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Isaac Dovere @isaacdovere.bsky.social · 18h

The speaker of the House suggesting a major shift might be coming after saying he just read a headline on the topic:

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18h

Johnson: "It's true that in previous shutdowns, many or most furloughed employees have been paid for the time they were furloughed, but there is new legal analysis - I don't know the details, I just saw a headline - but there are some legal analysts saying that might not be appropriate or necessary"

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Isaac Dovere @isaacdovere.bsky.social · 18h

Mamdani's statement as a mayoral candidate on the two-year anniversary of Oct. 7 calling it a "horrific war crime" & criticizing Israel and America in the aftermath vs Mamdani's statement from two years ago (on the day after) referring to "ongoing violence" & criticizing Israel:

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Isaac Dovere @isaacdovere.bsky.social · 18h

yesterday, Stephen Miller claimed "ICE officers have to street battle against Antifa, hand-to-hand combat every night to come and go from their building" in Portland.

here's what Shimon Prokupecz saw in Portland of what those interactions look like: www.cnn.com/us/live-news...

Live updates: National Guard deployment latest and state and cities’ lawsuits | CNN

The Trump administration’s efforts to deploy National Guard troops to Democrat-led cities have prompted a legal showdown. Follow here for the latest.

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Isaac Dovere @isaacdovere.bsky.social · 1d

Pritzker also speaking out against the NGA over National Guard:

actions “that sidestep, eliminate or otherwise reduce Governors’ authority within their states and territories undermine longstanding partnerships, precedence, military readiness and operational efficacy.”

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Isaac Dovere @isaacdovere.bsky.social · 1d

Newsom says he’s on the verge of quitting the National Govs Association: “should not be difficult … regardless of partisan affiliation, to agree that politicizing our states’ Natl Guard and deploying… over the objections of the home-state Governor,harms the interests of states”

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Isaac Dovere @isaacdovere.bsky.social · 7d

At event in DC, Sen. Chris Van Hollen keeps it going with Hakeem
Jeffries over not endorsing @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social: if you can’t back the kind of campaign he ran, “don’t ask those young people to show up for other Democrats across the country — that’s the message that will be sent.”

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Isaac Dovere @isaacdovere.bsky.social · 7d

Jeffries, who has been getting more confrontational with Trump, on last night’s video from the President mocking him: “say it to my face”

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7d

Jeffries: "The next time you have something to say about me, don't cop out through a racist and fake AI video. When I'm back in the Oval Office, say it to my face."

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Isaac Dovere @isaacdovere.bsky.social · 7d

Massive sales show how Harris’s book is landing differently than in the insider political world, which has largely responded by saying they hate the book and she should go away.

More on that, and her take on it from our interview, from my story here: www.cnn.com/2025/09/29/p...

Kamala Harris is figuring out what’s next as her new book draws criticism from many corners | CNN Politics

On what otherwise would have been her 247th day in the White House, Kamala Harris was in New York to finish the first stops of the tour for her book about the 107 days of the campaign that didn’t get ...

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Isaac Dovere @isaacdovere.bsky.social · 8d

Harris’s 1st draft was sent back to her to add more interesting material.

Then the book was on its 5th printing by the day after its release.

“It’s very nice to have something up there with a romantasy novel,” the Barnes & Noble CEO told me re sales.
www.cnn.com/2025/09/29/p...

Kamala Harris is figuring out what’s next as her new book draws criticism from many corners | CNN Politics

On what otherwise would have been her 247th day in the White House, Kamala Harris was in New York to finish the first stops of the tour for her book about the 107 days of the campaign that didn’t get ...

www.cnn.com

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Isaac Dovere @isaacdovere.bsky.social · 8d

“I don’t think this is about nostalgia,” Harris told me. “I wrote the book with the intention that this would be about remembering where we were, only for the purposes of contextualizing this moment, and then thinking about where we have to go.” www.cnn.com/2025/09/29/p...

Kamala Harris is trying to figure out what’s next | CNN Politics

On what otherwise would have been her 247th day in the White House, Kamala Harris was in New York to finish the first stops of the tour for her book about the 107 days of the campaign that didn’t get ...

www.cnn.com

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Isaac Dovere @isaacdovere.bsky.social · 9d

NEW from me: what does Mamdani actually believe about police, beyond his platform now?

His campaign declined to answer specifics including re new video we found when he calls for “abolition” & police union “power is built on the murder of Black people” www.cnn.com/2025/09/28/p...

A police officer’s death tested what Zohran Mamdani truly believes | CNN Politics

As Zohran Mamdani was asleep on another continent, his top campaign aides wrangled over how he should sound in his statement about the off-duty police officer who had just been shot and killed in Midt...

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Isaac Dovere @isaacdovere.bsky.social · 11d

NEW - Kamala Harris to me this afternoon:

“It’s painful to see. I mean what’s happening with Comey: Are you fucking kidding me? The United States Department of Justice?”

www.cnn.com/2025/09/26/p...

Kamala Harris tells CNN she’s outraged by the indictment of James Comey | CNN Politics

Even as she reflects on last year’s campaign in touring for her new book, Kamala Harris has been weaving in critiques of President Donald Trump’s second term that came out of her loss – and FBI Direct...

www.cnn.com

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Isaac Dovere @isaacdovere.bsky.social · 13d

As happened at an Obama event last week, Harris tonight in New York was interrupted by protesters screaming about Gaza. As Obama did, she responded in part that she doesn’t have any foreign policy power right now.

Protesters like these have not been at any Trump or Vance events.

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Isaac Dovere @isaacdovere.bsky.social · 13d

At first book event in NY, Harris is interrupted by screaming pro-Palestinian protestors. When another woman screamed back, Harris says,

“Let’s bring the temperature down—unlike the current president.”

