Ben Jacobs @Bencjacobs
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New in Inside Congress: Fetterman chief of staff @AJentleson is moving to a role as senior advisor. Deputy chief of staff Krysta Juris will take over Both are Harry Reid alums. Spox says this was a "planned shift" politico.com/newsletters/in…
NEWS: Former Democratic NY Governor Andrew Cuomo will be appearing before the House Subcommittee on the Pandemic on June 11, a transcribed closed-door interview at 10 a.m., per @RepBradWenstrup on @TheLeadCNN
The secretary of state's August primary candidate list shows that Peter Meijer has withdrawn from the U.S. Senate race. mielections.us/election/candl…
Elizabeth Tsurkov is a PhD researcher at Princeton. She was kidnapped over a year ago by Kataib Hezbollah in Iraq. Yesterday, the flag of the sister organization of her kidnappers was raised at the Princeton protests.
Every single Israeli hostage released from Hamas captivity testified that they suffered an ordeal amounting to torture, and witnessed this done to others. Every single one. Rape, starvation, physical assault, psychological torture, shaving their bodily hair, and dressing young…
These tests were impossible, because the ambiguity in the questions allowed the examiner to selectively fail anyone they wanted. That said, there’s little evidence this specific test (which makes the rounds regularly as an example) was ever used. 1/
These tests were impossible, because the ambiguity in the questions allowed the examiner to selectively fail anyone they wanted. That said, there’s little evidence this specific test (which makes the rounds regularly as an example) was ever used. 1/
News: WH spokesperson Andrew Bates responds to the reporting on Columbia student leader of recent protests who said at a disciplinary hearing in January that “Zionists don’t deserve to live” Bates: “These dangerous, appalling statements turn the stomach and should serve as a…
Noga Weiss, an 18-year-old former hostage, told N12 on Thursday that her terrorist captor had demanded her hand in marriage and insisted that she stay in Gaza to raise his children. jpost.com/israel-hamas-w…
Senate leaders have agreed to expand Medicaid coverage to people earning up to 138% of the federal poverty level or about $20,000 annually as is allowed under federal law. buff.ly/3UyBnNr
Here's @galbeckerman with a scoop: Pen America has now canceled its annual World Voices festival, after having just called off a separate literary awards ceremony. "It now seems entirely possible that PEN America may not survive this episode." theatlantic.com/books/archive/…
Whip Emmer announces the cancellation of votes next Thursday May 2 to accommodate Rep. Payne’s funeral
Per source, texts being sent out to push Maryland Democratic primary voters to vote "uncommitted" and against Joe Biden in the coming weeks
🚨🚨🚨Israel warns Egypt: "Last chance" for hostage deal before Rafah invasion. My story on @axios axios.com/2024/04/26/isr…
NEW Following Arizona's indictment of Trump allies over efforts to overturn the 2020 election, #GOP Maricopa County Recorder @stephen_richer says those efforts came "quite close" to succeeding. "I think we put ourselves in a pretty perilous situation," he tells @MargaretHoover.
Everything about this is textbook. He took the right pass rush angle to avoid the offensive line but not let the QB step up in the pocket. He waited until he was close to lower his shoulder and drive the QB into the ground. 10/10
Surprise! Rep. Bill Posey drops out after filing closes and endorses Haridopolos. #FL08 backed Trump 58-41, and this move all but guarantees Haridopolos will take it with little primary opposition. floridapolitics.com/archives/67145…
Surprise! Rep. Bill Posey drops out after filing closes and endorses Haridopolos. #FL08 backed Trump 58-41, and this move all but guarantees Haridopolos will take it with little primary opposition. floridapolitics.com/archives/67145…
Reps. Ritchie Torres (D-N.Y.) and Mike Lawler (R-N.Y.) plan to introduce the COLUMBIA Act, a bill that would create "antisemitism monitors" at select colleges. trib.al/vbHaAZq
KING HEALTH UPDATE: Palace announces King Charles will return to public duties from next week. King still receiving cancer treatment but has green light from doctors to resume public engagements. New image released of King & Queen Camilla to mark upcoming anniversary of…
Q. Why is Gaza like #14 in issue polling of young people while we get wall to wall coverage of protests at Columbia? A. Because the cohort of students that goes to a school like Columbia represents literally *1%* of college-age people. (Chart from Party of the People.)
Q. Why is Gaza like #14 in issue polling of young people while we get wall to wall coverage of protests at Columbia? A. Because the cohort of students that goes to a school like Columbia represents literally *1%* of college-age people. (Chart from Party of the People.) https://t.co/pBYU2SK91s