Kevin Robillard

A Race In Arizona Poses A Stiffer Test For Democrats’ Youth Movement Not every front-runner is going to be Andrew Cuomo.

New: "Am I the Cuomo in this situation?"

Democrats' youth movement is heading to Arizona, where 25-year-old influencer Deja Foxx is making noise, but frontrunner Adelita Grijalva should make a tougher out than a certain former NY guv.

www.huffpost.com/entry/arizon...

Andrew Cuomo Has Bloomberg’s Cash. Zohran Mamdani Has These Guys. How a small super PAC helped a progressive close the gap in the most-watched primary of the year.

New: I wrote about New Yorkers for Lower Costs, the partially grassroots-funded super PAC backing Mamdani that wouldn't make sense anywhere outside of NYC.

Their efforts provide some insights into Mamdani's broader strategy, and a contrast to Cuomo's super PAC: www.huffpost.com/entry/andrew...

Andrew Cuomo’s Struggles Are A Blaring Alarm For The Democratic Establishment If a spirited primary challenge can happen to him, it can happen to anyone.

New: If it can happen to Cuomo, it can happen to them.

Why the former governor's struggles in the NYC mayor race should be a blaring alarm for establishment Democrats elsewhere.

www.huffpost.com/entry/andrew...

A Dangerous Plan From Senate Republicans Would Give Trump Even More Power The proposal mirrors a House plan that would undermine civil service protections and give a president like Trump more power to fire whomever he wants.

The Senate's draft of the reconciliation bill is horrendous for federal workers. New hires would have to sacrifice 10% of their salary or else be classified as "at-will." A blatant scheme to undo job security and upend the civil service.
www.huffpost.com/entry/senate...

NEW: Andrew Cuomo is mounting a stunning political comeback despite 12 women accusing him of sexual harassment just 3 years ago.

I spoke with several of the women whose claims were substantiated by three investigations. They feel betrayed & forgotten. www.huffpost.com/entry/andrew...

Trump Admin Reportedly Told Court A Different Story Than The Public In Sealed Communications Lawyers for the wrongly deported man revealed a stark contrast to what Trump and his officials have been saying publicly.

"The Government has apparently suggested to this Court — belatedly, and in sealed ex parte communications — that it was working to secure Abrego Garcia’s return"

What a filing in the Abrego Garcia case shows about sealed motions that led to a one week discovery stay www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...

Microsoft Drops Simpson Thacher & Bartlett Law Firm from a Case The tech giant instead engaged a firm that is fighting the president’s executive orders, Jenner & Block, in a sign that those firms can still attract clients.

Microsoft has dropped a law firm that settled with the Trump administration in favor of one that is fighting the president’s executive orders, in a sign that those firms can still attract clients.

GOP Lays Groundwork To Restrict Abortion Pill With New Junk Science Report Recent comments from Trump’s FDA commissioner, coupled with an anti-abortion study on mifepristone, are setting off alarm bells among reproductive rights groups.

NEW: Republicans are laying the groundwork to restrict the abortion pill using a new junk science report.

Crosstabs for the manufacturing vs. office work question described in post

One other question we asked on our latest economic poll: Assuming pay was the same, would you rather have a manufacturing or office job?
73% office
26% manufacturing

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The House Education and Workforce section of the reconciliation bill would eliminate the Education Department's authority to cancel student debt for borrowers whose schools defraud them.
So if you're a victim of fraud by your college, you'd still have to pay that loan that was fraudulently derived.

Donald Trump Goes Full Authoritarian In New Attack On Democratic Party Taking a page from authoritarians around the world, Trump is targeting his political opposition with criminal investigations.

Trump sent the Justice Department after ActBlue, an effort to target his political opposition with criminal investigations

Democratic Governor Moves To Boycott El Salvador For Aiding Trump Illinois Gov. J.B. Prtizker is ordering the state's pension funds and procurement agencies to review any investments in the Latin American country.

New: Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker is moving to have his state boycott El Salvador in response to Bukele's assistance of Trump, ordering a review of pension investments and procurement contracts.

