Donald Trump’s perfect vice president looks the part: attractive and telegenic. They are ideally Black or a woman, though that’s not required. And they are most certainly not taller than Trump himself.

Veepstakes latest w Marianne LeVine + Josh Dawsey: washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/…

'Where is my Cary Grant?' Trump is in no rush to decide who he'll pick as veep. And the list is growing, not shrinking. Our look at veepstakes w/ ⁦Josh Dawsey⁩ ⁦Ashley Parker⁩ washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/…

'It’s a fucking bridge. Like it’s a bridge, and how interesting is the bridge? It’s a little interesting but it’s not a lot interesting.” politi.co/4aLJHOZ via POLITICO

“Aren’t you embarrassed to be wearing that? No, no, wearing it with pride.” How Trump’s scowling mugshot became the ultimate symbol of defiance among his supporters — and the small industry that’s now behind marketing and selling it, w/Isaac Arnsdorf & Marianne LeVine:…

“I like Trump-Kennedy,” the former president recently told one person. “I like the way that sounds.”

Fun Michael C. Bender story on Trump’s (highly unlikely) musings about choosing RFK Jr. as his VP.

nytimes.com/2024/04/05/us/…

Here’s an excerpt of Isaac Arnsdorf’s new book, which was a delight to read: wapo.st/4am6Tnp

Mock service journalism at your own risk — this is amazing helpful: washingtonpost.com/weather/2024/0…

The Church of Trump: Michael C. Bender on how Trump is martyring himself and infusing Christianity into his MAGA movement. W a fortuitous Easter news peg… nytimes.com/2024/04/01/us/…

NEWS: Was the 2020 election stolen? Job interviews at the RNC take an unusual turn. Prospective hires say agreeing with Trump’s false election claim appears to be a new litmus test for being hired by the party, by Josh Dawsey washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/03…

Now do all smartphones for all teenagers.

Polls 💯 w every parent, ever.

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💯 💃 🔥

Are you better off now than you were four years ago, Trump asked the nation.

Hannah Knowles and I take you on a day-by-day journey to this week in 2020, just as the country was shutting down bc of a virus whose ramifications no one yet fully understood… washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/…

last night I ran an unofficial ~7 mile race through nyc at 2am with ~100 attendees

right after it started i realized that nearly everyone there was at least formerly a semi competitive runner, and within 5 minutes i was just running through the city alone for 70 minutes at 2am

A look at Israel-Gaza protesters, and how their sustained disruptions are impacting Biden and the Democrats, from me + Tyler Pager. washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/…

Absurd things I said to my 10-month-old this morning: “I just need, like, a few more hours to rest my eyes.” 😴

The Virginia arena proposal depends on $1B+ in taxes and fees generated at that site — but those figures rely on aggressive assumptions, according to an analysis commissioned by Gov. Youngkin’s cabinet that has not been released to the public. w/ Jonathan O'Connell

washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2024/…

This is one of the most powerful pieces of journalism I have ever read.

Urgent reporting, more than a year in the making, from Jessica Contrera Jenn Abelson + John D. Harden — and the first installment of the series Abused by the Badge washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/inter…

My screen right now:
Lede.
TKTK FEED FROM Tyler Pager
TKTK POLLING GRAPHS.
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I have many — MANY — questions, including why we call her “Kate” and not “Cate.”