Platner won. Democrats are scared.
w/ @igorbobic.bsky.social and @christadutton.bsky.social
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Republican House members seeking higher office are finding out that experience in Congress isn’t necessarily a benefit back home.
NEW — House Democrats say that Randy Villegas' win over DCCC's Jasmeet Bains in #CA22 and the DCCC's Joe Baldacci's failure to get a majority of votes in #ME02 send a clear message to the DCCC:
Stop meddling in Democratic primaries
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Since the 2024 election, Democrats have lost more than 275,000 registered voters across 28 battleground House districts, a new analysis from the
@NRCC
finds
Since 2020, Democrats have lost 737,000 voters in these districts.
w/@christadutton.bsky.social
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NEW: The acting FDA chief told pro-life leaders he’d convene a group of scientists to discuss the status of the FDA’s abortion pill review
With Kyle Diamantas leading the FDA temporarily, it’s unclear if that outreach to pro-lifers will continue after he’s gone
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NOTUS
Alex Roarty
New from me @notus.com:
We just revealed the White House has been brainstorming with prosecutors and even *the postmaster general himself* on how to restrict mail-in ballots and enforce federal voter lists.
The government hasn't admitted to that in court.
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The amount of money — much it funded anonymously — surging into Democratic primaries continues to be one of the biggest political stories of 2026.
Democrats said there’s a perfect storm of reasons for the deluge.
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Top lawyer at the Dept. of Health and Human Services bought a bunch of stock in Corning Inc. www.notus.org/money/hhs-of...
The rub? Corning is a major contractor for HHS. And ethics officials flagged the trade as not in compliance with the lawyer's ethics agreement.
I spoke with said lawyer:
NEWS: America’s 250th birthday is becoming a political, confusing quagmire.
Trump has already given ~$80 million in taxpayer funds to the group he created, for events he supports.
Meanwhile, Trump admin is withholding millions from the bipartisan 250 group.
Alex Roarty
Alex Roarty
Oriana González
Oriana González
House Republicans’ coalition behind the new housing bill is breaking
The White House has “serious policy concerns”
House conservatives are privately sharing frustrations
And Sen. Tim Scott is shutting down the bill’s chances in the Senate
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Jose Pagliery
Anna Kramer
Dave Levinthal
Oriana González
A significant number of House members have been running for statewide office instead of reelection. A lot of them are losing.
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Now the general election in one of the highest-profile Senate races begins.
