I'm doing something this week that I don't think CNN has ever done. I'm hosting a 7+ hour livestream EVERY day as we drive through battleground states, meet voters/candidates and just have fun with local unique activities. It's part travel show, part food show, part politics. We're starting with Pennsylvania, Ohio, then Michigan. Send through any ideas of places to go!! Streaming 10a-5p every day, first two hours Monday on YouTube, the rest on the CNN app.
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An IE report from SLF, the big Senate GOP super PAC, that reveals the state of affairs in final 10 days. Spending in:
SC ($978k)
NE ($960k)
KS ($720k)
MS ($572k)
