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POLITICO Playbook retweeted
Bernie Sanders to pressure Trump to pursue an international agreement to pause the AI race ahead of his upcoming meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping, reports @wsteaks in @playbookdc.
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I asked noted angler @RahmEmanuel — until recently on a CNN contract — how @GavinNewsom beat him to fly fishing on CNN. He sent me this: via @playbookdc
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POLITICO Playbook retweeted
wrote in to @playbookdc this morning about Trump calling AI fears a “hoax” — a term he most often uses when talking about Russia/impeachment or Jeffrey Epstein
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During Gavin Newsom’s first stop on his tour in South Carolina, he was nearly upstaged by another photo line for Don Lemon — who has said he’s serious about a potential 2028 presidential run.👇 More in @playbookdc: politi.co/3TbcCcg
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Scoop in @playbookdc: VP Kamala Harris is planning to announce travel to multiple states, including purple ones, ahead of the midterms. politico.com/newsletters/pla…
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Our @DashaBurns, @wsteaks and @adamwren have taken the reins of Playbook as co-authors — and they’ve already set the agenda through a wild ride of midterm primaries. Get ready for more must-read reporting in our revamped @playbookdc, starting Monday👇 politi.co/4qTQhwo
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Bernie Sanders sat down with Playbook’s @wsteaks to discuss his political legacy, Abdul El-Sayed's campaign, Hasan Piker and more. Watch the exclusive interview on our newly revamped @playbookdc podcast👇 youtube.com/watch?v=4Y8Ms1Jl…
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Bernie Sanders' response to the GOP baiting Dems on Hasan Piker: “You come up with these stupid charges because you are intellectually bankrupt and you cannot deal with the real issues." 🎧 More from Sanders' chat with our @wsteaks on @playbookdc podcast: politi.co/4gZmPBA
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First in @playbookdc: WinSenate PAC is launching a $4.5 million ad campaign statewide and on digital in Michigan against GOP Senate nominee Mike Rogers’ support for the Iran war.
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Scoop: @PeteButtigieg and @ElissaSlotkin, both weighing 2028 bids, privately huddled over drinks on Mackinac Island this week. “I mean, we did not discuss it outright,” Slotkin told me of 2028. politico.com/newsletters/pla…
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Scoop in @playbookdc: Earlier this year, @AbdulElSayed quietly re-registered three eyebrow raising domains: elsayedforpresident.com, elsayedforpresident.org and abdulforpresident.org. And he’s talking more about ‘28 on the trail. But he tells me he’s closing the door on a run. politico.com/newsletters/pla…
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New @playbookdc: The factional and fiery Michigan Senate Democratic primary is shaping up to be a microcosm and harbinger of the party’s looming 2028 pileup. politico.com/newsletters/pla…
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Scoop in @playbookdc PM: @MoveOn is launching their new midterms program — and they’re targeting voters that Dems have left behind. They estimate there’s enough of their members who sat out 2024 that could make or break the House majority.
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New in @playbookdc: @turek4iowa is out with his latest six-figure buy on this new ad: youtube.com/watch?v=x_S2i6Iu…
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“This is a battle of life and death,” @repcleaver told me. I spoke with several members of the CBC about how they plan to fight as new GOP maps threaten to cut their ranks by a third. A look at their existential crisis, for your Sunday @playbookdc read politico.com/newsletters/pla…
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“I think today is the ultimate vindication that our strategy worked,” a GOP operative involved in the Virginia lawsuit told me. “We played the long game.” Republicans are taking a victory lap after today's decision in Virginia. Read in @playbookdc politico.com/newsletters/pla…
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Trump flexed his grip on the GOP in Indiana, where most of his endorsed primary challengers beat incumbents last night. The results show Trump’s base is “still with him, and his endorsement still matters,” our @adamwren said on @playbookdc podcast. 🎧 politi.co/3P8TiKL
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“There’s a big message here, but the message isn’t a new message,” @Jim_Banks told @playbookdc. “The message we’ve learned over the last 10 years is: It’s Donald Trump’s Republican Party.” politico.com/newsletters/pla…
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All eyes are on Indiana as voters hit the polls for the primary. It's Trump’s "first big test" to see if his power still holds with the Republican Party, notes @Jack_Blanchard_ on @playbookdc podcast. 🎧 politi.co/3RjP6IC
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