Then:
“What’s happening right now in Gaza is outrageous and breaks my heart”

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Isaac Dovere @isaacdovere.bsky.social · 13d

Mamdani called Kamala Harris this afternoon to thank her for her support, two people familiar with the call tell me. Harris told her New York needs to be successful and that means he needs to be successful. www.cnn.com/2025/09/24/p...

Mamdani and Harris talk by phone days after she endorsed him in NYC mayor’s race | CNN Politics

Kamala Harris is in New York for the start of her book tour, but she also took care of a little political business while in town: fielding a call on Wednesday afternoon from Zohran Mamdani, the Democr...

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Isaac Dovere @isaacdovere.bsky.social · 19d

Mamdani orbit to those who question whether he can govern as mayor, via top adviser Morris Katz:

Their campaign was “dismissed by every pundit to a historic victory & it will be that same culture of excellence that delivers the change this city deserves.” www.cnn.com/2025/09/18/p...

Obama’s advice, socialists’ demands, meetings with skeptics: Inside Mamdani’s prep to run New York City | CNN Politics

The Democratic nominee for New York City mayor has reached beyond his small circle of advisers and democratic socialist allies as he’s thinking about how he will make his big campaign promises happen....

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Isaac Dovere @isaacdovere.bsky.social · 19d

NEW from me:
Obama pivoted from praise to a warning.

You’ve got the inspiration part down, the former president told Zohran Mamdani, but there’s a lot riding on governing.

...inside the success & struggles as Mamdani starts to think about running NYC www.cnn.com/2025/09/18/p...

Obama’s advice, socialists’ demands, meetings with skeptics: Inside Mamdani’s prep to run New York City | CNN Politics

The Democratic nominee for New York City mayor has reached beyond his small circle of advisers and democratic socialist allies as he’s thinking about how he will make his big campaign promises happen....

www.cnn.com

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Isaac Dovere @isaacdovere.bsky.social · 20d

Obama: “When I hear not just our current president, but his aides, who have a history of calling political opponents vermin, enemies, who need to be ‘targeted,’ that speaks to a broader problem that we have right now & something that we’re going to have to grapple with” www.cnn.com/2025/09/16/p...

Obama says Charlie Kirk assassination was ‘horrific’ and praises Utah Gov. Cox’s response | CNN Politics

Former President Barack Obama commented on the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk during remarks Tuesday night in Erie, Pennsylvania, saying that “regardless of where you are on the p...

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Isaac Dovere @isaacdovere.bsky.social · 23d

The GOP president and the GOP nominee for NYC mayor together in 1986.

“He looks to me and he goes, ‘Curtis, what are we gonna do?’ I said, ‘I don’t know, Donald, you’re not a conservative, I’m not a conservative.’ He goes, ‘Let’s make the best of it.’” www.cnn.com/2025/09/14/p...

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Isaac Dovere @isaacdovere.bsky.social · 25d

the pushback Pritzker led -- via the bully pulpit and via building a united response among political, business and community leaders -- appears to have convinced Trump to back off plans for Chicago that he'd been posting and even fundraising about: www.cnn.com/2025/09/12/p...

Trump shelves Chicago crackdown plans for now as advisers warn of legal headaches | CNN Politics

There’s a reason President Donald Trump shelved his publicly stated plans to target Chicago as the next city for his domestic crime push and instead turned his sights on Memphis.

www.cnn.com

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Isaac Dovere @isaacdovere.bsky.social · 25d

FBI director Kash Patel went out to an exclusive restaurant in New York after Charlie Kirk was shot, while also posting sometimes confusing information about the initial investigation: www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

Live updates: Charlie Kirk shooting suspect Tyler Robinson is in custody; family turned him in, Utah governor says

Conservative activist Charlie Kirk was shot and killed during an event at Utah Valley University on Wednesday. Authorities said the shooting was a targeted attack.

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Isaac Dovere @isaacdovere.bsky.social · 27d

On the most fundamental level, Biden’s mission as president was ending Trump’s hold on American politics—and because he picked her as his running mate, building up Harris to be president.

Essentially, Harris writes in her new book, he failed on both: www.cnn.com/2025/09/10/p...

In new book, Kamala Harris says it was reckless to let Biden make reelection decision on his own | CNN Politics

“In retrospect,” Kamala Harris writes of letting Joe and Jill Biden decide on their own whether the then-president should have tried to run for re-election, “I think it was recklessness.”

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Isaac Dovere @isaacdovere.bsky.social · 28d

After never dining in Washington outside of the steak restaurant that was in the hotel he owned during his first term, here is how for the President traveled today to eat in what he said is showcasing how much safer he made the city by bringing in the National Guard:

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Isaac Dovere @isaacdovere.bsky.social · 28d

Congresswoman pushing for ban on members owning stocks to stop conflicts of interests defends having a stake in a company owned by a political donor which focuses on areas related to her committee work: www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...

Rep. Luna's investment in a donor's energy firm illustrates potential limits of a stock trading ban

The outspoken Florida Republican's office has said she owns no stocks, but her investment in a private equity firm focused on oil and gas could present a conflict of interest, experts say.

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Isaac Dovere @isaacdovere.bsky.social · 29d

Cuomo: “This is very simple: The Republicans want Mayor Mamdani … If Zohran Mamdani wins, they will pick him up and carry him around the country and kill Democrats with him. …He is the perfect stooge for President Trump. … Everything else is baloney.” www.cnn.com/2025/09/08/p...

Trump’s moves to reshape the New York City mayor’s race are backfiring | CNN Politics

Add this to the list of Donald Trump’s accomplishments: Helping elect a socialist mayor of New York City.

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