@freedlander

Political Columnist & Features Writer, @NYMag

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Joined June 2010
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I'm sorry but what? This pollster says that 1 in 5 of those surveyed watched the NYAG debate nypost.com/2026/10/18/us-new…

Exclusive | NY AG hopeful Komatireddy pulls within just 6 points of Dem incumbent Tish James after...

Lefty incumbent state Attorney General Letitia James’ lead over GOPer Saritha Komatireddy has shrunk to just 6 points after the underdog’s strong debate performance, a bombshell Republican...

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Politics & Poll Tracker 📡
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TMZ: AOC tries Culver’s for the first time while campaigning in Michigan “My life has changed.”
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Tough to have (October 2026 – October 2026) on a resume
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AOC to Maine
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And they said his record could never be broken
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A senior White House official tells @pdoocy Katie ZACHARIA is “transitioning out” of the press secretary position.
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Per release, Kelly Loeffler and the Small Business Administration will host a "Million Dollar Pitch Competition" streamed on Amazon and YouTube. Dean Cain will host, and Nicki Minaj, Grant Cardone, and Joe Gebbia will judge, and Trump is scheduled to appear
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Inbox: @AOC to travel to Ohio this weekend to campaign for Rep. Emilia Sykes
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Kind of giving away the game a bit here
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@nypostOct 14
NYPD union honors The Post for excellence in police reporting at awards breakfast: 'That's our paper' trib.al/juhADNj
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Allan Smith@akarl_smithOct 14
"Another theory goes that while voters in the heartland are whipsawed by Trump’s tariffs, the price of diesel, and the ongoing conflict in Iran, New Yorkers are largely shielded from the downdrafts of the Trump economy." nymag.com/intelligencer/arti…

New York’s Republican Midterm Candidates Still Love Trump

Across the country, midterm candidates are running from an unpopular president. But not in New York.

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The makings of an incredible sequel
Pop Crave
@PopCraveOct 14
Art of Play has put the mechanical bird at the center of the Kelly Clarkson controversy on sale for $15 MILLION, according to co-owner Adam Rubin. The store has also seen a surge in sales and foot traffic following the backlash.
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"Reporters are animals," writes @ShawnMcCreesh in his report on @KatieZacharia's first day on the job. "They can smell fear." nytimes.com/2026/10/13/us/po…

Katie Zacharia Makes Bumpy Debut as Trump’s New Press Secretary

Ms. Zacharia spent eight minutes reading from a script, called on only three reporters and made an awkward slip-up.

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Andrew Stern@andrewbsternOct 14
This is such an unnecessarily negative headline. Like, would you rather we not fix the PABT? “Bus rerouting begins as the Port Authority takes the first step toward a new Midtown terminal” would’ve been just fine.
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@GothamistOct 13
Years of bus headaches start Thursday as Port Authority advances Midtown terminal work gothamist.com/news/years-of-…

Years of bus headaches start Thursday as Port Authority advances Midtown terminal work

The Port Authority is replacing its ramshackle Midtown Bus Terminal. Riders will face years of headaches as the work is finished.

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Not a political consultant but is this really helpful?
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Reminder that the key to good storytelling is what you leave out
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Say this for Kimberly Guilfoyle: she was absolutely correct that communicating all that over text could cost her the ambassadorship
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Republicans are bracing for a blue wave everywhere—but feeling confident about their prospects in New York nymag.com/intelligencer/arti…

New York’s Republican Midterm Candidates Still Love Trump

Across the country, midterm candidates are running from an unpopular president. But not in New York.

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Nino Mangione, the GOP state lawmaker who helped fish a statue of Christopher Columbus out of Baltimore's Inner Harbor that was tossed there by protesters in 2020 and which Trump has now placed at the White House is a cousin of Luigi Mangione washingtonpost.com/politics/…
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Angela Paxton cut that ad supporting her husband's Senate bid despite his serial infidelities because she feared doing otherwise "could hurt her reputation and open the door to politically damaging questions about her loyalty to the party" nytimes.com/2026/10/07/us/po…

Why Ken Paxton’s Estranged Wife Is Making the Case for His Senate Campaign

Angela Paxton is urging Texas voters to support Mr. Paxton’s Senate campaign, even as she is divorcing him and accusing him of adultery. She has political aspirations of her own.

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Fascinating point from @Nate_Cohn here: Texas, Alaska, Ohio, Iowa and Kansas are not only states that Trump carried by more than 11 pts and places where the GOP is currently tied, but they are all states that Trump lost in ‘16 primary nytimes.com/2026/10/03/upsho…

Democrats May Have Found the Recipe for Flipping Red-State Senate Seats

Five new Times/Siena polls continue a run of strong results for Democrats in states that President Trump won easily in 2024.

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