Sally Goldenberg
@SallyGold
Senior politics editor at POLITICO; former New York politics reporter/editor.
Cash on hand as of June 30: Republican National Committee: $80.8 million Democratic National Committee: $15.2 million
“The Murdochs’ bizarre assault on the president galvanized his base because of both content and process. Now we are united as Trump goes on offense — against the Murdochs, the courts and the deep state,” Steve Bannon tells @EricaLG nytimes.com/2025/07/21/us/…
“The Republicans have to decide whether they want to be totally lobotomized or not.” @SenBrianSchatz on the Democrats grappling with a shutdown strategy, by @JAscholtes @ktullymcmanus @nicholaswu12 politico.com/news/2025/07/2…
In what’s already a messy Texas Senate race, @BetoORourke “who’s lost three contests since he last won a mayoral election in 2016, kept the door open to a possible run despite former Rep. Colin Allred already tossing his hat in the ring.” nypost.com/2025/07/20/us-…
& @andrewcuomo has been fundraising in the Hamptons for multiple weekends just this month alone Flyer below for a breakfast this AM @ the Hampton Synagogue —>
They don’t know who he is. They came to hear him anyway. @ec_schneider explores how Democratic desperation for leadership ahead of 2028 is pushing South Carolina party faithful into rooms w/ @GovAndyBeshear, even as he’s barely registering in polls. politico.com/news/2025/07/2…
Mamdani takes first international trip as NYC Dem nominee to his native Uganda. As mayor-elect, Adams visited Ghana, where he said crowds awaited him. And de Blasio traveled to his ancestral homeland of Italy midway through his first year in office.
Good morning! I'm in Uganda to visit family and friends. But depending on your perspective, don't worry or I'm sorry: I'll be back by the end of the month. See you soon, NYC.
I am heartbroken to learn of Papa Jake Larson’s passing. On June 6, 1944, Staff Sergeant Jake M. Larson landed on Omaha Beach in Normandy, France under enemy fire. It was a true honor and privilege to get to know Papa Jake and spend time with him in Normandy for D-Day…
When all sides pile on your campaign threat to leave a city you moved to last year… (Don’t agree that Cuomo is the spoiler though. He likely has a better chance than Adams, but Mamdani is the favorite.)
He's not a New Yorker anyway so it'll be easy enough for this double-digit sore loser to move to Florida anyway if he continues to play spoiler.
“Former Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Saturday he’ll pack his bags and flee to Florida if he loses the NYC mayoral race to socialist Zohran Mamdani.” nypost.com/2025/07/19/us-…
New for @POLITICOMag: Joe Rogan told Texas Democratic lawmaker @jamestalarico he needs to run for president. But he might sooner end up running for Texas Senate. We talk about what it's like to go on Rogan, a Senate run, and what nat'l Dems get wrong about Texas.…
“South Carolina Democrats know their grip on the top spot is tenuous, w/ traditional early states like Iowa & New Hampshire eager to reclaim their lead-off position, & others - like North Carolina and Georgia - seeking to emerge as new states to consider.” politico.com/news/2025/07/1…
“There are issues that populists on the right & left can collaborate on. … Rich & powerful men shouldn’t have impunity from accountability” @RoKhanna tells @hollyotterbein. Story on the unlikely Epstein fallout alliances w/ @liz_crampton & @drdesrochers politico.com/news/2025/07/1…
JUST IN: A federal judge has barred Washington state from enforcing a law that would have required priests to report evidence of child abuse learned during confession. The Trump administration had intervened on the side of the Catholic clergy. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.usco…
In a wide-ranging interview, New York City Mayor Eric Adams touched on subjects ranging from documents related to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein to Zohran Mamdani’s shocking victory in the Democratic primary bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
“As one Republican close to the White House told Playbook late last night, ‘Nothing unifies MAGA more than a little bit of suspected fake news,’” @adamwren writes in today’s Playbook, in response to the WSJ article heretofore known as “enigmas never age.” politico.com/newsletters/pl…
“Collins’ unique position in Maine shows the limits of Trump’s political power,” @andrewjfhoward & @jsscppr write: politico.com/news/2025/07/1…
In fact, Murdoch and Bondi were both in the VIP box w Trump on Sunday
In Trump's box at the FIFA Club World Cup, per our photo pool colleagues: Pam Bondi, Sean Duffy, Kristi Noem, Tom Brady, Rupert Murdoch, FIFA president Gianni Infantino
“It’s all part of a plan to intimidate and control the media and how they cover his presidency,” @EdMarkey says of the $1.1B clawback in public broadcasting funds: nytimes.com/2025/07/18/bus…
