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.
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:
🚨TEN MINUTE WARNING 🚨
I am interviewing Gov Janet Mills at 2:30 pm eastern. Watch it live here: open.substack.com/live-stream/...
“JD Vance’s presidential aspirations are dead" -- Chuck Todd
02.03.2026 18:18 — 👍 7 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Before 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
02.03.2026 15:26 — 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 4 📌 0
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
Just gave out my big weekly award: The Worst Week in Washington!
See who won: chriscillizza.substack.com/p/the-worst-...
If Trump declares a national emergency to fiddle with the 2026 midterms, then we move into a different space.
At that point, democracy is absolutely in jeopardy.
Not saying it is going to happen. But if it does, it's an major escalation.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Planned to go on with Julie Mason to talk politics.
Wound up talking about faith and family.
Pretty great conversation.
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Talked to former Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan about why he decided to run for governor of Michigan as an independent...
26.02.2026 22:15 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 1
On Friday, Bill Clinton will be the FIRST former president to be forced to testify against his will in front of Congress.
Precedent anyone?
** 5 MINUTE WARNING **
I am interviewing former Detroit mayor and INDEPENDENT candidate for Michigan governor Mike Duggan!
Kicks off at 12 pm eastern.
WATCHL open.substack.com/live-stream/...
Is Samuel Alito going to retire?
Court expert @stevevladeck.bsky.social Vladeck says the chances are between 60%-65% that he will....
Republicans have already spent $110 million on the Texas Senate race.
And they are facing down a 2+ month runoff that likely produces Ken Paxton, the weakest general election candidate, as their nominee.
Nightmare scenario.
I turned 50 on February 20. Four days later my older son turned 17.
The second one hit me WAY harder. I wrote about it today. I hope you give it a read.
chriscillizza.substack.com/p/i-didnt-cr...
I am slightly amazed at the legacy media coverage of Trump's SOTU speech.
A lot of it was like "he did everything he could to help Republicans!"
Or "This is the speech Susie Wiles wanted him to give!"
The low bar for Trump is truly remarkable.
At 8:30 pm eastern time, my friend Chuck Todd and I are going to do something new -- and cool: We are going watch and comment on the Donald Trump’s State of the Union speech with you all!
We're doing it with partners YouTube and C-SPAN.
Follow live here: www.youtube.com/live/43ZeklE...
I've been writing about my spiritual journey as I try to find my way to faith.
Today I shared my plan to dedicate the first 15 minutes of every day to reading the Bible, journaling and maybe praying.
If you have advice, I'd love to hear it.
chriscillizza.substack.com/p/the-next-s...
6% of people in a CNN poll in January said they were satisfied with what the DOJ has released of the Epstein files
6!!!
Tonight starting at 8:30 pm eastern time, Chuck Todd and I will be doing a live "State of the Union" livestream.
We are doing this in partnership with YouTube and C-SPAN.
It's the "ManningCast" meets "Mystery Science Theater 3K"!!!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xD6A...
How a burgeoning sex scandal in Texas could *seriously* imperil the House Republican majority
23.02.2026 21:08 — 👍 8 🔁 3 💬 2 📌 0
** 10 MINUTE WARNING **
Doing a Substack Live with former Obama speechwriter David Litt to talk about the art of writing a State of the Union speech — and what to expect from Trump tomorrow night.
JOIN HERE at 3 pm eastern: open.substack.com/live-stream/...
