'Trump’s real power on the Hill has always been destructive in nature. He’s someone who blocks things from happening rather than someone who builds consensus'

important context to keep in mind from Catie Edmondson in last weeks 'On Politics' newsletter with Jess Bidgood

Brilliant platform leveraging--Jess Bidgood says her dream The New York Times OnPolitics newsletter would be a Taylor Swift interview. 'Taylor, I know you’re reading this: When you’ve got something to say about this election, email me.' nytimes.com/2024/03/29/us/…

Our @wsj front page today i'm marking an excruciating milestone. #istandwithevan

#IStandWithEvan

Apply for my old job! It is a great one.

The Jess Bidgood era is about to begin.

Read all the way to the end where Lissandra Villa de Petrzelka is accidentally sent text messages intended for Mellon 👀
bostonglobe.com/2024/03/03/nat…

BREAKING 🚨🚨🚨: #SCOTUS to hear Trump criminal immunity appeal in case stemming from his failed bid to cling to power in 2020. To be argued in late April

So the Washington Post gutted metro and now DCist and WAMU at a time when DC needs oversight over and accountability from our chaotic local elected leaders more than ever. Cool. This is fine.

GOOD MORNING! Today is the final edition of ⁦CNN Early Start with Kasie Hunt⁩! Join us:

⁦Frederik Pleitgen⁩
⁦Jess Bidgood⁩
⁦Max Foster⁩
⁦Derek Van Dam⁩
⁦David Sanger⁩
⁦Shelby Talcott⁩
⁦Edward-Isaac Dovere⁩
⁦Andrew Desiderio⁩
⁦Andy Scholes⁩

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp tells CNN he was interviewed at the office of the special counsel prosecuting Trump's federal election subversion case.

'I basically told them the same thing I told the special grand juries: that I follow the law and the Constitution and answered all…

Smart story by Jess Bidgood on the rising tide of American First isolationism in the GOP, particularly in the Senate, where 9 of 10 Rs first elected in 2020 or 2022 voted against the foreign aid bill, along with 5 of 7 Republicans first elected in 2018. bostonglobe.com/2024/02/19/nat…

Ahead head of a major address, Nikki Haley tells The Associated Press that she will not leave the Republican primary election even if she is blown out on Saturday. She vowed to stay in the fight against Donald Trump at least until after Super Tuesday -- if not longer.…

'Trump’s extraordinary campaign for a second term has relied in part on a retelling of his first, one that sometimes exaggerates and misstates his accomplishments and is silent on his failures.' From Jess Bidgood. bostonglobe.com/2024/02/10/nat…

Are we in an impeachment doom loop?

my story from December: bostonglobe.com/2023/12/13/nat…

Per Congressional Leadership Fund, they're 'plowing around key Republican precinct areas.'

“PACs are like the rich, crazy uncles at Thanksgiving. You can’t control what they say, you just have to shrug and offer an eye roll … because you really like the big gifts that they give you,” a Republican strategist told Tal Kopan and Lissandra Villa de Petrzelka. bostonglobe.com/2024/02/12/nat…