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I am going live at 1 pm eastern to answer all of your questions from the week that was in politics!
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Every Friday I pick the people who had the absolute Worst Week in Washington.
Bronze medal 🥉: DC residents (Weather!)
Silver medal 🥈: John Thune
And the winner is....
tinyurl.com/yjwpksyu
The SAVE Act is DOA
There are 2 paths in front of every independent journalist:
1. Be as predictably partisan as possible
2. Try desperately to referee the game as best as you can
I choose path #2. But it ain't easy. And I need your support to keep doing it.
chriscillizza.substack.com/p/why-i-do-t...
Missed Donald Trump's speech to House Republicans in Miami on Monday?
I didn't!
I went through the whole thing and picked out the 45 Trump lines you need to see.
LINK: tinyurl.com/4pvs39m9
NOEM OUT! TERRIBLE JOBS REPORT! PAXTON/CORNYN! IRAN!
What a week.
I am taking any and all questions about it at 1 pm eastern.
HERE: youtube.com/live/JDnXJLz...
Why did Kristi Noem get fired?
She forgot the most important rule of Trumpworld: No one puts Baby in the corner
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Kristi Noem's firing is the result of one very simple fact of Trumpworld:
NO ONE is allowed to use Trump's spotlight to transparently promote themselves
How One Billionaire Took Down a Sitting Member of Congress 💰💥
Kristi Noem, call your office
A Senate SHOCKER in Montana tonight.
I just broke it all down!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTBc...
Ken Paxton is about to learn that loyalty for Donald Trump is a one-way street
I went through all of the results from Tuesday's primaries -- and picked some winners and losers.
A preview:
WINNERS
* National Democrats
* Donald Trump
* Republicans Baseball Team
LOSERS
* Wesley Hunt
* Kamala Harris
FULL PIECE HERE: tinyurl.com/y3a5fwbs
Want a palette cleanser after the Texas primaries?
I am talking to my friend (and bassist for The Avett Brothers!) Bob Crawford about his new biography of John Quincy Adams!
Happening at 2:30 pm here: open.substack.com/live-stream/...
Think you know what's happening in Texas tonight because of polls?
The one and only @gelliottmorris.com notes that the average polling miss between the first and second place primary finishers is 13(!) points.
Did you miss Donald Trump talking about drapes, being bored and, oh yeah, handing out three Medals of Honor?
I didn't.
All 25 of Trump's must-see lines are here:
chriscillizza.ledewire.com/article/2f8d...
Who is going to be the first Trump Cabinet Secretary fired?
Don't sleep on scandal-plagued Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer
Election nights for people who LOVE elections are here!
chriscillizza.substack.com/p/live-tonig...
On Monday, @rubengallego.bsky.social endorsed Graham Platner and said he was the only authentic candidate in the race.
I asked Gov. Janet Mills what she thought about that:
Tomorrow night.
Election night LIVE: Texas primary!
We are doing these on EVERY major primary night this year.
Going to be awesome.
I went through the transcript of Trump’s entire Medal of Honor speech today.
It was, uh, something. And, yes, I made a “Shawshank Redemption” reference.
LINK: chriscillizza.substack.com/p/the-25-mos...
What we learned in the Biden administration was that the White House physician is very much an employee of the president. And does his bidding.
The same thing is happening in the Trump White House. Latest example? The red neck.
I asked Maine Gov. Janet Mills whether Graham Platner could beat Sen. Susan Collins this fall.
Here's what she said:
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“JD Vance’s presidential aspirations are dead" -- Chuck Todd
Before you start predicting how much the U.S. war with Iran is going to affect American voters, remember this: The VAST majority of people in the U.S. don't even know where Iran is
Led my weekly recommendations newsletter with a bunch of links to make you smarter about the past. present and future of the U.S.-Iran relationship.
GET IT HERE: tinyurl.com/5fykm3ds
Best line: "Congressman Tony Gonzales is here. Tony, congratulations."
All 30 lines here: tinyurl.com/mpmmrhmv