Allies hope other Dem states will follow suit.

www.huffpost.com/entry/democr...

Donald Trump Is Defying The Supreme Court In the case of the wrongfully removed immigrant Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the Trump administration is defying — and lying about — a Supreme Court order.

Yes, Donald Trump is defying the Supreme Court www.huffpost.com/entry/donald...

Democrats Are Fighting Trump’s Tariffs, And Each Other Party members who allow space for tariffs when criticizing Trump's trade war have faced heavy criticism.

New: I reported out Democrats' intra-party battle on tariff messaging.

-This is partially/mostly a wonk fight about staffing the next D admin.

-Allowing space for some tariffs an average message in D polling.

-Tariff-friendly Dems are a mix of progs & moderates.

www.huffpost.com/entry/democr...

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Polis vs. Whitmer in the most explicit Democrat vs. Democrat argument we've seen so far on tariffs.

Trump approval going from -3 net to -8 net since last week in Economist/YouGov poll -->

Journalism wins Santa Anita Derby, will be likely favorite for Kentucky Derby 2025 Journalism, Rodriguez and Admire Daytona all won prep races Saturday to clinch spots in the Kentucky Derby on May 3 at Churchill Downs in Louisville.

Good news for Journalism. www.courier-journal.com/story/sports...

It Is Happening Here Trump is following the playbook of autocrats around the world — and it could change America forever.

Trump is copying the autocrats' playbook from Viktor Orban to end democracy in America. He's using autocratic legalism (or really autocratic illegalism) to turn the constitution and the law against themselves. Now's the time to stop this:
www.huffpost.com/entry/donald...

Hours after posting in support of measles vaccines, RFK Jr. praised two doctors who have criticized vaccines and tout alternative treatments.

One called the outbreak “God’s version of measles immunization.” The other was disciplined by medical regulators in 2003

Trump prosecutor compares use of Jan. 6 charge to internment of Japanese Americans:

www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...

Dow down 2,000 points, proving this has all been a master plan by Trump NEC Director Kevin Hassett to make his book relevant again.

Liberal Judge Wins Wisconsin Supreme Court Seat, Defying Musk’s Millions Victory could help Democrats in the 2026 midterm elections.

Liberal Judge Wins Wisconsin Supreme Court Seat, Defying Musk’s Millions

www.huffpost.com/entry/libera...

HHS has laid of the *entire staff* of the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program this week, according to the National Energy Assistance Directors' Association.

Helped 6 million households stay warm in winter, per most recent data from 2023.

Grant funding hasn't been eliminated.

An ‘Administrative Error’ Sends a Maryland Father to a Salvadoran Prison The Trump administration says it mistakenly deported an immigrant with protected status but that courts are powerless to order his return.

BREAKING: Trump admin says it mistakenly deported a Maryland father who had *withholding of removal* back to El Salvador on March 15. Govt told court Monday it won't bring Kilmar Abrego Garcia back. "What.The.Fuck..." one govt attorney told me. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc... @theatlantic.com

Don’t Let Them Whitewash Our History Donald Trump wants to ignore the sins and struggles of our past. He’s wrong.

Does Boston's Robert Gould Shaw and Massachusetts 54th Regiment Memorial, maintained by the National Park Service, fall afoul of Trump’s command to “remove improper ideology” from government properties?

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A Prominent Law Firm, The Progressive Fight, And Its Deal With The Devil The 150-year-old law firm fought the first Trump administration. Will its deal with the second stop it from fighting now?

The law firm Paul Weiss was on the frontlines fighting back against the first Trump administration. Now, they've capitulated to the second term.

What does that mean for the civil liberties and rights that the firm has championed in the past? www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...

Top seven donors in the 2024 election were all solidly Republican, gave campaigns and super PACs a combined $1 billion.

Graph from @opensecrets.org: www.opensecrets.org/news/2025/03...

Trump’s narrative of his first term is that any incompetence or failure can be explained away by the sabotage of Never Trump Republicans or the deep state.

The Signal fiasco — where all the participants are devout and loyal Trumpists — blows a significant hole in that story.