Tyler Katzenberger
@TylerKatzen
California tech policy reporter @politico. Cheesehead & proud alum @journalsentinel, @dailycardinal, @uwmadison. "Grammar is a piano I play by ear"
Some personal news: Today is my first day as a full-time employee at @politico. I'll still be covering California politics, now with a focus on tech policy. Send tips, story ideas and coffee invites my way at [email protected], and please add me to your press lists!
My lead piece for Florida Playbook today discussed how this all ties together as we head into peak hurricane season next month. Subscribe for free to stay on top of what's happening around our great state: politico.com/newsletters/fl…
.@fema’s delayed response is a very bad sign for Florida, especially during hurricane season. Now add in: -Trump’s National Weather Service cuts -And Florida’s use of emergency funds for #AlligatorAlcatraz And it’s shaping up to be a scary summer. ⛈️ 🌀
A Dem running to unseat Young Kim in CA is preparing to take out a billboard ad questioning why Kim voted to “HIDE the list?” ... via @JeremyBWhite , @ShiaKapos , @lindseymholden , @NickReisman & @natsfert Democrats fan Epstein flames politi.co/4o8a3m6 via @politico
Great read from @RachelHBluth + @emilyrs on the double-whammy of Medicaid cuts in Congress and a CA budget shortage: politico.com/news/2025/07/2…
NEW: How the California Environmental Quality Act went from a green landmark to a housing bogeyman, culminating in @GavinNewsom pushing through changes that had eluded governors for decades. CEQA's story is also a story of changing California politics: politico.com/news/2025/07/1…
"No one's paying attention. The No. 1 thing in Sacramento is affordability, and $300 million just went poof." @debra_kahn banger on rhetoric and reality in California's gas price wars: politico.com/news/magazine/…
Watch an extraordinary moment on Capitol Hill caught on camera. WI Congressmen @RepVanOrden and @RepMarkPocan frequently spar online, but the confrontation today was in person with both sides hurling insults. Full story: spectrumnews1.com/wi/milwaukee/n… @SpectrumNews1WI @SpectrumNewsDC
DOJ hits states with broad requests for voter rolls, election data (via @patrickdmarley @yvonnewingett) washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/…
.@GovEvers spokesperson tamps down rumor that Evers is going to announce that he's not running for reelection sometime over the next 36 hours.
Setting an alarm for 36 hours from now so I can pop back online to tell the ‘insider’ blogs to get better sources (again)
In case you missed it, @ZohranKMamdani's biggest defender in DC has been... Ritchie Torres? Torres intro'd a bill censuring someone who called for his deportation, he defended Z's decision to identify as African American & the two even talked on the phone politico.com/newsletters/ne…
Winklevoss twins spend big on Bill Berrien, 2026 Wisconsin Republican gubernatorial candidate (via @journalsentinel) jsonline.com/story/news/pol…
The Winklevoss twins led crypto spending in 2024 campaigns, CNBC reported cnbc.com/2024/09/16/cry…
State campaign finance reports are due today. First bit of news: Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss donated a total of $1M to Republican guv candidate Bill Berrien's PAC.
Huckabee calls for investigation after Palestinian American killed in the West Bank ow.ly/E6Zt106fTrp
In other words, more than the margin of victory in four of the last seven Wisconsin presidential races
Let's crunch the numbers on the potential size of Elon Musk's "America Party." We're going to take all registered voters and then... - Remove partisans - Remove pro-Trump voters - Remove people who favor social spending - Remove people who don't like Musk That leaves... 0.75%.
HOO boy: Los Angeles officials "unwittingly committed an administrative screw-up for the ages" by accidentally repealing a landmark criminal justice reform latimes.com/california/sto…
Republicans in Washington are nervous about Medicaid. Not in Valadao’s California district ... @jonesblakej and @RachelHBluth on the Medicaid cut fallout in Bakersfield politi.co/3Imnw9u via @politico
ICYMI: UW-Madison Chancellor Jennifer Mnookin to close DEI division, move programming elsewhere🧵 jsonline.com/story/news/pol…