Politics. Wrote for @washingtonpost @chronicle @dailypenn. ben.binday@washpost.com & benbinday.57 on Signal / #LGM
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GOP is at risk of significant state legislative losses, @washingtonpost analysis finds
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NEW: Seattle’s mayor ran as a democratic socialist. Then she ran into reality.
Katie Wilson has been hobbled by a $175 million deficit, staff upheaval and a steep learning curve on public safety, the city's most intractable issue.
While New York under Mamdani makes for an easy comparison, it’s San Francisco that has become the envy of Seattle officials. A top adviser went there last month to study Daniel Lurie's tactics on crime.
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We polled two must-watch House races. There are good signs for Democrats. Story with @SchneiderG based on new Washington Post-Schar School polling. washingtonpost.com/politics/…
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As some Democrats running in conservative areas toughen their language on transgender issues, including referring to transgender women as men, it has created tension with LGBTQ activists and liberal voters, @benbinday reports: washingtonpost.com/politics/…
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The retiring Republican congressman that Flippo is trying to replace, Mark Amodei, has yet to endorse Flippo and told me just now he will “absolutely not” back him.
“The guy is a fraud. … I’m not having my last action walking out the door to hug a guy who I think is a fraud.”
Exclusive to @washingtonpost: David Flippo, a Republican congressional candidate in Nevada, inflated his military record multiple times in recent years by claiming he received a Bronze Star “for valor” during his two-decade Air Force career.
More here: washingtonpost.com/politics/…
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Exclusive to @washingtonpost: David Flippo, a Republican congressional candidate in Nevada, inflated his military record multiple times in recent years by claiming he received a Bronze Star “for valor” during his two-decade Air Force career.
More here: washingtonpost.com/politics/…
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🚨NEW PENNSYLVANIA LEGE POLLS🚨
SD-16 (Trump +9) | 🔵DEM +1 (FLIP)
SD-24 (Trump +2) | 🔵DEM +2 (FLIP)
HD-131 (Trump +10) | 🟡Tie
HD-143 (Trump +6) | 🔵DEM +5 (FLIP)
HD-147 (Trump +10) | 🔴GOP +1
HD-187 (Trump +9) | 🔵DEM +3 (FLIP)
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In 1975, 27-year-old Stephen Burbank became Penn’s first in-house lawyer. Today, the office he started is a far cry from a one-man operation.
w/ @finnryan_ for @dailypenn
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From the NYT Opinion focus group of a dozen Trump 2024 voters on the Texas Senate race nytimes.com/interactive/2026…
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One Columbia math professor just started doing weekly oral exams in his office—instead of homework. Another is making grad students defend their work for 30 mins instead of a final. Latest for @columbiaspec on how the math dept is grappling with AI's boom.
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Just published: A Washington Post-Schar School poll finds a finds close Michigan Senate race. Here’s how El-Sayed lags his party. Full story with @ErinatThePost -> washingtonpost.com/politics/…
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BREAKING: The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts closed Tuesday afternoon after its board of trustees, led by President Donald Trump, voted to immediately shutter its doors for two years of renovations.
From Grey Battle on the ground
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“It’s rare that I go against the president in my comments... this is one of those things where I’m just shocked that he wanted to wade into this, because I don’t think it’s helping.” washingtonpost.com/politics/…
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'Using us as a pawn'
'Caught up in this global mess'
We sent @benbinday to Wichita to talk to employees of Bombardier about what it's like to be in the crosshairs of Trump's trade war with Canada. washingtonpost.com/politics/…
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what is marie gluesenkamp perez’s plan to show up at the sacramento golden 1 center sombr look a like contest
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The Democratic Senate nominees in deep-red states withdrew from the ballot after their primaries, clearing the field for independent candidates.
But this strategy failed where Democrats thought it had the best chance of working: Montana. wapo.st/45ubOBW
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Abdul El-Sayed, the Democratic Senate candidate from Michigan, needs to heal the wounds left by a bruising primary campaign and woo Democrats who backed his opponent to support him in November. wapo.st/4hV8B5B
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El-Sayed obviously didn't put up Bernie numbers in rural Michigan. But he held his own in small-town and rural counties, and only lost suburban counties to Stevens by 5 points (!).
That, plus his total dominance in Ann Arbor/Grand Rapids/etc, was enough for the win.
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If you're under 30, you may have seen Hinge start taking over the dating app scene.
But no amount of hype for Hinge seems to be enough for Wall Street, whose eyes are only on Tinder—even with Gen Z saying they get tired of Tinder right after opening it.
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