Architect of the Capitol staff appreciation post. Look at those lush trees. Look at that satisfyingly mowed grass

Toddler Lewis returning from a grocery store trip, where Evan purchased a rotisserie chicken: “Mystery chicken for you, mom. There it is.”

Really excited to get to work with everyone at NOTUS, who I already feel like I’ve been working with for more than a decade.

We are going to be breaking some really great stuff, so come along for the ride.

Me and Matt Fuller finally being real life coworkers in the same newsroom

“The notion that basic reporting is a smoking gun of some kind is moving out of the political fringes and into the mainstream Republican campaign strategy.” notus.org/2024-election/…

Hello world are you aware that Eric Geller and Grace Segers and I sometimes chat about Star Wars. This episode is nearly perfect except I forgot to mention the space bread from the Force Awakens. I will find a way to discuss it next time, promise open.spotify.com/episode/3iFoOp…

With Tales of the Jedi morphing into Tales from the Empire for its second season, @grace_segers, Haley Byrd Wilt, and I got together on @hothtakes to pitch ideas for other villains who deserve the Tales spotlight.

But one pitch took on a life of its own.

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Inspired by next month's Tales from the Empire anthology series, Eric Geller, @grace_segers, and Haley Byrd Wilt got together to pitch other ideas for villian-centric series.

One idea in particular really caught fire. Bob Iger: call us.

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New w/ Haley Byrd Wilt:

Isolationist House Republicans have plenty of power to spark chaos in Congress, but they can’t change the bipartisan consensus about America’s role in the world.

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Isolationism doesn’t have quite the same power in a world at war. Read about the House’s overwhelming, bipartisan passage of Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan aid — and the Republican Party’s foreign policy divide: notus.org/congress/house…

House Speaker Mike Johnson wrestled over what to do with Ukraine funding while kneeling in prayer, according to Rep. Mike McCaul. Another member says: “For Mike Johnson, that’s the truth. It’s a religious decision.”

Read more:
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On Speaker Johnson and the religious dimension of the Ukraine aid debate:
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The rule to debate Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan aid passes overwhelmingly with more Democratic votes than Republican ones, 316-94. A tally like that on this kind of procedural vote, which usually fall on party lines, would be unthinkable in most Congresses — but not the 118th.

Things are so bad in the House that Voldemort showed up

Some House Republicans would rather not dwell on the fact that a GOP member of the Rules committee — usually stacked with lawmakers who support the speaker — wants Mike Johnson to resign: notus.org/congress/mike-…