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Scoop: Biden has been meeting since September with very small group of advisers in White House residence to plan a potential 2024 campaign. W/ @tylerpager washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/
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When I asked author and candidate Marianne Williamson about her new "exploratory campaign" fundraising, she texted back:
"Hi, Michael. Explorers explore."
(Semafor should hit her up. She does the SMS well.)
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Scoop: Biden has been meeting since September with very small group of advisers in White House residence to plan a potential 2024 campaign. W/ @tylerpager washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/
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New: Joe and Jill Biden have been meeting since September with a “very small group” of senior advisers at the White House residence to prepare a potential 2024 reelection campaign, according to people familiar with the planning.
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Scoop: Biden has been meeting since September with very small group of advisers in White House residence to plan a potential 2024 campaign. W/
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Scoop w/ : Biden to California this week to campaign with Rep. Mike Levin, one of the DCCC's frontline members
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This is inaccurate. The President’s travel is not confirmed. twitter.com/tylerpager/sta…
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*In 2010, the GOP launched a Fire Pelosi camapign, w images of her engulfed in flames.
*In 2021, McCarthy joked about hitting her on the head w a gavel.
*In 2022, the GOP spent $40M vilifying her in ads.
*And on Friday, her husband was attacked w a hammer. washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/
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We take you inside the past 21 months of Biden’s presidency — the failures, the successes, the bad luck, the remarkable achievements and the crushing disappointments. Please take a minute and give it a read. W + .
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Read about the pork dinner Gina Raimondo served Ron Klain and Joe Manchin at her Georgetown home where Klain apologized to Manchin + they got Biden’s legislative agenda back on track.
That and lots more in our story w/ +
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As Biden’s long-planned Afghanistan withdrawal dissolved into chaos, Biden grew frustrated, unable to understand why no Democrats were willing to defend him. One of many NEW details in our deep dive on Biden’s presidency. W + . washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/
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NEW: Our deep dive into the first two years of Biden’s presidency.
New scenes from the Afghanistan withdrawal, the COVID response, inflation messaging and more
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Over many (many!) weeks, we (, and I) talked to 80 people to bring you the definitive story of Biden’s presidency so far. Inside the missteps, successes and failures — and what is all means:
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Scoop: Mar-a-Lago classified papers included highly sensitive secrets about Iran's missile program and US intel-gathering aimed at China
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Biden holding his student debt cancellation at Delaware State rather than an HBCU in NC or GA is a reveal >
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Another devastating report from on our nation's mental health crisis. Make time for this:
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Trump’s Twitter feed provided near-hourly windows into the presidential id. For Biden, that venue is most often fundraisers -- with unvarnished looks into his thought process coming less frequently but just as revealingly. My latest:
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Biden kicks off Democrats’ final sprint focusing on one theme: Abortion
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I met Monica two weeks after Roe fell. She was at least 10 weeks pregnant in an antiabortion state.
"PLEASE HELP!!!!!!!!" she wrote on Reddit.
Her post connected her to a sweeping illegal abortion network.
Our story, from Mexico to one woman's bathroom:
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NEW: Meet the retired US generals who work as high-dollar consultants for the Saudi crown prince - and how the US govt tried to keep it a secret. A 2-year Post investigation by and me. 1/x
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Tomorrow on :
Georgia and the midterms. Putin’s threats. Trump’s legal losses. Biden out West. Recession fears.
With me:
See you at 5 am on
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Of note:
- The first lady is the WH's most-requested surrogate.
- Dems have been telling her POTUS is too old. She continues to shut it down.
- She's powerful in the West Wing. After the president's 2-hour press conference, aides had to answer to her.
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Trying to understand Kari Lake, in today’s
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Biden on 1/6 hearings: “I think the testimony and the video are actually devastating and I’ve been going out of my way not to comment.”
He said he didn’t want people to think he was influencing the attorney general.
“I’m not,” he said.
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President Biden and his Baskin Robbins ice cream. He ordered the double dip chocolate chip in a waffle cone
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Biden in Portland just weeks away from the midterms.
Dems in Oregon hope he can boost Tina Kotek, the D nominee for governor, who is in danger of losing the governor’s mansion for her party for the first time in four decades
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The newest volunteer at the Oregon Democratic Party’s phone bank: President Joe Biden
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The White House is handing out this brochure to attendees at Biden’s event in Irvine with Kate Porter
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Views from the Osprey above Los Angeles
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Biden is attending a fundraiser at Marcia Carsey’s home in Los Angeles tonight.
Among those spotted outside the event so far: Tom Ford and Rob Reiner
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President Biden picking up tacos in Los Angeles alongside Karen Bass and Hilda Solis.
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Biden opens his remarks in Los Angeles by addressing Eric Garcetti as "Mr. Mayor" and Rep. Bass as "soon-to-be Ms. Mayor."
The president has endorsed Bass in her mayoral campaign while Garcetti's nomination to be ambassador to India is still in flux.
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New: Biden makes final promotions in White House com team reshuffle: New title for Andrew Bates. New role for Jennifer Molina, Emilie Simons, Michael Kikukawa, Robyn Patterson. -->
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Exclusive: A Trump employee has told federal agents about moving boxes of documents at Mar-a-Lago at the specific direction of the former president, according to people familiar with the investigation.
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Scenes from Biden’s visit to Colorado where he designated Camp Hale as a national monument
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Florida’s top health official says he’s just asking questions about vaccines.
Experts — including his former mentor — say questions are fine, but Florida’s vaccine warning is flawed and dangerous.
Our look at Florida’s vax policy and the man behind it.
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What happens when election deniers take over the Republican Party at the ground level and become poll watchers? I teamed up with to tell the story of MAGAzona for
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Howard Schultz always believed he was a good, compassionate CEO. Then his workers started to unionize. I spent three months on this profile. 🧵
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“There are places that I don’t know if we are going to be able to get to,” said Tim Persico, the executive director of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee.
Read on the Democrats’ money woes just weeks before the midterms
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