Andrew Solender
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@Axios congress reporter, New Yorker, dollar store Michael Cera丨Past: @Forbes丨Tips: [email protected]
New: Mamdani is scrambling to woo the Democratic and NYC business establishment. So far, they are playing hard to get. My look at how the Dem establishment is keeping Mamdani at arms length. axios.com/2025/07/21/zoh…
NEW: Burchett and Comer said they did not consult Trump on the motion to subpoena Ghislaine Maxwell. "This is what the House Oversight Committee wanted ... and the Republicans on the committee overwhelmingly support doing this," Comer told @Axios axios.com/2025/07/22/ghi…
NEW: GOP Rep. Tim Burchett is planning to introduce a motion in today's House Oversight government operations subcommittee hearing to subpoena Ghislaine Maxwell, per two sources familiar with the matter.
88-year-old D.C. Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton tells me this AM: “I’m certainly going to run for reelection.” (Her office has repeatedly walked this back already: axios.com/2025/06/25/nor…)
Here’s the binder Massie is carrying:
As GOP Rep. Thomas Massie gaggles with reporters about his Jeffrey Epstein discharge petition, Democratic Reps. Dan Goldman and Jared Moskowitz chant “Thomas! Thomas! Thomas!”
As GOP Rep. Thomas Massie gaggles with reporters about his Jeffrey Epstein discharge petition, Democratic Reps. Dan Goldman and Jared Moskowitz chant “Thomas! Thomas! Thomas!”
Massie reiterating to reporters what he told @Axios last week: His plan has been to hold a vote on his Epstein bill *after* the August recess to give colleagues time to hear from angry constituents.
Massie tells @Axios it doesn't really matter whether next week's votes are canceled — his plan was to have the Epstein files vote in Sept. During summer recess, he says, members are "going to get the question, 'Why haven't you supported this already?'" axios.com/2025/07/18/tru…
everyone should have that one friend who brings kbbq to the picnic
I wrote about what it was like growing up as a child in the Bosnian civil war, where food was extremely scarce. I didn't have much, but at least UNICEF was there to help keep me alive. Congress just defunded it, putting lives at risk around the world. huffpost.com/entry/trump-cu…
today i sent my coworkers this map of how i, as an immigrant, see the U.S.
Map of what Europeans think is the ‘South’ in the USA
At the moment, House Dem whip Katherine Clark’s office lists there as being votes next week:
