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🚨 Beyond thrilled and honored to be named co-author of @POLITICO Playbook and work alongside incredible journalists @AdamWren and @DashaBurns !!
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🚨 Playbook has a new team.
Our @AdamWren, @DashaBurns and @wsteaks will co-author the newsletter starting Monday, with an official relaunch set for Aug. 31.
Burns will also anchor a refreshed Playbook Podcast.
Read more: politi.co/4bmmRk3
Any Republicans doing this 2 weeks out? (legit asking)
BASH: “You're still fully behind Abdul El-Sayed?”
STEVENS: “Look, I'm on the Democratic ticket. I can't say that I agree with everything that's gone on… I'm looking to be on the team to support my next governor Jocelyn Benson, and frankly these great Democrats who are working their tails off, who are going to make Hakeem Jeffries the first black Speaker of the House.”
BASH: “You didn't mention Abdul El-Sayed in that last answer.”
STEVENS: “Well, look, I would just say, you had asked me if I'm still on the team, I'm on the team.”
Will Steakin retweeted
These comments come a day after Stevens’ former boss, who she featured in campaign ads, stood on stage next to her archrival in the Democratic Senate primary and praised and defended him.
BASH: “You're still fully behind Abdul El-Sayed?”
STEVENS: “Look, I'm on the Democratic ticket. I can't say that I agree with everything that's gone on… I'm looking to be on the team to support my next governor Jocelyn Benson, and frankly these great Democrats who are working their tails off, who are going to make Hakeem Jeffries the first black Speaker of the House.”
BASH: “You didn't mention Abdul El-Sayed in that last answer.”
STEVENS: “Well, look, I would just say, you had asked me if I'm still on the team, I'm on the team.”
Less than two weeks out
BASH: “You're still fully behind Abdul El-Sayed?”
STEVENS: “Look, I'm on the Democratic ticket. I can't say that I agree with everything that's gone on… I'm looking to be on the team to support my next governor Jocelyn Benson, and frankly these great Democrats who are working their tails off, who are going to make Hakeem Jeffries the first black Speaker of the House.”
BASH: “You didn't mention Abdul El-Sayed in that last answer.”
STEVENS: “Well, look, I would just say, you had asked me if I'm still on the team, I'm on the team.”
If this was 2024 Trump would show up to a Cheesecake Factory
Obama on Trump White House: ‘Like Saddam Hussein opened a Cheesecake Factory’
Read more: thehill.com/homenews/campaig…
For a decade running Obama is still Dems’ campaign closer… can anyone else take up this spot?
Will Steakin retweeted
The Democratic Party and its leaders are not “reflective of what the electorate looks like,” Angie Nixon told @DashaBurns.
She added that Democrats need to call out racism within the party or it will “hemorrhage voters.”
Listen to #TheConversation: politi.co/47wneWR
Will Steakin retweeted
A head-turning new "Michigan First" ad from @AbdulElSayed - he names some issue he agrees with MAGA voters on, then plays a supercut of Fox News hosts/Tucker praising him or bashing Mike Rogers. semafor.com/article/10/23/20…
Will Steakin retweeted
The fight over Vivek’s ad marks an opening salvo in the post-midterm GOP battle:
Can Repubs be a Trump party without Trump?
To date, dime store Trumpism has been a stone cold loser
My new column:
politico.com/news/magazine/2…
Will Steakin retweeted
Yes, it’s true we donated our full fee. I love the President and am eternally grateful for the opportunities he has provided me.
Contributing to the preservation of his legacy of greatness is my honor!
Chris LaCivita and James Blair donate full Bosnian consulting fee to Trump presidential library trib.al/8hzrHYG
Will Steakin retweeted
A constituent of mine has just been arrested in Boca, just a few miles from my house, for threatening my life. He is currently in the Palm Beach County jail. I’m grateful to @fdlepio and local law enforcement for acting quickly to keep myself and my family safe.
AOC praises Troy Jackson for ignoring Washington consultants who would tell him “Do not sit on a stage next to her.”
"It takes a lot to say. You know what? No, I know my people"
Jackson gets standing ovation
Will Steakin retweeted
Our @politico politics team watched two dozen debates this cycle so you didn't have to
What we learned: politico.com/news/2026/10/22…
In a week Trump has been on stage with both Mike Tyson and Evander Holyfield
🔥 JUST IN: Boxing legend Evander Holyfield just WALKED UP on stage with President Trump at his South Carolina rally and went FULL PATRIOT
"I THANK Donald Trump. I have a great relationship with him...every time I fought, I fought to win, and HE gave me the opportunity, and I'm so happy for him to be our president!" 👏🏻
Four-time heavyweight champion of the world, and now he's standing with Trump 🇺🇸
LEGENDS keep showing up for Trump, in a midterm!
Will Steakin retweeted
Thiel on the Iran war: "I think we should not have done it"
NEWS: I obtained a recording of Peter Thiel's latest Nashville Antichrist lectures. In his third talk delivered on Oct. 12, he breaks with the Trump admin on the U.S. war with Iran. “I think we should not have done it,” he said. “There were a lot of mistakes that were made.”
politico.com/news/2026/10/21…
Will Steakin retweeted
Republican pollster Frank Luntz, quoted by Politico, on the campaign ad run by Ohio gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy (R) featuring his opponent’s mother
“This may prove to be the most memorable ad of the entire election cycle. It is devastating. But I would’ve held it until the final weekend of the campaign. With this much time before the election, I fully expect the Democrats to have an equally devastating response.”
Link to article: politico.com/newsletters/pla…
Readers added context they thought people might want to know
Court records and 1978 reports confirm Amy Acton's stepfather was arrested and charged with raping her at age 12; he fled Ohio before trial and was declared a fugitive. Her brother has corroborated the events. Vivek's ad is siding with abusers over a victim.
cincinnati.com/story/news/pol…
forbes.com/sites/saradorn…
mediaite.com/media/news/ram…
Will Steakin retweeted
Vivek Ramaswamy’s new attack ad on Democratic opponent Amy Acton has ignited a firestorm in Ohio, and the backlash points to a much bigger problem for Republicans: finding a closing message that connects with voters.
🎧 Playbook Pod: politi.co/4zIrkqPVivek