Managing editor, digital news @MSNOW Former @WashingtonPost, @Politico, @RollCall. Proud swamp creature. Chappell not Taylor. 666 with a princess streak.
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Jun 13
NEW: In 2018, white working-class voters approved of Trump on the economy by 30 points.
Now they disapprove by as much as that margin in some polls.
My piece on how Trump’s big blue-collar white vulnerability is reshaping the 2026 landscape
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Rachel Van Dongen retweeted
Iran’s semi-official Fars News Agency said on Saturday that Iranian officials would not allow any nuclear agreement with the U.S to be signed on Sunday, which coincides with U.S. President Donald Trump’s birthday, suggesting some observers believed Trump may seek to use the occasion as a symbolic and promotional event.
Fars said Iranian negotiators were aware of what it described as the “hidden layers” behind such a move and cited officials’ repeated statements that no final agreement had yet been reached.
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Trump’s cratering support among a loyal demographic that has served as the foundation of his political coalition for a decade has the potential to be among the most consequential developments of 2026 nytimes.com/2026/06/13/us/po… via @NYTimes
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Jun 12
“When Jared Kushner and Ivanka came here and we started work together, it was not clear if Trump would go to jail or go to the White House,” the Albanian PM told @InesdLC via @allisondetzel
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Rachel Van Dongen retweeted
The youth (under age 45) & even young GOP (!) no longer find Trump groovy on foreign policy.
His foreign policy net approval is -40pt, after beating Harris by 9pt with under 45s in 2024.
His net approval with young GOP on foreign affairs is -10pt & -14pt on the Iran War.
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Rachel Van Dongen retweeted
The "Trump Kennedy Center" apparently repeatedly ignored the terms of a contract with the Washington National Opera, locked the WNO out from viewing their own financial records, and is now refusing to return$17 million of their own money — and even already spent some of it!
Jun 12
Breaking News: A lawsuit claims Kennedy Center officials have refused to release $17 million the Washington National Opera says it is owed. nyti.ms/3Snmn6l
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Rachel Van Dongen retweeted
Jun 12
Next week’s New Yorker cover “After the Comeback”
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Rachel Van Dongen retweeted
Jun 12
What to do about Trump’s ballroom? Potential 2028 Dems have ideas:
“We’ll sell it piece by piece,” Gallego said
“We turn it into a soup kitchen,” AOC suggested
“Destruction is not strength,” Newsom said. “We have to be builders”
via @DaniellaMicaela
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Jun 12
Must read from @MSNOWNews via @letsgomathias & @AndyBCampbell: Bergquam’s association with ICE has received some press coverage over the last year, but an MS NOW analysis reveals the scale and depth of the relationship he built with the agency.
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Jun 11
Trump “needs to be able to point to something, and recent negotiations with Iran in many ways have exposed a fundamental miscalculation from Trump and the White House.” via @jake__traylor & @JulesJester
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Jun 11
This post raised a lot of questions. Does terrorizing a major American city for weeks on end really serve as a strong platform for a run for office? Are there height restrictions for presidential candidates? And who, exactly, is behind this effort?
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“I don’t think that we’re accepting lower standards. I think this is different,” said Andrea Gabel-Richards of Lamoine, Maine. “I mean, Trump is a convicted felon.” Via @kevinjfrey ms.now/news/graham-platner-s…
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Rachel Van Dongen retweeted
Jun 9
Spotted so far in President Trump's suite at MSG:
Sec. Sean Duffy
Sec. Doug Burgum
Administrator Lee Zeldin
Deputy COS Dan Scavino
Jared Kushner
Envoy Steve Witkoff
Walt Nauta
Boris Epshteyn
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As it so often is...
Jun 7
"The bigger problem, Lulu, frankly, is not any kind of political influence. The problem was the incompetence.."
Scott Pelley talked to @LuluGNavarro about "the Bari Weiss era and his last days at 60 Minutes:" nytimes.com/2026/06/07/magaz…
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The ultrarich keep losing Democratic primaries. Here’s why. via @manoukianarmand
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Democrats warn that Pulte could try to help Trump steal midterm elections, via @RohdeD ms.now/news/pulte-national-i…
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Hot take: Latin music is just 1000xs better than American music. Bad Bunny, Karol G, Shakira, Young Miko, Feid, Maluma, Kali Uchis, Elena Rose, Carin Leon. Julieta Venegas. Carlos Vives. Juanes.
Rosalia counts. And yes, I know she’s Spanish.
Do or don’t @ me. Facts.
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Senate GOP leader decrying Trump “weaponization” is something of a milestone on Capitol Hill
Jun 2
Thune tells reporters on Pulte:
"We don't need a weaponized DNI, we need professionals there. I just heard about it, trying to get more information"
"If he's somebody we want in that position permanently, he's got a lengthy road ahead of him"
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For the underdog candidate in Iowa Senate, state Sen. Zach Wahls, that conviction has led to an unorthodox campaign strategy: regularly ripping Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer. via @AlexanderTabet ms.now/news/iowa-democrats-s…
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