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icymi - Democrats are wondering whether the surge in candidates and potential spikes in donations could be too much of a good thing as they look at the midterms and are looking to party leaders to intervene in primaries w/ Elena Schneider politico.com/news/2025/05/2…

NEW: The Pentagon has promoted Kingsley Wilson to press secretary despite a *long* history of antisemitic & racist tweets. Her hiring as deputy press sec in March prompted bipartisan condemnation. Wilson's "leadership has been integral," a DoD spox said jewishinsider.com/2025/05/kingsl…

"The most transparent DoD in U.S. history," as Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth Pete Hegseth and his team calls itself, cracks down on media access again. I've been on this beat 17 years through numerous administrations. Never seen anything like this. One briefing all year. None again this week.

Maryland congressman Glenn Ivey heads to El Salvador to visit Kilmar Abrego Garcia buff.ly/yuTHIlu

JUST IN: Judge Beryl Howell denies stay of her ruling finding unlawful Trump's dismissal of U.S. Institute for Peace officials. Howell says #SCOTUS ruling yday re NLRB & MSPB firings not relevant because USIP lacks 'considerable executive power.' Doc: documentcloud.org/documents/2595…

Chef Patrick O’Connell’ s butter pecan ice cream with heated caramel syrup is stunningly good. Callista and I went to Patty O’s Cafe and the food and service was excellent. Happy Memorial Day weekend.

Suriname, elections today: ➤ Eligible voters: 401,903 ➤ Polls open: 7 AM—7 PM local ➤ Govt: President Chandrikapersad Santokhi’s (VHP, centre-left) ➤ No. of seats: 51 ➤ Term: 5 years ➤ Voting system: Party-list proportional representation #Suriname #verkiezingensuriname

The before times — Remarkable stat in this terrific ⁦Paul Kane⁩ profile of Scalise: He’s one of fewer than 25 GOP members, out of 220, who served during George W. Bush’s presidency. washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/…

And importantly, when you look at race within party, it’s clearly white Democrats who shifted left.

⁦⁦In September, ⁦Rahm Emanuel⁩ will be the headliner at a fish fry for Democrats in Iowa, where the party’s presidential nomination process traditionally started until 2024. wsj.com/politics/who-i…

I woke up this morning at my riverside time share in Pigeon Forge. I will spend the morning cruising the strip in my fully loaded Taurus (don’t tell my boss I brought my company car up here) and then head to Cherokee, NC to pick up a custom leather belt and headdress I ordered

King Charles is preparing to deliver an historic speech to Canada's parliament tomorrow, to give Ottawa a highly public show of support — and remind Donald Trump who the head of state is. But the British monarch's strategy isn't without risk. 🔗 politico.eu/article/uk-us-…

🚨🚨🚨BREAKING: White House envoy Steve Witkoff rejects Hamas' claim that the group has agreed to his proposal for a hostage and ceasefire deal and tells me: "What I have seen from Hamas is disappointing and completely unacceptable"

RIP Henny #orioles

Former Rep. Charlie Rangel has died at age 94. Some highlights of my Rangel beat

Thinking about this amazing video of Charlie Rangel walking through Harlem thanking supporters and giving TV interviews while eating a hot dog after his 1970 victory over Adam Clayton Powell. A man from a different time and style of politics.

It feels like a lifetime ago, but it’s less than two decades: When Chavez showed up at the UN in 2006 & called Bush “the devil,” this was the response from Harlem "You don't come into my country; you don't come into my congressional district and you don't condemn my

Tantalizingly close to 1% approval, let’s make it happen

Watch this play, and then consider he’s hitting .329. He should DEF be an All-Star.