Chris Berez
@chrisberez.bsky.social
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Trump: "We can never let what happened in the 2020 election happen again. We just can't let that happen. I know Kash is working on it, everybody is working on it. And certainly Tulsi is working on it. We can't let that happen again to our country."
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Q: How comfortable are you w/Trump seeking $230m from the DOJ?
MIKE JOHNSON: Uh, I don't know the details. I just read it. I know he believes he's owed that reimbursement. What I heard is that if receives it, he's gonna consider giving it to charity. They attack him for everything. *changes topic*
MIKE JOHNSON: Uh, I don't know the details. I just read it. I know he believes he's owed that reimbursement. What I heard is that if receives it, he's gonna consider giving it to charity. They attack him for everything. *changes topic*
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Gerrymandering isn't just about the net gain for one party or the other - though that's crucial.
By reducing competition, mid-decade redistricting makes it easier to interfere with the 2026 election.
My deep dive, with examples in Texas, California, and Ohio: samwang.substack.com/p/gerrymande...
By reducing competition, mid-decade redistricting makes it easier to interfere with the 2026 election.
My deep dive, with examples in Texas, California, and Ohio: samwang.substack.com/p/gerrymande...
Gerrymandering's domino effects
Narrowing the field of competition opens new vulnerabilities to attack
samwang.substack.com
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Breaking News: President Trump wants $230 million from the Justice Department for investigating him, people familiar with the matter say. Any settlement might ultimately be approved by senior department officials who defended him or those in his orbit. nyti.ms/4hmIi5X
Oren Cass argues that the United States has lost its bet on globalization—and should now embrace a “humbler and more realistic” grand strategy of reciprocity.
A Grand Strategy of Reciprocity
How to build an economic and security order that works for America.
www.foreignaffairs.com
The survivor of a U.S. strike on a submersible vessel accused by the Trump administration of transporting drugs in the Caribbean was released by authorities in Ecuador after prosecutors said they had no evidence he committed a crime.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
Ecuador says it has no evidence that survivor of US strike in Caribbean committed any crime
He was released by authorities in the South American nation.
www.politico.com
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A spokesperson for Texas Gov. Greg Abbott argued his office’s emails with Elon Musk are confidential under a “common-law privacy” exception to public records laws because they may include “intimate and embarrassing” information.
(Published July)
With @kutnews.bsky.social @texastribune.org
(Published July)
With @kutnews.bsky.social @texastribune.org
Texas Governor’s Office Says Its Emails With Elon Musk May Be, in Part, Too “Embarrassing” to Release to the Public
We asked Abbott for his and his staff’s emails with Elon Musk and Musk’s companies. The governor’s office won’t turn them over, saying some contain “intimate and embarrassing” information that is “not...
www.propublica.org
If folks still haven't seen last year's ODDITY - I highly recommend it.
Chip Roy: "The truth is the marxist, radicals, and Islamists the Democratic Party promoted this weekend, they cannot handle the truth. The truth is that there is a king and that king is Jesus. And the president has been willing to say it, & Charlie Kirk was willing to say it & he got killed for it."
